Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FRONTIER.
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O’NEILL, •> NEBRASKA.
)j| OVER THE STATE.
IT a stings expects to erect a school
building1 to east #.l.'i,000.
A nni.Dino association has been or
ganizcil at ClAy Center.
IIkiikkws of Fremont have purchased
a lot uud will cruet a church.
Hear county will hold a three days
fair this year—.Sept. 10, 20 and 21.
Two revival meetings in Ijouisville
have closed after running four weeks.
Thieves who robbed a jewelry store
in North Tiend were arrested in Lin
coln. •
The annual convention of the state
photographers was held in Omaha last
week.
The outlook is thnt a good deal of
building will be done in Nebraska City
this year.
Mka Maitv J. Baker, one of the
oldest settlers of Jefferson county, died
last week.
Court house bonds failed to carry in
Nance county, and theotiicials will con
tinue to rent rooms.
O. W. Young, un employe of the
Union Pacific railroad, was found dead
in his room lust week,
Carhik Hart of Omaha has been
bound over to the United Mates court
for pussing counterfeit money.
Two Omaha Italians quarreled over
n bueket of beer, during whichonesbot
and fatally wounded the other.
Omaha is still talking of anew union
depot, but talk is cheap and that is
about all there will come of it.
Burglars managed togetawuy with
1100 worth of cigars and tobaoeo from
Cook Bros.’ restaurautat Edgar.
The Wahoo Wasp says the prospects
are good for Saunders county having
another railroad at an early day.
Myron MuGaky will have to answer
In court at Beatrice soon to the charge
of bastardy preferred by Ella Baker.
The chief of police of Omaha lias
ordered ull the gambling houses, policy
shops, etc., closed up and to remain so.
Tub residence of Kev. William Harms,
pastor of the German Lutheran church
Of Bancroft, was totally destroyed by
The Fremont woplen mills have just
put in new machinery of the latest ap
proved pattern that will double its ca
pacity.
L. M. Bucki.ey of Liberty pleaded
guilty to liquor selling without a li
cense on three counts and was fined
•200 and costs.
A North Bend paper thinks it unfor
tunate that the agitation for better
roads should be dropped until some
thing has been accomplished.
Pawnee City is having a great re
ligious awakening. All the churches
are engaged in the work, and convers
ions are numbered by the score.
Coai. has been found at Palisade at a
depth of five hundred feet, and a shaft
la nearly completed to the happy re
gion that was discovered by boring for
water.
The coal mine prospect has caused
some excitement in Dunbar and if
everything succeeds as well as hoped
for, that place will be known as the
Otoe county mining town.
The citizens of North Bend propose
to see what is betweon them and the
hidden depths. To this end a prospect
ing hole will be sunk till coal, gas, oil
or artesian water Is found.
TUEcase of l. T. White, at Nebraska
City, accused with libeling Secretary
Morton by hauging him in effigy, was
found guilty. What the sentence will
be is not known at. this writing.
Columbus has secured its hemp fac
tory, conditioned that the city shall
guarantee the raising of 1,000 acres of
emp the present year. No trouble is
anticipated in securing the pledge.
The O'Niell Opera House company
was incorporated last week for the pur
pose of erecting and maintaining an
opera house in that city. The company
la composed of local capitalists. The
building is to be erected the coming
anmtner.
Henry Klas, a laborer, was found
dead in his room in South Omaha last
week. Not answering to repeated calls
the door of his room was burst open
and he was found lying on the bed
dead. He was a single man about 3u
years old. *
The Columbus Journal thinks that
It is high time the volunteer firemen of
the state were making their wants and
wishes known. Their interests and
those of the public are mutual, with
the benefits a thousand to one in favor
of the public.
At Hastings, Samuel Robinson, a
Salvation Army man, was arrested for
an assault on George Miller. There
was too much confusion about the bar
racks, to suppress which the soldier
left off praying for a brief period and
turned to slugging.
At Hyannis, Sheriff Hooks was
alugged in the neck by one John Sib
bitt. Sibbitt then proceeded to pound
the sheriff until milled off TKo
grew out of the arrest of a saloon keeper
for selling liquor without a license.
8ibbitt was arrested.
Superintendent Fitzpatrick, of
Omaha, has called a meeting of super
intendents of schools of Lincoln, Ne
braska City, Fremont, Columbus, Beat
rice, Hastings, Grand Island, Kearney,
York, Plattsmouth and South Omaha
for Omaha, March 0.
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The depot at Nehawka was broken
Into last week by tramps, it is sup
posed. Fortunately, the agent had
taken all his ready money home, so the
burglars did not secure any ready cash.
They broke through one of the win
dows. Little damage was done.
A meeting was hel4 in Sargeant to
djneuBs the question of voting bonds to
a3a 4n the construction of a railroad
from Albion to Taylor, by way of North
Loup, Wescott ana Sargeant. Repre
sentatives of the parties desiring to
build this line were present and gave
an outline of wbat they intended to do.
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A fire occurred last week at the
large cattle feeding plant of John
Towers, three miles northwest of Hum
boldt. The engine house, corncribs.
bog sheds, feed grinders and other ma
chinery, with about 400 bushels of
eorn, were burned. Loss about Sl.tOO;
po insurance. _
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Tint residence and barn of J( Letchla
of llrock was destroyed by fire. The
house and cod tents are a total loss. The
fire was caused by the explosion of a
lamp. The loss is about 5(1,500; insured
for *700.
M. S. McCiiiKW, of Hurt county en
tered the penitentiary last week for
three yeurs for stealing' hops. There Is
more profit now iu stealing hogs than
horses, so Mcdrew seized upon that
species of the brute creation.
Kki’oiits of increased acreage in this
spring's seeding throughout the north
west continue to come in. As to Thurs
ton county, the statement is made that
it will sow and plant fully 40 per cent
more this year than ever before.
Hkv. Hf.ai.i,, pastor of the Third
Presbyterian church of Linooln was as
saulted by a saloon keeper because of
something distasteful to the vender in
drinks said in a recent public address.
Mr. lieail was not much hurt, and the
police.
Church Howk, commander of the de
partment of Nebraska, Grand Army of
the Republic, and his adjutant have
opened state headquarters in the second
story of the block at the corner of
Eleventh and O streets in Lincoln and
will maintain them during the year.
By the will of the late MIbs Mary A.
ltipley, who was well .known all over
the-state as a temperance and educa
tional worker, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Hig
gins of Keamey receive $.'>,000 and
Dtiieir.effects, their sons $500.each, to be
given them when they become of age,
and their two daughters such an
amount as is necessary to give them a
proper education.
Pi-ans nre being perfected for the
erection in Fremont of a splendid
building for the Young Men’s Christian
association to cost not less'tiian $25,000
to >be devoted to the welfare and im
provement of the young men and boys
in that city and vicinity. It is under
stood thut many of the citizens have
expressed a willingness to contribute
from $500 to $1,000 each for that pur
pose.
Governor Croitnse is in receipt of a
letter from VV. N. Nason, chairman of
the executive committee of the Inter
state Irrigation association, which
meets in Omaha, March 21 and 22, 1894,
under the auspices of the Omaha Com
mercial club, urging him to attend and
appoint ten delegates from the state.
Tne governor has signified his inten
tion of naming the delegates and may
possibly attend.
The Republican Valley Poultry asso
ciation met recently in lndianola with
a large attendance and completed per
manent organization, with the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: S. R.
Smith, president; L. C. Huhn, vice pres
ident; J. lloyston, secretary; Mrs.
Phuebe J. Taylor, treasurer. All the
stock for incorporation has been sub
scribed and the association starts out
under favorable circumstances.
The case of Dell Akin, who was in
dicted last September for aiding and
abetting Barrett Scobt in the embezzle
ment of $04,000 of the county funds
cume up for a hearing last week in the
district court of Holt county. Judge
Barlow presiding. The state was not
prepared for trial and the judge told
the county attorney that he would in
struct the sheriff to hold Akin until he
could file information against him.
The county attorney dismissed the case.
The people .of this valley are inter
ested in the building of a railroad and
the time is ripe for action, says the
Bayard Transcript. Every farmer is
in a position to take hold and do good
work, and if they were properly organ
ized could grade a line from North
Platte to the Wyoming line in one- sea
son. There would not be as much la
bor in grading as has already been ac
complished in building the numerous
canals now completed. An organiza
tion should be formed, a charter se
cured and a push in this direction made
at once. *
J. Dan Laver died very suddenly at
his residence ia Lincoln last week, lie
was around the city the day before in
apparently good health. Next day he
complained of not feeling well. ‘ but
nothing serious was anticipated until
he grew suddenly worse. Half an hour
later he was dead. The physicians
pronounced it a case of heart failure.
Mr. Lauer had been a resident of Lin
coln since the city was in its infancy.
He was for years the city editor of the
Daily State Journal, and was afterward
steward of the insane asylum for a
number of year.
Labor Commissioner Erion is in re
ceipt of a letter from John J. Goebel,
county clerk of Cedar county, request
ing him to deduct from the total
amount of farm mortgages for 180a for
Cedar county a mortgage of $975,000
given by the Yankton, Norfolk &
Southwestern railroad. The law cx
presaly exempts railroad mortgages in
defining the duties of the coun tv clerks
and registers of deeds, but Mr.*Goebel
inadvertently certified to the mortgage
above referred to. The total amount
of farm mortgages filed in Cedar county
in 1893 showed $360,800.79 instead of
$1,341,860.79, as appeared in the report
published. The records have been cor
rected accordingly.
uxRot tne great needs is a perfect
car coupler that will save human life.
Such a device has been invented and
patented by a Nebraskan—Mr. Elias
Carey of Omaha. It is self-acting.both
in coupling and uncoupling, thus doing
away with the risk that has resulted
in the death of an army of men, and as
it has the endorsement of members of
the switchmen's union who have given
it examination, there appears to be a
fortune awaiting the man whose skill
and ingenuity has enabled him to pro
duce that which has been a long-felt
want from the inception of railroads in
this country. When this coupler be
comes in universal use—as it seems it
must at no distant day—then will the
inventor be known as a public benefac
tor, and with us it will be a proud sat
isfaction to know that this distinction
belongs to a Nebraskan.
Company- A, Second regiment, N. N.
G., Kearney, is in receipt of thV flag it
so honorably won at the competitive
drill in Grand Island last year for being
the best drilled company in the state.
John Maktin was arrested at Lin
coln on the charge of burglary and
after confessing his guilt several times
he was acquitted. The jury evidently
thought he was such a liar that iney
would not believe him under ofith.
\ at.extixe Knoeli., who has been a
resident of Dodge county for thirty
four years and has been one of its suc
cessful farmers, left last week with his
family for . Oklahoma with the inten
tion of making his future home thera
THE SEIGNIORAGE VOTE.
Bow tht Member* of Coogren Went oa
Record oo Blood's Latest 8Uter BIU.
Washington, March 3.—Tho silver
seigniorage bill passed the house by
yeas 107 and nays 130. The Vote in
detail is as follows: . ,
Yeas—Messrs. Abbott. AUkes, Alder too,
Alexander, Arnold. Bailey. Baker of Kansas,
Bankbesd, Be 1 of Colorado. Bell ef Texas,
Berry. Blick of Illinois, Block of Gear.0a,
Bland, Uoatner. Boon. Bowers of Cali
fornia, Branch. Breckinridge of Arkansas,
Breoklnridge of Kentucky, Brets, Brook
shire, Broderick. Brown. Bryan, Bunn,
Bynum, Cabunlss. Cdmanottl,, 'Cannon of Cal
ifornia, Carutb, Catching#, Clark r [ Missouri,
Clarke of Alabama. Cobb ef Alabama. Cock
rell. Coffees of Connecticut. -Cooper of Florida.
Cooper of Indiana. -Cooper of Texas. Cox,
Crawtaed, Culberson. Curtis' ef Kansas,
Datey, Davis. DeArmond. Denson,
Dlnsmore, Dockery. Donovan. Doolittle,
Durborrow, Edmunds, Ellis Of Kentucky,
Ellis of Oregon. Enloe, Epes, Fith
ian, Forman, Funslon, Evan, Geary,
Geodnlgbt, Gorman, Grady, Gresham, Hall -of
Missouri. Hammond, Hare. Hartman, Hntch,
Heard. Henderson of North Carolina, Hep
burn. Holmann, Hooker of Mississippi. Hud
son. Hunter, Hutcheson, Jones, Kem, Kilgore,
Krlbbs, Kyle, Lacey, Lane. Latimer, Luyton,
Lester. Lisle, Livingston, Lucas. Maddox, Ma
fulre, Mallory, Marsh, Marshall, Martin of
ndlana. McCreary of Minnesota, McCreary of
Kentucky,McCulloch. McDonald. McDearmon,
McGann, McKelghan, McMillan, McNag
ly, McRea, Meredith, Money, Montgom
ery. Morgan. Mo.es. Murray, Neill. New
lands, Poschall, Patterson. Paynter, Pearson,
Pence, Pendleton of Texas, Pendleton of
West vir.lnla, Pickier, Post, Price, Kellly,
Richardson of Ohio, Rlohnrdson of Michigan,
Richardson of Tennessee. Ritchie, Robbins,
Russell of Georgia. Settle. Shell, Sibley,
Simpson, Snodgrass. Springer. Stallings,
Stockdale, Stone of Kentucky, Strait. Swan
son. Swert. Talbert of South Carolina. Tate.
Taylor of Indiana, Terry, Tucker, Turner of
Georgia, Turner of Vir into, Turpin, Tyler,
Weadock, Wheeler of Alabama, White. Whit
ing, Williams of Illinois. Williams of Missis
sippi, Wilson of Washington, Wise, Wood
Nays—Adams of Kentucky, Aldrich, Apsley,
Avery, Babcock, Baker ot New Hampshire,
Barnes, Barwle, Belden, Beltzhoover, Blair,
Boutello, Brlckner, Broslus, Burrows, Cad
mus, Caldwell, Campbell, Cannon of Illinois,
Causey, Chickerlng, Clancy, Cobb of Missouri,
Cogswell, Compton. Coombs, Cooper of Wis
consin, Cornish, Cousins, Covert, Cummin zs,
Curtis of New York, Dalzel, Daniels, De
Forrest, Dlngley, Dolllver, Draper, Dunphy,
Erdman, Everett, 'Fielder, Fletcher, Funk.
Gardner, Gear. Gelssenhalner, GUlett of New
York, Goldlzer, Griffln, Gr. ut, Hager Rainer,
Haines, Harmer, Harter, Haughen, Hayes,
Halner, Henderson of Illinois, Hitt, Hooker of
New York, Hopkins of Illinois, Hopkins of
Pennsylvania, Hullok, Hull, Johnson of Indi
ana, Johnson of North Dakota, Johnson of
Ohio. Joy, Liefer. Laphnm. Lockwood, Loud,
Loudenslaver, Lvncb, Mngner. Mahon, Me
Aleer, McCall, McEtterick, McKain, Melkle
iohn, Mercer' Meyer. Mutchler, O'Neill. Outh
waite, Page. Payne. Perkins, Phillips, Plgott,
Quigg. Randall. Kay. Reed. Raybourn Robin
son of Pennsylvania, Ryan. Schermerhorn,
Scranton, Shaw. Sherman, Sickles, Somers,
Sperry, Stephenson, Stevens, C. W. Stone,
Storer, Strauss, Strong. Talbot of Maryland,
Tawnev, Tracey, Updegraff. Van Voorhls of
Ohio, Wadsworth. Walker. WangeK Warner:
Waurh, Walls. Wever, Wheeler of Illinois.
Wilson of Ohio, Woomer and Wright of
Massachusetts.—1 o.
Mr. Cummings then asked and? ob
tained unanimous consent for the bill
for the reclamation of the United
States steamer Kearsarge, and it was
passed, “Don’t give up the ship!”
shouted General Sickles.
The bill, as passed, was in the nature
of a substitute for the original text
of the measure. The changes do not
.affect the material features of the bill,
which provides for the coinage of the
silver seigniorage in the treasury, the
issue of silver certificates thereon, if
need be, in the discretion of the sec
retary ot the treasury, in advance of
the coinage, and thereafter the coin
age of the remainder of the bullion as
fast as practicable and the issue of
silver certificates thereon to take the
place of the treasury notes issued un
der the Sherman act, which are to be
retired and cancelled as rapidly as the
coinage takes place. The changes in
the substitute simply makes specific
the fact the seigniorage is to be coined,
and that this bill shall not affect the
redemption of the treasury notes un
der the existing law.
An analysis of the vote by which
the bill passed shows that 140 Demo
crats, 19 Republicans and 8 Populists,
total, 107, voted for it, and 79 Republi
cans and 50 Democrats,. total, 139,
voted against it.
Mob Law in Pennsylvania.
Scranton, Pa., March 3.—A mob ol
(00 men attempted to force the jail at
Stroudsburg this morning for the pur
pose of lynching Richard X. Prior, the
negro _ who a week ago murdered
Christian Eplers, a storekeeper, and
his wife in Monroe county, but was re
pulsed by the sheriff, who held the
men at bay until the police appeared.
It is feared that they will be reinforced
and will yet succeed.
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The '‘News’* Not for Sale.
The owner and editor of the Miam,
Missouri News, requests the publica
tion of quite a different statement than
appeared in these columns a few weeks
ago, and we willingly give space to the
following editorial from that paper:
“Some time ago owing to continued ill.
health and the encouraging informa
tion from our physician that we must
either go to a warmer climate on this
mundane sphere or be hastened to one
in which delinquent subscribers
abound, we offered The News for sale,
and would then have sold it at a sacri
fice. January 1st we began using Dr.
Amick’s treatment for Bronchitis, pre
pared by the Amick Chemical Co., of
Cincinnati, and we are today, so far as
we can observe, entirely free from any
bronchial trouble—in fact we have had
wuv a. V VI*. MUUUIG OIUtG klic UlBIl WCCK.
Our m.\ny newspaper friends who have
so kindiy advertised our business for
sale will oblige us by saying The News
is not now on the market, as its owner,
thanks to Dr. Amick's treatment, will
be able to remain in God’s country a
while, longer. For the benefit of those
who are suffering from Asthma, Bron
chitis or Cousumption, we will say we
thoroughly believe they can be cured.
The treatment is not a patent medicine
put up to sell to Tom. Dick or Harry,
but it is a scientific treatment discover
ed after years of study by Drs. \V. R.
and M. k Araick, two of Cincinnati's
leading physicians, and both for many
years professors in the Cincinnati Col
lege of Medicine and Surgery. Any
body can obtain sufficient of the medi
cines to show they can be cured,
through their family doctor free of
charge, but the free medicines are sent
only through physicians.
Tm Obl^tgaairihcU^r mbappsan. •
Hillsboro, Ohio, March 3.—The
woolen mill of J. S. Elifritz & Co.,
las been closed on judgments by three
banks. This was brought on by the
lisappearance Of J. S. Elifritz, senior
nember of the firm, last heard from
»t the Palmer house, Chicago. Feb
uary 17.
The operation of the shoe factory at <
die Iowa state prison has been discon
tinued. The reason given by the con
jaetors is that the work of the
■onvicts was not satisfactory and that
t was difficult to market the goods, J
Ill MORMONS 1.
JUDGE PHILLIPS DECIDES THE
• TEMPLE LOT CASE.
HEDRICIITES MOT TRUE MORMONS.
Brigham Young'* Awnmed Presidency of
the Church In 1844 After the Spilt
Was a Usurpation and Departure v
From the Law of the Church
--The Salt Lake Branch
Scored by the Judge.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Marchs .—Temple
lot, the sacred piece of Mormon soil
in Independence for which the Re
organized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints and the Indepen
dence faction of the Mormon church
have been fighting in the courts for
four years was to-day decided by
•ludge Philips to be the property of
the Reorganized church.
The Independence faction of the
Mormons is by the opinion enjoined
from asserting title to the property,
the cloud is removed and full posses
sion allotted tto the plaintiff. The
successful organization has its head
quarters at Laromi, la. Its following
numbers 25,000 souls and its president
is Joseph Smith, jr., a son of Prophet
.ioseph Smith, the founder of .Mor
monism.
Besides settling the title to the
much prized Temple lot, the opinion
incidentally finds from the evidence
that the Reorganized Church of Latter
Day Saints at Lamoni, Iowa, is the
real church which was founded in 1830
by Prophet Joseph Smith and that the
factions of the Mormon church in Utah
and in Independence are offshoots of
the mother church and have departed
froni the teachings of the prophet.
Temple lot originally consisted of
sixty acres of ground, put its area has
been gradually reduced until now it
comprises a block of property 300 feet
square located on one of the highest
eminences in Independence. It is
surrounded by a barb wire fence and
in the northeast corner is a small
frame church which is used by the
Hedrickites.
Judge Philips said that a good
chancellor may be an indifferent
theologian, but asserted that Brigham
V oung's assumed presidency of the
church after the church split up into
factions in 1844 was a bold usurpation
and departure from the law of the
church. He declared that the church
was the same from 1830 to 1844 and
that the Utah church was the real
power behind the defense in the suit.
The Hedrickites are called ecclesias
tical nondescripts, repudiating poly
gamy, while looking to Salt Lake City
for succor. They are described as a
small band, whose seizure of Temple
lot and attempt to divert the trust
involves the interposition of a court
of equity. Judge Philips gave it as
the rule of civil courts that the title
to church property is in that faction
which adheres to.original tenets and
doctrines for the promulgation of
which the church was established.
If the Reorganized church is again
victorious on the appeal of the case it
is expected that the prestige obtained
by being the possessor of Temple lot
will cause it to rapidly grow in power,
wealth and numbers.
WORKING ON THE TARIFF.
Lead Ore trill Be Taxed a Quarter at a
Cent Per Pound.
Washington, March 5.—When the
Democratic majority resumed its sit
ting this morning the intention, as
one of the members expressed it, was
to continue the day’s session until the
bill should be completed. . The mem
bers of the committee decline to give
out any figures, as any conclusions
reached may be subsequently changed
as they still have in mind the idea of
formulating what shall be in most re
spects a revenue bill.
Some senators who have been be
fore the committee express their be
lief that their requests for higher
rates of duty will be granted.
Advocates of a lead ore duty have
been assured by members of the
senate finance committee that a duty
of H cent per pound will be fixed on
that article. This is just half the rate
of the McKinley tariff, while the
Wilson bill made it practically free.
It is stated upon the same authority
that the provisions in the Wilson bill
which lets in Mexican lead ore free
when mixed with silver and the ore is
more valuable for silver than lead,
will be stricken out.
Unless the committee should change
its decision, coal and iroip ore will be
given a duty of forty cents per ton
and prunes and cuvrentsreceive a duty
of 1 cents per pound.
POISON IN THEIR COFFEE.
E. I.. Snyder of Sedgwick,K an.. Dying and
Hl» Wife Dead—a Daughter Watched.
Newton, Kan., March 5. — Three
members of the family of Ed Snyder,
grocer of Sedgwick* were poisoned
yesterday at dinner, by arsenic in the
cofTee. Mrs. Snyder died in terrible
agony within a few hours. Mr. Sny
der still lingers, with small hopes of
recovery. A young daughter is very
sick, but is not in danger.
The oldest daughter, aged about 18,
is not sick and is being watched. She
is a kleptomaniac and is supposed to
have done the deed from a morbid im
pulse. The coroner will hold an in
quest to-night.
j Lead and Zlno Nfcar Colllfa, go.
C01.1.1&8, Wo., March' 5.—Lead' and.
sine have been discovered one mile
southeast of this city in large quanti
ties and the price of land has greatly
advanced. One man has been offered
$30,000 for forty acres but refused to
accept it. Land that was held at from
$10 to $15 per acre a few months ago
could not be bought for $30 an acre
now.
Charles If. Harlan was held without
bail for killing Moore at Cedar City,
CHEROKEE RIGHTS DEFINED.
Judffl Cox Decides That the Indian Xa*
tlon Is station Is. Large Part.
Washington, March 5.—The status
of the Cherokee nation as a party to
litigation was defined in an opinion
rendered to-day by Judge Cox of the
district equity court on a motion to
dissolve a temporary injunction grant
ed to Edwin D. Chadick of New York,
restraining the agents of the nation
from selling to R. T. Wilson & Co. of
New York #6,840,000 of bonds that
had been previously contracted for by
Chadick. The court held that it had
no jurisdiction over, the nation.
The delivery of the opinion occupied
an hour. A large number of decisions
defining the lawful rights of the
Cherokee nation were cited and also
the constitutional provision granting
congress the power' to regulate com
merce and make treaties with foreign
nations and the Indian tribes. The
treaties made with the Cherokees
were then quoted as recognizing their
existence as a nation.
The Cherokees, said the court, re
tained their own political organization
as a sovereign nation with the excep
tion of the power of congress to allow
railroads the right of way over their
lands, and certain restrictive laws of
congress. The nation, it was held,
was not amenable to suit by private
parties.
fc New National Constitution Wanted.
Topeka, Kan., March 5. — The
Shawnee county Farmers’ Alliance has
Roue into national politics. Yester
day it adopted a resolution de
claring that the time had now
arrived in the history of the re
public when a new constitution and a
new national co-operative system of
industry that should furnish remuner
ative employment to every able-bodied
citizen were needed.
Threats Against a Catholic Church.
Rockford, 111., March 5.—Father
McMahon, pastor of St. Mary’s church,
the largest in Rockford, has received
an anonymous letter stating that the
church building would be burned or
blown up with dynamite by a gang
headed by Joseph B. Gravalin of Rock
ford. The priest has turned the prop
erty over to the city for .protection
from fire bugs.
Two Pension Bills Allowed.
Washington, March 5.—When the
house met to-day two private bills
were passed by unanimous consent,
one on motion of Mr. Richards of
Pennsylvania to pension Fannie F.
Norman and the other on motion of
Mr. Curtis of Kansas to pension Andrew
Franklin, a captaiu in Captain Arm
strong’s company in the war of 1813.
The First Weather Observer Bead.
Denver, Colo., March 5.—Sergeant
Joseph J. Gilligan, Denver weather
observer for ten years, died last night,
aged 47. He had been ■ in** the signal
service twenty-seven years and made
the first weather observation taken
at Washington.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
, The work of preparing for publica
tion data relating to the naval war
records is about completed.
Comptroller Eckels has issued a call
for a statement of the condition of na
tional banks at the close of business
on February 38.
There is considerable speculation as
to what Mr. Cleveland's course will be
in the event of the seigniorage bill
reaching the white house.
Five New York indicted election in
spectors have jumped their bail and
fled.
The reports of the departments of
agriculture in Kansas in regard to the
wheat crop are all encouraging.
Commissioner Alexander of Hawaii
says the provisional government will
stand and that they will pension the
queen.
James Wingent, a grocer of Wichi
ta, Kan., has mysteriously disappeared
and it is feared that he was murdered
for his money.
Mrs. Alice S. Ireland of Cincinnati,
a bride of six weeks, committed sui
cide because her mother, Mrs. Sellew,
had not treated her well.
Secretary Herbert has submitted to
the senate committee on naval affairs
a bill for the reorganization of the
navy. It provides that the actual
list of the line of the navy shall con
sist of 30 rear admirals, 60 captains,
100 commanders, 74 lieutenant com
manders, 350 lieutenants, 75 lieuten
ants of the junior grade and the num
ber of ensigns sufficient to maintain
the total number of officers of the
active list of the line.
In Denver, Col., Robert Holding, re
cently arrested for forgeries on a
large scale, has been released on the
order of the district attorney, having
been found to be insane. His brother
from the East took charge of him.
In Harrisburg, Pa., Colonel J. Wesley
Awl, a prominent lawyer and ex
soldier, fell dead in is offl e.
Pritchard, Bella and Nickulinec, the
emtombed miners in O. T. Williams Sc
Son's state qdfcrry at Williamstown,
Pa., are still buried in the tunnel
where the e»ve-in occurred.--AU hope
of finding the entombed men alive has
been^ abandoned.
INVENTIONS. NEW AND OLD. *
.All the telephones now operated in
lapan are 'owned by the government.
Snakeproof aluminum boots have
been tried in Florida swamps and are
a success.
The largest room in England un
supported by pillars is Westminster
hall, 239 feet long, sixty-eight wide
and ninety high.
The Boston fire department has a
wrecking wagon—a portable machine
shop, which carries ’ tools sufficient to
meet all ordinary emergencies. * -
The annual report of the American
Bell Telephone company shows that .
that corporation rented last year
522,720 telephones, an increase of over
40,000 in one year.
Electrical headlights for locomotives
will likely come into general use
within a few years. The Southern
Pacific railroad has already equipped
many of its engines with this new
headlight.
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Democrat! I. the „.k '
,■ **• I'rogre**. * *>Bt Ur
WAgnwOTOIt, Feb. 28__t,
hill seems to have been tree ,tari#
for an indefinite period froJtt 'n*4
ate finance committee »h “ . *0
imately belongs, t
senatorial caucus, and ther«^ocrati,
ble to remain for no one kn« ‘S Uv
many days. The demands 517" h°"
men. In all parts of °r business
prompt action are growingToud1^ ,0t
it is said that committee! rlCrani
ing various industries
their way here to urge on the * 00
not the retention of the Mnir*n.at#
duties, but speedy settlement on?
whole matter in some way h*
The demands, however, ar*-finr»
apparently on deaf ears, for th«*
cbs at its session vesterd.I 7
that the roll of states should^e wul
so that all the senators present 2 u
have unlimited time Kpres. ^
views. When this talking ffill tV
been concluded the caucus wU ^
take un the bill i w 11 thn>
UH® USuhe biU ^edule by sThed!
andwfth more or !ess expend'd
-- or ICRS GXt6lld<*ft A
enssion, instruct the Democrats off
finance committee as to what ^ 1
should be made in theW^ou^
Wo one attempts now to evon
^Wnh^HthLbiU Which Sha11 *» 4ee4
upon will be reported to thesenat.
through the tariff committee and?:*
be ffijen to the public. Why the 2!
cue should not have been held Jhl
the Wilson bill was reported tette
house it is difficult to tell unless n
was that some of the members wj!
possible.*0 haTe aS l0^ a W2|
During the discussion yesterday the
senators from New York, New Jersey
and Delaware opposed the income tax
clause, declaring that it was very „n
popular in their states. Mr. Hill said
that he considered it poor policy to so
reduce the customs revenues as to
?rea5e * a,s was contemplated
^• b.e« -\1S°n M1’ a?d «*n to make
this deficit good by the imposition of
an unjust and odious tax, which had
never before been levied in this
country except as a war measure
and had been the first law enacted on
account of war to be repealed in time
of peace.
This morning the caucus was re
sumed and was continued to just be
fore the senate convened, but none oi
the questions in dispute had been set
tied. The morning session was do
voted largely to the speech of Mr
White of California, who discussed the
fruit and wine schedules.
Mr. Brice had the floor during a part
of the session and made another
spirited talk upon the methods which
the finance committee had adopted ia
shaping the bill. He directed his re
marks on this occasion especially at
the apparent desire for haste in get
ting through with the work of the
caucus.
A motion was made to proceed with
the voting on the various schedules in
accordance with a resolution offered
by Mr. Martin of Kansas.and it looked
at the time as if this might be imme
diately acted on, but it was stoutly
resisted by Mi. Brice and others.
LINCOLN’S SPASM OP VIRTUE.
Every Gambling Place and Disreputable
Resort Closed.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 28. — In ac
cordance with the orders issued by
Mayor Wier, every gambling place
and disreputable resort here was
closed to-day. Already the gam
blers and fallen women are leaving.
The police will arrest every one found
in a prohibited resort and enter names
correctly. Property owners renting
for prohibited purposes will be pun
ished __
Little Done by the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 28.—In the senate
to-day Mr. Voorheees offered a resolu
tion appointing Mr. Mills to the
finance committee in place of Mr.
Vance. Mr. Hoar objected and it
went over until to morrow. Then Mr.
Frye of Maine spoke on the Hawaiian
testimony taken by the senate com
mittee on foreign relations.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations from Now York, Chicago, St.
Loula, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA
Butter—Creamery nrint. 20 0
Butter—Choice country..
Eggs—Fresh.
Honey—I er »...'..
Chickens—Dressed, per *>
Geese—Per ®.
Turkeys—Per 1). „
Ducks—Per®. ,
Apples—Per box. s —
Oranges—Florida. 2 j» ® ■
Potatoes.
id w
13 0
13 0
6 0
9 0
9 @
s .... . 1 no •’
Beans—Navy...•■••19? j
Cranberries—Cape Cod,per bbl 6 09 ».
Hay—Per ton .,.. ..,
r weet Potatoes—Jersey per uDI a ■
Onions—Perbu... . .
Hogs—Mixed packing.* 12
Hogs—Heavy weights.♦ S
Beeves—Feeders. 2 J5J
Beeves—Stockers. s sj
Steers—Fair to good..,. “
Steers—Westerns. ;
Sheep—Lambs. ‘
Sheep—Natives. “ ,J
NEW YORK.
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Wheat—iNo. 3, rea winter. -
Corn—No. .. J;
Oats—Mixed western. “
Lard. 7 -s
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. “1
Corn—Per .. S;
; Slogs—Packers an&’inixeU..
JCattle—Coin, steerf to extra... |
ST. LOUIS..
Wheat—No.2red. cash.......
Corn—Per ..
Oats—Per ..
Hogs—Mixed packing.
Cattle—Native steers.
Sheep -Mixed..
KANSAS CITY. » m
Wheat-No. 2 red, cash. ;ii
Corn—>'o. 2. oJ w -v
Oats— Na!...2Ji to 55
4 60 to 4 ra
53
29 to . Jf
4 si to •> !v
a 25 to ■;
3 i.0 to i
cattle—Stockers and feeders..
Hoga—Mixed packers.
w LtQUpR QUESTION IN IOWA.
BUI Agreed Upon by -House Comm1'"
Regulating the Trafflc.^
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. .
house suppression of intemp t
committee has agreed on a
regulate the sale of liquors, imr ;
a tax of $600 upon all proper j < • i ) o
sons engaged in the businew
collected by county au„ "fu|;l;ions
quarterly installments « * .: ,orJ
are applicable to place*. , <t .:n
are sold. The present ia''’ ‘ )i:adeii
changed and its operations s -1
where the tax is paid.