THE FRONTIER.
rviuiaiD btbby rmrnaDAT by
Tub Fsobtikii Pmmtibs Co.
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA.
STATE NEWS
—Safe cracker* have been operating
at Fairmont.
—The governor lias seventy-one bills
to dispose of.
•—Aurora business men arc arranging
for telephone service.
fcj —The new bank at EUdyville lias
commenced business.
—Alliance has organised a lodge of
the Order of Red Men.
—Prairie tires have played sad havoc
with many Holt county furmerr
—Mr. Sweeney of York bad ont of his
eyes removed by local surgeons.
—Fremont will indulge in the luxury
of more brick paving the coming sea
son.
— A good many farmers from Iowa
and Illinois are settling in fuming
county.
—Policeman Nelson, on trial in Beat
rice, charged with perjury, was declared
not guilty.
— Ilev. T. S. Fowler has left Beatrice j
and will engage in ministerial work in
South Dakota.
—The residence of a fanner named
Fischer, four miles from Crete, wits de
stroyed by fire last week.
—At the last reunion of the famous
Gibbon colony, less than half the orig
inal number answered at roll call.
—There is talk of contesting the elec
tion in York. It Is alleged that many
voted who were not legally qualified.
—A prairie fire at tiering destroyed
;» the barn, five horses and two cows of
James McKinley, no relation to “Bill.tf
—A timely cry of alarm In the dead
of night alone saved Thedford from
being swept off the earth by a prairie
fire.
—Hastings has a number of young
sters wfiom it is proposed to send to
the reform school if they do not mend
their ways.
, —The 3-year-old child which was
•truck by a train at Pauline and had its
skull fractured Is still living and has a
chance of recovery.
—Madison county's farmers' alllsnce
has ordered a boycot upon all firms be
longing to the Nebraska implement
dealers' association.
—The Beatrice Land and Investment
company has been organised, it being
the consolidation of three of the lead
V lag real estate firms of that city.
—Marsland is going to have a roller
mill and the projector of it is not plac
: lag himself under obligations to the
community by accepting a bonus.
—While attempting to stop a run
away team in Elkhorn A. Beerbach was
i burled to the ground and sustained a
compound fracture of the forearm.
—The attorney of Mosher, the Lin
coln bank wrecker, says he can produce
his client in court any timo he is
wanted, but will not tell of his where
: a bouts.
—Two Columbus boys under fourteen
years of age, procured a pint of whisky
at a drug store and one of them became
•o intoxicated that he was thought to
be dead.
—A muscled thief lives somewhere in
the vicinity of Atkinson. The other
night he entered the town, and, shoul
dering two breaking plows, walked off
With them.
—While attending the Wobig-Soroder
' wedding last week at Scribner a bench
on which quite a number were sitting
broke down and Mrs. Blelke had one of
her legs broken.
—The board of regents of the state
university met last week. The services
of Dr. Billings, director of the patho
’ logical laboratory, were dispensed with,
to take effect July 1.
—A citizen of Sterling bought a nice
looking roll of butter at a store, and
when he took it home he discovered
that it was a large chunk of salt with
only a covering of butter.
—-The team of Milt* Hudson of Cotes
*eld ran away Monday last and ran
through four wire fences, demolishing
the seeder that was attached to them
without doing any injury to the horses,
j —W. A. Crane, a printer, was ar
. rested in Lincoln upon requisition from
, the governor of Iowa, and now lan
guishes in jaiL He ia charged by O. A.
fienntx of Ulenwood, la., with seduc
ing his 15-year-old daughter. I
—The first annual exhibition of fine j
and fancy poultry by the Madison Poul- j
try association was held at Madison on
Saturday last, and was pronounced an
unqualified success. There were six
teen exhibitors and a dozen different
‘ varieties.
—The fifth annual encampment of
the Interstate Reunion association of
, Nebraska and Kansas for the purpose
of locating the next annual reunion and
: also the election of officers for the com
ing year, will be held at Superior on
May 18.
—L. A. Simmons of Princeton ate
chicken out of a ti4 bucket and was
taken violently ill. His wife and nephew
. went to nurse him and ate some of the
chicken. They, too, were taken sick,
and physicians had their hands full for
a time. All will recover.
—(i. II. Krauze, while on a visit at
Albion, committed suicide at the resi
dence of his son, P. A. Krauze, by hang
ing himself. The deceased was about
60 years old and had been in bad health
for some time and depondeney caused
by sickness, it is supposed, caused him
to suicide.
—The Nebraska City Presbytery, at
its meeting at Tecumseh, has chosen
Rev. Dr. W. W. Harsha, Rev. John
Berk, Elder A. C. Montgomery of York,
and Elder N. A. Harding of Nebraska
City as commissispers to the general
assembly, which meets in Washington
next month.
—The Lincoln Journal says that the
bodies of soldiers buried in various
parts of Wyuka cemetery are being dis
interred and placed in the soldiers' plat
granted by the legislature. The graves
will be arranged around a lawn space,
in the center of which it is proposed to
place a monument.
—Frank Avery, a 10-year-old boy
from Grand Island, experienced some
hard luck the other day. He says that
he left Grand Island with a ticket for
k Garden Grove, Iowa, and *10 in cash,
and that he was going to visit his aunt.
At Valley Junction he was robbed of
his ticket and all his cash.
—The Blakely hotel directors at Be
atrice decided upon rejecting all bids
made for the construction of the hotel
and will advertise the letting of the
contract. The bid averaged about #100,
000. The foundation, which is in. cost
#10,000.
—Articles of incorporation of the l)c
Witt Savings bank of lie Witt. Saline
county, wore tiled with the scrotarv of
state. The capital stock is #100,000,
and the incorporators Charles B. An
derson. Curtis W. Itibblc. Cyrus W.
j Jlunrcy, May I,. Anderson, diehard W.
| Parks and Coo. W. (oilman.
A prairie fire with a fatal accident is
j reported from the divide northwest of
1. ebanon, which took place Monday,
says the lndianolu Courier. The tire
started from the railroad and swept
north, taking everything in its path.
Thomas t ullan. who lias recently pur
chased a farm in that neighlKJrhood,
was burned so that, lie will probably
die.
—The coroner's inquest at Beatrice,
in tlie Currie Able infantieide case, re
turned a verdict exonerating the phy
sician in charge of the ease of any crim
inal practice or intent, and that the
child died from natural causes. Bas
tardy proceedings will be begun uguinst
the girl's brother-in-law, Sferiitt Mc
Cullough, if not even a more "erious
charge.
—■Publishers of Nebraska papers who
are willing to contribute to the select
literature in the reading room of the
Nebraska building at the fair arc in
vited by Seth Mobley to begin sending
their papers regularly on .May 1. To
reach the Nebraska managers by mail
it is only necessary to give the name of
the Nebraska building with the uddiess
“Jackson Park, Chicago.”
—A lumber yard of John Leeof Crete
wns discovered on fire the other morn
ing. l/oss probably ?3,000; insurance
$5,000 in the lloekford, $”.001 in lirand
Rapids Fire and $1,000 in St. Paul Fire
and Marine insurance company. The
safe wus found broken open, the com
bination having been knocked off by
thieves. The fire is believed to have
originated from this source.
—Two Strikes, the notorious Sioux
chief of Rosebud agency, called on the
Valentine Republican the other day
with Father Leehleitner for the pur
pose of publicly announcing that par
ties have been furnishing the Indians
of the Rosebud reservation with liquor. ]
To this Chief Two strikes is bitterly j
opposed, and he stated that if this '
liquor business was continued he would I
give the nuraes of the parties who fur
nished it.
—The announcement of the Oxnard
Beet Sugar company that they would
pay a flat price of $5 per ton for all
beets 13 per cent and over, has brought
forth grand results. The Grand Island
company has contracts for 3,100 acres
from farmers. The company will plant
1,000 acres for sugar and 100 acres for
seed. The seed grown by the company
shows a wonderful germination, far su
perior to the German and French im
ported seed.
—Last fall Wesley John and Amass
Hall robbed the postoffice at Emerald
and stole much property from the gov
erment and George Lee, the postmas
ter. They were tried before the IT. S.
court last month and sentenced to the
penitentiary. Detective Malone has
been searching for the booty ever since
and last week found it under an old
house in West Lincoln. It consisted of
forty-two pieces of jewelry, two watches
among them.
—On the 13th the Columbian fair com
mission was dissolved, whereupon Gov
ernor Crounse appointed Joseph Gar
neau, jr., commissioner general. Mr.
Garneau then appointed Seth P. Mobley
assistant; D. P. Ash burn, superintend
ent of the dairy exhibit; Prof. Barton,
educational exhibit; Prof. Iiartly, hor
ticulture; Ed Whitcomb, bees and hon
ey. Two ladies are yet to be named for
the ladies' exhibit and one superintend
ent of buildings.
—Two boys, George Warner und Roy
Baugher of Neligh, both about thirteen
years old, ran away from home recently
and by tramping and stealing rides
reached Beemer, where Baugher broke
into a house and has been sent to the
industrial school at Kearney. He has
been there before and preferred going
again rather than return to the family
that has been keeping him, because, he
said, they forced him to steal coal.
Warner’s father sent for his son.
—The poison so freely and carelessly
used in Oakland to kill dogs came near
being the death of a little child of Dr.
Carl Larson of that place. The little
3-year-old, while playing in the yard,
is supposed to have picked up some
thing with the poison on and ate it, as
he came in the house complaining of
pain in the stomach. Before the doc
tor could be reached the child was in
convulsions and as rigid as death, and
for a time life was despaired of,but it is
now believed the youngster will re
cover.
—A large stock of clothing of Wood
Bros, at York was destroyed by fire and
smoke last week. The fire originated
in the back part of the building directly
under the electric light, and is sup
posed to have started from a spark
which fell from the light. The light
was turned off at 10:30 p. m. and fire
was not discovered until 3 a. m. Al
though the fire burned several hours
but little of the stock was burned. But
the smoke and heat penetrated every
thing and the goods are almost worth
less. The stock was valued at $33,000,
insurance $13,000.
—Bancroft has again voted on a prop
osition to bond the village to the extent
of $7,000 for the purpose of putting in a
system of water works. The bonds car
ried by a vote of fifty-five to twenty
against. The vote was very light as it
was generally conceded that the propo
sition would carry. The construction
of a system of water works, together
with four fine brick business buildings
[ and a number of fine residences this
j season will make even a better record
I of improvements than last, which was
1 the best in the history of the town,
j —The Orand Commandery of Knights
! Templar of Nebraska, in session in Fre
mont. elected offices for the ensuing
year as follows: tirand commander.
William It. Bowman. Omaha; deputy
grand commander, .lames A. Tulleys,
Bed Cloud: grand generalissimo. Chas.
B. Finch. Kearney: grand captain gen
eral, Richard P. R. Millar, Lincoln;
grand prelate. Rev. John Hewitt, Lin
coln: grand senior warden, Edwin C.
Webster, Hastings: grand junior war
den, Wilton K. Williams, York: grand
treasurer, James S. France, Omaha;
grand recorder. Thomas A. Creigh,
.Omaha. Norfolk was selected as the
place of holding the next conclave of
the grand commandery.
HOUSE ROLL NO. 83.
THE MEASURE THAT CAUSED
CONTENTION.
Bow ll I.ooks MS It I'sniA From tlio Two
Housos of the legislature ~~Provisions
of the Measure that Monopolised So
Much Time and ('sms Near Brine De
feated—The Clnvrrnor'iSlinalars Fixed
to tho Document After Mature Delib
eration.
J LinoIii.n. Neb., April 16.—The raij
| road bill, which lias been signed by the
I governor, is as follows:
House roll No. 33.—A bill.for an a»t
to regulate railroads, to classify
freights, to fix reasonable maximum
rates to be charged for the transporta
tion of freights upon each of the rail
roads in the state of Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the legislature of Ne
braska:
Section 1. The provisions of this act
shall apply, except in this act otherwise
provided, to all railroad corporations
and railroad companies, and to any
common carrier or carriers engaged in
this state in the transportation of
freight by railroad therein, and shall
also be held to apply to shipments of
property made from any point within
the state to any other point within the
state. The term “railroad,'1 as used in
this act, shall include all bridges and
ferries used or operated in connection
with any railroad, and also the road in
use by any corporation, receiver,trustee,
or other person operating a railroad,
whether owned or operated under con
tract, agreement, lease, or otherwise;
and the term “transportation"’ shall in
clude all instrumentalities of shipment
or carriage: and the term "railroad cor
poration,1’ contained in this act, shall
be deemed and taken to mean all cor
porations, conmanies, or individuals
now owning W operating, or which
may hereafter own or operate any rail
road. in whole or in part, in this state,
and the provisions of this act, except as
in this act otherwise provided, shall I
apply to all persons, firms and com- j
panies, and to all associations of per- j
sons, whether incorporated or other- j
wise, that shall do business as common
carriers of freight upon any of the lines
of railway in this state, the same as the
railroad corporations herein mentioned.
Sec. 2. That all freight or property
to be transported by any railroad com
pany or companies mentioned in the
preceding seetion, from any point in
the state of Nebraska to any other point
in said state, shall be classified as here
inafter in this section provided, any
other or different classification of
freight, which would raise the rates on
class or commodity of freights above
the rates prescribed in this act, except
as hereihafter otherwise provided ip
prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
The classification established by this
act shall be known as the “Nebraska
Classification.” Freights shall be billed
at the actual weight, unless otherwise
directed in the classification —20,000
pounds shall be a car load, and all ex
cessive weights shall be at the same
rate per 100 pounds, except in car loads
of light and bulky articles, and unless
otherwise specified in classification.
When the classification makes an arti
cle “released” or at “owner's risk” the
same at carrier's risk will be next rate
higher, unless otherwise provided in the
classification. Articles rated first class,
“released” or owner's risk, if taken at
“carrier's risk,” will be one and one
half times first class, unless otherwise
provided in classification. All articles
carried according to this classification
at “owner’s risk” of fire, leakage, dam
age or breakage, must be so receipted
for by agents of the railroad, and so
considered by owners and shippers.
Signing a release contract by a shipper
shall not release the railroad company
for loss or damage caused by, careless
ness or negligence of its employes.
Then follows “The* Nebraska Classi
fication” with explanation of charac
ters.
The balance of section 2, comprising
179 printed pages, is devoted to figures
setting form the Nebraska classifica
tion.
Sec. 3. That each of the railroads in
the state of Nebraska shall charge for
the transportation of freight from any
point in said state to anv poi.nt in said
state no higheror greater rate of charge '
than is by this act fixed as the reason- |
able maximum rate for the distance {
hauled, and the reasonable maximum ;
rates for the transportation of freight
by railroad from any point in the state
of Nebraska to any other point in said
state, are declared and established to
be as hereinafter in this section fixed
for the distance named, and any higher
or greater rate for the distance hauled
than that herein fixed and established,
is prohibited and declared to be unlaw
ful; and the reasonable maximum rate
herein fixed and established shall be
known as the Nebraska schedule of
| reasonable maximum rates. Then fol
! lows the “Nebraska schedule of reason
! able maximum rates,” to which is de
i voted sixteen printed pages.
sec. 4. All railroads or parts thereof
which hare been built in this state
since the 1st day of January, 1880. or
may be built before the 31st day of De
cember. 1899, shall be exempt,from the
provisions of this act until the 31st day
of December, 1899.
Sec. 5. Whenever any railroad com
pany or companies^ in this state shall,
in a proper action,'show by competent
testimony that the schedule of rates
prescribed by this act are unjust and
unreasonable, such railroad or railroads
shall be exempt therefrom as hereinaf
ter provided. All such actions shall be
brought before the supreme court, in
the name of the railroad company or
companies bringing the same, 'and
against the state of Nebraska, andupon
the hearing there if, if the court shall
become satisfied that the rates herein
prescribed are unjust in so far as they
relate to the railroad bringing the ac
tion, may issue theirorder directing the
board of transportation to permit such
railroad to raise its rates to any sum in
the discretion of the board, provided
that in no case shall the rates so raised
be fixed at a higher sum than that
charged by such railroad on the first
day of January. 1893. Whenever any
railruad company in this state shall
claim the benefit of the provisions of
this section, it shall be the duty of such
railroad company to show to the court
all matters pertaining to the manage
ment thereof, and if it shall appear that
said railroad corn oar.T up»<-ating
branch lines of railroad in connection
with its lino, and all included in one
system, then, and in that case it shall
be the duty of the railroad company to
show the court upon which branch or
branches, or upon which portion of such
| system the schedule of rates proscribed
in this act is unjust and unreasonable,
and only such portions shall be e.x
j emptod from the provisions thereof,
provided that in no ease shall a railroad
, company be allowed to pool the earp
! ings of all the lines operated under one
management, where more than one line
j is so operated, for the purpose of lower
. ing the general average,
j Sec. «. That the board of transporta
tion is hereby empowered and directed
| to reduce the rates on any class or com
! modity in the schedule of rates fixed in
, this act whenever it seems just and rea
sonable to a majority of said board so
to reduce any rate; and said board of
transportation is hereby empowered
and directed to revise sail) classification
of freight as hereinbefore in this act
established whenever it shall appear
to a majority of said board just and
reasonable to revise said elassification;
provided that said board of transporta
tion shall never change the classifica
tion in this act established, so that by
such change of classification the rates
™ win necome nigner or
greater than in this act fixed. When
any reduction of rates or revision of
classification shall be made by said
board it shall be the duty of said board
to cause notice thereof to be published
two successive weeks in some public
newspaper published in the city of Lin
coln, in this state, which notice shall
state the date of the taking effect of
such change of rate or classification,
and said change of rate or classification
so made by the said board and pub
lished in said notice shall take effect at
the time so stated in said notice.
Sec. 7—That articles not enumerated
in said classification of section 2 of this
act established, nor rated in said sched
ule of rates in section 3 of this act,shall
be classified as analagous articles in
said classification, and where there is
any conflict between said classification
and said schedule of maximum rates
said rates shall govern.
_ Ncc. 8—-That in case any common car
rier subject to the provisions of this act
shall do, or cause to be done, or permit
to be done, any act, matter or thing in
this act prohibited or declared to be
unlawful, or shall omit to do any act,
matter or thing in this act required to
done, such common carrier shall be lia
ble to the person or persons injured
thereby for all damages sustained in
consequence of any such violations of
the provisions of this act, together with
costs of suit and a reasonable counsel
or attorney's fee, to be fixed by the
court in which the same is heard, on
appeal or otherwise, which shall be
taxed and collected as part of the costs
in the case; provided that in all cases
demand in writing on said common car
rier shall be made for the money dam
ages sustained before suit is brought
for recovery under this section, and
that no suit shall be 'brought until the
expiration of fifteen days after such de
mand.
_ Sec. 0—That in case any common car
rier, subject to the provisions of this
act, shall do or cause to be done, or per
mit to be done, any act, matter or thing
in this act prohibited or declared to be
unlawful, or shall omit to do any act,
matter or thing, in this act required to
be done, such common carrier shall
upon conviction thereof be fined in any
sum not less than $2,000 nor more than
$5,000 for the first offense, and for the
second offense not less than $5,000 nor
more than $10,000, and for the third of
fence not less than $10,003 nor more
than $20,000, and for every subsequent
offense and conviction thereof shall be
liable to a fine of $25,000. Provided,
that in all cases under this act either
party shall have the right of trial by
jury.
Sec. 10—All acts or parts of acts in
consistent herewith are hereby re
pealed.
RELICS OF PERRY'S FLAGSHIP.
StaveoHU, Palmer and Springer Given
Oavel* Hade from Her Timbers.
Washington. April It.—Three of Il
linois' distinguished statesmen were
last night the recipients of gifts,
miniature in size, but embodying a
vast amount of national history. They
were Vice-President Stevenson, Sena
tor Palmer and Representative Spring
er. The gifts were two gavels and a
cane of oak made from the wood of the
United States brig Lawrence, Commo
dore Oliver Hazard Perry's flag
ship in tlie memorable battle
on Lake Krie, Scut, iff, 1813.
The donor was Capt. T* J. Dunlap of
Illinois and the material for the gifts
was furnished by Capt. Johq Flesh
ardy of Pennsylvania, whose grand
father. Daniel Dobbins, cut the first
stick of timber for the building of this
ship and commanded the Ohio during
the engagement on Lake Erie. Capt.
Dunlap raised the ship after she had
been sunk for over 60years and it was
exhibited at the Centennial in 1876 and
afterward cut up into canes and relics.
The presentations were made through
ex-Representative Frame Lawler, and
a detailed history of the relics recited
by Capt. Dunlap and Fleshardv
Seventeen Killed.
Memphis, Tenn., April 13.—Robin
sonville, Miss., a small town twenty
miles south of Memphis, was entirely
demolished by a cyclone. Seventeen
people were killed and half a hundred
wounded. A few minutes after the
tornado struck the town, fire broke out
in the debris of a Chinese laundry, and
the mass of wreckage caught and
burned all night and today. Several
bodies of those killed by the falling
houses were burned to a crisp.
Two clouds, one from the east and
one from the west, met over the town,
ami then began a rotary motion which
tore up houses and snapped huge trees
like reeds. The cyclone moved west
frou} the Mississippi river a distance
of seven miles and swept all be
fore it. Mrs. Emma Lusk, wife of
! t he. night, telegraph operator was in her
house with her husband and three chil
\ ilren. The husband got out; the wo
; man was killed and the three children
j were blown 100 yards throngh the air.
1 They were naked when found, but
uninjured. Isaac Chapman was crush
ed under the ruins of his house and
burned along with three other negroes
whose names are, unknown. The body
of an old negress was found today in
an open field. It is probable she was
dropped there by the wind. The prop
erty loss iu the town will reach $100,
000. Thirteen stores, six residences,
three churches . and 100 negro cabins
were destroyed . -
THE HAWAIIAN NEWS.
HAULING DOWN OF THE AMERI
* CAN FLAG.
It la the Subject or ■■ Animated Dlacua
aion In the Cabinet Meeting—Mr. Mount
Said to Have Acted Under lnatruetlona
— Xo Keaton for Alarm Seerf in His
Action—Troublea of the Choctaw In
diana— Srandala In the Xew York Cna
tom Houmn
Discussed Hawaiian
Wasiunotox, April 15.—The start
ling' news from Hawaii of the hauling
down of the American flag, it is said,
was the subject of an animated discus
sion at the cabinet meeting yesterday.
Secretary Gresham said before going in
that he had received no news except
that contained in the papers published
this morning;
It is said that in hauling down the
United States flag at Honolulu, Blount
followed the instructions given him be
fore leaving here to the letter; that the
reason for keeping the fact that he was
empowered to do so a secret was to pre
vent possible disorder in the islands and
keep any other foreign country from
stepping in unexpectedly.
It is contended, in view of the state
ments from President Dole, that the
provisional government could maintain
and protect itself from any assault
from within, that the necessity for the
presence of the United States marines
ashore and the United States flag has
passed. ' Therefore, it is argued, Mr.
Blount was correct in ordering marines
to their boats and the flag to be hauled
down, especially if the presence of the
flag over the government building in
Honolulu, as stated, tended to impede
diplomatic relations between the two
countries and to embarrass negotiations.
Mr. Charles L. Carter, one of the Ha
waiian annexation commissioners, on
being asked if he had any news, replied
in the negative. Speaking of the low
ering of the United States flag by Mr.
Blount’s order, Mr. Carter said; “I do
not think it means a reversal of the
policy of the government as expressed
by the late administration. The secre
tary’s attitude was satisfactory to the
annexationists and he promptly disa
vowed the protectorate. The force of
marines was posed on duty in response
to the request of the provisional gov
ernment, to protect persons and prop
erty against assaults and danger from
the natives. The necessity for this has
passed; the annexation movement has
gained strength and members, and
President Dole has announced that it
was able to maintain itself if not as
sailed from without. Therefore, the
forces of the United States were no
longer essential and with their removal
of course, the flag came down. What
we all regret is that events have made
it necessary to pursue that course. We
had hoped that wThen it was once hoisted
that annexation would be accomplished
and that it might never again be hauled
down.”
Up to thfe hour of closing the Depart
ment of State no information had been
received there regarding the action of
Commissioner Blount. In the course of
the afternoon Mr. Carter had an inter
view with Secretary Gresham, which,
he said, was quite satisfactory. ”
M “1 nui not at all discouraged over the
situation and believe we shall come out
all right in the end,” said he. That
this is Mr. Carter’s belief is brought out
by the fact that he arranged to make a
tour of the south to investigate the sub
ject of negro labor and the probabili
ties of securing a supply from that sec
tion of the country for Hawaii. He
says, in explanation of this trip, that
that knowledge is necessary to his
government and to the people of the
'islands before annexation with the
United States is consumated, the pres
ent contract system, by which Chinese
and Japanese laborers for the sugar
plantations of Hawaii are secured, must
be abandoned and southern negro labor
will be the most available substitute.
•The news from Hawaii attracted a
great deal of attention among senators,
although there was much reticence
manifested when an effort was made to
draw out. Democrats refrained from
gfiving utterance to what appeared to
be their real sentiments, and republi
cans said more for private, ears than
they were willing to see reproduced in
cold type.
Senator Palmer of Illinois sees no
reason for alarm in the action of Com
missioner Blount. "I can scarcely see,”
said the senator, “tjiat the act of Mr.
Blount can be construed as abandon
ment pn the part of the present admin
istration of all intentions concerning
the islands. It. to my mind, signifies
rather that precaution which the im
portance of the situation suggests, so
that the matter of annexation or the
establishment of a protectorate can be
discussed with sober deliberation. ”
"Mr. Morrill does not condemn the
proceedings unqualifiedly, but it is easy
to see that he disapproves of the act
which resulted in the lowering of the
American colors, "It may be that the
administration wants to be in a posi- ,
tion where it can act as it bclives, freely
and without prejudice.”
“On general principles,” said Mr.
Proctor, ex-secretary of war. "I believe
in holding up the flag. I hope the ac
tion of Mr. Blount does not menace the
future of that country, nor the aban
donment of the principle to which the
public has, up to this time, given its
hearty assent. But just what it means
I cannot say. and I presume we must
wait until we are made acquainted with
the facts.”
Sf«w tofk Custom House Scandals. i
~ New YoRK.April 15.—Tlie revival of
the agitation of the custom house scan
i dal and fraud in the appraiser's store
i at this port has caused considerable ex
i citement amon^ the employes in the
; customs service and denials are numer
| ous. The interest in the matter was |
further heightened yesterday by the i
statement of Colonel Tiehenor, of the !
board of general appraisers, that he I
had written a letter to Secretary Car- !
lisle, asking that a commission be at I
once appointed to make a thorough in- |
vestigation of all the charges and pun
ish each and every person found guiltv i
of malfeasance in ottiee. ‘ !
Troubles of the Choctaws.
Washington, l). C., .\pril 15.—Secre- !
tary Smith todav received a telegram
from Agent Benneu7t, Xl.n
that Governor Jones refi*
there for conference- «... *
\ is a menace to ’pe£? “t *•
i r nee of the rangers, W*' ’S
hng relief. . 0WCTCri»4«,
letter from V* **eii<J
Nelson, L. H. Willtnnt; M
and Iter. Joseph G Hi!?"
Jackson faction; giving i*?* o!
the Choctaw troubled “ft **
thuf 1- ThjJ
that the
numberless outrages and
was honestly elated govl ‘‘Jvk
territory. ®0VerQw
territory.
of >
UnktrlH, Ketiw,.
WASHISBTOS, April 14_H„ ,
Lambertson laid down y*'
office of assistant secretary ofu,^1
z-ssx5£*-$
bade his official associates
tonight left for his home in 1
His departure was the signal fa*'
compliments. His room.^hich
to that occupied by Secretary chm
was thronged all afternoon by 2
and employes of the department *
said an affectionate farewell*-'
him success and happiness »iT 111
goes Mr. LambeS^!^;;1
friend of every person with ,"i t,
has come in contact here. He lei'., '
excellent record as an officer and",'
service rendered by him andbyt
or Crounse in the treasury deL.
the state of Nebraska
P™udT‘ A®ong those who earne d
Mr Lambertson adieu was &1,
Cai-lisle, who gave him this nT
s&SSaSr* **•*■£;:
Lambertson, Washington, D C ■ \
Dear Sir: . Your resignation, which.
tendered on the 8th of March w.
hereby accepted, to take edict |i
date. In accepting your resignmi,
from the important position white v.
have filled in this department, it aiV
me great pleasure to say that since ‘n
entrance into the office of secretar
the treasury your official duties i
been discharged in the most satsfj
tory manner, and I wish to sincere
thank you for remaining at mv P™„.
m tne public service until your p*,
could be filled by a successor. Um
the honor to be very respectfully
J. U. Caklisu.
Mr. Dambertson said, just Mai
leaving the city, that his stay in ’>VW.
ington had been most agreeable is
every respect; that he had been trend
with distinguished consideration k}
both the republican and democratic »
ministrations, and that he left the a
tion's capitol with the pleasait ret#
lection of his short official career b
World’s Fair Motes.
Chicago, 111., Ap-il 13.—The World!
fair strikers all returned to work Sun
day morning and in addition the fm
of landscape gardeners was increi-n
to 3,000, and everybody went fomrd
right merrily.
In one week at the fair ground; the
big Allis engine, which is to be the
wonder of the visiting engineers nen
summer, will be at work. Three dilfu
of men have been working on the jut
ever since the engine arrived. In*,
giant pump of the pumping plant ke
gan its “chug-chug” today, and nil!
hereafter supply a daily quantity of
13,500,000 gallons for use in the Vs
The total' capacity of the station when
all completed will be 60,000,000 gaiiont
a day.
Director General Davis has extends!
the time for receiving exhibits si me
World’s fair from April 10, the day
originally set as .the last one on whiei
they would be received, until April!»
This was necessitated by the fact that
only one-third of the exhibits are
on the grounds.
Hay Cheek the Outflow ot Gold.
New Yobk, April 14.—Prominent tup
lish banking houses state that a hup
amount of contracts to deliver sixty
day grain bills before the middle o!
May have been made with them it
$4- 85 and they have sold their own skip
day bills at #4.86}£ against these cert*
cates. The sellers on the grain i«
tracts are western houses that have ar
ranged to export grain to Europe»
soon as navigation opens, which w;.'*
about April 20. The appearan f »*
these contracts is thought to induate1
general increase in the supply p-1'1'
eign exchange which may concept-,
prevent a continuation of the on-''1'
movement of gold.
Vice President Stevenson opened .li*
great bazaar in Baltimore in aid <>•
monument to he erected to the
ory of Maryland heroes of 177®.
LIVE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MASK^
Quotations from Sew York, uue»k
Louie, Omaha and Elsowhe
OMAHA.
Wheat—No. 2 spring.
Rye—.
Corn..
Oats—No. 2 white.•: • ■
Batter—Choice to fancy roll.
74 0
m 0
i« 0
:o »
a> 0
)7 »
Butter—Good packing. {1, a
Eggs-Fresh„. g j* »
Honey—Per®. s ijt 1
Chickens—Per ®. ,2 © fc
Turkeys—Dressed. ,, a i:
Ducks—Dressed,per.. , ^ at'1' i
Lemons. Is 0 3"
Oranges—Florida—..?«,, gi*
Sweet Potatoes—Per hbl.. j- © i -■
Potatoes—Colorado— . , r,| © i *
Apples—Per barrel—..3«) ©;*' :
Straw—Per ton.0'*"
Bran—Per ton. ©!i»'“
Onions—Per ..Sei ©-it'
Hogs—Mixed packing.iui 05 -'
Hogs- Heavy weights.■
Beeves—Stockers and feeders- - • q s pi
Steers—Prime to good. ; no as*
Sheep—Natives.4 w
NEW 'YOKE. ^
Wheat—No-2, red Winter. I'.u©
Corn—No. 2.... j* © **
Oats—Mixed western
Pork
17 75 01*5
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. © 4’V
.. £ © *•
.-.sfil*r
4»>
Cattle—Stockers and feeders ^ 5 »<
Sheep-Natives.4 w
Hors—Packers and mixed.
Steers—Common to extra. 4 ^ ‘
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat— No. 2 red, cash.
Corn—Per ..
Oats—Per bu. .
Hogs—Mixed packing.
Cattle—Native steers.
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. ..
Corn—No. ..
Oats—No. ..
Cattle—Stockers and feeders
Hogs-Mixed.
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