THE FRONTIER. fVEMSHEb EVERY THURSDAY By Tu Fmomma Pmnrma Oo. onraiLL, NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA. j Bictclxs in Cheyenne county will be ! Tbk Catholic church at Ponca Will (boat $1,750. , Goon horses are in brisker demand Than for many months. A park near Brainard recently sold tor $30 per acre, spot cash. ‘ Tbs residence of Mrs. Miller, bong Tine, was destroyed by fire. Tins deserted wife of Jim Corbett ■warn once a resident of Broken Bow. C. A. Citrtis of the Nebraska City Press died last week of appendicitis. Wheat sowing in some localities is delayed on account of excessive wet. At Eagle Ettie Smoke, a boy, had his arm badly mangled in a corn shel ter. A new society called the settlers’ home guards is being organized at Thedford. The Norfolk factory has had no trouble in contracting for all the beets it can handle. Rev. C. G. Brown has resigned his charge as rector of Grace Episcopal . church of Columbus. The Madison county teachers’ insti tute will be held this year in Norfolk. The date is June 14 to S3 inclusive. Rev. Mr. Buss, of the Congregational church, Fremont, will probably accept a call in Illinois and assume his duties there about the 1st of May. An old gentleman by the name of Donquist dropped dead at Whitman last week. Mr. Donquist was a resi dent of Hyannis and was at Whitman on a visit. Hamitei. Steel, a farmer living near Yntan, Sounders county, was suddenly stricken with apoplexy a day or two ago while milking a cow. His death followed soon after. Two sisters, Metulames Herman Kloth. and Julius Kuester, wires of prominent Cuming county farmers, died last week. One was 30 and the other 38 years of age. ■ G. G. Mullix of Garfield township. Gaming county, has, after thirty-five wears, received a check of $0.77 from the war department for commutation rations from war times. • Tint old settlers’ picnic, which for ,aeveral years has annually been held at Gibbon, occurs this spring on April 17. A good program has been pre pared and a pleasant tinpe is expected. • The St. Paul national bank, the old oat Institution of the kind in the Loup country, was reorganised April 1 on the basis of a state bank. No change la made in the officers or stockholders. | Chxki.es Forbes was brought to Ptattsmoutli from Union and lodged in rthe county jail upon the charge of 'having robbed his employer, Hen Heck* man. a farmer, residing in Liberty (precinct, of two watches valued at $45. Uumcn States Marshal Thummkl haa named three deputies. The names iof others will be announced later. Those appointed are A. E. Coggeshall. chief office deputy, and James Allen of Omaha and George L. Palmer of Broken Mow field deputies. 1 The bank of Hartley has invited its depositors to call and get their money, ■mm it will soon go out of business. O. -Frost, the cashier, will give his atten tion to some other business, and F. G. iMtilgebouer will attend to an alfalfa farm near Danbury. Auams county farmers, members of ■ the G. A. R., have loaded a car of seed me timber from school land, and • 'desired to ease his conscience bvdonat ; jhag the amount named to the per > vmanent school fund. The man did not tdmire his name to be made public. n J H. Tir mmki., the neWly-ap jpointed United States marshal, has fwtered into partnership with W. 8. jIVarne for the purpose of conducting a •general law business. Mr. Tkummel, iwho has enjoyed a considerable prac* the. will have a portion of his time at lenat taken up by his new duties and with the present arrangement will still he able to take care of all his former • Aa James Daggett, living eight milea Eithwest of Clearwater, was loading old shotgun at his home, it was ac* an tally discharged, the contents jUtting two of his children. One of them, a girl about 18 years of age, was instantly killed, her head being nearly blown off. The other child, a few pen younger, will recover. The lather and mother are almost bereft of bcaaon in their grief. * W. G. Boston, for some years a hard ware merchant at David City, and anon recently engaged in the same hwsiness in Oklahoma, was brought 'hnn by relatives in a sadly disorgan ised. mental condition. It is hoped that a period of rest will restore his ? As old gentleman at Springview re ported to the marshal that he had been nobbed by a pickpocket, but found the •oil three days later in his vest, i: G. W. Nonius opened court at Stock* wills with 330 cases on the docket. The Una will be longer then usual on ae naaat of the large number of cases to yJWr* ... BILLS BEING RUSHED, ONLY A SHORT TIME IN WHICH TO WORK. Both House* of the Legislators Will Probably Adjourn on tha 7 th—Dis cussion Limited and Bills Har ried Through—-Miscellaneous Legislative Motes. The Nebraska Assembly. Hbsate.—The senate on the 30th spent an other day In routine work. When the sen ate was ready for work It started off by ad vancing house roll No. 300 to third reading. House rolls Nos. 304, 313, 311, 301, 330 and 230 were reported from standing committees to which they had been referred and placed on Seneral Ole. The bills have already passed ho house and are for the purpose or amend ing the code of civil procedure. Three bills were read tile third time and passed, as fol lows: House roll No. 300. a pro forma bill directing the state treasurer to pay over to the board of regents of the university of Ne braska the biennial accumulation of the Morrill fund set apart by congress for the benelltof colleges of agriculture and me chanic arts. House roll No. 387, by Mr. Gallin. to prohibit corporations from contributing money or means to influence or control elec tions. This bill, which now goes to ths gov ernor for his approvul. Is designed to prevent the Influence of corporations in state, county or municipal elections and Is drastic In Its provisions. The governor's private secretary was rocelvod. He announced that the chle'f executive had received and approved house rolls Nos. 473,108 and 435, and senate file No. 387. House roll No. 140 was then taken up for consideration; but the hour of noon having arrived recess was taken until 2 o'clock. After recess the consideration of the bill was resumed. It was recommended for passage. The anti-pass bill was taken up. It Is us fol lows: That hereafter It shall be unlawful for any railroad company to give a pass or carry free any passenger In the state of Ne braska, and It Is hereby declared unlawful for any person to accept a pass from any railroad company in the state of Nebraska; provided, that nothing In this act shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from giving free transportation to Its own officers or employes, or to prevent the officers of any railroad company or companies from exchanging passes or tickets with other rail road companies for their officers and em ployes. There was u long debate, at the close of which It was recommended that the bill pass. Mr. Graham then moved that sen ate file No. 28 be made a special order for to morrow at 4 o’clock. The bill provides for a reduction of railroad passenger rates to 3 cento per mile. The motion was lost. Ad journed. -» wiiiue un iu« aist mauo an earnest effort to clear away the large accu mulation of business on t he general flic. The day was commenced with the usual attempt to advance favorite bills for Immediate con sideration. McUann moved that senate die No. SM be made a special order for tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The motion was tabled. Senate file No. 11. Is a bill designed to place the Industrial home for fallen womeu at Mil ford under the control of the board of public lands and buildings, with the appointment of the officers and employesof the institution vested In the governor of the stutu. There was considerable discussion on the bill, at the conclusion of which Mr. Kausom moved that the committee rise and report the bill tack to the senate, with the recommendation that It do pass. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Hansom moved that senate flies Nos. 300, 370, 271, be ordered engrossed for third read ing. The three bills, taken together, place the appointments of the superintendents of the Industrial schools at Geneva and Kearney and the Institute for the feeble minded at Beatrice In the bunds of tbo gov ernor. The motion was agreed to and the senate took the usual midday recess. After recess Mr. Howell then moved that •enuto file No. 3K4, Introduced by Messrs. Ransom, Howell and .Icffcoat at the request of the governor, for “an act to validate re newal lionds Issued by cities of the metro politan class,” be advunrod to third reading. The mailer went over one day. The senate then went Into committee of the whole to finish consideration of the bills bunched to gether by the a< tlon of the body In the morn ing session. Mr. Ritchie resumed the chair and the first bill taken up was senate tl o No. 3W. The bill is entitled “an act to extend and regulate the liability of employes to make compensation for personal Injuries re ceived by their employes In llielr service, and to prevent the making or enforcement of contracts or agreements limiting or Impair ing such liability." It strikes at the volun teer relief departments organized by railroad companies doing business In the slate. The bill was recommended for passage. Henate files Nos. flflt*. 270 and 271 were placed on third reading and passed. They provide that the governor shall appoint the superintendents of the Institute for the feeble minded at Beatrice, the Industrial school for boys at Kearney and the Industrial school for girls at Geneva. At present these officers are up EuRdfnga!* bourd of Iandl* a,,d Senate.—The forenoon session of t he sen ate on the 1st was put In passing bills, most them senate files which have yet to run the gauntlet of the bouse. Home quick work will Iw necessary to secure action In the lower legislative branch us adjournment Is near at hand. The anti-puss bill, which has been reserved for final action until the clos Ing days of the session, was brought up for third reading, but was sent back to the com mittee for amendment. The senate refused to concur In the house amendments to the mil abolishing deficiency judgments The house luslsted upon u clause providing that the new law shull not apply to existing dontroots. The senate rejects the provision. The hill taxing the earnings of express, tele phone and telegraph companies passed by a vote of 17 to 2. Henate file No. aaTprovlolng for the taxation of telephone comnanics proposes a tax of one-half of 1 per cent on gross earnings of all such companies. The bill was passed by a vote of 17 to 5. Henate file No. 378. taxing the telegraph companies 1 per cent on gross earnings, was passed by a vote of 17 to 5. The anti-corporation bills having been disposed of. the next taken up was senate file No. 38. Introduced by Mr. Mutaot hey a I’alia. providing a systematic method for making read overseers’ re turns to the county treasurer, it was Passed by the requisite majority. House roil No. 1W. appropriating |3lt,oix> for a new dormitory building at the state normal school at Peru, was passed without the emer gency clause. House amendments to the de ere not eoncurred in. with reference to the .-.-'*» a conference com mittee Is asked for the measure will have failed to become a low. Mr. Talbot moved that the senate go Into committee of the whole to take up the consideration of house toll No. 128, the hill appropriating $30,000 for the erection of a wing of a building on the University campus, said building to become apart of the permanent Improvements of the college of agriculture and mechanic urts. A number of amendments offered were re jected, and the bill was finally recommended to paw as It came from the house. Duar<.-ni suun us me senate was ready for business on the 2d, special action was taken on a number of blits. Senate flies Nos. M8, SSO, 203, 201, 202. 281 and 282 were ad vanced to third reading. House roll No. 117 wm add«Hl to tbe bills already In the special ,ThJ», 1» the proposed law known as the Script Bill. Hlllson third reading were taken up. The flrst bill was senate fllo No. 288. to extend and regulate the liabilities of eniployentn make compensation for per KOIIbI Inin rlna Mutit end !»■ «UnU ~ “•n*1 Injuries received by' their 'cmloyes while In their service, and to prevent the , , »iw, nuu tu pivrruv uio making or enforcement of contracts or Smiting. or impairing such liability. The bill failed to pass. Senate file No. 244, amending the irrigation bill, was read the third time and passed. House roil No. SCO, appropriating $30,000 for the wing of a new building to be erected on the campus of the university of Nebraska for a school of mechanic arts, was passed and sent to the governor. House roll No. 254. a pro forma bill appropriating the matricula tion fees of the state normal school to the nse of that institution, was passed. Senate nle No. 01 was wad the third time and passed, riiis is the bill introduced by Mr. Kitchle fnacing the management of the industrial lome for fallen women at Milford under the management of the board of public lands and buildings, the superintendent and other OffllNtM tft lui unnnl..«A>l k... *k.. __ _--"C”' ' I mil IIUCIIV UIIU Hliuor offlcera to be appointed by the governor, eenate nle No. ils was then placed ou its fitiwl nnuEHM nnrl 1, ^ ...I __.1 . 1_ fiual passage and it received the necessary vote*. It.provides that contracts for sale of lands between the owner and agent employed to sell such lands shall he made In writing. Consideration of the appropriation bill con sumed the balance of the afternoon aixk when the committee rose It luid not beeif flnlshed. - HorsK.—On the opening of the house ses sion on the 21st Mr. Yclscr moved that the rules be amended wherein a two-thirds vote la accessary to action and that fifty-on* Totes be declared sufficient. The motion did not prevail. Standing committees reported a large number of bills to the general Die, and others for Indefinite postponement. The with the recommendation that tney tie on same committees reported a number of hills grossed for third reading. Bills on third reading were taken up and placed on pass age. Senate file So. IDS. Beal's deficiency Judgment hill passed. House roll No. 387, by Gsffln. to prohibit corporations from contrib uting money to campaign funds, had been amended by the senate, and the bouse con curred In the amendments. House roll So. 428, extending the powers of the state hoard of transportation, received IK votes, with SI against It. and failed to pass with the emer gency clause. Senate file No. 78, allowing pupils to attend school in a nearer district, and presiding that they shall thereafter be enumerated In the district nearest ther resi dence was passed by a vote of 78 to 1. Senate file No. 143, requiring railroads to mow their right-of-way twice a year, between the ISth day of July and the 1.1th of August of each year, was passed. The deficiency Judg ment bill as passed by the house Is os fol lows: Sec. 1. That sections numbered 847 and 849 of the code of civil procedure of the state of Nebraska be and tne same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. That section numbered Sea of the code of civil procedure of the state of Nebraska, which reads as follows: "After such petition shall be filed, while the same Is pending, and after a decree rendered there on, uo proceedings whatever shall be had at law for the recovery of the debt secured by the mortgage or any part thereof, unless authorized by the court; shall be amended to read as follows: “After such petition shall be filed, while the same Is pending, and after a decree rendered thereon, no proceed ings whatever shall be had at law for the re covery of the debt secured by the mortgage or any part. Providing that nothing In this act shall be construed as affecting existing contracts." Sec. 3. All acts ana parts of acts In conflict herewith are hereby repealed. House.—The first work of the house on the 1st was to advance senate file No. 40 to third reading. It Is the hill to authorize the organ ization of mutual Insurance companies. An attempt made to advance house roll No. 3X1, the bill to enable colleges, universities and normal schools to grant state certificates did not prevail. Under regular order of bus iness bills on third reading were taken up. Senate file No. 1S7, to provide for a system of uniform vouchers for the disbursement of state funds was nassed by a vote of 78 to 0. Senate file No. 313, setting apart 240 acres of land In Lancaster county for the use of the hospital for the Insane, was passed by a vote of 77 toO. House roll No. 42. a bill to enable Irrigation districts that have no outstanding Indebtedness to discontinue their organiza tion, was passed by a vote of 77 to 1. House roll No. 224, appropriating 821,000 to build an addition to tho Norfolk asylum, was passed with the emergency clause, receiving 67 votes to 13. House roll No. 318, a claim of 8376 for four men In Hed Willow county, who had paid the above amount rent on school land, without having been grunted lease for the same, was passed. House roll No. 18, by Uerling, to provide for building a standpipe and an additional wing to the asylum of Hastings, and appropriating^30.000 to defray such expense, was pussed with the emergency clause. House roll No. 624. by Sheldon at pawes. providing for drawing and empanel ling Juries In the trial of original actions In the supreme court, and providing fees of tne Jurors, was passed. House roll No. 663, to amend the Omaha charter In regard to Issu ing bonds, and validate such bonds as have already been Issued, was passed with the emergency clause stricken out. Sen ate file No. 40, to authorize the or ganization of mutual hall Insurance com panies, was passed by a vote of 86 to 1. The bill provides that any number of persous, not leas than 100, regldlng In the state, who own collectively, not less than 5.300 acres of grain, may form an Incorporated company for mu tual protection ugalnst hall. The bill also provides for tho character and manner of conducting such companies. Standing com mittees reported several bills to the general file, and killed a few by Indefinite postpone ment. 8enate file No. 311, providing that bodies of Inmates who die In state Institu tions. and are unclaimed, shall be turned over to medical colleges, was ordered to third reading. The house then adjourned. House.—Under the resolution adopted yes terday, allowing each member to .move the advancement of one bill, a number asked to have bills advanced, and the request was granted In regard to quite a number. House roll No. 631, the claims appropriation bill, was passed with the emergency clause, after a long call of the house. The only opposition was on account of Including the contest claims In this bill. House roll No. 463, by Loomis, providing for a blanket ballot ln>. stead of the present system, was pussed, re ceiving 68 votes. Senate file No. ail, providing that unclaimed bodies of those who die In state Institutions shall be turned over to medical colleges, failed to pass, receiving only 42 votes. Senate file No. 117. by Ransom, to prohibit officers in cities and villages from accepting free gus or electric lights, water or transportation on street,cars, and providing punishment for violation of these provisions, was passed by a vote of 13 to 21. House roil No. 334, by tiaylord. to provide instruction and transportation for pupils either within or without the dislrict. of their residence, was passed with the emergency clause. House roll No. ail. allowing Mrs. B. McKell of Tliayer county 8163.83 overpaid on school land, was passed. House roll No. 171, by « heeler, amends the present law In regard to the deposit of state and county In hanks. It provides that the deposit shall not In any case exceed 30 per cent of the capital stock of sucli bank. The bill passed with the emer gency clause. Father Snyder of Sherman asked to be excused for the balance of the session, and expressed his thanks to the members, and especially to the younger men, for the many act s of kindness auu courtesy shown him during the session. He was ex cused by a rising vote. Dead at 100 Year* of Asa Chicago, April 1.—.lariusC. Mears, one of the oldest settlers in Chicago, died yesterday at his home in La Orange, aged 100 years and eight days. He first came to Chicago in 1839. He served as postmaster of Hillsboro, 111., under President Lincoln. Conn Not Guilty of LlbeL Washington, April 1. — Ex-Con gressman Charles Conn of Elkhart, Ind., formerly at the head of the Washington .Times company of this eity, was acquitted of criminal libel by Justice Bradley on an indictment sworn out by District Commissioner Truaadale. , Judge Kemp's Ambition. Washixton, April 1.—Judge Kemp of Chillicothe, Mo., has indorsements from Maine to California for one of the Indian territory judgeships, and is here to press his claims in person. A Wealthy New Yorker m ffuletde. Geneva, N, Y., March 31 .—Charles A. Hoaghton, principal owner of the Corning Glass company and reputed to be worth 9500,000, allot and kilted himself to-day. To Prevent Patent Frauds. Washington, April 1. — Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota has in troduced a bill to prevent inventors ana others from being deceived and defrauded by alleged patent attorneys Bryan's Nest Speech. Washington, April 2.—The politi cians are discussing with much inter est the significance of the appearance which Mr. Bryan is to make here in a couple of weeks as the principal speaker at a banquet in celebration of the memory of Thomas Jefferson. It is understood that he is preparing himself with much care and there is some expectations that he will sound the party's keynote for use in the state campaigns on for this year. ft Paul Lowland* Flooded. 8t. PAlTL, Minn., Apail 8.—The Mis sissippi has passed the danger line and is still rising slowly. All residents of the West side east of State street have been driven to higher grounds. The water is entering houses on the west side of that street,and several hundred people will be forced to move if the water rises another six inches. There are many stories of suffering. tin m mi hbh SPAIN ORDERS IT AT M’KINLEY'S WISH. —*- / he May escape death. The United State, state Department Said to Bare Made Qolet. bat Ef fective, Representation* to Min later Deljome—Waa Correa- ' pondent Crosby Mur dered by Spain? Chicago. April 5.—The Times-Her ald’s Washington special says: “Sec* retary Sherman has protested against the execution of General Buis Rivera, the Cuban leader in Pinar del Rio, who was recently captured by the Spanish forces. President McKinley and Secretary Sherman discussed the Rivera case, and the latter, at the President’s suggestion, com municated with Senor DeLome, the Spanish minister. Secretary Sherman did not make a formal protest against the execution of Ri vera. At the same time Secretary Sherman wanted the Spanish minister and his government to understand that the execution of Rivera would not tend to promote good feeling for Spain in this country. Already public opinion was much exercised over the threat to shoot the prisoner, and if that threat was carried into ex ecution the indignation through out the United States might be so great as to embarrass the government. It is not doubted that Senor De Lome communicated the substance of this informal protest to his government, and there are reasons for believing that the Spanish authorities will cable orders to Havana that will save Rivera's life. Havana, April 5.—-Acting Captain General Ahumada has received orders from Minister of War Azcarraga at Madrid not to try General Ruis Rivera immediately by court martial. The minister thinks that a summary court martial, followed by the shooting of Rivera and Bacallao, would have a bad effect in Btirope. Washington, April 5.—It is report ed, but denied at tho state depart ment, that Consul General Lee has cabled from Havana that he had reas ons to believe that Correspondent Crosby of Chicago had been captured by Spaniards and murdered, not shot in battle. ItangoUr OS (or Cabs. ' Jacksonville, Fla., April 5.—Gen eral Julio Sanguily, who was smug gled into this city secretly by the Cuban Junta Wednesday night, and escaped the espionage of five Spanish spies, left last evening for east coast in disguise, thence to take a sailing boat tor Cuba. It is understood that he will go to the western end of the island of Pinar del Rio province and assume charge of General Rivera’s army. Thousands of Bicycle Inventions. Washington, April 5.—The records kept at the patent office show to what an enormous extent the invention of bicycle improvements has grown in this country. Since 1870 over 4,000 patents relating to bicycles have been granted by the United States patent office, and at least half of these have been issued in the last six years It now takes the labor of eight expert assistant examiners to handle the ap plications of cycle inventors, and even with this force there is always a big batch of applications awaiting exami nation. How fast this industry has grown may be judged from the state ment that' up to 1870 only about 300 patents for cycles had been issued. There is no country in the world that shows a similar rate of growth in this same line. Min Inter Breckinridge Safe* Washington, April 5.—Clifton R. Breckinridge, minister to Russia, is not likely to be disturbed until the ex piration of his four years, which will be about a year from now. While po litical enemies. President McKinley and Mr. Breckinridge are warm friends. Mr. Breckinridge, while a member of Congress from Arkansas, served on the ways and means com mittee with President McKinley, and they were frequently in each other's company. Composer Brahms Dead. Vienna* April 5.—Johannes Brahms, the well known musical composer, is dead. He had been ill for a long time. He suffered from jaundice last autumn and went to Carlsbad, but the disease developed into cancer of the liver. He was able to read almost to the last, and was kept in ignorance of his seri ous condition. He was 07 years old. A Young Qlri Burned to Death. Rica Him,, Mo., April 5.—The home of Fayette Bell at Sprague station was burned lust night and his 11-year-old daughter Cora perished. She appeared at an upstairs window twice in full view of her parents, and then sank back enveloped in flames. Michigan Miner** Wage* Raised. Ibonwood, Mich., April 0.—The Met ropolitan Iron and hand company has announced an immediate i ncrease o‘f 10 per cent in the wage scale in its mines here. The increase affects 1,000 men employed in the Norris and Pabst mines. A Rich Ougo Divorced. Pkrbv, Okla., April 5.—W. H. Con ner, ex-treasurer of the Osage Indians, was divorced from his wife, Addie R. Connor, at Pawnee on the ground of abandonment. He gave 510,000 as ali mony to her. SENATE WILL MODIFY IT. Change* Likely In Many Sehednlee of tlie Dlngley Bill. Washington, April 5.—The Repub lican members of the Senate commit tee on finance are continuing their work day and night on the tariff bill, with the intention of reporting it to the Senate at the earliest possible day. There is a well defined impression about the Senate that the bill will be generally remodeled, and the rates considerably reduced in many of the schedules. To Reform the Currency. ' Washington, April 5.—Eleven of the fifteen members of the executive com mittee appointed by the Indianapolis monetary convention last January have been in the city for several days. That convention, composed of business men delegated by the boards of trade of 100 cities, decided to urge a commis sion to investigate banking and cur rency laws with a view to their early revision, and the executive committee has decided to establish headquarters here in an endeavor to procure from congress such legislation at this session as will empower the president to ap point a committee to consider the sub ject before the regular session of con gress convenes in December. [ Philippine Rebellion. Washington, April The .Spanish legation h as received official dispatehes from Madrid, under date of April 1, announcing the most decisive engage ments in the Philippine islands since the insurrection there began. The strongly intrenched towns of Novel let a, Lecbau and Rosario were stormed and taken .by the Spanish troops. At the same time the Spanish shelled the seaport town of Cavite Vigo and other strategic points leading to the insur gent stronghold of Imus. The losses were heavy, and 163 prisoners surren dered as a result of the shelling of Cavite Vigo. He Performs a New Feat. Chicago, April 5.—With a little ma chine which looks like an egg-beater. Dr. Fenton B. Turck has performs the feat of laundering the inside of a man’s stomach at the Post Graduate Medical school, and, by means of the Roentgen ray, he at the same time viewed the internal apartment where his little device was at work. The operation marks an area of progress in the med | ical world, as the experiment was the first of its kind made in full view of the operator. Doable Kentucky Tragedy. Hayden, Ky., April 5.—Tom Ogle thorpe, a prosperous farmer, accused his wife of having been intimate with Henry Schneider, a farm hand. They quarreled and Oglethorpe’s wife left him. Oglethorpe then went to Schneider and shot him through the heart with a winchester, after which he turned the weapon to his own head and killed himself. He was about 33 years old and had no childran. Beer Matters May Strike. Milwaukee, Wis., April 5. — Ten thousand union brewery employes in Milwaukee have submitted a demand for eight hours’ work a day for ten hours’ pay. The employers, while not formally refusing the demand, sub mitted a counter proposition, the terms of which have not been made public. It is said the union men re fused to consider this proposition. Should no agreement be reached by Monday, a strike nrobably will be or dered. Butler Attempts Suicide. San Francisco, April 5.—Frank But ler, the alleged Australian murderer, made an unsuccessful attempt to com mit suicide in the presence of two guards. With his long thumb nail he made a ragged incision an inch long near the temporal artery. The wound went through the flesh almost to the bone and would have been serious had Butler been more successful in locat ing the artery. lie is all right now. McKinley May Take a Rest. Washington, April 5.—President McKinley has in contemplation a brief vacation from his, official duties. Nothing has been determined, yet it is probable that he will avail himself of the presence here of the dispatch boat Dolphin and go down the Potomac for a couple of days about the middle of next week. oik stilpmeut or Silver. New York, April 5.—The steamship Umbria, which sails for Europe to morrow, will take out the largest ship ment of silver—055,000 ounces—since July 10, 1806. The shipment on that (late was 1,026,000 ounces, taken by two steamers. The total exports of the week amount to 1,573,000 ounces, and 75,000 Mexican dollars. IMS Strike at St. Laois. St. Louis, Mo., April 5.—Five hun dred employes of clothing manufact urers are on a strike, and the latter will have a fight on their hands that may prove serious. Last fail the price paid for making a coat was reduced from 65 to 50 cents. It was promised that the old rate would be restored in the spring, but as this has not been done, the workers struck. Wants Five Million Acres. LaGrange, Ind., April 5.—Simon Pokagon, chief of the Pottawatomie Indians, who at one time resided in this part of Indiana, is preparing to prosecute a claim against the United States government on 5,000,000 acres of land in Iowa, which was reserved by the government by treaty in 1326. Powder Mills Bio* lp. Siiamokin. Pa., April 5.—All the buildings of the Shamokin Powder company were completely wrecked by an explosion which occurred in the mill of the company. Fortunately there were no lives lost, all of the workmen having gone to their homes] President Hives a Dinner. Washington, April 5.—President McKinley gave a dinner of twenty seven covers at the White house last night, the guests including the present and past members of the ways and means committeo of the House now in 1 congressional life, and a few othera Murderer Butler** Return. San Francisco, April ?.—A first class state room in the cabin of the steamer Mariposa has been reserved for Mur* derer Bntler of Australia, who will be '1 taken back to Australia to-morrow, but the usual fittings have been re moved, and all that remains in the room is the lower of the three bunks, in which he will sleep. Close to the floor a strong steel ring has been . riveted, to which he will be fastened if he should show a surly disposition. Three Australian detectives will take turns in sitting in the room with the prisoner. PLANTATIONS FLOODED* The Crevasse* Still Pouring Torrent* Into the Lowland*. Memphis, Todd., April 2.—A heavy rainfall and a strong wind from the west have prevented the closing of any of the four big crevasses which are pouring huge streams of water into the Yazoo delta of Mississippi. On the contrary, the breaks are growing steadily larger, and more are expected at any moment. Yesterday a big break occurred at Westover, Ark., and the 1,003 men at work were barely able to escape. A dozen fine plantations were soon flooded and Helena put in fresh peril. The Laconia Circle country, contain ing 30,000 acres of fine farm land, is entirely flooded and 5,000 people are homeless. In Mississippi. Gunnison, Rosedale and other small towns are under water and the flood extends back thirty miles. Hundreds of cattle were drowned and farm work destroyed. Scores of plantation houses were Wrecked, but so far probably not half a dozen lives have been lost. WANT IT REPEALED. Prominent Men Speak Afitait Clew®* land's Forestry Scheme. Washington, April 2.—Secretary of the Interior Bliss gave a hearing to a. large congressional delegation who de sired to protest against the forestry res ervation order issued by President Cleveland on Feb. 22 last, setting aside large tracts in various states. Those present included Senators Wilson and Turner of Washington; Clarke and Warren of Wyoming, Carter and Man tle of Montana, Cannon of Utah and Pettigrew of South Dakota, ex-Repre sentative Mondell of Wyoming and ex Sen a tor Moody of South Dakota, and Land Commissioner Hermann and Di rector Walcott of the-geological survey were also present. The general prop osition urged was that the proclama tion of February 22 be either revoked in toto or its operations suspended until an investigation could be made as to the character of the lands em braced in the reserved tracts. United Frau to Quia New York, April 2 —The following notice has been issued by the assignee of the United Press; “To whom it. may concern:—The news service of the United Press will be discontinued af ter the night of April 7, or about S' o’clock in the morning of April 8. No news dispatches will be received from correspondents, reporters or news agencies, or paid for, and he service of all employes will be dispensed with, after that time. “E. G. Mason, Assignee.” IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT*. Dks Moines, March 25.—An act amending the laws relating to patents and approved March 3, 1897, changes section 4894 so as to limit the time for completing an application to one (1) year in place of two (2) years as it has been heretofore. A Des Moines in ventor has filed an application for a patent for a method and apparatus for the electric transmission ol numbers, letters, words,diagrams,pictures, etc., in rapid succession. A person at one end of a wire may give a written de scription of an object or person and also a picture of the subject at tbe other end of the line. J. T. B., Macks burg, Iowa, asks: What is tbe fine and result for infringing a patent? Ans wer: The result of violating law by* infringing a patent may be a suit in the U. S. court for an injunction and damages and costs of Buit assessed against the ‘infringer. The measure oi damages is generally the amount of profit the owner of the patent is de prived of on account of the infringer’s action. An injunction by a court to restrain an infringer, if disregarded,, may result in imprisonment of the in fringer. Our practice is mot i confined to Iowa. Inventors in other states can have our services upon the same terms as Hawkeyes. Thomas G. and J. Ralph Okwig, Solicitors of Patent* LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKET* ^luuituiuiin irwiu ^ew iur», «.uii»gu. oi«. LodIh, Omaha and Elsewhere. OMAHA. Butter—Creamery separator... 18 @ 19 Butter—Choice fancy country.. 10 @ 12 Eggs—Fresh. 7is@ 8 Chickens—Dressed... 7 (n> 714, Chickens—Live, per lb. 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