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1 il 4y vm K y 5 t? 8 -Him m i a f m i "THERJjl IS KOTHING WHICH IS HUMAN THAT IS ALIEN TO ME." Terence. VOL. I. ;-- LINCOLN, NEBKASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1890. ; , NO. 52. Notice to Subscribers. EXPIRATIONS. At the easiest and cheapest tnefioa of not!- 9nng subscribers of the date of thsir xplra ons we will mark this notice with u blue or red pencil, on the date at which their aub eription expires. We will send the paper two weeks after expiration. If not renewed ay that time it will be discontinued. . NEBRASKA fl-EWS. The New School Apportionment. State Treasurer J. E. Hill hag certi fied to Superintendent Geo. B. Xiane that there are now in his hasfis and subject to apportionment school moneys to the amount of $281255.20, derived from the following sources : Interest on United State bonds.. $ 300 00 Interest oa state bonds ., . 13,050 69 State tax...... 40,461 65 Interest eu county bonds 4 1, 277 1 7 Interest en unpaid principal school lands 117,224 53 Lease school lands 65.V41 I'd Total amount..... 1281.255 20 In compliance with tte provisions of section 3, sfcb-div. XI, of the school laws, Superintendent Lane has appor tioned the same to the several counties as follows: Whole number of children.... 316,806 Amount apportioned...... 8 281,255 20 Kate per scholar. , 9 . 8877 56 H ID O a H names or couxTirs. Antelope...., Adams Banner Blaine Boone , Box Butte Buffalo Brown , Burt.... Butler. Case Cherry , Cheyenne Caaee Cedar Clay Colfax. Camlngr... .... Cuetev. ....... Dawes. ....... Dawon Dakoka Bixcn DeueL ....... Dodee Douglas Dundy Fillmore Franklin .... Frontier Furnas Gape Garfield Greeley Gosper Grant Hall Hamilton Harlan Hayes Hitchcocir.. . . Hooker Holt Howard Jefferson Johnson Eeya Paha.. Keith Kearney Kimball Knox Lancaster.. . . Lincoln Logan Iohp Mauison Merrick Nance........ Nemaha NuckoUs .... Otoe Pawnee Perkins , Phelps. Pierce ." Platte... Polk Red Willow. . Bichardson . . Kocl i ' j Saline.. Sarpy...... . Saunderp. . . . Scotts Bluff. Seward...... Sheridan.... Sherman .... Sioux Stanton Thayer Thomas Thurston..., "Valley Washington. Wayne Webster Wheeler.... York 4.033 5,869 8(3 353 3,14li 1,416 7,02! 1 1,718 3,393 5,401 7,556 1,400 1.6'j2 1,402 3.224 5,867 3,580 44 5,210 42 712 89 313 39 2,787 65 1,257 11 6,232 26 1,525 22 3 518 SO 4 848 20 6,808 12 1,269 54 1,422 21 1,244 68 1,974 44 5,2 8 64 3 669 22 3,570 68 6,280 20 2,345 53 2,846 24 1,629 C9 2 561 08 751 15 5,514 93 21, 80 39 1,029 83 5 142 06 2,578 13 2.286 15 3,188 04 8,956 88 561 6 1,593 58 1,489 70 24 86 4,472 53 4,493 1 9 2 772 56 1,652 m 1,763 14 4,133 4,022 . 7,0741 2,612 3,206 1.835 2.851 847 6.212 24,646 1,16 5.792 2,9M 2,575 3.591 10, 81 565 1.735 1,678 28 5.342 5.C6J 3,132 1,1851 1,986 5 897 3.455 5,235 28 3,('49 5 4,614 71 3,618 61 136) 98 642 76 3.896 85 294 74 2 841 80 14.817 16 2.536 41 356 .. 540 66 41(5 12 2,822 27 1,390 27 4,090 0 3,260 84 6.537 66 3,29' 14 1.126 03 5,198 4.C76 1.533 724 3,2f3 332 3.201 16,690 2,857 401 609' 4 6.'4 3.179 1,556 4,67 3.6TO 7,364 3,7 1,381 3,36 2,695 32 1,47 10 4,793 27 3.314 11 2,276 39 6,208 29 89 J C3 6,633 54 1,966 45 6,934 50 363 44 5,040 85 3,264 74 2,174 19 516 69 1,398 26 3,941 77 1( 7 42 170 93 2,283 7 3.994 15 1,746 i 8 3,626 61 567 30 5,514 05 1,630 5.39S 3 733 3.071 6,' 93 7,472 2.2 '5 7,811 406 5,678 J.551 3,419 582 1.576 4,440 121 170 2,578! 4,499 1,987 4,(85 639 6,211 316,805 $ 281.255 20 It will be noticed that the number of children is no greater than at the last apportionment. The same enum eration is used because the last legisla ture changed the time for taking the census of school children. The amount to be divided this year is smaller than last. In General. The republican state convention will be held at Lincoln July 23. The assessed valuation of JPlatts mouth is estimated at a round million. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Burns of York recently celebrated their golden wed ding. Mrs. D. Walter and Jesse Graham, two old settlers of Otoe county, died -Sunday. Mr. E. K. Valentine of Nebraska was elected yesterday by the republi can -caucus of the senate to succeed Mr. fanady as sergeant-at-arms. There are seventy-five applicants for the rjooition of superintendent of the Fremont city schools. Mrs.. Frank Esley fell and broke her arm while passing out of the Baptist church at .Kearney. The river work at Bulo is being pushed steadily forward, and a larger amount than va at first intended will be completed, TS eaily one hundred and fifty men are employed and more are being hired every day. A Shell Creek, Platte county, couple, who were about to be married, nap reled over the selection of the "best man" to "stand up " with them, and the wedding has been declared off. at What We Want. New York World. All hail tihe dawn of a new dayHbreaking, When a strong-armed nation shall take away The wecry burdens from backs that are ach ing With maximum labor awflminimum pay; When no man is honored who hoards his mil lions ; When no man feasts ontlnother's toil, And God's poor suffertng.-striving' billions Shall share his riches of sum and soil. There is gold for all in the earth's broad bosom, There is food fox alt in the la-ad's great store, . Enough is provided if rightly divided; Let each man take what he needs no more. 1 Shame on the miser with unused riches. Who robs the toiler to swell his hoard, Who beats down the wage of the digger of ditches And steals the bread from the poor maa's board. . Shame on the owner of mines whose cruel And selfish measures have brought fchu wealth. While the ragged wretches who dig his fuel Are robbed of comfort and hope and health. Shame on the ruler who rides in his carriage Bought with the labor of half -paid men Men who are shut out of home and marriage And are herded like sheep In a hovel pen. Let the clarion voice of the nation wake him To broadesr vision and fairer play, Or let the hand of a Just law shake him Till his ill-gained dollars shall roll away. Let no man dwell under a mountain of plunder, Let no man suffer with want and cold ; We want right living, not mere almsgiving, ' We want just dividing of labor and gold. Ella Wheeler Witcox. SEAWEED. When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Storm-wind of the equinox, Landward in his wrath he scourges The toiling surges, Laden with the seaweed from theocks: From Bermuda's reefs; from edges Of sunken ledges, In some far-off, bright Azore; From Bahama, and the dashing, Silver flashing Surge of San Salvadore; From the tumbling surf, that buries The Orkneyan skerries, , Answering the hoarse Hebrides; And from wrecks of ships, and drifting Spars uplifting On the desolate, rainy seas; Ever drifting, drifting, drifting On the shifting Currents of the restless main; Till in sheltered coves and reaches Of sandy beaches. All have found repose again. So when storms of wild emotion Strike the ocean Of the poet's soul, ere long ... Fromeach cave and rocky fastness, In the vastness, Float some fragments of a song: From, the far-off isles, enchanted, Heaven has planted With the golden fruit of truth ; From tke flashing surf, whose vision . Gleams Elysian In the tropic clime of Youth; C From the 6trong Will and Endeavor That forever; Wrestles with the tide of Fate; From the wreck of Hopes far-scattered, Tempest-shattered. Floating waste and desolate; Ever drifting, drifting, drifting, On the shifting Currents of the restless heart: Till at length in books recorded ; They, like hoarded . Household words, no more depart. ' " Longfellow. Pullman's Proposition. New Yobk, June 6. The World's Chicago special says that George M. Pullman has offered to take $5,000,000 of world's fair bonds if ho will be allowed to furnish a site near the city f Pullman for the fair. A Futile Attempt. Columbus, O., June 9. At noon today the Consolidated Street Railroad company made an attempt to run their cars. Police were massed at one barn where the at- tempG was made, around which some 2,000 people had assembled. The first car was derailed after running a mile. The driver was pursued through alleys and finally escaped. The second car was also thrown across the track and damaged by the strikers and the conductor and driver stoned. The nonce had no control and did not pretend to give protection to the new em ployes, their sympathies being plainly witn me striKers, aespite tne mayor's orders. Over 10,000 people were massed within a couple of squares and the excite ment was intense. The driver of the sec ond car was afterwards escorted to the depot and placed on a train. Mayor Bruok then issued orders that no more cars be run today. After this order was soon restored and the strikers retired very jubilant. The company is discouraged ana actriDutes na inaouicy to run tne cars to the lack of police protection. A consul tation was had with Adjutant-General Hawkins in regard to calling out the militia, but he thought the necessity bad not arisen. The city council tonight adopted a resolution calling for the arbi tration ox tne matter ana instructing ue city solicitor if the company refuses to ar bitrate to institute proceedings ior tne revocation of Its charter. The company contemplate another effort to start its cars tomorrow. Their manager says they will neither arbitrate nor advance wages. The ''independent Party. HunoK.fi. D., June 6. The farmers' alii anceand JKnights of Labor closed their three days' session this evening. ' The most important action was the decision to organize a sew party. The new paity was named the independent party. A plat form was adopted which Includes the state and national declaration of principles of the farmers' alliance. Industrial union and the Knights of Labor and demands: "That aurrenev be issued by the srenexal govern ment. to be full legal tender, to Increase in the volume in proportion with the Increase of business, and that it be issued directly to the productive industries without the intervention of the banks of lesue; de mands railway transportation, telegraph and telephone service at actual cost and that the government own and operate the same; free and unlimited coinage of silver; the adoption of an absolutely secret voting Bjssem, docc state ana national. " , No Alien landlords. Washington, June 10. Representative Oates from the committee on judiciary to day reported to the house a bill to prohibit aliens from acquiring title to or owning lands within the United States. An elabo rate report accompanied the bill. In it the committee says the power ef the govern ment to totally exclude aliens from com ing within its jurisdiction, as has ' been done in the case of the Chinese, no one questions. This sovereign power certainly includes the lesser one of defining what property rights they may exercise after they are admitted, and during the contin uance of their alien condition. "Your com mittee has ascertained," says the report, "with reasonable certainty that certain noblemen of Europe, principally English men, have acquired and own in the aggre gate about 21,000,000 acres of land within the United States. We have not sufficient information to state the quantity owned by untitled aliens, nor is it important, as it is generally held in smaller bodies. This alien non-resident ownership will, in the course of time, lead to a system of land lordism incompatible with the best inter ests and free institutions of the United States. The foundation of such a syttem is being laid broadly in the western states and territories. "The avarice and enterprise of European capitalists," the report continues, "nave caused tham to invest many millions in American railroads and land bonds, cover ing perhaps 100,000,000 acres, the greater part of which under foreclosure sales will, most likely, before many years become the property of these foreign bondholders, in addition to their present prinoely pos sesions. This aggressive foreign capital is not confined to tne lands it has purchased, but overleaping its boundaries has caused hundreds of miles of public domain to be fenced up for the grazing of vast herds of cattle, and has set at defiance tke rights of honest but humble settlers." The bill proposes to place these aliens under disabilities of civil law as to all future attempts to acquire lands in this country. "In other words," the report says, "the bill is a declaration against absentee land lordism." ' It declares that all foreign born persons who have not been naturalized are Incapa ble of taking a title to lands anywhere within the United States except for lease holds for not exceeding five years. The bill contains a pro ision which will compel alien land owners to cease to be such or beoome citizens of the United States with in ten years. The bill," the report says, "would pre vent any more abuses like that of a Mr. Scully who resides in England and is a subject of Queen Tictoria, but owns 60,000 acres in Illinois occupied by tenants, most ly ignorant foreigners, from whom he re ceives as rent $200,000 a year and ex pends it. The Schuly estate of about two thou sand acres within the oity limits of Pitts burg and Allegheny City, from the rents of which the Schulys, who are subjects of the British Queen, draw annually not less than $100,000, is another instance of alien land lordship in America. The tenth census showed that the United States had 570,000 tenant farmers, the largest number pos sessed by any nation in the world." In conclusion the report says: "The natural increase in our people and the for eigners who flock to onr shores annually and who by competition are reducing the wages of labor, is a problem for American statesmen to solve. Multiplication of the owners of the soil is a corresponding en largement of the number of patriots, and every land owner in this country should owe allegiance to the United States." Its Passage Not Desired. Washington, June 9. Senator Plumb to day reported adversely from . the com mittee on public lands the bill to protect land claimants within railroad limits by permitting them to purchase land , from the government at 2.50 per acre whenever it is held not to be within the land grant to the railroad company. Accompanying the bill is a letter from the commissioner of the general land office recommending that the bill be not passed, for the reasen that the interests of bona fide settlers are sufficiently protected under the present laws. German Lutheran Synod, Dubuque, la., June 9. The German Lutheran synod, in session here, has 300 ministers, 450 congregations and 50,000 communicants and is spread over fourteen states, including Dakota. Wisconsin Ne braska and .Iowa. The convention was opened by the president, Rev. Professor G. Grossman of Waverly, la. His report showed the synod was in a prosperous con dition. A report will be read tomorrow denouncing the Bennett law. Dangerous Indians. Washington, June 6. Congressman Car ter of Montana today received a dispatch from Joe Scott of Miles City relating the facts in connection with the Cheyenne up rising. The message states that the Chey- ennes murdered a Mr. Ferguson, a promi nent stockman of Custer, and that the provocation was that JFerguson had dis covered Indians killing cattle and had re ported them to the authorities. It further relates that the lives of the people In the vicinity are in danger if the government docs not immediately come to the assist ance oi tne settlers with troops. The scene ef the murder is about sixty miles south of Miles City, which is the nearest railroad and telegraph station, and the reservation upon which the Indians are located is prob ably thirty miles from Fort Coster, the nearest military post, Mr. Carter and the Montana senator have made application to the secretary of war for a detail of troops to go immediately to the Cheyenne agency, arrest the murderous savages who are guilty of the slaughter of Ferguson and see that order is preserved. There is no doubt that the request will be granted. At the war department it is stated ahat the savages are of a very troublesome dis position. In 1883 they cut their way from the Indian territory to the locality where they are now situated, leaving a trail of blood behind them They were captured by General Miles and located upsn their reservation by executive order. There were about one hundred and fifty white persons in the community at the time aid the location of the Indians there has caused trouble ever since, the Indians being ex tremely bloodthirsty and warlike. There are about eight hundred of the Cheyennes now upon the Besebud river. Grain Inspection Bill. Washington, June 6. Senator Paddock introduced in tne senate today a bill pro viding for the inspection and storage ef grain for interstate shipment. All railroad companies engaged in interstate com merce are required to construct elevators and storehouses for the storage of such grain along their respective lines at nlaces to be dealraated bv a state board. The president is authorized to appoint one chief inspector of grain in each state and territory and the secretary of agriculture may appoint such assistant inspectors as may be required to carry out the provis- Minii vi uie acb Mail Train Robbed. Washington, June 8. Chief Inspector Rathbone of the poet-' fflce department re ceived the following1 dispatch today from the post-office inspector at Chicago, 111. "Two miles east of New Salem, N. D., at 10 o'clock last night, the east-bound train was held up and robbed of forty-seven mull pouches and seven registered pack ages. The case is receiving attention." Chief Inspector Rathbone offers a reward of 91,000 for each conviction and sentence in the Unite States courts. Grain Rates Exhorbitant, Washington, June 9. The interstate commerce commission sent to the senate today a report upon the , Investigation made by it under the senate resolution di recting the commission to inquire into the truth of the allegation that the long and short haul clause operated to prevent a re duction of the rates of transportation of food products from the Mississippi valley. After synopsizing the' testimony collected the commission dlssusses the reasonable ness of the cost of transportation at great length and says: j - The rebates before the act and the very much lower rates frequently put in force since fairly lead to the conclusion that the existing corn and grain rates are so high as to encourage frequent and hurtful changes and to make reductions expedient and profitable to the roads whenever nec essary to secure business. We are con strained by all the facts - to believe that any rate or greater charge from the Mis souri river than 17 cents to Chicago and 15 cents te the Mississippi, east side, is ex cessive and that the rates should be o re duced and adjusted, and that a reduction of 2 oents should be made from stations west of the Missouri river In Nebraska and Kansas." . - Tke commission says the rates on grain from Kansas and Texas points are un reasonably high for long distances and grossly excessive and exorbitant for shorter distances, and should be reduced. "Wheat and flour should bear the same rate, which should not be more than 15 per cent above the rate on corn and oats. All grain other than wheat should pay the same rates as corn." "The grain rates from the Dakotas and Minnesota should be moderated and ad justed." The commission renews the recemmen tions of the annual reports of 1888-69. that the third section of the interstate com merce act should be so amended as to make provision for through carriage at through rates over connecting lines. - Fierce Rain and Wind Storm. . St. Paul,' June 6. The fierce storm which raged all night , over southern Minnesota has nearly abated and reports which are now coming in show the damage heavy and widespread. Where the rain was heaviest the wind did, no damage, but at Chtfleld and Mapleton, where a cyclone prevailed, there was no rain. At Red Wing the storm was . terrible. Nearly half ef Goodhue county was overflowed and several cases of loss of life have been re ported. The Belle creek valley is com pletely devastated and every farm house on the lowlands is washed away. At day light this morning a torrent of water five feet deep and nearly two miles wide swept downt e valley, carrying everything be fore it The loss of cattle and stock is very great. A farmer named Larsen, three miles from Red Wing, carried two children from the flood, but his wife and two more children were drowned. A family named Whltelwldge is missing and as their house is destroyed it is believed thy were all lost. At Hay creek the torrent carried out two milldams, a mill, the station house and a large section of track. The damage at Chatfield was light. At Mapleton the house of Edward Fayton was struck by lightning and he and his son killed. The fire com municated to the barn and a hired man named Miller was burned to death. . An Annexation Victory. Windsor, Ont, June 6. A parliamentary election in Canada, in which the annexa tion question was the feature, was held yesterday In North Essex riding, of which this town is the largest portion. Sol White the foremost annexationist of Canada, was one candidate, opposed by Francis Cleary, a strong Catholic, and Gaspard Guerard, a native Frenchman. Religious questions, race prejudices, and sectional hatred were all involved against White, but in spite of it all he carried the riding by over six hun dred plurality. His victory is all the more significant as he was not the nominee of any party, but stood alone on his record and well known principles. White is the chief of the Wyandotte Indians, while to all intents and purposes a white man and a successful lawyer. When the resu t of the vote was approximately known, White's adherents carried him about the streets in a chair and held a carnival the Use of which the district never saw before. The returns, which are very slow in coming in oommg in, indicate a majority ox over three hundre 1 for White. The Commercial Situation. New York, June 7. All Indications re garding legitimate business continue en couraging. At the same time there Is a renewal of speculative excitement, based on the prospect that a silver bill will speedily pass both houses and in such form that executive approval can be expected. It is difficult at times to distinguish be tween the merely speculative and the more substantial improvement, but in this instance there is no room to doubt that conditions are Improving for productive Industries and for legitimate trade. Crop prospects have brightened wonderfully. and those who look for better times are no longer forced to account for a hopeful and confident tone in the face of a short crop outlook. The general average of prices has not been effected much as yet. but has turned upward, and manufactured pro ducts, with breadstuff s, show a general tendency to advance. The reports from other cities are almost without exception favorable. Boston notes not much change, but high er prices obtained for boots and shoes with even more advance in 'aides and leather, and large sales. Wool is quiet and firm, but manufacturers ar looking for some ad vance on light weight goods. Cotton goods hold the late advance and lumber is firm, with good business. Philadelphia has re- Eorteid three mill failures in tne nelghbor orhood, and 60 per cent of the spindles are idle, but the situation in wool is one of waiting. Iron improves, coal stiffens, the liquor trade is more active and the leather and boot and shoe trades are pleased. Building in May showed a decline of more than a third from last year. The great Industries show clearly the tendency toward Improvement. The spec ulative markets are generally stronger. The monetary prospects In all parts of the of the country is favorable to business ac tivity. Business failures throughout the country during the last seven days number: for w poj1 States, 179Caniuia, twenty-six; wwu.w, wiuiwou wiw zis last wf ex. jror me oorresponaing week of last year iwun wdio w u una umr.Art NtittM. and twenty-five in Canada. COaNGRESSIONAL. The Senate. Washington, June 5. In the senate to day the senate bill giving to the Chicago, Kansas City k Nebraska Railway company the power to sell and eonvey to another railway company its right of way and fran chise in Oklahoma Territory was reported and placed on the calendar. The silver bill was taken up and dis cussed at some length, but without action went over until tomorrow. . Washington, June 6. In the senate today tne house -mendment to the senate bill es tablishing a public park in the District of Columbia wai disagreed to and a confer ence asked. Mr. Mitchell moved to reconsider the vote by which the senate yesterday eed the bill authorizing the construction of a railway bridge across the Columbia river near Vancouver. Motion entered. A new conference was ordered on the de pendent pension bilL The silver' bill was taken up and dis cussed for some hours without any action. A message from the president relating to the landing of an armed force from a reve nue cutter at Cedar Keys, Fa., was read and referred to tne committee on judiciary. Adjourned. Washington, June 7. The following bills were passed: The senate bill to provide additional associate justices of the su preme court for the territory of Arizona; the house bill relieving from liability the exposition at Louisville, Ky., for duties on certain goods from Russia sent for exhibi tion; the senate bill to pay to representa tives of James and William Crooks of Canada $5,000 for the value of a vessel seized by the Unltel States on Lake On tario, June 5, 1812, twelve days before the declaration of war; the senate bill for the relief of Major Bash, army paymaster; the senate bill to provide for the compulsory education of Indian children; the houe bill to prevent desertions from the army by withholding part of the soldier's montnly pay as a deposit. " - Mr. Vest gave notice that he would some time day next week endeavor to bring up for action three bills, now on the calendar, in regard to live cattle and beef products. One hundred and twenty pension bills were passed. The senate bill for a public building at Fargo, N. D., was amended by making the appropriation $125,010 and it was passed. Adjourned. Washington, June 9. In the senate to day Mr. Call offered a resolution vreferred to the committee on foreign relations) re questing the president to institute negotia tions with Spain for such modifications of the treaty with that government as will enable American cattle to be shipped from the United States to Cuba. The senate silver bill was then taken up. After some discussion Mr. Teller moved that the bill be printed and laid on the table. After a brief argument it was so oxdered. Mr. Vesc asked the senate to take up and consider the bill "to prohibit monopoly in the transportation of cattle to foreign countries." The bill provides that no clearance shall be granted to any vessel plying as a com mon carrier from the United States to a foreign country the owners, agents or of ficers of which shall refuse to receive, in the order they may be offered said vessel, cattle for transportation to a foreign coun try, said cattle being in sound condition and suitable for transportation, and ship per tendering a reasonable freight charge, or who shall make any contract or agree ment creating a monopoly of th capacity of said vessel for carrying cattle in viola tion of the law governing and regulating the duties and obligations of common car riers to the public, ard providing us just discrimination between shippers. Mr. Reagan also defended the bill a d argued in favor of its passage. Mr. Hale moved to amend the bill by in serting the words, "not already contracted for in good faith by persons or parties hav ing cattle for transportation at such date, such contracts being sufficient Co occupy such storage room" Mr. Nest opposed the amendment as one that would entirely neutralize the bill. Mr. Hoar said that where all the storage capacity of a ship was contracted for that snip ceased to be a common carrier ana be come a private carrier. Mc Test denied that statement, but said if that were decided to be the law no harm could resu't from the passage of the bill. A whole steamship line had been taken by one shipper (East mar) and it had been done to control the English market and shut out all other' cattle dealers in the United States. The result was that the prices of cattle were put up and put down when this monopoly chose, because it con trolled transportation. The vote on Mr. Hale's amendment was yeas 10, nays 23. No quorum having Voted the senate without further action on the bill or the amendment adjourned. The House. . Washington, June 5. In the house this morning Mr. McKinley of Ohio, from the committee on rules, reported a- resolution providing that the house shall proceed im mediately to consider the silver bill and that consideration shall continue until 3 p. m. Saturday, when the previous ques tion shall be considered as ordered. The previous questien was ordered on the reso lution ana forty minutes' debate was al lowed. The debate was very warm, but the reso lution passed yeas 120, nays 117 the fol lowing republicans voting in the negative: Anderson of Kansas, Bartlne, Connell, De Haven, Featherstone, Fanston, Kelly, Mor row, Herman and Townsend of Colorado. The bill having been read. Conger offered the caucus bill as a substitute. Considerable discussion followed and the house adjourned. Washington, June . The isilver debate was resumed In the house this morning and occupied the attention of its members until 5 p. m., when the house took a recess until 8 o'clock. Washington, June 7. After considerable wrangling the house passed the silver bill, the vote being, yeas 135, nays 119. Eight republicans voted with the demo crats against the bill, as follows : Anderson of Kansas. Bar dine of Nevada, Carter of Montana, Kelly of Kansas, Rockwell of Massachusetts, Townsend of Colorado, Tur ner of Kansas, Wilson of Washington. But one democrat, Wilson of Missouri, voted with the republicans for the passage of thebili. Washington, June 9. In the house on motion of Mr. Comstock of Minnesota the SUe of the silver bill passed Saturday was amended so as to read as follows: "A bill directing the purchase of silver bullion and the Issue of treasury notes thereon and for other purposes." Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts offered the following resolution, which was referred to the committee on foreign affairs: That the secretary of the treasury be directed to inform the house whether it is true that the Cunard Steamship company Saturday last refused to obey the orders of officers of the United States to give return passage to certain immigrants landed at New York by the said company in violation of the contract labor laws of the United States and if so what steps. If any, have been taken to refuse entry to the steamships of said company until said compand has com plied witn the laws of the United States and made due reparation for their refusal to obey the orders of the officials thereof. At the evening session of the house no private pension bills werepassod, owing to objections by Enloe of Tennessee, lut about thirty-five went over with the previ ous question - ordered. Sacs Come to Terms. Sac and Fox Agency, L T., Juno 8. The Sao national council has come to terms, with a slight concession on the part of the government commission. By the. terms of the trade, each Indian takes 160 acres of land as an allotment. Half of this land will be inalienable and untaxable for thirty-five years and the remainder for a period not less than five years nor more than fifteen years, as the president may see fit. The allotments may be chosen by the Indians in any locality they prefer. For the surplus of the lands after all the Indians have taken their allotments the government shalll pay $485,000, about $i.22 an acre. By tne purchase the gov err ment secures 400,000 acres of excellent land. Disastrous Railroad Collision. St. Louis, June 10. A serious railroad wrecX is reported from Warrentown, Mo., sixty-one miles west of here, on the Wabash road. Dispatches to the head quarters of the road say that two freight trains collided just outside Warrentown at 1:25 this morning, thot both engines and eighteen cars were wreoked and that sev eral men were killed and several wounded. Tuere were eight palace horse oars at tached to one of the trains laden with race horses en route for Kansas City, two of which were wreoked and seven men in charge of the horses are reported killed. Fifteen horses are also reported killed. Mexico Frightened San Diego, Gal., June 6. The latest state ment lii regard to the filibustering schemes is that advices have been received to the effect that the Mexican government has requested the government of the Unit ed States to send a regiment of soldiars to San Diego to prevent any probable or pos sible conspiracy to capture Lower Calif or from being carried out. . Five Killed In a W eck. Rocxfokd, HL, June 6. A Northwestern passengar train was derailed near here this morning by a broken wheel A gan of section men working beside the track were caught in the wreck and four of them, August Johnoon, Emll Anderson, John Gnstavson and JobnDrehner. instant ly killed, as was also Engineer Blaisdell. The fireman, two section men and several of the passengers were slightly injured. Farmers Alliance and K. ol L. Mason City, la, June 6. A state delegate convention of Farmers' alliance men and Knights of Labor is being held here today, and tomorrrow at Northwood. The pur pose of the meeting is to arrange for a com bination whereby the different organiza tions may give their entire patronage to the party or parties selling to them the cheapest. It is understood that in some localities groceryuen are making big die counts to Kaiyhts of Labor where they get the entire patronage of a lodge. The knights are provided with cards and in this way make themselves known to deal ers. The present meetlng4s very import ant to retail dealers throughout the state. A Cloudless Hurricane. Clinton, la., June 5. The elements have been playing havoc here for the last two days. Last night a severe storm passed some forty miles north, raising the streams so that Hurstville was Inundated, washing out a dam and carry ing off a mill at Cotton villa Here today from 10 to 3 was witnessed one of the most severe wind storms ever known, though not a cloud was to be seen. The wind blew at terrlfflc speed, coming in gusts, for five hours from the southwest. Buildings were unroofed, trees blown down and everything lnseourely fastened was moved. The crreatest damaore was th wrecking of two mammoth ice houses of George Hay ward and Son, blowing a lum bez pile in C. Lamb A Sons' yard on a mill man, nurting him badly, and the blowing to pieces of a raft worth $3,000 belonging to the Lyons lumber company, the logs es caping down the stream. The waves in tne river ran so high that steamers could not move, and the ferryboats were tied up. A Million for a Hospital. Madison, Wis., June 5.--Legwaid A. Qvale, a wealthy Norwegian of Eau Claire, Wis., lately deceased, has bequethed $1,000,000 for the establishment of a hospi tal lu this city for born cripples and de formed persons. Mr. Qvale came to this country a poor boy, started in at $30 per month, saved his money, invested it in real estate and died worth $1,50,(XXX He died without a will, but put his money in possession of three friends for the pur pose above named. He also leaves a small amount for a hospital at Eau Claire, some $50,000 to his wife and enough to secure her four-year-old boy by a formei husband a good education. Madison citizens are greatly elated over this splendid bequest and already eligible sites are being dis cussed of a number that exist among the beautiful lakes. One of the requirements of the bequest is that ' Msdison shall fur nish suitable grounds for the hospital. Clearing Away the Debris. Yosx, Neb., June 6. Mach has been ac complished in clearing away the debris in the business portion of Bradshaw. All the carpenters in York county are at work re pairing dwellings and getting roofs on the business houses. The town was closely guarded today and no teams were permitted to enter or leave without a pass. A number of fellows were found stealing and one was ordered to leave the camp A strong piece of hemp with a number of pairs of willing hands at the end of It was the animating motive in his speady de parture. A correspondent finds all the wounded at the Wyoming hotel ana elsewhere in a fair way to recovery. Many of them are destitute and are in sad need of financial aid. A great many who owned nouses In Bradshaw have lost everything they pos- RMMmL Thav ara nrifhnnt tnrA aTuinf whn has been provided by this Immediate vloin- 4 m MHa .....1 1.1 A. M Ti. . buu uwriy wivaoub wouung. ag is im possible to over estimate the horrors of their condition or exaggerate their need fer relief. The republican state convention will have 818 delegates. Government Surveyors Massacred. Denveb, June 5. J. U. Holt, purchasing agent for the Importing Cattle company of Wyoming, arrived here this morning and gives an account of the Indian massacre wnloh occurred In the upper Green river country several days ago. He says that a party of Indians that had beoome intoxi cated with whisky furnished by ranchmen oame to' the government sur veyors and demanded more "fire' water." It being refused the Indians attacked ths party, killing Chief Engineer Crittenden, in chcrge of the third division of tne gov ernment survey, and Chain Bearers E. W. Timberlake, George Woods and Henry Overmeyer. Jesse A. Lee, assistant engin eer, was left, on the field for dead, but re covered sufficiently to get to a neighboring ranch, where he lies in a precarious con dition. - --.. Damaging Storms In the IZast. New Yobk, June 6 -The tcrrlfia thunder storms of last evening throughout the night and long after daybreak seem to have been widespread. From all points of the compass and hundreds of miles away stories came in of floods and heavy loss by lightning and high winds. Several lives are reported lost In and about the city several buildings were struck and burned, houses unroofed and fences and trees laid prostrate. Over 60,000 Children In Line. NewYobx, June 5. There were about sixty-five thousand children In line this afternoon at the annual parade of the Brooklyn Sunday school union. The union has never had a more glorious day than this, their sixty first anniversary. The streets along the line of march and in th vloinlty of tne various churches assumed a gala appearance and the houses are gay with flags and bunting. The parade was divided into eleven divisions as follows: Bedford division, 6,50 J in line; Washington park, o,(i00; Prospect park, 13,00; Tomp kins pork, 6,00"; Heights, 9,000; New York avenue, ,000; Eastern,?, 00; 1 wen ty. sixth ward, 3.OC0; Carrol prk, 2.' 10; South. Brooklyn, 1,000; Ocean Hill, 1,5X. World's Fair Exhibit. San Fbanctbco, June 5 Preparations are being mado to take out a section of one of the large red wood trees In Teleure county for exhibition at the world's fair in 1892. It will be the largest section or any big tree ever taken from California. The tree measures ninety-nice feet in circumfer ence. The section to be taken out will be nine feet in heiehth and sixty feet in cir cumference, and will weigh about thirty three tons. An Important Decision. Nebraska City Special: County Treasurer Houser received the decision of the state board of educational lands and funds in the case of Thomas Han Ion and Lewis Dunn against Mrs. Charles Schott and the Nerheusen heir, wherein the defendants were in default of the final payment to the state for school land. The' plaintiffs leased the land from the school board at tho old appraisement of $1 per acre, where as the farm is now worth $8,000 and has been occupied by the defendant twenty years. The decision sets aside tho Dunn and Hanlon lease and gives the heirs six months to make the final payment, and further holds that ' personal notice must be given against the parties liv ing on the school land before the lease and sale of contract 8 , of the school lands can be declared forfeited. A bath house has been erected by York's Young Men's Christian associa tion on the banks of the, creek adjoin ing the athletic grounds for the ex clusive use of its members. The south-bound Missouri Pacific passenger train near Weeping Water, struck an unknown man walking on the track, breaking his leg. He was taken to Weeping Water and cared for. A Preston correspondent sajs; "Tho Sac Indians were paid their annuities last week. As a matter of. course they came to town and got drunk, and for two days it was not fit for a lady to go on the streets. The marshal at Homer is very con siderate of the village funds, says the Wayne Gazette, and instead of occasion ing the expense necessarily incurred when a drunk is arrested, he dumps his inebriates into their wagons, gives them a quart of whisky to amuse them selves with and starts them out of town. John Mundt, a German farmer living near Central City, feeling very dispon dent over the loss of his wife, resolved to drown his grief in a good drink of brandy. The brandy proved tobe carbolic acid, and it required the use of a stomach pump to save his life. Isiah Powers of Curtis has an or chard of Russian Mulberry trees that are gifted with a second blossoming. The trees blossomed out nicelv at their proper season this year, but frost completely destroyed the blos soms, and now the trees are again in bloom. The Hastings Nebraskan tells this : County Judge Burton has issued a marriage license to John Frederick William Hoevet and Christina A. Korgan. The groom is sixty-eight years old and the blushing bride ten years hie junior After the papers had been drawn up, the old man re marked as he left the office, "Veil, mine Got, 1 hopes dig been the last vomans I haf to get me." The black stallion which has been giving the ranchmen of northwest Nebraska so much trouble lor a number of years was last week shot and killed forty miles southeast of Alliance. Tho animal was .y no means a phantom and was the handsomest piece of horse flesh on the plains. His tail was very heavy and dragged on the ground and his mane fell below his knee?. The old fellow had never been branded and was probably twenty years old. , Decay mmmons xs my facw rwa for the whisky?" Barkeeper "No, I do not think it is. I think if they got together tho whisky would get decided ly the worst of it." Tcrre UauU i.'x vrcss, . , : i:-
