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AT THE LEGISLATURE This session o( the Nebraska lay la a tare ia drawing to a oIom. There are only a lew ww. day. Lieutenant Gov- mi appointed Senator bold-r- Van Dusen, and Hale a committee to confer in regard to the adjournment ef the Date. The following bills ere acted upon this week : in m Houec. Several petition! against house roll No. 363, the compultoiy education bill, were road. bUnding committee report were read and adopted a folio, after tie action postponing house roll No. 646 wJ reconeideied. House roll No. 546 rejlMiog to appointment of bank exam iners, lo be postponed. Senate file No. 18, for the organiza tion" ( nitt'ual surely companies, to Iloaee roll 679, relating to fee for bank examiner, to pass a amended. Senate file No. 66, relating to urnis of eoort, to pass. Senate file No. 24, -wacerning prooed re in jury trials, to paaa. Houte roll No. 671, to prevent con tamination ol the water supply of the state, to paaa. Tbe bill waa ordered to a Miird reading. House roll No. 331, amending tbe game law, 10 pass. Senate file No. 14:!, prnMJig Ash ing in private pond, to House roll No. 503, auieiidn g law re lating i filing l 'nail, to be post poned. Hon roll No. 130, prohibiting killing f tnrtpv snd quail (oi fire years, to v postponed. House roll No. 162, prohibit! a. kef and qu .il .shooting between Janu ary and Nuurmber, to be ptponed. Houe roll No. 147, a simitar bill, to su postponed. Honte roll No, 5K9, prohibiting kill ing of gaoiK for ii aiket, to be postponed. House roll No. 572, for appointment ( game and fish warden, to be poat- ponud. House roll No. 333, rehtins? to fishing by hook and line in Nebraska streams, U be postponed. House roll No. 484. to pass as amend sd. I House roll No. 342, taxing telegraph and exprese companies, to be postponed. House roll No. 48"), regnla ing tele graph charge-, fixing maximum charge tor nieeaagea in the aute, to be post poned. House roll No 5S7, tor tbe publica tion ol school books under slate au thority, for general Ide. House roll No. 161, was not acted apon. House roll No. 172, as indefinitely postponed, as a neuale bill covered the tame subject. Senate file No. 132, relating to county surveyors' fee and providing that in soanties having more than oO.lOO in habitanls the salary shall be $1,500 and in cooulies of 100,000 inhabitants or more $2,000, was recommended for as sage. House roll No. 294. relating to labor lien, was recommended lo pass. House roll No 122, relating to gov ernment of administrator of estate, we recommended for passage. House roll No. 202, repealing a sec tion of the criminal code, relating to hunting water fowl, was postponed. IN TUK SENATB. The following report of standing committees were adopted ; Senate file 3i.D. by Owen, for sus peneion of the herd law for a period of is month, to be indefinitely post poned. Sonata fila 318, by Hale, fo regulate the plaatini of tree along partition line), to be placed on the general file. House roil 204, by Janaan, to require the burial of swina that die of cholera, to pas. Senate file 327. by Barton, to prevent Me person or company from receiving from a citv or villa more than one telooa license, to b placed on tb gen iral file. taiaie die 34.1, by Van Dusen, mint ing to the purchase of park by citie having a population of over 8,000 inhab itant and lees than 26,000, to pa. Penal lie 337, by Talbot, relating to paving and laying of track by street ear companies, to be Indefinitely post poned it: principal provision baring been incorporated In senate Die 117. Hooae roll 163, by Leniir, providing that tate bank shall pay a fee for fllinsr article of incorporation, to be indefinitely postponed. Senate file 268, by Miller, relating to a special tax to pay the indebtedness of road districts, to pa. The senate went into committee of the whole with Noye of Douglas in tb lhair. A substitute bill for senste file 36, by Holbrook, regnlstinir tbe organization if mutual )enefit associations, wss die enaaed briefly. Front of (Jar nd lerof Fillmore thought the bill might be dire and sgainst mutual benefit In surance companies, though Talbot nf Lancaster said it did not. Mr. Pront said he had not seen a single Insurance bill before the senate that he favored. The committee reported progress on the measure. Pena'e file 174, by Barton, relating fo action at law against partnerships, was Indefinitely post pined on motion of Van Dusen of Doug!. Senate file 22ft, by Hannibal, amen istorv of the gam law, precipitated a lively discussion. This was occasioned by a motion of Ciirrie of Custer lo pro tect qnall at tM i Imse of tb year. DRIVE THEM BACK Or n Flllptaoe Two Boys Klllxt. Manila, March HI. 3:30 p. m. Some f the retiels recently expelled from Cavite and the small towns in the vicinity of Pasig combined forces and last night ei alreidy eab'ed, attacked a company ol tbe Washington troop, a detached portion at Tangig, General Wheeler reinfor. ed tbe American with two companiea ea -h of the Waahington and Oregon regiments. Tbe post had held the enemy in check and tho fire of th reinforcement repulsed them, driving them acres to an ixiand form-d riy the estuary. Ti ey were t mi in tront of tbe Twenty-second regulars. On discovering that they were en trapped, the rebel fought desperately, aided materially by the jungle and the darknes", but they were completely. routed with heavy loss, arer two hour fighting. The Ameriians lost two killed a ,d twenty wounded, am ng ue laiier being Lieut' nnt Frank Jones. General Wheaton determined to pun Wh the natives and at daybreak his brigade sUr'ed in the following order: The Bixth artillery, holding the extreme r gtit, the Oregon volumeers, heading the center; the Washington regiment keeping to the edge of the lake and the Twenty second regular occupying the right ol the l ne, wl.iub owept the whole country. The li e ttiun extended over two miles, rough andc vered with thick jungle, advanced el ven miles. Tbe enemy fled, ti e last of them lieing sen about half past three this afternoon. At scarcely any time did tbe Ame'icaas get within 1,2'H) v rds of them. Tbe troops are returning to Paig, ex hausted by Ui iiard work under a hot sun. The Oregon regiment had one man killed and four wounded, and the Twenty-second regulars one wounded. According to theolhcial reports no fewer than two hundred Filipinos were killed. General Otis sys the Ani' rican army and gunboats now command tbe lake. He estimate the property incurgente valued at $5' 0,000 has been destroyed while large quantities of rice and augar and COO tons of coal have been Captured. Many prisoners represent that the Filipino toldiera are weakening. Tbe generona treatment of the Americans seems to influence the in-urgent army In the opinion of the Americans, how ever, ill Filipino lerders will continue t provoke fighting an long as they can re ain their hold upon their followers becauae they have everything to gain and nothing lo lose. Thi enemy have twice as many men on their firing lines as they have arms and the fact that eO few arms are ep. tnriHl h the Ameiicana is becauae the gun ol tne wounueu rmpuiue iuu . i a f:t : - A maiiv of thoi-e who surrender are spirited away. Tbe army tugs h Uuna de Bay ana fWaie have returned to 8au Pedro Mac- att an I reported the result of their tour of the lake. On Friday morning last they a! elled the town of Moreng, the rebels fleeing without making any re- anonse to Uie Pre. ine AUienuaus landed a pa'ty, which destroyed a nnantitv of stores and all tne atone 1 J - ... buildings, except the ctiurcnes. The expedition then pr ceeded to Majayjay, where a sugar were destroyed. ail d taw mill On arriving at Santa Cruz, a town of 1,200 inhabitants, it was found that the epemy was strongly entrenched and pre pared to defend the position, assisted by two gun boats and several launcnes w ronver the mouth of the river was blocked ith rocks and bamboo. A few shel s caused an exodus of the citixens, but not of tbe enemy's tro pe The Americans did not attempt a land log. Captain Grant, who is in charge of tbe expedition, asks for reinforcements and will probably take Hanta lins to morrow- The United States distilling ship Iris, which left Honolulu tor Manila with the United H ates battleship Oregon on February 20, arrived today. This mnriiiniT the San Joaquin also arrived. This la the last of the over- doe Egyptian steamers sailing under American register that were detained by tbe insurgents on tbe nortl coast of Lnxon. Wisminoton. March 80.Tbe war ,.irtmant vealerdav received the lol i.in di-natch from Ma tot Gen. Otis w B I Mntinn onerations MRintit tbe in anroenta : "Mahila, March 19. AdjuUnt Gen eral, Waahington: Our improvised gun-coast under Captain Grant, Utah artillery, have full possession of Uguna de Bav: troop, inhabitant and prop erty on ahore of lake at onr mercy Wheaton'a brigade on Paig river ha northeast into Province Morone. Ut evening enemy attacked part of bis force south of Plg, killing . ,.n .nd wniindine- twenty of the Twenty -second infantry. This morn Ino Wheaton moved against this insur cent (orca.diiving it to the south fifteen , i :..ki i. mile, experiencing vy a.iK-v Knemv left 200 dead on the field. Oti St. Paul, Minn., March 20.-Another cold wave is predicted. U signal aervice says the temperature will fall twenty degrees by tomorrow and ex tremely cold weather will prevail in the northwest. Ut night it was below t-.ro at all Canadian ststions except Medicine Hat and Bismark. At MedU cine Hat II is only four above. It is fourteen above here with a brisk north, west wiod. It is snowing at tUtlla) Ford and Medicine Hat, Canadian, Northwest and at Havre, Moot. BATTLE IN KLONDIKE ONE AMERICAN AN3 THREE CAN ADIAN MINERS KILLED ISI(Fir In Mow Tork Usstroys Windsor Hotel-Many Killed In Jumping r rum Uia Building CoaJ Opsnttors Form Cuubino. Sw York, March 18. A special f om Vancouver, B. C, says: Carl Slommerfelt. a German, who was a passenger on board tbe steam er Lees, which ha arrived here from th Lynn canal, brought tbe news that a bntle bad been fought between American and Canadian miners a 'ew miles off tbe Dilton trail; four men are reported to have been killed oot right and a number of othe-s are said to have been seriously wounded. When the lien min ng law of Brit'sh Columbia was enforced a few months ago the American miners leit Atl n, tne new Canadian gold dia'rict, and struck north. They found a short distance ff the Dal i on trail, on the Porcupine iver, a district rich in placer gold. It waa generally conceded that the new lacer were In American territory er.d be miners vowed that no Canadian hou'd a'ake a claim. Some Canadian mounted policemen, however, did stake ciaims In the American territory and ustifled tbe;r act by moving tbe Can adian fl ig from Mount Pleasant, on the trail, ao an to make the line take in a rich part of the dia'rict. They were fol owed by at lest fotty Caoad an miners, who all located good claims. A fortnight ago about 100 American min r held a meeting and deci led to Send notices to all Canadians toleavrtthe country within five day. Tbe notices were sent out, but no heed as paid to them. Blummerfelt, who ft the Porcupine river district two weeks ago, cays: .'Early on the morning of the sixth day the American miners met and pro ceeded to the Canadian camp. 1 don t believe they intended bloodahed, al though they were fully armed. Before they could even state tne ooject oi their visit some one, I don't know from which party, fired a shot, and then everyone seemed to he snooting. Several rounds were fired and four men, 1 was told, were killed outright an American and three Cansdian. 'The battle was very brief, and re sulted in the Canadians, about fifty in number, flying acros the border. The Amoricans then retired to their own , J .1.-. tt.. 1n camp. 1 wa iniormeu iuni iuo teaangAjnericens were leaders in tne battle, but calTnWTy4orcraJnC. G. Lewi and Charle LeitcdilirXor Angelee; W. S. Hawes. Minnesota; A. McConnaiihy, Chicago, and r. W. Borough of Denver. "I did not acertain the names ot the killed. From my location, about nt- teen miles north of the Porcupine river, I beard that a squad of Canadun north west mounted pilice had left bake Tagieh for the I'orcnpine, the niw of the fight having reached them. The Americans are determined, and I fear there will 1 another conflict. There is uo doubt in my mind that the new district is in An.erican territory." 8!ummerfelf atory is unconfirmed, butreporta received here about two week ago from the diatrict, predicted a daah if the Canadians did not leave the territory. Nsw York, March J8 Flames which originated fron the igniting of a lace curtain, burst forth from the second floor of the Windsor hotel at Forty-seventh street and Fifth avenue shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday after noon just as the St. Patrick's dsy pa rade passing the building, and in a few moments they had leaped np to the roof and enveloped the entire Fifth avenne and Forty seventh street fronts of the hotel. Ten minntea later the flme were roaring through the Inte rior of the hotel an 1 all escape by means of stairways and elevators was cut rff. There wa the wildest scene of ex citement within and without th build in. Hundred of guests aod employe were in the hotel when the fire broke out, and for mnv of them escape with safe'y was impossible. Probably from ten to fifteen lives were l"t within a half hour, and thirty or forty per" were injured in jumping from windows and in rushing thr nvh the roaring flames in the corridor and on the stairway. Manv who were injured died later at nearby residences and at hospitals and other who made wild leans to the s'one sidewalk were so badly Injured that they are till hov e'ing between life and death. It may b twnty-?our hours or more before the complete list of fatalitiea becomes known and it will be longer than that More H can be ascertained definitely how manv charred bodies are In the ma o! fallen masonry that marks the spot wher the hotel ato"d. Phobia, III., M'rch 18. Coal opera tor met here todav an I formed a com bine which goes into effect immediately Pan Francisco, March IS. T), W. fiemple of Dawson Citv, business man soer of the Klondike Nuget, is in this ci(y enroute to Ottawa, Ont., formally to preent charges against ex-Govern ment Commissioner Thomas Fawcett. HI misMon is the outcome ff per si'tent and uncompromising attack npon the methods and practices of the office from which Fawcett was recently removed. He is still chief of survey, however, and from this pIsco his re moval will bs saked. CANNED MEAT NOT GOOD. Partly Dm ta Orarcaoklna- Cool Cent- bine. CitrcAOO, March 22. The court of in quiry last night examined two witnesses with reference to the beef question, Dr. Nicholas feun and Lieutenant Colonel A. W. Corliss. Dr. feenn entirely disap proved oi canned roast beef a an army r lion for any length of time, and Colonel Corliss told of tbe soldiers' dis like cf it. The court will bold an all day session oday, expecting to leave for New York tb'S evening or Thursday morning. Tbe remaining witnesses will be those sug gested by Major Lee in behalf of Major General Miles. Dr. Nicholas Senn testified that tbe troops in Cuba lived largely on cinned roast beef xnd bacon. What attracted hie attention to tbe canned roast beef w as it character. He baa every reason to believe it waa not n ested, but boiled, It waa tasteless, aDd certainly appeared to lack nutritious qualities, as was ap parent from tbe condition of tbe men a ho returned from Cuba to Montauk, men who had never been ill. but were greatly emaciated. Parxir6uuku, W. Va., March 22. Very important negotiations have just been closed whereby the Henry Oil company, the Fearless Oil company and the McDonald Od company become one corporation, which will be one of tbe largest oil concerns independent of the Standard Oil company. The three companiea have been ei- tennve operator in the Hieterville aud Elk Fork pools, and have been successful. Tbe combined production of the three companiea will aggregate 2.400 barrela of oil daily, all of which is sold to the Standard Oil company, It has been the di s re of the Producers' Pipe Line company to enter the West Virginia fields, but never until now baa it been in a position to secure lulfl cient oil to pay for putting in a line. Now thai the Producers' company i on the safe side, but with 2,400 barrels dailv production to start on, and with the co-operation of the many iudepend ent operators in West Virginia fields, it will build its line direct from Pennsly Vinia lo all the fields in ibis state, Another (III Cumlilne. Savasnhii, Ga , March 25!. Negotai tiona are pending between the national government and the Savannah city government by the terms of which the city quarintine station may pass under the control of the nat onal marine he' pital service. The mayor is favorably disposed toward tbe transfer of author ybe ieving the health of the city would be not less safely guarded, and tht the local taxpayers would be saved $20,000 a year, the present cost of the quarintine. The negotiation are the outcome of the detention of government traneoirt from Cuba with soldier. Arrangement have been perfected whereby all soldiers from the West Indies will be stopped at Fort Pulaski, fourteen mllee down the river, tor dis infection and detention, and if the quarintine station passes into national control there will be no open door policy for incoming vessels from any infected port A Rrld(e In Africa. Philadsi eiiiA, March 22 An erect ing gang from the Pencoyd fron worki will leave this city in a few daya en route to Africa for the purpose ol building a bridge acros the At bare river in the oud-in, near Khartoum The seven spans of the bridge, with a total length of 1,100 feet, have already been shipped. The c rdcr was placed with the Pencoyd Iron works by the British war office, less than six week ago, tbe company agreeing to build tbe structure in seven wreka. 'The Pencoyd company was given preference over the English bridge buil cr because the latter bad stated thai it Mould require reven months to complete the structure. The British war office waa anxious to have the bridge completed before fall in order to facilitate, .the . operations of General Kitchenet against the Mahdists. Poor Shooting Chicago, March 22. John T Shayne, the millionaire furrier of this city, was shot three times yesterday by 11. H. Hammond, a merchant tailor, while thev were dining together. One of the bullets lodged in Shayne'a left shoulder one in the thigh end the third in th hip. None of the wounds, it is thought, will prov fatal. Hammond wa arrest ed. Domestic troubles are said to be the cause of the affray. , Lotl Boy Foand. Chicaoo, March 22. Gerald Lapiner, three years cf ace, who wa kidnaped trorn his home aeve.sl months sgo. waa found yesterday at Paynesviile.O. Three days sgo Mr. Lapiner received a tele gram from Sheriff May of that city, say ing he had the boy in custody. Mrs. Lapiner left at once for Ohio, and yes terday telegraphed that the boy was the Ions lort Gerald. Tbe police au thorities received a telegram from the sheriff at Paynesville aaying that the annnoafd abductors, a woman named Ingersol and a man named Collin, were under arrest. Nothing is known of the movements of tbe abductor! since tbe kidnaping. tllvifiT (Jranled. CisvEi ANn. March ?2.0ne of th jocial letifations of the year rulinin a'ed yesterday in tho grantinT of a di vorce to Mrs. Annie Stewart Worthing- ton from George K. V ori hinglon, Mis. Worthing'nn's father Is presi dent of the Forest' City Stone company am! Wortlrncton wa secretary. After she brought suit for divorce tier bus band sued Fredrick M. Nicholay, s social leader and well known singer, fol alienating her ejections. Later he withdrew the suit snd sign ed s retraction ol his accusation. NOT AFTER PEACE AGUINALDO EXECUTES A MAN WHO WANTS PEACE- A Mrrtoai Flgntars Handlcappad F 1- plaos Con.lt-iiiead Beeaaae They Ad rian a Surrender Will Flint to UltUr End Considerable Baffertns;. akila, March 21. 9:40 a. m. It is reported on hitherto reliable authority AuuinalJo i taking extreme measure to suppress signs calculated to causes s ation of hostilities. Twelve ad herents of the plan of independence, residents of Manila, have been con demned to death because they wrote advising surrender and all loyal Fili pinos have been calh-d upon to perform be national service of dispatching them. On Friday laat General 1-agarda visit ed Malolos for the purpose of advising Aguiualdo to quit. He argued with tbe insurgent leader and attempted to con vince him of the folly of his persistence in tie face of overwhelming odds Agu inate waa furious at the advice and or dered General Lagarda to ba executed irninedi itelv. The unfortunate general waa promptly decapitated. Among the incidents of Sunday's fighting was tbe coolness exhibited by a company of Washington volunteers, who crossed the river in a native canoe nnder a heavy fire fit Ueu being taken across on each trip of the small boat- to at'ar'k the enemy's trenches. COMMISSARY UNABLK TO KEEP VP. The inability of I he commissary train to keep up with the advance led to con siderable suffering and many of tbe men were completely exhausted when tbey were recalled and, falling from the ranks, were strung along for a distance of almost six miles, numbers returning to camp in the artil ery ambulances which were always close up to the lines. The work of ambulances. was especially worthy of mention. Among the dead are several who were previously reported aa wounded. Sunday's casualties were as follows: Twenty-second regiment Captain Frank P. Jon-s, company E; Privates Young, Arenson and Yunt of company D, Rice Pasmir, White, Ellis, Morgan, Schunder, Coumphoil and Porte of company E, Edwards of company K, Ronfer of company G and Corporals Comeinerge and Nelson of company M Waehington volunteers Privatea Wesi and Bartlett and Corporal Waters of company D and Corporal Dricklein of company K. Oregon volunteers Private Brown of company M. Minnesota volunteers Private Bruce of company C. All the above named are more or less seriously wounded. F'GHTINO UNPER PIFFICULTIES. Hono Kono, March 20 A corres pondent of the Associated press at Manila says: An army has seldom operated under harder conditions than have been en countered by the American "flying br.gade." The country the American tro ps have traversed ia intersected nith lagoons, narrow and nnfordable rivers and bamboos so thick that the enemy can not be seen 100 feet distant. During tbe charges tbe Americans were ignorant as to whether they were attack ing A hundred or thousands of rebels, hich amsxes the foreign observers. The Filipinoa were unexpectedly fierce at Ceinta. Had it not been for tbe fact that the American line waa thin the enfilading fire would have slaughtered many ol our men. One of the prisoners captured by the Americans says the Filipino leaders boast that tbey can continue such a war for years, depending on the American ! rces being weakened daily by twenty men killed, wounded or invalided. Borne of tbe high officials here think that 10,000 reinforcements are needed, as t'ie troops now on tins isiana are hardly n.ore than are required to main tain a line around Manila and police the city. Considerable rain has fallen already and it seems that the season for rains beginning prematurely. It is posai ble that when tbe steady rains begin our troops will have to le withdrawn to permanent barracks, which may enable tb rebels to return to their old posi tions. The Americans hsvs refrained from destroying the buildings in the country swept by General Wheaton a troops. A sentry bas lasen stationed before every store at Pasig, but tbe soldiers are bringing in loads of loot from dwell ing houses: NATIVES HADLY RKI'UXSKP. Manila, March 20. 4 ;40 p. in The mountain banditti of Panay island re cently threatened a serious attack upon loi lo. but they were repulsed with a lots ol 200 men, by General Miller. McNeil's battalion of tbe California regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Diiboce, baa been ordered lo embark on tbe Indiana tomorrow, in order to reinforce the garrisons of the towns of Haia and Baguyan. on the east coast of the i'lands of Negros, where Colo- nsl Smith is in command. This is only a measure of precaution, as Major General Otia saya hedoes not anticipate trouble. Si'RTNortEi.n. III.. March 21 Sheriff Downey of Pana county yeate.!ay pre rented lo Governor Tanner resolutions adopted by a mass meeting of Pana citiz-i . The sheriff said that he and his depu iea were now sble to cope wiih the situation and that the troops might safely lie withdrawn. Governor Tanner directed the adjutant seneral to with draw the troop on Thursday. On the sheriff's requisition 200 atanda ) aru. were shipeil to Pana for the m ol iUi, sheriff's deputies. 1 WW ES. I NEBRASKA NOTES M 44 Aa Cbauncy Allen, a Nebraska City boy was going to his home on North birteenth ttreet be met Roe and Pearl Burnett two colored boy, with whom be bad had some words before. Words passed between them when Roes, tbe alder of the colored boys, pulled a large rty-f ur calibre revolver. Allen notic ed it and before tbe boy had time to sho teiezed the gun and turned it ia another direction. Allen's band was badly burned when tbe gun was fired. The negro tben bit Allen on tbe bead with a brick making a cevere wound, but not knocking him insensible. Hi! ascape was a fortunate one. The negro were arrested and will probably go to the reform school, aa both are under ge. Professor Craig of Hebron, the boy prodigy, exhibited hia ability as a hypnotist befoie a large audience at tbe opera house tbe other evening. Those who bad tbe pleasure of witnessing the performance of Profeaaor Pauline while in the city enjoyed it, but, Professor Craig's efforts far eclipsed those of hi professional brother. Professor Craig will unless thd authoritias prevent place i subject in a cataleptic state and bury him for five days, allowing only enough air to breathe, which will be provided by means of a pipe running from the saskeU Harold Tiltey, a boy seventeen years of age, went to Geneva from Kansas this winter and bas been doing chores at W. L. Spears for bis board and attending high school. Last evening he mounted a pony to take il to water, and he was thrown and kicked in the face. He is badly cut and bruised about the head ind face, and bad not fully regained sonciousness at last report. The supreme court has overruled a motion for a rehearing oi the Box Butte jounty seat case and ha dissolved an injunction preventing the removal of sounty records from Hemingford to Al iience. The suit of the state against the society of the home for the friendless, in action in ejectment, was argued and tubuoitted to the court. Opinions have been banded down in the following awes: Chicago M. & St. P. R. Co. vs John ston Affirmed. ,Errcr from Douglas unty. Opinion by Justice Sullivan. The bill of luding and way bill made oy the authorized agent of a common :arrier of freight, are competent evi lence tending to prove that the articles .herein described were delivered to ancb arrier foi shipment. Nebraska City was in holiday .iu to welcome home her honored citixen, Judge M. L. Hayward from bis success ful senatorial contest at Lincoln. The Burlington depot waa thronged with itizens of ail political affiliations on tbe arrival of tbe 4 :20 train. A procession sras formed and headed by a band passed hrouge the principal streets. The pro- session stoped at Eighth street and Judge Hayward thanked the people for their Hearty recognition and expressed his digh appreciation of Nebraska City as his home. He believed the people of the Hate bad been with him in the contest and would endesvor to prove worthy of, their confidence. The opera houae at Loup Oity, Bhei- man county, has been completely de stroyed by fl-e. Tbe origin of tbe fire is in doubt, but it is supposed to have caught from the stove in one of the low-' er rooms, which were occupied by the city schools, as the base seemed to be directly under the stove. It is supposed that the fire bad been smonldering un der the ground floor for some time and when it reached the side walls the suc tion from the space between tbe stud ding spread it over the entire wall and roof so quickly that the fire department was powerless to save it. But by heroic work on the part of tbe firemen the Are was confined to theopeta bouve. School had let out for dinner and the scholars were out of the building. The German Medicine company were playing a ten days engagement, but by bard work saved ail tbeir costumes and parapher nalia. Tbe Knights ol Pythias occupied the building as their castle hall and owned all the scenery. They saved most of it and all of their paraphernalia, in cluding a large piano. There were no casualities and no insurance. The loss is $5,000. The fund, amounting to $500, for the relief of the Thurs'on Rifles at Manila raised through private subscription and by a benefit theatrical entertainment by the Elks' lodge, has been cabled to the ' Rifles. The money is to be used for thf purchase of hospital supplies and com forts and to secure proper caskets for the return to their homes bert of the bodies of the members of tbe company who were slain by the shot and shell of the enemy and dieeaaea. The other night burglars broke into J. II. Galley's clothing ators at Columbus. About $100 worth of goods was taksn, of which sixty-five gold rings waa the prin cipal bulk. The clerks noticed three strangers in tbe store and have a good description of each, which is now in the hands of the officers. An attempt was made between 12 and 1 o'clock last night to fores sn entrance to the house ol Cbarlei Stillman, snd tbe marauders were frightened away before their ob ject was accomplished.