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WHAT CONGRESS HAS DOHE APPROPRIATIONS ARE THE LARG EST ON RECORD. An Aggregation of One Billion Dol lars, Which Is Greater Than at Ar>y Previous Session. Washington—More money has been appropriated during the short session af the Fifty-ninth congress, which grasses into history at noon Monday than any previous session. The amount as near as can be estimated, approx imates $1,000,000,000. Two big battle ships were authorized for the navy and the artillery corps of the army was reorganized and enlarged. A gen eral service pension was granted to veterans of the i«exican and civil wars and like provisions were mada for army nurses. For river and har bor improvements tne appropriation aggregated $83,000,000. Increased salaries were given to cabinet ministers, the vice president and senators, the speaker of the house of representatives and its members; to ambassadors, 'ministers and con suls; to postoffice clerks and letter carriers. The public made more inquiries for information from the document rooms of congress regarding the ship sub sidy bili, tne currency measure and the bill regulating the hours of service of railway employes than any other pend ing legislation. The subsidy died hard in the last hours. The immigration bill, one of the measures brought over from the long session, was completed under the spur of the president that be might meet the California-Japan ese situation by giving the administra tion control 01 coolie immigration passports. The bill further restricts the admission of aliens to the coun try. A bill was passed for the establish ment of an agricultural bank in the I’hilippines. The free.alcohol bill in the last session was amended so that farmers may distill waste products to be denaturized. Appeal in criminal cases was grant e 1 the government—a measure in tended to strengthen the anti-trust leg islation by affording a means whereby the supreme court may pass on the constitutionality and construction of such laws. An investigation was authorized re garding the condition of women and child workers. The .Interstate Commerce commis sion was authorized to ascertain if the express comnames of the country are evading the railroad rate law of last session by buying, selling and hand ling on consignment fruit, vegetables and oysters. Reed Smoot was retained by the senate as a member from Utah, ending a four-years’ controversy. The senate ratified treaties with Santo Domingo and of Algeciras. The senate also launched an execu tive investigation of the Brownsville affray. SENATOR SPOONER RESIGNS. - -i. Wisconsin Man Announces His Re tirement from Public Life May 1. Washington — Senator John C. Spooner has written a letter to Gov ernor Davidson of Wisconsin tender ing his resignation as a senator of the United States, to take effect May 1 next, "the letter was dated Saturday, but the fact t{iai such a letter had been written or that Mr. Spooner con templated resigning did not become known in the senate until late Sunday, when it created great surprise. President’s Son Has Oiphtheria. Washington—President Roosevelt's young son Archia, has diphtheria, but it is said he is not seriously ill. The patient has been isolated in the south east room of the White House and a strict quarantine is being maintained. Surgeon General Rixey said that he was first called to see Archie last Fri day. Dr; Rivey at once began the use of antitoxin and sent tor a trained nurse. He assures the president and Mrs. Roosevelt that their son is not se riously ill and that there is no occa sion for alarm. President Signs Bills. Washington — President Roosevelt remained in his office Sunday night until 10 o’clock signing a large batch of minor bills passed by congress. The president will not attach his sig nature to any of the important meas ures passed during the closing hours of the cession until Monday. Nebraskans Start Home. Washington — Representatives Nor ris and Kennedy, accompanied by Mrs. Pollard, leave Monday afternoon for their homes in Nebraska. Congressman Kinkaid has made ar rangements to leave for his home in O'Neill on Wednesday. McCalla Mcdalized. Washington — Senator Cuilon se cured the adoption by tne senate of joint resolution authorizing Rear Ad miral McCalla to accept a medal from {be lyn§ of Groat Britain and the dec oration of the Order of the Red Eagles from the emperor of Germany. Mail Trains Too Fast. Washington — Postmaster General Cortelyou has issued instructions de fining the attitude ot the postoffice de partment regarding fast mail trains. He states that, while the department, should insist upon the most expedi tious service feasible, it should not exert, its authority to such an extent as to compel the establishment of railroad schedules inconsistent with entire safety to all persons carried on these 1 rains. He tnfnks there is dan ger of runic of the road3 being over taxed iu the matter of speed. 'I . - Dr. Qronhyathekha is Dead. Ottawa, Ont. — Private telegrams from Augusta, Ga., announce the death of Dr. Oronhyatekha. head of the In dependent Order of Foresters, there Sunday. Dr. Oronhyatekha was a na tive of Canada and a full-blood Mo hawk fndiau. . City of Mexico—Ambassador Thomp son arrived in this city Sunday night from Vera Cruz. The ambassador was accompanied by Mrs.. Thompson and a party of friends, who will visit him bore. NEBRASKA VOTE IS DIVIDED. Thos^^or and Against the Ship Sub sidy Bill. Washington—The fight on the-ship subsidy bill again showed the strength of organization as against those who are not always tied down to the hard and fast tenet of party. It looked for all the world more like a town meet ing than it did like- the national house of representatives because so many and so vitally conflicting interests got together against tie mail subvention hill which it really should be called rather than the ship subsidy bill. During the perfection of the bill in committee of the whole nearly all the delegation from Nebraska voted to strike out of the bill the steamship linesi running from Pacific ports to the orient. This was a direct slap at tha Hill and Harriman interests. The Neb raska delegation was not by any means alone in op]>osition to the lines when both San Francisco and Port Townsend, but also representatives from the whole middle west joined with the Nebraskans to knock out this feature of the bill. Mr. Pollard, how ever, having been successful in writ ing into the bill a line of steamships from the Gulf of .Mexico to Argentina voted with the republican leaders. Oa the final vote the delegation split evenly, Hinshaw, McCarthy and Kin kaid voting against the measure, while Norris. Kennedy and Pollard voted for the bill. The Iowa delegation, with the single exception of Birdsall, also voted for the measure, which was beaten at one time by several votes, but which eventually by adroitness and clever manipulation was passed by ten majority. Only four steamship lines are to be subsidized under the measure in the form finally agreed upon and all of these are to sail for South American ports. One of the lines will be from the Atlantic coast to Brazil, a second from the Atlantic coast to Argentina, the third between the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. The fourth line will be from the Pacific coast to Panama, Peru and Chile. The annual subsidy for each of these lines is to be $300,000 for a monthly mail service or $600,000 for a fort nightly service, excepting the Argen tine line, which is to have $400,000 for a monthly service or $800,000 for a fortnightly service. — MRS. EDDY’S SON FILES SUIT. Heirs of Head of Christian Science Church Ask Property Accounting. CONCORD, N. H.— A bill in equity to secure an accounting of the finan cial affairs of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, head of the Christian Science church, was filed in the superior court for Merrimac county Friday by Mrs. Eddy’s son, George W. Glover of Dead wood. S. D.. and his daughter. Miss Mary Baker Glover, and George W. Baker of Bangor, Me., nephew and "next friend” of Sirs. Eddy. The bill is directed agains; Alfred Farlow and other trustees of the Christian Science church in Boston and Calvin A. Frye, Mrs. Eddy’s secretary, Lewis O. Strang, her assistant secretary, and Herman S. Herring, first reader of the church in Concord. Besides demanding an accounting of all transactions regarding Mrs. Eddy’s affairs, the bill asks for restitution in case any wrong doing appears; for an injunction during litigation against in terference with her property and bus iness, and for a receiver. WRECK ON SANTA FE ROAD. Thirty People Injured on Kite-Shaped Track Near San Bernardino. San Bernardino, Cal. — Well ladea with passengers, including many east ern visitors, the Santa Fe passenger train which daily makes the trip around the kite-shaped track, ran through an open switch one mile norrh of Colton, killing one passenger, fat ally injuring the fireman and inflicting more or less serious injuries upon over 30 others. Limitation of Armaments. Berlin—The Associated Press was semi-otflcially informed that Ger many had not offered any objection to the purpose of Great Britain to pro pose that the question of the limita tion of armaments shall be placed on the program of the next peace confer ence at The Hague. , As a result of the exchanges of opin ions which have taken place among the cabinets on the subject it is fur ther understood that no power will oppose the intention of the British government in this matter. Munger’s Nomination Confirmed. Washington—The senater confirmed the nomination of David P. Dyer to be United States district judge of the eastern district of Missouri and Thomas C. Munger to be additional United States district judge for the district of Nebraska. Will Disguise to Assassinate. London—A dispatch from St. Peters burg says that the police have learned that terrorists have planned a whole sale assassination of officers by means of disguises. Setting the Young Men Right. Washington—The appointment of B. O. Mahaffay of Texas, John A. Cleve land of Alabama, and Traugett F. Ke’. ler of New York, as second lieutenants in the army is provided for in a bill passed by the house Friday. They were dismissed from the military academy for insubordination in 1901, but, according to the committee report accompanying the bill, their subse quent career him been especially praiseworthy, and their parents urged that the young men be set right by congress. Laccy Gets a Loving Cup. Washington—Representative Lacey (la.), chairman of the house commit tee on public lands, who will retire from congress on March 4, was pre sented with a. handsome silver loving cup by the members of his committee. General Jocelyn Retired. Washington—Brigadier General S. P. Jocelyn, commanding the Depart ment of the Columbia with headquar ters at Vancouver Barracks, WaBh., has been transferred to the retired list of the army on account of age. THE DANGER SIGNAL AT THE CURVEi THAW ISSUESASTATEMENT BRINGS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ATTORNEY JEROME. Declares That the Prosecuting Attor ney Cannot Understand the “Nat ural Real Goodness of Evelyn. New York—Harry K. Thaw enliv ened an extremely dull session of his trial Thursday by giving out a brief statement in which he accused Dis trict Attorney Jerome of having made unprofessional remarks in court, as serted that his wife’s testimony was absolute truth and declared that Mrs. Thaw's “natural real goodness’’ was above the comprehension of the pros ecuting officer. , , It was just before adjournment and after many hours of expert testimony as to the meaning of extracts from eight letters written by the defendant with their relation to the sanity or insanity of the writer that Thaw gave his statement to the press. Thaw Issues Statement. This is Thaw’3 second statement since August 10: “With chances millions to one against her, after the catastrophe in 1901, it is wonderful that Mrs. H. K. Thaw prevailed in the cross-examina tion against the prosecution backed by blacklegs. “Her testimony was absolute truth. "Our evidence was of conversations. The cross-examination has proved the exact facts under oath. “Mr Jerome, finding his informants in certain lines falsifiers, concluded by more usual methods, which is to his credit “However, from some of his ques tions and some of his unprofessional remarks in court, it appeared clearly that the natural and real goodness of the witness is above his comprehen sion.” Thaw began to prepare his state ment Tuesday afternoon. One of the newspaper tables adjcins the table oc cupied by his counsel, and a reporter sitting next to tue defendant read over the latter’s shoulder the two opening paragraphs. Wnen the papers ap peared yesterday with extracts from his statement in display type Thaw was much chagrined. Today in court he took the reporter to task. He said he had not intended to make the statement public until the end of the trial. He further asserted that many mistakes appeared in the portion of the statement that published and added that he might make a correc tion later. Wednesday night in his cell Thaw completed the statement and Thursday he handed the original draft to a reporter whom he has known for years and in which he had confidence. He also handed the news paper man a brown envelope. PASSES “SQUARE DEAL” BILL. Iowa Senate In Pavor of Helping Min ority Stockholders. Des Moines, la.—The senate has passed the square deal bill, which re quires majority stockholders of life insurance companies to grant minority stockholders representation on the board of directors. Senator Mattes was author of the bill and urged its passage, being in charge of it. Senator Warren and some others opposed it, and Warren, Dunham and Jamison of Clarke voted against it. All others voted for the measure. New York—Wendell Philips Gar rison, son of William Lloyd Garrison, the abolitionist, and for more than forty years editor of the New York Nation, died in a hospital in South Orange Thursday night, aged 66 years. He had been ill for several months. Senate Passes Expo Bill. Washington—The senate Wednes day passed the bill extending govern ment aid to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition to be held in Seattle in 1909, and debated for several hours the denatured alcohol bill, reaching no conclusion on the latter measure. The conference report on the army ap propriation bill was presented, and by the senate receding on the point in controversy, its provision for the re tirement of paymasters’ clerks, a com plete agreement between the two houses was reached. Agreement on La Follette Bill. Washington—Conferees on the La Follette bill to promote the safety of employes and travelers on railroads by limiting the hours of service of employes reached an agreement on the measure. 8enator Bailey Exonerated. Austin, Tex.—By a vote of 70 to 40, Senator Bailey was exonerated by the lower house of the Texas Legilature of any charges of irregular acts in public life as alleged by Representa tive Cocke on January 14. NEW JUDGEJOR NEBRASKA OUTCOME FAVORABLE TO MR. MUNGER OF LINCOLN. The Nebraska Delegation Takes Fif teen Ballots Before Coming to a Selection. Washington—After fifteen ballots had been taken Wednesday by the Nebraska delegation in secret caucus T. C. Munger of Lincoln received a ma jority of the votes cast and his name has gone to the president for the posi tion of federal judge for the additional place created in the district of Neb raska. signed by all the members of the delegation with the single excep tion of Judge Norris, who stated in the caucus that though he would make no objection to Mr. Munger’s appoint ment. he could not consistently sign a recommendation in his behalf. Mr. Munger had four votes to begin with, and received the vote of Mr. Hinshaw on the final ballot, which brought about his nomination. The four votes which were cast throughout for Mr. Munger were Senators Millard and Burkett and Representatives Kin kaid and Pollard. Throughout the balloting Representative Kennedy voted for Judge Norris against the latter's personal protest. Senator Burkett has been the bus iest kind of an individual rounding up the delegation in behalf of Mr. Mun ger. In this connectison it may be said that Mr. i.inshaw has a number of postmasters awaiting confirmation by the senate. As three postmasters were recommended by Mr. Hinshaw after bitter fights in each case, he needed the active assistance of Sena tor Burkett to make their confirmation possible, and his vote for Munger may explain the reason for these confirma tions, should they occur immediately. PASS RIVER APPROPRIATION. Both Houses Approve the Report of the Conference Committee. Washington—After listening to an argument by Senator Patterson of Colorado in favor of government own ership of railroads, the senate Wed nesday agreed to the conference re: port of the river and harbor approp riation bill. Protests were made against the reduction from $050,000 to $250,000 of the amount for improve ments in the Mississippi river between Cairo and St. Louis by Senators Hop kins, Cullom, Stone, Allison and Over man. The small amount prevailed. The house also approved the report and it Is now ready for the president’s consideration. The senate passed the Daniel bill establishing me foundation for the promotion of industrial peace.” It au thorizes a board of trustees to receive from President Roosevelt the “Nobel peace prize” as the nucleus of a fund to bring together at Washington rep resentatives of capital and labor to discubs labor problems. Folk Signs Two Measures. Jefferson City, Mo.—Governor Folk signed the bills passed by the legisla ture providing for a 2-cent per mile railroad passenger rate and limiting the salaries of insurance companies, both those incorporated under the state laws and foreign companies do ing business in Missouri. They will become laws ninety days after the ad journment of the legislature. Passes the Senate. > Washington — The Dill permitting the Omaha Indians of Nebraska to take their claims against the govern ment to the court of claims passed the senate. In the House of Representatives. Washington — Conference reports were agreed to by the house on Wed nesday on the river and harbor ap propriation bill. The house con curred-in the senate amendment in the army bill providing for the retire ment of certain generals who served in the civil war with the rank of major generals. The president re turned to the house witnout his ap proval a bill for the relief of J. W. Bauer and others growing out of their failure to make returns for special tax as retail duties on oleomargerine. May Be a Strike. Chicago—Negotiations between the managers of western railroads and the trainmen and conductors' in regard to an increase in wages were termi nated abruptly without an agreement being reached. The question of a strike is now up to the men. v Two-Cent Fare Bills in Kansas. Topeka, Kas.—The senate passed a bill providing for 2-cent passenger fares, carrying the proviso that rail roads must sell 500-mile books. The house passed a 2-cent flat rate bill. THE ALDRICH BILL IS PASSED. Measure Finally Acted Upon By the Senate. Washington—The senate passed the sundry civil appropriation bill carry ing $114,000,000. It also passed the Aldrich currency oill by a vote of 43 to 14. The currency bill authorizes the issuance of $10 gold certificate to the end that tne $10 greenbacks may be broken up into $1, $2, $5 bills, for which there is a great demand. It also authorizes the deposit of customs receipts in national banks as internal revenue receipts are now deposited. It raises from $3,000,000 to $9,000,000 the amount of national bank circula tion that may be retired in any one month. The Nelson amendment re quiring national banks to pay interest on government deposits was defeated by a vote of 43 to 17. Senator Aldrich called up his cur rency bill at 2 o'clock. Mr. Culberson presented a general objection to the system which resulted in the accumulation of such large amounts of government funds. “The root of the evil is high taxes and ex travagance,” he said. The retirement rolls of the army and navy were, he declared, being “padded;” brigadier, generals were found on the retired list thicker than the leaves of autumn, placed in that rank simply for the pur pose of increasing their pay. The fed eral government was year by year reaching out into the realm of the states and thus adding expenditures. He said that in the last four years the increase in national expenditures had amounted to $115,000,000. “Our revenues during that time have increased $119,000,000,” inter jected Mr. Aldrich, who added: “Npt a very bad business. What remedy does the senator propose?” “Among other things we can reduce the tariff,” answered Mr. Culberson. The bill was endorsed by Mr. Spooner, who opposed Mr. Nelson's proposition requiring the banks to pay interest on government deposits, as the money deposited was still govern ment money. Mr. Nelson's amendment requiring interest to be paid on deposits was de feated as was also an amendment by Mr. Stone that the interest on deposits be 1% per cent. A roll call resulted in the passage of the bill. 43 to 14. T hose opposing were Senators P.acon, Berry, Black burn, Clay, Culberson, Dubois, Frazier, - I^iFollette, McCreary, McLauren, Mal lory, Pettus, Stone and Newlands. " MANDERSON SAYS WILL PAY. General Solicitor of Burlington Sees No Escape From Taxes Now. Omaha—“I am frank to say that the probabilities are we will pay the un paid portion of the taxes for the years 1904, 1905 and 1906, which, have been withheld by reason of this litigation,” said Charles F. Mauderson, general sol icitor of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, Tuesday In response to inquiry as to what the Burlington road would do in regard to the deci sion of the United States supreme court, which decrees that the Burling ton and Union Pacific together shall pay into the treasuries of the various counties of Nebraska the taxes they owe, namely, S9Sl,o85.44, with interest at 10 per cent. EVENLY DIVIDED ON MUNGER. Two Senators and Two Congressmen Said to Favor His Appointment. Washington—The Nebraska delega tion will meet Wednesday in Senator Millard’s committee room for the pur pose of recommending a candidate for additional federal judge in Nebraska. The situation Is that Senators Bur kett and Millard and Representative Kinkaid and Pollard will vote for Munger. The rest of the delegation, j while not favorable to Munger, have not agreed upon any one candidate. Millard Going to Europe. Lincoln, Neb.—Information here o' a private nature is to the effect that Senator Millard is planning a trip to Europe to begin immediately upon the adjournment of congress, March 4. It is said that he does not intend return ing first to Nebraska and will prob ably be gene all summer. It is said that C. F. McGrew. cashier of the bank, has been in Washington to con fer with Senator Millard with refer ence to the business of the bank dur ing his absence abroad. St. Paul Stops Extensions. CHICAGO—Owing to railway legis lation and the difficulty of raising money, as well as the increased cost of labor and materials, the Milwaukee railroad has temporarily abandoned improvements and extensions, for which the management expected to spend between $6,000,000 and $8,000, 000. Salt Lake Officials Taken. Salt Lake City—George Sheets, chief of the Salt Lake police department, and George Raleigh, chief of detectives, were arrested charged with complicity in a conspiracy to fleece tourists and travelers passing through Salt Lake City. Two-Cent Fare in Iowa. Des Moines, la.—The senate Tues day passed the 2-cent fare bill which originated in the railroads committee of the house of representatives, and reduced passenger rates will become effective in Iowa now within the course of a few months. This new law provides that all railroads hav ing an earning of $4,000 per mile per annum shall sell tickets at 2 cents per mile; all railroads having an earning of between $3,000 and $4,000 per mile per annum shall sell tickets at 2V6 cents per nine. Two-Cent Fare in Minnesota.. St. Paul, Minn.—The senate passed a 2-cent fare and an anti-pass bill, mak ing a flat 2-cent fare for passenger fares throughout the state. The house last week passed a 2-cent fare bill and committees of the two houses will now confer on the matter. | Express Companies to Be Investigated. Washington—The Interstate Com merce commission has made favorable report on Mr. Kennedy’s resolution to investigate express companies. RAILROADS MUST SETTLE U. 3. COURT DECIDES NEBRASKA TAX CASES. Over $3,000,000 Due, Which Amount, With Interest, Must Be Paid In County Treasuries. 'Total taxes due state.13,019,1*7.74 From Burlington . 1,985,972.46 Front Union Pacific. 1,033,173.28 Due Douglas county (with interest . 73.060.75 Total, 1904. Burlington. 661,790.82 Tendered by company. 444,710.7S Total, 1904, U. P. 344,391.7b Tendered by company . 248,271.34 Total amount in dispute... 981,585.44 *The total is arrived at by multiply ing the figures for 1904 by 3, as the levies for each year varied immateri ally. The interest is to be computed on these amounts. Washington—In an opinion handed down by the supreme court Monday, written by Justice Holmes, and with out division, the supreme court sus tained the railroad taxation laws of the state of Nebraska in the famous taxation case. The court’s considera tion of the case was brief and there was little consideration of the point on which the greatest stress had been laid by the railroads’ lawyers in their arguments—that is, the inequity of the stock and bond plan of assess ment. The court evidently did not deign to discuss this particular phase further, having decided so many times in favor of this plan of assess ment. Justice Holmes’ selection to write the opinion was significant, because in the course of the argument on the appeal, a few weeks ago, he took the leading part in questioning the law yers. He has written very recently some opinions in cases sustaining sim ilar and he made it plain to the lawyers that he nad little disposi tion to sit idly by and see his theories attacked. He was decidedly hostile toward Messrs. Baldwin and Green in the questions which he interpolated into their arguments. ine case came up rrcm tne circuit court for the circuit of Neoraska. The opinion of Justice Holmes pointed out that the railroads alleged that political coercion and duress had influenced the state tax board to make an assess ment excessively increasing the valua tion of the roads. It was alleged that the board decided at the beginning to make a certain increase, namely $19, 000,000. In the assessment, and hav ing determined this, then set about to justify itself iu such action. To this clam of the railroads Justice Holmes replies that the record of the board shows nothing of the kind, and that the record is the competent evi dence in such a case. Essence of the Decision. ' Supreme court holds that the rec ord of the tax board does not show the board simply uetermined to make a lump increase in assessment and then set about to justify itself, and further that the record is competent evidence. It holds that a jury cannot be ex amined as to the processes by which it arrived at its decisions, and conse quently the governor and tax board should not have been called to testify before the lower courts. The court holds that the tax board used all proper discretion in making its assessments, and that it was not arbitrary. The decision of the court means that the Nebraska counties can now col lect $3,100,000 in taxes from the Union Pacific and Burlington roads. It means further that me North western, Missouri Pacific, Rock Island and other Nebraska roads, which paid their taxes under protest, cannot col lect them back. TAX DECISION GRATIFYING. Senator Grown Congratulated on His Victory in the Case. Lincoln—News from Washington that United States Senator Norris Brown had won the suit against the Union Pacific and Burlington railroads, which enjoined the collection of their (axes for the years 1904. 1905 and 1906 received at the state house, was the best news so far received by members of the legislature, and every one who has been to the state house during the day expressed his pleasure at the out come of the suit and sent his congrat ulations to Senator Brown. Two-Cent Law in Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo.—After amending the 2-cent per mile passenger railroad rate bill, making the penalty for viola t;ion a fine of $100 to $500, the house of the Missouri legislature passed the bill. The senate promptly concurred in the amendment and the measure was sent to the governor. New Job for Leslie M. Shaw. Chicago—A special to the Record Herald from Washington says: When Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treas ury, leaves President Roosevelt’s cabi net he will go to New York and at once assume the duties of president of the newly organized Carnegie Trust company of New York city. How Soldiers May Get In. ' Washington—The board of trustees 7t the national home for disabled vol unteers has issued a general order governing the admission of veteran soldiers to the Battle Mountain sanita rium, which will be ready for soldiers by May 1, 1907. Those eligible for ad mission are disabled soldiers now in the national homes, and for such, ap plication must be made through the respective surgeons of the homes ol which they are inmates. Other eli glbles are ex-soldiers who are entitled to admission to national homes. Large Appropriations. Washington—The senate passed the agricultural appropriation bill carrying $10,000,000, the postofflee appropriation bill carrying $210,000,000 and the pen sion appropriation bill carrying $145, 000,000. Honduras Town Falls. Managua, Nicaragua—San. Marcos de Colon, a well fortified Honduran town, which was defended by Solomon Ordonez, the Honduran minister of evar, at the head of a strong army, was captured by Nicaraguan forces. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES GATHERED FROM EXCHANGES AND PRESS DISPATCHES. Miscellaneous Items of Interest Bear ing Upon Many Subjects of General Concern. The new opera house at Primrose Is now open. Peru now has two passenger trait s fially in both directions. Work has been resumed upon tl Burlington passenger depot in Fre mont. Alleged eases of smallpox at B? atrice have been diagnoses as chic t enpox. While out hunting for a few hours the Hashberger brothers killed fifty three ducks. Thunder and sharp lightning dur ing a snow storm brought surprise to the citizens of Minden. The district Sunday school conven tion will be held at the Christian church in Blue Hill March 10. St. John’s Evangelistical Lutheran church was dedicated last Sunday. The building is entirely paid for. Sherman Saunders and J. F. West rand of Bloomfield have purchastd She Peavey line of elevators in N • braska. James Canfield, son or G. L. tan field' of Beaver City, was found deal in the bay at San Pedro, Cal. H** had been shot. J. A. Woodard-will continue as president of the Peru normal senior Class while acting as superintendent of Fremont schools. The subscription for the Young Men’s Christian association building at Columbus is growing at the rate of nearly a thousand dollars a day. A large gang of surveyors has gone into camp a little southeast of Pa pillion. It is rumored they are look ing up an extension of the Great Western. Seward county will get $38.1&‘> when the Burlington pays .its county taxes. Of this $4,328 will go into the general fund and $3,305 will go in the bridge fund. At Table Rock Richard Titus, who pleaded guilty to a charge of wife beating, was sentenced by Justice Marble to fifteen days’ imprisonment and to pay the costs of prosecution. The school board of Nebraska Cit. has taken steps to secure from the Nebraska City Driving Park associ i tion land held by them under pro visional deed, alleging the provision unfulfilled. Clyde Wright, who left Beatrice several years ago and located at Dt. Moines, la., recently won the middle weight championship of Iowa as a I wrestler. He is teaching wrestling _t that, place at present. John P. Bridges, who is charged with assaulting his daughter and in cest, was arraigned in Nebraska City, pleaded guilty, waived examination and was bound over to the distrht court, he giving a surety bond in th: sum of $1,000. The jury in the case of Miss Emma Lawrence against the Monroe Tele phone company, after being out more than twenty-four nours, brought in a verdict for $3,000 for the plaintiff Miss Lawrence had sued for $20,000 R. H. Wagner, the Burlington sta tion agent at Oakland, had a narrow escape from death. While working around the gasoline engine in the company’s pump house here his coat was caught in the shafting and torn three ducks in Colfax county. A letter from Lillian May Crawford, the noted actress, announces the death of her father, William Stadle man, at Birmingham. Ala., on the 20th inst. Mr. Stadleman was one of the first settlers in Nebraska City and conducted a hotel at that place Many farmers from this vicinity, says an Upland dispaten, have visited the western country of late looking for bonanzas in land. The consensus of opinion of those wno have returned seems to be that some one is going to get stuck mighty badly in a fa. 1 iu value in coming days. Prof. John Matzen, secretary of the Northeastern Nebraska Teachers’ as sociation, which meets m Fremont this month, has received notice that his request for special rates to the convention will not be acted on un til'after tne legislature ends its con sideration of the rate question. John Oberg, a wealthy farmer liv ing four miles north of Valley, ha. been locked up iu the town jail be cause of complaint by his wife that he had abused his family while he was under the. influence of liquor During the melee occasioned by Oberg’s bibulous entertainment he tore the telephone from the wall The 2-cent railroad bill in Nebraska will make the rate from Omaha to Denver reduced from $16.15 to $12.75 : to Kansas City, from $5.90 to about 4; to North Platte, from $9 to about $6. No reduction will be made on the tickets from Omaha to Portland and San Francisco and return, as that rate is already too low to be cut by the reduction. W. Tate, who was charged with stealing a pair of horse blankets from the team' of Nate Hayes while they wftre tiqd on the streets of Auburn has been sentenced to thirty days in the county jail and to pay a fine of $100. A note for $200, signed by August Broscb, turned up at Blue Hill a few days ago, which Mr. Borsch declares he has no recollection of signing. It purports to be in payment for ser vices in placing lightning rods on his house. Payment on the note has been refused. The county treasurer of Cheyenne county publishes a statement show ing there is over $35,000 in cash oa hand in the different funds. The Bur lington and Union Pacific railroads are indebted to Cheyenne county over $50,000 for .back taxes. Land buyers continue to flock to Sidney and many largo sales have been recorded in the county clerk's office. Many new settlers are moving in and with the present rush continu ing every foot ef land will be farmed in Cheyenne county within another twelve months.