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TH E NORTH WESTERN. UKNM'IIOTKB * Ol IISON, Ed* and l’nbs. LOUT CITY, • • neb. NEBRASKA NEWS. There is not a vacant house in Wy more. Julian and Auburn have had some fatal casfc of cerebro spinal menin gitis. The proposition to refund the $21,000 water bonds of the city of Tecutnseh from 6 to 4% per cent was defeated. State Treasurer Meserve has Issued a call for $50,000 of general fund war rants, the call to become effective March 20. The warrants called for are numbered from 41,211 to 46,691. Revival services have been held In Fremont the last two weeks, with very good success. They are under the auspice* of the Baptist, Methodist, ITesbyterian and Congregational churches. John B. Boyle, the engineer kmed in the wreck at West Lincoln, was a ■ barter member of Cairo (111.) lodge No, 117, A. O U. W., but was sus pended about eleven years ago »or non-payment of assessments. He was well liked there by those who knew him and It was with regret that friends heard of his death. The following is embodied In a Washington dispatch: Arthur F. Colton will be appointed clerk in charge of sub-station No. 1, to be established April 1, at Cedar Falls, la. Charles R lladllcka, letter carrier, South Omaha, has had h(s salary raised from $600 to $850. Postmast ers appointed: David J. Davis, vies Mrs. Helene Rohe, resigned, East Pierre, Hughes county. 8. D., and Da vid O. Buslck, vice W. H. Byrd, re signed, at Chase, Chase county, Neb. Sheriff C. K. Eastman came to Fre mont from Hot Springs, 8. D., and had W. F. C. Kahrdt arrested on the charge of being implicated with an other in stealing horses. Kahrdt was in Hot Springs some time ago and says that he shipped a carload of horses for another, but has no knowl edge of their being stolen. He is a traveling salesman and came to Fre mont some time ago. His friends say that his reputation Is good and ate surprised at his arrest. While "Daa” Marsh ami Eugene Scherck of Hastings were exercising a couple of horses at the race track the animal driven by the former fell while going at a pretty lively clip. Marsh was thrown to the ground and struck on his side and was rendered unconscious for at least twenty min utes. His ear was torn almost from ■<ls head and it required fifteen stitches to get it back in the proper place. Seherck'g' horse too* fright when the other one fell and whirled, throwing his driver out. Mr Soherck was quite severely bruised, but received no seri ous injury. For many years Wymore has been controlled by the saloon or high li cense element, which has always se lected the (wididate for city officers and elected them without much trou ble, but the present indications are that the saloons will be relegated to the rear and the gamblers will take a turn at dictating city affairs. This turn of affairs has been brought about by the saloon element desiring to re nominate Mayor Neumann, who caused Marshal Acton to close up the gam bling houses last winter, aud as the gamblers seem determined it Is prob able that the saloons will give In. May Walker, 16 years olu, of Wy more, Instead of going to school as her mother supposed, Joined Frank Zenor of Blue Springs and accom panied him to Marysville, Kan., where they secured a marriage license and were married before returning home. When they came back from Kansas and informed Mrs. Walker of their action the mother made a vain appeal to her daughter to return home, but the girl was determined and went w 1th her husband to Nebraska City, where he claims to have work Her mother followed her to the depot, appealing to her not to leave hpr, but her words had no effect. John A. K. Harris, ailing Charles Harris, secured $50 from the Carmerg' ami Merchants' bank of Stromsburg. Harris sold the hank a note after forging, it is charged, the signature <if Henry rthultx, a farmer living six miles southwest of the city. H. W. Wilson, the cashier, soon discovered that the note had been forged and immediately Bet out to find Harris After driving all night he located him six miles west of Silver Creek, Hunker Wilson and Constable Carlson brought Harris hack to Stromsburg anu he now awaits trial. Mr. Khuttz, whom Harris represented as security, was in Illinois at the tints, it is said that Harris will plead guilty. He claims to lie a nephew of Shultz. The hank recovered all the money, A Kearney dispatch says that the ice Is giving way in the i'latte river under the influence of the warm weather and considerable damage Is living dune by the drifting cakes The floating Ice waa caught In u Jam, choking the stream and the takes following be hind piled upon the hluckadc render ing the mass formidable ant danger ous. Tile weight of the takes in the rear finally furred the gorge free and I. descended with great furve. The tomblned mass of h e crashed into the I'latte river bridge connecting lluffalo and Kearney count lew ami the struc ture tottered With the except too of one span lit* bridge withstood the strain A lengh near the center, how* ever, gave way, leaving a chaini in the bridge ataiut thirty feet n width The cattle owner* of this •colon wsy* an Alma dlsfiat n are alarmed over the presence of blackleg and have perfected arraagements to vaccinate their herds with Casteur vanise. Itaualy Judge H taterstewa of Ihalge county has a wunplex matter la pro hats to atralghlea owl April $. Mr* Anna Ken of the North (tend Neigh* burkuud has netted the cwwrt to decide If her husband can he • onaMerml dead In November, I Ml. Ueorge Kern bought n ticket from H**a*»» to Fre mont and after he left that lit* his whereabout* have been unknown,noth* tag whatever hating heea learnad about ht» The Week in The Legislature. Senate. The senate resumed work on the 14th. The clerk of the house announced the passage of the following bills: H. R. 20, 240, 270 264, 155. S. F. 103. Killed: 8. F. 86'. ilalderman of I’awnee moved that a committee of three be appointed to confer with a like committee from the house to agree upon a date for final adjournment of the Twenty-sixth ses sion of the Nebrasku legislature. Senathor Talbot thought the motion was a little premature. The motion prevailed, however, only a few voting. Senator Currie remarked on the sud den death of one of Nebraska’s hon ored congressman. He moved that a committee of three upon resolutions be appointed by the chair, and that the flag over the senate be floated at half mast the balance of the day out of re spect of the deceased statesman. His motion prevailed. The chair named upon the committee Currie of Custer, O’Niell of Holt and Hannibal of How ard. Standing committees reported the following bills: S. F. 329, 341. 337 and H. R. 163 for indefinite postponement. S. F. 343, 258 and H. R. 204 to pirns; 8. F. 318 and 327 for general file with out recommendation. Of the bills indefinitely postponed, S F. 329 relates to the suspension of a part of the herd act by vote of coun ties. 8. F. 337 relates to paving be tween rails by street car companies in cities of the first-class. H, R. 163 related to fees to bs charged state banks for examining and approving reports required by law. The chair announced as the commit tee to confer with the house commit tee on final adjournment the follow ing: Ilalderman of Pawnee, Van Duse of Douglas and Hall of Madion. Senate then went Into committee of the whole to consider bills on gen eral file. Bills recommended for passage were as follows: S. F. 229, H. R. 158, H. R. 84, S. F. 190. 8. F. 10. Indefinitely post poned: S. F. 174 and S. F. 192. 8. F. 229 relates to the game law. An amendment was made to prohibit the killing of quail at any time of the year. IT. R. 153 repeals the "grasshopper'* act. II. R. 81 repeals the law relating to the cultivation of timber, the provision having become obsolete. S. F. 1*2 provides for changes of venue from county Judges In all case3 where Justices of the peace have con current Jurisdiction, which is true in all cases where the amount Is less than *200. When (he senate met on the 16th Cana<lay of Kearney offered a motion that 8. P. 4, 185, 224. 225, 226. 227, 228, and 263 be indefinitely postponed. In support his motion he said that since this is to be a short business session he was willing to get these bills out of the way, all being measures Introduced by himself. His motion prevailed. 8. F. 4 was a concurrent resolution endorsing the t'ullom bill in congress extending the powers of the interstate commerce commission. S. F. 186 pro vldede a "library flay’ in the public schools. 8. F. 224 provided that the question of abolishing township tax collectors might be submitted to the electors of a township upon their pe tition. S. F. 225, 226 and 228 amended certain sections of the civil code. 8. F. 227 related to appointing clerks of the district court when counties reach ed the population of 8.000 or more, at other times than the general elections for clerks of the district court. S. F. 263 sought to establish county histori cal articles. H. R. 153. repealing the ‘grasshopper act,” and H. R. 84, repealing an obso lete act relating to timber cultivation, were passed. At 11 o’clock the senate went into committee of the whole to consider S. F. 211, 212, 214, which had been made a special order for that hour. 8. F. 214 is a bill to authorize town boards and the chairman of town boards in counties having township or ganization to purchase tools and ma chinery for making roads in certain ceses. and prescribe the manner of payment therefor, and the use and care of such machines, and to make the breaking into said place of storage of said machinery or tools and injury thereto a misdemeanor, and fixing the penalty therefor. The bill was recom mended for passage. lu (he senate ou the 16th fourteen members only responded to roll call at the opening. lu the afternoon standing commit tees reported the following bills: 8. F. 88. 336. to | hi as; It. K 152 and 8. F. 324. for indefinite iioslponement; it. It 271 without recommendation. The report on H. It l.r>2 was not concurred in and the hill placed on geueral file. It relates to building of fences along railways. 8. F 324 sought to aliollsh the fish commission. M It 2T1, which goes on general die, is the barber commission hill. The following were passed 8. F. 180, 167. 182, 3«3. 307, 137, 122. 163, I 179. 181 202 and 177. 8 F. 180 la a curative measure 8 I [ F. 1*7 amends seitiou 119 of .e rritn- I Inal code. 8 F 183 Is a «uraltye | measure. 8 F. 2<»7 relates to contempt I of court proceedings 8 F 137 pr«* | Votes a lien upon grain and corn for threshing ami shelling the sane ft F .37 provotus for paving and repav ing in l.tacoln 8 I 127 amends »'.• law relating to public libraries by al lowing library boards to draw uir*e*- ! ly upon the library fund lastead of through the ctiua* il 8 F 163 amends s«s tiug 363 of the criminal cod* r* 1st tug to cuaservator* of the peace 8 F 179 is a rurally* aveaaur# 8 F 2v| provides that baaks shall pay sue a iatersat oa vuuaty funds as may be agreed upon by the county tress ) •! sad bash lahjarl to the appr .»st of lha euaaty hoards aad repeals tha 3 per real minimum 8 F, 1T7 relate* to stamping tea gwaatlly oa all hsga hoasa. cash* ale , showing tbs amuual ruatalaed thee* ig a r III Is a <uratl*s measure Meaolutloa* touchtag upon th* death of Congressman Ureene were passed. Senator Van Dusen spoke in favor of S. F. 187, which seeks to amend the exemption laws of the state, mak lng |50 a month exempt Instead of sixty days' w’ages. The bill was rec ommended for passage. H. R. 156, was also recommended for passage. 8. F. 277. for the relief of Russell Ixiomls, giving him title to land upon which there Is a cloud as to his ownership, was also recommend ed to oass. A special message from the gover nor was received and placed on me for future consideration. It was as follows: To the Members of the legislature: Gentlemen—To the end that the in terests of the people may be fully con served. and in order that they may again bo permitted to express their w-ill upon the question of whether there should be any increase in the number of supreme Judges in our state I would most respectfully recommend to your honorable body that you sub mit to the electors for their appro val or rejection a constitutional amendment increasing the number of supreme judges. W. A. POYNTER, Governor. When the senute convened on the 17th the standing committees reported favorably a number of bills for passage. S. F. 229, relating to the game law was passed. It makes It unlawful to kill quail at any season of the year, on the ground that they are nearer a do mestic bird than all other species of game and are a great insect destroyer. The senate went into committee of the whole. 8. F. 63. by Miller of Buf falo, was first considered. His bill sought the repeal of the law requiring county clerks to make an annual com pilation of the mortgage indebtedness of the counties of the state. The dis cussion developed into a political de bate lasting until the noon hour. Prout of Gage moved that the bill be indefi nitely postponed and his motion pre vailed. In the afternoon 8. F. 201 was re commended to pass by the Judiciary committee. H. R. 65, fixing the interest upon state w'arrunts at 4 per cent instead of 5 per cent, and upon county bonds at 6 per cent, was passed by a vote of 18 to 3. In committee of the whole the sub stitute for 8. F. 35 was again consid ered. The bill proposes a new law to regulate life insurance associations. It was recommended to pass. 8. F. 166 was killed. It provided that in uctions of replevin the defendant may secure a return of his property by putting up a bond. 8. F. 199 was recommended to pass. It provides “that the Journals of neltu er branch of the legislature shall be competent evidence to establish omis sions or irregularities in legislative proceedings for the purpose of impeach ing the validity of any enrolled bill after the same has been certified by the presiding officers of both branches of the legislature, and the same has been approved by the governor. 8. Fs. 208, 213 and 25c were recom mended to pass. 8. F. 241 was Indefinitely postponed. It provided that no deed couid be filed covering property upon which taxes arc delinquent until the taxes are paid. Senator Reynolds offered a substi tute for S. F. 243, the "Osteopathy” bill. The substitute was adopted to take the place of the original bill, and will be considered later. Substitute S. F. 38, relating to fees for county judges who appoint judges and clerks of election, was recommend ed to pass. The revenue committee reported S. F. 346 to pass. Boose. In the house on the 14th the fol lowing bills were indefinitely post poned: H. Its. 546, 503, 130, 102, 147, 589, 672, 333, 342, 485. H. R. 546 con tains the same provisions as H. R. 576; 342 provided for taxing telegraph and express companies and is almost the same as 484, which was placed on general file; 485 provided for a tele graph rate of 20 cents for ten words and 1 rent for each additional word. The other bills killed were all reported by the committee on fish culture and game. Prince of Hall moved that when the house take a rccesB this afternoon it be until 8 o'clock tonight, and it was agreed to. II. It. 251, the special order, whs the bill introduced by Taylor of Custer, relative tc the fees and salary of dis trict coin clerks. It fixes tue salary in count es of less than 25.0(H) popula tion at $1,«00 per year, in counties hav ing over 25,000 population >..000 and In all counties having more than 50, 000 Inhabitants 82.500. An effectual attempt was made to postpone the bill indefinitely. Threa separate motions were voted down that sought to change the salary as fixed for Douglas county The committee substitute, which was really the meas ure under discuastuu, was recommend ed for pas. age. II. It. 340, by Tanner, to require cor porations doing business in the stats to Hie an auuual report of their bust- . nesa and organisation with the secre tary of state, was recommended for In definite postponement. The ape- ial committee on resolu tions reported the following, which was adopted Whereas The state of Nebraska has •offered a lues in the deeth of the dis tinguished rtttfen. Will Uni I. tireens, congressman from the rtlslh district of this slats la II itesott-o. mat we isnosr to in* IStUII)! 04 our IMOrS*U luSIMNStUSS our heartfelt sympathy in their hour of bereavement, and be it further Keaolted That out of reaped ’ > the memory of the deceased the R«g over the copilot ha towered to t-s’.f must fur the remain*!- r >f the da/ Heard red further lh»* the <leth if taa house ha direct I to transmit a ropy of thesa resrrlulluos '• hr family if the d< cased la tha house us ths 18th Ihs rhdr eatinunred this rrtmmlttee to ad with ths senate committee oa dual adjuu •* ment: Wenzl of Pawnee, Rouse of Hall and Woodard of Hamilton. Petitions came in asking for the passage of H. R. 598, the Lincoln mon ument bill; for 421, the food commis sion bill; one against 421 and one :n favor of equal suffrage. The committee on deficiencies re ported H. R. 267, the bill appropriating $47,067.45 to pay the sugar bounty claims, to go on general file. A minor ity report asked that the bill be in definitely postponed. The vote on the minority report was along partisan lines, except that Memminger, fusion, voted against the minority, whi!o Broderick, Burns, Ditmar, Maun, Smith of Saline and Wenzl voted to kill the bill. The result was 46 to 47 against the adoption of the minority report and the bill was then nlaced on general file by a vote of 46 to 39. The same committee reported to the general file H. R. 343, the other siurar bounty bill, which provided for the payment of the sugar claims for the year 1896 In case the farmers were paid the additional $1 per ton for the beets raised. This was the bill known as the "farmers’ bounty.” The amount appropriated by the bill was $73,966.63. The report of the committee asked that the bill be made a special order for next Tuesday. A minority report signed by McCracken, Wright and Burns asked for the Indefinite Dost ponement of the bill. An amendment that the bill be placed on general file was adopted by a vote of 51 to 43. The committee placed on file H. R. 347, 308, 375, 274, 447. 551. 426, 606. 603. 499. 280 and S. F. 149, 68 and 31. The bills Indefinitely postponed were 593, 452. 265, 490. 441. 578 and 126. The house on the 16th was treated to a continuation of the senatorial fight when Olmsted of Douglas offered the following resolution: Whereas, The resent session of the legislature in drawing to a close an l some 300 bills are now on general file, many of which are of great public importance and should become lawn, and Whereas, It will be possible to con sider only a limited number of said hills during the session, therefore 1 ! move that a sifting committee, com ; posed of the following members of the house, Olmsted, Burns, Fisher, Ditmar, | Sturgess, Tanner and Wheeler, be at I this time elected by the bouse to seive as such sifting committee during the remainder of this session, and further, that no bills be considered out of tin j regular order except such as may be recommended by said committee from time to time. The resolution, after much discus sion, was adopted. A resolution instructingour membe-s of congress to work for the establish ment of postal savings banks throug i out the country was sent up by Elwood and was adopted. H. It. 331, McCarthy's bill to prevent combinations, trusts and monopolies I in the buying and selling of live stoc;t, produce and articles of trade, was placed on third reading and paaacd by a vote of 67 to 18. S. F. 33, by Talbot, defining who shall practice in the supreme court and providing penalties for violations of the provision, was passed by a vote of 78 to 5. H. R. 330, by Milbourn, appropriat ing the sum of |50,000, or so much of it as may be necessary, to establish two additional normal schools similar to the one at Peru and under the same management, was passed with the emergency clause, by a vote of 68 to ?.L. The special committee appointed some time ago to investigate as to the use of passes by the state officials submitted two reports. The majority report was signed by Prince and Smithberger and the minority report by Sturgess. Both were accepted. On motion of Jansen the special order of the passage of H. It. 114 over the governor's veto was taken up and resulted 45 to 45. Not having received the neeessvy three-fifths vote the bill was lost. In the house on the 17th when the journal was read Rouse of Hall called attention to the fact that the sifting committee which was selected was elected by a vote of only fifty mem bers. Discussion followed, at the end of which the journal of the previous day was adopted ana the sifting commit tee was made secure in its position. Standing committees reported to the general file H. R. 141, 602, 563, 595, 564, 560, 181 and F. 154, 148 and 61. The bills indefinitely postponed were H. R. 454 534. 573. 59, 576, 2, 2CZ and 224. The last numbered bill had already been made a special order, and there was a motion to reject the report and put the bill on file. The motion was defeated by a vote of 24 to 35. After recesB bills were taken up for passage H. R. 251. by Taylor of Cus ter, un ait to amend sec tion 3 of chap ter 28 of the compiled statutes of 1897, entitled "Fees,” was passed by a vote of 82 to 9. The house then went into the com mittee of the whole, with I let seller o. iMiug'as in (he chair, to consider the special order of the day. S. K. 20, by Holbrook of IKslge, an act empow ering the corporation autnorltles of cltlea of the second class, villages and counties to take up and pay off valid outstanding tamds Issued pursuant to vole of electors, was recommended for passage. If. K 30. by Hums, to Abolish the state board of transportation, set re • taryships and all. was taken up. | Prince of llall offered an auien Intent ! which was practbally a te enaitmeut of II It 59. The s4t«ndnicnt was adopted Wheeler of f urnaa then mov ed to recommit the bot. Lost, und the bill re< onintrndrd for passage II It 5*iu, by U tuvr of vauuders, re tpiirlng the se< retarles of the Utattl of r ail-port*!ton to flle complaint* against railroad companies where via : latiou* of th« law canic to their no \ » ce, Was recommended for passage II H 309 by Flynn of Itouglaa. an act providing that eight hours shall loastilute a day a work except when , otherwise »lipulaled la the contrail. | and prohibiting longer hours un elate work en-ept In cases of great emer gency was indegnltely postpone* H It III to it instead relating lo the manner of asaeaalng spa* lal lake# . or assess meals arising out of improve meals to properly In ell In of the met rupsdtian tlasa, was reromaseadeu for passage i II M I*?. by Pollard apprupt ialiag 13 ‘>M for the use sad support of Iks state horticultural society, was recom mended for passage. H. R. 418, ~y Grafton, to appropri ate >5,000 to build a standpipe, furnish fire protection and furnish the libra ry at the Peru normal school, was rec ommended to pass. H. It. 299, by I^ane of l^ancastcr, an act to authorize the state auditor to license a limited number of fire insur ance brokers and defining their duties and compensation, was recommended for passage. Vflowl liy the (iovrrnor. Governor Poynter vetoed house roil No. 114. a bill Introduced by Wilcox of Lincoln county to provide for tho ex istence of the three supreme court commissioners, whose terms of office have expired. The message announcing this determination was read by Sec retary Jewell in the house while that body was in committee of the whole and nothing was done w..h it at the time. As soon as the committee rose, a motion was made and lost and later renewed and carried making the con sideration of the veto message and the bill the special order for Thursday, March 16. At that time, if n three-fifths vote is secured for the motion, the bill may be declared passed by the house over the governors veto. Governor Poynters reasons for veto ing the bill as contained in his mes sage to the house are as follows: "To the Members of the House of Representatives—Gentlemen: I here with return to you house roll No. 114 without my approval for the following reasons: First—me law creating the su preme court commission was enacted because It was thought the Interests of the people demanded It. It was only Intended as a make shift to help out the supreme court until the people themselves could amend the state con stitution so that the number of su preme court Judges could be increased. The proposition for such amendment has been submitted to the people twice for their ratification, and they have both times failed to ratify such amend ment, thereby clearly demonstrating that the increase in the number of su preme Judges was not a popular de mand. We should recognize the will of the people as supreme law. If they do not desire an increase in the number of members of the supreme court it seems that my duty is clear to pre vent such Increase being forced upon them. "Second—The law as in operation the past six years has a tendency to lesson the weight and lower the dignity of our supreme court decisions. Two members of the court constitute a ma jority and their agreement constitutes the opinion of the court. It has hap pened that an opinion so written has been met by a dissent by the other member of the court and all throe of the commssioners. What weight can such an opinion possess when quoted in courts of other states? They could only bring our supreme court decisions into disrepute it not into open con tempt. "Third—The public service does not demand the continuance of this com mission. The appropriation of suffi cient funds to enable the supreme court to employ expert clerical help or when occasion demunds, referees of un questioned legal ability and fitness would meet all the requirements of the public service. "Fourth—The length of time for which the commission is appointed un der this bill is excessive. Moreover the appointment is made definite and not at the will of the court, in this way the creature is made greater than the creator. The people may change the court, but neither the popular will nor the court itself may change the commission. “In consideration of the foregoing I deem it against public policy and the best interests of the citizens of Ne braska for this bill to become * law." On the Death of t'oiigreaiimnn Orrrne. The following resolutions were passed by the executive committee of the fusion parties: lie populists, democrats and silver republican state central executive com mittees. in Joint session at Lincoln. Neb., March 15. after having expressed their profound regret at the deati. of Hon. William L. Greene, late congress man of the Sixth congressional dis trict of the state of Nebraska, ap pointed a committee on behalf of the fusion forces of Nebraska to draft resolutions proper to the occasion of his death: Whereas, The death of our deceased fellow citizen, Judge William I* Greene, calls for public expression of the high regard in which his memory is held: Resolved. That his death has re moved one of our most able and effi cient workers for reform in American politics. That in his passing one of the brightest intellects in the nation was perpetually eclipsed. The common people, whose affections he hail won, lost a powerful advocate and friend. He was a just judge, an honest, honor aide and true man. His great, kind heart heat in sympathy for all human ity, and It was his delight. If tejeod ble, to try and better the conditions of all. Socially he was a most genial and lovable man He loved hIb home, his family and his country. These loves were fully reciprocated by his famil) und his fellow countrymen. Resolved. That a copy of these reso lutions is* engrossed and forwarded to his bereaved family, with the assur ance that they have our heartfelt sym pathy in their great sorrow IAMKH (V I* A HI.MAN. J N UAFFIX. J. N LYMAN ttronbe Will Nm rail. WAftillNOTON. . Ian h II Oeneral llrooke haa been i aided In prurml to the rinullna of Ihr order providing for the dim barge of all soldiers who enlisted In ihr regular army al the out* break of the war unitl like teaaallon of the war. ahnold they apply for ato h a dim halgr lie will eudeavor lo re en Hal aa many aa poaailde and will All lhe %a>am lea remaining In the regular ranka from volunteer* who tar* Ir Irattafer. Home ■ of the luha'iltti'a f flulena have an odd wav .»f disposing of their dead They |da- ll.t t>>d«a ou ralaed platform* at muu di*'*gr« from their dwellings. in I wh •* me fleeh haul disappeared. ‘k* ahulia ar* removed lo and stored in a cabin a ret led fur that fUiy** The Tailed Nialea tonlTna U 111 drug alorea <> K N KKAI MiffH NOTES. John Collett, for many years state geologist of Indiana, died last week. The Cleveland, 0., museum of art, supported by bequests, has become In corporated. Dr. Solf, successor of Dr. llaffel at Samoa, is preparing to leave tor Apia via the United States. The will of the late William BlacK, the Scottish novelist, leaves £20,00u to widow and children. Mrs. Edna Raymond has been ac quitted of the charge of shooting Mrs. John Hanna at Cleveland, O. Cornell and Chicago will play foot ball In Chicago at some date yet uu named during the coming season. The principal English railways com panies will send agents to the United States to investigate automatic coup lings. Anybody who wishes to confer a fuvor on Agulnaldo should send him a history of Lawton's Apache cam paigns. Stanton Sickles, secretary of the United States legation at Madrid be fore the rupture, has been there, ac cording to correspndent of the Morn ing Post, for eight days on a secret mission. The Missouri house killed the 2-cent passenger rate bill. It was amended by striking out ull after the enacting clause. The vote was 74 to 47. Rail road men in all parts of the state had petitioned against the bill, because It would result in the reduction of their salaries. Cecil Rhodes, who has been here several clays In the Interest of hU Cape-to-Calro railway project, had an other conference at the foreign odle* today with llaron von Uuelw, the for eign minister, and It Is rumored that Kmperor William also received him in audience. Four foreign Are Insurance compa:. ies, Baloise of Switzerland, Nether lands company, Svea company of Den mark and Helvetian company have withdrawn from all business In Lex ington, K>\, and state on account of warfare waged upon them in the Fourteenth Judicial district. Lieutenant V'ltale, military attache of the Italian embassy, has been grant ed permission by the War department to accompany troops to Manila and to remain with the army during the cam paign In the Philippines. He desires to study the American method of land and sea transportation and to observe campaign methods. United States Consul Roosevelt at Brussels has forwarded to the S'ate department a copy of the decree is sued by the Belgium government rel ative to the importation Into Belgium of American fruits and plants. The decree to go into effect at once and it declares that in view of the fact that San Jose scale has been found on American fruits, the importation of such fresh fruits and parts of plants can take place only at Antwerp, (Jhent, and Ostend. Emperor William granted an audi ence to Minister of War von Dossier and authorized him to declare in the Reichstag tomorrow that the govern ment accepts the budget committee proposal, Involving a reduction of 7, 000 infantry. This, together with Dr. Lieber’s concession, will avert the threatened conflict with the Reichstag and dissolution. It Is understood that Emperor William's yielding is the out - come of advice tendered by Priuca Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor. - According to the annual report of the New York Chamber of Commerce, the foreign commerce of that port fr.r the year ended June 30 last was $39. • 255,756 less than during the previous year, being $096,955,416, against $1,036, 211,172 for the year ended June 30, 1897. According to the report the for eign commerce of the entire United States, however, during the last year was $2,069,363,069, or an increase of $35,782,876 compared with the previous year. It has long been known that the falling off In New York is due largely to the diversion of traffic to other ports. The gross earnings of the Union Pa cific for January were $1,459,899, an increase of $152,580. The operating ex penses for the month were $864,240, a decrease of $2,648. For the seven months ending January 31 the gross earnings were $12,063,988. an increase of $743,665. The operating expenses were $6,560,574, a decrease of $600,021. The interesting feature of thlR finan cial showing is that the net earnings for seven months, amounting to $5, 503,414, show on increase of $1,343,086. about half of which Is accumulated by a saving in operating expenses. The reports concerns only the business of the main line of the road. I.IVC STOCK AND PRODUCE. Owthii. Chime" and New Ijnnf atlon*. 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