Nebraska Newspapers

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NEBRASKA.
Fanht Dtkabt of Cuming county has
Been Adjudged insane.
In the neighborhood of Phillips win
ter wheat is looking all right.
< The Hyannis school has closed tem
porarily on account of measles.
The Wilbur mill is shipping large
quantities of corn meal to the south.
Thomas Cars, of Blair, fell down s
cellar stairway, receiving severe in
juries.
. • Work on the irrigation ditches near
' Bayard is being pushed as rapidly as
possible.
Scotia is now without banking fa
. cilitiesof any kind, and the people
there are greatly inconvenienced as a
result.
Au over Nebraska come reports to
» the effect that Arbor day will be ex
tensively observed.
Arrangements have been made for
• two days’ shooting tournament at
Mindcn, April 14 and IS.
; There is general complaint of too
much wet, putting farmers much be
hind with their seeding.
The school board of Niobrara have
decided, with one exception, to make
an entire change of teachers for the
coming year.
Stephen O. Davidson is lingering in
the jail at David City on the charge of
perjury in connection with divorce
ment proceedings.
The county board of Gage county
lias issued an offer of a reward of 9800
for the apprehension and arrest of the
murderers of David Jones.
' J. P. Lindhad, aged 60 years, the
pioneer jeweler of Oakland, died sud
denly last week with heart failure.
He leaves a wife and two children.
It has been arranged to tender #.
Sterling Morton an informal reception
-when he reaches Omaha to msfeau
address on exposition inauguration day.
Another attempt at incendiarism
was made at Beatrice. The Are was
discovered in time to check the flames.
One man has been arrested on sus
jucion.
Tin Grand Army boys of Cheater are
trying to raise enough to build them a
hall, and are circulating among their
friends and the public in general for
subscriptions.
W. G. Bostoit, one of the oldest set
tlers of David City, stabbed himself in
the abdomen with a “Sir Knight”
sabre. The wound is very serious and
may prove fatal.
The wife of L. M. Keene, president
of the Fremont National bank, died
last week after a few days’ illness with
peritonitis. She was 48 years of age,
and highly respected.
Theodore Frikdhof, a prominent
merchant of Columbus, has Hied his
petition in the district court for an ab
solute divorce from his wife, Mary B.
He charges adultery.
A mar giving his name sa Wm.Wlns
ger la in jail in Seward on the charge
of stealing the horses of John Brigham
, from the hitching rack in front of the
» M. E. church at Tamora.
I It is reported that the F. A E. rail
road officials have invited several Boyd
oounty men to go to Omaha to confer
with them relative to the amount of
business there is in that county for a
'railroad, in case one was built there.
Gaoe county has now thirty-three
patients in the asylum at Linooln,
which is more than its full quota, and
two persons who should be sent there
: now cannot be accepted until two of
S those now there can be returned home.
Fred Brakdt, a 17-year-old German
boy who lives in the Indian creek bot
toms, Gage county, accidentally shot
himself with a revolver. The bullet
went through his nose and Jaw, break
ing out a couple of teeth, falling into a
vest pocket.
Jorr McNeil of North Loup, who
sold his belongings about two months
two and went to California in .search
of a better country than this, returned
: last week. After traveling through
: California, Oregon and Washington ne
is satisfied with Nebraska.
M. E. Roe and Park Swltsler, fsrm
;w» living a few miles west of Benedict,
were robbed of sets of harness and
' trappings. So muoh of this sort of
work has been going on of late in that
, vicinity that a very determined effort
will be made to run down the thieves.
A rew mutual insurance company
has been organised in Lincoln under
■ the provisions of the act of the present
legislature permitting such companies
t to insure property in cities and vil
‘ luges. The articles were filed in the
: v Auditor’s office and the Incorporators
! include the governor and several prom
inent state officers.
Goyereor Holcomb has issued a
;< proclamation offering the state reward
of WOO for the apprehension and con
v Yletfcm of the person or persons who
• murdered David Jones of Gage county.
! **r-.Jone* w*» un old gentleman who
:■ died of injuries inflicted by two men
who robbed him of a small sum and
. tortured him to compel him to reveal
: the hiding place of a large sum of
V *uoney which he was supposed to hav«
la the house. r;-aL
I. P. Chapmax, for more than twenty
tnn n resident of Fillmore county,
died last week. Four years ago last
* fell be had a serious tussle with an en
'-raged bull on a neighbor's farm, in
which he was seriously Injured in the
•pine, which resulted ‘ the following
Christmas in paralysis of the spine,
‘ which rendered him entirely helpless
; for orer four years. But for his iron
constitution, ne could not hare snr
V died the terrible affliction 'but a short
time.
* A suntD man jumped from a
snoring Union Pacific train at Wood
f. Bluer a few days ago, and, picking np
his hat, ran at great need. He imag
ined detectives were after him, though
; be could give no reason what for, as
he had never done anything. Besides
'’ the ticket he had 9106 on his person.
Tn county attorney of Buffalo
, county has filed a complaint against
i Harry Howard, late proprietor of the
’ him with maintaining a gambling
1 room, hut when an officer went to ar
rest Howard he was not to be found,
and it is claimed he got wind of the
^proceedings and skipped. _
THE WORK GOES ON.
BUT THE LEGISLATURE IB LA
BORING WITHOUT PAY.
Adjournment Undoubtedly Hear at Band
Though the Day Hat Hot Yet Beea
let—Bill* Belay Advanced and
Bill* Being Failed—Anxious
to CIom dp Legislation.
Tha Nebraska Assembly.
tatm-Tlw senate on the 6th acted on
the houae bill enlarging the powers of the
state board ot transportation, The measure
was first billed and then resurrected and
passed. The first section of the bill provides;
That in case any common carrier subject
to the provisions of this act cause to be done
or permit to be done any act, matter or thing
In this act prohibited or declared to be un
lawful, or shall omit to do any uct, matter or
thing In this act required to be done, or shall
fall to comply with the order of the board
dlthln ten days from the date of a service of
a copy of such order, such common carrier
shall pay the state of Nebraska a penalty of
not less than $300 nor more than $’>,000. Such
penalty shall be recovered and suits thereon
shall be brought in the name of Nebraska In
the proper court having Jurisdiction thereof
in any county to or through which said rail
road may run, by the attorney general or
under hfsdirection; and the attorney bring
ing such suit shall receive a fee of ISO for
each penalty recovered and collected by him
and 10 per cent of the amount collected, to
be paid by the state; and such railroad snail
bo liable to the person or persons injured
thereby for the full amount of damages sus
tained In consequence of any such violations
of the provisions of this act, together with a
reasonable counsel or attornor’s fee to be
fixed by the court In every case of recovery,
which attorney's fee ahull lie taxed and col
lected as a part of the costs in the cose."
Second consideration of the bill resulted In
16 votes for and 11 against. Absent and not
voting, 3. Another ruilroad bill taken up by
the senate was the one Introduced by Beal of
Ouster to legislate the Burlington volunteer
tellef department out of existence. The
bill was killed by a vote of 16 to 13.
An evening session was held, at which time
the senate gave consideration to the salary
appropriation bill. Strong pressure was
made to raise nearly evory salary Included
In tho bill. The proceedings were almost
tumultuous, the chairman being unable to
keep order. The salary of the governor's
private secretary was raised to §2,000, and
several other Increases wore made. At 11
o'clock the committee rose, having com
Eleted less than half the bill. A number of
ouse rolls were read the first time, among
them being the bill to permit counties to
vote bonds for the aid of the Trans-MIssis
■lppl exposition. The senato then adjourned.
Binatb.—'The senate on the 6th had under
consideration the appropriation bills. The
first motion came from Hansom, who moved
that house roll No. 030, one of the claims bills,
be advanced to third reading with two
amendments made by the senate committee
on claims. The motion was agreed to. The
bill appropriates about $73,000 for miscellane
ous claims against the state, Including the
expenses Incurred In printing theproposed
amendments to the constitution. There are
130 newspapers Interested In this bill. The
bill also includes the claims ot the railroads
for transportation of the Nebraska national
guard, for the deficiencies ot the soldiers'
home at Milford and for the home
tor the friendless located at Lincoln.
Mr. Watson took advantage of a temporary
lull In the tempest to advunco house roll No.
67, a bill making chicken stealing a penal
offense. The statement of the lieutenant
governor, made from the chair, that all the
widows and preachers of Lincoln were de
manding the passage of this bill was suffi
cient to bustle it to the front. Mr. Lee moved
and was accorded the advancement of house
roll No. 73, to amend tho. Irrigation laws.
After recess the appropriation bill was taken
.up again and Its consideration was continued
until the bill was completed and recom
mended for passage. Just before the bill
was completed Mr. Spencer offered an amend
ment, providing for the payment of the
chicory bounty earned by the American
chicory company, amounting to $17,000. The
claim was rejected. Mr. Murphy had no bet
ter success In his attempt to sucure the In
sertion of the beet sugar bounty claims. He
firesented them as follows: For the Orand
sland factory for 1669, the sum of $13,871.63;
tor I860, the sum of $31,327.88; for the Nor
folk factory for 1866, the sum of $31,183.60;
for 1886, the sum of $42,038 73. Tho claims
were rejected by an emiully decisive vote.
There were just forty house rolls ready tor
final passage on the secretary's desk, ana the
tedious process of reading and roll call was
commenced. House roll No. 61i, the general
appropriation bill, was passed by unanimous
vote. House roll No. 333 received 22 votes
and was declared passed. House roll No. 134
passed with the emergency clause. House
roll No. SS8 was passed with tho emergency
clause. At 11 o clock p. m. the senate ad
journed to 8 o’clock In the morning.
, fBHATB.—The senate on the Oth, like the
house, devoted all Its ttme to the passage ot
bills on third reading. Thirty-six bills were
read the third time and all passed but five.
Work was commenced at 0 o'clock and the
monotony ot the proceedings was broken only
by the roll calls. There were many Incidents
during the day. Rarly In the forenoon Lien
tenant Governor Harris announced from the
presiding officer's desk that the order of bills
on third reading should ceuse promptly at
noon, the time fixed for final adjournment.
The announcement drifted through the cor
ridors and reached the office of Speaker
Gaffln and Governor Holcomb at about the
same time. The enforcement of the order
would have endangered the success of several
party measures, and shortly afterwards the
lieutenant governor ordered the custodian of
the senate to turn back the hands ot the
clock. The custodian turned back the clock
until the hands pointed to 2:30. Later In the
day the clock was again turned back. The
transfer switch law was one of the party
measures that failed to pass. The last
bill passed by the senate was the In
ltatlve and referendum. The bill was
never read In the senate except by Its title.
At 8:10 the legislative halls and corridors
were thronged with people who gathered out
of Interest or curiosity to witness the closing
proceedings. A committee consisting of
Ransom, Heal and Osborne.was sent to notify
the governor that the legislature was about
to adjourn and to learn whether ho had any
further communications to make. While the
committee was absent Graham of Frontier
moved that house roll No. 330, one of the
guaranty bond bills defeated in the after
noon. be recalled and the vote reconsidered.
The motion was lost. When the executive
committee returned and reported that the
governor had no further communication to
make, Ransom again moved that house roll
No. 330 be recalled and the vote reconsidered.
Htecle of Jefferson and Sluts of Keya Paha
entered vigorous protests and after a spirited
attack from Gondrlug the motion was lost.
When all bills were passed uothtng more was
left to do but to wait for the conference com
mittees on appropriation bills to reach an
agreement, and the enrolling clerks to copy
those passed. It was a settled fact that final
adjournment would not be reached till the
early morning hours, as conference commit
tee reports wore not expected be fore 9 o'clock.
House.—In the house on the 8th the sub
stitute for house roll No. 457 was placed on
“i™ reading. The bill provides for the
method ot counties adopting township or
ganisation. and to divide the counties Into
supervisor districts, and dehnlng the powers,
duty and election ot supervisors. The bill
gassed by a vote of 5S to 12. House roll No.
377, Hulls bill, authorising and directing the
commissioner ot labor to establish and main
tain a bureau ot Industrial statistics, and
Kl’lng the commissioner or bis deputy the
authority to enter factories, workshops and
other places where hands are employed to
examine Into the health and welfare of the
employes and the hours of labor, was passed
toy ss wotejtsf 77 to 1. House roll No. 001 was
hay??' Tht* hill, repealing" sections S4-.V#
. - • r^v
j iT m ; ■'•u.itucoiuim mi' mu us
? Pf article 1 of chapter iv of the com
piled statutes of 180S, relating to the tax on
live stock, to provide an indemnity fund and
the disposal of the same. The committee re
port on senate file No. 373, taxing telephone
companies, was a double-header, as In the
other bills of this class. The majority report,
recommending that the bill be placed on gen
eral ale. was adopted afterseveraluusuccess
ful attempts to amend It. The vote on the
adoption was 3S to House roll No. 448, an
yt to provide for riprapping the banks of
tertaln streams, was passed. House roll No.
*s». to repeal the law authorizing the ap
poliitmeiit of supreme court commissioners,
fslled to pass, the vote standing 41 to 36.
The committee on telegraphs and telephones,
to which, had,boon referred senate tile XS1. a
bill placing the regulation of telegraph and
telephone companies under the control of
the state board of transportation, handed In
a majority and a mlnorltv report. The
former recommended the bill tor indefinite
p<>stwtoement. The minority recommended
the bill for tMrd reading. There wan an
animated discussion, at the close ot which
Gaylord moved the previous question, and
debate being closed, the motion to place on
general file was put and lost by a vote of 37
to 31. The minority report, ordering the bill
to third reading, was adopted by a vote of 41
to 33. Dobson of nllmore reported that the
recount commission had finished Its work
and be moved the appointment of a com
mittee of three to confer with a like com
mittee from the senate In regard to a joint
session as provided for In the recount resolu
tion. The speaker named Dobson. Roddy and
Kapp as suen committee.
House.—The first thing In the house on the
0th was the committee report setting Friday
noon as the time for final adjournment. The
committee further recommended that no
bills shall be passed after Thursday. A bill
taken up by the clerk was house roll No. 57*.
to authorize Douglas caunty to vote <100.000
In aid of the exposition. The clerk bad
scarcely finished reading the title before
Gaylord jumped to hts feet, and demanded
to know by what authority the clerk had
changed the order of these bill. This, he de
clared. had been done. Wooster reiterated
all that had been said, and produced as evi
dence a memorandum of the bill numbers as
he bad taken them when reported by the
engrossing committee. The bill passed with
out tho emergency clause. House roll
No. 203, to regulate stock yards and
fix commissions for selling live stock
therein was passed by a vote of 00 to £3.
House roll No. 107, by Stebblns, to promote
agriculture on lands under Irrigation In this
state, and to confer original jurisdiction on
boards of county commissioners to fix rates
for the use of annual and perpetual water
rents, was passed with 07 votes to Its credit.
House roll No. 275, by Liddell, to establish a
free public employ men tofilce in metropolitan
cities of the first-class, was passed by a vote
of 73 to 10. House roll No. 32, an act to pre
vent and suppress the use and sale of cigar
ettes, was passed by a vote of 82 to 2.
House roll No. 450, by Rich, to create
a municipal court in cities of the metrop
olitan class, was passed by a vote of 71 to 18.
House roll No. 130, Felker’s bill to prevent
the blacklisting of employes by guaranty
bond companies, failed to pass, the vote be
ing 30 for and 52 against. House roll No. 200.
by Fclker, amending the law relating to the
Inspection of oils, and providing fer a higher
test, passed by a vote of 110 to 0. House roll
No. 503, Hull's bill to provide for the payment
of principal and Interest on real estate mort
gages. was passed with the emergency clause
by a vote of 07 to 22. Senate amendments to
house roll No. 942 were read. Soderman
moved that the house refuse to concur In
these amendments, and the motion prevailed.
This bir. contains a provision fixing the pay
of sheriffs for transferring prisoners to the
state penitentiary. The senate amendment
raised this pay to <5 per day and 5 cents
mileage. Hoderman called attention to the
fact that the law already fixed the pay at <3
and mileage, and he didn’t lielleve It should
be raised. Most of the members agreed with
him. The bill passed. Adjourned.
House.—After the opening exerclses'tn the
house on the 8th a messenger from the gov
ernor announced that the executive had
signed senate files Nos. 145, 157, 187 and house
rolls Nos. 183 and 190. Senate file No. 144. to
authorize the county judge In counties hav
ing a population of 25,000 inhabitants was
Sussed. Senate file No. 199, to provide for the
lsposltton of the property of dismembered
school districts, and the closing up of the
affairs of such districts, was passed by a vote
of 81 to 1. Senate file No. 318. to provide for
the making of contracts In writing between
owners of land and brokers or agents em
ployed to sell It, and making such contracts
void unless In writing, was passed by a vote
of 88 to 4. Senate file No. 320. by Gondrlng of
Platte, to define trusts and conspiracies
against trade, declaring the same to be un
lawful and void, and providing means for the
suppression of such trusts was passed. Re
cess took place, after which the report of the
conference committee, In reference to final
adjournment, was read. The speaker said
the report proper and the recommendation
appended would be acted upon separately.
On motion of Pollard the report was adopted,
fixing the time for adjournment at 12 o'clock
noon on Friday. The recommendation that
no bills be passed after Thursday was not
concurred In. Senate file No. 248, by Mur
phy of Gage, to provide against the adultera
tion of food and to prohibit Its sale, was
f ussed without opposition. Senate file No.
17, to grant equal privileges to graduates of
the state university, with graduates of other
educational Institutions within the state,was
Sassed by a vote of 03 to 22. Senate file No.
>5, amending the law relating to water rights
so as to require tho consent of the land owner
through whose property the stream or chan
nel passes, was passed by a vote of 71 to 12.
Senate file No. 94, to authorize county treas
urers to Invest un amount not to exceed 75
per cent of the sinking fund In their respect
ive counties, In registered warrants of the
county at their face value, was passed. Sen
ate file No. 0, to amend the code of civil pro
cedure in regard to juries. It provides that
jurors may be summoned upon other than
the first dax of a term of court, such date to
be fixed by the judge. It was passed with
the emergency clause, the vote being 79 to 2.
Senate file No. 106, relating to the protection
of game, was passed with the emergency
clause with only three negative votes.
Senate file No. 251, by Mr. Graham, to extend
the powers of the state board of transporta
tion so us to give It power and authority over
charges by express companies for transporta
tion, and over telephone and telegraph com
panies for the transmission of messages by
telegraph or telephone, and for rentals for
telephones, and over persons engaged In the
several businesses: and to apply tne powers
given to said board of transportation by law
over railroad companies, to all companies or
porsons owning, controlling or operating a
lino or lines of express, telephone and tele
graph, whose line or lines Is or are wholly or
In part In this state, was passed. Senate file
No. 41. by Johnson of Olay, provides means
by which cities and villages may acquire
public parks and Improve the same. The
city council or board of trustees Is given
power to levy not to exceed 5 mills for the
purpoee of Improving such park or public
grounds. The bill passed with the emert
gency clause stricken out, by a vote of 59 to 8.
Housm.—After the reading of the journal
In the house on the 9th, by unanimous con
sent, senate flle No. 988 was advanced to third
reading. A motion to advance senate flle
No. 250 was lost. On motion of Clark, of Lan
caster, all senate flies not already advanced
to thtra reading were Indefinitely postponed.
The amendments to house roll No. 175 were
concurred In. 8enate flle No. 193, to protect
stock from pitfalls passed. Senate file No.
292, extending the medical course to four
years was passed, receiving 61 votes. Senate
flle No. 271, giving the governor the ap
pointive power of the reform school at
Kearney passed. Senate flle No. 2A5 provid
ing a manner of counting the vote on consti
tutional amendments was passed. Senate
file No. 244, Flits Irrigation blflTwns defeated
by a vote of 39 to 63. Senate flle No. 74, to
prevent cruelty to children, and provtdo for
guardians was passed with the emergency
clause. Henate flle No. 169. to provide for the
election and appointments of clerks of the
district court was defeated, receiving only
43 votfcs. At seven minutes to twelve o'clock
the clock was turned back two hours.
A motion by flmlth of Douglas to refer senate
filo No. 250 to the committee of the whole to
strike out the enacting clause was defeated
and the bill passed 72 to 9. Senate flle No. 238
defining the age of commitment to the peni
tentiary passed. A joint resolution author
ising the governor or Nebraska to enter Into
a compact with the Governor of South Dako
ta as agreed upon by a commission appointed
by said governors, to fix the boundaries be- ■
tween said states at certain points, was
passed without opposition. The house re
fused to concur in the senate amendments
to house roll No. 615, and a conference com
mittee consisting of Clark of Klchardson,
Sheldon of Dawes, and Jenkins of Jefferson,
was appointed to confer with the senate com
mittee on Nas 614 and 6U. At 10 p. m. after a
wearisome wait, the conference commltto
appointed to meet with the senate committee
on bouse rolls Nos. 614 and 615, the appropria
tion and salary bills, came In and reported.
After some discussion and a showing that the
totals In the bill were not materially larger
than when the bills passed the house, the re
port of the committee was adopted. The
bills were sent to the enrolling room and the
members occupied the time making compli
mentary speeches and passing resolutions.
At midnight word came from the enrolling
room that the two bills would not be ready
before 8 or 9 o'clock In the morning, and most
of the members went home, a few staying In
the hall to keep the house In contlnuoua
session. __
Kawards tw WIImi’i HMam
Tiuixtow, Mo., April Id—The mur
derer of 8. B. Wilson, proprietor of
the Bon Ton restaurant, will be hunt
ed down if money is an incentive.
The citisens’ purse of 9500, the Id 0.
T. of 9100, the Knights of Pythias of
9100. and the governor's reward make
a total of 9000. The county court, now
in session, is considering the amount
It will offer. Local detectives are
working on the case, but no develop
ments have been announced. The evi
dence taken at the inquest is still a
secret so tar as the public is concerned.
RUSHING WAR WORK.
THE SITUATION IN GREECE AND
TURKEY.
A Circular Sent Oat to Ambassadors Ex*
prailing Impatience at rallare to
Blockade Greece—Foreign Ad*
ml rail Defied bp Cretoaa
The Foreign Situation.
Constjlntinopx.k, April 10.—The war
preparations throughout the 'Turkish
empire continue to be steadily pressed,
although there is not much change in
the eastern situation. A very pessimis
tic feeling prevails here at the failure
of the attempts to coerce Greece. The
war party is bringing pressure to bear
upon the government, with the result
that the Porte dispatched circulars
to the representatives abroad setting
forth Turkey’s growing impatience at
the prolongation of the crisis which is
pressing heavily upon an already em
barrassed exchequer. The belief pre
vails here that the powers are losing
their hold over the course of events,
and that their so-called concert is a
failure.
A new danger has arisen through
the circulation in Constantinople and
the provinces of a pamphlet reciting
alleged Christian atrocities on Mussul
mans in Crete and elsewhere. This is
so inflaming the Turks against the
Greeks that the Grecian minister has
drawn the attention of the Porte to
the matter. The government has de
cided to take the measures necessary
to prevent outbreaks upon the part of
the populace.
London, April 9.—The Times prints
the following dispatch from its Canea
correspondent; “The Cretans are now
massing around Kissamo. They have
mounted four guns and intend to at
tack the fort, which is held by 150
Turks. Yesterday they wrote to the
captain of the Austrian warship an
chored in the bay, declaring that, as
the action of the international fleet
had hitherto been hostile to them,
they would repel forcibly any attempt
of the warships to interfere with their
designs at Kissamo. It is expected,
therefore, that the Cretans will direct
their guns upon the warships if the
latter open fire.
W. J. BRYAN INJURED.
Rindirad Uneonicloai by the Collapse or
a Plana la Florida.
St. Avoustink, Fla., April 10.—-Hon.
W. J. Bryan was injured here yester
day afternoon by the caving in of the
piazza from which he was speaking.
Nearly 400 men and women were pre
cipitated about twenty feet to the
ground, and many of them were injured,
but none fatally. Mr. Bryan was
picked up unconscious and removed to
a physician’s office, where an examina
tion revealed that he had received no
’ injuries of a serious character. It was
deemed best, however, to abandon the
reception which was to have been
given him.
Mr. Bryan arrived here at 4:50 p. m.,
and was greeted at the station by sev
eral hundred people. At 8:30 he ad
dressed fully 3,000 persons from the
piazza of the San Marco hotel. At
the close of his speech hundreds of
people flocked about him, and so great
was the strain that one section of the
piazza, forty feet square, fell through.
9500,000 FOR A CHURCH.
MIm Serena Rhinelander of Hew York
■aiowi li James Episcopal Parish.
Nsw Yohk, April 10.— Miss Serena
Rhinelander, who is well known here
for her charity and her prominence in
the social world, has presented the
parish of St. James Episcopal church
several building’s at Eighty-first street
and Madison avenue, including a
church, a parish house and a rectory,
which are to cost in the neighborhood
of 9500,000. The first installment of
the gift, St. Christopher's parish
house, which cost about 9100,000, will
be consecrated Saturday by Bishop
Potter.
Mias Rhinelander is the daughter of
the late William Rhinelander and the
sister of the late Mrs. Llspenard
Stewart.
MUST PROTECT SEALS.
John IT. Fofttar Will Be Given Chorpo of
the Question.
Washington, April 10.—The admin
istration proposes to lose no time in
talcing up the fur seal controversy. It
is learned that at the cabinet meeting
on Tuesday it was decided, after a full
discussion between the president and
Secretary Sherman, to invite John W.
Foster to take charge of the conduct
of these matters under the direction of
the secretary of state, and that C. 8.
Hamlin, retiring assistant secretary of
the treasury, who has given the ques
tion careful study for the past four
years, will be asked to co-operate on
behalf of the treasury department.
Committee Reorganisation.
Washington, April 10.— The Repub
lican and Democratic senators have at
last apparently begun serious efforts
to reach an understanding upon a basis
of reorganization of the senate com
mittees. The managing committees of
both sides of the chamber were in ses
sion during the greater part of the
afternoon yesterday and sub-commit
tees representing both parties met in
conference for the exchange of propo
sitions.
RIVERA’S WOUNDS.
Captured Cuban Osnaral Hot la a Burtons
Condition—Not to Bo Shot
Washington, April 10.—Advices re
ceived by the Spanish minister here
state that General Luis Rivera, who is
lying wounded near Havana, is not in
a serious condition, and that his
wounds are not likely to prove fatal.
Inquiry as to the status of the prisoner
resulted in a statement by the minis
ter to the effect that at no time haa
tbe Spanish government or General
Weyler had any idea of shooting Ri
vera.
HUNTER IS OUT.
HI* Utdni Ceased* That Cum
He UnM—Bbwktan la Glee.
Fkarktobt, Ky., April i«t— Some
wag wrote on the register ol
the leading hotel. “M. A. Hanna,
Ohio." There was a regular stain
pede in the hotel lobby among
the politicians who did not catch
on to the joke, and the' further
fact that the supposed visitor was
assigned to “Parlor A,’- the well
known headquarters of Senator Geo
bel, leader of the Blackburn Demo
crat', added to the excitement. It is
now generally conceded that only some !
such power as the positive force that
could be exercised by the national
chairman or the national administra
tion itself can break the present dead
lock. The deadlock is more pro
nounced than ever before, and the
shrewd Blackburn sits smiling in
his headquarters, well satisfied
with the way in which he had
“played” Bradley, the gold' Demo
crats, anti-Hunter Bepublieans and
every one concerned. The impossibil
ity of Hunter's election is now con
ceded by some of his leaders, who
have fought as gallantly as he against
great odds and who are growing des- I
perate enough to resolve against let- j
ting any other Republican take his !
place. The concession of probable de
feat comes with a last bitter anti
Hunter statement from the six bolting
Republicans, who absolutely burn
their last bridge behind them, and
make the possibility of their return to
him too remote to be considered.
ABOUT BEET SUGAR.
The Agricultural Department QIth Out
Feet* as to the Growing Industry.
Washikgton, April 10.—A report just
issued by the agricultural department
on the sugar beet says that in 113 fac
tories reporting in Germany the
mean profit for each was 833,240
for the past year. The beet grow
ers owned the factory and preferred
to share in the general profits rather
than to charge a high price for the
beets. First class beets rarely sold
for less than 85 a ton. The depart
ment holds that with the best machin
ery and most economical processes
beet sugar can be made in this country
at a cost of from 3 to 4 cents per
pound when the price of rich beets
does not exceed 85 a ton. From re
liable data it is stated that in Europe
the cost of erecting a factory with
the most modern machinery of a ca
pacity of at least 300 tons of beets per
day is about 8300,000. In this coun
try owing to increased cost of trans
portation and the higher price of
labor the cost probably would be 8350,
000. The report discountenances cheap
manufacturing processes and holds
out no reasonable hope to farmers of
successfully establishing home beet
sugar factories, but predicts that the
co-operative factory methods prac
ticed in Europe, in which beet grow
ing farmers hold part or a majority of
the stock, will eventually come into
use here.
Seven beet sugar factories are now
said to be in operation in this country
and four others are building or com
pleted. | The rate of increase in sugar
consum'ption for twenty-three years
has been 378 per cent in the United
States, 143 in France, 159 in Germany
and 107 in Australia and 90 in England.
GREEKS AND TURKS FIGHT.
Brlganda Bnter Mneedonln nnd Engage
the Saltan’s Troops—Excitement Great.
Eubioia, Macedonia, April 10 ._
Bands of Greek brigands entered Tur
key at Krania and the Turkish troops
hare been engaged with them since 5
o’clock this morning. At the Turkish
headquarters this is looked upon as
being of the gravest description in
view of the excitement here.
Edhem Pasha has seat orders to
have everything in readiness for "the
advance of the Turkish army in force.
It is not known whether Greek troops
are among the bands that have en
tered Turkish territory.
Mow Discovery by Tesla.
Nxw York, April 10.—Nicola Tesla
has made a discovery which, it is be
lieved, will revolutionise methods of
illumination and be of infinite use. He
has perfected new electrical oscillators
based on one of his discoveries made
six years ago. By their means Tesla
is now able to produce economical
electrical vibrations to a frequency of
many millions a second from ordinary
currents, either alternating or direct.
These oscillators do away entirely
with induction coils. Any electric
pressure is available. Tesla says they
furnish ideal means for the production
of Roentgen rays, which are thereby
rendered Incomparably more powerful.
Canned Tomato Trust*
Indianapolis, Ind., April 10.—The
vegetable can packers of Indiana met
in Chicago Wednesday, but none of
their proceedings reached the papers
of that city. One of the members
here to-day says that outside of mere
routine matters the only important ac
tion was to sign an agreement not to
dispose of their holdings of canned
tomatoes for less than 85 cents deliv
ered in Chicago. He said that the In
diana packers practically control the
Western pack. Prices may be further
advanced, stimulated by those sec
tions of the flooded South that usually
send vegetables North, but eannot
this year until late.
Note* and Deeds Stolen.
Chili.icothk, Mo., April 10.— A num
ber of houses were entered by bnrglarg
last night, but they secured nothing ot
great value except at the abstract and
loan office of Asher & Warren, where
notes and deeds of trust and the ab
stracts of title to the amount of 94,000
were carried away.
Against tbs Orsater New York Charter.
Albany, N. Y., April 10.—The
Greater New York charter has been
returned to the legislature with the
disapproval of Mayor Strong of New
York and Mayor Wuerster of Brook
lyn. Mayor Gleason of Long Island
City approved the charter.
April Snow la Ohio,
Wapakonkta, Ohio, April 10.—The
ground here is covered with snow to
the depth of five inches and still snow
ing. The fruit crop will be badly
damaged. It is turning colder and
the wheat in the field will probably
be ruined. '
COL. ELLSWORTH DEAD.
Ih« Old Tla* Udim hM Away l>\^
Absolute To?»rty.
Atchison, Kan., April ft—Colonel a
C. Ellsworth, who had been a lecturer
for thirty-three yeare, died thia morn
inf In poverty, not having even money*
enough to pay hia funeral expenses.
Hla anti-A. P. A. lecture* a few yearn
ago attracted much attention. He
lectured for the Order of Mystic Broth
erhood In Kansas a year ago, but had1
not been on the rostrum since last,
fall, living here in a cheap boarding
house. __
THE POOL BILL SIGNED*
Governor Stephens Finally Acts Favot*
aMy on the Honebreedera' Act.
St. Louis, Mo., April ft—Governor ■
Stephens, who U in the city to-day*
signed the homebreeders’ pool selling
bill, passed at the last session of the
Legislature, and it will go into effect
in June.
The bill provides that sellers of pools
or bookmakers on contests of skill,
speed or power of endurance of manor
beast must secure license under pen
alty of imprisonment for a year or a
fine of 81,000, or both. Licenses are to
be issued only by the auditor of state,
and are to be good only on a race
track or fair grounds. Licenses
are not to be for more than
ninety days, and pool selling and
bcokmaking are only to be carried on
on authorized race tracks and fair
grounds Each licence fee is fixed at
$2, and there are to be no licences be
tween November 1 and April 13 of each
year. No night pool selling or book
making U to be allowed. All funds
from licences are to be used by the.,
state board of agriculture to improve
the breeds of horses.
Flood Belief to Be Soon Given,
Washington, April ft— Secretary
Alger is pushing forward the work of
relief for flood sufferers, and in a few
days the disbursement of rations pro
vided by Congress will be begun. To
day the secretary was in consultation
with Colonel Gillespie, president of the
Mississippi river commission.
Heavy Rise at Blsmarek, N. D.
Bismarck, N. D., Aprlf ft — The .
water in the Missouri river has risen
four feet since last night. No trains
have arrived here since Tuesday.
Compulsory Education for Illinois.
Springfield, Ills., April ft—The
compulsofy educational bill has passed
the Senate. It compels every person
having control of a child between 7
and 14 years of age to cause such child
to attend some school sixteen weeks
annually.
Mo Free Library for fit. Louie,
St. Louis, Mo., April ft—The meas
ure providing for a tax for a free’
library building in St. Louis was lost
at the polls yesterday. A two-thirds
vote was necessary. The vote was 17,
000 short of that number.
Rivera Mot to Be Shot.
Washington, April ft—Secretary
Sherman stated last night that he had
assurances that General Rivera, the
insurgent leader, would not be exe
cuted, but would he treated as a pris
oner of War.
Booth African Revolt.
London, April 9.—Dispatches from
Pretoria and Delagoa Bay say that
the whole of Gazaland is in open re*
volt. Twenty-five thousand natives
have rebelled against the Portuguese
government
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.
Dies Moines, April 3.—Patents have
been allowed but not yet issued as
follows: To 8. L. Hill, of Moulton,
Iowa, for as ingenious cylinder press
in which the cylinder is rotated as a
reciprocating bed carries a form
through under the cylinder to print
u pon the paper on the form and the
bed and form thereon returned to re
ceive ink and paper while the cylinder
remains stationary. The intermittent
rotary motion of the cylinder and the
reciprocating motion of the bed occur
while the press is operated by the con
tinuous rotary motion of .a single
crank to which power is supplied by
hand. To Mrs E. B. Young, of Red
Oak, Iowa, for a water bag adapted to
enclose ice or water and close it water
tight so it can be handled or carried
about without leaking. To C. E. Bech
tel, of Des Moines, for a manifold aut
ographic register. Inventors in other
states can have our services upon the
same terms as Hawkeyes.
Thos. G. end J. Ralph Oitvrie,
Solicitors of Patents
LIVE (TO ;k and produce market.
Quotation! From Mew York, Chicago.
Lou in, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator... 20
Butter—Choice fancy country.. It
Epps—Fresh. j
Chickens—Live, per lb. 0
Cranberries—per bbl. 4 25
Lemons—Choice Messinas..3 00
Honey—Fancy white. 13
Onions, per bu.1 25
Beans—Handpicked Navy.1 00
Potatoes. 23
Sweet Potatoes, per bbl. 1 00
Oranges, per box.2 25
Hay—Upland, per ton.4 25
Apples, per bbl. 1 50
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
Hogs—Light mixed. 3 80 @31
Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 75 @31
Beef Steers.. 3 05 @ 4 i
Bulla.2 35 @ 3 i
Milkers and springers.25 00 raan i
Stags. 2 CO
Calves.3 40
Cows. 1 50
Hclfera.225
Stockers and Feeders.. 3 15
Sheep—Westerns.. 3 50
Sheep—Lambs.4 30
m . CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 Spring.. 05
Corn, per bu.A. 23*1
Oats, per bu. «> ’
forit. 8 05
Cattle.—Bulk of sales..3 50
Hogs—Medium mixed.3 95
Sheep—Lambs.5 50
m . v . NEW YORK.
Wheat—No. 2; red, winter. 77
Corn—No. 2. mu
Oats—No. 2. 22
fork.. 0 25
Lard. 30
Wheat—No. 2, red... 88
Corn, per bu. 21
Oats, per bu. 18
Hogs—Heavy.8 00
Cattle—Native shipping steers.. 4 10
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2, hard. 77
Corn—No. 2. 21
Oats—No. 2. 19
Cattle—Stockers and feeders_3 00
Hogs—Mixed.. ■.3 75
Sheep—Muttons. 4 DO
St.
8814
2114
1814.
105
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