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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1897)
THE NORTHWESTERN OKO. E. HBNSCIIOTEH, Editor * Tab. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. ~ in ■■■!. NEBRASKA NEWS. License or no license will be the issue In the election at Albion. There is active demand for farm* in the vicinity of Petersburg. Real estate Is changing hands In Klgin at satisfactory price*. Sarpy county has Invested In three new road grading machine*. Kx-(«ov. Thayer of Nebraska is ill in the hospital at Washington. John Phillips, aged 5*0 years, died in Washington county last week. The people of Ponca are living in hopes of soon having an opera house. Plainview is making an effort to se cure the next North Nebraska soldiers’ reunion. A rabid dog was killed on the streets of St. Puul before it had a chance to bite anyone. M. N. Reamer of Superior was ad judged Insane and sent to the hospital for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Augusta Babe of Cum ing county last week celebrated their golden wedding. Col. Cody (Buffalo Bill) of Nebraska wiB open ids Wild West show in New York on April 10. Neligh people arc making an effort for a sugar factory to he in readiness for the t HOT crop. The American volunteers, a religious organization, will establish headquar ter* in Nebraska City. Bucks and geese throng the river bottom near Lyons and sportamcn are having u great harvest. The Petersburg butter and egg com pany is making large shipments of butter to Baltimore, Sid. There are three candidates for tin1 Knshville postofflce, and all have good letters of recommendation. .Papers throughout the state note more real estate transfers this spring than for several years past. The Fremont milling company re cently loaded a ear of flour which was consigned to Hull, Knglund. laniisville was visited by a disas trous fire, a store and blacksmith simp being destroyed. Boss, 8'i.ooo. Bate planted fall wheat has been seriously injured by the changeable weather of the past few weeks. The Table I lock clay company is making necessary arrangements to start up and operate their plant. Arrangements have been made to supply needy farmers of Hitchcock county with feed and seed grain. Hon. J. Sterling Morton is expected soon to arrive in Nebraska < ity and again become a resilient of Nebraska. The fifth annual reunion of the vet erans of the battle of Shiloh will be held on Wednesday, April 7. at Ntroms bu rg. Ira W. Jones of Bundy is in trouble because he sold liquor without first arming himself with a government license. The state lumbermen's association held a two days’ session in Lincoln last week. About 150 out-of-town members were present. ItKVfVai. meetings for some time in progress at St. Fdward have closed. The meetings were not us successful as htH been anticipated. W. F. Cochran, a deaf and dumb man, a resident of Council Bluffs, vis ited Blair, and while there was run over by the ears and Instantly killed. f). 11. Myers of Omaha shot his wife and then attempted to take his own life by the same means. The wounds of either party are not necessarily fatal. Win. Dotnmer of South Branch pre cinct. Pierce county, anil Christine Berenstraueh of Stanton were married last week. Their ages are respectively oo and 65. Jacob Hauser, a hired man near Shelton, was told by his employer that his MTV ices were no longer needed, and when lie disap[s-ared one of the best horses on the olaee went v\ Ith him. Since February 1 there have passed through the custom house twenty-two carloads of sugar licet seed for distrl oiiimii ut wturrn points. i ne seen )tuys no duty anti comes from tier many. France unit Foland. The uiDi'tKNKe Indebtedness of Dixon county for the month of February is us follows: farm mortgajrcs filed 5tt, amount in# to >11,*147.To; released .‘it, amount m# to >1.1.117.117. City morl #a|(es hleil I, amounting! to 91,111; re leaned 1, amount in# to >1,410. Mr». Healrr. for many years a resi dent of tdlumhns, died lust week in Kansas City, she hud for years man u#cd at Col u tat ms one of the largest a 1) lark's in Nebraska amt was an ottieer of like Nebraska lee keeper* asses .t lion s|ie ie.es atsilit 4o y ears of atfe. A deputy t nile'd states marshal teas III I’euii'a 'as| week to uotify parties interested that an action hail t*e n I'oililiielu i ll in the fe deral court at Omaha to fore', hese a Hefty;.*#! on t|>»• I.Mtfteran church at that place 'the! HtoOlfUpe' was see-eireel through .lane s F Toy of hums t tty and tie* nine I|M> is tl.sesi and with aecumulated intrre st amt rouiui sslou now atuouisU lee atsml >; tun Ity tb« utest)iueete ee'te elf the twen ty nine me tut*-re peveent at a Mere tin# of Ibe lean) of ettreetora of tbe Trans ttmialypi ey|asdtkm ami by ties aMrntaliee pruyy t»t# of of hi she war* aot there tbe site set the riMai tkm was > iwufiil from Hitter path le the e»ld lair ftuaihie I bis tes a tarn U mueb ns a ret tbe beestmss sente# td Omaha Moth estil now ter pushed as rapidly a* possible The treasurer ut lafss eernuly esd laeteet the personal taxes etf 14 ■ . and had tee issetc but fourteen distress war rants % neat buying match waa pulied *4 in Mabraaha I iljr the eethe r High* , which s sc decided a draw alter My PMMMh heewih Ihuab* wilt hate a hi# drhc'i in ha# ett,' funds al the end of the ywmr Charles hehnstd*# a deserter irum the t utted (Mate* arms pace htmaeif tip iw the uedKe trf tberate« lie said he deserted from IT l*xfau and Mats was U*a traveling yrtar the weal in a » itn .*" *"* THE COUNT TO 00 ON. LEGISLATURE TO TAKE HOLD OF THE MATTER. A New Hill to lx> Drawn l'p nn«l Acted I'pnii That Wilt Hull the Ca*a—Com nlttaaa From Doth Honor* Ap pointed to Arrange DatalU— Miscellaneous Note*. Tlir Nebraska Assembly. Kruare. In tlir senate on the lAlh the Usual hatch of petitions, asking for the pas sage of various hills under consideration, were received and read. There were several tu til Ions In favor of the soldiers' home at Alllford. and u minder demanding the pas s.ige of the house hill which proldhlls the itrical performances and all klndsof athletic gatnes on Hundtty. The senate then went In committee of the whole to consider the hill iriH'UlIng the (It Ih leney Judgment law. Mr. ('aldweirtaklng the chair. When the clerk had finished the reading of the hill. Mr. Ileal offered an amendment which threw wide the door for an umlrnatcd debate. The amend ment was rejected by a vote of H to lfl, Mr. Murphy then ottered an amendment providing that tin- ai t. should not lie appli cable to anil existing contract* or obliga tion* or nny suit now pending or any decree or Judgment already rendered thereon. Mr. Heal, author of the hill, made a lengthy argument In favor of tire measure, lie was followed by Mr. Muftly of Madison, who also argued for Ihe hill. Mr Murphy of (luge Closed the delude on his atncnuuieiif. lie deelared that for Ihe first lime In Its history Nchrusku populism stisul liefore the people stripped of Its hyjus’rlsy. After Mr. Murphy had concluded. Id* amendment was rejeeled. The committee then, by a vote of lit to it, rose and recommended Ihe hill to pass. The report was adopted try a vote of 17 to III. A large number of committee reports were re eelved. Hills on third reading were taken up and the following wu* recommended to puss: Hcnute Hie No. 210. relating to school districts In villages. After recess the senate passed No. 104. telating lo Ihe protection of flsh. The anti-corporation hills pending In uk senate eommlltee on miscellaneous corpora tion* were reported and placed on the gun rial Hie. HtHAtr,. The senate has now commenced the closing rush of business, himI on the 17th go; through a good deal or business. lor almost the tint time lu the legislative history of Nebraska the senate has delegated to a 11ft lug commit lee the authority to order hills ngrossed for third reading, ('suully the practice Is for the sifting eon) mil tee to merely recommend hills for either indefinite postponement or passage. The hills recom mended for pasting* are then placed at the head of the general hie and taken up In com* mitten of the whole In the order in which they are reported by the sifting committee. This session, however, the sift ing committee goes further and selects the bill* it favor# and recommend# that, they I#* engrossed for third reading. Fifteen bills were recom mended for Indefinite postponement and twenty-one with tin* recommendation that they !#• engrossed for third reading. Amend ing section# tt# and tip of I tie compiled slat ufe# of IttUA. fixing the penalties for indecent con duct and the. use of indecent language in Sublie. The proposed amendment 1# intended >extend the Jurisdiction of justices of the peace to cover such offenses, Itet/culing sec tion* 4 and 10 of chapter xxvfll, compiled statues of 1*95, which fix the fees of regis ters and ma*te/*-irt-chancery. Providing that cadet graduates from fJoann col lege at Crete may I#* commissioned by the governor of the state. Requiring ail railroad# In Nebraska to mow tiie weeds from their rigid of way each year. Giving Judges discretionary power to sen tence persons under 1# year* of age to either the penitentiary or to the reform school. Relating to the marking ami branding of lire stock, A ppmorlating #121 to reimburse Rebecca Perkins for an excess payment on school lands. To prohibit person* or corpo rations from furnishing to city officers or member* of city councils ga*. electric light, water service, telephone service, or transpor tation on street cars for less than the regular price for such service. To make grave-rub bing a felony. Henate file No, 94. by Mr, Heal of Custer. U> authorize county treasurers to Invest, not lb exceed “ per cent of the sink ing fund In registered county warrants. To limit thu school district tax levy In cities having over 25,000 inhabitants exclusive of school bond taxes. To reduce the number of couricllmen in cities having less than 3.500 population. To prohibit city or county offi cers from Inlying the warrant* of their respective cities or counties. To amend the law urovldlnjr fora uniform system of vouch er# for the disbursing officer* of state fund*. Reducing the fee# which may be charged for legal advertlaltur and for the publication of delinquent tux list*. 8 EH ATE.—The anti-trust bill and the tribu lations of the recount commission occupied most of the time of the turn ate on t tie 15th. Incidentally the senate agreed to pass Hal ier’* anti-compact insurance hill, having for It* object tin* prevention of the practice of Insurance companies agreeing to maintain rates. The senate refused to advance to third reading without reference to a commit tee or consideration In committee of the whole the house hill appropriating f2»*.,mo for the mirpose of rebuilding the dormitory at the Peru normal school. When the anti-trust hill came up Mr. Murphy of Gage was called to the chair. The bill wa# Introduced on February 24 by Mr. Gondrtngof Platte. Tin bill defines trust# and conspiracies against l rude, declares them to !#• unlawful, provide# means for their sup pression and provide* punishment for the vlolatIon of ttiu proposed law The Urn! sec tion provide* that "a trust is a combination of cupllttl. skill or act* by any person or p©r son* to H\ tlit* price of any article or com modity of f rains use or mere hand i*< with the intent to prevent others from conducting or carrying .on the same business or sell ing th«* same article, or a combination of capital, skill or ad# by two or mote person*, for any or aft of a nunc Iter of purpoM-s that are enumerated. Two amendments were Introduced, dis us *lon Islng hail on them for some time. 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Hoc**.—The stock yard*bill, senate Hie No. £l, passed the house on the loth, by a large majority. Nearly all the opponents of the measure voted for It. Mr. Hlch of Douglas moved an amendment to section 6. • pmvld lnf hat the provisions of this act shall apply to stock shlp|H*tl in the state of Nebraska. Mill spokt* In opposition to this proposed amenonieiit, ami said It was Introduced for the purpose of killing the hill. lie de nounced it as class legislation. Klch> amendment was voted down by a large ma jority. Hoia*rtsof Douglas moved an amend ment raising the price named In the hill for handling cattle >i cents a head, sheep I cent, liurkef t of Lancaster pointed out what he termed a fatal defect In the hill, it was In Ion i, which i< ni- mi stock varda ♦ ♦ • which for the preceding twelve month*, ahull have an average dully receipt of not less than 100 head of cattle, or J00 head of hogs, or :too head of sheep. ure hereby de clared to Is public markets." Then t'lnrW of Lancaster moved an amendment, providing a remedy for t bis defect. Hheldon offered a siti tent It u‘tfor this amendment, that the com mlttec now rise and report the bill for a third reading The motion prevailed The bill tb('ii Is'inir put u|*ai its passage went through by a vote of HO to ti. The speaker then announced that the sen at4*'M amendment in house roll No. V.i. the Trans-511s»lsslppl exposition hill, would fa presented to the hous4* for concurrence. Tin principal amendment was to section 4 of the (dll, striking out ••#3oo,ono” and Inserting "f100,000." Wooster moved to non concur In the amendment. Hmlth moved a stihstltub that the bill la: concurred In. This was de feated. Wooster’# amendment that tin* house nonconcur In this amendment pn-vuiled and the clerk was Instructed to notify the senate of the action of the house. The house then went Into committee of the whole to consider ilie salary appropriation hill and continued that werk until the hour of ad journment. HOF**.—The house on the 17th went at once Into commit tee of the whole for the pur|*me of consUh'rtns house roll No. 615. the salary appropriation hill, which was com mitted yesterday. Amotion to reduce the salary of th* superintendent of the Institute for the blind at Nebraska ( Ity from I2.UUM* 61,moo wait adopted. A motion to make a like reduction iri tin* salary of the superluten dent of tin* Institute for the f4‘4‘ble-minded ... 1._...i. .< ^ «... 1.1........ from Zimmerman of York and other*. The motion to cut the salary ut the Beatrice [ Instil tit ton to || .*00 wa* carried. It was moved the Mil is* recommended to |>hh#». Robertson of Holt put In two amendment*, the first of which cut out the pay of the supreme court commissioner* and the second providing for the pay of two additional judges of the supreme court. Nnyder of Nher rnau, Clark of Richardson and Bollard of (as* talked against the amendment*. That part of tin motion striking out the pay for the corn mission was adopted. Then dark of Lancaster moved that the Ml! a* amended is- recommended for passage, which carried by a vote of to .'Jo, and the committee arose, Wooster of Merrick moved to recom mit the bill for further amendments, which was lost and the report of the committee was adopted hy the house. House roil No. Hhefdon** 1*111 to provide for the building of a wing of a building on the state university grounds as a part of the |>crmunent Improve ment* of the college of agriculture of Ne braska and appropriutlngfdtuiootherefor, wag taken up and picked hy a vote of 5f to 4‘J. House roll No. H*i. appropriating 100.000 to rebuild the dormitory of the state normal school at Bern, was read the I bird time and passed. A message was received from the senate announcing that a committee had heen appointed to confer with a like commit tee from the house a-, to the best method of procedure In (he ballot recount matter, and asking for a like action on the part of ihe house. The speaker appointed as such com mittee Messrs. | ernow of Adam-, (b ides of Richardson and Loornl* of Butler. Ad journed. Horgf. There fit) effort made in the house on the iMh to dispense with reading of the journal, but It did not prevail. Ntandlng committees reported on a number of hill*. A messenger from the governor presented to the bouse the message of the executive officer regarding the recount uf the constitutional amendment ballots. The message was read, and nt its close was greeted with applause. Hull of Harlan moved that the message t»e referred to the select committee appointed last night. The motion prevailed. Tiiecom mittee Is composed of Fernow of Adams, (ierdesof Richardson and Loomis of Butler. The Lincoln charter hill was considered at length. Finally Wooster made a* a aubatltute for all other motions, one referring senate ile 170 to the committee on cities ana towns, with instructions to report a- -oou as the journal is read In the morning, i tie* house to at once gu into committee of the whole on said hill, and debate Ite limited to two hours. This motion was agreed to. Senate UN No. 3>. relating to school rtlst rlctg In cities and towns, was read the third time and passed. The house resolved Itself Into committee of t he whole wit h Jenkins 111 the chair and took up house roll No. Kio. the claims appropriation bill The only change of Importance made was in regard to tiiileajr* of sheriff* In convening prisoners to the pen itentiary and to the industrial home*. The committee had drawn the bill allowing ■** cents per mile The present law provides for lo cent* per mile, and after discussion the full mileage was allowed. The bill as amended was recommended for passage. House roll No. IKt, the com ml t tee suostitutv for Rich’s real estate foreclosure law. was taken up. The principal feature of the hill is that it gives the mortgagor one year for redemption after the ultiv month’s stay bus Iswmj exhausted Yelser off* re«l an amend* inenl. extending the time of redemtitlen to i a■ - yeai fher* was lengthy discuaslou Holland of Re*l Willow moved to amend the amendment hy making the time eighteen month* Till* mu* accepted by Wiser in place of his amendment, ami w.»*voled down. The S« • i .M, »- MfMrtNl by I'OffittlM*’* was adopted Ne»*eh*i» I contained the claiiaa giving the anirtgag* *• a ileti <*f one-third or* nil crops rats* d on the premise* during the tline allowed for redemption, for the uay n*ei » • f ini* rest Oh n.«-ti*-i* of ( .ok of Richardson the c»s>p lien clause stricken Mill Hull of Harlan offered an u mend me tit providing that when the crwditoi eb t« *i U bring an action on the iirilr and attempt was made lo rolled he would thus lose the right i lit fufri-iMM'it* (Ih mortgage ( lark of l.nn * **»!•*» Mill III4I |M ltlU< n *U* « • UUM' riiiliiiili r il>« tniullty **f tin* U«, nul Hull] wlU<«tr« w lit* min i.*Ii» » i.i (’lurk • »f Hlt k itltiwii ll«4< 4l I In of frieinU uf lit* Mil li* fiiilMi »!.«'%« 4 ri'i'MMlMli ftlUNl Ilf i i lt« lull «l | ikilitf i*»»l 11*4 » f*?|» • i‘l* i i«l|M Ik*- Ht>4U-*i Iti h Miimlt r A 11*1 II**' litll tie |i>iiibiit« mint fm nltbnut 4i. * ;»n-* i *lu « « f» y> Hi ft* ipn| filii iVh! 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I I H v« 4k,?,»t**** M-* I #I** milk n linn 1 4MNM ■ «*Uk«« I «k* -Ml M n**' “4* IM* 44 44k* 4#•*■*•** ; Cht/cr i «*• n M4Hne*« !*.**»# v t*| i# # ••*4n«*' # nltlk J Ilk* 41*##* -•*,*.4 *444,(4*444 *44 I #4 f »*«**'# * I Traufc .vxz: xanxth i £J* ‘ I §#*#** nin#i i# j* i##«#iiiypnf ••#* «•*# n §###**• «•* r«wUSa t» it. <•* u. I .CONGRESS CONVENES M'KIN LEY SENDS IN HIS FIRST MESSAGE. lie Kmphaelxes the Fact that There Is a Deficit anti Calls I'pnn Congress to Take Steps to Meet It—A Uriel bat Pointed State Paper-The Document In Full. McKinley te Congress. Washington, March 15,—President McKinley sent rather unexpectedly his message to Congress this afternoon as soon as both Houses had been or ganized. It was at once read us fol lows: “To the Congress of the United States: Regretting the necessity which has required ine to call you together. 1 feel that your assembling in extraor dinary session is indispensable because of tile condition in which we find the revenues of the government. It is conceded that its current expenditures arc greater than its receipts, and that such a condition has existed for now more than three years. With un limited means at our command we are presenting the remarkable spectacle of increasing our public debt by borrow ing money to meet the ordinary out lays incident upon even an economic and prudent administration of the government. An examination of the subject discloses this fact in every de tail and leads inevitably to the conclu sion that the revenue which allows such a condition is unjustifiable and should lie corrected. The Deficits for Four Tear*. , “We find by the reports of the sec retary of the treasury that the reve nues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882, from all sources were #425. 808,200.22, and the expenditures for all purposes were 8415,953.806.58, leaving an excess of receipts over expenditures of $9,915,453.66. During tlmt fiscal year 840..670,407,98 were paid upon public debt, which was reduced since March 1,1889,82.69,070,890, and annual interest charge decreased 811,084.570.60. The receipts of the government from all sources during the fiscal year ending June 20, 1893, amounted to 8401,716,* 501.94, and its expenditures to 8459,* 274,887.65, showing an excess of re ceipts over expenditures of 82,341.* 674.29. “Since that time the receipts of no fiscal year, and, with but few excep tions, of no month of any fiscal year, have exceeded the expenditures. The receipts of the government from all sources during the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1894, were 8372,892,498.29, and its expenditures 8442,605,758.87, leaving a deficit, the first since the re sumption of specie payments, of 869, 803,260.58. Notwithstanding there was a decrease of 810,769.128.78 in the ordi nary expenses of the government as compared with the previous fiscal year, its income was still not sufficient to provide for its dally necessities, and the gold reserve in the treasury for the redemption of greenbacks was drawn upon to meet them. Bond Issue* Adverted To. “But this did not suffiee. and the government then resorted to loans to replenish the reserve. In February, 1894, 850,000,000 in bonds were issued, and in November following a second issue of 850,000,000 was deemed neces sary. The sum of 8111,171,795 was realized by the sale of these bonds, but the reserve was steadily decreased un til on February 8, 1895, a third sale of 862,315,400 in bonds, for 865,116,244 was announced to Congress. The receipts o the fiscal year, June 30, 1895, were 8390,373,203.30 and the expenditures 8433,178,426.4t, showing n deficit of 848,805,223.18. A further loan of 8100.000,000 was negotiated by the government in February, 1896. the sale netting 8111.160,240 and swel ling the aggregate of bonds is sued within three years to 8262,315,400. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1*93, the revenues of the government from all sources amounted to 8409,475, 40*.78, while its expenditures were 8434,678,654.48, or an excess of expend itures over receipts of 825.203,245.70. In other words, the total receipts for tne three fiscal years entling June 30, 1606, were Insufficient by 8137,811,* 729.46 to meet the total expenditure*. Til* Mluslloa Sul lu>|ira*l*e. “Nor lias this condition since im proved. For the first half of the pres ent fiscal year the receipts of the gov ernment exclusive of |w>sltel revenues were 8137,507,003.76, and its rxpelidl Ml Ft'* VJIVIIMMV Mi w« ■ * taw glim, tlO.ouutSt, or an race** of rtdradllniM otvr rvrtliiU of |17,tW!,JSI K In Jan uary of tltia year th* rwrifi* of ravvHHtM war* |;t,3tt,MH.0i. atilt thv ct|«'U(liturir* r *t-|il*lva of j»**tai wrytai gyn ittu, \»t* ;tt a d*H.it of H,U],Kltf< for the lui-uth la l«k<ruary of thia year the r***i|»t* rwluiiu- of |HMtal rea.nuva arm |,-t. !«».** T ta and Mt»-N<Utar«« tt«l«< «t«« of |**atal **r*t*« f#» Tnrs.gfdt.**. a daftott of »t l*4,Mt Mi or n total daftvtt of tt for th* thro* v**r* a ad aight «t< »>ha wadtatf March I, latrT Not aaiy ara to* without a aar u<u* 1a th* tr«a»wrjr. hat with aa ta >-raaaa ta tha gohlto d*ht Itiar* haa twaa a wmtgiuliat t«*r*a«a ta tha anoaat iata«*at vharga ft* at tiT.aat,. MtMM I aar tha Ur«*»»t «f any »*a* khMM la*.t to tit »»: • no i* t»**, *« aa tacraaa* af It t.hhhtt» ta "It atajr ha urgad that *»•« tt tha rvaaaaaa af tha go«a»a<a*al had ha*a aaAviaat to a**at all tta ordtamr ta |waaaa daring tha ga*t thtaa taara tha go d r*«at«* ao*>d atdi haaa haaa ta tudUtaat ta taaat tha ihathl* It aad that hoa It would »«o»aifl| ha«a Iwaa i**a*d I**# tt* rag*to** U* it*.* a* tt Mf tt i* *t*a#l* u**att**t • th aat dvayiug -*r atlrattag th* nufwt n* o >*t *a>‘h a «a*tatu» that th* d*ht w-*atd hunt haaa d*.»««**-t ta at :*a*t tha * too* at of th* d*a- -*a» > aaa haataaaa roahdaava laio*#a»a*ahtj •traagthaaad throughout tha «u»t»j Revenue nnrl Protective Tariff. "Congress should promptly correct the existing condition. Ample reve nues must be supplied not only for the ordinary expenses of the gov ernment. but for the prompt payment of liberal pensions and the liquidation of the prin cipal and interest of the public debt. In rnl.xing revenue, duties should be so levied upon foreign products as to preserve the home market so far as possible to our own produc ers; to revive and increase manufac tories; to relieve and encourage agri cultuie; to increase our domestic and foreign commerce; to aid and develop mining and building, and to render to labor in every field of useful occupa tion the liberal wages and adequate rewards to which skill und industry arc justly entitled. "Tqe necessity of the passage of a tariff law which shall provide ample revenue need not be further urged. The imperative demand of the hour is the prompt enactment of sueh a meas ure, and to this object I earnestly rec ommend that Congress shall make every endeavor. "Before other business is transacted let us provide sufficient revenue to faithfully administer the government without the contracting of further debt, or the continued disturbance of our finances.—Wim.iam McKimi.kv. "Executive Mansion, March 15,18117." EXTRA SESSION BEGUN. Both Branch*! of the Fifty-Fifth Ton trm In Order. WaSHtffOTOJt, March IB.—The main interest in the assembling of the Fif ty-fifth Congress in extra session to day under President McKinley's call, centered In the House where organiza tion and the sent lottery were the drawing cards. Oreat crowds were in It __II_f_V_ 1_M_ _ I * biiu p uiivt ivn iiuuis wviuiv UUVIJ, uu V the general public hud small oppor tunity to view the proceedings. The section opposite the Speaker's rostrum commonly known as the “black belt,” which has a seating capacity of 300, was given up to the public. The other galleries were strictly reserved for ticket holders. The most striking feature of the scene on the floor was the number of new' faces. Figures conspicuous in the shock of snany a parliamentary buttle, had disappeared, and instead were new and untried men. The change in the personnel was very great. liy 11 o'clock the reserve galleries with the exception of those for the diplomatic corps, and the executive were crowded. The bright costumes of the ladies gave light and color to the scene. As the hands of the clock pointed to 1?, Major McDowell, clerk of the last House, rapped the members to order and then the Kev. Mr. Couden, the blind chaplain, delivered the invoca tion. The clerk then read the President’s proclamation convening Congress and the roll was called. Thomas B. Heed of Maine was re elected Speaker, the vote standing: Heed, 199; Hailey of Texas, 114; Bell, Populist of Colorado, 31; Newlands, Silverite, Nevada, 1. The other Hepublican caucus nomi nees for the various House offices were then elected. All held similar posi tions in the last House. In the Menate there was an abund ance of flowers on the desks when Mr. Hobart rapped for order, and there was an exceptionally full attendance. The public galleries were packed and the reserved galleries well filled. The chaplain's opening prayer invoked divine grace and blessing on the sen ators and members now- about to take up the work of the extraordinary ses sion. and upon the President and Vice President. The roll call disclosed the presence of sixty-eight senators. The new sen ator from Kansas, W. A. Harris, took the oath of office. Mr. McBride of Oregon presented the credentials of Henry W. Corbett, ap pointed by the Governor of Oregon to till the vacancy caused by the failure to elect a successor to Mr. Mitchell. The Governor's certificate was read, and Mr. McBride requested that the new senator be sworn in if there were no objection, but Mr. Gray of Dela ware said that unusual circumstances attended the appointment audthutthe credentials should be scrutinized. He moved that they tie referred to the committee on privileges and elections, amt it prevailed by unanimous vote. Mr. Hoar and Mr. Cockrell were named u committee to wail on the President and Inform him that Con gress was in session and ready to re ceive any communication from him, uud the Senate then, at 13.30 o'clock, took a recess until 3 o'clock. A Maw i'ustal System tur (hiss. \Y AsinxuTOH, March Iff.—Official an [ nouunemeut haa reached here that the | new postal system of China, which re place* the crude private courier ser vice, went into operation February The new service is based on the British i fswtai service and is uow under the directum of a British official, who has IsnsaalA liwaluttMasai.HlitinaLillia** ul L H *A ! tlup*rt*i lkiua*« rutlout* tk« r»t»u« t iuuih mhi «<»»«•< TorkM. Kkk . 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MM Ul|M*At* ml AlAAlAA-tllMA, fAAA AA4 MX .katl »ttp|ltlAA IruA I tAMa* Al'IAA »WA»u>AtkAf ku MM (MM* (MuMlbi) HAtAAM A HAkU* CttAMA (WAipAAf ba>* b» ughl MA4tA<*A A|»ki« UAtOAAb 1 Mam ImI | INGALLS AND “S'JLLY.” The Ei-Statrimaa Held to Suffer In « nmpetltloo With th« Kl-ChimplO* Washington, March 20.—The Wash ington Post this morning uppercut ox Senator Ingalls, saying, in reference to his and John L. Sullivan’s co-ordi nate engagement as prize fight critics: “In the coarse of some remarks a few days ago upon the rather sensational matter of the rivalry between these two remarkable men as chroniclers of battle and heroic deeds,we ventured to suggest that possibly the retired slug ger might excel the retired statesman. We acknowledged the vast superiority of Mr. Ingalls in any purely literary respect, and inay perhaps have done Mr. Sullivan less than justice touching his merits as a dealer in rhetoric ami poetry. But our original surmise has been vindicated by the facts Mr. In galls’ ‘account’ of the Carson tragedy is painfully inadequate. Beyond a few graceful references to the scenery, the atmosphere and the beauty of sur rounding uature we can find noth ing worthy of mention excepting the writer's profound and over setting astonishment as to the blow which at last took the wind out of Corbett and for a moment checked his flow of conversation. He did not, even essay one of those brilliant,impression istic pen pictures of which he is so em inently capable and for which his ad mirers so confidently looked The same blow that paralyzed the ‘Pompa dour’ appears to have plunged him into lethargy. Sullivan, on the other hand, must be said to have given the best, most impartial and intelligent history of the combat furnished by any single individual. It is the work of a veteran and a professional It is the result oi careful, dispassionate and enlightened observation, and as nearly ns words can it passes in review the < whole orderly procession of the battle. Comparing the two articles we are moved to remind Mr. Ingalls of that fine old English aphorism: ‘Ta-t^the cordwainer adhere to his wax and not aoolz a/itfnH 1 u olinnrro tiiv ’ NO REORGANIZATION. Tlir Republican* Evolve a Be hem* to lie fer the Fight I ntll Winter. Washington, March 30.—It ha* heen practically detcrinineu by the Repub lican steering committee of the Senate not to attempt tile general reorgan ization of the offices or committees of the Senate until after the passage of the tariff bill, or rather, until the regular session next winter. Mr. Aid rich, chairman of tin; committee on rules, has evolved the idea of permit ting the holdover members to retain their committee assignments, the va cancies created by the outgoing sena tors to be tilled by the various party caucuses. Under this arrangement the new member* will receive assign ments only to those committees in which vacancies may be created by the retirement of their predecessors or by the shifting of old members to more important committees. TO RUSH TARIFF BILL. The House Will Work All D»; end Into the Night Until Mareli Ml. Wabhinoton, March 30.—The House, / by the vote of 179 to 133, Democrats and Populists comprising the minority, to-day ai opted a rule providing for sessions beginning at 10 o'clock each day with sessions at night for debate on the tariff bill pending amendments at 3 o’clock March 31. IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT. Hes Moines, March 11.—Master Paul James, of Hes Moines, lias been gi an led u copyright for bn amusing publication entitled “Paul James's Card (lame and Instructions.” E. W. K. asks: “Cau a person patent a machine for making wire fence and sell county rights to use the machine amt then invent and patent unothcr machine for making the same kind of a fence uud sell the right to the second patent to muke the same fence in tiio same territory?” Answer: Improvements ure always in order, and it has been said “The room for improvement is the largest room in the world.” A persou may invent, and patent two distinct machines for muk iug tin- same kind of a fence uud law fully sell the right toroaeh iu the same place to different persona, ho each purchaser has the right to make the fence in the same territory, provided t there is no patent on the feme or, if 1 patented, each has bought a right to make such fence. 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