Nebraska Newspapers

    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*<r at SuBtlis
SOUNDING AN ALARM.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR
PREDICTS TROUBLE.
He Seek* to Warn the Leader* of Ilia
Party—Predict* All Kind* of I>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 <omut rotter of the *ur
r*g*» whit* pr*at4*nt of s national
bank tn tkt* ail« tta.on » ptunecu
Hon grew out of Ik* f .itucs last year
of ike Ib'Ug of Halt lat«, « private
institution .*f which k» was president
The court afterwarda granted t stay
of • msltut and tk* defendant was
reiswesd v>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.
Stone of Colorado, to be associate jus
tices; reappointments', their times ex
pire December 15, 1897. Lewi* Miles,
attorney for the United States for the
southern district of Iowa; Robert V.
Cozier, attorney of the United States
for the district of Idaho; Henry f
Dockery, marshal of the United States
for the district of eastern North Car
olina.
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