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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. NEBRASKA SENATE ThnmdHj, March 8. Ia the senate yesterday a call of the haunt) and a long delay took place he- fore house roll 114 was passed. The bill authorize the reappointment of a supremo court commission. The terms of the present commission have sbout expired and unless the bill re pel Ted enough vote to pass it with the emergency clause, a vacancy for a perl oil or three months would neces tarily follow. Twenty-two votes were necessary. O'Neill of Holt was the only i unionist who voted for the bill. His vote made twenty-two, but at the last moment he changed from aye to nay. A call of the bouse brought m Hale, Miller and Canadsy, The re publicans had cnly twenty-one votes at their command, and In order to pre. vent s vacancy in the commission Can aday of Kearney, fuslonisfc, voted for th bill and It panted with the tmer 1 grncy clause, Prout's bill providing for a commis sion to revise tlia statutes was passed. As amended the bill authorizes the governor to appoint a non-partisan commission of three, each commission rr to receive '),oou, ... Action was taken by the senate look ing to an adjournment of the legisla ture for a few days or a week to rest itp, A committee was appointed to confer with a house committee. This was done the joint committee report ing thst it had sir reed to recommend an adjournment from Thursday after noon till Tuesday at 11 a, in, The re port was adopted. Friday, Mareh 10. Rc t1eiHs was apparent In the Aeuate yesterday morning. The clos ing of the senatorial contest, a previ ous decision to adjourn the senste dur ing the afternoon for a recess until Tuesday forenoon, and the preparation of members of standing committees to visit slate Institutions, all had a bad effect on the working ability of the senate. No work except the consider ation of bills on the general tile was attempted. A motion to appoint a sifting com mittee was in the hands of one senator, but all the members had not been con sulted and it was not offered Those who talked the matter over concluded that it might be best to withhold the motion until the latter part of next week and spend the week in clearing the general file of bills. If one week is thus spent the work of the sifting committee will be much simplified, in fact there is some talk of doing with out such a committee, The experi enced members, however, do not see bow the work of the session ean be closed up without the aid of such a committee. The senate spent some time yester day in committee of the whole dis cussing a bill to authorize the l'cni si ato normal school to issue life cer tificates good in any kindergarten or primary grade to teachers who have completed a certain course and have taught school twenty-five months. The bill was Indefinitely postponed, though Its friends made a hard tight to save it, A bill providing for a lien for the amount due for threshing grain or helling corn was discussed aud recom mended for passage. A bUl doing away with the bidding bb banks for county funds was reco n mended for passage. The bill pro vides that the rate of interest to bo paid for county funds shall be fixed by the county treasurer and the bank, subject to approval of the county board. On motion of Senator Prout of Gage one of his own bills was indefinitely postponed. The bill was intended to repeal the law permitting cities of less than 85,000 Inhabitants to pass an or dinance taxing insurance companies for the benefit of volunteer fire de partments. Speaker Clark's insurance bill, houso roll 100, providing that tire insurance policies might be transferred without notice to the company issuing them, was iudefluttely postponed on recom mendation of the Insurance committee. It was claimed that the bill hud some bad features. A later motion to re consider this bill failed to obtain. Wednesday, March 15. The senate rushed through a substi tute for senate tile 184, a bill to extend the term of county otUcera, yeBterday forenoon, and recommended the sul stltute striking out that part of the bill providing for the election of district attorneys, and it applies only to coun ties not uuder township organization. Nothing is snid in the bill about coun ty attorneys. A committee was appointed to pre pare resolutions on tho death of Con gressman W. I.. (J rectus and the Hug over the senate chamber was ordered lowered to half mast for the remainder Of the day. A rime law was amended on motion of lurri of ruater mi as to make it un lawful to kill quail at any time of the year, The bill as amended was recom mended for jmnwige agnlnat the opposi tion of several senators. A resolution congratulating Senator itow of Ikkugis on his appointment a poslmskter of thush km adopted and the senator was railed before the bar of the svust to make a few re marks. A bill authorUtug elite and villages rguti telephone eltnrtrr by oral fcane reported by Msndtng eoiu mine fur iinienniie i.tiuiuint be a similar bdl h4 Wen cooaidrd tit the hou in wuututitre of Die bide t hairiusa tus Ur nvt to rHnidr I ha t whcrvt'V this rvpurt adopted and a withdrew the rprt. lie did so Wcauwe complaint was made thai h iutrUr of lh bill, Jh hi tf harpy, was not rrrMt la deNad his Mil, tiu ,d a bill ta repes) an td! law tkl atdlof ie tl (! rtx lia of g rhipjr, mm n vtiiitiuvlnk'tt fef i1! ftletlo SMniiiuiUrtislsiiteu4t at, providutrf th fonUttitWt tusy U siail tv m two (bled Vol ImI4 m Afai, ms wwwiuad 4 fur p. The iMiiriMUKt ofTute hat thf mati-ml. ami $rintrr that know how to u it, li givt the UM ft twit in Job prloitn?. THE HOUSE. Thorndny, March 9, Previous to calling the houiw to or der yesterday the employes celebrated the result oi the caucus by bringing in the various members on their snoui dcrs as they appeared in the cloak room. Fisher of Dawes moved on account of the general hilarious condition of tho members and in view ot the lack that only a short time intervened till the election of United (States senator and because it would be necessary to make special effort to entertain the crowd, that the house adjourn till five minutes before 13, 1 he motion carried. The house whs called to order at 11:55 with most of the members out of their seats. At the afternoon session the house went into committee of the whole to consider house roll No. 830, by Mil- bourn, providing that the state board of education shall locate two normal schools in the slate, one north of the Platte and the other south of the Platte. After long discussion, the bill was recommended for passage. It ap propriates 850,000 for the location of two schools, trie sites to m selected by the state board of education governing the state normal at Peru. The committee appointed to confer relating to taking an adjournment re ported that when the house adjourn Thursday evening, it be till Tuesday, March 14. The motion did not prevail. Armstrong of Nemaha moved that when the house adjourn tonight it be till 11 o'clock Monday morning. Prince moved to amend that when the legis lature adjourn Faiday evening, it be till Tuesday at It o'clock. Prince's amendment carried by a vote of 40 to 37. , Friday, Mar oh 10. The reaction from the senatorial fight was not felt to any alarming ex tent in the houso yesterday, for tho members went to work as if tbey had but a few more days on earth, and ss if each Ifour must be filled with work. To begin with the standing commit tees reported enotiirh bills to keen the house at work in committee of the whole for almost a month. Then the members took up bills on pussage and went through a long list, cleaning up all the measures which had been re ported from the committee on en rolled and engrossed bills, This kept them in session till 0 o'clock, when they adjourned, The adjournment was till next Tues day morning at 11 o'clock, th motion previously made to adjourn this even ing till Tuesday, being reconsidered and the other motion carrying. Among the bills passed yesterday by the house was Weaver's insurance bill giving the control of tho insurance de partment of the state into tho hands of the governor; and taxes insurance companies on gross premiums. This measure received eighty-six votes, and only two were cast in the negative. The only bills favorably acted upon were measures for the payment of in terest and princjpal of real estate mortgages, providing for the appoint ment of some fiscal agent to receive the same for the mortgagees appropri ating ;id,uoo for a new minding at Peru; permitting county attorneys to follow county cases taken from the county on change of venue; permit ting irrigation bond coupons and district worronts to be applied upon taxes owing the district; permitting the Omaha board of education to fix the tax levy for the district instead of the city council. A bill by Fisher to provide for the f Hinting of school district ofllcers hav ng public money in charge, of annual statements of the same was killed, re ceiving only twenty five votes. Flynn's bill providing for boards of arbitration in labor disputes also failed to secure the necessary number of votes. Wednesday March 15, The houso during the tlrstdays busi ness after adjournment, considered a great many measures and went at rou tine matters with the energy of legis latures that have a short time to exist. Early in tho day Wcnzel of Pawneo county moved the appointment of a committee of three to act with a sim ilar coiumltteo from tho senate to con sider the proper time for adjournment OI 1110 bCfcniCU. llitMuolloO pic V (tiled, but the committee was not appointed yesterday. A motion to hold night sessions was passed, but reconsidered in order that tho legislature might accept an Invita tion of the Uniou-Cotntnercial club to an informal reception held last night, and to allow all members who wished to attend the reception given at Ne braska City by Senator Uuyward to the legislature. In coinmltteo of the whole In tho af ternoon, the houso considered two Im portant bills, tine was the measure by Taylor of Custer county making the district clerk a salaried olliclal, ami the other was tho anti-trust bill by McCarthy of Dixon county, aimed at tho live slock coiuiniiudon exchange st Omaha, Itoth were recommended for passage. Threo grades of salaries are provided for district clerks dependent mon the population of the counties In which they serve. In counties of 1. than tsou Inhabitants, tho salary la fl.iUKi; less than Vi.ooo and over tf.S.issi, it is IS.Ouoj ami In counties ovrr 5i,onO it Is 13,500, The bill is written to go Into effect In January nf tie it year with the new clerks a they are elected. A provision Is that all fees received In s ce of the mi amounts shall ta turned Into the county trvsoiiry, McCarthy's bill simply provide thst alt coin bi list i his and lrul and ejw Ully HiihinaUu of perti In (he live stock buttiwa to Vuv or aril live Wk shall si etlkt. Th fight on this bill was ouli Mended mainly, biifffwr, liMev Mr. MlitHdwtl for the Oitishs wsi tii4 and Mr. MiVar thy for lie but, A bill by Tanner la Iscr the fr e th rtii f ik mm ivUrv uf itst bv ftM4l!iuf thf SUntf f all rntr auMts of ltlintrltU tit their cdill- v4b yt ms killed. Oti the bUl, how ff No. v .f Iturtis, aUduhiMg lb oil i. if Ot isi4 sud sv rvlsriva of tks Uwrd vt trsaxtsil-Nt. a ds- KiiUHt arkMM ta 4uidr all Hiifv4 f tas atad l'vthr and lb bills, iim feitr In huutWr, k madw a f!il v4t Un ft May fifiK, lbs Hits s httum Ml ana sad tit. ts lb eHildi tUn f a bill f t aw baiMia at the llitiuf Kitl. a Mttu was iui tieiidraU bills fr tva vaultings ht btdtU nest Monday. Resolutions of respect to thetnomory of Congressman Greene were adopted by a standing vote. Representative Ilaller asked for the advancement of senate file No. 20, a bill permitting counties and cities of the second class to refund bonds with out calling a special election and this waa done with a rising vote out of re spect for tho member from Washing ton county. A motion by Young of Cass county to appoint a sifting committee failed of adoption. , fllllll BEFORE lira Manila, March 13. Brigadier Gen eral Wheaton'a column advanced to day beyond Paslg to the shore of Lo gon de Hay, sweeping everything before them. The enemy mado a run nlng fight and suffered severe loss, The rebels' avenue of communication north and south is now closed, the American cordon stretching over a mile from the river to the lake. The rebels are In force at Patcros and Tagulg. Two of yesterday's wounded, Pri vate Stewart of Company II, Twen tieth regiment, and Private Munson of Company K, Twenty-seoond regi ment, are dead. At 1 o'clock this morning, hear ing the insurgents' bugle sound ing, rjcott's battery dropped three shrapnel shells into the woods on the left of the Paslg church. Ho reply waa made and at 7:43 the Twenty-second regular infantry advanced until they encountered a number of volloys. This fire waa returned with interest The line wheeled towards Patcros in the following orderi The Oregon volunteers, the Twentieth regulars, the Washington volunteers, a cavalry detachment, the Twenty-second regu lars and reserve artillery, The troops followed the roads, while the gunboats Oeste and Laguna de Hay assisted in suppressingtthe fire on the left flank. The rebel canoes were captured on the river. The rebel sharpshooters at Calocan continue active, but no casualties are reported. The fight leading to the capture of Paslg was started by a lieutenant of Scott'e battery, who fired tho signal gun for the advance at half past 0 o'clock in the morning. At once the Fourth cavalry, mounted, swung for ward. Then Wheaton'a Infantry, formed in three lines, left their trenches and moved on the enemy. It was a beautiful sight, this clocklike regularity of the advance. The cav alry met a heavy fire on the right. The men dismounted and drove tho enemy out of their entrenchments. In the distance could bo heard the firing of General Ovenshlne's brigade, which had made a feint on the Amer ican right. General Wheaton followed tho ad vance of the firing lines, Tho Amer icans went over three ridges, A gun boat poured In a heavy Uatllng fire from the river, white Scott's battery threw shells over our troops' heads into the enemy's trenches with mag nificent precision. As the Twenty-second infantry swung around to corner the insur gents in Gaudaloupe, the Filipinos could be seen emerging from the deep trenches whence they had been pour ing a heavy fire on our advancing men. As our troops closed in on Guada lupe, a party of insurgents stood their ground. Eight dead Filipinos were left here. The prisoners say they did not wish to tight, but were forced into the service. Home rifles were also cap tured. The gunboat co-operating with the troops was stopped by sunken stone and cascos (native lighters) In tho river, but tho obstructions were event ually removed. Wabuinotot, March 13. This cable gram from General Otis was received at the War department to-day; "Manila, March 15. Adjutant Gen eral, Washington: Until yesterday field operations here since capuring Caloocan of minor nature, consisting of driving back small bodies of insur gents, with considerable loss to latter, "Yestordny General Wheaton, with the Twentieth, Twenty-second In fantry, the Oregon and Washington troops, section Klxth artillery and squadron Fourth cavalry, attacked large force of enemy, drove them back and took line ot Pasig rlvsr, which he he now hold. Two improvised run- boats In the lake have captured con siderable property, "Insurgents loss heavy, our own killed and wounded slight, aggregat ing thirty-five, mostly slightly wounded. "Insurgent made no determined stand, Otis." Wa ra oxtail A4vafi MsSi iiKSTkM. N. II , Msreh 1 l'h nanafsmonl t the MauohstUr cotton mills bsa dMd to rsiss prices fur weaving In No. I mill 10 per Mat, to take tffvH April it All rvduetluas In Magea thst weal lalo effsct In Jsn ary, llvs, ar la be rvslurtd. Iks -Urn tut I f vast, Tbvt'biiss-oUvf p sets. lbrHMf with Ilia as, bsv (iiwi j a tulttj 4 its bM tt lkt will t IN sit Die s hiiii tndM tf b rvMhtiy h-j Ibis t e. -Uipllh4 W'Mtld Its to (horul Mitwi i aarUdr v ! ki I et4t sibUluH-d Iwvf Now lh t wa In f. r a tC'a t wr With "li s Rirf'4! ff lb t4b'r ' It Is ll U b--f tat am fcf g-1 tf(giWl aa t tttstird uit. b that a (II u tbria tf sbf tiiictn t t.f s sa UU A tMStt lbt t-MtotS HW lb Sit Wilt lb IB dtHb4lhi Ibtl It s tit b lotl nt iiue I t-l tt HaM tatUf U t if iMtinot sm t.tUi MT( p tht ktttH sbMtdttt "0daVaYk if THE LAST SAD RITES Conicresaiuan Greene Is Laid Away to Best with Mont Impressive Ceremonies A cold, disagreeable co-mingling of rain, sleet and snow began falling Tues day night and continued all day Wednes day accompanied at times with very heavy wind. Notwithstanding these in convenient conditions fully two thou sand people of Kearney turned out tof pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of their departed townsman, Judge William L. Greene. The body was escorted from the bouse to the Baptist church by members of the Kearney bar, Attorneys Calkins, Drydon, Brown, Bee man, Oldham and Hand as pall bearers. A detail of cadets from the state indus trial school ld the procession and a guard of honor, consisting of Congress man liurkett, Itobiuson, Htarkund Kuth erlond, followed. Die auditorium of the church was packed, and hundreds could not get in side. The services were conducted by Iter. I. D. Wood, and were very impres sive, sympathetic and appropriate. Touchlngly sweet music was rendered by a quartet consisting of Mesdames Lew Kobertaou and Boot, and Messrs. Fred ltobertson and Mowry. A long line of carriages went to the cemetery in a driv ing rain where amid the grlif of wife and children, the sadness of numerous friends and the downpour of snow, rain and sleet, all that was mortal of Congress man Greene was consigned to Its earthly resting place. The casket was enshroud ed with beautiful cut flowers and floral designs, bestowed by members of the Kearney bar and other sympathizing friends. All business was suspended by banks and stores during the service. Mr, Greene vm not a member of any fra ternal organization, but the community showed its fraternity for him and those left to mourn the loss. Mrs. Greene said: "It would be Impossible for people to be more uniformly kind, sympathetic and considerate than the citizens have been towards our family in our deep dis tress, I cannot express my heartfelt gratitude," Pa Among those present were; Congress man IC. J, liurkett of Lincoln. W. L. Htarkof Aurora, W. S. Itobiuson of Madison. Jl. J), nutberlaud of superior. The stats department was represented by J. V.Wolfe. General Barry. W. 1). Oldham, J. N. Gaffln, J. A. Kdgsrton and A. J. Kcott of Hastings, Letter of regret and sympathy were received from Kntors Hsyward and Thurston, W. J, Bryan, W. V. Alien and other distin-1 guhdied officials and citizens and many members of congress. Municipal Ownership, Everett P. VV heeler apoko the other afternoon before the class in present day problems in the Broadway Taber nacle, New York, on "The Functions of Mnuidpulity. " He said the city should not try to do for the citizen what ha conld do better for himself. The miming of the bridgo cars had been done far better under the bridge trustees than it Is now done by the Brooklyn elevated railroads. It was a question whether it would riot be best. be said, for the city to run all its trans portation systems. If properly handled. he thought, the city conld give better service than any private company run ning ronds to make money Iho legislature, he said, was now do- bating whi ther it wonJd follow ont the wishes of tho pecplo ns expressed by a popular vote a few years ago for a rapid transit owned by the municipality The currying ont of the people's wish in this mutter hud been successf oily block ed by powerful street railway corpora tions whoho 'ntcrcsts are a flue ted The snccess of municipal ownership of many of such iudiiHtricg, us transpor tation, depend on the control of them by good or bail men. At present the ef fidelity of muny city undertakings was lessened by the system of employing and ii)iina;i;iiig men on account of "pull" or tnilnence rather than because Df fuithfnl work atop it. We are getting a multitudinonsness of reform purtics. At a low estimate there must bo a score of them. The lut- est was started by farmers In Fulton. McDouough. warren and other coun ties in Illinois, who are arranging to call a convention to organize a national farmer s party A convention is to be held at Cincin nati to nationalize the Union Reform party of Ohio. Our friend Colonel Norton and Clark Erwin of the Chicago Express are preg nant with m call for another convention which may result In another party or gaiiiiUitlou Lrin. Ph., has a "municipal owner ship party. " tbo socialists have three of their own and the middle of the road I'opulUt ar antagoniilng the n-g-nlur i ru.iiiUi4iiin ly having a tleket in l he Held fur uext year's presidential election Muny other sporadic reform move ment are going on in various parts of the country Now, Hhat'e the nssl 1 tit one reform party encinKhf Why l all turn In and join lb it-giv Ur orgsttiiMtioit and s thai the right , kind if h It Kitt sr vlwted, I Tbi re I ttiua tiMdiKb to kick over the irsers If the nations! tunvriitU n gi-vs wroi4 AM I bis psper and it wlitor will U on Ike nrl khkrra In thetl ran Milwsnkesi Wit) Advauv ! 4i With Ot Mitr, TU Nw Yt-tk Huftld UAI thai Nf Viik.it ..t J,tM,twd t th4tUr ditit ti U)iu4 eid lb qaratifit ttf ky u b. a lra u.kutit i Uf t4ff f In li IttUUt tf . h Isxudud I '! it . we t'tiM in lb a.tt.ibii, km Wilt s tit gtrsl ttlv f UhMOmI tt did bl flu I U h- -.!! Ki nb4 d. lUr (! tamiiy. w p j.s tttNf M k u. al tmf v I Ml at u utatltttc itlfvh tkal tttsiiir t iMd in viul4it M h ! fcfl tUt tt U m duty ttttttit f,f ttit tuiitl a bn thtitiy wi.l h I ! Iwdd - lhtb Willi Htfsht MATTERS STATE Thursday, March 9. t-Goveruor Merrlam of Minnesota, the new director of the census, will leave Washington in a few duys for his home to close up his private affairs preparatory to assuming active direc tion of the work. In a skirmish at San Pedro Mocati on March 7, Private Frank A. Lovejoy of company C, First Nebraska, was killed, and Privates Charlea Lewis ond John Trimble of company I and Walt er J. Huntington of company F were wounded. , Orders were yesterday issued at the war department for the Twelfth New York volunteer infantry now at Ma tanzus, Cuba, to take passage for home to be mustered out of the service. This Is the beginning of a general move ment for the muster out of all the vol unteer troops stationed in Cuba, about 25,000 in all. A report to the state department from Consul Covert at Lyons lays great stress on the desirability of the United States being fully represented at the coming annual fair at Nizhni Nov-; gorod, Russia, which is held during , August and September, This is the annual gathering of buyers and sellers who represent the commercial in terests of Russia and the buying pub lic of all Eastern aud AslastU Hussia. It is a market and has up to the pres ent time been visited only by tourists, General Maximo Gomez had a two hours' conference with Governor Gen eral Brooke yesterday regarding the details of the payment to the Cuban army of 3,000.000 tendered by the United states as a condition of dis- bandment. He is working in good faith and expects to disband the troops with or without the consent of the disaffected elements. He is making an excellent impression npon the United Htates military authorities, and j they confidently believe that he will 1 be able to make good his agreement with Robert P, Porter, President Mc Klnley's representative. It is said that the distribution of the casti will begin in a course of a fortnight at the latest. Friday, March 10, M. Carnbon, French ambassador to the United Htates, who went to France almost immediately upon the signing of the peace protocol, has returned to his duties. Yesterday ho paid bis re spects to Secretary of Slate Hay. Ho many sensational publications have been made concerning the alleged disturbed affairs in Han Hugo that the secretary of war cabled to General Wood to ascertain the facta. General Wood has replied that there is abso lutely no ground for apprehension. The architect of the Indian oftlce has prepared plans for an electric light plant for the Genoa, Neb,, Indian school, and submitted it to the secre tary of the interior for approval. The plant will cost 93,000. Wallace J, Uroatch and Win, B, Cowin have been designated by Sena tor Thurston for the two lieutenancies due Nebraska under tbo new army bill. Broatch is a son of ex-Mayor Broatch of Omaha and young Cowin is now acting commissary in the staff, Bolb have seen service in the Spanish American war as volunteers, Reports have reached Washington that Admiral Dewey is not in the best of health, and the impression seems to prevail that be ought to be called home for a rest. It is said he has aged greatly in the last year. He is now in lils flad year. The navy department is informed that the cruiser Baltimore and the monitor Monterey, which have been in dock at Hong Kong, have arrived at Manila. Saturdu, March 13. Jcnator James K. Jones of Arkansas has ceen very ill for some time, but Is said to be improving. Smallpox has been widely prevalent in Washington of lato. lucre are thirty-five known cases, and the doc tors are working dilligently to prevent its further spread. General Lawton, the veteran Indian fighter, has arrived in Manila. lie and 1,700 enlisted men left New York Jan uary 10. It is said the troops now in the Philippines are anxious for a gen eral engagement with the Filipinos. The following statement has been issued showing the total number of deaths reported to the adjutant-gen-oral's office lie.tween May 1, i HUH, and February 5!, ltWS: Killed in action, BiiO; diet! of wounds, U'U; died of dis ease, 3,377. It is understood that President Mc Klnley will soon order a change In the government of Cuba. It Is probable that the military government will, to a certain extent, bo succeeded by civil government. The head of the govern ment will continue to be military, but the change in contemplation Is to hove dvlllsn ofJlecraln place of military men In the cabinet and subordinate posi tions. Supervising Architect Taylor of the trauury dtpsrliniit lUl yettwrday that advertiwmeiita would sikhi Ih given out for bid for sits for pm.lie buildings at Blair, Norfolk, and Hast ings, As km appropriations wer made for public buildiiigsthetuM'lvr ht tht points, the treasury tlejutrlmeiil will procure the site and wail for the nt coitgre to appropriate money for the construction of tb buildings, MumUy, Mink II, Ilrlor tf lh I'wiiiii .Merrlam baa lutltawl b our b Intend to pur su In tin ttrttelal statement iwvullv Is sued. In lb eoutiuding prsgrptt It mis; "Tskvit all la all, tbo cuuipUie autuber f poiiiiiueiil Ibst will m I- mad In lit court of lb eaus will It uvr ti.oi'U 'I be intlud t t'Utj r lnir stslT nier, 4J )( ttiKtr, ii,j euumrtwrs and about .iio rlttks aad flbtr ttnplui tu l shitttoi, JtMH ph I'rtMs, at pral number at ttt hbrka Srliat. bS U-ctt ppittV 4 pt(Mtter at tHiihs tUarral J br Wr lrdv aw lh pixraid. n wM."vtMn,' his fmur sialw. nuliuwiljr b -l4 h did tti know wbudWr H usM mniH l lh ruv ft hoi. II w afiatd Ot r(vtiWlt ih ttll tt. t M pie fwf bltH. I tiMirv io rwMMtht h II r it-, and uM lk la gi to is I'tolippluc, w tier I tm U stMH ft tii ir-g. j mrertUry s IK laUrWtf IHito'l March 16; 1899 Saturday affirmed the land decision ia the case of Andrew Johnson against s Abram Foulkrod from the O'Neill die- 111 trict. Johnson's case is dismissed. John- Jy son is to reoeive a patent for the land 4f on payment of the amounts due there- on- , . ' Brad Slaughter' commission as pay master in the army, with the rank of major, was signed Saturday by the president and Secretary Alger. Tuesday, March 14. United States officials will, It is said, not recognize the Cuban asneinbly . which recently deposed General Gomez, and will carry out the arrangement made with the general. Tho general will disband his troops and they will De paid on that basis. ' The president yesterday named Wm B. Cowin. son of GencralJohnC. Cowin of Gmaha, and Samuel M. Vandervoort, son of Paul Vandervoort, as the two second lieutenants to which Nebraska was entitled. Wallace J. Broatch, Jr,, was found to be past the age, hence he was not appointed. In the United States supreme court a resolution was made by the solicitor general to advance the hearings in the prize cases, which have been appealed to the court. The cases involve six vessels captured during the Spanish war, whose owners deny the right of seiz ure to the United States, the vessel being the Beuna Ventura, the Pedro, the Guido, the Newfoundland. th Adula and the Olindcro Rodriguez. The state department has been in formed that Ambassador Tower, for merly minister to Austria, will leave today for St, Petersburg, Russia, and will take up his duties Thursday. The president ha appointed Herbert Putnam of Boston to be librarian of congress. V All arraniremcnta for the president' trip south have been mode. Tho train started last night. He hopes to have two or three weeks of quiet, which will be devoted to rest and recuperation, The war department has decided to muster out all volunteers now in Cuba, except the volunteer engineers and im mune. All are expected to be home by May. Senator Jones of Arkansas, who 1 ill at Washington, is resting comfort ably. The supreme court of the United States will take a two weeks' recess, beginning next Monday, Wednesday, March IS. The navy department will send 1,000 marine to Cavite, near Manila, to take care of the navy's interests there. The administration has decided to take a census of Cuba to determine who are qualified voters before the election is held to establish a represnt ative government. Chief Constructor II Ichborn has stated that there are now actual! v under con struction, or already contracted for, fifty-one vessels of various types rang ing from battleships to torpedo boats. The following tabic shows bow tba expenditures of the government have increased since 3 SSI: Korty-evntf con mm, 1MU-83 1 T77.43S.M Kort,y-elKhthci(nri-i(, 1SK3-S5 K:m,M Korty-filulhconKJosx.lssS.S7 74fl,iMi!,4Mf fiftieth eBuren, ml-m 8l7,W.8 Hfty-nrst cods-nws, ICSm-vI..,,.,,.. 1.03Mhu,ii 'lfty-ectld X)lnoi)Wt, 1 HO I -3 , l.7,KX,M f'lfty-thlidooriKress, ltW-K5. M,!SW,2U Fifty-fourth congi-ens, ISfi-W), J,W3.4a7,0l FUty-llfth congress, l,&0MwO,ill Since the talk has been going around that Secretary Alger is about to leave the cabinet a number of eastern news- ""Mt 5 tapers have been urging Mr. Meikle ohn as a worthy successor. It is a well known fact that Mr. Meiklejohn has conducted his department with ex ceptional ability. Secretary Alger has issued an order quoting the paragraph in the army law abolishing the canteen and prohibiting ttie sale of liquor on army reservations. An order has been issued by the war department increasing the age limit from 30 to 85 years. Samuel J. Taylor of South Omaha has been granted a patent for a shovel ing board for grain cars. All tho men appointed second lieu tenants in the army will have to pass examination before they are commis sioned. They will take rank according to the examinations which they pass, the men from the regular srmy tRkiny precedence over those appointed from eivil life. 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