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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1897)
THE NORTHWESTERN QKO. E. BBNSCHOTEB, Editor * Pab. LOUP CITY, NEBRA8KA. mBS===T=K " " NEBRASKA NEWS. Four business houses in Wester* were destroyed by fire. Tekamnli has re-elected its old teach ers at reduced salaries. Miss Kinma Lndwtth has been ap pointed postmistress of Arlington. The Nebraska teacher*' association will meet in Lincoln December The state pharmaceutical society meets in Plattsmouth June 7. H and ft. The irrigating ditch near (Wad is ntili/s'd betimes for a baptismal fount. Osceola tias granted two saloon li censes and the school board is Jt.tKK) better off Mrs. James O'Hourke. of Otoe coun ty, who came to Nebraska in is.*,ft. died IhsI week. James llennctt. of Ailuins. a well known business man. fell dead from heart disease. The Niobrara creamery lias Itcgiin operations for the season with the ls-st of pros|s.‘cts. Farmers around Plattsmouth are suf fering from corn thieves. The product isn't too cheap yet to steal. Kimball county lias tints far had an nbundunce of rain, and the grass crop at least is practically assured. A valuable team of horses, one bay and one roan, together w ith a top buggy arid harness, were stolen from Vincent's livery stable in Dcwccse Inst Week. A new Methodist church lias been dedicated at Dakota City. The edifice is free from debt, and takes the place of the structure that was burned a year ago. Philip Smith of West Point success fully passed tile examination at Hast ings for a cadetship at West Point and has left for there to take the final ex amination. The First National bank of Orleans has closed its doors. No statement of ass, ts or liabilities lias yet been made. The Imnk had t’.’O.OOO of state money on deposit. Fred Kntcrnerd. a Herman. <■"> years old, committed suicide by bunging with a rope in the M. Welch hotel at Fremont where lie boil hoarded for four years. Whiskey was the cause. Klmcr Ford and Finery Meridith of Kteila caught a fine owl in the school house. It is of tin- monkey-faced species, of u brown color amt measures over three feet from tip to Up of its wings. The transportation Iwiaril lias again postponed the corn rate ease twenty daya from May The hoard claims to tie waiting to hear from the United States supreme court on the maximum rate ease. Three inches of rain fell throughout Perkins county last week. Some lie ealities gut four inches. Some farmers report water standing in wells 100 feet higher than usual. Props never looked lietter at this time of the year. Safe blowers visited Falrbury. The lloughtkin <t McDowell mill was en tered and the safe blown open, but nothing of any value was taken. The hardware store of John Price was bur glarized of a large amount of cutlery. At Geneva, Professor Lewis sent his little grandson out to shut off tin; wind mill. Tile boy performed tliut duty and had just got buck to the house again when the mill was struck by lightning and thrown in gear again. The damage was slight. Philip Hrandstetter. a highly respect ed farmer living twelve miles west of West I’oint, was brought in by the sheriff to lie examined by the hoard of insanity. This is the fifth ease of in sanity within a radius of five miles of West Point within as many weeks. The question <>f gold being found in Richardson county in paying quanti ties now seems to lie an established fact. W. L. Hrannin. who first dis covered gold in Ills saaii banks, lias lie gun putting in a sluice preparatory to operating the placer mine on a small scale at once. At Hermoosa. two licenses have been issued for selling intoxicating liquor uiuler the new liquor law. One is is sued to the mayor and marshal of the city, who are in partnership, and li cense No. goes to tile justice of the |H'ucc. Such another combination is not to lie found in the state. Two men tiy the name of Lester and flint Harrington were arrested in Oril on tile charge of hurlioriiig Walter Me Plierson. I lie Itoyd county man who shiit Gil Somers recently. The men came to Ord from Itoyd county and showed ail order and bill of sab* «d the !• uperr.y which W<Thrr*ou left there when lu* did the *lu>oting, The hill of »ule conveyed the prt>|M*rty to young Herrington . V'ttidcii l.cidiyh uf the *talc peulten tiary hit* vertitled to the Itourd of pub lie hind* mill building* tlint u nutiilw*> of eoiivtet* will Ih* entitled to di* i hargr* iii dune, under the provUtuii of the law which allow* the kluirteu lug of the tel in for giH*l I* hat lur Among three i* liarrv Win ith, who xxa> eoltvieted of murder in Wheeler county "« weptemlier S.V l**i and onteioe. to aerte a twenty tear term Another idol ha* ia*en *«na*hett, *ax« ibet'aiaway t ottrier The dandelion an innocent Mower of youth, whiei liked to ileeh the x art! with gohlet atari*. and trout who** xpiit *teut» wi ttxitl to roll luxuriou* curia in **'111** t«>y day*, ha* lllltn from grace I* ha* thr xaloped ttaktu* Irathacirt ti uiottop Itae law u* and front yard* ant la otherw We making t |*-ki nulxatiei of Itaelf The World appear* to he get ling wore and u»**»e off it* k haneetcrj year, A mail itny n art la mm at lit i nold* Tboata* I leag U * lurd dug w a* > *u hr* I .to tht *at odat ax k|i to .gh waa vxxUong la from the xtxewlb Id in idehed up a xtn b anxi wa* tarrying l It hen he an t Ih* Ag x hu h eabibtix t nigh* of maxim** l*.g hilling ha* amn"" Heed In Metn<lid* fVler |te*x*u had hi* right hau> tnhea off h th> <wa. liinert at the h*tu| tnMl in |tx u. u< lie ana feeding <*• nf Ih* been*ttxg atath.ne* whea o*m* of tbe httt» ' tw xtxrd artxanxl hla haaxl denning It hum the roller* lu •nnehlnerx wn* <t .t i**t a* »•*•« a* pi* nthie bat not he hu e nw hand e*4 • rt*t had bean drawn .a SIMMUS EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE TARIFF RATE LOST. MR. JONES HEARD FROM. I rill* ArkuriMk Hfniitnr Stln I f* a Lively Till — Profit* uf the 1’lAtA Giant Trust Alreil- kenelor Morsmi Lrf« do a Few Mt«rf» SCi*p* at kjimkir Keeii. U'.isiiiM,tms, May nl.■ The Senate resumed it* work at noon to-day ivitl> its usual calm prevailing after the stormy events of yesterday. The tariff bill was taken up on motion of •Mr. Aldrich and considered from the point reached yesterday, paragraph 100. An agreement wns readied striking out the provision that all fluted, rolled, ribbed or rough plate glass, when ground 01 otherwise obscured, shall be subject to the snmc rate of duty as finished east polished plate glass un si lve red. tin the paragraph n> to uusilvered east polished plutc glass, small size, Mr. .tones of Arkansas moved to re duce the rate from « cents to r» cents per square foot In this connection Mr. Jones declared that the increase of duty on uli classes of plutc glass was astounding. In one ease, he said, the rate wns increasad Sit per cent above the high rate of the McKinley act, which, lie asserted, had been repudiated by the |s'oplc because of its high rates. This was an attempt to raise the price of mir rors in cheap furniture for poor peo nil. II' li I l/i I lii. I n Hifn lIio.I if 1 .as Innii/lif by people of wealth had Us rates re- j 11 uteri. This was the peculiarity of the whole bill, as though the Senators in charge of the bill hail in mind the old proverb: “To him who hath shall be given, and to him who hath not shall be taken away," etc. When Mr. Jones referred to the enormous dividends declared by the plate glass trust, Mr. Piatt of Connec ticut stated that no dividends had been declared in the last three years Mr. Vest of Missouri added that the entire plate glass trade,with a few tri fling exceptions, was controlled by the combine which met aunuully at Pitts burg. to fix rates, etc. Mr. Jones pre sented a statement showing that the plate glass combination had made pro fits of about $2,600,000 in twenty-two months, on a capital of 12,000,000. Mr. Quay of Pennsylvania read a letter from the Pittsburg Plate Class com pany, declaring that any statements that it was a trust combine in restraint of trade was untrue. After a lengthy debate on the plate glass schedule the motion of Senator Jones of Arkansas to reduce the rate on rough plate glass from s to f, cents, was defeated—yeas 21, nays 20. senator Quay made a motion in the Senate this afternoon to adjourn over Monday in honor of Decoration day. The motion was discussed at some length, a number of Republicans say ing they thought the tariff bill should be pressed. The Democrats supported the mo tion. Senator Morgan, discussing it, said he regretted that tin- Republican House of Representatives was com pelled to meet Monday by the auto cratic ruler of that body. He said the House of Representatives was com pelled to follow the dictates of one man, anil Congress was dishonoring itself b.v being subject to one man. NO TAX ON POLICIES. A llecltlon In luillaua Ij'nlnil the Tax ing (it l.lfe Insurance. Indian atoms. Did., May 31.—Judge Allen of the Marion circuit court to j day granted the injunction asked for | by John II Holliday amt others j against the state board of tux com* unssioners nun outer nixing onicer*, j rest’Hilling them from levying u tax on life insurance pollens*, i'lie court hold* that no law lias ever been passed by the legislature authorizing the tax utlou of life insuruuee policies and tiiat the gcuerul law on taxation could ; not Ihi construed to include them. Tim legislature hud all taxing powers and it could not delegate so li power, rveil if it chose to do so i A » Irraou* MoiiumumiI t'lth At»o, May 11 Next Monday Ihi . lire men of I'hlcugo will deiticale I monument to the tireiiu-u and citizen* who met death in the cold storage building ttre in the World* fail ground* July id, |i»j In that c»u ttagralion ttftceii men in nil w*r« either hurued to death or so injured ii jumping that they died soon after ward* _____ Miser 1*111*1 *i hi I're* , Id f»s*c leva* May >1 lit* rive I fell several inehe* last night amt Ihi water in the dWtrieta ha* tall • a off Ait the drstitale and si* It kzu iwen provided I.* and there i* mi suf *> r<ng INrMtiwv l**t et t»e'** tints* han May H Mentor a : lh*y no* c*b*e»v»d u* topeha Ity th ! usual Mural decoration of grates « *lv t>l « !*in(* in the f ■'* * u i* and {strode ami ***** > i»> lu the aft* r«<*a ut’Otl • II ttilpalikeh <>f I tales ! *otih delivered au address * A Matt*** Ha th l« |t*t»i*talttMt M Cttl, haa May *1 the 0**1 el t*M*ge U>«-**on wl It a city ha* gutt ItMtw vtdaatai r IhyuhlalitMt and la pay lag oil the >1*pontine* la full I h m tttingnary **f tha tale hanhtag law i * *wid to he tha ttvt* SECRETARY CAGE SPEAKS. Aitdrnm a llanquet at Cincinnati on the Tariff ar.d Finance. Cincinnati, May 21.—The crowning event of the visit of the commercial clubs of St. Louis. Chicago and Koston was the banquet at the Clifton man sion of Alexander McDonald, who was host for the Cincinnati club. Lm-ien Wulsin, president of the Cincinnati club, opened the speaking with an ad dress of welcome. Secretary of tlie Treasury (iage was vociferously applauded as he rose to speak. lie said. In beginning his re marks. that before coming he had culled on the President and usked per mission to sny for the administration that there must lie proper revenue raised, and there must he a sound sys tem of currency established. The President said: “That is exactly what I want you to sny.” Mr. tinge con tinued: “As to the great fabric now before Congress known as the tariff bill, I have nothing to sny in detail. 1 want to bear testimony, however, to the good faitii of those in both houses who have that measure in charge. They are fully conscious of their great re sponsibility and arc working faith fully to discharge it. Nor do 1 think that the opponents of these measures are likely to oppose with willful and unjust obstructions the course of legislation. Protest there will be—r more or less fencing for position must be expected, but having now come into contact with many of the representatives of the people in both houses of Congress. 1 deem it my duty to bear wUdcss, so far as it may have value, to the honorable ami patriotic motives that inspire tlie minds of the great majority, whether upon one side of tlie house or the other, aud 1 prophesy an early result in the na tional councils to which this great committee question is now committed. "I make these remarks, not to de fend u body for which X hold no com mission to speak, hut to correct, in one direction if 1 inay say. the operation of an injurious sentiment a sentiment which is sowing its seeds in many di rection*. It is dividing classes, des stroying unity utid breeding hatred. The one word for that is 'distrust.' Faith ami courage lead to conquest and victory. Distrust paralyzes and destroys. "As to the financial question, to which 1 have already referred, 1 must content myself with few words I am glad that they may he words of assur ance. If any of you harbor the sus picion that tiie administration hut just now installed into the responsi bilities of high office, has forgotten, or is likely to forget, the mandate of the people whose vote in behalf of honest money and sound finances rang out loud and clear in No vember last, put that suspicion aside. It was unjust and un founded In good time and in proper order the affirmative evidences of my declaration will appear. The revival of industry is near. and. with the es tabl ishment of a revenue law sufficient to bring into the treasury an amount adequate to meet the reasonable needs of our government, and with the establiscment of our finances on a sound and enduring basis, nothing now forseen can delay the recovery of past losses, and the. inauguration of a new I forward movement along the lines of ! material advancement and social pro gress. ” FRENCH BIMETALLISTS. National liimttalllc League Meet* at Pari* — Aitdre** by the Premier. l’AKis. May 31.—There were 400 del ' egates present to-day at the annual j meeting of the National Bimetallic j League. Deputy Fougoirol presided. I M. Threy, secretary of the League, j read the report. It set forth that the j leading event of the year was the j election of President McKinley, which , gave great satisfaction to bimetallists. I He dwelt upon the necessity of bring ing the movement to a definite issue before the expiration of Mr. MbKin ley's term of office. The French gov ernment had done excellent work, which the international negotiations would reveal. It bail persevered in seeking the co-operation of (ireat Britain because the lal.er's participa nun wmui uixurin me worst opponents uml give international bimetallism a permanent uud solid basis, The re port added “The Knglish horizou is less dark tlutu asserted. The presence of the Atuerieau delegates in I'aris mav greatly liasteu a solution of the <|Ue» tlon. Trance and Auterica could easily come to au agreement if Kngland wax Inclined to u serious ef fort in favor of silver, and fiermunv would follow her example It is upon flits that the auestiuit of iriUrruatioual biinatallism. lucre fore. depend* for its practical solution." An elaborate l-un-pnt was given to the delegates to the National IlinietV lie league at the Hotel (onlineatai. 'senator Wolcott, ex* Vice I'reshirut sieve ns. in and to-neral I'alue lha Americau cuiumissUiaers, occupied the scats of honor I'rentier Menu* dwelt at some length i||miu the Incou tvniea-'C caUM-d by iluctuaWoiit in exchange and the itu isirtauca of solving this protilem He sanl Hint f inner alone could not settle this ipn-slion The co-operation of other uusrn Mas iirirustt bet the t nltesl Stales Iml brought lha matter before Kuropr la a dmUtvi* way by 1 sending . oimu-ss.oners whose ability and know ledge of the subject enabled them to speak with autkoflty ► ran-s- uniter these vtr a-ustanees he sa -t. Ul « .elusion ' wilt support Ik* effort* of the I mini stale, lor a great vauM llrfor* r> sum'uy ht* seat the prem-er gave the toast l it* I u >n of I rat, a alnl the l mini States aud the II * lit * of the tlml Worth) Ams r csn Itepr. t Hllpl S* S VI 1 he res rs si a large nuntWr of telegram* sf *--ogrstulatem front ho hgS btinelalilv Irsgars Noto of the trueri<an csrntarsslstners tp4r ktM«i Usuis » reel* I Prescient > It* | IMS tl, Way t| Ike W.awctit * Homs ami P»-mgn M sties ot s»«'arty of the g*! *>fel attest of Ike |. -augs-li l -*l l.utnerns . bat* h eitased it* sessi-att t here tester Ox) W»* t t« It.-ad »l hnttnn. hat. , *a* elected president AFTER THE SENATORS TILLMAN CHARGES THEM WITH SUGAR DEALS. Declare* that the Senate Finance Com mittee I* Cnder Suspicion—Speech of a sensational Character—Aldrich Hotly Kencnt* the South Car cllnau'a Word*. Tillman Again Talk*. amiinotox. May 29. —Senator Till man of fsouth Carolina has introduced a resolution in the Senate for the ap pointment of a special committee of five senators to enquire into recent re ports of speculation by senators in sugar stock and as to advance inform ation by New York speculators as to the sugar schedule of the tariff bill, and also to continue the investigation made in 1891. The resolution recites that one man is serving a sentence in jail anil that another was yesterday acquitted on a technicality, and pro vides for conducting tile investigation so that all questions shull be perti nent. Senator Frye, in tlie chair, promptly referred the resolution to the commit tee on contingent expenses, and Mr. Tillman was allowed to speak on the subject by unanimous consent Mr. Tillman, in a sensational speech, said the Democratic members of the finance committee were under a cloud on account of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill of 1894, and that the Kepub lican members of the finance commit tee were now under suspicion. Mr. Pettis, Democrat, of Alabama, demutided that Mr. Tillman specify his charges and that the whole Senate should not be subject to his sweeping assertions. Mr. Tillman answered that the Dresent tariff bill was made in the rooms of the Arlington hotel, with close connection by telephone and telegraph with New York, and in close touch with the Sugar trust mag nates. Mr. Tillman said Chapman was in a jail turned into a club, while the great magnate had gone free on a technic ality. He read extracts from papers showing that the Sugar trust secured the sugar schedule in the new bill, and also an extract from a paper making a charge that Senator Smith of New Jersey had been speculating in sugar. Mr. Tillman closed with a declara tion that the Senate should either prove the correspondents liars or prove the senators corrupt und then turn them out. Mr. Aldrich replied to Mr. Tillman. He denied that any person connected with the Sugar trust had anything to do with the sugar schedule. No person except the Repub lican members of the committee knew anything about the sugar schedule except Senator Jones of Ne vada, to whom it was shown thirty six hours before its report. He wanted to say for himself and for the other members of the sub-committee that he had not bought or sold a share of Sugar stock. At the conclusion of Senator Ald rich's remarks the tariff bill was taken up. —_— ■ .. ,, i—. I SCORED CLEVELAND. Senate Adopts Sundry Civil Bill Confer ence Report—Tariff Progress. Washington, May US*. —The Senate adopted the conference report on the sundry civil bill, which suspends for a year the forestry order made in Feb ruary by President Cleveland und Sec retary Francis. Senators from states affected by the order urged the rejection of the entire conference report and an absolute suspension of the president's order. Mr. ( annon of Utah referred to it as barbarous and inhuman, and Mr. Stewart of Nevada characterized it as a "disgrace to American civilization and the worst outrage of the last half century." Mr. Pettigrew asserted that the order was the result of "the ignorance of drover Cleveland " When Mr. Allison said this was the liest arrangement that could be mude with the House, Mr Tillman of South Carolina ejaculated: "O, they have no House over there, anyway. They have rsfflaA in SB n riltitiinrf if " Sis* of Arkansas said the Mississippi river item and other important fentures of the bill would be jeopardised l>y a re jection of the report The vote was then taken and the IImil conference rcjiort was ugrced to - yeas 32, nays 25. The tariff bill was taken up at 2 o'clock flood progress was made ten pages being disposed ot Several voles were taken, the finance commit tee bring sustained in each ease by ma jorities varying from « to 15. The drug kritedule was under discussion and the debate was largely technical ih-casiunalty, however, it branched off to general phases of the tariff, although at no time during the day was there a spetch of more thea five minutes duration Mr Minister's SesSvMie Trip Vt sMMttIWi, Mar #. Preparations are completed for the Preetdeiil e visit to the Nashville e*|nmttioa, June I' The start will be made June lit and tk* President will be *,e.<inpanted by kvrrvlsf) Alger and nt tenet one other member of his cabinet, end by Ne< re tars sad Mrs ISirbi The trip to Nashville will be made over the Ikes a brake A ' • ■»*'-wd I IlMhl M Att ests, ft* . May ft* Met James ||i-.sns i kn of the la* Thinker faith who has Ms bold»ng forth on the etrvets el the city for thirty nights was lited is pot lee veaft yesterday and Isnl lit* arrest was reused by the viv.ou* tetma with wkWh h* rhaewetertaad t hvisi d*u->un. «g y 'im as a b » i«» r itr iter sa-t pr» l«u>hr» i he pveai h ug cvwaled gunr-ai tndig ust <n and many vomptalnta were made ll sk ns was w arned tw Aeatat. but y* fusing to do ms, he was srfsshd Only a nominal hue was asicmed as Huahina now *ed tv dtassmtsuwa hts ! ewrsnona NINETEEN YEARS. A Long Term In the Penitentiary Awaits Henry Mnlln. Henry Bolin. ex-city treasurer of Omaha, says a dispatch from that city, must enter upon a sentence of nine teen years in the penitentiary for em bezzling public funds. The judgment of the lower court was affirmed by the supreme court. Bolin, who was out on $40,000 bail, furnished principally by his father, was taken into custody by the sheriff of Douglas county. He was at dinner with his family when the officers called and a heartrending part ing scene ensued. Attorneys for ltolln will make the usual motion for a re hearing and in addition may endeavor to give bond and take the ease to the I'nited Stub's supreme court on error. They may endeavor to show that eon slitutional questions ure involved and in that way may get the ease into the I'nited States courts. Mr. ltolln was convicted of embez zling $105,000 and sentenced to pay a tine of twice that amount and serve nineteen years in the penitentiary. When he was arrested for embezzle ment there wty-e found in his cash drawer memorandum cheeks aggregat ing $'.’4,000, carried as cash. These checks represented money paid out to various js-rsons, including friends, em ployes and contractors. The opinion of the supreme court was written by Judge Norval. The syllabus is as follows: ('linpter 54 of the criminal code authorizes prosecution of felonies l>y Information Hied by the public prosecutor of the proper county. S. A denial of a Jury trial upon an Issue of fact tendered by a plea In abatement Is not reversible error, since I be record falls to dis close Hint the prisoner was In some manner prejudiced thereby. a. It Is not essential to the validity of an Information that Is should cnncludo "against the peace and dignity of the stale.” 4. An opinion formed by a Juror does not affect bis competency or afford cause for challenge, unless It Is unqualified as to the guilt or Innocence of the accused of the offense charged. Hasye vs. Mute. 45 Neb., 3HI. followed. ft. An opinion based upon rumor and news paper reports alone does not afford cause for challenge wln-re It Is shown that such opinion will not Interfere with the Juror's rendering a fair and impartial verdict upon the evi dence under the Inst rtn-t Ions of the court. ti. I'nder section 121 of this criminal code the failure of any public official to account to. or make settlement of his official ac counts with the proper legal authority with in reasonable time after notice to do so. as null lift- I U'lll «/l SHIM Mill' VI l” . » I psy over to his successor sny public moneys or securities on the legal requirement of any authorized officer Is made priuia facia evi dence of embezzlement. 7. Held that the accused was not preju diced upon the trial hy the giving of tlie fifteenth and sixteenth paragraphs of the charge of the court. s. Evidence examined and held sufficient to warrant a conviction for embezzlement of public moneys. 9. I'inter an Information against a public officer charging embezzlement on a certain date, evidence of a continuous series of con versions of moneys by the defendant, at different times and In different amounts la fore Unit date, will support a verdict finding the aggregate sum as the amount of a single embezzlement. 10. The disbursement of public funds by a city treasurer except upon a warrant drawn by tin' proper authority constitutes embez zlement. 71. A custom or usage repugnant to the commands of a statute will not prevail against such statute. VI. In acrimlnal prosecution the presence of the defendant of the trial being once shown by the record, will Is- presumed to have continued to the end, where the con trary Is not made to appear. Kx-Congressman Andrews. Washington special to the Lincoln Journal: The case of ex-Representativc Andrews for an auditorship. still hangs tire, it is hoped that Mr. Andrews will be taken care of. and he is lieing very strongly urged by his friends. At the same time the pressure for such positions is unprecedented, and the men who are to draw the prizes have apparently not yet lieen determined upon. The appointment of ex-Repre sentative Cheatham to the recordership of the District of Columbia was dis counted weeks liefore it was made. There was never any chance for Dud Lindsey, because it w as early known that President McKinley proposed that the appointment to that office should go south. An earnest and concerted effort on his behalf was. however, made by Senator Thurston and Representa tive Strode and Mercer. Representa tives Strode was told by the president when he last saw him that there was no chance for Mr. Lindsey, as lie had decided to select a colored man from south of Mason and Dixon's line. It was upon this occasion that Judge Strode, so he informs me. was informed by President McKinley that bethought that Nebraska had no cause for com plaint in the matter of appointments. Hy this statement lie doubtless referr ed to the selection of ex-Representativc Meiklejohn for the desk of assistant secretary of war. I About hr. Kail* The bounl of public lands unit build ings met last week. It was denied that the question of Dr. Pull's removal was considered. The report that a 1 long discussion relative to the matter . i .1 ■ . . I _ a _! 1 . 1 .. 1 a decision was expected. Member* of the board called mi (;«tv. Holcomb iiu mediately after adjourning und u con sulfation was lie id. It is understood that tin- ts>ard d<«-* not want to back out of the scrape, unit at the same time the member* do not like to remove Hr. Tail if there is any way out of it. The pro|m*itiou of allowing him to remain until the new law goes Into effect ha* la-eit di*cu**rd. The law authorise* the governor to appoint a superintend ent. This law « ill go into effect duly '.i. If this course U pursued It is as serted that tin* Ibdcoiub would carry out tlur board * original Intent and re ■MMe thr Tall Chicago dispatch l.yiug helplessly III. with her 1-year old child mdeep by her side Mr*. tk-nule |l*w*»n, fl years of age, wa* shot aad hilled by her husband. John lk*ssi The shooting follow ft a quarrel The murderer t* Ut targe, but the police declare that he will s«*iU Is- • aptnred a* h • is welt know a to them t he dead w<ai.au * father U a welt to do farmer uear I.in >«da. N> l> wh« married Itawwcn in i..a.«da etght yt ar* ago pa«a*ar* pea* a MaMMt Past. North lamp dispatch farmer* imp pi an that rat-'ita threaten to boon,, a* great a p -< a* they hare tern ha mut year* past la tustraiia they appear to h almost iwryptan aad are sahf to tar , **»*< >g eonstderabir damage to gnrdea stall uad tree* t h% t are wonderfully tame aad mah* th*<» hiding places <a yards a rot gar true within a f*w feet of residence t*« tiding* tut* and dog* appear to take tittle or tn> notice of them aad it >• old a resort It- is- *oa up man «<o k Ot. aas will Srsat W lusewaf» to t* dm* their aumWr* Russia for Russian'. Rt. Petersburg, May 29.—An im portant and far-reaching law forbids the carrying of trade of sea in foreign vessels and under any but the Russian flag between all Russian ports of trie Baltic and tire Black sea and the Pa cific coast. The law will not go into operation until 1900. Ex-Senator Call After a Job. Washington, May 29.—Ex-Senator Call of Florida has made a formal ap plication for appointment as a mem ber of the Dawes Indian commission, and has the indorsement of a number of his former colleagues in the Senate. GIRLS ON THE BLOCK. Auctioned to Holdlers Under the .Most Revolting clrcumstaaeas. Havana, May 29.—/- tie of Cuban girls has been reported at a small town in Pinar del Rio, where there is a garrison with 409 troops. The sol diers seized a paclfico cainp recently, capturing eight men and fifteen girls and women. Seven of the girls, 1 to 20 years old, were put on the block and sold under the most revolting cir cumstances, and sold to the highest bidder, the soldiers sacrificing their arms and equipments to their more fortunate fellow soldiers for cash to purchase a girl. One of the sergeants acted as auctioneer. Two of the prettiest girls, one IS, the other 17, were sold to one man. a mule driver. As he had no means some curiosity was expressed as for .whom he was acting, it was' discov ered afterward that the girls were in the quarters of Colonel Jesus del Monte and Captuin Arizor, the com manding officers of the place. CALHOUN AT WORK. The Havana papers have denounced this outrage, and say that the nalaee officials should put a stop to the prac tice. It is stated among the American col ony that United States Commissioner Calhoun has been informed of these and similar practices, and tliut, much to the worry ql the Spanish officials, he is collecting evidence upon this _* if. i,... -V — -n ■ - sufficient evidence to prove the exist ence of many horrible practice's on the part of the Kpanish officers as regards their conduct toward the Cuban wo men. The atrocities perpetrated in Guanabacoa under Major Fondcviella have been verified by him as much as possible. BURNED BY GUERRILLAS. Norma, near Santa Clara, was burned last week by the Kpanish guer rillas because a Cuban detachment had passed through a few days previous. The guerrillas raided the place at night, roughly took the leading citi zens out of their houses by brute force, compelling the women member* to leave also, without giving them time to dress. They assembled them in the square and gave them ten min utes to pray before being shot. The houses were set on fire and the inhab itants prevented from rescuing any of their belongings. Afterward the com manding officer listened to the frenzied pleadings of the women and children and released most of the men. Four of the principal residents were shot, it being alleged that they carried in formation to the Cubans. The womru were insulted, and several of them were assaulted by troopers. Iowa Patent Oltlie Keport. Patents have been allowed but, not yet issued as follows: To I. T. Evans of Clive for an im provement to his tripple v-shaped drag harrow covered by his prior patents. The improvements facilitate the self ndjustment of the parts as required to operate advantageously in passing over uneven surfaces. To Bessie Larson of Ruthven for an attachment to pole yokes to prevent, the dangers incident to accidental sep aration of tin- yoke from tile pole when tile vehicle to which they arc hitched is advancing. An undivided half lias been assigned to Dr. G. Baldwin of • t... ........ ..i...... To the Khowls and Carineon Huggy Co. of Marshalltown, assignee of A. It. Arnold, for an improvem* nt in four wheeled vehicles to keep the eliptie springs perpendicular and to prevent the lurching motions incident to the body or bo.\ and persons seated there on when the carriage is advancing on a rough road or over obstructions in the way of the wheels. 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