g THE FRONTIER.
rVBLISHEl/ BVPRY THURSDAY By
Taa Fiioinin Priktiwo Co.
O’NEILL, -> NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
Dodge county will hold its fair this
year Sept. -8, SO and 30.
Et>. Cooper of Vesta has purchased
amd cribbed 60.000 bushels of corn.
Large flocks of wild geese hare
foraged in the corn fields of Cheyenne
county all winter.
Tbs cattle fed by the Standard com
pany at Ames consume S.S00 bushels
every twenty-four hours.
Lew Otis, an old-time lawyer and
newspaper man, died at the home of
his brother in Tecumseh last week.
The people of Osceola and Polk
county held a meeting for the purpose
of taking action in relation to relief
for India.
Tub goods stolen from C. Roupp's
hardware store at Bloomington re
cently was fonnd in a haystack west of
that place.
The Chicago «fc Northwestern rail-’
road system has subscribed for $30,000
worth of stock in the Trans-Mississippi
exposition.
Several of the churches of Colnmbns
are holding a series of union revival
meetings, all uniting at the Presbyte
rian church.
South Omaha is short of school room,
and a call has been issued for voting
bonds in the sum of $13,000 to supply
the deficiency.
Sixteen families in Cedar countv are
arranging to go south in search of
homes, and will construct a huge raft
and float down the Missouri river. >' ‘
Rev. W. U Nash, late of Fairfax,
Mo., has accepted a call from the First
Baptist church at Falrbury and com
mences his ministerial duties at once.
Work hu already commenced a pon
the framework of the new coach shop
to be erected by the B. & M. at Platts
mouth in place of the one destroyed by
fire at that point a month ago.
Mr*. Ou N. Vaughts has recovered
her two boys, aged 3 and 4 years, from
the Mother Jewels home in York, by a
writ of habeas corpus. Hhe claimed'
they were placed in the home without
her consent.
Several petitions are being circulate
ed throughout Cass county for signers
to request the connty commissioners to
call a special election April «, to vote
on authority to expend $10,000 in the
erection of a new jail.
Bv an order from the United States
court $7,001.13 back taxes due York
county from the K. C. A O. railroad is
noon to be paid to the county treasurer.
The court ordered that this tax should
be paid,out of the amount bid for the
road at the recent sale.
Two-ti?ird# of the biennial legisla
tive session has elapsed and the work
is far in arrears. In the forty, day*
which have been spent in legislative
. work since the session convened but
three bills have found their way to the
desk of the chief executive.
Tire 13-vear-old son of Roy Haner of
Cordova, died very suddenly last week.!
He wa* kicked in the side by a horse,
but the injnry was not considered seri
ous, and only a short time before his
death he was talking of starting to
school.
The jury in the case of the state Of
Nebraska vs. Raymond Musser, who
was being tried at O'Neill for the mur
der of George A. Spence last Decem
ber, after being out about five hours
returned a verdict finding the defend
ant guilty of manslaughter.
If we are to have two soldiers’ homes
in this state, says the Grand Island In
dependent, we ought also to have two
blind asylums, two deaf and dumb
asylums, two penitentiaries, several
reform schools and about a dozen in
sane asylums. ‘‘ . . ...
Tins proposition to give the Norfolk
* Yankton railroad the bonds of the
Norfolk precinct for $25,000 carried
with a targe margin over the necessary
two-thirds vote, the condition being
that the road is to be in operation by
the first of January, 1898.
W. H. Mvkokr of Fremont last week
took the .oath of office and became the
judge of the United States district
for Nebraska to continue during his
natural life unless he resigns or u re
moved for cause. At the same moment
W. D. MfiHrfi. who on November SO
last took a similar oath qualifying him
to serve till a judge had been regularly
nomins^^apd ebnflrmed, again be
U Doluns of Cossd shipped 400
bushels of onions to the Omaha market.
Onions were quoted at 91.80 per bushel,
which would mean a handsome figure
for the lot. He raised 000 Vushels last
Tear off seven acres of land, devoting
his own time to the onion crop and
renting the balance of his land, which
was planted to corn, his share being
9,000 bushels. He irrigated ^h crops.
Oovebkob Holcomb is at work on a
plan which, if carried into operation,
** to db; a . great: dosl .toward
straightening oqt the state finances.
The plan amounts to a practical fund
ing of a largo part of the state debt.
If it i— ■ " — -
_t can be successfully accomplished
it will reduce the floating debt of the
state below the 91,000,000 mark and
decrease the interest chargee by many
thousands of dollars. v J
As Mbs. Swrrs of Kearney was get
tog into a buggy the horse started.
Her arm was caught in the seat so she
eould not release It and she was thrown
between the wheels. She was dragged
for over half a mile before being re
leased. She Was found to be severely
bruised about the head and body and
her clothing was torn in shreds. No
bones were broken, but it is feared
•be may have sustained internal in
juries. », -
Followiso is the record of Platte
bounty's mortgage indebtedness for
February, 1007: Thirty-nine farm
Mortgages tied. 838.069.74; forty-four
released, 93S.447.at; fire town and city
naortgages filed, 93.520; four released,
•3,685; 112 chattel mortgages filed.
•30,562.78; released, 99,368.01.
Cxktkjtkz county farmers are vaccln
ntogthetrcattlfi aa a‘sure safeguard
against blackleg.
This Gage county February mortgage
record Is as follows: Farm mortgages
•led, forty-nine, amount, 937,628; re
leased, forty-four, amount 839,753; city
Mortgages filed, six, amount, 92.750;
.released, twenty-one, amount, 915,636.
THROUGH THE HOUSi
EXPOSITION BILL PASSES THE
LOWER HOUSE.
It la Enacted by a flbod Majority Xat<
wilhitaadlBf Itronf Opposition
Other Measures that Have Been
Favorably Acted Cpon In
Both Biniches — Notes.
The Nebrasha Assembly.
Sm«.-The senate on the 2nd wrestled
with the stock yards hill, and after considera
tion In committee of the whoW which con
sumed practically the entire day. a bill to
regulate stock yards was recommended for
passage. Many amendments were offered
and discussed until the noon hour. At the
afternoon session Mr. tiondring offered the
following as a substitute for all offered at
the forenoon session: "And It shall la- un
lawful for the manager, owner or pnprletor
of any stock yard to take, make or charge
any other or further charges or rates to the
owner or shipper of live stock than In this
act specified.’ The amendment was agreed
to with but little (llHfMiMHlon. Mr. Murphy
then offered an amendment to the hill to tin*
effect that the provisions of the bill should
not apply to jards which for the twelve
months preceding do not have an average
dally receipt of S00 head of hogs. He ex
plained that the object of the amend
ment was to exempt the Nebraska City
stock yards from the effects of the
lew. The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Howell then offered an amendment fixing
the price at HO cents per 100 pounds of liny
and 7.1 cents a bushel for corn. The hill pro
vides that the price of hay shall lie AO cents
per 100 pounds above the market price and
com so cents a bushel above the market price.
There was long discussion, taking wide range,
on this amendment. Finally a vote was taken
»«d the clerk announced It as standing 15 lo
lft. The correctness of the count was chal
lenged. and unotber vote ordered. The sec
ond stunding vote failed to decide the matter
and a third vote was challenged. Then the
fourth vote was taken. Before It was com
pleted. It was seen that unless Chairman Wat
son, who was known to Is: opposed to the
amendment, voted the final vote would stand
letolftlnlts favor. Uondrlng Insisted that
the chairman should vote and another scene
of intense excitement ensued. Finally the
chairman voted in the negative, thus making
the vote a tie and defeating the umendment.
The Mil wna then recommended for passugc
And the committee rose.
Kekate.—The flrat attempt to advance rad
ical rut 1 road legislation was made in the sen
ate on the ad. Senator K...u. „mu county
moved to make the 2-cent fare bill a special
order tor March «. While the attempt failed,
the roll call showed a strong sentiment In
favorof the bill. The bill Is as follows: “it
shall tie unlawful for any railroad corpora
tion, operating, or which shall hereafter op
erate, a railroad in this state to charge, col
lect, demund or receive for the transporta
tion of any passenger over ten yours of age,
with baggage not exceeding 200 pounds in
weight, on any train over Its line of
road In the state of Nebraska a
exceeding 2 cents per mile." The
bill will remain on general Hie. It Is
close to the foot on the list with fifty-five
bills ahead of It. It will require twenty-two
votes to advance It ahead of Its regular place.
The work of recounting the ballots cast for
the constitutional amendment relating to
Judges of the supreme court Is now In full
swing. The count Is being conducted In the
large committee room of the suite assigned to
the secretary of state. The doors stand open
and any one curious to see the progressof the
count Is permitted to walk la and look over
the shoulders of the commissioners until
tired. It Is stated that at the present rate of
progress the count may bo completed In two
weeks, unless the ballots from Douglas and
Lancaster counties are withheld By legal
process for a longer period.
8k»ate—'The senate on the 4th gave. In the
early hoars, consideration to the Lincoln
charter bill, during which there was quite a
good deal of excitement caused by an effort
to advance the measure to third reading
without due consideration. Mr. Talhot spoke
long and bitterly against what lie character
ised an attempt to railroad the charter
through thq senate. Ills objections were so
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vehement that Ills voice soon lllled the gal
Kan
. V..VU.W.V w.nv um Dfiup m«ni Illlt’U UK
lories. At the end of his remarks Mr. nun
som spoke brio Ay against advancing the
charter. The attempt failed, for when the
roll was called hut fifteen senators voted for
the advancement of the bill, whereas twenty
two were necessary. Henate Ale No. 84, In
troduced by Mut/„ and relating to salaries of
county superintendents of public instruction,
was passed. The following measures were
also passed. Senate Ale No. 160, by Canaduy,
and relating to teachers' institutes. It makes
£ f®w _tecli»ilcal changes to the law,
Henate file No. 2!W. by K&nsom, relating
to the manner of voting on proposed
Amendments to the state constitution.
House roll No. a. This is the bill repealing
tbe law passed two years ago for t he pay
meutof a bounty on sugar and chlchory.
rhe senate practically reconstructed the
WU as It passed the house and It will have to
be let urn ed to the lower branch before It
can go to the governor. The elections reform
entitled “An act to prevent corrupt
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..... vi.nt.uu uvii ui ua'vvui corrupt
Sraetlcea In general and primary elections
J limit the'expenses of candidates, to pre
scribe the duties of candidates and polltlca
committees and to provide penalties a i<
remedies for a violation of this act." wai
taken up. The hill contains twenty-two see
tioniL some of them long. It is practically
divided Into three general divisions, the first
nine sections pertaining to bribery of voters,
the puishment for the same, and the legal
expenses of candidates. The second
division, embracing sections 10 to 17 Inclusive,
provides the method by which cundidute>
elected to office may bo unseated upon pmnl
of fraud In the campaign. The third divi
sion relates to the A ling of reports of treas
urers of political committees. One or tw«
amendments not materially affecting the bill
were agreed to mid It was recommended foi
passage. The committee then took up tlu
contested election expenses claims and al
lowed the full amount to the bailiffs
stenographers and notaries, but cut tin
attorneys' fees from $1,500 to $750 on eacl
side.
Senate. The proposition to abolish the
soldiers' homo at Milford came up In the sen
j ate on the 5th. Ever slue© the first- few days
of the session a bill hus been pending to
abolish the home. The bill has been in the
hands or a committee on soldiers' homes, of
which Mr. £ykes of Adams county is chair
I man. Nothing has been heard of the bill, but
this morning Pelt* and Grothan brought up
ti»e subject and Insisted upon an immediate
report. Their Insistence brought out an an
imated debate, in which most of the senators
on the floor participated. All the forenoon
and part of the afternoon was consumed in
discussion, Mr. Howell at a o'clock moved
the previous question and It was ordered.
The senate then adopted the minority report
and the bill went to the general tile. The
penitentiary bill had been made a special
order for today and the senate, after dispos
ing of the report of the soldiers’ home, went
Into committee of the whole upon its consid
eration. The bill was recommended to pass.
Senate file No. 40. being an act to aut hori/.e
the organisation of mutual hall Insurance
companies was taken up. The committee
made several amendments and recommended
the bill for passage. Senate tile No. 7M, mak
ing a slight amendment to the school laws
was recommended for passage. On motion
of Mr. Dundas the senate agreed that when
the senate adjourn it will l>e until Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock. The remainder of the 1
time was taken up In consideration of the
Omaha charter bill, which was passed.
House.—The house passed the forenmm on
the 2nd In receiving reports from standing
committees, und the afternoon In committee
of the whole. It was a business day. Forty
four bills were acted upon. Twenty-six were
recommended for passage, four ordered to
the general file and fourteen recommended
for indefinite postponement. House roll No.
873. by Curtis, provides that the 12th day of
rebruury. the anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, shall be made a legul
holidiyr. The report of the committee was
for indefinite postponement. Jenkins moved
that the report of the committee In* noncon- 1
curred in and the bill ordered to the general
file. This motion prevailed. Huberts' anti
cigarette bill, house roll No. 477. was the sub- '
jeet of extended debate. The committee bad 1
recommended It for Indefinite postponement.
The bill provided for licensing the sale of j
cigarettes and fixing the license at *450. The j
bill was indefinitely postponed. The report :
of the committee on house roll No. 3»$ was
for'indefinite postponement. This Is Waite’s
bill to repeal the law against horse stealing.
Hordered to the general file. Wooster
or Merrick rose to a question of privilege. ,
j He said that it had come to his knowledge
I that tin* Trans-Mississippi exposition bill,
. house roll Np. W, had been changed out
l side the hall of representatives. He moved
• tuat a committee of three be appointed to
• Investigate the matter. The motion prevailed.
» was moved and adopted that sessions bere
fter tie held on Wednesday and Friday
lights. House roll No. 281, by Eager, pro
fiting t he useless waste of mutual artesian
vater In the. state of Nebraska, was recom
mended to pass. Senate file No. l, a conour
•ent resolution, by Hearing, aimed at an al
.eged combination of persons who control the
price of grain and restrict competition in the
myingund selling of the same, was recom
mended to pass. Tlie committee's substitute
for house roll No. 183. authorizing the organ
.zution of mutual Insurance companies to in
jure property, against loss by fire, lightning
ind cyclones, was under delmte over an hour,
and a large number of amendments were
moved and adopted. The presence of several
lobbyists on the floor against a strict rule
adopted against them was the subject of com
ment among the members. The bill as
amended was recommended for passage.
Among other bills recommended for passage
were: To prohibit the manufacture, sale,
providing and furnishing of cigarettes; au
thorizing countv treasurers to Invest 75 per
cent of the sinking fund in registered county
warrants; reducing the salary of the com
mandants of soldiers’ homes to 91JVOO per an
num; to create municipal courts in cities of
the metropolitan class: legalizing the regis
tration of deeds; relating to the law of re
demptions; granting to county courts the
power to order a reference in certain cases of
proceedings: autlwirlzlng county courts to
require administrators with will annexed to
pay money to said courts after Anal settle- I
rnent of their accounts; relating to the fees
of the sheriffs; to provide for re argument of i
cases in supreme court. !
House.—As foreshadowing the coming of j
the end of the session of the house, Speaker
Oaffln on the 3d nominated the sifting com
mittee. The hour having arrived for the
special order the chief clerk read house roll
No. 3d. by Hoderman. It provides for an act
enabling women possessing the netessary
qualifications to vote for certain purposes,
and repeals any law inconsistent therewith.
It provides that any woman the age of 21
years and upward Is authorized to vote for
all officers and questions submitted to a vote
of the people, except those voted for at a gen
eral election. There was much discussion,
many members taking part. Mr. Snyder of
Sherman county made these remarks: ••Craw
fishes Invariably go backward. Not being a
crawfish I am In favor of going forward. If
there Is a man In this house who does not ad
mit that ho owes the element of his manhood
to his mother, l am wady to kick him down
stairs. And yet I am not spoiling for a fight.”
Kobertson’s motion to indefinitely postpone
was lost by a vote of 58 to 14. The bill was
then amended by attaching an emergency
clause, and providing that, women could vote
for Irrigation bonds. The commtttee then
recommended the bill for passage. House
r<m nu iu, u mil auuionzing county commis*
sloners to appoint judges mid dorks of elec
tion, was amended to authorize county Judges
Instead of county commissioners to appoint
them and was recommended for passage.
House roll No. 12, a bUI making the election
laws conform to the bill just recommended
for passage, house roll No. 10, was recom
mended to pass. House roll No. 187, recom
mended to pass, provides that every railroad
company shall have power to cross. Intersect
or unite with any other railway company’s
lines at any point on Its route. It amends
section 502of Cobbey’s consolidate statutes for
1891, and repeals the section. The following
bills were also recommended to pass: House
roll No. an, to prohibit the useless waste of
mutual artesian well water. House roll No.
183, authorizing the organization of mutual
Insurance companies. House roll No. 270. by
McCarthy. This is a measure to appropriate
•JAOOO for a state norma! school at Scotia,
Greeley county. Wooster’s bill, house roll
No. 154. as amended, reads: Section 1. Gold
coin and standard silver dollars of the United
States of standard weight and fineness shall
be a tender iri payment of all debts, both
public and private.
House.—The Trans-Mississippi exposition
bill passed the house on the 4th without the
emergency clause, by a vote of 78 to 20. The
committee on corporations, having in charge
Straub's hill to tax and regulate the tele
graph, telephone and express companies,
reported all of them for indefinite postpone
ment, but the house would not concur In this,
and the bills were ordered to the general file
for consideration and debate in committee
of the whole. Sheldon's bill, house roll No.
447. to prohibit games, theatrical and circus
entertainments on Sunday, was the topic for
a lively debate. During the course of the
argument Snyder of Sherman, a preacher,
took a strong stand against the measure, to
the surprise of every member of the house.
The bill was indefinitely postponed. A
number of members made explanation
of their vote on the exposition bill.
House roll No. 80. by Rouse, providing for an
act governing habitual criminals Was de-'
feated. House roll No. 254, by Rich, provid
ing for an appropriation of the matriculation
foes of the State normal school for a library
fund for the use of and support of the library
of the school was passed. A large number of
bills were ordered to the general file. The
house then adjourned.
House.—On the opening of the house on the
5tli Chaplin Mailley prayed for President
McKinley and the success of his administra
tion. Jones of Nemaha, chairman of the
sifting committee, reported several bills for
advancement on the general file. Clark of
Richardson stated that the committee ap
pointed to lntiulre why the reports of the
state officers had not neen printed and laid
on the desks of the members hud discovered
that the fault lay between ex-Land Commis
sioner Russell and the State Journal com
puny. Mr. Wooster Introduced a resolution
that house roll No. 93, the Trans-Mississippi
exposition bill as amended, be submitted to
the attorney generul for an opinion as to
whether or not It was constitutional. The
resolution was tabled. On bills on third
reading house roll No. 270 was reached. This
is McCarthy’s measure appropriating $25,000
fora state normal school at hoot la. Greeley
county. The bill was passed. House roll No.
I8i was passed. It provides that every rail
road company shall have the power to cross,
intersect, join and unite its railroad with any
other rallrmd before constructed at any
point upon Its route, and upon the grounds
of such other railroad company, with the
necessary turnouts, sidings, switches and
other conveniences in furtherance of the
object of its connection. Jt is made the duty
of the state Inmrd of transportation to inves
tigate all points In the stale touched by two
or more railroads, at which points they re
ceive and deliver freight. At such investi
gation all parties shullbe allowed to appear
and l>e heard. If it be found to tlie Interest
of shippers that such junction should 1*
formed the Itourd is directed to order the com
panies to do so, and it is t he duty of said rail
mad s to comply with the order'of the board.
House roll So. 3, by Dobson, which was
passed, provides for tne rei>enl of the sugar
bounty law of 1895, sections 12.13.14,15. 1«. 17,
18, 19 and 20, of chapter vi, article lv. com
piled statutes of IKtfi. The senate asked that
tne house concur in t he amendment, chang
ing the form, and the amendment was
adopted. House roil No. 171, by Gaffin. is for
an act to prohibit and punish the bringing of
Illegal voters Into the state with the intent
of having t hem vote therein. It provides for
a fine of #1.000, one-half to go to the informer
who may tiring suit to recover the same. It
was recommended to pass. House mil No.
}•* was recommended to pass, it provides
that any person who shall by bribery. Intimi
dation. threats of enforcing demands, with
drawal of capital, closing up of business, or
bringing suit, endeavor to impede voters in
the light to vote, shall he imprisoned in the
county Jail pot more than six months and
pay a peualty of $500.
BULL FIGHTERS KILLED.
Contests at Durango, Mexico, Marked hy
Fatality After Fatality.
Torkkon, Mex., March *.—At Duran
?o yesterday the first bull that entered
the arena gored one of the fighters to
leath. Another Rian was killed by a
•econd bull and a third bull killed two
more men in quick succession. Eight
bulls were killed and four horses were
gored to death.
Died Trying to Save Hie Child.
Perry, Okla.. March 4 —John ft.
Dcreman, a farmer living northeast of
here, was drowned in the Arkansas
river Sunday evening, with his 6
raontlis-oldbabe. Do reman was cross
ing the river with his wife and two
children in a buggy and strdek quick
sand. The buggy went down and the
mother dropped her infant. It sank
in the sand and the father was drowned
in trying to save it.
The Liverpool consulship Settled.
Washington, March 4.—It is whis
pered about among the Ohio congres
sional delegation that James P. Boyle,
private secretary of President-elec!
McKinley, will be appointed consul to
Liverpool, succeeding James E. Neal
of Ohio. The post is one of the best
consulship; in the service.
A CALL ON M’KINLEY,
NEBRASKANS MEET THE CHIEF
MAGISTRATE.
rieorltd by Senator Thnnton. They Visit
the White House and Enjoy a Cordial
Interchange of Courtesies With
the New Man Installed—
Nebraskans* Departure.
Nebraskans at the White Haase.
Washington special: Residents of
Nebraska and their friends sojourning
in Washington were given a chance to
meet President McKinley today through
the courtesy of Senator Thurston, who
conceived the idea that as many of the
sojourners here would be leaving for
their .homes tomorrow, it would be a
gracious thing to introduce them to
the president. Accordingly a telegram
was sent to the white house asking if
the president would receive the Ne
braska delegation, and visiting friends
at an hour to be named by the execu
tive. At 3:30 o'clock a number of Ne
braskans, including Church llowe,
Attorney Atkinson of Lincoln, F. A.
Collins, Henry T. Oxnard, General C.
J. Bilis of Fairbury, L. L. Lindsey of
Lincoln, and W. E. Peebles of Pender,
with Senator Thurston as chief of the'
delegation, called upon the president
and were presented to him in his pri
vate room. There was a cordial inter
change of courtesies and chat on cur
rent events. Senator Allen was in
vited to attend .with the party, but he
declined. Many of the Nebraskans
are already leaving for their homes
and by morning but few of the old
campaigners will be left.
Dawes County Farmer Finds Oil.
Crawford dispatch: James English,
perhaps one of the wealthiest farmers
in this neighborhood, while having a
well drilled on a piece of land about
two miles southeast of Crawford struck
oil. The well is now fifty feet deep.
Rock was struck at about twenty feet,
and the drillers reported indications
of oil after they had drilled about
twenty feet into the rock; they went
down ten feet further that day and
the next morning there was about ten
feet of water in the hole, with over a
foot of oil floating on the surfac. • The
oil is as clear as refined oil, and a rag
saturated with it burns up as brill
iantly as if saturated with the best
grades shipped in. English was in
town yesterday and took out some ap
paratus for gathering a quantity of
the oil, which he will send to the state
university. With the apparatus at
hand here it is almost impossible to
measure the amount of oil floating on
the water in the well, but some re
liable persons say it is about one-third
oil. The report of the state university
is looked forward to with much in
terest.
A Man of Extensive Travel.
Since the death of Joseph Deunser at
Fremont last week it has been ascer
tained that he was a man who had
traveled very extensively. He was a
’49er in California. He then went to
Australia and spent several years in
the mining camps and traveled about
the.interior of the country. On his re
turn from Australia he stopped for a
time in Tahiti and other South Sea
islands and lived for awhile in Hono
lulu. Afte * putting in some time at
various mining camps in Arizona, New
Mexico and Montana he went back to
Germany, from whence he returned
and settled upon a farm in Saunders
county, this state.
PauM Over the Short Dine.
General Manager Dickinson of the
Union Pacific has just issued the fol
lowing order:
“By assent of the Oregon Short Line
railroad company trip passes of Union
Pacific issue to points west of Granger,
Wyo., and north or south of Ogden,
Utah, granted prior to March 16, 1897,
will be honored up to the dates of their
expiration, but no annual or tinje
passes of Union Pacific issue will be
accepted by the Oregon Short Line
railroad company on and after May 1,
1897.”
Bartley's Bandsmen.
Ex-State Treasurer J. S. Bartley and
his bondsmen appeared before Judge
Corcoran and entered bond for the ap
pearance of Bartley on April 19. The
bondsmen and the amounts in which
they justified are as follows: W. A.
Buxton, 525.000; Webster Eaton, $5,000;
W. A. Hackney, 51,000; B. R. Cowdery,
51,000: J. B. Trickey, 55,000; T. J.
Majors. 520.000; R. H. Townley, 510,000;
\V. A. llilworth, 53,000.
Affairs In a Tangle.
The state board of the league of
American wheelmen, comprising A. It.
Pease of Fremont, D. A. Finch of
Grand Island, D. C. Eldrege of York,
and D. J. O'Brien and E. B. Henderson
of Omaha, held a meeting at Omaha.
The affairs of the late secretary-treas
urer, W. M. McCall , of Grand Island,
are yet in very much of a tangle, and
means were devised to straighten then:
out.
Tbs Omaha Exposition.
Washington dispatch: The depart
inents are going right ahead with their
arrangements for the Omaha exposi
tion as though nothing had heppened.
and the officials in charge express not
the least anxiety that anything will
hold tip the appropriation for the gov
ernment exhibit as soon as the new
congress tackles the appropriation
lulls.
Great Is Nebraska,
Nebraska is first on the list in a great
many things, and now comes Omaha
with anothei list of winners. The an
nual bench show at St. Louis is on.
and in the list of awards that city
shows up with the entire winnings o{
the Newfoundland class, owned by Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Jackson of that city.
Comrades Disagree.
The G. A. R. posts of Lincoln and
Grand Island are at quite a divergence
in regard to the establishment of
soldiers' homes in this state. Farra
gut post of Lincoln sent a letter to the
Grand Island post in which it express
ed sorrow and inability to “compre
hend .he motive of any comrade or
comrades who are seeking to adandon
or in otherwise cripple or restrict sol
diers' home accommodations for our
aged, infirm and poor comrades.” Both
homes are needed and needed badly for
tbe present wants of our comrades and
will be needed worse in the near future.
THE SCHOOL FUND.
***or °f Joist Read at Ion Failed In
the Senate.
Joint resolution No. 20 was read the
third time and passed in the senate on
the 4th. It proposes an ammendment
relating to the investment of the per
manent school fund. The amendment
proposed contains the following gen
eral provisions:
All funds belonging to the state foi
educational purposes the interest and
income whereof only are to be used
shall be deemed trust funds held by
the state and shall not be invested or
loaned except on United States or state
securities or registered county or school
district bonds;provided that the board of
educational lands and funds is empow
ered to sell from time to time any of the
securities belonging to the permanent
school fund and invest the proceeds in
any of the securities enumerated
above bearing a higher rate of interest
whenever an opportunity for better in
vestment is presented; provided fur
ther, that when any warrant upon the
state treasury regularly issued in pur
suance of an appropriation by the leg
islature and secured by a levy of a tax
fc r its payment shall be presented to
the state treasurer for payment and
there shall not be any money in the
proper fund to pay such warrant the
board of educational lands and funds
may direct the state treasurer to pay
the amount due on such warrant from
the moneys in his hands belonging to
the permanent school fund, and he
shall hold said warrant as ■ an invest
ment of said permanent school fund.
Improved Bone Market.
The usual spring1 demand for horses
says a South Omaha correspondent, has
set in and it appears much larger than
for three years. The continued de
pression in business for several years
has caused people to economize by
using old, worn out stock while wait
ing for business to revive. Owing to
the low value of all horse stock pur
chasers all want the best and
the present boom is only in ten
grades.. The demand for cheaper
grades is good but there is no advance
in values. Heavy horses of quality,
weighing 1,400 and upwards, have
made a substantial advance, which has
the appearance of being permanent.
Baling of Attorney General.
Miss Viola Coffin, secretary of the
Omaha civil service board, has received
a communication from the commis
sioners at Washington, enclosing an
opinion by the attorney general, re
cently made, in which he passes upon
the question whether the deputy U. S
marshals are under the protection of
the civil service law. According to
this decision, the office deputies and
members of the clerical force are so
protected, but the other deputies are
subject to removal at the whim of the
marshal.
Death by Suicide.
Louis Johnson, a Danish farmer liv
ing about five miles northwest of
Kennard, committed suicide by hang
ing himself in a granary on his farm.
In the evening he left his home saying
he was going to see a near neighbor
and would return in a short time.
About midnight his wife, becoming
alarmed at his prolonged absence, in
stituted a search for him, and about 7
o’clock next morning found him hang
ing in a small back room in his gran
ary.
Exposition Knocked Out.
The failure of President Cleveland,
says a Washington dispatch, to sign
the sundry civil bill knocks out the en
tire appropriation for the Trans-Missis
sippi exposition.
The failure of three general appro
priation bills settles beyond question
the immediate calling of a special ses
sion. The ground will have to be gone
over again, but the Nebraska senators
and house members are confident of
their ability to get the appropriation
for the exposition restored.
Editor Given n Job.
Judge Hunger has appointed T. J.
O’Keefe, editor of the Hemingford
Herald, as United States court commis
sioner for Box Butte county and the
adjacent territory. This makes a total
of sixty-two of these commissions in
Nebraska. Under a recent act of con
gress the terms of all of these commis
sioners will expire June 30 next, and
new appointments must be made for a
term of four years, dating from July 1.
Want Milford Home Retained.
The York post of the Grand Army of
the Republic has passed resolutions
condemning the proposed abandon
ment of the Milford soldiers’ home.
At their request ■Senator Conaway has
introduced the resolutions in the state
senate. The York post has always
evinced a friendly spirit toward the
Milford home and has made some sub
stantial donations toward its support.
Demand for Farm Landi.
Clarks. Neb., March 4.—There is
much activity among farmers of this
locality. Every man in that line of
work is preparing to do his utmost
this coming season. The demand for
land to farm was never so great here.
Real estate agents can find renters for
ten times the land at their disposal.
It is safe to predict for the county the
largest acreage of corn ever put in.
Kothlng In the Report.
Washington papers print the report
that ex-Senator Manderson is slated
for an important position. There is
nothing in the report. Mr. Manderson
announced months ago that he was
finally out of politics and could not
and would not accept any position of a
political character, elective or ap
pointive.
A. Ahrens of Hooper has just learned
of the good fortune of his father in
Germany who has fallen heir to 120,000
marks. Mr. Ahrens will visit the old
country soon.
No Work In Sight.
Secretary Laughland of the associ
ated charities reports that a large
number of men are arriving in Omaha
in anticipation of employment on ac
count of the exposition. There are a
large number of them at the head
quarters every evening for lodging
and breakfast and none have been
able to find the employment for which
they were seeking. The idea that an
avenue of employment is to be opened
at this time is entirely erroneous, as
it will be several months yet before
the plans for the exposition will be so
far perfected as to admit of the employ
ment of any labor whatever.
IT STANDS AT $200,000.
THE,TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPO
' SITION BILL.
Effort! for on Additional Appropriation,,
of 171,000 Not Sncccufol—CongrcM
man Mercer Present* Reaoona Why It ■
Should He Hade—Senator Alien to -
Make Another Fight.
The Trane-Mtiilpelppl Appropriation.
Wasiiixgton, March 5.—The ques- -
tion of appropriating $75,000 additional
for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition
came up in the consideration of the.
sundry civil bill, and the house refused
to concur in the senate amendment, by
a vote of 4!) yeas to 92 n ays. Representa
tive Mercer represented the reasons
why this additional appropriation
should be made, citing that the treas
ury department has suggested that the
additional sum should be appropriated
in view of the larger cost in malting
the exhibit on account of the distance,
and that the original bill had failed to
provide for the return of the exhibit.
In addition to outlining what was ex
pected of the government, he said:
. “Now, this amendment, No. 48, says,
‘including the return of said govern
ment exhibit.’ Of course, in Omaha
we have a disposition to take every-.»
thing which belongs to us, but do not I
care to keep this exhibit any longer I
than it. will serve the purpose of the
exposition, and the treasury depart
ment has informed me. and the expo
sition managers have informed me,
that . $50,000 of the amount originally
provided is entirely inadequate to con
struct a building for the fish commis
sion and also to construct the adminis
tration buildings. 1 do not think the
members of this house desire tq see a
peanut show or to see a peanut build
ing there, and I think they are great
enough and magnanimous enough to
give the appropriation that is provided
in these amendments, providing for the
return of the government exhibit to
the city of Washington and wherever
else it comes from.
-Mr. speaker, there will be an ex
position of no mean proportions. It
will represent the resources, industries
and capabilities of twenty-four states
and territories, and I desire that for
once the people of the United States
may look over the Allegheny moun
tains and may travel there and take
notice of the resources of that grand
Trans-Mississippi country. We expect
the east to come there with its capital,
and with its knowledge, and we expect
that after that exposition has been
seen by the people of the United
States, those grand states and terri
tories beyond the Mississippi will have
an opportunity to grow and prosper
the same as eastern states have done.
I trust that members of this house,
irrespective of politics, will help us on
these three amendments.”
Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appro
priation committee, fought the senate
amendments at every turn, faking the
ground that the bill only called for m
8200,000. Although Cannon was ar-JB
rayed on the side of no increase, it is v
thought that Mercer would have ear-'
ried his point had not Hepburn‘of Iowa
asked the question as to what Nebraska ■
had done for the exposition. Mercer
was compelled to say that nothing
definite had been enacted by the state
legislature. The vote being taken the
senate amendment was not agreed to.
This, however, did not settle the
matter, for the senate conferees have'
for ten hours stood for 8275,000. .Sen
ators Thurston and Allen are working
hand in hand to secure this amount.
Two conferences have been had and a.
third will be ordered if necessary be
fore the senate recedes to the house.
Later in the evening the senate re
ceded from the additional amount.
Senator Allen immediately announced
that he would make a fight for a third
conference.
The exposition amount of 8200,000
has been agreed to by both houses,
although the senate insisted upon its
amendment as long as it could con
sistently without endangering the pas
sage of the bill.
Indian Police Arreit Boren.
^Pend£B, Neb., March r>.—Some ex- ■
eitement prevails in Thurston county
over the removal of one J. S. Hogan
and his family from their allotment se
lection within the limits of the Farley -*
pasture, on the Omaha reservation, by
Capt. Beck's Indian police, under com
mand of John Ililcher. Under instruc
tions from the Indian commissioner at
Washington to the former agent. Ash
ley, Hogan and a few others were al
lowed the privilege of making selec
tions for future allfitments for their
minor children, and this is the land
they now occupy. The Indian police
laid in ambush, expecting Hogan and
his wife, who is an Omaha Indian, to
return, which they did. A fight took
place, and it was with considerable
difficulty that Hogan was overpowered.
He was bound in irons and taken to
the agency.
Kecoont Com Dilation Begins Work.
Lincoln, March J. N. Compbell,
populist of Nance county, was selected
as chairman of the commission, and J.
Oberfelder of Sidney, one of the demo
cratic members, was made secretary.
After much deliberation, it was de
cided to proceed with the count with
open doors, as long as there was no
disposition on the part of outsiders to
unduly crowd the room. The commis
sion will not give out any of the daily
lesults of its labors, giving as the rea
son the fact that five counties have
failed to forward the ballots, and that
there might be danger that these bal
lots may be tampered with if partial
results are given out in advance. The
five counties not yet reported arc
Douglas, Lancaster. Nuckolls, Sherman
and Keya Paha.
Gus Schroeder of Columb’-s, a promi
nent young man, died last week at the
age of '27.
At the Fremont factory- exhibit last,
week there was a wonderful display of y
homemade articles.
Death claimed two boys in the family
of A. J. Van Buskirk in Benkleman.
Scarlet fever was the malady.
An attempt was made to rob Farley's
bank at Marquette. The outer door of
the safe was blown open, but the burg
lars were unable to open the inside
doors and hence failed to get anything.
Nebraska notes.
