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$ (SB vol. in. LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, MAR. 24, 1892. NO. 41 ) A Ballad of the Property Owntr. In old dsys the robbers lived out ta tht woods Or dwelt In a bole In the around. And cheerfully froze to tbe traveler's roods Whs never be happened around. Oh, tbe robber of old Wai aim pie and bold, And rareljr put on any frilli; But the robber to-day Bat quite a different way, ' And the tax p yers foot up the bills Bills bill tbe taxpayers settle the bills. TheoUfasbloned robber was deft with his dirk Tho robber to-day wears a smile; With a murderous club tto. I did his work. No. I uses "grease" Irom his "pile." The oldentlme fang Often festively sang While doling its death-dealinf pills; Its lattsr-day friend Blandly moves to emend And the tax-payers look to the bills Bills-bills the tax-payers settle the bills. The Queen Anne highwayman was meek as a lamb Whe i the law oalled on him to atone: Tbe paving contractor does not care any thing hardly, But rigs up a law of his own. Oh, the brave Bobin Hood.' Whe was moderately good, Never lugged off the eternal hills; But his heir-at-law treta Off with farms and with lots. And the tax-payers sigh at the bllla Bills bills the tax-payers settle the bills. Kansas City Journal. NEBRASKA NOTES-! An extensive revival Is in progress at Exeter. The postoffioe at Mascot, Harlan county, has been discontinued. Jefferson county's court house will be ready for occupancy May L A camp of Sons of Veterans has been mustered in at Genoa with sixteen mem bers. The wheat acreage of Lincoln county will be 50 per cent, larger this year than last. Broken Bow citizens have formed a Business Men's association with sixty members. Fire in C. C. Dawson's grocery store at Harvard did damage to the amount of 12,000. Niobrara has joined hands with Butte City in an earnest effort to secure daily service between the two points. Red Willow county will have five dele gates to the Democratic congressional convention at Holdrege, May 10. The eleventh annual session of the Ne braska Chautauqua assembly will be held at .Crete on July 6 to 10 inclusive. Hon. George B. Everett, a prominent lawyer of Beatrice, died at Excelsior Springs, Mo., of Bright 's disease. A board of trade has been organized at Gordon, and $500 have been raised to ad " vertlse the city and surrounding country - O. Robinson of Decatur, a prominent Mason, starved to death last week. He could not eat on account of a cancer of the throat. The citizens of Nuckolls county held a meeting for the purpose of perfecting plans to represent their county at the world's fair. A district convention of the Baptist Toung People's union will be held at Grand Island April 13, 11 and 15. Ninety delegates will be in attendance. H. C. Worthan, now serving his second term as treasurer of Pawnee county, will be a candidate for the nomination of state treasurer on the Republican ticket. An extensive prairie fire destroyed con siderable hay east of Broken Bow. It burued two days, but about twenty-five men and boys finally succeeded in getting it under control. While Rev. S. Pearson was attending a funeral at West Point be was thrown from a carriage and injured so badly that for a time it was believed he would die. He is now recovering. For the third time Artel Carlson, a for ger has broken from jail at Tekamah, and has made good his escape. The sheriff was attending the opera when the prisoner gained his freedom. The Tecumseh Mining company has abandoned drilling at a depth of 417 feet. Several small veins of coal, one fourteen inches thick, were found, but not enough to warrant mining. Omaha, April 18, is the place and date of the Democratic state convention to.se lect delegates to Chicago, and on the same date the Republican convention of the Fourth congressional district will be held at York. A sharper succeeded in working off a few counterfeit silver dollars on some businessmen. The fraud was not dis covered until evening, then the swindler had slipped away. ; They bear date of 1883. The work is very poor. Albert Kelley and A. H. Boyes engaged in a fist fight at Gering, which went agcinst Kelley. Kelley then drew a knife and slashed-Boyes in seveaal places before the combatants could be separated. The wounded man will recover. Louisville had a very narrow escape from being burned up. By 'great exertions the fire was confined to narrow limits. Mr. Manker's residence and furniture, the Bank- of Commerce and Marion Ward's furniture store were entirely destroyed. Two tramps who applied for lodg ing at the Eureka hotel, Dakota City, burglarized tho wardrobe of the boarders early Thursday morning. They secured several suits of clothes and other personal property They were traced to Covington by the sheriff, but there they were lost. A frightful cutting affray occurred at Lake City. William Burns made an at tack on Harry English, and cut three ugly gashes in his stomach. English will undoubtedly die. Burns was arrested and so great is the feeling over the affair that a lynching is probable should English die. The Nye & Schneider company of Fre mont have Just bought ot J. S.Baker that gentleman's elevator and lumber yards at Crowell and West Point. This gives the Nye & Schneider company twenty-four elevators along the line of the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley road in Ne braska. A firm doing a general merchandise business at Kearney under the name of the Golden Gate Auction company, was closed out on a chattel mortgage. The business will be continued, however, the former proprietors acting as agents for the Buffalo County National bank and the Farmers' bank. SThe committee Zappolnted by the Elk horn Valley Association of Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges has decided to hold the next anniversary celebration of that order, which occurs on Tuesday, April 26, at Madison. The lodges forming the association are those at Madison, Bur nett, Stanton and Norfolk. INDICTED THEALDERMEN Grand Jury returns True Bills Against Chicago Boodlers. WHAT A VOTE WAS WORTH Alderman Both Give, the Names of tha Men Who Bribed Bias and the Amoaat Be Received Progress of the Case. Chicago, March 23. Late in the aft ernoon indictments were served by the grand jury against the following alder men: W. J. O'Brien, D R. O'Brien, Nicholas A. Cremer, Patrick J. Gorman, Phillip Jackson, Stephen M. Gosselin, John F. Dorman. The charge against W. J. O'Brien and Powers is bribery and the specification in the other indict ments allege conspiracy to do an unlaw ful act. The conspiracy indictments will include the names of many other persons as accomplices. Alderman S. W. Roth was examined His story ran something like this: On July 13th the alderman from the Thir teenth ward was approached by Alder man Dan O'nen, who suggested to him that there would be big money in it for the members of the council who would vote for the economic gas ordinance. Roth consented, but demanded time to consider the proposition. This was granted and the alderman sought the counsel of a friend, to whom he confided the facts, saying: "I think I have a good chance now to trap the boodle aldermen," and asked for advice as to what course to pursue. This friend advised Roth to continue along as if in accord with the propositions made to him and to accept any bribe offered and keep a careful record of all incidents connected with the transac tions. Roth followed this advice to the letter. He was coy, however, and de clined to listen further to Dan O'Brien. Then he was approached by Billy O'Brien, to whose questions Both ap peared to yield. The Economic gas or dinance was to come up for passage and Roth pledged himself to vote for it. In return for this promise O'Brien gave him $750, which he deposited with the men who are now conducting the investigation. Roth was now considered one of the initiated so for as boodle was concerned, and when the Northern Pacific came up he was approached openly, and for his vote he was paid $1,000, the money being given him by Alderman John Powers. The three other aldermen named above, also, as stated, approached Roth at differ ent times and offered him money to vote for different ordinances in which they were interested. On this testimony the indictments for conspiracy will be based. The other witnesses examined were President J. S. Zimmerman, of the Peo ple's Gas company, who told the grand jury that no alderman had any stock in his concern, and President Ed Hosmer, of the Chicago and Jefferson Urban Tran sit company, who related his unsuccess ful attempt to secure a right of way and of the efforts of certain aldermen to blackmail him. Boodlers Arrested. Capiases were at once issued for the indicted aldermen and deputy sheriffs were sent out to hunt them up before court adjourned. All had been brought in except Aldermen Gasselin and Gor man. The former was arrested in the council chamber in the evening. Alder man Gorman, it is believed, has de camped, as all efforts to find him have proved unavailing. He was around the criminal court building while the grand jury was in session and displayed ex treme nervousness, leaving the building hurriedly when the jury reported. The prisoners were each released in $10,000 bail. All the indicted men except Alderman Gorman were in attendance at the reg ular meeting of the council last evening but took no part in the proceedings, Alderman Roth made a statement to the public which discloses the fact that the leading newspapers of the city are behind the proscecution and that it was to assist them in exposing the corrup tion among the city fathers that he ac cepted the money for his votes for "boodle ordinances." To Impeach Judge Seott. Omaha, March 23. Ex-Councilman Morearty was acquitted on the charge of boodling. Immediately after the trial his attorneys, Cobb and Clair, were sent to jail for contempt by Judge Scott. In the meantime a special engine bore Judge Offutt, their attorney, to Lincoln, where he secured a stay of proceedings from the supreme court. He arrived on his return trip at U:20 with the mandate of the supreme court and the sheriff at once released the men. Impeachment proceedings will be begun against Judge Scott by the two lawyers, backed by the entire bar of Douglas county. Bribery and Perjury Charged. Greensbcro, Pa., March 22. Ex County Detective Richard Alcorn made information against District Attorney J. A. McCurdy, charging him with the crime of bribery and perjury, also al leging that during his canvass for elec tion last fall he used undue means and paid money to certain parties to be used to purchase votes, ana that McCurdy swore falsely when the oath of office was administered. Divorce Suits Will Fallow. Luterke, Minn., March 22. County Commissioner Jacob Merckle sued C. R Henton, ex-sheriff of the county, for $10,000 for the alienation of his wife's affections. All the parties concerned are among the wealthiest and moist prominent people in the county. The jury returned a compromise verdict of $2,187.50 for Meckle. One, and probably two divorce suits will follow this ver- ict Ives and Slosson. Chicago, March 23. "Of course I will accept Slosson's challenge," said Frank Ives, "but he must come to Chicago to play. I have the naming of the date and place. I have not decided yet when I will play him. The game will probably be scheduled for about the 15th of May, and the match may be played in the Auditorium. Urging Increased Duties. CabacaS, Venzeola, March 22. Pres ident Palasios is urging congress to in crease the duties on Imports from the United States. POLYGAMY IN 1841- Early History of the Mormons Laid Ban la a Salt far a Church. Salt Lace City, March 23. A United States commissioner has been taking eriJeuce here which has given the pub lic an insight into the early history of the Mormon church and its teachings of polygamy. The evidence demonstrates beyond a doubt Ihat polygamy was prac ticed by the, prophet Joseph Smith, and the leaders of his church at Nauvoo, His. As to whether it was openly preached, the testimony is conflicting. The object of the taking of these dep ositions is ta prove the title to the Tem ple block at Independence, Mo., the suit for which will come up before the United States court at Kansas City in September. The rival claimants to this property are the Church of Christ and the recog nized Church of Latter-day Saints hav ing headquarters at Samona, la., both claiming to be the successors of the original Mormon church, but the real motive of the suit is probably more to secure a legal vindication as to which is the legitimate successor rather than the possession of the property, which is not worth more than $10,000. A number of women have testified to having a knowledge that polygamy was practiced by the church at Nauvoo as early as 1841. One woman swears that she was the polygamous wife of Joseph Smith, the prophet. Another swears that she was the polygamous wife of his brother, Hyram. JUDGES SENT TO JAIL. Can County, Missouri, Judges Would Not Obey the Orders of a Blgher Court and Are Imprisoned, Kansas City, March 23. Judge Phillips of the United States circuit court, called W. A. Ray, E. F.Lane and E. F. George, the three judges of Case county, to the bar of the court and sen tenced them to jail until they could make some arrangement for payment of the bonds voted by Cass county twenty years ago in aid of the Tebo and Neosho railroad. He also imposed a fine oi $500 on each. The judges received thei) sentence in silence, although they were surprised at its severity. Judge Phillips announced that the sentence of the St. Clair county judges had been postponed until next Monday. The sentence of the Cass county judge was imposed by Judge Phillips in his de termination to close up a case which hat been pending for over twenty years. - In 1870 St. Clair and Cass counties voted $750,000 and $1,000,000 respect ively to aid in the construction of the Tebo and Neosho railroad. The road was never built, but the bonds fell into tbe hands of innocent , purchasers, who have obtained judgment repeatedly against the counties, but have never been able to collect. Judge Phillips, a year ago, ordered the county judges to issue a special tax levy to provide for the payment of their indebtedness. The Judges declined to make the levy and udge Phillips declared them to be in contempt. The popular prejudice in Cass and St. Clair counties against the payment of these bonds is so great that none of the officials dare arrange a set tlement. CONFESSES A CRIME. Minnie Johnson Set the Indianapolis He form School on Fire. Indianapolis, March 22. Addia Topp, a 6-year-old inmate of the state reform school, died at the workhouse as the re sult of exposure when the building bumed. She told Assistant Superin. tendent Elnura Johnson a story of the fire which caused Mrs. ' Johnson to tell the girls in the assembly that she knew one of them had not only set the reforma tory on fire, but had caused the death of Addie Topp. Later Mrs. Johnson was summoned to the cell of Minnie Johnson, sent up from Richmond for theft, and heard a remarkable confession! Minnie said she had lighted an ironing blanket at a gas jet and had thrown it under the stair way. Her motive was not to fire the building, she said, but only to get even for being deprived of her lover a colored girl. An Engineer's Hoodoo. Dtjranoo, Colo. .March 22. A strange fatality seems to follow Engineer Whist ler even after death. Whistler was killed in a wreck Friday night near Glencoe. He had just recovered from injuries received in a railroad wreck, and this was his first' run since his ill ness. His remains were started to his home in California. The train had proceeded to a point called the "Hook, on the Mancos hill, when suddenly the express car which contained the remains broke loose from the rest of the train, jumped the track and turned completely over. The coffin containing Whistler's body was badly damaged and a man named Mack, who was escorting the remains, had his leg badly bruised. The Fire Record. Boston, March 22. Fire destroyed Henderson Bros.' carriage warehouse on Orchard street, North Cambridge, to gether with several houses adjoining. A thousand or more vehicles were burned. Total loss about $30,000. Sedalia, Mo., March 22. A fire en gine has been dispatched to Knobnoster, twenty miles west of here. That village is in flames and reported likely to be en tirely destroyed. Bobbed a Church. Louisiana, Mo., March 22. During the absence of Father Hughes the past week thieves entered St. Joseph Catholic church, stole the silver chalice, drank the sacramental wine and broke open the poor box, containing the contribu tions of a fortnight. The discovery was not made until Sunday morning, when early mass was about to be celebrated. John Considlne Shot. Detroit, Mich., March 22. John Considine, well known in sporting cir cles of this city and Chicago, who gained so mush notoriety recently in connection with the abduction of Joseph Perrien, a prominent citizen of this city, was shot and probably fatally wounded by Robert McCarthy, a real estate dealer. Italian Ex-Convicts Barred. Niw York, March 32. Cclonel Weber barred twenty Italians at Ellis island. They were passengers from Italy aui were all ex-convicts. TBE CANADIAN SMR ililitia Eeqnesled to Quell Disturb BJices at Tortage. RIOTING HAS COMMENCED. Strikers Interfere with the Banning ef Trains Express - Messengers DIs charged Faoria Cigar Makers Strike Almost a Blot. Winnipeg, Man., March 22. The Ca nadian Pacific strike has assumed a seri ous aspect. The conductors and train men on the Pacific division, from Donald to Vancouver, were called out, and dis patches from Portage tell of serious dis turbances there. Several trains were cut into sections by strikers, and officials engaged in trying to more trains experi enced much trouble. Drawheadt were stove in and couplings thrown away, some of the.new trainmen shot and one of. the brakemen struck with a rock. Officials at Rat Portage telegraphed that the situation was serious, and several crews of new men were so scared that they would not come out of the cabs. Upon receipt of this information, Gen eral Superintendent White waited upon the lieutenant governor and asked that sufficient militia be sent to prevent fur ther violence; that the special force of po lice sworn in by the company was inade quate. A detachment of mounted men was brought from Regina to Brandon, and quartered near the Canadian prop erty. Chief Conductor Clark said the Pacific division men struck out of sympathy for the strikers of this division. The engi neers and firemen are at their posts. It is believed that the latter are consider ing appeals of the strikers to , join the strike. . Almost a Blot. Indianapolis, March 23. The long-drawn-out struggle between the Penn sylvania Railroad company and its strik ing madhinlfts at this point came near developing a riot. Charles Bigelow was throw from the platform of an evening train which was bringing some new men. He retaliated by throwing a lump of coal at the car. The detectives hustled into the dispatcher's office and the patrol was sent for. As it emerged from the yards the strikers swarmed about it and it looked for a while like a determine effort to rescue Bigelow would be made, but the police drew their revolvers and thus drove through the crowd. Express Messengers Discharged.. Cincinnati, March 23. Seven more messengers in the United States Express service have been discharged, presum ably because they were members of the Messengers' Brotherhood, Cigar Makers Strike. Peoria, His., March 23. The union cigar makers are on a strike. They de mand an advance ranging from $1 to $3 per 1,000. Railway Conductors Organise. Galbsbubo, Bis., March 23. The general committee of the Order of Rail way conductors, representing seventeen divisions of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railway system, met here and organized by electing E. O. Williams of iGalesburg chairman, W. E. Crane of Creston. Ia., vice-chairman, and T J. Murphy of Aurora, secretary. The committee claims that the meeting was simply for the purpose of organization and not for considering grievances or or ganizing a strike. The Yocum Case. Hastings, Neb., March 22. The Yo cum murder trial was resumed. Eight or ten witnesses testified ' that they had known Captain Yocum for sixteen years and that at no time was he insane. Both sides then rested and arguments were begun. Ten attorneys will speak. Bioters Dispersed by Farmers. Vienna, March 22. Bread riots have occurred in a town in Orcheo. The peasants finally set fire to the burgo master's house and would have burned the family alive but for the interposition of an armed body of farmers, who dis persed the rioters and rescued the in mates from the burning building. Prince and Kaiser Better, Berlin, March 22.-Reports from Friedrichsruhe are that Prince Bis marck's condition is much improved. It is semi-officially stated that the emperor's ear malady is much relieved and that his physicians have decided that no operation will be necessary. " ' Wreck and Fire. Wheeling, W. Va March 22. A freight train on the Monongahela road ran into a passenger car near Fair mount, killing W. S. Strothers, one of the passengers. The car took fire and Strothers was burned to death. Four others were seriously burned. Trying to Save Shnlts. Grand Island, Neb., March 22. The attorneys for the defense in the Cuyler Shultz case will file an order for a new trial. Should the motion be overruled tbe case will in all probability be taken to the supreme court. Shultz remains careless of his fate. Life Sentenee Prisoner Pardoned. Des Moines, la., March 22. J. S. Little, sentenced to the penitentiary for life in 1875 for the murder of William Tait, has been pardoned by Governor Boise in accordance with the recommen dation of the General Assembly. Death of Iowa's Oldest Veteran. Dcblmjcb, ., March 82. Colonel John R. West.the oldest veteran in Iowa of the late war, was found dead in bed. He was lieutenant colonel of the famous Gray Beard regiment and was 83 years old. Took the Oath of Office. Cincinnati, March 22. Hon. H. W. Taft, late solicitor general of the United States, was sworn into office as circuit judge of the United States for the Fifth judicial district. MITCHELL AND CORBETT. The English Pugilist Drunk and Abnslrs A Bare Cp the Bowery. New York, March 23. A sensational scene occurred in the lobby of Miner's Bowery theatre last evening. Mitchell and Slavin, who had reached the city went to the theatre. They were armed for a row. On the entrance of Corbett, Mitchell rushed up to the American ap plying the vilest epithets and causing Corbett to fiually say, "Go away, I don't want a row with a drunken man." Mitchell returned hearty curses and squared off. Corbett tried to go away, but Mitchell followed him up and ac cused him of taking away iiia match with Sullivan and other engagements. A big crowd gathered about and great excitement prevailed. Finally Corbett lost his temper and said to his manager: "I can't stand this any longer," at the same time starting for the cursing Eng lishman. He made one powerful swing at Mitchell, which fell short. The shouts of the crowd and Corbett's anger seemed to sober the Englishman. He made up his mind that it was about time to get away. He dashed out of the theatre and ran up the Bowery. Corbett ran after him for a short distance, but re turned to the theatre, where he put the crowd in a good humor by using Sulli van's remark: 'Tin not in it in a sprint with the Englishman." The Straugler Beats tbe Corn Unman. Chicago, March 2. Evan Lewis won three out of five bouts at Batter D, defeating John King the champion Cornish wrestler. FATAL TO SIX. Awful Besult of a Boiler Explosion la St. Louis Five Persons Perish la Burning Building. St. Louis, March 22. Four men were killed, two fatally and three slightly in jured by the explosion of a boiler at the Laclede Fire Brick works, Cheltenham. The killed are Joseph Beckley, brick layer's apprentice; John Dubuchy, ma chinist; Reynold Deideke, pan feeder; Larry Hussy, moulder. Frank Setter, fireman and Morgan Inman, .laborer were fatally, and John Cellert, engineer and James Summerfield, laborer, slightly injured. The explosion occurred in the main room of the works. The two boilers were located at the south side of the building and covered by a shed. But one of the boilers exploded. Seven men were at work on the roof of the shed repairing the whistle at the time. The boiler di vided in half and one half was carried over tie main building and landed on the rortd on the opposite side of the street. The other half of the boiler was carried ten or twelve feet. Frank Set gerr the fireman,, was. blown - into a creek thirty feet distant, from which be was fished out a few moments later; he was badly burned and scalded, but vet alive. The four men who were killed were all terribly mangled. Seiger was taken to the city hospital, and the other injured were also brought to St. Louis. The noise of the explosion attracted the people for miles and so many gath ered at the works that the police had difficulty to keep the crowds back, and the works had to be shut down for the day. The shock was felt for blocks away, while the report could be heard for miles. For a minute or two after the accident a mass of escaping steam, smoke and dust covering obscured everything from view. When it cleared away it was seen what awful ruin the explosion had wrought. The workmen in the building rushed over to the spot vhere tbe boiler had stood as soon as they re covered from their fright, which for a few minutes completely unnerved them. As soon as the officers of the company learned of it they despatched two am bulances and physicians to the scene to do what they could toward relieving tho Bufferings of the injured. Five Persons Cremated. Minneapous, March 22. A special from St. Peter, Minn., gives the details of a horrible cremation. The dwelling of John Lahey, six miles south of Springfield, caught fire about 8 o'clock and Lahey and . four sons and one daughter perished in the flames. The only one of the family to escape was a 14-year-old son, who pulled his father from the building, but too late to save his life. The five children were stop ping upstairs when the fire broke out. Hemmed in by the fire they were unable to escape. The floor broke with their weight, throwing them all into the cel lar, where they were roasted alive in an improvised oven. Mrs. Lahey had left home the night before to attend a sick friend, or she too, would have probably been a victim. Mr. Lahey was about A3 years of age and the children range from to 22. The cause of the fire is unknown. 1 Trichina. Easton, Miss., March 23. Trichina in badly cooked sausage was the cause of Mrs. B. T. Tate's death, and eight members of her family, including three grandchildren, are in a precarious con dition. The hog from which the sausage had been made was raised on the planta tion and was killed a few days previous to the tragedy. Morrison Succeeds Cooley. Washington. March 33. At a meet ing of the full board of the interstate commerce commission held at its office in Washington, Saturday, March 19, .1892, Hon. William R. Morrison was elected chairman, to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Cooley's resignation. Fatal to the Fireman. FiNDLAY, O., March 22. A passenger train was wrecked near West Park, re sulting in the fatal injury ofFheman Alex. Shannon and the demolishing of an engine, baggage car and smoker. No passengers were injured. An obstruc tion on the track caused the accident. Three tramps called at the farm house of D. E. Starr, near Sutton, and after some parleying succeeded in getting per mission to stay all night. Before leaving in the morning they appropriated some underwear belonging to the family, to which Mr. Starr objected. The tramps then drew their revolvers upon him and demanded his money. To avoid the shots he dodged behind a door. The tramps thought he was after his gun and fled. They were captured at Carlyle. All were heavily armed, were youug and appeared to be of tbe dime novel kind and new in the business. LORDSALISBDRY'S REPLY Discussed by the Cabinet, bat Noth ing Definite teamed of Its Content. MAY RENEW HOSTILITIES. Quay Betnrnt from Florida Improved la Health and Is Likely te Eater the ArenaThinks Simpson will ' be Beaten Washington, March 22. Lord Salis bury's reply to Acting Secretary of State Wharton's note of March 8, was before the cabinet and was the sole subject of discussion from 11:80 until 1 o'clock, when an adjournment was had. Of course, it is impossible to say what di rection " the discussion took, but it is known that the treas ury department has delayed ordorstothe revenue cutters, pending negotiations. The visit of Sir George Baden Powell to the president this morn ing has given rise to a good deal of con jecture. It is reported that Sir George bore a communication to President Har rison from the Canadian premier. In some quarters it ia believed Salisbury has made a counter proposition to the effect that the United States shall guarantee to pay damages to Canadian sealers in case tne decision of the arbi trators is against tbe United States. This proposition has been once before re jected by President Harrison. Divert aad Harbors Bill. Washington, M oh 22. The house committee on rivers and harbors com pleted consideration of the regular rivers and harbors appropriation bilL It ap propriates 130,700,000, which is about 200,000 less than the amount carried by the bill reported by the committee in the last congress. The greatest feature of the bill is the extent to which the committee enlarges the policy adopted by the last congress of placing some of the important pro jects under contract system, by meant of which work can be undertaken with the amount appropriated for the year covered by the bill and con tracts entered into for the comple tion of the work and of its continuance without serious interruption, as has sometimes happened when the continu ance of the work was entirely depend ent upon the river and harbor appropria tions Dy each congress before the work could again be pushed ahead. This year the committee authorizes additional con tracts to be entered into aggregating fS2,l!l,708, distributed as follows: Charleston, 8. C $3,178,000; Savannah, Ga., $8.iU7,000; Mobile, Ala., $1,448,800; Hudson river, $3,447,008; Columbia river, Oregon, $1,700,000; tbe great lakes, $8,840,1100; Point Judith, ft. L, $1,171,000; Beaver Dam, Ohio, $650,000; the Mississippi river, $10,000,000. . ii ' Quay May Banew Hostilities, Washington, March 23. Senator Quay returned from Florida somewhat improved in health, but still by no means well. He has been unable to throw off a cold he contracted early this winter. His lungs have always been weak, and as several of his ancestors died of consumption, every cold he con tracts oppresses him. A hacking cough still hangs on and he is obliged to be careful. The belief here is that Quay will renew hostilities against the admin istration. While he was away the presi dent made two appointments in Penn sylvania contrary to the senator's known wishes. Neither has been confirmed, but both, it is understood, have been held up at Quay's request. Senate. Washington, March 22. After the senate had taken from the calendar and passed a number of publio building bills a bill to refund to settlers in the vicinity of a forfeited railroad grant the extra price of $1.25 an acre they paid for their lands in the expectation that a railroad would be built, was discussed. The roll was called on the passage of the bill and resulted: Yeas, 20; nays, 21. No quorum. Messrs. Chandler, Hawley and Higgins voted with the Democrats in the negative. Pending final action upon the bill the senate, at 6:50, went into execntivo session and immediately adjourned. Silver Debate in the House. Washington, March 23. The house was crowded both on the floor and in galleries, this being the date set for the beginning of debate on the Bland silver bill. After some preliminaries being ar ranged as to the division of time and the length of sessions, Mr. Bland opened the debate in favor of his bill. Thinks Simpson Will be Beaten. Washington, March 22. Kansas Re publicans have received information from the Seventh district that, Colonel Hallowell having withdrawn, the nomi nation will be given to Chester L Long. Mr. Long is a young lawyer of fine abil ity, and lives at Medicine Lodge, tho home of Congressman Jerry Simpson. Mr. Simpson will be a candidate again, and will be beaten, so the Kansas Re publicans say. Confirmations. Washington, March 23. Charles H. AWrich of Illinois to be solicitor gen general. Postmasters Kansas: F. W. Edmunds, Kinsley; Laura Goodfellow, Fort Leavenworth. Nebraska: Mary F. Ballantine, Syracuse. South Dakota: Joseph Hare, Hill City. Texas: G. H. Chipman, Childress; R. L. Livingstone, Piano. Qatet at the Navy Department. Washington, March 23. It is said at the navy department that no orders have been issued looking to the dispatch of a fleet to the Bering sea, but it is known that a number of vessels are being fitted out on the Pacific coast for use in case of an emergency. The Standard OH Company. New York, March 22. A certificate was filed in the Hudson county clerk's office in Jersey City changing the title of the "Standard Oil Company of New Jersey" to "The Standard Oil Compa ny." It is understood that this is a technical change, made in consequence of the recent judicial decisions In Ohio. AGAINST THE HARROW TRUST. An Oatslde Corporation Will Eater te Test It Validity. Acblrn, N. Y., March 22. An offloar of D. M. Osborne & Co., tht well known manufacturers of harvesting machinery. said, in speaking of the suits lately Drought against certain or tneir agents by the National Harrow company, that the suits were brought by the harrow trust to intimidate the agents of the Osborne company and pre vent tuem rrom selling their nar rows to the fanners. He ssid ir switn. has been brought against the Osborne) company directly and that none waa an ticipated. He also said that the Osborne) company proposed to test in court we) validity of the organization known as the National Harrow company. It waa his opinion that recent legislation and decisions of the courts condemned the legality of associations like the harrow trust, which were formed to control prices and limit production, and that for that reason the trust would have no standing in court. Declared Unconstitutional. Madison, Wis., March 23. The supreme court of this state hat declared the apportionment bill passed by the last legislature unconstitutional and void. 1 The decision of the court it quite loaf and technical, but is based mainly on the fact that the apportionment bill vio lates the provision of the conttitatioB which establishes a uniform unit of pop ulation (16,868) for each assembly d trict and ia therefore void. PROHIBITION 8TANDS. "t Oatch High Lleense BUI Defeated Is th Iowa House. ";'-'. Des Moines, la., March 92. Tha house defeated the Gatch bill, 53 to 46, WARNINGS TO MANKIND. Lieutenant Totten Makes Some Beasswh able Discoveries The Mew Star la -. the Bast. Boston, March 23. At- the It-do Hall meeting, Lieutenant C. A. L. Tot ten professor of military science at Yala University, delivered a strange lecture under the title of "The New Star in the East." The professor said he wished to speak of the teachings of prophecy, which coincided with astronomical signs in showing that the present epoch formed a portentous crisis in the history of the world, and that everything point ed to the second advent of the Messiah at no distant date. By a careful calculation from tha phrophecies the beginning of the year 5651 could be identified at the beginning; of the year of grace which was to coma before the days of judgement With the commencement - of the year 5S69 the aeven years of judgement would begin. In consequence of tha differences of the calendars, bated oa the differences between solar and lunar time, it was not possible for any one to fix the exact time when one year would and and an other would begin. The time, however, would be somewhere between the 20th and 29th of this month. The second advent of the Savior, therefore, might be expected at any moment. The crisis was not marked alone by the prophetic writings, but the move ments of the heavenly bodies had sim ilar indications. By tbe discoveries of Kepler and other astronomers it has been shown that a short time prior to the birth of Christ there had been a conjunc tion of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, and that event probably attracted the attention of the wise men, to that when the new star appeared they were ready to follow it and seek for the Messiah who was to come upon the earth. The conjuncture of Jupiter and Sat urn was not so remarkable a phenome non as the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus that occurred last month. The conjunction of Jupiter and Venus waa not the "new star'' that he had come to speak about, but it was the immediate precursor of the expected appearance. Ollek Says Cleveland Is a Candidate. Atchison, Kan., March 23 Ex-Governor George W. Glick said at a meet ing of the Atchison county Democratic central committee that while Grover Cleveland -was not scheming nor wire pulling to secure the presidential nomi nation, yet he was still in the race. Hs also said he knew whereof he spoke. It is understood that Glick is in corres pondence with the ex-president. Glick la a warm supporter of Cleveland and be lieves he will be nominated without op position. Irregularities Charged. Chamberlain, S. D., March 23. In dian Inspector Chesney is at Cross Creek agency, where he has been for ten days investigating charges of fraud and ir regularity on the part of the In dian agent's son, who is issue ' clerk. The charges are of such a character that if substantiated will re sult in the dismissal of all implicated. Inspector Chessney is the gentleman who unearthed the alleged irregularities at Cheyenne agency some months ago. THE MARKETS. Chicago Grain and FroTislsn. CbicAoo, March 8. WHEAT May, 3c! July, 84c. CORN -May, iisHa3(c; July, 38,. OATS-Msy, 0V. PORK May, S10.12U; July. I10.32J. LAKD May, ttl.-W: July, S6.35. BIBS-My, S5.6U; July. ti.7jj. Chicago Live Stock. TJhion Stock Yabdb, i Chicago, March 22. ( CATTLE Estimated ' receipts. 8,000 head. Natives. 3.nW5.10; cows and bulls, t?&3.0; Tezans, S1.4U&7&; westerns, f2.33.7S. Mar ket steady. HOOS-Eestimated receipts, 14.009 head. Light, H40&4.80: mixed and medium, H5U2a 4.W; heavy, ti.55a.WJ, Market strong. SHEEP-Weeterns. t4.3S.JS; natives, KM a8.10;Texans, RlO&A.ao. Kansas City Lire Stock. Kansas City, March 2X. CATTLE Receipts, 2.8W head: shipments. 1.SUU. Steers were du 1 aad stesdy to 10c lower, selling at S2 9034 20, cows, (3.45: stackers aad feeders, quiet and steady at S2.40Q3.4o. HOGS-Receipts, 2.3UU head; shipments, 3.100. All grades, fl.5UQ4.S0; balk. f4.3w4.H. The market was fairly active and steady. Oasaha Live Steek. Union Stock Yards. Omaha, March a f CATTLR-Estimated receipts, 1.700 bcad. 1.S09 to 1.M0 lbs., f 1134 "; LIU) to l.lOBIba, f3.xaO4.00: 9U0 to 1.1UU lbs., fs.00d3.7a; choice cows, f2.aoaa.2t; common cows, fl.aQ2.tt; good native feeders, ft.?S3.30; common feed srs, ILUOtaj.? Market actire and strong. HOG 3-Estimated receipts. S.3U0 head. Light. K45O4S0: mixed. f4.4M4.; heavy. f4.A 4.45. Market 6c to lilc higher.