g THE FRONTIER.
PUBLISHED EVERT THUR8DAT By
Taa Faparisn P»nm»a Oo. '
OKEILL, •> NEBRASKA. |
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OVER THE STATE. |
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V; York is sftiU agitating that beet
g ««(tr factory.
Esuiuel Lapp of Gage county has
beea adjudged insane and will be taken
to the asylum.
This .3-year^old daughter of H. R
Schultz, Grand Island, fell into a pail
of boiling water and died from'its
V burns
Bradshaw’s creamery, destroyed by
tflre last May, has been recently rebuilt
■much more substantially than for
merly.
A. Tyson. one of the oldestaud most
respected settlers of Cass county, died
; at his *home near Elmwood last week
’■ at the wge of 75.
Buy home made goods:md build up
homo industries, is a good policy. Far
rell’s Fire Extinguisher, 'made .by Far
te)l<tt co, Omaha.
TJhe Lincoln committee has nearly
raised the 830,000 necessary to secure
the’next annual reunion of'the Grand
Andy of Nebraska.
■i>i .A constable arrived in Ashland from
Onancil Bluffs, la., for the purpose of
< arresting J. a Kelly, who was wanted
in1 that place charged with disposing of
’ mortgaged property.
A youno Bohemiam girl from Wyo
ming recently landed in Chadron with
the object of inducing 'her betrayer,
"Who lives in that city, to right aa far
»aa possible the wrong he had done her.
The mill and warehouses of the Alii
•■nnee Milling company were totally de
atroyrd by fire. The property is valued
at about 833,000, and together with the
■ contents was insured for about 813,000.
. Atkinson had a mad dog scare. The
■ dog ran through that principal- strdftts
' of the town snapping at everything
' within reach. A number of dogs were
bitten, as well as some horses and cat
<u* v ;
Frank Pkrby, while working in an
' Irrigation ditch twelvp miles north of
: ,.i Springview, wu caught under about
two tons of frozen dirt and crushed in
anch a manner that he died from hie
Injuries.
In Beatrice while C. A. Jackson was
engaged in waiting on a customer in
the front of the store, someone entered
: from* the rear and stole two money
drawers from the safe, containing
about $75 in cash.
Thk Bank of Wauneta, S. 0. Henry,
. cashier, failed to open its doors last
"'week. The failure is caused by com
plication with the Bank of Stratton,
which failed recently. Assets are said
to be $28,000; liabilities, $12,000.
So ran this winter butchers of Spring
w eiew are taking their beef cattle off the
prairies. .Cattle that hare never had a
* pound of grain or hay are in good con
dition, and horses and sheep graaing on
: the dry, brown buffalo grass are very
;. fat.
Thk eld hedge fence in Casa county
... is fast becoming a thing of the past.
Where' a few years ago a farm was
thought to be more valuable with a
hedge fence, it is today considered dam
aged by.b^jng surrounded by a growth
of osage.
Thk Masonic fraternity of North
Platte has decided to cover the walls of
' their hall with patent steel siding,
pressed in imitation of brick work,
•; thus not only making it fireproof from
without, but greatly improving its ap
pearance.
Bev. Gxoroe W. Crofts, the preacher
poet who has served the Congregational
; • church of Beatrice as pastor for three
and a half years has tendered his resig
nation, to take effect EaBter Sunday.
Delicate health is the reason assigned
for the step.
Tub January term of the district
• court of Dodge county convened last
week, Judge Marshall presiding. The
■civil docket contains 210 cases, forty
nine of which are suits against'the Elk
.horn for damages caused by the fire fit
Dodge in September last
Thk dwelling house of Bee Shoe
■maker, three and one-half miles south
west of Chadron, burned to the
■ground about 1 o'clock In the morning.
Mr. Shoemaker and family escaped
without injury, but lost everything,
not saving even their clothing.
A ricrnc in mid-winter is what oc
curred i 9 Beat rice last week. The fam
ilies of O. B. Webster, L Uardner'and
H. K^Norcroas took advantage of the
plenaant weather and enjoyed a picnic
in the woods at the mouth of Bear
creek, four miles ebat of the city. They
had gotten out their parasols, fans and
hammocks and enjoyed the day in true
style. .■
A pasty .who bu recently gathered
' •etaiiatics informs ns, uyi the Gibbon
Beacon, that about 8so,000 sheep are
j, being M leg market in this state this
winter, and at least 8OO.OOO of the
v Smasher, are along the line of the Unipn
■ Pacific between Gibbon and Fremont,
- : innd that nearly one-third of the latter
■lumber are in the immediate vicinity
«af Shelton.
Bttmni has been rnshing the past
f? •: sit -months in the United States land
sfflce at O’NeilL Receiver Williams
■ays that .the receipts of the office for
She first sis months or the. fiscal year,
a from July 1, 1805. to January 1, 1806,
j, were 898.Uf76.54. There were seventy
homestead entries and 260 final proofs
•$' The receipts for the past six months
I;; nseAbout 850,000 in excess of the first
» ■ aixmantbs of 1805. The register and
■| roefearer and their clerks are kept very
■ .. busy .attending to their duties und the
indications are that at the end of the
ft. present fiscal year, June 30, the-O'Neili
wffice will be «p near the head of the
£**:•-*
Joem-e Kuxian, local .manager at
Omul ldiand for the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing association mysteriously dis
appeared the day after Christinas and
hih wife and finally have received no
wuvdTrom him since. No cause can be
SMerthnd for ’ the act and fears are en
tertained for his safety.
J. It FwrrcHKK, one of Sewards moat
prominent cUiscna, died last week.
, J* L WpLUtof Hebron died of heart
failure. Though he haa not been in
good health for years, he had lately
been feeling better than usual and ilia
death was a surprise to everyone. He
w*at«ut into the yard and had taken
bvt a fsw steps when he dropped dead.
A ft: ■' .
Stay la Nebraska, «e^
“How docs Now Mexico compare with
Nebraska?" was asked of W. D. Mes
senger, formerly of Gage county, who
wasted a year in searching for a better
place than this state. Here is his
answer:
“It cannot compare with Nebraska at
alL It raises nothing that Nebraska
does not raise, except a little fruit, and
does not raise half what Nebraska does,
The soil is not as good as Ng'ofaska
soil and the water is not fit to use. The
Pecos river is a large stream, to be
sure, but it is fed with alkali springs
and its water is very bad. There is
some water obtained from wells that is
fairly good, but all the water must be
boiled before it can be used safely.
They have no grains or corn, the
country ts not suited for stock and
there is no stock raising there. Tim
climate canuot compare with owr Ne
braska climate, and Nebraska is a far
better country than the Pecos valley.
Dozens of families that were attracted
there by the wild stories circulated by
the company that owns most of the
land, have moved out after losing all
the money they brought there, hand
sells for 833 an acre at the lowest and
this includes a water right. If a man
buys forty acres and only wants to irri
gate ten acres he has to pay 81.25 an
acre for waiter for the entire forty
acres, whether he Irrigates all of it or
only one acre. What is more, this can
never be paid out, and this tax of 850 a
year on forty acres for water goes right
on for all time. He may pay up his
land, but he can never escape that 850
a year. I went into Old Mexico and
Texas, but things are even worse there.
I have seen this southern country, and
I am prepared to say that when a man
leave* Nebraska and goes there he
makes a grand mistake."
To Test the Bounty low.
Fremont dispatch: A second meet
ingof small beet growers was held at
the court house for the purpose of
taking further action against the Ox
nards for what it is claimed is unfair
treatment received at the hands of the
factory. There was an attendance of
forty or fifty. It resolved itself into a
sort of an experience meeting, many of
those present relating their efforts at
beet growing. It developed that the
spirit of the meeting was decidedly in
favor of beet growing. The only hos
tility was for what is claimed to be un
just treatment by the factory. A reso
lution was passed declaring in favor of
the sugar beet industry provided a re
liable market can be had for the pro
duct
» niuhcu upuiuu uaa icdu huiu
Judge Maxwell as to the legality of the
augur bounty bill. Ue stated that it
was illegal for the reason that it pro
vided for a bounty for both sugar and
chicory in the same bill; also tltat the
warrants issued for the payment of the
bounty were not good because they
could not be legally issued, until after a
specific appropriation had been made
for them; also that the Oxnnrds could
not be held for damages if, in malting
their contracts, they gave the growers
tb understand the sugar per cent had
never fallen below the 80.13 test and
was not likely to fall below that stan
dard.
'*■' Omaha and Wlnehago Reservations.
Washington dispatch: The Nebraska
delegation members have been receiv
ing letters from parties in Nebraska re
questing them not to let the matter of
tne proposed congressional investiga
tion into affairs at the Omaha and
Winnebago reservation in Nebraska
drop. This the delegation decided to
do at their meeting in Senator Allen's
room at the Maltby building at the be- .
ginning of this session. They cannot,
however, move in the matter until the
evidence taken by the committee dur
ing their recent visit tc> l'ender has
.beep forwarded by those who have
it in charge to the delegation here.
Upon receipt of the evidence it has
been agreed by the Nebraskans in con
gtetSr Senator Allen will introduce a
resolutiop.'in the senate and Represen
tative Meikiejohn in the house, look
ing to the appointment of a congres
sional investigation committee. .j
-Irrigation bv Artesian Wells.
; ; One of the determined movements it
Knox county, this year will be irriga
tion by means of artesian wells. Cap
italists of that locality have decided to
make it possible for every owner of 100
acres of land to have an artesian well,
and since this is almost always a sure
discovery at a depth of from 550 to 750
feet, less than 91,000 thus invested in a
well, a reservoir and necessary laterals
is considered the safest security that
can ha found for capital. This is no
longer a matter of experiment, wells
having been found in many parts of the
north half of Knox .county and as far
west as old Fort RAhdall. The Nio
brara wells are wonders In their power
and supply, the eight-inch well having
a pressure of ninety-five pounds, and
the one finished this winter having 107
■pounds pressure. Others are in con
templation during the year.
It is believed by all who have made
this a study that the Insurance of crops
by means of artificial moisture will en
able that community to prosper more
effectually than in any other way.
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Nebraska at Vuhln(toa
Washington dispatch: Adjutant Gen
eral Barry of the Nebraska national
guards writes to the Nebraska delega*
tioa urging that they aecure an appro
priation tor the arming of the guard
with the new government rifle.
He states that the arms now in use
are obsolete and of .different calibres,
and thpt the money available from the
government appropriation for the mili
tia is barely sufficient for equipment
and clothing. .
Wilber 1. Crain and Frank A. Web
ster of Harwell. Neb, have been ap
pointed appraisers of the Fort Hartsuff
abandoned military reservation. The
compensation will be 94 per day and
traveling expensea
Settlers Mag Best Eur.
Washington dispatch: Senator Pad
dock called today upon Secretary of
the Interior Uoke Smith concerning the
Otoe reservation matter, which has
been pending before that department
for a long time. The senator said after
the interview that he was entirely sat
isfied with the present aspect' of the
case. The settlers upon the Otoe rea
| ervation will doubtless be gratified to
i to receive the assurance that the final
settlement of their claim will not be
. much longer dd* v*d.
TESLA’S ELECTRIC CORFj
A IECHAHICAL DET^g TO JEAl
All OFiifflC DBEA8E8. ;l
INTERESTS SCIENTISTS.
t%« Rtniin gjiltn Ulven * Thorough
Atomic Shaking Up by 100 Vibra
tions a second—Exercise With
out Exercise — Ex-Mayor
Hewitt's Experience—
Mr. Tesla'* Claims.
New York, Jan. SO.—Scientific men
are greatly interested in the apparatus
for the treatment of organic diseases
invented by Nicola Tesla, the young
genius of electricity. The assertion
has been made that it would cure any
organic disease, even consumption,
but, as a matter of fact, Tesla makes
no claim for his invention, that it is a
cure all He simply says that in many
cases he has been able to improve the
health of his friends, and that he will
wait for some competent physician to
give his invention a series of prac
tical tests.
His theory is that the proper exer
cise for the body is that which will
reach the atoms, and give strength to
every portion of the body. Physical
exercisd, such as walking or horseback
riding, he believes to be of great ben
efit to the system, but for complete ex
ercise each atom of the body should
be reached. Acting upon this theory
he lias made it possible to give to the
system by means of electricity the
much needed exercise. He goes fur
ther and declares that by varying his
apparatus he can give special treat
ment to any portion of the body that
may need strengthening.
wnen a person's aliment, for in
stance, is caused by torpidity of the
liver, Mr. Tesla says, the physicians
order the patient to take much and
violent exercise, such as riding1. Now,
according to Mr. Tesla, if the patient
will take a seat on hi# apparatus he
will get in half a minute the equiva
lent of a whole day’s ride. And, best
of all, he will not be subjected to any
jolting such as he gets on horseback,
nor does he experience any of the
fatigue incident to riding. Yet, not
withstanding the absence of these
characteristics, the patient will have
received as thorough a shaking up as
if ho had been trotting all day long.
The apparatus accomplishes this by
means of tiny, but powerful electric
shocks at the rate of 100 per second,
and distributed so evenly through the
system that one scarcely perceives any
alteration of his condition.
Ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt of New
York recently visited Mr. Tesla’s
laboratory in East Houston street and
complained that he was troubled with
his liver.
"1 have been taking something for
it for some time,” said Mr. Hewitt,
“but 1 don’t seem to be getting any
better.”
“1 think I can fix that; just sit down
here and excuse me a minute,” replied
Mr. Tesla, pointing to a chair and
handing Mr. Hewitt a newspaper.
Then Tesla went out, ostensibly in
search of some nostrum he had tried,
hut in reality to turn on the electric
current. When lie returned, in a min
ute or so, Mr. Hewitt seemed an en
tirely changed man. He said, after
Tesla had explained that the chair
whereou Mr. Hewitt hud been sitting
was loaded with electricity, that he
had felt a sort of creeping sensation,
but of a rather pleasant nature and
not at all associated with the ordinary
notion of the way in which electricity
manifests itself. And as to his illness
Mr. Hewitt acknowledged that it
seemed to have entirely vanished.
Mr. Telsa calls his apparatus an
oscillator and describes the treatment)
as “a system of mechanical vibra
tions.” The principle upon which the
apparatus, is based was enunciated by
Mr. Telsa several years ago. and was
immediately taken up and put into
practice in a crude way by an Austrian
professor, who asserts that “vibra
tions” had the inevitable effect of kill
ing the bacteria which prey upon the
lungs and constitute consumption.
Object to the Bento Fe Lion.
Guthbik, Ok., Jan. 20.— Oklahoma
division, Ancient Order of Loyal
Americans, in territorial convention
at Mulhall yesterday, adopted the fol
lowing’ resolution:
“Resolved, That the A. a L. A., ih
annual convention assembled, most
earnestly condemn and protest against
the actions of the officials of the Atch
isan, Topeka and Santa Fe railway for
the insult offered every loyal Ameri
can citizen by placing on their charts
and maps the English lion, typical of
British power and authority in our
free America.”
Jameson Raider. OS for England.
London, Jan. 20.—A Cape Town dis
patch to the Times says: “Dr. Jame
son's men are now being handed over
ton military escort at the national
border. Each man signs a declaration
promising Natal to proceed to Eng
land as a prisoner and not to raise any
question respecting his legal custody
en route, nor to attempt to escape.”
The Pickier Bill Indorsed.
Washinuton, Jan. 20.—Members of
(he pension committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic occupied the
attention of the house committee on
invalid pensions yesterday. The Pick
ier bill, which is designed to bring
about the changes desired by the
Grand Army, received the committee’s
indorsement.
Atchison*. Union Depot Hotel Falls.
■ Atchison. Kan'., Jan. 20.—The ef
fects of A. Angstad, proprietor of the
Union Depot hotel, have been attached
by creditors. The hotel has been run
ning at a loss for several years, as
trains no longer stop here for dinner.
Zimmerman’s Racing Career Ended.
8an Francisco, Jan. 20._\V. J.
Waif aril, manager for A. A. Zimmer^
man, the bioyclist. announces that the
champion's racing career will end
when he leaves Australia.
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ANOTHER CAUCUS.
Marylanders will Bring Oat A New Una
—Situation Little Changed.
Annapolis, Md., Jan. 20.—Forty
four out of the eighty-one members of
the'general assembly held an informal
caucns last night and, after being in
session for over two hours, all
those present signed a call for a
party caucus to be held Monday night
to name a candidate for senator. The
followers of Congressman Wellington
did not attend the meeting and did
not sign the call for the caucus Mon
day night. Mr. Wellington himself
says that he will not be bound by the
action of the caucus, should it at
tempt to pass any resolution restrict
ing the choice to an eastern shore
man.
Indlsnapalls Is Pleased.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 20.—The
announcement here of the engagement
of General Harrison to Mrs. Dimmick,
| his deceased wife's niece, was received
| with manifestations of approval. Mrs.
Dimmick is well known here and es
teeemed, and it is conceded that should
General Harrison be called again to
the chief magistracy, the White house
could not have a more gracious and
charming mistress. From a few
sources the comment is made that
from a political standpoint the mar
riage iB a mistake, and it effectually
disposes of General Harrison as a pres
idential candidate.
Advertised far a Wife aad Got One.
HENNE88ET,Qkla.„ Jau.20.— The mar
riage of John Campbell, of Blaine
county, to Miss Mabel Hageman, of
Michigan City, Ind., was celebrated at
the groom’s ranch last night Camp
bell is a wealthy cattleman, .having
been in that business in Oklahoma and
Texas for twenty years. Four weeks
ago he advertised for a wife and re
ceived five answers. He sent for Miss
Hageman and was married immedi
ately upon her art ival. Both are well
pleased at their novel engagement and
marriage.
Commander Manning to Wed an Afctreaa.
New Vork, Jan. 2 0—The meiri&ge
of Grace Filkins, the actress, to Com
mander Manning of the United States
steamship Alliance, is announced.
Mrs. Filkins is in Portland, Me.,where
the company is now engaged. She is
the widow of "Bob” Filkins, the man
ager, who was for many years right
hand man to J. H. Haverly, and was
very well known in professional cir
cles. The wedding has not been fixed
as to the date, but it will have to be
some time during the next two months.
Bishop Hay good Dying.'
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 30. —Bishop Atti
cus G. Uaygood, the most prominent
of the leaders of the M. E. Church,
South, will probably die before morn
ing. He is at his home in Oxford, Ga.,
and his death is expected anv hour.
He was president of Emery college for
several years, then commissioner of
the Slater fund, and since 1890 has
been bishop. He resided for a time at
Los Angeles.
Got no Oklahoma Divorce. ;
Oklahoma Citv, Okla., Jan. ?0.—
Peter M. Neilson, a minister of the
Anglican church, and very highly
connected in England, secured a
divorce from Edith Neilson in this
city to-day. Mrs. Neilson refused to
plead in court on the ground that she
is a resident of Great Britain, and that
the courts of Oklahoma had no juris
diction over her domestic afiairs.
ClnbUeti a Chicken Thief to Death*
Atchison, Kan., Jan. so.—C. M.
Calp, a farmer living near Doniphan,
caught a stranger in his henhouse
Thursday night and clubbed him into
insensibility, in which condition he
remained until yesterday, when he
died. Calp was arrested. The iden
tity of the dead man is unknown.
An Indiana newspaper Man Dead.
Denver, Col, Jan. 30.—Finley B
Pfaff, of Noblesville, Ind., died in this
city to-day. Mr. Ffaff was a prom
inent attorney and journalist. He
was in the service of the Indianapolis
Journal for twelve years, and at inter
vals in the employ of Chicago and Cin
cinnati papers.
Prohibition nullified.
Earned, Kan., Jan. 30.—The city
council has passed an ordinance an
nulling the prohibition law and as
sessing ? license of $25 per month on
each dealer for the sale of liquor. The
prohibition people threaten to appeal
to the authorities to close up the
joints,
No Transvaal Suzerainty.
Capetown, Jan. 30.—The ex-attor
ney general at Cape Colony, Mr.
Schreiner, has passed the opinion that
British suzerainty over the Transvaal
was abandoned in the convention in
1884.
' NEWS IN BRIEF.
Near Quicksand, Ky., a drunken
suitor shot his rival’s father and a
relative.
A county seat war is on in Box
Butte county, Nebraska, and serious
trouble is feared.
The filling of the Catholic bishopric
at Sioux Falls leaves only one See va
cant in the United States.
Chief Justice Sp --i grass of Tennes
see said he shot i'rosecutor Beasley
because he thought the latter would
shoot him. .
The Missouri Road Improvement
association held a meeting at Colum
bia and adopted resolutions pointing
out needed reforms.
Secretary Zevely of the Missouri
State Democratic committee has issued
a call for the assembling of the com
mittee at Excelsior bprings next
Thursday.
Dr. Jameson and those in prison
with him are to be released uncondi
tionally.
The United States cruiser Baltimore
lost two men in a typhoon off the
Japanese coast.
The Transvaal government has de
cided to resist any form of foreign
protection or interference.
Cecil Rhodes says that he will not
resign his seat in parliament. Be in
tends to make a fight on his enemies.
MOKE TIME DESIRED.
A PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE AS
TO LAND GRANTS.
The Document Referred to the Commit*
tee on Pobllc Lands—Sensation Cre*
ated by a Fervent Prayer for Strag
gling Coba—Farther Consideration, of
the Pension Appropriation Bill.
Special Message to Congress.
Wasihugtof, Jan. 18_Tho Presi
dent to-day sent a special message to
the House urging the necessity lor
immediate legislation to extend the
limit of time within which suits can
be brought by the government to an
nul grants of public lands.
He called attention to the numerous
complications that had arisen between
railroads as to grants that overlapped
and the necessity for adjustment,
lhe time m which suits can be brought
expires March 3, 189«, and if the time
limit were allowed to expire then a
portion of the adjustment act would
be rendered nugatory. The govern
ment. the president says in conclusion,
should not be prevented from going
into the courts and righting wrongs
perpetrated by its agents.
Tlie_ message was referred to the
committee on public lands.
There was a most unusual demon
stration at the opening of the session
of the House to-day. The blind chap
lain, whose ardent Americanism has
frequently occasioned remark, prayed
fervently to-day for “struggling
Cuba” and the “success of her battle
for independence” and when he con
cluded the sentiments he had expressed
were given a hearty round of applause.
On motion of Mr. Gamble of South
Dakota, Republican, a bill was passed
granting to the city of Chamberlain,
8. D., the right to use American island
in the Sioux Indian reservation.
The House then went into a commit
tee of the whole for the consideration
of the pension appropriation bill. The
general debate on the bill closed to
day and the bill was opened to amend
ment under the five minute rule.
CAPTURED BY CHICAGO.
It Gets the National Democratic Con you*
tlon After a Hard Fight.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The Demo
cratic national convention will bo
held at the city of Chicago on July 7.
That was the decision reached by the
national Democratic committee after
an interesting, and at times exciting,
session, which continued until 11
o’clock last night.
The main interest, of coarse, cen
tered in the choice of the convention
city. For this honor there were four
applicants, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincin
nati and New York. Thirty minutes
was allowed each city in which to pre
sent its claims. The speeches, made
by distinguished citizens in each in
stance, were of high order of excel
lence, and, at times, aroused the
greatest enthusiasm. The balloting
began about 6 o'clock and, from the
first, a long and bitter struggle was
indicated.
Ex-Governor Francis, Governor
Stone, Mayor Walbridge and Senator
Vest spoke for St. Louis.
The first ballot resulted: Chicago,
6; Cincinnati, 11; St. Louis, 19; New
York, 14. There was practically no
change, except a light fluctuation of a
vote or two, until the tenth ballot,
when Chicago began gradually to in
crease her vote at the expense of New
York. At the twentieth ballot New
York's strength was rapidly disinte
grating, her vote going almost bodily
to Chicago. But St. Louis, which had
[ tenaciously clung to her nineteen
votes, also captured several of Cincin
nati’s votes, and on the ballot before
the last led Chicago by one vote. On
the last ballot, the twenty-ninth,
I which was taken shortly before 11
o’clock, the four remaining votes of
New York were thrown to Chicago,
and she obtained the necessary plural
ity. Senator Brice voted for Cincin
nati to the last.
An examination of the vote by
States shows that St. Louis had prac
tically the solid support of the free
silver votes in the committee.
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OKLAHOMA FREE HOMES.
The Home Will Pan the Lacey Hill
Slightly Amended.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The “free
homes” bill, which was prepared by
Mr. Lacey and which* differs from the
Flynn bill only that it is general in
application and not restricted to Okla
homa, will be favorably reported to
the House with amendment. That was
decided dt to-day’s meeting of the
committee on public lands. Flynn’s
bill, it will be remembered, was or
dered reported without amendment.
Speaker Reed has completed his un
official consideration of the latter bill
and declares privately that he favors’
it,.which is but another way of saying
that It will pass the House. On the
Othenhand, Secretary Smith said he was
opposed to the measure and the whole
theory upon which it is based. He
has not yet prepared the statement of
hie views which the House requested,
■and may not be able, to for several
days, but when it is received it will be
.found to be an nncompromisiug con
demnation of the bill and its principle.
Under the Flynn bill, none of the
settlers who have purchased lands of
the government in Oklahoma, which
includes the great bulk of the settlers,
will be required to pay a dollar of the
purchase money he has agreed to pay.
Nothing more than the customary
land office fees will be exacted.
Under the Lacey bill the release ex
tends to all such'settlers in every state
and territory.
The Great Electrician bounds Hr. Hewitt's
Liver Into Good Condition.
New York, Jan. J8.—The Press this
morning says: Nicola Tesla, the elec
trician, has invented an apparatus
which he believes will cure any or
ganic disease. Some years ago, when
Mr. Tesla made public an outline of
the cure, an Austrian doctor applied it
in a crude way to the cure of several
patients suffering from tuberculosis of
the lungs. The apparatus is some
thing like the Swedish movement cure.
It gives 100 shocks a second. It cured
ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt of his liver
trouble in one day, Mr. Tesla says.
| PRUSSIAN DIET OPENED.
^ The Throne Speech—To KefceblUh Co*
OperetlTC Granaries. ,
Berlin, Jan. 10.—The Prussian diet
was opened at noon to-day in the.
White hall of the schloss. The speed*
from the throne was devoted to do
| mestic affairs. Bills were announced!.
' for extending the railroads, for im
proving the position of school teach ers*.
to extend the establishment of cham
bers of commerce, etc. It was added,
that the government will employ
every means to remedy the condition
of husbandry and that it intends to
propose furnishing financial assistance
to those shown to be in need of it, tp
establish co-operative granaries and to
. legislate in regard to the tenure of'
leasehold land. *
Balllngton Booth Hut Resign.
New York. Jan. 16.—Salvation fol
lowers received a violent shock last,
night when it was rumored that ait
order had come from General Booth in*.
London to the effect that his son and.
daughter-in-law, Commander and Mrs.
Ballington Booth, must relinquish
their American leadership at the e.nd
of March. It is supposed that the
London authorities object to the stren
uous efforts made by the leaders to
Americanize the movement.
_
Jameson Will Be Tried In England.
Pretoria, Jan. 16.—The final agree
ment. between President Kruger and
Sir Hercules Kobinson, governor of
Cape Colony, regarding the disposal of.
prisoners captured as a result of Dr.
Jameson’s raid into the Transvaal,
was completed yesterday. Dr. Jame
son and his officers will be tried in*
Lngland. ’
nineteen Drowned.
Dover, Jan. 16. — The steamship
Cesgar of Barcelona was sunk in col
lision with the German ship Nereus,,
during a fog off Ramsgate last even
ing, and nineteen of her crew were
drowned. The Nereus, which left.
Iquique October 2 for Hamburg, has
been towed to a place of safety.
A Crooked Bank Cashier Caught.
Pehrt, Okla., Jan. 16. — News was
received here that J. V. N. Gregory is
under arrest at Dexter, Mich. He was
president of the defunct First State
bank, which failed here September 17’
last and left a hundred depositors in
the lurch.
An Hawaiian Cable Project.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The Senate
committee on foreign relations granted
a brief hearing to Representative Mc
Cormick, Admiral Irwin and others
to-day in favor of the Pacific Cable
company of New York, for the con
struction of a telegraphic cable from
the Pacific coast to Hawaii. They rep
resented that this company would un
dertake to construct the lice provided
for within three years, upon the con
dition that the United States would
pay the company annually for "JO yearn j
a sum equal to $26 for each nautical \
mile of-the line.
The Nicaragua Canal Scheme.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The Nicar
agua canal scheme received some little
attention yesterday from the House
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce, when Chairman Hepburn
designated a sub-committee of seven
to have special charge of all proposed
legislation for building the canal.
It is intimated that a special message
giving President Cleveland's views
upon the canal and transmitting the
report of the canal commission, will
be sent to Congress within a month.
Talmage May Resign.
j Washington, Jan. 16.—It "would not
Surprise the members of the First Pres
byterian chnrch to hear within the
next few days the announcement that
the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage has re
signed from the copastorate of that
churchy The former Brooklyn divine
has, it is said, stated to several mem
bers of the board of trustees his de
sire to withdraw from the field. He
dislikes to be a party to the trouble
w hich has arisen in the church.
Fatal Saw Mill Explosion.
Stewabtsyiiak, Mo., Jan. 18.— Th»
boiler of a portable saw mill, belong- -
ingto Fred Dabner, ten miles south*
west of here, exploded last evening,,
instantly killing two of his children
and badly injuring the proprietor.
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