Nebraska Newspapers

    0L SEIGNIORAGE.
ND.S BILL PASSES THE
L6'A HOUSE.
( It Is sniil Will AUn Pan the
*-Wh»t It» *■»*• Will b® *“ *•»«
. of the
rresident ll Mot Koovn
,jo<"
to Spe»k Against the Bill ns the
tentative
of the Treasury Depart
Nantes of the'Bond Subscribers
rohlic by Secretary Carlisle.
The Seigniorage Measure.
hiisgton, Feb. 10—Mr. Bland’s bill
;'r;co the secretary of the treas
f.ocoin the seigniorage accruing
' sl]ver bullion purchased by the
rr;,„ent anti stored in the vaults
fjsslie certificates therefor will in
probability pass the house with
1 There are great numbers of
locrats, especially from the South,
toted for the repeal of the Sher
bet, who will eagerly se'ize the
oftunitv to vote for this measure,
I |hey may go back to their con
aents for re-election as men friend
0 the proper recognition of the
I
fu-metai.
u. Traeey has conceded almost in
...ihe inability of the gold stand-'
/mt n to withstand this "renewed
, ./ tiie silver champions in the
;;ml there is reason to believe
."il.'i. bill will pass the senate,
pic’president’s name is freely em
„,,i by persons evidently not
jl urized to speak for him in affirma
j . i.neotiou with the report that
iv. v.hl vote the bill if it should go
•ju. White house, but there is no
authority for the statement
her than Mr. Carlisle’s known dis
the section making the coinage
apdsory. lie wants authority to
jj, with" discretion as to time and
uni,tv of coinage.
If the president were to veto the
I it is greatly to be doubted whether
(or.ld be passed over the veto. Some
ucr.ition of silver will in any event
, yielded to the country by congress
Core the expiration of this session.
\|r. Rayner of Maryland is leading
k opposition against the seigniorage
3! and will speak against it as, it is
iiierstoocl, the representative of the
ic,vs of the treasury. He says he
links the bill will pass the house,
it t o doubts whether it will pass the
sate, and, if it does, the impression
that l’resident Cleveland will veto
lie says that the Bland seignior
p bill will put 850,000,000 in silver
['•.ideates ultimately on the market
i arainst a weakening of the gold
nerve.
Jb.urke Cochran will follow Mr. Bay
er a speech against the bill.
DENOUNCE MORTON.
knurrs' Alliance Haa No Use tor the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Tmtt.ka, Kan., Feb 10—The National
armors’ Alliance and Industrial union
sent the greater part of yesterday
fernoon discussing the speech de
livir:d by Secretary of Agriculture
Swim at the world’s fair on “The
Soef-sities of the American Farmer,”
mil adopted the following resolution:
llrsolved. That it is the sense of the
Si’.innal Farmers’ Alliance and Indus
trial anion that Mr. Morton entirely
EMinderstands the necessities of the
Imrrican farmer or else all other pro
fr' ions and classes of people are en
tin-lv wrong when they organize and
H ti’.oir intellects and so operate for
' i.l benefit and protection. If in
trilualization would be an element
oNlrength to us why is it that other
fiaases have not learned it and that
Hr. Morton and others of his class do
k practice it? Therefore we declare
fa the doctrine advanced by Mr.
iBorton is a false principle and dan
feruns to the welfare of the American
firmer and therefore to the general
jWelfare of the country.
At an open meeting in Represen
n’ive hall last night, addresses were
delivered by National Lecturer Ben
Terrill of Texas and J. L. Gilbert of
California.
Marion Ilutler of North Carolina and
Ulan Page of Virginia say the wo
®kacs suffrage question stands no
ttince of indorsement by the council.
hie meetings to-day have been
Keret, as usual, and nothing has bee n
fren out. The election of officers
*iltake place to-night and adiourn
®eoi sme die will follow.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
*tl' Eisht of tbe Secretary of the Treas
"r? to Issue Bonds Again Discussed.
" tsniNOTON, Feb. 10.—The right of
’<■'secretary to issue United States
"'Ms at tiiis time was again the sub
!M of controversy in the senate yes
f i.iv. The resolution of Senator
■ 1 "art came up under the rules, and
made by Senator But ler to
jt to the committee on judiciary
‘'-A. t,1L' °nly opposition.
S„* . f (I,lestion finally w^nt over and
' ““tor jjerry called up his bill com
,, tll(i Kock Island road to stop
klahoma town-sites instead of
0j 1';.n“ to build up their own towns
Iriv s °"’ned by the road for specu
sto e PurPoses, adjacent to the legal
t,„s established by the interior de
P2rlincnt.
(i.^V^nunciation of the methods of
,1**“ Island road in keeping
lijffre,se:ntatives here to defeat this
to th sa‘^’ bad a direct application
whi.in att°rneys of the company
lerv .? charged, occupied the gal
\oflU i ^“bate was in progress,
i'iil if * ,vote was reached on the
,lrjj1)u“ Senator Berry will urge it
'r‘ at the beginning of next week.
pr.i, r ,scnate. then resumed its old
tn‘.:, of adjourning from Thursday
1,1 Monday.
... Amprlcan Floor In England.
ParkSKIXGT0IT, Feb‘ 10.—George F.
I ^ er> consul at Birmingham, has
haiKr° t*le state department an ex
,D(,S’vc report on American wheat
•Hr! « rul1 on American w oca
’ u flour trade in English midlands
estimatas ' “ ‘ ...
•mount
the
the
the increase in
°t flour received from ...
tCn, “States in four oy ears at 79.1 pe
«e says: “Nothing seems mor
ponP etely established than the de
Jifit„;nee of the people of Grea
uP°n the United States for i
Wtv at**8 amount of breadstuffs
to 818 dependence ia far more likel;
rease than diminish.”
the seigniorage debate.
a T.njI. Open! ,h. H«« Pro«,«.dlng._
Mr. Bland Spaaka tor Hla BUI.
WAdHiitOTox, Feb.l0.-A tangle
ffrowinjr out of an error ,n the»oU*
call by which the house went into
committee of the whole on the Bland
thuym fay’ °rfned the Proceeding's
this morning. Mr. Babcock of Wis
consin explained that he had not voted
*“d *®r- Tracey and Mr. Reed
brnl??i®d to make th® Point that this
qu0rura antl the subsequent
?f yesterday were there
▼itiated. It was discovered,
k?vT«ver' that Mr. Marshall of Vir
gini* and Mr. bhell of South Carolina,
were recorded as not voting, and as
ram1 * H°Uld eomplcte the quo
rum, no further objection to the ap
proval of the journal was made, and
after some routine work the house
went into committee of the whole for
the consideration of the seigniorage
*KM^BLand espiained in a few words
that he had never agreed to the strik
mg out of the second section of this bill
which provides for the coinage of all
the bullion in the treasury. Aside
trom the question of raising revenue,
he regarded the second section as
more important than the first,
o “What advantage,” asked Mr.
Coombs, Democrat of New York,
would accrue from the coinage of
this bullion, when no one wants it?”
“Is it the intention after the bill
goes into effect,” inquired Mr. Tracev,
Democrat, of New York, -to redeem
the silver certificates in gold?”
"Do you understand that silver cer
tificates are redeemable in gold?”
asked Mr. Bland in turn.
“I do.”
“Well,” replied Mr. Bland, “the
secretary of tne treasury has never so
held. Tlie secretary of the treasury
has maintained that all that was neces
sary to keep all classes of our currency
at par was to keep the greenbacks at
Phr- They are gold obligations, and
therefore interconvertible, and while
silver certificates have not been re
deemed in gold, greenbacks have
never been refused for them. This
keeps all our currency at par. I am
speaking now from the standpoint of
a gold monometalist.
INGALLS AS A CONVERT.
The Noted Kansan Responds to Sat/*
Jones’ Call for “Mourners.”
Nashville, Tenn., Feb., 10—In the
audience at the tabernacle, where the
Rev. Sam Jones, the noted Georgia
evangelist, is preaching, last night,
was ex-Senator John J. Ingalls of
Kansas.
The ex-senator was deeply inter
ested in Mr. Jones’ remarks,and when,
as is usual at the close of the sermon,
the call was made for those who had
repented and desired to lead better
lives to come forward and shake his
hand, the first to respond was the ex
senator.
“Mr. Jones,” Mr. Ingalls said, “your
sermon has moved me. I indorse every
word you have said.”
“May God bless you,” was the
evangelist's response.
Thus the dramatic scene closed.
Mr. Ingalls is at present on a lecture
tour throughout the South.
Mr. Ingalls said this morning con
cerning his appearance in the ranks
of the penitents: “I was very deeply
impressed by the great assemblage
of- people, as well as the fervor
and solemnity of the exercises. Mr.
Jone's sermon was remarkable for its
force and earnestness and sin
cerity. I have rarely heard a speaker
that was his equal in these
respects. Mr. Jones’ power as a
preacher consists in his simplici
ty, his illustrations drawn from
every day life his original
phrases, his capacity for appealing
to the intelligence and to the con
science of the common people. In this
way he exerts an influence which
learned theologians and doctors of divi
nity cannot reach with their discourses
and commeniaries which are so pro
found that they put their audience to
sleep. His phenomenal success as a
teacher entitles him to rank with
Whitfield, Peter Cartwright, Spurgeon
and the other evangelists who have
led the multitudes to pure lives and
higher morality.”
LEASING INDIAN LANDS.
Tolley of the Interior Dcparment Dis
cussed by House Committee on Indians.
Washington,Feb. 10 —The policy of
the secretary of the interior in leas
ing to cattlemen the Wichita, Kiowa
and Comanche lands in Oklahoma was
discussed by the house committee on
Indian affairs yesterday. The lands
embrace 3,000,000 acres, and arrange
ments made with the Indians for ac
quisition by the government are be
fore congress for ratification.
Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma has a
resolution directing the secretary to
withhold his approval of the leases
and to forward to the house all papers
bearing on the matter, with the
declaration that to lease the lands
will interfere with their settlement
when the treaties are ratified. The
committee voted to report to the
house favorably.
Calls were received from two chiefs
of the Kickapoos and Sacs of Okla
homa, who claim that agreements
recently ratified for the purchase of
300.000 acres of their land in Okla
homa were made-without their knowl
edge. __
UNION PAC1FC MEN WIN.
Decision of Judges Hallett nnd Bluer In
the Schedule Matter.
Denver, Col., Feb. 10.—Argument
was concluded before Judge Hallett
and Riner on the petition of the Union
Pacific receivers for the adoption by
this court of the new wage schedule.
The judges gave a decision last even
ing in favor of the employes, refusing
to enter in the districts of Colorado
and Wyoming the order made by
Judge Dundv at Omaha.
Hawaiian Testimony Completed.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The last of
the testimony — the Hawaiian inves
tigation will be printed to-day and the
full report will be laid before the com
mittee on foreign relations. It is not
believed that there will be any haste
on the part of the committee to make
a report, because the members are en
gaged upon other subjects and they
may not wish to bring in the report
until after the tariff question shall be
disposed of.
ONCLE SAM A LOSES.
THE FAMOUS WAR SHIP KEAR
SAROE WRECKED.
Admiral Staatoo aad HU Craw Reported
•«h—Thm Ship Want on the Rocha at
Boneadora Raat—Particulars of tha Ae
aldant Rathar Header—Tha Great Fight
with the Rebel Cralaar Alabama O&
Franca RacaUad—A Thrilling Recital.
xne K«tn»r|» Wrecked.
^ASHKfeTON, Feb. #.—The United
States steamer Kearsarge, the oldest
Teasel on the active list of the navy
and the ship which won renown in the
rebellion for her gallant victory over
the rebel cruiser Alabama, is a wreck
on Roncadore reef, Central America,
having gone on the rocks last Friday.
Lieutenant Brainard, who managed
in some way to reach Colon to-day, in
a cable message this morning an
nounced to the navy department the
fact of the wreck and reported that
officers and crew were all saved.
_ The Eearsarge sailed from Port au
Prince, Hayti, January 30, for Blue
fields, Nicaragua, to protect American
interests there in view of the invasion
of the military forces of Honduras.
She was wrecked three days out.
Roncadore reef is a dangerous im
pediment to navigation, a little over
200 miles from the Mosquito coast off
Central America. Between the coast
and the reef lies Old Providence island,
only seventy-five or eighty miles to
leeward of the reef.
It is believed at the navy depart
ment that the officers and crew would
be able to reach Old Providence with
out difficulty in case they were in
danger of their lives on the reef and
it is believed that they would be safe
on the reef except in event of rough
weather.
Immediately upon receipt Of the
news of the wreck the navy depart
ment sent a cable dispatch to Lieuten
ant Brainard, at Colon, ordering him
to charter a steamer and proceed at
once to the relief of the shipwrecked
crew.
Some time ago when Warner Miller
and officers of the Nicaragua Canal
company were on their way to Nicar
agua they were wrecked on this same
point.
When the New Tork and Detroit
were dispatched to Rio the Kearsarge
was made the flagship of the North
Atlantic squadron and Admiral Stan
ton, after tbo secretary of the navy
had acted on the report of the salute
of Mello in Rio bay, was ordered to
Sroceed to Port au Prince and transfer
is flag to the Kearsarge ifnd assume
command of the station. This he did
recently and he was undoubtedly on
the vessel when it was wrecked.
THIS KEARSARGE-ALABAMA BATTI.E.
In history the name of the Kear
sarge will stand out chiefly in the con
flict with the Alabama. This notable
fight occurred Sunday morning, June
19, 1864. Early in June, while an
chored off Flushing, in Holland, Cap
tain John A. Winslow,* commander of
the Kearsarge, received word from
Minister Dayton in Paris that the
Confederate cruiser Alabama, the
terror of United States commerce,
had anchored off Cherbourg, France.
Commander Winslow immediately
steamed to Cherbourg, anchoring near
the breakwater. He paid an official
visit on shore and there received
through Mr. Lials, the United States
commercial agent, a challenge to a
fight which Admiral R. Semmes of the
Alabama had sent to Mr. Binfils, the
Confederate commercial agent. Cap
tain Winslow accepted the challenge,
and for several days cruised to and
fro near the breakwater waiting for
the Confederate vessel.
Sunday morning, June 19, at 10:30
the Alabama was sighted. The Kear
sarge had been placed in Sunday at
tire. The marines were in best garb,
the guns were polished and the decks
had been scrubbed. The vessel was
immediately cleared for action, and
Commander Winslow steamed further
ULlt IU IMUldb 11*3 mi^Ub UUU
violate the law of nations and
sufficiently far to prevent the Alabama
from entering1 neutral waters. The
Alabama was escorted by the French
ironclad Couronne, which soon after
steamed back to Cherbourg. The
Deerhound, a small rigged steamer,
flying the flag of the Koyal Mersey
Yacht club, was also with the Ala
bama. When between six and seven
miles from the shore the Kearsarge,
thoroughly ready, wheeled at a dis
tance of ono and a quarter miles
from the Alabama. The latter sheered
and a moment later sent a broadside
at the Kearsarge, which fell short.
The Kearsarge put on increased speed
and advanced rapidly, receiving a
second and third broadside from the
Confederate vessel. The object of the
latter was to fight at long range.
When within 900 j’ards the Kearsarge
broke silence with her starboard bat
tery. Each ship was now under a
full head of steam, the position being
broadside to broadside and traveling
in a circular track. The Alabama
changed from solid shot to shell. A
shot from the Kearsage carried away
the spanker gaff and down came the
ensign, while the marines on the
Dnited States war ship cheered lustily.
It was deemed a favorable omen. The
battle was now hot and the Alabama
was firing both shot and shell rapidly
and wildly, while the Kearsarge was
dropping terrible missiles into the
Alabama with alarming precision and
accuracy. The effect soon began to
tell and the Alabama began to settle.
Cheer after cheer resounded on the
decks of the Kearsarge and the en
thusiasm grew more intense with
every shot.
Seven times round theivessels had
passed and they were on the eighth.
Suddenly the Alabama left the circle
and headed for French waters. The
Kearsarge pursued and with well di
rected aim hastened its sinking condi
tion. Large ragged holes were visi
ble in the Bides of the Alabama
through which water rushed in tor
rents. The boat was clearly doomed.
Her colors were struck and the Kcar
sarge ceased firing. Two of the junior
officers, however, who declared they
would not surrender, rushed to the
port guns and sent several shots at the
Kearsarge. Commander Winslow or
dered another broadside, believing
the striking of colors a mere trick.
The Kearsarge took a position where
it could use grape and canister
with terrible effect, when a email
I white flag appeared over the etern of
the rebel shin. For the aeeond time
the firing wairordered to eeaae. This
ended the battle, which had lasted
one hour and two minutes. Captain
Semmes sent away the wounded and
those who could not swim in the quar
ter boats,and then with the remaining
officers and men jumped overboard.
He, twelve other officers and twenty
six men were rescued by the yacht
Deerhound, whioh was ashed to save
the men by Captain Winslow. John
Lancaster, the owner of the Deer
hound,then steamed tor Southampton,
and thus it was that the thirty-three
men who were properly prisoners of
the Kearsarge, and oould have been
secured, escaped the dutches of the
United States government by means
of the shelter of a neutral flag.
The Alabama sunk soon after in
flfty-flve fathoms of water, at a dis
tance of four and a half miles from
the breakwater. “Suddenly assuming
a perpendicular position, caused by
the falling aft of the battery ana
stores, straight as a plumb line, stern
first, she went down, the jib boom be
ing the last to appear above water.
Down sank the terror of merchant
men, riddled through and through,
and as she disappeared to her last rest
ing place there was no cheer; all were
silent.”
The Kearsarge fired 173 shot and
shell; the Alabama about twice that
many, yet the KearBarge had only
three men badly wounded, one of
whom died later. The Alabama’s loss
was heavy. The wounded of the sur
vivors from the Alabama were taken
on board the Kearsarge and the lat
ter’s boats and a pilot boat rescued
seventy men. The crew of the Kear
sarge fraternised with their prisoners,
shared with them their grog and their
clothes. The Kearsarge received
twenty-eight shot and shell, of which
thirteen were in the hull. The ships
were well matched in else and speed
and looked very much alike. The fol
lowing comparative table explains the
relative dimensions:
Alabama Kearsarge
Length over, all.220 feet 232 feet.
Length of keel .£10 feet IMM feet.
Beam. 82 feet 83 feet
Depth. 17 feet 10t« feet
Two engines.800 horse power eaoh torSMeaoh.
Tonnage. 1,040 1,031.
The old stern post of the Kearsarge,
containing a shell imbedded in it,
now rests in the ordnance museum at
the Washington navy yard. When
the boat was repaired at Boston a
shellwas found boxed in where it had
remained for months. The Kearsarge
was not much damaged in the engage
ment. Its battery then consisted of
seven guns, two eleven inch pivots,
one twenty-eight pound rifle and four
light thirty-two pounders. The Ala
bama had eight guna Both ships
made thirteen knots an hour when
under full head of steam; during the
battle the Alabama made ten knots.
The engagement was witnessed by
more than IS,000 spectators on the
heights of Cherbourg, on men of war
rigging and on the breakwater.
ELECTION LAW REPEALED,
The Senate Fastes the Honae Bill by a
Vote of 30 to 38.
Washington, Feb. 9.—The bill re
pealing in toto all federal laws regu
lating the control of congressional
elections, has passed botli houses of
congress and only awaits the signa
ture of President Cleveland to become
a law. After several weeks of discus
sion the senate yesterday finally came
to a vote on the house bill repealing
the federal election laws,and it passed
by a vote of 39 ayes to 28 nays. Nu
merous amendments were presented
by the Republicans, but they were
voted down regularly and method
ically, the Democrats not even
taking the trouble to join in the de
bate on the amendatory propositions.
Senator Stewart of Nevada voted with
the Democrats on every proposition,
giving as his reasons that he thought
tlie power of the executive was al
ready too great, and that the central
izing tendency of the age should be
checked at once if the republic is to
survive. The three Populists, Sena
tors Allen, Kyle and Peffer, also voted
with the Democrats on every amend
ment, as well as on the main bill. The
measure as it passed the senate is
identical with the bill as it passed the
house, no committee amendments hav
ing been proposed.
THE SILVER FIGHT RENEWED.
Mr. Bland Seeking to Secure Action on
HU Seigniorage BUI.
Washington, Feb, 9.—When the
house met to-day Mr. Bland moved to
go into committee of the whole to
consider the silver seigniorage coinage
bill. It failed for lack of a quorum—
lf>6 to 6—and a roll call was ordered.
Thus the second day of the second
silver fight began.
Mr. Reed sought to challenge the
right of the house to pass the resolu
tion to arrest absentees which was
carried just before adjournment yes
terday, on the ground that the last
call of the house showed a quorum.
The question as to whether a quorum
was present on the call was disputed
as it did not appear in the journal and
Mr. Reed moved to amend the journal
so as to make this fact appear. This
motion was lost. He then made the
point of order that the only thing in
order was the report of the sergeant
at arms, who, when the house ad
journed last night, was given war
rants for 164 membe.-s.
A quorum was finally secured—171
to 4—and the house went into commit
tee of the whole on the seigniorage
bill. _
No Oklahoma Statehood at Present.
Washington, Feb. 9.—The meeting
of the house committee on territories
held to day was inconclusive, only two
persons appearing. One of them, Mr.
McAdams, was opposed to the admis
sion of Oklohoma to statehood without
the lands of the tribes. A poll of a
majority of the members of the com
mittee established the truth of the
statement that the committee would
not favor the admission of Oklahoma
as at present constituted, and that on
the other hand it would not favor the
arbitrary method of annexing the In
dian lands proposed by the McRae bill.
Coughlin Not Put on the Stand.
Chicago, Feb. 9.—A large crowd
gathered at the Coughlin trial to-day
in expectation of testimony by the de
fendant. Coughlin’s attorneys as
serted, however, that he would not go
on the stand to-day and the session
was devoted to work on the alibi.
WON BY MBS. LEASE.
THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES
IN HER PAYOR.
*ho Deeleloa Marked by Unanimity—
Got. Levelling Exceeded HI* Authority
Wbm Ha Removed 'Her Prom the
■tote Board of Charitable Initltntlon*—•
Mr*. Lea** Now la a Condition to Make
It Rather Warm for the Fopullat Ad*
mtnlitratloa.
Mr*. Lmm * Winner.
Topeka, Kan., Fob. Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth I.ease has won her fight for
her official head and is once more a
full member of the state board of
oharities, while J. W. Freeborn is out
of a job and the governor is far from
happy.
It is the unanimous Judgment of the
supreme court, by a deoision rendered
this forenoon by Chief Justice Horton,
that Governor Lewclling exceeded his
authority in his arbitrary removal of
Mrs. Lease from her place on the stato
board of charitable institutions, and
that J. W. Freeborn, who was com
missioned in her place, is a usurper
and must retire.
The court held that the demurrer
filed by Freeborn's attorneys was not
well taken, and that the plaintiff's j
petition was full and oomplote enough ;
and the technical points raised against
it were trivial. Whether or not there
was a vacancy at the time of the gov
ernor's appointment of Mrs. Lease in
March, 1803, and whether or not if
there was a vacanoy, her appointment
lasted only until April, 1803, were not
Questions for consideration, as Mrs.
lease continued to hold the place
after that and had been officially recog
nized by the governor and other of
ficers of the state government as a
member of tho state board.
To remove a member of the board,
the court says, or any other appoint
ive officer whose tenure of office is
fixed by law, the governor must as
sign a cause and give the officer a
hearing. It maks no difference
whether or not the statute creating the
board expressly says this. Mrs. Lease
was appointed for a term of three
years as the law provides and con
firmed by the senate, and the law
stands behind her and protects her in
her position until sho be removed for
cause and after a hearing.
The opinion closes with tho formal
direction that a writ of onster issue
against J. W. Freeborn.
Mrs. Lease was seen at her hotel
immediately after the deoision was
announced. She hod a moment be
fore had a consultation with Eugene
Hagan, her attorney, and she declared
that it was her purpose to resume her
place on the board at once. “I have
just telephoned out to the asylum,”
she said, “that I will attend tho meet
ing of the board there this evening
and preside as usual. The board has
already visited most of the institu
tions in the state this month, so there
will be very little for it to do until
next month.”
“Principle is what I fought for. I
cared nothing for the crumb there is
in the office. It costs me more every
month than tho office comes to. Will
I resign? That’s a question. I had
intended to, but when I heard yester
day, almost directly from the state
house, that if they lost this case they
would immediately prefer charges and
remove me for cause, Linade up my
mind to stay and give them all the
fight they wanted.
“They say,” Mrs. Lease continued,
her eyes snapping and her teeth set
until they gave forth a gritting sound,
“that I have been guilty of taking
bribes fropi the grocery houses which
have furnished the institutions of the
state with supplies. Now, I want
them to prove it.
“I tell you,” the female Populist
leader almost shouted as she walked
the narrow space in her room, “that
I am on the board to 6tay so long as I
choose, and I defy them to bring any
charge, no matter what its nature,
against my official or private charac
ter. When they cease their libelous
publications, when they stop their
malicious scandals about me, I may
see my way clear to retire from the
board, but for the present and indefi
nitely I shall remain. Indeed I rather
like the excitement. The Irish in me
makes me belligerent—that is, when
I am attacked.”
Governor Lewclling left for Wichita
last night, and it is not known in his
office what course he will now pursue.
It is believed in political circles that
the governor will lot the case drop
and that Mrs. Lease will, of her own
accord, retire from the board, as, since
her quarrel with Householder and
Waite, her Populist colleagues on the
board, the place has become distaste
ful to her and her friends say she
really wants to quit, if she can
honorably.
ABOVE THE MARK AGAIN.
The Treasury Balance Once Haro Good!
Thanks to Bond Receipts*
Washikgtok, Seb. 9.—The treas
ury balance yesterday was $117,
115,325, the first time it has been
above the hnndred million dollar mark
for several months. This is an in
crease of $34,500,000 over Tuesday and
is accounted for solely by the pay
ments of the subscription for the new
5 per cent bonds. Of this increase
$28,656,294 is in gold and $5,863,140 in
currency.
The name of Oliver Wendell Holmes
in the list of contributors to the Febru
ary Atlantic Monthly is a reminder of
Autocrat's unbroken connection with
the magizine. Francis Parkman is the
subject of this latest poem by Dr.
Holmes. Two more significant names
in American letters could hardly be
brought together. A valuable portion
of the same number is devoted to II. C.
Merwin's article on Tammany Iiall,—a
clear, dispassionate statement of the
great political machine’s methods and
achievements. Mrs. Olive Thorne Mil
ler provides a study of nature. “In a
Pasture by the Great Salt Lake.” Two
papers of American biography—not the
result of research b/ltsf the intimate
sort that is related at first hand—are
Senator I)awe’s “Recollections of Stan
ton under Lincoln,” and J. C. Bancroft
Davis's reminiscences and estimate of
Hamilton Fish. Houghton, Mifflin &
Co., Boston.
Cal Straw aad Bfg*.
Ail old farmer who secures egga all
through the winter, when asked for hie
secret replied that he {rave hie hens
plenty cut straw. For while there was
much belief in the reply, as it was Sup
posed that the farmer was feeding eut
straw to his hens (according to his
statement), but when the facts cams
out it appeared that the cnt straw was
really the seoret, but it was used four
inches deep on the floor of the poultry
house, in which millet seed and wheat
were scattered, the hens thereby being
provided with a warm place to work.
The cut straw gave them a scratching
bed. and it kept them in exercise, pre
vented disease and promoted the appe
tite.
It will pay better, if the matter of
profit from returns is considered, to use
straw'in the poultry houses than in the ^
cows' stalls Many cold poultry hous
es can be rendered comfortable with
straw, cut to throe inch lengths, on the
floor and if the hons are warm and can
exercise, the cost will be less and the
number of eggs greater.
nomciHun recursions.
On February lath, March 111th, April 10th
May 8th, the Missouri Pacific Railway will
soil round trip tickets to all points In Texas
at one fair for the round trip. On Feby
18th, also March 80th and April 24th, will
sell round trip tickets to points in Southwest
Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and Ala
bama. Tickets limited to 80 days to make
the trip. Htopovers allowed on the going
passage. For further information, rates
etc., write or call on your nearest agent or
depot 15th and Webster streets, or com
pany's offices northeast corner 18th and Far
nam streets, Omaha, Nebr. fXt
Thos. T. Godfrey,
J. O. Pntu.irri, P. and T. Agent
A. G. F. and P. Agent.
A beggar in a buggy la eeualnff ^
muoh mystification to the people of
Knox county, Me. He is a typical
tramp in appearanoe and demeanor,
and has been for a week or two dr It- ’
mg about the country begging food at
the farm houses. The farmers hare
not vet made up their minds whether
he is a thief or a lunatic. -
e* Sonth Via the Wabasha
Tourists' tickets now on sale to all polnta.
Homeseekers’ tickets at half fare on ex
cursion dates, Dec. 13th, Jan. 0th, Feb. 18th,
March 18th, April 10th and May 8th. For
rates or folders giving full description of
lands, climate, Sc., call at Wabash Ticket
office, Ho. 1802 Farnam Street, or write
Qao. H. Clayton, N. w. P. Agt.,
_ Omaha, Neb.
A white Us soon loses its creamy complexs
lou.
•« to California.
Tbit Is our Blatping Car Rate on the
PhiUtps-Rock Island Tourist Recursions
from Chicago to Los Annies or Hen Fran
cisco, via tbs Soanlo Route and Ogdan.'
You oan go with Phillips, the best of all
Excursion Managers, for be has each party
accompanied by a special agent who goes
the entire trip with patrons. These per
sonally conducted Excursions leave Chica
go twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday. I
We have also a daUy tourist oar lervloeJ
▼la oar Southern Route, through the beau
tiful Indian Territory and Ft. Worth to
Los Angeles and San Francisco. The
Tourist car rate via this routs, the same.!
Apply at Rock Island tioket office, 10*
Clark Street. JNO. SEBASTIAN, G. P. A.,
C.R.L* P. R'y, Chicago.
Weakness on both sides is, as we know,
the trait of all quarrels.
Now la the Chance.
The Knnsas City, Pittsburg & Gulf R.
R., will run a scries of “Homo Seekers Ex
cursions'' from Ksnsas City to Neosho and
points south in Missouri and Arkausas, at
tbo rale of ono faro for the round trip;
tickets good going on date of excursions,
and good returning 80 days, with privilege
of stop-overs at pleasure.
These excursions will leave Kansas City
February 13th, March BJtb, April 24th and
May 8th.
This will be a good opportunity to see
tho greatest fruit, grain and livestock
country in the world, situated along tba
lino of the new Kansas City, Pittsburg A
Gulf R R.
For further particulars, address, James
Donoiuie, General Passenger Agent, Kan
sas City, Mo.
Everybody has eight eyes for his neigh
bor's business.
Are You Going South
This Winter?
IP so
MAKE YOUR. ARRANGEMENTS
TO CO VIA THE
BIG FOUR ROUTE.
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Whether in pursuit of health or pleasure,
no portion of the country offers so many
and varied attractions at this season as the
Sunny South. The Orange Groves of
Florida, redolent with the perfume of sw$et
blossoms, wave their branches in hearty
welcome to the tourist from the Snow-clad
Northland and the mellow breezes of the
Southern Sea woo the invalid from the
Blizzards of the Frozen North. There is
one line to Florida “The Big Four Route"
which on account of its excellent train ser
vice, perfect connections in Union Depots
and absence of transfers, forms the “Tour
ists’ Ideal Line to Florida.” From all points
north of the Ohio River the Big Four
Route, in connection with the Through
Car Lines from Cincinnati, will be found to
offer the Best Time, Best Service and Best
Equipment to all Southern Points, and if
you desire to travel with comfort and ease
be sure your tickets read via the Big Four
Route. . - -<
E. O. MeCORMICK, D. B. MARTIN,
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