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9 Jkily Grind a JJebraska 8enate tad ' Hooae of Representatives. Cf WCSX ACCGSTLtSEID Advance tioaoral rile, i that Stoee Baoetnaente aad -Otaers lea IiMilM roatnsns meat Im.IUh Legislative Mntoe HOUSE! At the morn Ins session of the bouse on the 15th the following Mils were passed: House roll 361, by Murray, appropriating $2,000 tor the purchase and presentation of a library to the battleship Nebraska, to be se lected by a aommisaion to be appoint ed by the governor, l.'oise t o ' 278. by Fellers, limiting tha ?eos to fce al lowed attorneys in legislative contests to flOO and providing that attorney for unsuccessful contestants shall re ceive no fees. Senate file 39, by Bald rlge. to leave it optional with county commissioners whether or not they rball extend aid to county agricul tural societies. House roll 193. by Bcethe, to repeal the mutual hog in surance law. House roll 299, by Sears, to authorize the state board of purchase and supplies to purchase sup plies Is bulk and was amended, on motion of Sprecher of Colfax,, to re quire the board to let contracts to the lowest bidder, and was then rec ommended for passage. Considera tion of house roll 436, the salary ap propriation bill, was resumed. The item of 840 for a stenographer in the labor commissioner's office, stricken out yesterday, was restored to the bill on motion of Mullen of Douglas. An amendment by Lane was adopted, ap propriating $45,000 for the salary of nine supreme court commissioners, lui $18,000 for the salary of their stenographers. Following is the vote for senator: Allen, 27; Berge, i; Crounse, 7; Currie, 15; Dietrich, 1; Harlan, 2; Harrington, 2; Hainer, 2; Hinshaw, 20; Hitchcock, 34; Kinkaid, 2; Martin, 4; Meiklejohn, 21; Miller, 40; Rosewater, 17; Thompson, D. E., S7; Thompson, W. H, 8; Wethereld, 2. HOUSE. The death of Benjamin Harrison called forth appropriate ac tion in the bouse on the 14th. Repre sentatives Hathorn, Hall and Fuller were named as a committee to draft suitable resolutions, and the flag was ordered to be floated at half mast throughout the day. Representative Hanks' bill, to authorize the appoint ment of a commission todraft a new w of the government transfer of land titles, was amended and recom mended for passage. The appointing power waa vested in the sup.une court Instead of In the governor, as provid ed for in the original bill, the number of commissioners reduced from five to three and the compensation provided tor Increased from $50 each to $100 each. The house began consideration of the salaries appropriation bill. Sev eral salaries were discontinued and many of them were decreased. The house sifting committee submitted its second report, recommending tne aa - vancement of a number of bills, among them being: For appropriations for salaries of state officers and employes. To appropriate $36,000 tor permanent stata fair grounds and for repair of To license peddlers in an To provide regulations for peddlers. To amend the regulations governing the appointment of state bank examiners. Relating to the awneral duties of school boards and trustees. To prohibit solicitation for aooointment as jurors. The vote for senator was as follows: Allen 50. Berge 1, Crounse 9, Currie 1., Dawes 1, Dietrich 1, Harlan 2, Harrington 1, Hinshaw 11. Hitchcock 15, Klnnaia i Martin 4. Meikleiobn 32, Rosewater 16. Thompson. D. B., 38. Thompson, W. H., 40, Wethereld 2. MArSWTn the house vn I the following bills were read the third time and passed: Providing for the appointment by a unanimous vote of the supreme court of nine commis sioners to serve for two years, at a salary of $2,050 to assist in clearing the docket of the court This bill was passed with the emergency clause. House roll 72, by Loomis, relating to disconnection from the corporate lim its of cities of less than 5,000 popula tion. House 'roll 15, by Crockett, to abolish the office of township tax col lector. House roll 95, by Corneer, to require the use of safety railings on scaffolding used in the erection or re pair of buildings. House roll 128, by Anderson, providing for the creation of cash funds for the Deaf and Dumb aad Blind Institutes. House roll 129, by Anderson, changing the names of these institutions to the Nebraska School for the Deaf and the Nebraska School for the Blind. House roll 92, by Mockett, to enable the city of Lin coln to make an annual levy of 20 Ills for school purposes. House roll 111, by Anderson, to require commis sion men handling live stock and farm produce to Ale a $25,000 bond with the secretary of state. Ubl of Douglas sored that the action of the house la Indefinitely postponing house roil til, to require abstracters to file a t3jN bond with the county Judge, be i ismsHi 11 sad the bill be placed on tie. TM Bottom prevailed. t3l of Mr. Ubl to reimburse sub- i -Seta to tbe fund for bringing the 1 2t Mabraska bosse from San Fran- im. was reeosameaded for veto for senator la Joint as follows: Allan, ; Berge, 4: t; Currie, 16; Dietrich. 1; I !at. 1: Harrington, I; Hinshaw, H; Leaoock. 1; Kinkad, S; Mart. J F.r.Mjem, n; Korvwater, is; 'J : D. &, It; Thompson, W. : T . Z3-Ta4 sasrwlag sesctea of tat r ltS was iiwas.il la a i . t Crt rt ai tbe .-i'-rr- i.MT fan v C i Ci rtr-a a c3 if "V v a clause, which was then -stricken out and the bill passed by a vote of I8 yeas to 26 nays. House roll 66, by Mockett. to permit Lancaster county to retain deputies and assistants In county offices, a bill made necessary by tha county's decreased population, was passed. House roll 124, by I'bl, pro viding for the registration of plumb era and creating a plumbers' board in cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, was passed. Senate file, 74, by Harlan, to provide a charter for all cities hav ing more than 5,000 and less than 25, 000 inhabitants, waa put upoa its pass age. Roll call resulted 45 yeas to 21 nays, and Loomia demanded a call of the house, which was ordered. Tha house went into committee of the whole to consider house roll 255, the special order for the day. This is the bill introduced by OUis of Valley to reduce freight rates on liva stock 10 per cent of the existing tariff. Brown of Furnas moved an amendment to the bill to provide that rates on all other classes of freight shall not ex ceed that charged on December 1, 1889. The amendment was adopted. The title was amended to conform with this amendment, and, without de bate, the bill was recomemnded for passage. HOUSE. When the house had con vened on the 11th Chairman Fowler moved that the report of the commu te on "hold up" legislation be re ceived. The motion was carried and the bouse voted to continue the Bpe cial order on this subject over until tomorrow morning. The following bills were advanced to the head of the general file: Senate file 80,'by Zeigler, changing the time of the reports of county treasurers from January and June to January and July. House roll 129, by Anderson, changing the names of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and Institute for the Blind to "the Ne braska 9chool for the Deaf., and "the Nebraska School for the Blind." House roll 321, by Ubl, appropriating $36,370. 75 to reimburse subscribers to the fund to bring the First Nebraska home from San Francisco. House roll 255, by OIlis, fixing a maximum rate to be charged for the transportation of live stock between points within tbe state so as to reduce present changes from 12 to 20 per cent. House roll 290. by Hanks, to authorize the governor to appoint a commission to investigate the Torrens system of transferring land titles and report to the next legisla ture; each member of the commission to receive $50 and 5 cents mileage. House roll 299, by Sears, providing for tbe purchase in bulk of supplies for state institutions, and repealing the requirements of the statute compelling the state board to purchase and sup plies to let contracts to the lowest bidder. The vote for senator resulted as follows: Allen 27, Berge 4. Crounse 10, Currie 11, Harlan 1, Harrington 4, Hinshaw 18, Hitchcock 19, Kinkaid 2, Martin 2, Meiklepohn 20. Rosewater 13, Thompson, D. E., 30, Thompson, W. H., 12, Wethereld L SENATE The senate on the 15th passed the bill which provides that political parties shall have their nominees under their party title. These party titles shall appear in separate columns. The party receiv ing the highest vote at the last gen eral election shall be accorded the first place at the left of the ballot, the party receiving the second high est vote shall have the next place to the right, and so on, the andidates by petition being accorded tne ex treme right of the ballot eacn can didate may choose the party title un der which his name is to appear. The following were also passed: Provid ing that it shall not be necessary to give notice of hearing for guardian ship to a minor child over the age of 14, when the consent to adoption has been filed In accordance with section 801 of the civil code. Providing for an appeal in actions for forcible entry and detention or forcible detention only of real property. Providing that any legally incorporated humane so ciety may become the guardian of mi nor children. Senator Miller alone voted against it. Limiting county judges to issuance of temporary re straining orders in the absence of dis trict Judges. Those voting against It were: Steele, Weber, Miller, Reuting, Allen, Berlet, Cummins. Johnson, Krumbacb, Pitney, and Paschal. Per mitting city councils to levy a 2-mill tax Instead of 1 for support of public libraries. Creating a board of five district judges for revision of the statutes. Empowering tbe governor to take such action as he may dsem proper to secure for tbe school fund moneys due the state for tbe 5 per cent on sale of Pawne Indian reser vation. Private Secretary Lindsay announced that the governor had at tached bis signature to four bill, among them being: Senate file No. 80, by Zeigler. requiring county treasur ers to publish semi-annually In a weekly newspaper a tabulated state ment of the affairs of the office. House roll No. 9, by Hathorn, providing im prisonment In the county jail not more than six months and a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 tor Illegal voting In any precinct, school district, village or ward. An emer gency clause is attached. SENATE. Resolutions of regret snd consolation to the bereaved family be cause of tbe death of ex-President Har rison, were adopted by tbe senate on the 14th. They were prepared by Sen ators Martin, Edgar and Ransom. Tne sifting committee recommended fifteen bills for passage, among them being: Senate tie 2t4, by Crounse, providing for sale of tl governor's mansion. Senate file 22S, by Alien, giving thresh ers aad corn shelters- liens on tbe grain for such thrashing or sailing. Senate ale Ml, by Van Boskirk, relat ing to priority af water rights la Irri gation districts. Senate file in, by Martin (on request), to regulate mu tual savings banks la the state. Sea ate Sle Stt. by Weber, te smead the laws rotating w ainag or Senate e Hi, by McCar tha education bin making the laws score rigid. Ai w scaaCrf a3 tTtemoon la eosa wZ? at Ue wtsta the senate f r faaacssMttMl tw ; aaaiaa Uzzrx TraxrM'a UtrsAt tin rcca cf rtir" r la t- stun, A f art t - t i trt frSsf la SENATE. The following bills were! passea in tne senate on the 13th Senate file No. 70, repealing tbe act oi iaa ana tstsv creating a atatt board of transportation. Senators Harlan and McCargar were the only ones voting against it Defining train robbery and providing a suitable pun ishment Curative act relating to sec tion 509 of tbe civil code. Providing for exclusion of school bond taxes in computation of the aggregate of school taxes. Regulating tbe sale and trans fer of mortgaged personal property. Relating to construction of sidewalks in cities and villages having leas than 5,000 population. To enable local In surance companies to sign surety bonds. Combining the offices of city clerk and water commissioner in dtlee having less than 5,000 population. Senator Harlan moved that the lieu tenant governor appoint a committea of five to confer with the bouse com mittee on the date for adjourning sin die. The clerk of the house announced that that body had passed house rolls Nos. 66. 124, 138 and senate file No. 74. The fish and game bill, which passed tbe house yesterday, was placed on first reading In the senate. A number cf measures were recom mended for passage, whereupon tbe senate adjourned. SENATE In the senate on the i2tk an attempt was JiaJe to have Senator Lyman's bill, providing for, seven additional county treasurer ex aminers to work under supervision of the state auditor, indefinitely post poned. It was given a new lease of life by being recommitted for specific amendment. Senator Oleson's bill de fining the qualifications for a county judge in counties having more than 6.000 Inhabitants was recommended for Indefinite postponement. Senate file 101, by Van Boskirk, a measure of protection of fish and game, was rec ommended for indefinite postponement because of a similar measure which it is thought will pass tbe house and be presented to the senate in a few days. Senate file 227, a curative art by Martin, regulating the sale and transfer of mortgaged personal prop erty, was recommended for passage. Senate file 131. by Martin, on request repealing section 69 of chapter 14 of the statutes, relating to sidewalks in cities of less than 5,000 inhabitants. was recommended for passage. Sen ate file 132. by Martin, on request, to combine the offices of city clerk and water commissioner In cities having less than 5,000 population, was also rei ommended for passage. Senate file 70. by Martin, to repeal the law cre ating the state board of transportation. was also recommended for passage. Senate file 92, by Baldrige, to permit organization of guarantee surety com' paisles in the state, was recommended for passage. SENATE. The bill creating a state veterinarian passed the senate on third reading on the 11th by a vote of 20 to 5. FOr want of a two-thirds' majority the emergency clause fell by the way side. Those voting in the negative were Senators Berlet Campbell, Cum mins, Martin and Reuting. Tbe meas ure is by Van Boskirk, senate file 6L House roll 130, by Wenzl, appropriat ing $53.35 for relief of Frederick Ui rlch of Pawnee county for illegal taxes paid, was passed on intra heading. Miskell's bill creating district road funds, houe roll 58, was also passed on third reading. The South Omaha charter was then placed on third read Ing and passed without a dissenting vote. An emergency clause is at tached. H. C. Lindsay, private secre. tary to Governor Dietrich, announced that his excellency had signed house rolls 55 and 56 and senate file 171. Sen ator Currie, chairman of the commit tee appointed to confer with a like committee from the house to consider house roll 117, Representative Fowler's bill relating to submission of proposed constitutional amendments, recom mended that it be amended and al lowed to recur to its place on general file. It had been indefinitely postponed by the senate. Tbe report was adopt ed; the action indefinitely postponing being reconsidered and the bill sent to the general file. Senator Edgar's bal lot law was passed by a vote of 16 to 12, republicans voting fox it, fuslon ists against it LEGISLATIVE NOTES. The new committee on apportion ment in the sanate reported to tho general file with the recommendation that It be passed, senate file 235, by Snator Steele, providing for the di vision of Nebraska into fifteen Judi cial districts. The bill bears but lit tle resemblance to the one originally Introduced by Senator Steele, It being made up of bills introduced by both Senators Steele and Oleson. The bill makes Douglas county a complete dis trict and provides it with tlx Judges. With tbe adjournment of the legis lature almost in sight tbe senate has recently resolved itself Into a bard working body and Is disposing of tho large amount of work staring- It In tbe face In an unusually rapid manner. An Indication that the end of tbe pres ent session is nearlng fs the action take by the senate in naming a com mittee on final adjournment to confer with a similar committee named by the house. Tbe osteopaths of Nebraska have renewed their efforts In behalf of tbe passage of the bill prepared by them early In the session, but which was temporarily laid aside. The bill is on the general file. The Christian Science bill may also come up in the near fu ture. Governor Dietrich has been appealed to t send a special mesaage to the legislature asking them to pass an met to enable the Otoe county eesaalsslon ers to refund tbe Missouri Pacific bonds, which were voted some twelve years ago by Nebraska City precinct to induce that road to build Its main line through that city, aad which the supreme court of this state declared Illegal, but the United States supreme court declared legal, aad aow have to be paid. Too senate, by tbe decisive Tote of 17 to U, indoinlUly postponed tbe bill appropriating IIMW (or two new normal avtoola, one to be located In the riftb congressioaal district and one In tbe CixU. Tbe vote for senator on tbe lttS re seated an foUows: Allen, if : Crounse. It; Carrie. 11: Hiaaaaw, M; Martin. S; Eatttatoka, ; tatvater, U; l: Tbor-". d. fl u$ THE LATE DAV1DBR0WN Mr. Cain's Eulogy of His Colleague irom Otoe County. mr ArretciATioN of the loss A Brave, Tro, Good Bad Ocnaroas Ma A Slaa of Maojf VirtuM d Elld Character MIk1Immu Matter Hara ad There In Nebraska. LINCOLN. Neb., March 18. Resolu tions on the death of Representative Brown of Otoe county formed a special order of business in the house of rep resentatives a part of one day. Spech- es in eulogy of the late representative were made by Messrs. Evans, tain, Hanks, Sprecber and Loomis. The principal address was by Cain, who said In part: I had never met tbe late David Brown until the opening of this ses sion of the legislature, when he ap peared here to represent the people who had reposed their confidence in him some yasr eago, and who last fall, after an Interval of thirty years, again called him from private life to repre sent them in this branch of the legis lature. His was a fearless heart and his a brave soul. He never forgot a friend nor did he ever hold malice toward an enemy. In tne snort lime i nave neea Intimately acquainted with him I have never known a purer heart, a more generous nature or a firmer friend. But now our friend, our neighbor, our fellow legislator is seen no more among men. His work is done. His labors are ended; his task is finished; his chair is vacant. He has no more part or lot in the deliberations of this body and his ears are deaf to tho sound of the speaker's gavel. No more for him the honors of tha state; bo more for him the endear ments of family; no more for him th load of care or the sigh of sorrow; no more for him the beauty of spring, the splendor of summer, the glory of au tumn or the majesty of winter. Flow ers will bloom upon his grave, storms will beat upon It, morning will greft It with her earliest light, night will cover it with her stars, but all by him will be heeded not while he sleps that last lone sleep that knows no awaken ing. and time will commingle his dust with Mother Earth from which he sprung; but his soul the immortal part has taken its flight to the Celes tial Home above, "to that house not made with hands, eternal in the heav ens." As It has ever been our pleasure while he lived to bear testimony to his many virtues, his exalted character, his unswerving fidelity to friends and principles and the faithful perform ance of the many trusts confided to his care, so now that he has been called to everlastingness In that high er and better life, It is still our pleas ure to speak In praise of bis virtues and In honor of his memory. So well did he discharge the various duties as signed him, so exemplary was his con duct, that those who knew him best always delighted to honor him, and now that be is gone and we will meet him on earth no more, we, his col leagues In the house of representatives of the Twenty-seventh session of the Nebraska legislature, enshrine his memory In our hearts and render this tribute as a memorial of our affection and esteem. What David Brown was here In the legislature he was elsewhere a bravo, true, good, guileless, kindly, generous man who brought cheerfulness to his daily work; whose greeting was al ways a smile and who was ever ac tive, quick and alert, and who had everlasting convictions that "God looks to pure bands, not full ones." HORSES MEET DEATH IN f!RL Tea Head Burned In Whltmore Brothers Barn at Valley. VALLEY, Neb., March 18 The large barn and granaries of Whltmore Bros, at this place were burned to tho ground. Ten head of horses confined in the basement of the barn, a largo amount of grain and numerous wagons and buggies were consumed, Involving a loss of $10,000, partly covered by In surance. The fire started from tho explosion of a lantern In the hands of Arthur Dunham, an employe of the firm. Ho was In the hay loft at the time and can ascribe no reason for the explosion of the lantern, for it came without any warning. Dunham ear aped without In Jury. From the hay. which burned rap idly, the Are quickly spread to the en tire barn, detsroylng all the farm im plements, buggies, wagons and grain. riatumoath Shopman Drop Dead. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., March 18. Antone Choutka, a young man em ployed in tbe Burlington blacksmith shop, dropped dead while on his way to work. He left home apparently as well aa usual, and bis lifeless body waa found soon after by some of the friends at the corner of Eleventh and Main streets. Heart disease is sup posed to have been tbe cause of the young man's sudden death, John Hare, the English actor now playing In Chicago, announced that at tbe conclusion of his present tour, five weeks bence, he will permanently re tire from tbe stage. Pearson Arrestee al Taame. TAOOMA, Wash., March It. Lor an Pearson, who Is charged In Tecumseh, Neb., on the charge of attempted as sault upon Blaacbe Heist, was arrest ed In OlyniDia. Sheriff Mills received word from Nebraska about two weeks ago that It was believed Pennon was In Otrmpln, where be nan friends. An active search waa began which result ed la bis arrest after a abort struggle wltb oOcers. Pearson adaUU tbat.be la tte mi waatod. TBI tlVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Qnutatloa from South Oamah aad Kaaaa Cltr. HOl'TH OMAHA. Union Stork Yard -Cattle There was a Hk lit run of rattle and us a ri-Kiill I here waa rrnnlm-ruljlt comix'tlilon among Duy n. The J-w bwf Mri-rn olTf red met with ready aale of (food, Htronf; prices aa com pared with yesterday. The demand on the part of parkera seemed to be quite ilheral and In order to Met what tney needed they paid considerable higher prices In some raws fur the more desir able kinds. The commoner cattle also moved more freely than usual, so the petiB were cleared at an early hour. The cow market was In much the same con dition as the trade on steers. Buyers were all anxious for supplies snd Jumped in and bought up what was onered eariy in the mornine at good, strong prices. The cattle seemed to change hands about as fast as they arrived and all Rinua brought very satisfactory prices as com pared with yesterday's quotations. The lightweight bulls also sold In good shape, at fully steady prices, but. the same aa has been the case for some little time, the heavyweights were hard to move. I'rlce on that kind were only about ateady. Veal calves were In good demand and sold strong. The same could be said of stags. Hogs There was a very light run of hogs here today and aa the demand on the part of parkers was In good shape the market opened generally 10c higher. The range of prices was from 15.MV to t'l.ff). with the long string at $3.55. The choicer and heavier weights sold at !5.57'4 and as high as V. W was paid tor a fancy load. The market was fully active and the bulk was sold tn good season. Today's advance carries the market not only to the highest Klnt rtarhed this year, but to the high point since Sep tember, ltm. Sheen The suoitlv of sheen todav was not excessive and I he demand was equal to the occasion. There was not much change noticeable In Ihe prices paid for ewes and wethers and the market could best be described by calling It a good, steady market. Ijimhs. however, were In good demand and the market gener ally a dime higher than yesterday. As high as I5.2U was paid today, which, con sidering quality, was just about Vie high er than yesterday's market. It was a fairly active market all around nnd the bulk of the offerings were sold in good season. KANSAS CITY. Cattle tight Texans, VhVk higher; na tive steers and cows steady; stockers and feeders weak In 10c lower; native beef steers. H.Mtt.&i; stockers and feeders, U.(sXa4.T5: western fed steers. $4.25445. IS: Texans and Indians. $3.Sni4 W: cows. $.'..10 4.25; heifers. H.25j4.75: canners. t2.354i3.Ou; bulls. $3.0r!i4.25; calvtK, $4.Xtfi.(ii. Hogs Market f,';u.r higher; top. tMTT'.i : bulk of sales, $5 55l5.62'-i: heavy, $5 Hc n.ST'-i: mixed packers. $5.555.65; light, $5. 30115, 36: pig. $4.TlS.i. Sheep and Lambs Market active and steady: western lambs, t5.onfia.25: west ern wethers, $t.25'4 70: western yearlings. U.WiuM; ewes, $3.75H.25; culls, ti.VAi 3.50. AGAINST PIATT AMENDMENT Cuba's Committee on Foreign Kelatlons Derides to Oppose Acceptance. HAVANA. March 16. The commit tee on foreign relations held another private meeting this afternoon. Se nor de tjuesada. one of tii riiembc. says the committee agreed unanimous ly that the Piatt amendment in its: present form could not lw accepted and that a report to this effect would be submitted to the constitutional con vention. He also asserts that the com mittee Is assured of tbe support of twenty-eight delegates. Monday next the committee will meet again, when individual opinions; oa the question will be filed, to be Incorporated later into the final re port The intention of tho commit tee is not to make a final report for, some time, but Senor de Quesada de clares that this delay will not weaken the determination of its members not to accept the Piatt amendment as It stands. UNCLE SAM HAS GOLD A PLENTY. Amount In Treason Swells I'ntll It " Breaks All Records. "WASHINGTON, March 16. The gross gold in the treasury yesterday amounted to $482,913,023, compared with $416,218,209 at the same period last year. Yesterday's figures break all records. The Increase In the gold holdings of the department during the year has been $06,694,814. At tbe department, it Is said, the prospect Is that the gold holdings will continue to increase at the rate of probably $5.0f'0.oon a month until the new revenue law goes Into effect. The amendments to this law will reduce the treasury receipts, it ia thought, about $40,0Xi,000 a year, but Treasurer Roberts thinks that this will only servo to check the growth of the gold hold ings, but does not think the decreaso In the receipts will diminish tbe grotsa gold. South St. Joseph Is In Line. ST. JOSEPH, March lG.-The city council tonight accepted the offer of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, giving $25,000 to South St. Joseph for a library and night school, providing teachers and a librarian and assistant were supplied by the city. Resolutions expreHRing the city's thanks for the gift were or dered sent to the giver. Soldier Wins n Cndetehlp. BEATRICE, Neb., March 18. At tho examination for admission to Wft Point military school, held here, Hugh D. Schultz, of this city, won the ca.let shlp and Jesse S. Lancaster of York was named as the alternate. Mr. Schultz is a member of Company C, First Nebraska, and served one and a half years in the Philippines without being sick a single day. Vest of Omaha Reelected. DAVENPORT, la., March 18. Tho annual meeting of the Iowa Telephone company waa held here. C. E. Yoxt of Omaha waa re-elected president; F. H. Orlggs. Davenport, vice president; James B. Mason, Davenport .secretary and treasurer vice ,C A. Dalrell, re signed. Captain Taylor Promotion. WASHINGTON, March 1.-Captaln Charles W. Taylor of the Ninth cav alry, who shared largely In construct ing Fort Robinson In Nebraska snd .who Is remembered by many of the older cltliens of tbe state, passed his eiamlnatlon for promotion to a ms tjorlty today. Captain Taylor was at the bead of bis troops In the cbsrge !uo Ian Juan bill, was shot In tbe neck and so badly wounded that be baa not yet folly recovered tbe use of bis left arm. OF HAR Nation's Twenty-Third President Expire! tt His Horns in Indianapolis. IS UNCONSCIOUS TO TEE EKD Saferer Never Fatly Aroaae Weans Con dition of Seal-CsBseloasaeae Mo On Keeof alsed Sorrowing Members A boat tbe Bedside Hear Mo Perting War. INDIANAPOLIS, March 14 General Benjamin Harrison died at 4:45 o'clock yesteday afternoon without re gaining consciousness. His death 'was quiet and painless, there being a gradual sinking until the end came wlilch was marked by a single gasp for breath as life departed from the body of the great statesman. The rel atives, with a few exceptions, and sev eral of the former president's old snd tried friends were at the bedside when he passed away. The general's condition was s6 bad in the morning, after a restless night, that the attending physicians under stood that the end could not be far off and all the bulletins sent out from the sick room were to this effect, so that the family and friends were pre pared when the final blow came. The gradual falling of tbe remarkable strengih shown by the patient became more noticeable In tbe afternoon and a few moments before the end there was an apparent breakdown on the part of the sufferer as he surrendered to the dlsesute against which he had been so bravely battling for so many hours. The change was noticed by the. physicians and the relatives , and friends, who had retired from the sick room to the library below, were quicK ly summoned and reached t'ue bedside of the general before he passed away. News of the death spread quickly throughout the city and several of th more intimate friends at once hurried to the residence and offered their ser vices, which, however, were not need ed. The word was bulletined by all the newspapers and thus communicated to the people on their way home in the evening. The announcement caused the greatest sorrow, nearly everyone having nurtured the horn? that General Harrison would recover. Within a few moments the Bags on all the public buildings and most of tho downtown business blocks were hoist ed at half-mast and other outward manifestations of mourning were made. None of General Harrison's children were present at his death, neither Colonel Russell Harrison nor Mrs, McKee having reached the city, al though both wer hurrying on their way to the bedside of their dying par ent as fast as steam would bear them. Elizabeth, the little daughter, had been taken from the sick room by her nurse before the end came. The group at the bertIde included Mrs. Harrison. W. H H. Miiler, Samuel Miller, his son, the Rev. M. L. Haines, pastor or the First Presbyterian church, which General Harrison had attended for se many years; Secretary Tibbetta. Dra. Jameson and Dorsey, Colonel Daniel Ransdell. sergeant-at-arms of the I'nited States senate and a close per sonal friend of the dead ex-president; Clifford Arrick aad the two nurses, who have ben in constant attendance at the bedside. General Harrison's two sinters and an aunt were als present Mrs. Harrison knepied at the right hand side of the lied, her husband's right hand graspAl in hers, while Dr. Jameson held the loft hand of the dy ing man, counting tho feeble pulse beats. In a few momenta after the friends had been summoned to the room the end camp, Dr. Jameson an nouncing the sad fact. The great si lence that fell upon the sorrowing watchers at the bedside was broken by the voice of Dr. Haines, raised in prayer, supplicating conwjmimn im the bereaved wife and family, min gled with the sobs of the mourners. Comment on Harrison's Death. LONDON, March 14. All the morn ing papers publish long memorials of General Harrison. The Dally Chron icle says: "It mav Iks long before America finds another president ns capable and conservative." The Standard expresses the opinion thnt General Harrison has not left a deep mark in the history of his country, but, like all the papers. It pays a tri bute to his high personal character. Khedlvo Resists Sultan. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 13. Ahmed Sheflk Bey, the khcdlve's sec retary, who was sent here to settle the difference between the sultan of Tur key and the khedlve of Egypt, will return to Egypt shortly, his mission having failed, Tbe sultan stipulated aa a preliminary of the settlement that his brother-in-law, Mahmud Pa sha, who sought refuge In Egypt after his flight from Turkey late last year, must be returned to Constantinople. Csrnetie divas five Millions. PITTSBURG, March 14. Two com munications from Andrew Carnegie, which are officially made . public to night, tell of the steel king's retire ment from active business life snd of his donation of $5,000,000 for tbe en dowment of a fund for superannuated and disabled employes of tli.j Carnegie company. This benefaction la by tar the largest of the many created by Mr. Carnegie, and Is probably without a counterpart anywhere In the World. lAKLOTS ATTACK PAYMASTEH Major rtekett's Men aavae a7S,OM la OaU ay Bare ttabtiag. MANILA, March 14.-Pay master Major Pickett with $76,000 gold and an escort of ten mounted men Iron Company D of tbe Sixteenth regular Infantry was attacked by a party of thirty bandits on tbe road between Bayombong and EV hag tie, In tbe prov ince of Neuva Viacsya. A bard nght ensued and tbe robbers were ranted. . Tbe fuade were saved. Oorsoral Hooker was killed aad a private waa t.rrrra, XT. a, ; Vsrtfj, 1 f e 1 ' r-
