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Your brio! but m st -raMha'.lo sea eaue, 'A lltlgalrg 1'tuUH.ra. y with t'i Mas g.tl4 is Indit id 'alUm,' J st all pt I. K cue InU raiaer tuba( lorns w( dwl ratioa ( trust )ovr ttsJvrs aUt th and tral It r-if.li. "Wait, la Isit, all yMir villi or laU ae rHHl. Ta-r i ui artloie t e tosiJvr i.Mrii4t'ftt aJ t ttt'y, an4 tbat U A U r'atk a. tt Is a bra I and stake waaiike Ua wl a f rest aa4 it iti4 wif vllta Wooa or4 rii Uiw O I trot your u a.ef, b iare to aek lor the O 4 t'ltx alea!. LINCOLN. NEB., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, lW4 Ill nil SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE STANDS A TIE. REGARDED AS A DEFEAT FOR HILL The Nomination of the New York Anti Snap Leader for AMOclate Justice pt f the Rupreme Court Keported to the Donate Without Recom mendation Senator Uoar Wat Absent. '! WAsniNOTOJr, Feb. 13. The senate committee on judiciary to-day decided to report the 1'eckham nomination to the senate without recommendation. Mr. Hoar wus absent and the commit tee divided evenly in its vote, Messrs. George, Vilas, Lindsay, I'lutt and Mitchell voting for confirmation and Messrs. Tugh, Coke, Hill, Teller and Wilson against. This is regarded generally aa vir tually a defeat for (senator Hill who expected au adverse report and to ac complish that purpose made all sort of charges against Mr. Poekham. NO RUSHING TARIFF WORK. The Senate Finance Subcommittee May Not lieport for Some Time Yet. Washington, Feb. 1 .The senate subcommittee engaged on the Wilson tariff bill was again at work this morning. It has made consiJerabfe knt v,oo ..t i r.n ting it into Bhape to permit its being reported to the senate as soon as had been hoped would be tbe case. One of the members of the commit tee when asked what were the pros pects for an early report said that the question could not be answered satis factorily. "We may," he declared, "conclude our work within three or four days and we may be engaged upon the bill for two weeks yet. We are getting on very well. We mean to have the bill in as good shape us is possible to make it when we do re port it, and therefore do not intend to rush it too much." Senator Whit of California, who has been interesting himself in secur ing tanif protection to fru.ts of his state, particularly oranges, prunes and raisins, is receiving the assistance of the Florida senators who are very anxious to have the duty on oran jes increased. Senator White is in full sympathy with Senator Duliois of Idaho in his effort to secure a duty upon silver lead ores. FLYNN SCORES SMITH. The Oklahoma Delegate Becomes Very Vituperative in the House. Washington, Feb. 13. The house to-day passed the bill extending for six months, or untill August S3, 18U5, the t ine for the construction of a 6trett railway on the Fort Riley mili tary reservation, from Junction City. Mr Davis of Kansas City engineered the bill through. Directly after it passed, Mr. Ktlgore demanded the regular order, and members lost their opportunity for putting through local lAir.ahtt Inn ft Min.h i.lut rnt.r Mr. Flvnn of Oklahoma asked unanl- mous consent lor the passage of a res- oiution to prevent the approval of new leaava in the Wichita, Kiowa, Com- anche and Apache Indian reservations f tending the result of treaties now bo ng m'got ated to open the surplus lands of thoM resvrvatioua for settle ment, but when Mera. Dockery and McMilien asked for Information touch ing the object of the resolution he grew so viturpcrative and showered such abuse on heereUry built h a to awakea the iHrtuocrat to hia defence. Mr. Kiigore promptly made hjetu to further talk sua the resolution went over. Chairman Heard of the district eoro mitlre claimed as of rlht a prti n of the day for district busxivs and further rn)dert'on of the !Uau4 silver bill there'. went over. f award Mild M)tlov Miitrrot Conn.. Feb. ll. Tha ymiiiLf j4 li.i.f WV.I.-yijn hive treated a iitild 'iii4ti-n by aititinein lHy -.tl ai( sr w fi entiiM Va.lt iif t,r' U,rtH4.ty, the tl ty u whu h the frrbma-n a .- . t.i au old euitout, Btt iitN-Ar with '. Mts at I , Msss, l.A uav a. Ma-, lThe ,m rii)l lit tV hlatoa ut il sr. mI Mil a tt a -a Ht lh - y i, l rv.ln .a iit , ; ae I r t st t it"t . r l-i'uj stv mili l. H or ti, . - I ' u IsJ, ('it; U svt s l."l t) strra , DRIVEN OFF. Government Forces l ose 600 Men While the Rebels Loss U 870. Itio db Janeiro via Montevideo, Feb. 13. The Insurgent fleet attacked Armacao at 8 o'clock last evening and continued the fight urtil daybreak. The Insurgents landed troopi and de atroyed the beach and hill-top forts of tbe government. With six heavy guns and two magazine guns they swept the streets of Nietheroy, but fiually were forced to retreat before the auperior numbers of tbe govern ment force. The goverment admits a Ions of 200; the press correspondent at Nietheroy nays that 600 is near the true lo6s. The insurgents succeeded beyond all hopes, having destroyed the govern ment position mo t menacing the fleet and having lost but 370 men in all. Many prisoners were taken by the government troops, Including several naval omcers. The Insurgents have captured Fas Bofodum'o, Monohny, Cm seal, Ale gretto and Salledo, all in Bio Grande. The commanders of the government vessels Tiradneta and liahia have been removed, as they were suspected of dihloyalty. POPULATION OF KANSAS TOWN Forty -Seven Cities of 8,000 or More In habitants. ' . Topkka, Kans., Feb. 13. According to returns received by F. D, Coburn, secretary of tbe state board of agri culture, thore were forty-seven cities in Kansas of 2,000 population or over. Kansas City leads with a population of 41,755. The others are: , To eka. m.4K Piol I.OM Wichita 2l.ISj Woircttr !,u s Leavenworth 20 v Unions t-fi-34 Atchls a U078 .vlun.mttnn 8.024 'Koit fcc-oit........ ios u LawreDue... 10.1 t 01 i Center. ..... f i ir rd i.W ArksiiHtM City.... tf.2HIOawutomle K.7.W Hutch nnon ....... 8.)7r;Ureit Head...... Parnons , 8, BdfoflovvUe S.tkH 1'ittHburg S.I 4,Hi iatba... 2,0(1 Emporia T.SJi Anthony K.40I ttuiina..;. ,7;i) Council Grove. ., 2,1 t Hulolt ;, t,26i ( oluinbus 2,4ii Mnrvsvllie 2.1 '8 UltttWi B,ll Win Held Mil Nuwton ,, 6,4 Ar.(!nll"0. ......... M4-' Weilln t n 6.U71 Junction city..,., b.on. Chutop 2 184 liurnn too. 2,i7 (,'uldwell 2,1 J Ciierrvvule 2,13) liorton Html Kl Uor.wlo ., 8 SHI Abileno 8.TIS Oa.o City ,W (ha li to 8. .7i Eurek 2.1 1 1 Pratt 2.H0 O.we o t,m Klniman 2u Senc 2, fU Lyont 2, H5 -.tenin 2,0.' Uod e City K,'i--8 tiuoJmnil 2,0:8 lndcpimdcnoe 8,4 u Oiuthe 8,4 is McPlicrson. .S...U. Conuordla M. a liollon 8 IMu JILTED A MILLIONAIRE. An Emporia Uclle Prefers a Fottoflice Clerk to a Wealthy Chlcagoan. Empobia, Kan.. Feb. 13. Last evening Eva Baxter, an acknowledged belle, left her home ostensibly to visit a friend, but was driven to a minister and married to Frank Folsoni, a pobt oilice clerk. Over a year ago Mill! onaire Dean of Chicago bnamj infatuated with Miss Uaxt-T. proposed and the parent ac cepted and insisted on the marriage in April. Yesterday it was arranged for Miss Baxter to go to Kansas City to buy her weddin? clothes, when she inadvertently learned that Dean was there and that her parents woul 1 in sist on her marrying him immediately. The elopement followed. Indian Glrli Sold to White Men. Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 13. Gover nor Moresby and In lian Agent IK'vlin have been instructed by the govern- ment Investigate the sales of InJian f trrls to wh te men. with instructions j aummaniy piu a stop io uie lurmo. 1 A local paper has traced seventeen cae in which 8iwash trirls have been 'sold during the past twelve months , at prices ranging from i per mouth tO 1130 CttHtl. l'repeeed Faa-Araerleaa Tslsfrsph. Cit or Mexico, Feb, 13. A synJV rat of Mexican and American capi tal int have been organised for the purpose of constructing a Fao A nefl ran telegraph line to extend along the I'aHtlo eoant from Victor a. 1L C to tohan Diego, thill, pacing through the I u ted Mate. Mexico, the Central A uoricaii state and the I'acifla cuait countries of fejulh AmerU-a. IIM llressea HIIU4. Fai, Feb, 1 1 fire oecarved v trlav In te Kue IV Hrailty White the firvovn an I workmen were engaged in the t m.ieit of the burn-. Ing build a r, a erb- of uthiirvt rrKira eipLvle l. The flames. pl tly avelne I the iMy. ; yht Urvmra were k ll 'd and seveatsea work ate u erly Vurne t INSURGENTS Itetv la Mlll.s tU, Nam Xm YK 1 At N H Mttdi n anae the I f of a I ttl h lr IT txst.isn) l han.-lii be a timed. Hie I ItU saffrvr t l,i llamwer l-v. ajt aitnttHt, aH of J. II mhrr lUtntttcnUtf' aa I nephew of the ftret hu)Md wt the iuU.4 of M srltor oah a T t-i i,itt-f n THE HUSBAND O" ANNIE LEY TALKS. PIX- HE SAYS SHE WIS ROT POISONED Be Arrives la New Tork With the Cre mated Remains of the Dead Aetress The Flxler Family Insinuate Foul I'lsy, Forgery and His- appropriation The Will to Be llotly Contested. New-Yobb:, Feb. 13. Mr. Robert Fulford, husband of the well-known Ami ri :an actress, Annie Fixley, "the child of the Sierras," who died in Lon don several weeks ago, under, it is claimed, mysterious circumstances, was a passenger on the Amer ican Line hteainsbip New York, which arrived at her wharf about 9 o'clock this morning. Mr. Fulford was accompanied by his sister, - Mrs. Frazier, and by Annie Joyce, the late Miss Flxley's maid, who Is said to have administered certain powders to her, thua being instru mental in causing her death, in order that Mr. Fulford might obtain posses sion of her estate, valued at from 1300,000 to 1400,000. Mr. Fulford was considerably surprised and shocked when he learned the serious nature of the charges. . "The idea of charring me with seek ing to get rid of my wife is nothing short of silly on the face of it. What had I to gain? Certainly no mercen ary object would have influenced me, ' as there was no necessity for it All the money was mine whether my wife was alive or not. The charge of harsh treatment of my wife la like wise untrue. My wife and I lived together for twenty-one years from the time of our marriage at 1'ortland, Ore., to her death happy and without a separation at any time. Her death was a serious Dlow to me. "The assertion on the part of the llxleys that all deeds and mortgages belonging to Miss Pixley are In my name is cartainly true. They are all in my name and will remain so. Who else would have them? It was through my management that Miss Hxley made her fortune. She left every thing to me to be ditpised of as I thought best. It was never intended that Mrs. Fixley, her mother, should be left unprovided for. I have taken care of the whole family for over twenty years. "In regard to the story that I caused my wife's remains to be cremated in order that no investigation oould be made into the cause of her death, I can only say she was cremated at her own request, and I can prove this by the evidence of several people." "I'm not guilty of murder or any other crime, and have with me in an urn what remains of my dear wife, which I propose to place beside the remains of our little child, who la buried at London, Ontario. Dr. Fleming, who attended Misa Pix ley during her illness prior to her de parture for England, indignantly de nies that the powders prescribed for her were op'ates of a powerful charao ter which agisted la her untimely taking oil. ALL KAN9AS SNOW BOUND, Reports From AU farts of the State Tell f Itaspsaded ttallroad Trains, Toi'KKA, Kan., Feb. 1J. Reports from all parta of Kansas are that tha heaviest anow storm on record fell yesteiday and last night and was es pecially severe In the Western part of t'.ie state. No passenger train from the West on tbe Kent Fa has arrived since Sun lay afternoon. The Chicago pngfr train due here yenterday at iWo'cWk had only rraehed Newton aiaocUx-k thUmoroinf, The UhI Island l a I no trana into ToeWa n to ut l k sad r i td tr,n de lar.-d and tied up all along Its Kansas Ituoe, Oi At hv Kan., ITln many p'si'fs here are snow tlrlfu from Ave t ten fcrl tti n and travel U practi cally suspended. 1. vis won to, Kan. Feb. 1 The am la sltteoa tmhua deep on the level and la mauy leaves has drifted to a iwith of ttvttt live to tt fvt Wit HiM, Kan., ), , Train serv e fe-ts tw vntivly Ktw-iid In this part of the state since yt ,f day iur itf . on aet uni of the heavy tt tsil, txit law UtM'k Island Itopws to be eU'nr by tU s evefctuf. nt Utund M url I a an. risfsi trains stxei la th I'i as a U )rest day are tit thsre. Thore are fnsaj thrve Ultsvu feet of isvn U ail ta t m the Vetera ttaw to ChUstfet. Lm fast Wat as, tittle llUUllW Fhe Alliance-lndepenaeni Atfuoea'M; The nationalization of natural uionopuiu s, ra I road. tt-legrpbs, &o ; Hie oa iouanzauuo of tlx b'tiklcg buain ,tr,rt'Ugt a ) eui f xtal .vinj; lui lc witb tdsrlng s tom;and currency ibroul tbt o iitru. d tu (be peoo U"ti im1 wfiir ty itl out lnter at charge; alo a vu-m of taxation to cu. off the growth of laud monoe-ly. NO. 85 WHAT THE FAMILY CLAIM. BeUtlves f the Dead Aetrees Briefly Intimate Fool Flay. New York, Feb. ' 13. The alleged mysterious death in London of the) late Miss Annie Pixley, the well known American actresa, which, to cording to the published statement" of ber family, was due to a conspiracy on the part of Bobert Fulford, her hus band; Dr. Walter M, Flemming r-nd Anne Joyce, maid toMiaa Pixley, has aroused considerable comuvi among the friends of both parties. On the part of the family their at torney, Colonel R. J. Haire, Is vigor ously investigating the case with a view to securing the rights of his clients to a share of the estate of the actress more than attempting to prove that Miss Fixtey'a death was dne to her husband's desire to make waj with her. Colonel Haire announces be has positive evidence to prove Miss Fixley left a will providing for her family, and witnesses who will testif as to the harsh treatment of his wife by Mr. Fulford. Forgeries in the transfer of deeds are also broadly hinted at The case, which will eotne np in Philadelphia, promises to be m sensational one. The estate of Miss Pixley is various ly estimated at from $200,000 to 1400, 000. Among other things It Included a sS. 000 mortgage on the Park thea ter in Philadelphia. The latter. It Is claimed by Colonel Haire, Miss Pixley arranged, prior to her death, to be set aside absolutely for her mother. In connection with the charges em anating, according to published re port, from the Pixley , family, Mr. Starr L. Pixley, brother of the late Annie, said on behalf of the family: 'My sister trusted implicitly In ber husband; he was always in full control of her property and deposited in banks all her money in his name, so Annie had to go to ber husband for every dollar she wanted to spend. Annie's brain was In no way affected. Last September, when she was 111, her hus band called in Dr. Walter Fleming to attend ber. Dr. Fleming and Mr. Fulford were intimate friends. Annie did not like him. and begged she be permitted to have another physi cian. We don't know exactly what the powders were which were prescribed for her, and which were so persistently and regularly adminis tered by Miss Joyce. We wish we had kept one of thesa for analysis. As it stands, however, we can only give it as our opinion that Annie's death was very mysterious, and her crema tion, despite the wish of the family that her remains be sent home, only adds, in our minds, to the strength of this view. The entire lack of proof in a legal sense . prevents our making; these charges against Fulford." ff GLADSTONE MAY APPEAL. If The Venerable Premier Said to Be Preparing- for an Early Campaign. London, Feb. 13. A meeting of the cabinet was held at the official resi dence of Mr. Gladstone, in Downing street, to-day prior to the reassem bling of the house of commons. It is stated that Mr. Gladstone pro poses to drop the parish councils bill and the employers liability bill, and to make an appeal to the country within a month. -I. Convicted of a Triple Crime. Oklahoma Citt, Ok., Feb. 13. Early yesterday morning John Mnllljan, colored, was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at death. November t he killed Uibb Clark and wife and so danger ously Injured their 7-year-old daugh ter that he left her for dead She re covered, however, and was the princi pal witness against him. MUs fioald te lie Married Jaae 14, lloeTox, Feb. 11. A relative of Will ism llarrimaa, whose engagement to Mia Anna Gould, the second daughter of tbe late Jay Gould, has been known for several weeks, said yesterday that the marriage would take place June it. Aa r-Jde tutted r a Tatv CtKtrtiAXO, Ohio, Feb, U. t Jude IVter F, Young was struck by a a eleetrld motor at the eoraev I ropt't and Urowaell atreeta last n'if ht and died this morning trow the e(ft of aU injuries, St, J east et Are. Cons, Feb. II.Tae Weattear d'ttome publish a decree aaaas ng the heatiaoettoe of Ja of Ate. 1 He pope wdl to aiovrow issue d-utnel ahowlng that the bvslsrtesitoe la la accord with the private records of sue teasive puntidcts fe4 Del Aislet te lUwatitJi Kaa,, rets, t . Tha la.!ie leder aaaouaeea the taa.ll darf of e -an Will4n How ard of iVwrfUs untj (,r Ike Frwir luaa eoiuiaatios fur tovrttfrMt Ue evod d.sttKtj . ... , , t