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    | THE DEPOSITORY LAW
POINTS RAISED BY TREASURER
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State Supreme Conrt Opinion. j
ilisputeh to the Omaha lied:
The supreme court him handed down a
d<*rishMrftl the ease submitted by State
Treasurer Meserve with reference to
the1* depository law. The Rytlabns of
the opinion is self-explanatory and is
as follows:
In re atate treasurer's settlement.
Original. Opinion by Judge fiofval.
The rule is well- settled that where
authority Is conferred upon law by three,
or mope persons to execute a public
trtfst or agency and in the execution
thereof all are assembled to deliberate
or 'had notice or opportunity to be
present, the act of a majority is bind
ing, unless tfi’e Statute expressly re
quires the concurrent action of all.
U» To constitute a bank a atate de
pository, of public funds it must giro a
bond Ru- the safe-keeping and payment
of such deposits and the accretions
tbfcreof. conditioned as required by
law, anti approved by the governor,
secretary of state and attorney general
or any two of them, where all were,
present arjil conferred upon the sub
ject- ■ ‘
3. The depositing by, a state treas
urer of'public funds in a state deposi
tory bank in excess of one-half of the
amount of the penalty of the bond
given hy said bank will not have the
effect to release either the principal or
the sureties from their obligation to
pay the moneys deposited to the
• n mount of r.O per centum of the bond
and the accretions thereof.
4. A deposit of public moneys by a
shite treasurer in a legally constituted
- depository for public funds, in compli
ance with the provisions of the depos
‘ itory law, is in substance and legal
effect a loan of the money so deposited.
r>. Public funds so deposited and re
maining in a state depository at the
termination of the office of a state
treasurer, lie is not required to with
■ draw therefrom and physically deliver
the possession thereof to his successor
in ^
G. The state depository law is not
amendatory of subdivision vili, section
article iv. chapter lxxxlii, compiled
statutes, in such a sense as to render it
inimical to section 11, article iii of the
constitution.
This decision is expected to give the
state treasurer access to a large part of
. the funds which were tied up till now
in the state depository banks. While
Treasurer Mcserve has not yet indi
cated to . what extent he will take
advantage of the decision, his policy as
carried out up to this time has been to
give the Imnks holding state money
every possible opportunity to turn in
the money without unnecessary incon
venience. It is possible he will ask
. the hanks affected by the decision to‘
i (fire new depository bonds as security,
for the funds which they hold and
attempt to draw the money out only as
needed for payment of the state's obli
gations. ^ great many of the deposi
tory/ banks have already given new
bonds and had the funds in their
custody redeposited by Treasurer
Mcserve. It has also been decided by
the state itoard, which approves tho
depository (tends, that no bond shall
lie accepted in greater amount that
•300,00(1. this with a view to keeping- >
tiie. deposit in any single bank belbw ■
•150,000. , ^ ^
’fhe decision does not affect the
shortage Jf Treasurer. Hartley ,\vhich
remains at, •337,000 and which consists
of unaccounted for school monev, to
other with the. missing striking ‘fund’
appropriation.
TSnmaial tar D. S. Marshal.
Washington special: The Nebraska' i
republicans in congress, consisting of
ik'natpr Thurston and Congressmen
Mercer-uud Strode,.met this afterhoon
to settK* h" few questions at variance
regarding tiie Nebraska patronage.
. TherieM was carefully gone over, and
after a good deal of discussion it Was
decided to tender the United States
uiarshalship to George If. Thummel of
(•rand island.
This result haa been foreshadowed
ever since thqmarshalshln passed unv
der consideration, as Thummel waq
Senator Thurston’s candidate, and in
federal appointments custom yields
precedence to him. It is said that thq
conference was harmonious and the
(test of feeling^ii&valled, and Thum4
tneljp candidacy is pointed out as an
example of special fitness. But it is
knowns j that Representative Strode
made at strong and earnest effort to
secim (he endorsement for Ed Sixer of
Lincoln. _ rind only yielded when he
found it impossible tp carry the con
feropey for his candidate against Sen
ator Thurston's choice.
Now Mexico Will M M Uaait.
The new# that New 'Mexico had,
made an appropriation for a atate ex
hibit at tlie Trans-Mississippi exposi
tion was received with a (treat deal of
•atifcf^tjon. The appropriation, with
what assured from the several,
countie# and large towns, will reach'
930,000 and will make New Mexico's
exhibit one of the best among the
- states. Assurances are given that the
various associations in New Mexico
will unite in aasisting in the movement
- to.presont the advantages of the state
in the most attractive form. The viee
president of the exposition in New
Mexico, cx-tlov. l’rince. one of the
strongest supporters of the exposition
idea in the Trans-Mississippi congress.
i will be at the head of the commission
of eight men to be appointed bv the
f* governor to arrange for the exhibit.
t J1 —■—. f
Frank Owens, night clerk a Die Me
ridian hffiW at Columbus, narrovfty
escaped being murdered tbe other
morning. -Owens was dozing in a chair
when e mnn entered anil struck him
; »terrific blow across the head with'
' NOme instrument, knocking him out
lull not fracturing the skull. The man
then pried open the cash drawer and
took 90. .to and fled. ’
The elocution contest of tlie Sutton
High school for a representative in the
north district contest was won by Miss
Jills itowc. A large number entered
for Hie honor, displaying a high order
of talent.
• BALLOTS SI EZCD.
^ttisl-il-Armi and a finnan Commlttnn
Taka Ponaaiialon.
t.incoln dispatch: The house of rep
resentatives is in possession of the
ballots cast at the last November elec
tion on the propositions to amend the
constitution of the state. At a few
minutes before 7 on the evening of the
17th a committee of the house, with
the sergeant-at-arms and his assistant,
forced their way into the room where
the members of the canvassing board
were watching the ballot boxes, and
the committee in the name of the leg
islature, took possession.
The members of the board protested,
and they with two guards that had
been on watch endeavored to prevent
the sergeant-at-arms and the commit
tee from carrying out their (Surpose.
The six canvassers and their two
guards were powerless to prevent the
others from carrying out their plans
and now the ballots are locked up in
the big vault at the state house under
watch of the sergeant-at-arms and his
assistant.
The resolution anthorizing the seiz
ure of the ballots was presented to the
house by Sheldon of Dawes cOunty and
was in this form:
“That the committee' heretofore ap
pointed to confer with a like com
mittee from the senate relative to the
recount of the ballots cast for the con
stitutional amendment be and is hereby
authorized and empowered to at once
proceed to the office of the secretary of
state and in conjunction with him, the
said secretary of-state, take possession
of and hold until further order of this
house all the ballots, poll books, tally
sheets, abstracts now in the possession
of the said secretary, under and by i
virtue of ‘an act to recount the ballots
cast on the constitutional amendment
relating to the judges of the supreme
court and their term of office of Novem
ber 3, 1890, to compare said ballots,
declare the result and fix the penalty
for violation of the provisions of this
act,’ which act was passed by the
Twenty-fifth session of the legislature
and approved the 20th day of February,
1897. Said committee is hereby author
ized, empowered and directed in case
of resistance to summon to its aid the
sergeant-at-arms of this house and to
use all force necessary to gain posses
sion and hold possession of said ballots,
poll books, tally sheets and abstracts,
un’-ll further order of this house.”
wuoiui linroauuea m wic sen
ate a resolution providing for the
appointment of a committee of the
senate to act with a like committee of
the house to devise ways and means
for carrying on tho count which had
been suspended under the injunction
issued by the district court judge, C. •
L. Hall of Lancaster county. This
resolution was adopted and the lieu
tenant governor appointed • Senators
Ileal, Mutz and Fcltz on the committee.
The respective committees held a con
ference which resulted in an agree
ment that the legislature must take
possession of the ballots and conduct
the count. No other plan was consid
ered practicable, for all other plans
loft the canvassers exposed to the in
terference of the delays by the
restraining orders obtained through
the courts. Accordingly the poll boxes
were taken possession of in the man
ner before stated. Gov. Holcomb, it is
said, will present to each house a bill
calling for a recount by a legislative
committee. lie will include a call
for a r .'count of two more amend
ments, the amendment providing for
thd investment of the permanent
school fund and another placing three
railroad commissidbera in the list of
the elective officers. Further move
ments are looked forward to with * a
gveajt deal of interest.
Latkr.—There have been no exciting
developments over the 'controversv re
garding recount of >tho constitutional
amendments. The ballots - have re
mained in the fire. proof vault in the
oftioo of the secretary of state.
The doors of the. room in which
the '.vault is located are locked
and the sergeant-at-arms of the
house or one of his deputies is con
stantly on guard to ward off an an
ticipated attack. There will be a bill
introduced in the house or senate pro
^*dlng for counting the ballots and
declaring tho result of the election on
the proposition to adopt amendments
to the constitution. The form and
substance of this bill was agreed
upon iu a joint caucus of the
fusion members of the house and
senate. The caucus had before it a
draft of a bill which had' been prepared
to meet the suggestions contained in
the governor's message. The question
bt whether a bill or a joint, resolution
should be adopted was discussed at
some length, and it was agreed that
the latter would be best; 11 was agreed
that the bill should provide that the
ballots be taken charge of by a joint
committee of four members of the
house and three members of the senate
and counted. It will provide that one
republican from each house may be
appointed. There is no limit as to tho
way in which the canvass is to be
completed. It is provided that the aet
of February 30, 1897. be repealed and
the members of the committee may
ejqploy as many clerks as may be
xfcjgessary to do the work.
Oa I'nloa PadRe Finances.
, The statements of earnings am) ex
penses of the Union Pacific for January,
SHUT, is the most encouraging monthly
report that has been mode by the sys
tem for a long time. Every branch of
the system showed a healthy increase
in its earnings, and the expenses of the
main line and of the Oregon short line
exhibited a marked decrease.
John Sawyer of Lincoln county has
devoted a good deal of time to hunting
and trapping this winter and has killed
.p>7* muskrats, seventeen skunks, two
coons, fifteen mink and several coyotes.
By selling the furs he has made' good
wages. . ‘
| Alfalfa Growing la Favor.
I One of the most favorable signs of |
the improvement in agricultural mnt- ,
ters in the vicinity of North Platte is
the remarkable change that has taken
place among farmersvrelative to alfalfa
m the past two years. Its virtues as a
forage plant are on every agricultural
tongue and the better the farmer be
comes acquainted with it the better it
appears to be liked.
The Blair Courier thus announces
the redemption of a fellow citizen:
■Robert Carter is now a full-fledged
man. without the demon, having ob«
tained a sheepskin for sobriety."’ *
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AMENDMENT RKC0UN1
IT IS RESTRAINED 3Y SECOND
INJUNCTION.
Hand* of tbs Commission How Firmly
Tied hy the Court—Constitutionality
of the law to be Tested in the
District Court of Lancaster
County—Legislature Will
Finish the Count.,
A Second Injunction Issued.
A dispatch to the Omaha Bee says.'
Judge Hall thin afternoon issued a
second injunction restraining the mem
liers of the commission charged with
the duty of recounting the amendment
ballots from proceeding until' the con
stitutionality of the law creating the
commission and providing for the re
count can be tested in the courts. The
restraining order was served upon all
members of the commission at the
state house shortly before 3 o’cRjcU,
with the exception of Mr. Oberfelder,
who was out of the city.
Thc cffect of this second injunction
is to tie the hands of the commission,
» it is constituted at present, for an:
indefinite length of time. Attorney
General Hmyth said that the con»titn,-:
tionnlitv of the law could not be tested
within three months, at least. The re
straining order issned this afternoon is
in words following:
This cause came on for hearing npon
the application of the plaintiff for a
temporary injunction against the de
fendants. Thomas C. Munger, Charles
0. Whedon, G. M. Lamberson and Ros
coe Pound appeared as attorneys and
counsel for the plaintiff and Constan
tine J. Smyth appeared for the de
fendants.
jl Hereupon me court, upon reamut;
the petition and information of the
plaintiff duly verified, and after hear
ing arguments of counsel for the plain
tiff and defendants, and for good cause,
shown, it is ordered that a temporary
order of injunction be granted herein
restraining the defendants. William K,
Porter. Joseph Oberfelder, C. J. Howlin',
P. O. Uedlund, Prank M. Ross, (ieorge
IV. Make and J. N. Campbell, and each
of them from proceeding with the
counting, inspection and canvassing
the votes and declaring the result of
the canvass of vdtes cast at the elec
tion on the 3d day of November.
1806, for and against an amend
ment to the constitution of the
state of Nebraska relating to the
number of judges of the supreme
court and their term of office, which
amendment was submitted to a vote of
the people of the state of Nebraska on
the said 3d day of November, 1806, and
enjoining and prohibiting them and
each of them from performing any acts
and duties and exercising any powers
conferred upon them under an act pro
vided Feb. -7. 1807, by the twenty-fifth
session of the legislature, entitled ‘‘For
an act to recount the ballots cast on
the constitutional amendment relating
to the judges of the supreme court and
their term of office on Nov. 3, 1806, to
compare said ballots, declare the re
sult and fix penalty for the violation
for the provisions of this act.”
And the said defendants are further
enjoined, each of them, and as a can
vassing board, from declaring the
results of the counting and canvassing
of tile said votes cast at said election
for and against said amendment and
from handing over ond delivering to
any person or persons the ballots now
in their possession Cast at said election,
or flic abstracts, poll books or other
papers and records in their custody or
either of them. And the said defend
ants and each of them are commanded
to keep said ballots abstracts, poll
books, records and papers in their cus
tody and under their control until
further order by this court.
This temporary ordrr of injunction
shall continue in force and effect until
the court shall hove heard the question
and determined tire constitutionality
of the act of Feb. 20, 1807, under which
respondents are acting, and until the
further order of the court, upon the
plaintiff executing and delivering to>
the clerk of the courts an undertaking
in the defendants in the sum of 8.100,
with approved sureties conditioned, as
required by law and service hereof
upon the. respondents.
South Sioux City is rejoicing that
its star tough. John (leyson, is In, jail
across the river, and likely to"servc a.
well-earned team in the 'penitentiary.
• Madman at Ltrct In the Town.
Decatur dispatch: Abe Hughs, a
man who lias thrice been sent to the
Norfolk insane asylum in the last year
and a half, came home last night car
rying his valise. He walked in. Hughs
is a dangerous man when under the
influence of his insane fits and since he
got back the town people are badly
scared and many of them go armed.
The lust time he was captured he de
stroyed about 8100 worth of personal
property before the officers could cap
ture him. He has a wife and three
children living here.
little
. IVhh SUkM n Appropriation.
{Stlt linkeCity, Utah, dispatck: The
general appropriation bill pussed by
the Utah legislature today carries
an appropriation of $8,000 fur the
Trans-Mississippi exposition. This
amount will be largely increased by
private subscriptions, many donations
having ulrcudy been promised.
The mine owners of the state are
allowing great interest in the subject 1
and promise to make a magnificent ex
hibit of the minerul resources of the
state. ,«•
Isaac Hupp of Uoyd became, violently
insane as a result of religious excite
ment coupled with a bad case of la
grippe.__^
Outlook Oood far Crop*.
The ground is full of moisture to the
top, and all the draws and lagoons are
full of water, says a .luniata dispatch.
Winter wheat appears- to have come
through without killing much and no
doubt will make u big crop. The low
temperature has also prevented the
fruit butl from swelling, and with a
couple of weeks more of favorable
weather, an enormous fruit crop may
be expected. ,
It is expected that the Superior
| starch company will he reorganized.
> with enough capital to go ahead and
1 do'business.
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GENERAL THAYER ILL
Suffara an Attack of the Grip and Taken
to the Hospital,
Washington dispatch: Ex-Governor
Thayer was taken ill yesterday at the
Hotel Emrich with an attack of the
grip, lie immediately sentfor Senator
Allen to come to see him. and after
consultation with physicians it was
decided to remove the governor to
Providence hospital where he could be
better cared for than at a hotel, where
there was no one to minister to him.
The physicians state that while there
is no cause for alarm in his condition,
Governor Thayer will need good care
or else a tendency to bronchial fever
may osert itself. Senator Allen at
once wired the fact to the governor's
son, John M. Thayer, jr., at Iteatrice,
Neb., and George D. Thayer at Cripple
Creek, Colo., telling them that he
would send word if a change for the
worse occurred. The senator said that
lie thought the governor would pull
through all right, and that there was
no cause for alarm among his friends.
He will see that the governor is well
provided for until he recovers suffi
ciently to permit him to travel.
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Allen an thn Torrey Law.
Senator Allen has written the fol
lowing letter to Frank D. Eager, chief
clerk of the Nebraska house of repre
sentatives: I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of the resolu
tions recently adopted by the Nebraska
house of representatives respecting the
passage of a bankrupt law by congress,
and in rely to say that I am decidedly
in favor of a judicious voluntary bank-'
rupt law, hut I cannot support such
act containing involuntary features,
which will permit a creditor to ruth
lessly push his debtor into bankruptcy
and dissipate his property without
affording him a full and fair opportu
nity to handle his own estate and
realize the full value of his property
for the payment of his debts. 1 am
quite confident that the legislature of
Nebraska does not desire me to support,
an act like the Torrey act, drawn al
together in the interest of the credi
tors of the country, and whose chief
support comes from the Creditors’
association. A careful examination of
the Torrey bill will show it to be
vicious throughout. Very truly yours.
• Wii.j.iam V. Ai.i.ex.
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1 3rrf V»lu« of KroadyV Sorrlcei.
. Lincoln dispatch: The jury in the
Case of Attorney Jefferson H. Broady
against ex-State Treasurer John E.
mil handedin a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff and fixed the amount due
at with interest amounting to
817. Broady.sued for 88,000, alleged,
to be a balance due him from Hill for
services rendered in the defense of the
case of the state against the ex-treas
urer for S'ihll.OOO. The plaintiff claimed
that his services in prosecuting the
ease in the district and supreme courts
were of the value of 810,000, and that
he had as yet received but 8:1,000. The
plaintiff also alleged that he defended
Hill in the impeachment proceedings
brought by the state senate to oust
him from the office of state treasurer.
In- both of these cases Mr. liroady ob
tained a verdict favorable to his client.
Ilill admitted the rendering of the ser
vices, but alleged that the sum of 82,000
paid by him was a reasonable fee.
Judge Hastings in instructing the jury
gave it great scope in its decision, but
the Instructions seemed to favor the
plaintiff.
Populist* Gat Good Seat*.
Washington dispatch: In drawing
for scats the populists in the house
were infinitely more successful than
the republicans, so far as Nebraska is
concerned. . Representative Green's
was amongthe first fifty names called
and he selected a place to the extreme
left of the chamber, as did Messrs.
Sutherland' and. Stark. Judge Max
well lost three or four good seats by
not taking advantage of his opportu
nity, but finally settled down in front
of the speaker's desk in the same sec
tion with his colleagues. Dave Mer
cer's proverbial luck seemed to fail
him on this occasion, his name not
being called until far down Hie list,
then he selected a seat on the far
eight. His associate, Judge Strode,
also chose a seat on this side near the
member from the Second.
Death In a Corn Bln.
The 113-year-obl son of Peter Bnrgess
met death in a strange manner on the
cattle ranch of ,1. K. Baker, seven
miles northwest of Shelton. A power
feed-grinder is operated in a basement
under a large granary containing sev
eral thousand bushels of shelled corn
and is. so arranged that the corn feeds
itself into the grinder. Mr. Burgess,
who had charge of the mill, noticed
something wrong with the feeder, the
corn failing to come down in the hop
per as it should. Upon putting his
hand up into the spout to learn the
cause of the trouble, it came in contact
with a shoe. Realizing that some one
had fallen into the bin, help was pro
cured, and with an axe the side of the
bin was broken in and young Burgess’
body was found with life extinct.
CNotrtet Coart » Aina worth,
Ainsworth dispatch: District court
for llrown county convened tody, with
'Judge Kinkaid on the bench. There is
a large docket, but little of importance.
The ous*.- of Flora Wauker against Link
Rife was in court one year ago, Rife
winning then; but a new trial was
granted on the ground that the decision
was not given according to the testi
mony. Rife is not present, no one
knowing just where he is. The case
will proceed without him.
Hock C»nnty*i» lilg? .
Roek county's court house burned to
the ground on the Kith. All books
and most of the furniture was saved.
The fire was started from a cook stove
in the rooms occupied by Sheriff O. E.
Smith. Loss about $7,000; insurance,
$5,000.
A 'Washington dispatch says: Sen
ator Allen introduced. a bill today
to amend “An act to Authorize ana
Encourage the Holding of a Trans
Mississippi and International Exposi
tion at Omaha ih 1998:'’ but the intro
duction did not stop there, for by the
time the clerk had exausted the Allen
bills, eighty-four ^ensures had been
proposed by the senior senator front
Nebraska. Senator Thurston followed
this up with fifty-five bills, all reintro
ductions from last session. Dave Mer
cer secured an early numbering for
some twenty-four bills introduced late
J Monday afternoon, the exposition bUl
| taking No. 4.
MUST AGREE ON MEN.
THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT
UNDERTAKE TO DECIDE.
•»««< Thar*ton and Nebraska Republi
can Congressmen Must Settle on Can
didates for Public Position—See-^
rotary Morton and the Ex
position.
Washington special to the Lincoln
Journal: Judge strode called upon
President McKinley and had a pro
tracted interview with him relative to
the appointment of Ed R. Sizer as mar
shal. Judge Strode informed the pres
ident that Mr. Sizer bad the strongest
and most comprehensive indorsements
•OS the position from the state, includ
ing all the principal leaders in repufelir
tan politics, and that as a s taunc!.
republican and organiser in tlio repub
lican ranks he was entitled to the
position. He recalled to Major McKin
ley's recollection the times when he,
the president, was in Liucoln, and
when Mr. Sizer organized the parades.
He stated to him that the best judg
ment of republicans in the state
i demanded Mr. Sizer’s selection.
The president asked Judge Strode
| whether Senator Thurston was in fa
vor of Mr. Sizer. The judge replied
that he believed he was not and that
there had* been no consultation what
ever by the Nebraska delegation at
which an interchange of views could
be had. President McKinley then said
that such a meeting should be held,
and that the delegation should come
together and agree upon candidates
for federal positions, lie-intimated to
Judge Strode that he did not propose
to decide between rival candidates,
and that he desired that delegations
should settle all differences between
themselves befor names were sent to
the White house for his approval.
Representative Mercer was not pres
ent with Judge Strode at his interview
with the president. He is thoroughly
in touch with the representative from
the First district upoff the subject and
will stand with him in demanding that
appointments from the home towns of
representatives shall not be made
without consultation with those who
had been directly elected by the people
and to represent the wishes, of the re
publican party. Both th» Nebraska
representatives have their war paint
on and propose to make the best fight
they can to secure the recognition
which they feel they deserve..
lne entire .Nebraska congressional
delegation is now in the city, Repre
sentatives Stark, Maxwell and Suther
land having completed by their' arrival
the list of members from our states
THE EXPOSITION BII.tl
One of the matters with which) the
Nebraska delegation will be obliged tra>
wrestle in the coming session is- the
appropriation for the Trans-Mississippi
exposition, which failed of passage by
reason ot the president's veto' of the
sundry civil bill. It took very earnest
work on the part of all the representa
tives from the state in the house to
secure recognition of this enterprise,
and it will take vigorous work in- the
coming session to duplicate the results
heretofore secured. It is not yet oer
tain that the appropriation bills will:
be taken up until after the tariff has
passed. There is talk of continuing
the appropriations by resolution! until
congress meets in regular session in
December. The earnest work of Rep
resentative Mercer, ably, assisted' by
Representative Hainer, who was a
member of the appropriations com
mittee, and of Judge Strode and Repre
sentative Andrews, warded off opposi
tion and paved the way for national
recognition of the Trans-Mississippi
exposition. There is a growing feel
ing in congress against appropriations
for enterprises of this character and it
is not likely that further appropria
tions will be made in years to come.
Apropos of this, ex-Secretary Morton,
who is violently opposed to the appro
priation of government funds for
“shows,” threatens to apply to the
courts for an injunction against the
expenditure by the state of Nebraska
of any appropriation for the Trans
Mississippi exposition. He claims that
such appropriations are in the nature
of taxation of the many for the benefit
of the few. Mr. Morton has written
an article for a leading magesinc in
which he denounces, among other con
gressional extravagances, as he terms
them, the appropriations made for the
world’s fair, and the Atlantic;. Nash
ville and Trans-Mississippi expositions,
Keprewntatlv* Ithnnii dim.
C. W. Schrain, representative fromi
Dixon county, died at his home near
Ponca on the 13th. He was. a. promi
nent Mason and was greatly, esteemed
by all who knew him. «
C. W. Schrarn was bdm, at Peekskill.
N. Y.. January 1, 1854, His. mother
died the following year and! his. father
some years later. He was reared! an
orphan boy anting strangers, acquir
ing his education in, the long winter
evenings by studying such books, as
happened to fall within his neach. He
came to Nebraska jn 1871 ami herded
cattle on the Platte bottoms, for- one
year. He came to Dixon county the
following year, and has resided there
since, teaching school during the first
several years up to 1890;. since which
nearly lus whole time has.been devoted
to farming. He has been a supervisor
since 1891 and had been renominated
for election last fall, but having re
ceived the nomination, at the populist
convention for representative, he de
clined to be a candidate for supervisor.
Later on in the fall; the democrats
met in convention and: also took him
up as their candidate. (
The tow mill of the Nebraska hinder
twine company at Fremont is shut
down, owing to the heavy roads. The
product is still in the fields aed the
{round is so soft that it casaot be
auled.
Chances in Nebraska Bank*.
Comptroller Eckels has been notified
of ch-ngcs in oiticialsof national banka
in Nebraska as follows: Merchants
national. Nebraska City. H. She well,
vice-president; It. O. Marnell. cashier,
in place of II. N. She well; T. J. Ito
meyer, assistant cashier, in place of R.
O. Marnell. Commercial national,
Omaha, R. F. Fagan, assistant cashier.
South Omaha national. South Omaha,
E. A. Cudahy, vice-president, in place
of Truman Buck; First national, Ar
I lington, E. Quesner, caJiier, in place
• of William D. Badger, no assistant,
I cashier in place of E, Quesner.
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