THE NORTHWESTERN. OFO. E. BBNSCHOTER. Editor and Pub I/)UP CITY, - - NEBRASKA, NEBRASKA. A free reading room has been open ed at Cedar Bluffs. Headquarters of the state board of Christian missions is to be located at Lincoln. Highwaymen are becoming quite numerous In Omaha, as the cold days approach. Plattsmouth has a boy preacher who seems to have the gift of speaking by Inspiration. A dog at Weeping Water hunts rab bits all by itself and always brings borne all It catches. Rev. W. Id pc, pastor of the Luther an church at West Point, surprised his parishioners by tendering his res ignation. James Hall, a poor man living near Indlanola, lost a pocketbook contain ing $110, which the Under lias so far failed to surrender. The ministers of North Platte are speaking out in meeting against gam bling. which the Telegraph says is being run openly In that city. John Welln, a Swede farmer living In Woodvllie township, Platte county. vrna (Iftiiulvp/l Inwilllf' find fflkf'Tl tf) I h<’ asylum at Lincoln. Ills trouble la of • religious character. Mrc Serallsky of Wilber had her left hand amputated on account of a wound made by a needle penetrating the hand while she was washing some clothes a few weeks ugo. l)r. M. Duncan, of North Platte, Is under bonds of $5,000 to keep the peace, having made threats against bis wife. An effort is being made to have him treated at an Inebriate hos pital. Oeorge Mooney, a carpenter, work ing on the building of the King Press Drill company, at Nebraska City, fell from the roof, some twenty-five feet. His left ankle was broken and he was considerably bruised. A Cedar county farmer named He bron came home full of whiskey and ordered his wife to get supper and when she informed him that the cup board was empty he tried to decapi tate her with a buck saw. Two traveling grocery fakirs giving the names of John T. i-liras and Boone Humbert, who were arrested In Tek amuh for jumping a board bill at Oak land, had their trlul in county court and each sentenced to a flue of $35 •nd costs. John Miller’s hardware store at Wil ber was entered by burglars, who were discovered while engaged In looting the place. They escaped on horseback, taking some razors, spoons, revolvers, cartridges aud a small •mount in money. Tax Commissioner Sackett of Oma ha has completed his compilation of the assessment rolls sufficiently to •how that the total assessment of the city real and personal property for the current yeur will reach above $34,000, 000, as against $17,000,000 last year. The members of the Kearney Are department are doing all In their pow er to raise money for the purpose of giving the delegates to the volunteer firemen's association, which will bo held there next month, a royal en tertainment. The Volunteers of Amer ica have reopened headquarters in Awrncy. Frank K. Dunlavy, a tenant farmer, •bout 35 years old, unmarried, who baa been farming about eighty acres northwest of McCooi Junction, after gathering ills crop of corn, took a trip back to Western Iowa last week to visit his relatives and old home. A telegram lias been receiving stating that fie had comniltteed suicide by cutting hio throat. Sheriff H. W. Phillips, of Cuming county, with Deputy Sheriff Smith, of Dakota City, placed William C. Ream of Homer under arrest on a mandate from the supreme court stating that the decision of District Judge Evans, sentencing Ream to six years in the genltentiary for cattle stealing, had en affirmed. Ream was sentenced February 17, 181*7, and after serving six months was released on a Buper sedeas bond, pending it bearing of the case in I he supreme court. Washington dispatch: State Senator A. R. Talbot, who left the city this evening, has been in the city several days working In the interest of T. P. Keunard's claim against the state of Nebraska, amounting to $28,turn, grow ing out of the Pawnee Indian claims. Mr. Talbot is uuxious to secure for his client a ruling from the interior de partment that the state lias received the money that he claims. Mr. Talbot ulso put in a week in the pension bu reau lu the Interest of clients in Ne braska. The mmiufdiTure of sugnr from the •ugur lei which is now attracting general interest in this country, will be shown Iti a practical manner at the trans-Mississippi ex post iluu. The de partment of agriculture will be rep resented by the exhibit made by the Dulled Slates government. The Ne brush a delegation to congress will en deavor |u secure nu appropriation of plU.Uun to eo,.-r the tost of u sugar beet plant of the exposition grounds in m far lure of the sugar beet Into a sta ple aria i- The plan' will la- complete ly srtulpp- I with approved nim lilio ry foe grinding bleaching and r. lining the sugar read* for use ill gra>l< - Of sugar will be itisile III plain sight of the special tots and the subject . f Sugar b*et growing from the lime the ■seal Is planted until the • rup is nia lured wilt lie e x*ia pliltcd Tbs millinerjr steak of Mrs J \rtn •irons of Nebraska fit) was demag •d by hr* san k* and water to ike ex |Ml of IJ.mxi the oil>> i evening Par ttslty Insured Ik* Hr. is t.. .v,»d to bavs originated front th* .-ipioeiou of • lamp Tb# app Huttos f- «pa.’* hy #* blbitorvPtu the Mf’ dlsoi »r* rapidly tacfoosing Over 20* • *>•» square |.«t of spa** has air*adt •>.»*. *.M#d u •CUM* Isiltsirt apptt' aai* hsvs 4ou bksl and eves trebls.l h* suatkev of feet Mrs* asked fur N t sin-* Iks arurld « fair bss (bars ho s *.• great a driiMtM * t‘>r apses St SS) ..f Ike M, IPMUd tlpslilvM bald Ul this i oustry THE NEWS IN BRIEF. ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED HERE AND THERE. Condensations that Embody a Good Deal of Information Without Requiring Mach Upace—Foreign and Domestic Newsy Notes on All Subjects. Monday, Dec. 13. United States Minister Hay and w'fe dined with the queen and slept at the Castle. Dr. Charles F KuechU-r. n prcmln rnt physician, died at hla home In Sptlngffeld, III Dr. Kueehler was the earliest homocpatblc phyxlclun In 11 lirols. Fitzsimmons exhibited a telegram from his wife deynlng that she hud told a Milwaukee reporter she would release him from his promise to felit Corbett. Hon. W. J. Urynn, of Nebraska Is at Monterey, Mex„ on a visit. Tho dis tinguished American wus the recip ient of high municipal, stale and fed eral honors. Joe Iteed, a prominent lawyer of Tangipahoa, and a widely known fig ure in Florida parishes, was assassin ated. He was shot In the back at tho court house at Frankllnton. B. H. Winslow, president of tho Metropolitan 1’lute Class company, confirmed a report to the effect that rates for plate glass Insurance will probably soon he cut In every state. Harry Allends was hanged at San Quentin (Cal.) penitentiary for tho murder of Miss Wellborga Plainer and Vlnanzl Crozettl. He tottered to tho scaffold and It was necesasry to sup port him. t Senator Allen, of Nebraska, has ad dressed a letter to the secretary of the Interior, suggesting the advisabil ity of making an Indian exhibit at the coming Omaha exposition. Secretary llllsH has the matter under considera tion. Tuesday, Dec. 14. Eugene A. Cushman, a foreman In the street cleaning department of New York City, was arrested today on the charge of embezzling $25,000 from per sons In Nebraska. Postoffice department officials say they are not aware of the extent of thp Inna fippflRinnPrl Itv tho riflin'? of registered pourfthcs between New York and Philadelphia. Secretary of War Alger has granted the Northwestern Cricket association a revocable license to use Fort Omaha and the parade grounds from July 25 to 30, during the exposition year. Judge Morton 8. Hailey, populist can didate for governor In Colorado, who was defeated by Alva Adams In 18'J3 1ms announced his purpose to act In.'h'i future with the democratic par}" ,,ut In the defense of Adolph •'KITl’Il gert In his second trial og.f|U:e**«iW will swear that she saw his wife com ing from her home on the night of her supposed murder shortly after 10:30 o’clock. At Dayton, O., Michael Dyer was killed In a fist fight with John J. Laughlln. They were formerly mem bers of the soldiers’ home. Both were over seventy years old and had been friends. At noon today Governor Stephens of Missouri commuted the death sent ence of William Williams, the Kan sas City negro who murdered a Hun garian In that city on the day of the carnival last fall, for hurrahing for Bryan. Secretary of the Navy Long has ap pointed Lieutenant Commander J. B. Adams to represent the Navy depart ment on the government board having charge of the Omaha exposition,"*vice Lieutenant McCormick of the navy, as signed to sea dot v. Gen. Von. Buelow, of the nrtlllery, ixdtnd. He has been suffering from in fluenza. WedDfNilay, December 15. St. Louie will anon have a new ho tel that will coat $2,000,000. New York printers are threatening to strike for a nine hour day. George W. Vanderbilt of New York hati taken out a $1,000,000 life insur ance *pol ley. The "Bridegrooms'' have drafted Rimer Horton, the star pitcher of the Syracuse club. Officers ns well as employes In the Falls River (Mass.) mills will suffer a cut In their wages. Five members of the president's cabinet attended the funeral of Mrs. McKinley at Canton, Ohio. Reports to the Illinois state hoard of Agricultural show one of the small est areas of wluter wheat ever sown. The war department has been in formed of the death today at Butler. l*a., of Col. J. C. McKee, surgeon, U. S. A. Judge Sanborn tn the court of ap peals ut Hi. Louis has granted a post ponement of the proposed sale of ilia Kansas 1‘aciflc railroad for sixty day*. lion. Alexander McDonald. minister to t'ersta under the Iasi administra tion. and who arrived home from hla post only lust week, la at the point of death with pneumonia. A Rome ill.patch says General Witt F Draper, the In lied State, a ttt Inis, a dor to Italy, was present today at j the tasting of the tin>nx. monument to General John A laiguit, which will la* set up in Washington t'. tniusler IP Herat Gary h *» amend ed regulations so as to reunite I hat after April I next the tsnnl supplied teller carriers for the fatthtul per formance of their duties .nail be that supplied by surety companies, Vi is# Jennie June Crolr has been ap|» titled an Inspector of public schools by Mayor lltrtmg fur the term , of Axe y earu Mrs. I 'mlr i. known alt oxer ike t'nitvd mate as a writer and worker In woman's clubs As g ct ndtlIon precedent to Ike re mural of the boycott against th« ft : mour l*nrkta* com pony, tbe tkrse la* i bur otiP*us taxutxnd kaxe *t< mauded an indemnity nf $.*> *vs> tu be paid to ! the unbox men Who haxe been braked uu< inker taker union, repudiate i Ike demand Thnrtdif, I)«*. 16. The Kansas Pacific railroad will now be sold February 15. Mr. Bryan addressed the Mexican congress on the 14th. The .louse la spending a good deal of time discussing civil service. John E. Liggitt left an estate of $4,000,000 at St. Louis, made of to bacco. The threatened printers’ strike In New York has been declared off temp orarily. The proposed celebration of the passing of old New York has been abandoned. Charles Flleschmann of Cincinnati died seized of $2,000,000, which his will bequeathed evenly to his wife and three children. When the Yukon river oppns next spring, Moran Bros., of Seattle, Wash., nave sixteen new steamers there reaoy to navigate It, Senator Allen today Introduced a hill to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Joseph Mc Graw of Lincoln. National women expect to rals'?»$25, 000 for n George Washington memorial building connected with the proposed National university at Washington. The senate committee on public lands lias appointed Senators Carter, McBride and Mclnerncy a sub-corn | mittee to draft land legislation for ■ Alaska. .. • Senator Mark A. lianna Inn -hH at all reports from Washington that his ; health will compel him to gt to Europe, even If ho should bo re-elected senator. Commander and Mrs. Booth-Tucker outlined their Arkansas valley coloni zation plan to a large meeting at Sal vation Army headquarters In Chicago, i Subscriptions to the amount of $10,000 were received before the close of the meeting. Frldny, tin-. 17. Durrani’s execution Is now fixed for January 7. Spain’s troops are said to have sur prised the Insurgents and won a de cided victory. Both Durrant and his mothffr are the end is near. It has been decided that another ad vance In rubber goods of 6 per ceut will he necessaray. Populists In congress have decided to hold a caucus to outline their pol icies on pending questions. The directors of the Southern rail 1 way has declared a dividend on the prefered stock, payable January 30. The stearx/ -agoud sank in the ' above the mouth te loss will be 1 loneer of the * J‘.\ M J li> . d on the 15th jon, of Schuyler llll winch lias at/ (him (ijiuii io,an, formerly of the •IN O!'1'jUMt.es Rubber comany, says ‘'ciiiit his company will not Jolnlnter csts with the larger corporations. Although strongly urged to do so, Governor Dee, of South Dakota, said he would not feel Justified in expend ing |40,000 for a special session of the legislature. Mississippi and 1-oulslana yellow pine lumber manufacturers’ associa tion passed a resolution yesterday ap proving the duty placed on lumber by the Dingley bill. Sir William Edward Maxwell, gov ernor and commander In cht 'f on the Gold Coast since 1895, died nt sea ! while off the'Grand Canary Island, en i route for England. It is undtrstood to be the present In ' tentfon of the president to omit all | social functions at the white house for a period of thirty days from the date of the death of his mother. The convention of business inert which met. in. indlaanpolis last Janu ary and authorized the appointment of the monetary commission, will be called together again for the purpose of considering the commission’s re port. Saturday, December IK. The treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece has been ratitied by King Ueoree. At the Interior department is Is said that there is no destitution at Dawson at present. There is Intimation that Durrani will take his own life before he will go to the gallows. Union Pacific shops at Omaha have reduced working houta to seven hours a day and five days t. week. The Bank of Perry. Kan., was en tered by burglars, who blew open the safe with dynamite and secured $1, ! 500. Mr. Alfred Harmsworth, proprietor of the Daily London Mail, has pre sented the Windward to Lieutenant Peary. The grand Jury at St. I.aula has re turned an Indictment charging Duly, expngllst, with murder in the first degree. Alphonse Dttidet is dead. He was dining with his familv when he was seized with a sudden syncope and died almost Immediately. The date for the national encamp ment of the Grand Army of th ttr puhilc has been fixed for the week be ginning September 6. Among the passenger* arriving yes terday on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. from tlemnn were former Vice Presi dent A. K HievensoB and wife of Bloomington. Ill The Yost Writing Machine font* patty has t mg tin suit tn the Dtiitcd Mtaie* tSittrt at tension against tho Williams Typewriter i «iun. for tu fringe-no Ut of IMKtll. The grain receipts at tinffa’o for th year will tea* h th* eissWaui Intel of nearly Iimmumu boshed*, as sgniust |B (too twt t>u*hv|s In taM. and 1st,* Vie. M-M bushel, in I Id lout* Altman was arrsste I at Na» i elite a charge etf (MMllllM |l>* negt fee |j> y-el freenr the Ins eel t'h. f< )«• Hosenheint It its whoisanl# ikttr merchants fuc whom ha was e on - Rdeutal clerk A reasdutIon tendering the sn**pa thy eel the contention tu the I* tills workers ref the Sunk and prexwiskng in ren-Ur nil iwtriMs hisMsmc In rase et n rtrths. was adopted hr the fMttllisk eef I .a b*l«a»tcr» aud Pitfall* for the Republican* If They l'u*h Legislation In Thl* IMrec t1ou. thtmllrr mm an AlarmUt. WASHINGTON, Dec, 20.—Senator Chandler of New Hampshire has writ ten a letter to the Washington Post, In which he Hays: "If the secretary of the treasury and his single gold standard associates will ceaBe their demand for Impossible currency legislation, congress will pass the necessary appropriation hills, probably take rare of Hawaii and Cuba, there will not be a serious party division during the session, and there will be an adjournment In May. Busi ness will revive, the treasury receipts will entiRl the expenditures, the bal ance of trade will continue in our fav or, and the republican party will In November. 189H, elect a majority of the house in the Fifty-fifth congress. "On the other hand. If Secretary Gage continues to press on congress a bill, the object of which he says Is: "First, to commit the country moie thoroughly to the gold sandard, and the Immediate effect of which is to throw doubts upon the sincerity of the president's declarations In favor of continued efforts to secure blmeta'I Ism, a political turmoil will arise In congress which will split the now united republicans into fragments, while It will unite and console the now Incongruous opposition. "It Is not feasible to retire the greenbacks; there Is more a probabil ity that a bill be sent to the president to Increase their amount. It Is not possible to secure the passage through either house of a bill making the greenbacks convertible Into gold notes, or authorizing bonds payable In gold. The effort to do cither thing wili probably result In the passage of a bill for the redemption of the green backs In sll’-er dollars, and for the payment of all United States bonds In gold or sliver coin In the discretion of the president, who will be commanded to exercise his option for tha advant age of the government, and not for the advantage of the creditor. With such an uproar In congress as these proceedings will create, with western congressmen embroiled there in, with presidential vetoes ns threat ened by Secretary Gage under angry discussion, It. will happen that all business enterprises and funds and fall, Insolvencies will increase, and the republicans will lose theeongresslonal elections in 1898. as they did In 1890, and beyond the hope of a favorable action In 1900, at which time, there fore a Bryanlte democratic president and congress will he chosen. “Whether we are to have one of these results—political safety, or the other, political destruction—depends entirely upon the course to be pur sued by Secretary Gage and those who are pressing him, forward, namdy, the gold standard league of New York, and the self-constituted national monetary conference. How much Secretary Gage cares for the republican party is not known. Whether President Mc Kinley, whose good faith toward bi metallism is coming to the test, will stop his secretary in his insane career Is not known. It. Is to be hoped he will. But no political situation has been clearer than the present, to sound eyes, since the republic in party began Its marvelous career, forty-two years ago. These are times for all things. There Is a time to move and a time to keep still and now is the time to keep still. “It is simply political suicide for the republican party in this congress to affirmatively open the discussion of the money question. Wc ought to nwalt the progress of International bi metallism. the advent of prosperity, and the filling of the treasury by the normal workings soon to be seen of the new tariff law Shall we wait for these things or rush on to self-destruc tion? President McKinley must de cide. Will he act for his people, rr for his plutocrats? Upon his answer will depend the events of 1898.’’ (•ooil for the Moliller's Willow. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec 20.—In recent pension decision Assistant Sec retary Davis of the Interior depart ment promulgates the important de cision that there shall be no limit to the time In which a widow may file an appeal Iti competing her husband's claim. The assistant secretary holds the question whether a soldier wus entitled to a pension Is not settled finally by the advwaa «!• 11 ion of ihe I" IICM'M t (III, I'HI I!’* murini J VI* the interior has a right to pass upon the question. The widow’s right to prosecute the ease to a final adjudica tion. and to appeal from the adverse action of the pension bureau. Is con ceded. No Just reason, says he, ap pears for limiting the iinn- for fltlng such appeal hv the person who suc ceeds to the rights of the original claimant This derision overrules those of the department made In a number of cases In past years. •!U Trip! ui MONT UK \U IW. 2*1. ArchMahoft llrtichos has nit short hts trio abroad and left Marve for America, lie was to go to the M tig I at ml. but tt ts undet gimat he Is mmtttg ha.-k at the re ipiest of the holv sc to imi* the way for the papal itumlo who will tie ap pointed for t' nada end to took after the Manitoba school quest loo sec* V esc ts# »*tse t ulrt HAt T t.AKK t«#i 8*> H-vew rear* ta prison woe the irtiH«> Imposed up on Hanker J K lUtos by Judge Mar shall of tk. I'sMwl antes can today Itacuu no* last night found guilty by lb* fury of making lets® entries in b|« report to tfce g fueairhtgg ».’«,»* loud*. THE SPOILS SYSTEM. It In Ocnonneeil l>y the Nat tonal Civil Service Reform I.rague. CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.—The Nation al Civil Service Reform league re elected Carl Scburz president by accla mation. The report of the treasurer, A. 8. Friessel of New fork, showed re ceipts of $4,478.82; balance on hand, $376.13. The rpport of the committee on resolutions, which reported through its chairman. Charles O. Bonaparte of Baltimore, was adopted as follows: 1. The National Civil Service Re form league In Its seventh annual I meeting reminds the country of tho i specific and emphatic pledges of the last republican national convention thoroughly and honestly to endorse the present federal civil service lawand i to extend Its operations wherever ; practical. The league confidently ex pects from the president and demands from every republican senator a faith I ful fulfillment of this distinct and sol j cmn pledge. 2. The league denounces any at* | tempt on the part of republican mem | hers of either house of congress to re I peal the law to embarrass the admin , 1st ration of any modification of Its 1 provisions except to the end that the merit system for public offices and em ployes may be extended and personal I or partisan favoritism in their choice | more thoroughly eradicated, and de» 1 clares It not only unpatriotic and un I wise, but a gross, shameful abuse of the party of which no mun of honor i would be guilty. 3. The league recognizes In the or ; der of President McKinley forbidding removals In the classified service un i less for good cause and after due no i tice to the person accused a wise and : Just measure fully endorsed by a | heightened public opinion, and It de mands for the order a fair construe j lion and a practical enforcement with ndequate punishment for any officials who may disobey or seek to evade its provisions. The league respectfully urges upon the president and upon those members of his cabinet and of either house of congress who also de sire to preserve and extend the merit system of appointment In the federal service the importance of unflinching resistance to the demands of men who wish Ita destruction. The least eon I cession to demands inspired by such motives will greatly encourage these men and Increase their greedy clamor, while making resistance to such pres sure more difficult In the future. 4. The league calls attention to the fact that in those states where the party now dominant In federal env ernnifnt has sought Intercessions of its state conventions to qualify or evade the unequivocal utterame of Its national platform as to civil service I reform the results of the late election have clearly Indicated the disapproval of honest and patriotic citizens. The league further recognizes with pleasure the steady and rapid growth of sym : pathy with Its principles of conscien | tious Americans of all classes. 5. The league Indignantly stigma* ; tizes the mendacity with which the enemies of good government and bet ter politics, both in and out of con gress, have misrepresented the prac tical working of the merit system, and their persistent repetition of gross and ridiculous falsehoods, clearly and frequently exposed, as insults at once to the intelligence and conscience of the American people. 7. The league demands that the em ployes of the census bureau be select ed for merit and fitness, to be determ ined by fair, practical and thorough competitive examinations under the direction of the Civil Service commis sion. With the warning example of the last census before Its eyes, it protests against any enactment which may prevent or Impede such selections as Involving a scandalous waste of mon ey and sacrifice of the country's Inter ests. It would be better to have no census at all in 1900 than one taken by incompetent or untrustworthy po litical proteges delected according to the well known methods of so-called practical politics. The Monetary ('oiiiiiiIhhIoii Done. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The mon etary commission has reached the con clusion of its deliberations and Chair man Senator Edmunds declared the commission adjourned without delay. The closing proceedings were Interest ing. The work of going over the re port in detail was prolonged late into the night of Thursday and was not quite completed when the commlsrlon met this morning. Such changes as uiuuuveu were nnauy consid ered and referred to the executive committee and the secretaries for in corporation in the final draft. The «nai pulillcatlon of the commission’s report will he delayed for some days pending Us completion by the secre taries A hill carrying out fully the recommendations of the commlslson is also in course of preparation by a suh-committec In co-operation with the executive committee ami will be ready for presentation in the house when congress rcusscmblta after ilia holidays. Th* Hot )«. Innarml. AKKON I«tc 30 The lawy.rs rT KoWle I'o.ill, the hoy who was sentr need to ? t»« penitentiary lur ate Vs.,,1 a >rs,- ago for killing A'vtu ** >n< hit V :«e and hired man s.rv the hoy w«j wrongfully cun* let eel. * hey assert that the confession ***. rate)led from him by d.-ective* *n> according to experts, were ' sllbte. The lawyer* say they know the i rtal murderer and have a I ■)>.>» I . enough evtiUnie to ronviri him. They I pc wise to raws* hta arrest eoo«. VXwektua time Hedu.cU CtiKYKN’NK Vt'yu., Mae «« No '<:•**»*«» u'e» pevstert In the I m.>a j IV. lit* shops at t’heveans and tar* I hit. red Wring the lint* of Ike men etn i ptoved fctHW lt*e to four ,|sy, , ! and from eight 4 «£»t« l»4l fthlllMlV In n«H|iltu44 j the « nptuye* are given « u, ltg j leg) data dating the holidays This u | *«|Wal t« ««*du. tl.ru of m per rent In w a*** Th* reduction t„ , . :na«d bv n fnmng o* .g £ tba isles I'a.ige. eifuat " * * t*ui of lb* bustnsws dons during ib* j sununur months H** WASHINGTON NOTES. Among the promotions made in the Treasury department recently was that of C. M. C. Spooner of Iowa from a |1,200 clerkship to one of fl.400. First Assistant Postmaster General Heath has received the application of Alvin Benin of Omaha for the posi tion of watchman and janitor of the new Omaha building. Representative .Strode of Nebraska has presented a petition of the Amer ican Sugar -Growers' society urging consideration by congress of the Ha waiian annexation scheme. Representative Maxwell of Nebras ka has introduced a bill appropriating {15,000 for repairing and increasing the height of rip-rap work on the right bank of the Missouri river op posite South Sioux City, Nub. In the executive session of the sen ate a treaty between this rotiniry and Mexico extending for a year the life for making the boundary line between the two countries, was received and referred to the committee on foreign relations without being read. The commlssidner of pensions has appointed Brs. J. \V. Hinkle, G. Mc Culloch and B. J. Dickinson to com prise a board of examining surgeons at Corydon, la. Br. A. J. Chamberlain was also appointed to a position on the board at David City, Neb, Dr. W. H. Britt will be appointed examining surgeon at Creighton, Noli., vice DrJtt George Roberts, to be removed. A bill introduced by Senator Blltins restores uli the lands In the Annette Island, Alaska, to the public domain, except those In the southwestern pe ninsula of the Island. The entire Is land bus been set apart for the use of the Indians by act of congress, but the bill sets forth that they occupy only this peninsula and that the other portions eontuln valuable mineral de posits, which are given ns the reason for the proposed legislation. ^ The Joint committee of the house \ and senate, appointed at the extra session to Investigate and report on a untaxed alcohol for use In the art and medicines, will report their elusions to congress. The report wjKf he unanimously against free a1cojV^o| for the present, bui there will ba^^AO reports us to the advlslbality latlon In the future to rcmo^F (h(, tax from alcohol used In the^Mf .g an([ in the preparation of medl<^P^a The convention of business mei which met in Indianapolis last Jan uary and authorized the apolntment of the monetary commission, will be called together again ror tne purpose of considering the commission's re port. The new convention will ho held in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Jan uary 25. The invitation will go out. a» before to all hoards of trades, com mercial dubs, and similar organiza tions in all cltlen of the United States having a population of 8,000 or more. A special dispatch says: President McKinley decided today to put a quietus on the protests that are for mulating on the Pacific coast against Attorney General McKenna of Calf Ifornia as a Justice of the supreme court bench, and concluded to send in his nomination today. The responsi bility for McKenna's future judicial honors will, therefore, rest with the senate, and the question of his con firmation is likely to occupy the sn ate for many weeks. The president is determined to stand by his alter- ' ney general to the end of the fight. He will Insist, it, is said, that Mr. Mc Kenna continue as attorney general until the senate confirms his nomina tion as associate Justice. The president has sent the fol lowing nominations to the senate: Justice—Joseph McKenna of Califor nia to the United States. Treasury— Charles G. Dawes of Illinois, to be as sociate justice of the supreme court of the United States. Interior—John W. Neshlt of Pennsylvania, to he pen sion agent at Pittsburg. Court of Private Land Claims—Joseph R. Reeil of Iowa, to be chief justice; William W. Murray of Tennessee. Thomas 0. Fuller of North Carolina, Henry C. Strauss of Kansas and Wilbur F. 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