LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.
MMlMli CwbIUm m I-mm-Mil
f '"" tMactato-Dtatrlet KcbMl
Millar ol JJuffslo, endeavored to eoo
taK senate file 36. by Noyee. The bill
to lor the establishment and mainten-
tact of public libraries io school die
trictt. Mr, Miller did not like tiM bill
inn mi it authorised county luperin
teadaate to um on the character ol
book bought lor luch librariet. Mr.
Miller anoUoi, to commit the bill lor
pacific ameadmeat we defeated and
the Ml ira patted by a vote ol 24 to 6.
Those voting yea were Allen, A rend t,
Hartoa, Caosty. Crow, Carrie, Firrell,
fowler. Haldermaa. Hsle, Hannibal,
Hdlbrock. Howard. McCargar, Newell,
Nojree, Oven, Prout." Kocks, rkhaal,
Smith, Hleeie, Jalbot and VanDuten -24.
Those voting nay were Knepper. Mil
ler, O'Neill. Reynold and Spohn 6.
The abser.tere were Dunn and Mor
ran. The bill provide (ir a lai ol at leaet
me-tentb mill and not more than two
Mile, to be imposed by aoardt ol edu
cation for u at a district library fond.
District that levy the lull amount ol
tax allowed b law f ir the ordinary ex
pensee o( tbe school shall be exempt
from the provision of ine lull. School
boardt in eitie and town that now
maintain public libraries as piuvided by
law are not authorized to con. ply witb
provisions ol the bill.
The eoh.tnittee appointed lo investi
rate the matter ol free pauses and th
-ecord ot their nss by the present stat
rifhcials ha unearthed dome startling
svidence, which is having ihe effect ol
building up an actual arm-pass ser.ti
merit in I he legislature The ofEcialf
.-.ailed before) the committee: generally
cknowledgert that they took paaeet
whenever offered and that they .irew on
ti e compnnie tor many extra passes f-n
relatives ami f riudi The Male audi to!
t first refused to lest.fy. hut ha-i Intel
flcrrd some eicuses (or In extensivt
aa of free transportation,
One witue s bt lore tt.e i-ou;uiit!ee tes
tified ti.ai the persons connected wiih
the auditor' ollice Iib:i solx.tei en, I
181 transportation amounting' (0 2J,
9oO. Thin at the lime the the testimony
was given w a considered t) t an ex-
travagent estimate, but subsequent
vents make it possible o believe, tti
tH-rtioo. It seems t lint b -sid-s tlie list
nf at least on- per al train with all con
ver.iemes lurn she.) the nilicialaeoonect
?d with-the B'iiIiidi 'b ollne male, lit
practice to ak (or tranapor laiion on
holer-ale scab;
.
llotiw roll No fiH, to ilo away with
the office of oil inspector in tin; state ol
Ni-bra-k cHine up net. Mr. Prince ol
1 IM.I iA.Uil i it,!' ! (llJl.-l FTT-
notron.eup till lh pass wiveetinatioi)
coruniiltee had had time to rejrt th
condi'ion ol afl ur" in that ollice. II
was glad thut a motion to postpone had
some from li.e luciouistH. Ilo wouhl
never vole to keep on the Btatute a law
jtiviiur. a sinecure, to snvu.i or t'inht in.
dividual I lie oflirialH in the olliixs
did nothing that did anyone any good.
The in. uiiibente of tb-ollice simply
used thbir p'wilion loi political ends.
It waa claiii.e.l the department wai
self-support nig. Kvery dollar coiuinn
from the oil inn. any tame out of Hit
potir iiple. Mr Prince wanU-d to re
cord liiinw-M in lavoritlie bill.
Ksnterlii'L; ol Ihiflalo, cUimcd that
every woiimii and child iii Nt-hranki
was deii.kiiiluiii oil imi-ecliou. It woulii
be the Im-kI plan to make the law beltei
instead ol h-K'elaliug m thalNebras
ka rhall made the dumping grouiiii
for the p oil ol tl.r- country. 'll suiik
oil inspe. tot a- in' linj; oil and rid
ing 00 paewB while Bt the same liuit
iharirii.H onl-ife, be was doing no luor
than Mni. iiiembefH of the hount) were
doln.
Cldrk of I aiicaHier could not see wher
tbe oil inei loi made it fietter for th
poor people.
A warm diecosMon Pruned betwect
Mr. ('lark and Mr. Kaxterlini; over tin
merit ol oil iiifpcction. Mr. Clark ad
mi fed that the ollice, we used by polit
ical refugees no mailer what parly wal
in poer He wanti-il the law makinf
this possible taken from the statutes
lie ii.enti.Mied tin incident where a bar
rel ol vinegar had been (impeded for oil.
Mr. liurnx thought it was the best plar
to rarne the oil teat and hold the com
panies respotiHible and fave tbe exfienst
ol a naelexa teet. He bad operutixl gaH
oline engiu's in Iowa and Nebraska and
the saving of Iowa over Nebraaka oi!
wan at least 40 pel cent, simply becaust
of tt.e higher test.
After a long discussion, the hill wai
recommend) d lor passage by a clow
vote. A motion to ostpone wa de
fested by a vote of 35 to 44 The com
mittee roeo.
Petition have come into Ibe hou
protecting against the patag of II. R
334 and H. V. '2b, the bill proposing thi
state publication of text books; oni
from Omaha signed by uienilier of th
royal Nelghlxirs piolealing against H II
21)3, the Oluistead bill reciiiring com I
paoirs doing li'isim on the aaesiuenl i
plau to print in led ink at the tp
irh policy the words, "issued on tht
ssm-Miiierit plan ," there was also s po
titioii favoring equal sufferage.
PARIS POLICE RAIDS
rtoaaee or Curallats .Beaded, Bad
aes.efeed.
Paaia, Feb. 27. In eonaeqoenM ol
lbs placard inf throughout the city
of speeches of the Doc d 'Orleans, the
Orlaeaiit pretender, recently delivered
at Kan Re mo and the seizure of scar I
pina and meuala bearing the pretender't
portrait, the prefect ol police was or
dered by the government to make strict
investigation into the recent proceedings
of the monarchist party.
Monday event, g the prefect communi
cated the result of his inquiries to M.
Dupuy, premier and minister ol the
interior, w.th the ' result that the
minister decided upon vigorous action.
At midnight M. Cochafort, chief of
the secret police, was summoned to the
prefecture and directed to prepare
seventeen confidential letters and seven
teen warrants, which were banded to
seventeen police ommtsaarie authoris
ing a search of the residences of suspects
particularly M. Guerin, manager Devaux
Buffet, Robert de Chavilly, Tbiebaud,
Monicourt, secretary to the Due d'Or
leans, Dubuc, president of the young
anti-Semites, and Comte Sabran Ponte
vea. The con Aden ial letters indicated that
the warrants aimed to discover the ex
istence of any political acion on the
part of the anti-Semitic league or its
relation witb the royalist and Bona
partist's committees, or witb other
leagues.
No incident occurred in the course of
the domiciliary visits. Yesterday
morning M. Buffet, who represents the
Due d'Orleans, vigorously protested
against the violation of bis domicile and
declared that the royalivt party would
always conspire, even if threatened
with imprisonment. Many documents
were siezed at M. Buffet's residence.
Quantities of propazandist pamphlets
and poitraits oi the Due d'Orleans, a
lint ol member of the royalists and
voluminous correspondence were seised
at the headquarters of the royalists
committee in the Pauberg Saint Honore
aue at the residence ol Comte 8a bran
de Pontevee The commissary who
visitud M, de Monicourt surprised him
jut as he bad returned from Brussels
with letters from the Due d'Orleans ad
dreised to roya! st personaites and in-
Btructi ne from the preiender to his
supporters. A these were siezed
Manila, Feb No'.n lst .gnt
the rebels concentra tl in snch num
bers near the Chiue-e cemetery that
General MacArlhur anticipat-d an at
tack and aikel for reinforcements. Two
companies of the Twenty-third r-'gulars
werenent to Calooian anna battalion
of the Twenl eth regulars to the ceme
tery at about midnight. But the ex
pected atiack wati not make, the rebels,
after making a ereat noi.-e with bugle
cal'ii ami yells of "viva indeiiencia"
and "niuch rnnlo Americana" and firing
voile) s, diaappeared iu the woods.
It is liHlieved their leaders are Betting
desperate and are attempting to force
the United Stales troops to make an
altflf in Iht biino of bre ,king lh -iingh
the American lines but the rcliels are
evidently unwillinu to b-pa -ified when
,-facing the Americans. It is just po Bi
ble, however, that they may be goaded
into such a move before reinforcements
i rive.
All was quiet in the city last night.
fi:20p. ui. According to the advices
brought this morning by tne steamer
Neustra oenora del Carmen, whose ar
rival brought the news bat the Ameri
can flag had li!eri raised over the Inland
of Cehu, the gunboat Petrel, visited
Cebu on February 22. Commander
Cornwell sent an ultimatum ahore,
declaring the intention of the American
to take possession peiceahly if possi
ble, by force if necehsary. The rebels
immediately vacated, taking their guns
to the hilh. A party of marines and
bluejackets was landed ami the Ameri
can Hag was raised by them over tbe
government building, which they still
occupied when tbe Neustra Senora del
Carmen left.
A battalion of tbe Twenty-third
regulars left (or Cebu today by the
transport Pennsylvania. The same
steamer brought dispatches fram Gen
eral Miller at lloilo to General Otis,
reporting that all was quiet there, that
there bad been no further fighting;
that confidence bad been restored and
business was being generally returned.
General Miller thinks its probable the
natives will soon become convinced of
the error of opposing tbe inevitable and
that the example set by the inhabitants
of negros is having its ellect among the
ottur islands which, though not entirely
convinced, are in General Miller's
opinion, open to rea-ori.
All it quiet thi afternoon inside and
outside of Manila except near Caloocan
where the enemy's sharpshooter con
tinue to annoy our troops at a com
paratively close range. One man of
the Twentieth Kansas volunteers waa
killed in Ar quin village, which was
burned last night, and four were
wounded in tl.e skirmish, one of the
Idaho, one of the Minnesota and two
of the Pennsylvania volunteer regi
ments. To Prevent Corllat Aril hit
Mahhiii, Feb. 27. The newspapers
are urging the government to main
tain its precautions against Carlist ac
tivity, especially upon the frontier
where attempts are being made to
smuggle arms and ammunition into tbe
country with a view to an early Carlist
rising.
I I Correspondencia Milltsire estl-
.mates that IW.UYU.iuu pesetas will be
required to cover the cost of the laat
two wart i'i Cuba. (
i
HARASS THE TEOO
FILIPINO SHARPSHOOTERS KEEP
UP A CONSTANT FIRE
117 fighter Now at flouoluln UtU Tell,
or an EngBgeaMat la W blch Many In
orenu Wrrt Sill lad-Uwj
tor thm Orasjoa.
Manila Feb. 24.-4:44 p. m. The
enemy's sharpshooter have been par
ticularly active about Caloocan all day.
special attention waa paid to the three
gan battery near tbe railroad, and the
imnmnniMt nf lhA rebel markaman-
Itfhin waa hh, vtnAiabla ThA l-A Vwl
tired volleys at the battery, their bullets
frequently skimming tbe lops of the
sandbags. A lieutenant of the Twenti
eth Kansas volunteers and three other
men were slightly wounded. A man
as wounded in the trenches today.
The rebel battery has not been used
-u nee a shell from tbe United Istaiet
iouble-turreted monitor Monadnock
exploded over it Thursday.
The enemy's fire was so hot during
tbe night in tbe vicinity of the Higgins
house that tbe headquarters was re
moved to a churcb 400 yards inside the
line.
A few small fires have destroyed
several native houses in tbe outsklrtt
of the city.
The Twentieth infantry is being dis
embarked from the transport fcandia.
Tbe regiment will be encamped on tht
water front, at the lormer quarters ol
the Tenneseee volunteers, temporarily.
MANY FILil'INOS AKKE8TKD.
10:30a. m. Owing to the wholesale
arrests of all suspected Filipinos and
the clearance of the r-tiei-ts at 7 o'clock
Thursday n ght the ih.eateued renewal
of the scenes of the previous night did
not occur. With the exception of it few
ihotd fired in tbe neighborhood ol tht
penitentiary tbe city is as quiet as pos
sible. Outside Manila the rebels were very
inactive. Near Caloocan the brigade
commanded by General H. G. Otis had
several lively skirmishes with tbe
rehela, but at daylight the enemy wat
driven hack with severe loss.
The feel ng in this city is much im
proved and business generally has been
returned. Excellent order is maintain
ed by General Hughes' police force,
which is universally commended.
The United States transport fcandia,
with the Twentieth infantry on board,
has arrived here from Sin Francisco,
which port it left on January 2ti. All
duties on imp .rtatious of fret-h fruits,
vegetables ami meats have been tem
porarily suspended.
Washington, Feb. 24. The following
Jiapatch has been received at the navy
depart men t :
Manila Ki-b.24. For political reasont
the Oregon should bs sent here at once.
DfcW KV.
A tile Ienl in Iron Trade
CLkVKLAMD, Feb., 2-V The Plain
Dealer snys :
"Another big deal in the iron and
.t:.... . ,.K....
is the sale of the Lake Superior Iron
company, which owns considerable
mining property in Lake Superior dis
trict, and a fleet of vessels mi the
great lakes. It cannot be learned who
is negotiating for the property, but the
general opinion is that it ii either tht
Federal Steel company, the American
8teol and Wire compiny or the Carne
gie Steel company. There is very little
doubt that the deal is practically closed
and that the matter wiil be settled in
very short time. Pre-iide.nt W. H.
Watterson of the company has sent out
a circular lel'er to the stock hold err
taying that negotiations are pending
for the sale of control of the property
up ,n very advantageous terms.
Head Man Wliinlhu Knee.
Vahcoi'vkr, B. C, Feb. 25. Austral
ian advices by tbe steamship Miowert
tell of a remarkable bicycle race in
Sydney which was won by a dead man.
Itoccurred at a big electric light carnival
In a one mile race there were fifty en
tries, some of the fastest men io Australii
taking part in it. While 10,000 peopU
witnessed this particular race, which wai
for a magnificent cup, young Jamei
Somerville passed under the tape a win
ner and a dead man. At the start hi
quickly forged ahead, closely follower
by another crack rider named Percj
Cliff. They left forty eight riders awaj
in the rear and shot around the traci
almost wheel to wheel. When witl.il
twenty-five yards of the tape, Somer
ville, who still le i by half a wheel, wai
seen to relax his hold on the handle
bars. His pedals whirled around, how
ever, and he pluckly held his positiot
on the wheel. Five yards from the tapi
Off put on a. tremendous spurt anc
struck Somerville's hind wheel, shootmi
the machine with its almost inani
mate burden like a rocket under tin
tape. The crowd yelled wildly, but
silence ensued when Somerville, after
crossing the tape, plunged heitd formoal
from tbe mac hine on the hard track.
When picked up he was dead. Physi
cians who examined bis body sav hi
must have had an attack of heart fail
'ire on the last lap.
lalm Charge Are Falae.
Salt Lark City, Utah, Feb. 25.
Today's proceedings in tbe alleged
bribery cas brought to a close the tes
timony againut the defendant. Noth
ing inixrlunt was brought out today,
Atlornoy Vancott said the defenst
would prove that I .aw had said hi
would put a stumbling block in Mc
Cone's way and that he wouhl spring t
Montana sensation on him belore hi
could be elected. He said they hat
evidence to prove that all Ibe charge)
against McCune were untrue.
PASS ARMY BILL
FRIENDS OF COMPROMISE MEAS
URE EASILY WIN OUT
Uormita the Author of lh Only Import
ant Amendment Admitted Progr.
Made on Sundry Civil IMU Veet Fichu
it to tlnUh.
Washington, Feb, 28. After a con
test that will be memorable in the his
tory of the senate the com promise army
reorganization bill waa passed this
evening at 7:30. When the senate
convened at 11 o'clock this morning it
seemed more than likely that the bill
might not be passed during the day.
Mr. Gorman of Maryland insisted that
hit amendment providing that the
army would not be increased perma
nently or beyond Ju'y 1, 1901, be in
corpora ted in the measure. For several
hours it appeared probable that hit
resistance would, throw the bill over
nntil tomorrow and perhaps defeat it.
An agreement was reached finally, how
ever, and Mr. Gorman s amendment,
in a sliglitly modified form, wat ac
cepted. The notable speech of the day
against the measure was delivered by
Mr. Vest of Missouri, but his brilliant
eloquence availed nothing against the
measure as finally agreed upon.
WANTS VKTKRINARIES KECOUNIZKD.
Mr. Kenney (Delaware) offered amend
ments to the pending bill providing lor
the creation of a veterinary corps to con
sist of a chief veterinary officer, with
rank, pay and allowances ol a colonel;
ten veterinarians, eacb witb the rank,
pay and allowances of a first lieutenant
of cavalry, and twenty veterinarians,
eacb witb tbe rank, pay and allowances
of a second lieutenant ol cavalry. Mr.
Kenny made a i rief but carefully pre
pared technical speech in support of his
amendment.
Mr. Vest antagonized the bill, al
though he said he did so with hesita
tion, becauee of its strong advocacy by
hiB colleague, Mr. Cockrell. He dec 'a red
hit belief that the war in the Philip
pines was not being conducted witb the
ideaof giving the Filipinos self-government.
"I beliee," he said, "that tu.s gov
eminent is to take the Philippines as
an indemnity for the war with Spain.
It has to been slated iu the imperialistic
press. But I ask now whether it is true
that the president telegraphed to our
coinmiss ouera to take nothing Ifi-s than
the island of Luzon, as Porto Kico was
worth only $40,000,000 and would not
be a propel indemnity for the war. I
ask now whether such a dispatch was
sent."
FHYK .MASKS roINTKIi OXNIAL.
Mr. Frye: "There waa not. The
statement is not true.
. Mr. Vest: "Was there not a dispatch
K-rit that nothing less than the island
of Luzon would he accepted?"
Mr. Frye: ' The instructions of the
prenidcnt when we started out were
to take Luxon."
)' W.ft t l..o Q rim.. It.-1. Il.nl
Kico was worth only $IO,(IOJ,000 and
that we tiKiHt have Luzon fui an in
demnity for the war?"
Mr. Frye. : "Not. at all. The i-enator
has heard in executive session every
thing, cable and letter, of i instructions
that passed between the president and
the peace commissioners."
Mr. Ve-l: "The (statement I have
made wan published in the press of the
country and it has not been contradict
ed until the senator ( Frye) contradicts
now. For the purpose of my argument,"
continued Mr, Vest, "I content myelf
with the statement that we are to take
nothing lehS than Luzon. If that be
true, how is it that the president said
in his boston speech that this contin
gency has come upon us by the act of
God? lie says there has been no dis
position to exercise the power of con
quer. , 1 1 1 at the people ol the United
ritati arn called upon ru.w under an
Omnipotent Providence io dispose of
the respoiisibilitiea placeil on them by
accident of battle. II ihe inland was to
be taken, why does he tell us now that
be is an instrument of Providence?"
He said that all those who were op
posed to tbe plans of the administration
were denominated an traitors, hut he
repudiated the charge with scorn. "If
spoken," he said, "it is a slander; il
written, a libel."
Mr. White (CalJ and Mr. Caffery
(La.) spoke against the hill and against
tbe present policy in the Philippines
TIICKhlON AMbNUMI NT AORr Kl TO
All uuii-iiiliiient of Mr. Thui. -ion strik
ing out the paragraph relating tp the
age hunt lor appointment ol officers in
the provisional regiments was agreed to.
Mr. llawley offered at an amendment
a proviso oi the fifteenth section author
izing the piesidenl to enlist Icuiiiorarily
in the service for absolutely necessary
purposes in the Philippine islands vol
unteers, ofliccrs ami men individually
or by organi.at ions, now iu those islands
and about to be din-barged, ami direct
ing that they shall he counted as part of
the volunteer (one authorized by this
act and that they shall not be enlisted
(or more than six months nor beyond
the time necessary lo replace then, ll
vas adopled.
NKllirl IImkh kft,lu:;lrt.
LoOamhi'okt, I nd., Feb. 2(i. The house
of Daniel Kc.kton, at Walton, Ind., was
blown to pieces today by a natural gas
explosion. The noise was beard for
miles. Mrs. F.cktott is horribly injured
and is dying. Mrt. Jese Coblenti 1
also dying. Willie Cohlentx, Jessie Con
tents and Charles Kckton all are mora
or less injured but will recover. The
(Joblentt family arrived at the Kckton'a
to spend Sunday jutt before the accident.
AWAY
to
Needed
Washington. Mareh 1. Tbe fact that
General Otit finds it possible to sp re
men to go to other' islands of the Phil p
pine group outside of Luzon, aa he re
ports in hi cablegram yeMerday, is
taken by the officials at tl moat re
assuring indication that has come to the
department lacely. Assuming that toe
general'! declaration that everything
has been quiet for the past tbree days
appliea only to Manila, it is felt at the
department that he surely would not
sendaoldie.ato Negros and to Cebu if
ha felt any doubt aa to hi ability to
maintain hiu.-elf at Mr nila.
It i taid at the navy department that
there is no 'probability that additional
ships will . be ordered to reinforce
Dewey's fleet in the near future. The
department can scarcely spare any more
of the smaller gunboats and this is the
only kind of craft needed to police the
Philippine Islands and cot off smugglers.
The Oastine sailed yesterday from Port
Said on her way to Manila. Bbe should
arrive there in about tbree or four
weeks. Admiral Dewey's purpose it to
make a determined attempt to cut off
further supplies of arms and ammuni
tion to the insurgents, inese, it is
known, are going into tbe islandt in
small quantities from Hong Kong and
Singapore, hot withstanding tbe effort of
t' a United States secret service men to
stop the sales and inform tbe United
State naval authorities.
KAVOHAULK TO CLOCK A OK HUNNKKS.
Conditions in the Philippines favor
tbe blockade runners to tbe utmost,
and the task of keeping munitions of
war out of the hands of the natives
will be difficult provided they have the
money to purchase the goods. General
Otis has made no mention in any of
his recent 'eports of any of the propo
sitions to surrender ascribed ty the
press reports to the natives. There
fore it is assumed at tbe war depart
ment that if tbe insurgents are in this
state of mind they have not found the
means to express themselves officially
to the American cc mmanders.
At tbe instance of the German gov
ernment the president has consented to
take under the protection of the United
States army and navy commanders at
Manila and at other Philippine points
the lives and property ol German sub
jects resident there '1 ne explanation
of this movement is tl.e wish of the
German government to release such
Get man war vessels as are now sta
tioned in the Philippines for Bervice
on tbe Chinese coast, where they are
believed to be needed.
The following cablegram was today
received at the war department:
M anila, Feb. 28. Adjutant General,
Washington: Battalion Tweuly-third
infantry Billed Celiu 26th inst. ; batta
lion California volunteers sails Negros
tomorrow; everything ijinet here the
last three days.
Typhoid rvr t Havana.
Havana, Feb. 28. The Seventh army
which only one case of typhoid
developed laBt month, now has sixty-one
cases, twenty-lour in the First division,
of which twelve are in the Second South
Carliria regiment and thirty-seven in tbe
Second division, nearly half of whom
are in the Forty-ninth Iowa regiment.
Tin re ha.i been five diaths this month
from typhoid in tbe Seventh aiiny corps.
In the Firet division there are ninety
nine cases of malaria, in the Second
division ninety-seven. Chief Surgeon
Kean has no apprehensions, however, of
an epidemic. Disinfecting processes are
rigorously observed ; underground sewers
are being laid, and the main pipe con
nections will be completed some time
during March.
The. Two Hundred and Second New
York regiment is ready to break camp,
but will not leave for several days. Its
departue will depend upon the arrival of
the transport Minnewaska at Havana.
All the sick of the regiment, seventeen
in number, have been font to the hos
pital ship Missouri, now iu Havana har
bor. These include, the seven or eight
so-called yellow fever cases now con
valescing. nag I Kuiaril ut . na ui
San f-KANciHco, Feb. 28. The steamer
Gaelic, from Hong Kong and Yokahama,
via Honolulu, arived today. The Asso
ciated press i epresentative at llonlulu
sends the following news, dat, d Febru
ary 21 :
Commander Taussig of the Benning
ton is the first American governor oi
Guam. The American Hag went up
over the new posession at I0::!0 a. m.
February I. It was raised over Ft.
Santa Cruz, in the harbor of San Luis
d'Apia, the main harbor of Guam, and
aaluted by the guns of the Bennington.
Simultaneously it was raised over tbe
government buildings al Aganu, five
miles distant, and was tainted by a bat
talion from the Bennington and a com
pany of native militia with a field bat
tery. rear for Welliutiu t'arly.
CiiiiiaTiAKA, March 1. The Morgen
Bladet savs lhat arrangements have been
concluded by which a sealing vessel will
search J-ranz Jose I l.anrl lor waiter
We Iman and the members of li s expe
dition to Greenland unless the explorer
returns shortly.
Klillrnlr glory of Krlellnn.
Lnsuos, March L The Berlin corres
pondent ol the Times, emphasizing
what be calls "the absurdity of most
of the stories regarding friction be
tween the Germans and Americans at
Manila, says:
"The German cruiser Irene lefi the
Philippines over a fortnight ago and
is now on ber way from Hong Kong
to Amoy. As for Vice Admiral von
Diedenchs, be left tbe Philippines
months ago."
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I NEBRASKA NOTES.
Kev. fc. O. Taylor, of Chicago,
t series cf temperance lectures at Graf
ton, Saturday night, to close tbit weak.
He baa succeeded in arousing consider
tble enthusiasm
A temperance crusade wa laauguret
sd by the churches of Osceola laat Saa
lay. Ao anti-saloon league witb 1M
tnembei was formed and il is expected
(bat several hundred mora aamat will
oe added to the roll. The flrt service
waa held in the mornigg at tbe Praaky
terian church, loi lowed by a anion meat
ng at tbe Methodist church in theevaa
mg. Rev. i. B. Carnea, Geld orgaaiaer
lor tha league, was in chance of Ibe
meeting
John Rober, a deserter boon Fort'
Meade, banged bitnsell in tbe Holt
iounty jail on Monday. While the Jail
t was absent for only a few minutes ha
Md his suspenders around his neek,
Eastening tlie end to the bars, and by
Sailing upou his knees chocked hiuieelf
io death. H is age waa 26 years.
The new double-road way bridge acres
;be Elkboru river at West Point is jpst
i bout completed. Tbe iion work it ba
ng painted and the contractors, J. R.
Bheeley A Co., have teen engaged to
ouild the approaches to tbe structure,
which will involve an additions! outlay
)f about $200. After thegradingis com
pleted the bridge will be ready fortrattc,
which will be within two weeks.
While working along the It. h M. road
tbout half a mile east of Fall City, last
Tuesday, Phil Hermit found a small
bundle and upon examination it was
ound to contain tbe remains of a new
born babe, carefully wrapped in a blanket
ind left beside the track. Tbe remains
were taken to tbe undertaker's, where,
in inquest was held. Who the babe be-,
ongs to and bow it came there is a mys
ery. At a meeting of the burner's institute
it Fremont thys week, Professor Lyon
f tbe state university, spoke on "Pre
reution and Cure of Hog Cholera." He
ol lowed the innocnlating method and
rave an account of Dr. Peters' anti toxin
.reatmeut, which has been so aatisfac
ory. This is injected into tbe blood of
he horse, where it does not produce the
lisease and alter repealing it the horse
s bled and it is used as a serum for iu
iecliona. A distructive prairie fire broke out in
;he bill country south of North liup,
Valley county, on Thursday, and driven
Dy a high north wind, soon became un
nanageable. Much damage was done
x farmers, many losing all their bay.
K L. VanZant lost hiB stable, wagons
ind farm uiachienery and other prop
erty. One farmer living in Scotia lost
iOO tons of hay. Tbe tire started Iroin
he ashes ot a straw pile which had been
burned the previous day .
Swan Johnson, of West Point, who
was adjudged insane by the commission
ers of insanity last year and taken to
ft. Bernard's hospital in Council ttluffs
For treatment, was op -i a ted upon for the
second time by Dr. F. S. Tlioiiias of the
hospital staff a few days ago, As a re
mit Mr. Johnson has entirely recovered
the use of hie reason and in a few days
will i . turn i.o his family and home.
The Dodge County Farmers' institute
closed its see-don hist Saturday afternoon
witb a meeting in the interest of the new
neet sugar factory. Ii. M. Allen of Ames
was the principal speaker. Mr. Allen
old how he first became interested in
Deet culture and how the results of rais-
ng beets at Ames had convinced him
:hat it was the most profitable crop
or the farmers. He gave the schedule
f pric-B which the company will pay
or beets this season and explaind the de
tails about their delivery. The farmers
if this section are all very much inter
jsted in the factory and from present
indications it will have all the beets it
n use. Work will be commenced as
loon as tbe weather becomes settled and
pushed rapidly so that by October 1 the
work of making sugar can commence.
Because Mrs. L. Weinberg, of Omaha,
on Id not tiring herself to believe that
ler husband was -lean and not IB a
a ll.A (unn.al ariri.... Iw.ir.a. Iw.l.t
ver his body Sunday afternoon were
liscoulioiied ; the long line of carriages
Irawn up in the street outside the home
.vas dismissed anil the concourse of sor
rowing acquaintances dispersed. After
he postponement was decided upon four
nhysicians were called in lo give opin-
on whether Weinberg was dead or only
m a trance. They concurred in theopin
on that the man is dead, but Mrs. Wein
berg ins sted that the funeral should not
ake place until Monday.
Mrs. Cress a Mann, after a short career
ts tne wite oi waiter aaann, a wen
mown citizen of Chidron, committed
filicide at her home, on Wednesday, by
iwollowing the contents of a bottle of
:arhnlic acid. The motive oi tbe suicide
s said to have been Jealously, It was
ifated that Mann waa out until lata tha
light before and on returning treated
lis wife with a coldness which arouaed
.he autpiclon that he cared for her no
onger. They had do sooner retired than
the aprang from the bed and matched
he bottle of poison whiob tbo drank
ind her death toon followed.
