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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1899)
"w;1" - I.. jT r 8 THE RED GLOUD CHIEF. m w m ri j ("" M u Ik IH BEBRASKASEHATE PROCEEDINGS OF UPPER LEG ISLATIVE BRANCH A Surrliirt Smiiitittrjr of the DiiIiirk of a Wrrfc A Milt of HUM, llnolu- llonn, Ktr.t Acted 1,'pon. Thnrmliiy, Mnrrli ft In llio senate yesterday n coll of tlio houso mill ii long delay took place bu f ore 1 1 on so roll III wus passed. Tho hill authorizes tliu reappointment of n supreme court commission. Tlio terms of tlio present commission liuve about expired mill unless the bill ro ot' I veil enough voles t- puss It with the emergency clause, n vuenncy for u period of three month would neees Mirlly follow. Twenty-two votes were, necessary. O'Neill of Holt was the only f uslohlsfc who voted for tlio hill. II Ih vote Hindi1 twenty-two, hut nt the last iiioment lie changed from aye to nny. A eull of tliu houso brought In Utile, Miller mill Cnniuhiy. The re publicans hnil only twenty-one votes at their command, r.nd In order to pre vent u vuenncy in the commission Can nil ay of Kearney, fuslonist, voted for the bill nod It passed with tho emer gency elituse. Prout's bill providing for u commis sion to rcvlnc tlie statutes wiih passed. ANiimendeil tho bill authorizes the governor to appoint u nnn-ptirttsuu commlsHlon of three, eaeh commission er to receive S'.'.OUO. Action was taken by the senate look lilt; to tin adjournment of the legisla ture for a few days or u week to rest up. A committee won appointed to confer with u house committee. This w ns done the jolat committee report ing that it had titrrceil to recommend nn ndjournment from Thursday after noon till Tuesday at II a. in". The ic port was adopted. I'rhlH), Miirch 10. Restlessness wiih apparent in the (entite yesteiduy moriilnrf. Tho clos ing of the senatorial contest, a previ ous decision toadjouru the senate dur ir(f the afternoon for a recess until Tuesday forenoon, and the preparation of members of standing committees to visit state institutions, till hud a bad effect on the working ability of tho Minato. No work except the'eonslder ntlon of bills on the general lilo was attempted. A motion to appoint a sifting com mittee was in the hands of one N-'iiulor, but nil tliu members hud not been con sulted and it wrs not olTeied Those who talked the matter over concluded that it nilirht be best to withhold the motion until the latter part of net week nnil'spond the week in clearing the general tile of bills. If one week is thus spent the work of the sifting committee will be much simplified, in fnet there Is some talk of doing with out such u committer. The experi enced niombeis, however, do not sou bow the work of the tcssiun can be closed up without tho aid of such a committee. The seiiutc spent some time yester day in committee of the whole dis cussing a bill to authorle the l'eru state normal school to issue life eer tillcntes good in any kindergarten or primary giade t' teachers who have completed a certain course and have taught school twenty-live months. The bill wan Indefinitely postponed, though Its friends made a hard tight to save It. A bill providing for a lien for the amount due for threshing grain or shelling corn was discussed und recom mended for nassnee. A bill doing away with the bidding lib banks for county funds was reeo mended for passage. The bill pro vides that the rate of Interest to be tiald for county funds shall be fl.xed by the county treasurer and the bank, subject to npproval of the county board. On motion of Senntor Prout of Gugc one of his own bills was indefinitely postponed. Tho bill was Intended to repeal the law permitting cities of less thnn '!.', 000 Inhabitants to puss an or dinance taxing insurance companies for the benellt of volunteer lire de partments. Speaker Clark's Insurance bill, house roll 100, providing that lira insurance policies mli lit he transferred without notice to the company Issuing them, was indefinitely postponed on recom mendation of the insurnneo committee. It was claimed that tho bill hud some bad features. A later motion to ie consider this bill failed to obtalu. XVetlnemliiy, Murrh in. Tho senate rushed through a substi tute for senate file 184. a bill to extend the term of county ollleers, yesterday forenoon, and recommended' tho sul' Htituto striking out that part of the bill providing for tho election of district attorneys, nnd It applies only to coun ties not under township organization. Nothing Is said In the bill about coun ty attorneys. A committee was upiointi-d to pre paro resolutions on the death of Con gressman W. L. Greene, and the flag over the senate chamber was ordered lowered to half mast for tho remainder of tliu day. A gamo law was amended on motion of Curriu of Custer so as to make It un lawful to kill quail at any time of the year. Tho bill as amended was recom mended for passngo against the opposi tion of several senators. A resolution congratulating Senator Crow of Douglas on his appointment oh postmaster of Omaha was adopted ma the senator was called before the bar of the senate to make u few re marks. ' A bill authorizing cities nnd villages to regulnto telephone charges by ordi nance was reported by a standing com mittee for indefinite postponement be cause a siinllnrblll had been considered in the houso in committee of the whole. Chairman Fowler moved to reconsider tho vote whereby this report was adopted and he withdrew tho report. lie aid so because complaint was made that the introducer of the bill, Schnal of Sarpy, was not present to defend his bill. Houso roll 1.13, a bill to repeal an old law that uuthorix-H the destruction of grasshoppers, wus recommended for passage. Senate file 110,a constitutional amend ment, providing that tho constitution may be amended by a two-thirds voto instead of a majority, was recommend d for passage. THE HOUSE. 1 tin rutin j, Mnrrli 0. Previous to calling the house to or der yesterday the employes celebrated the result of the cnueus by bringing In the various members on their shoul ders as they appeared in tho cloak room, risher of Daw cs moved on account of the general hilarious condition of the members and in view of the fact that only u short time Intervened till tlio election of t'nitcd States senator and bceuuse It would bo necessary to moke special effort to entertain tho crowd, that the house adjourn till five minutes before 1'.'. The motion carried. The houso was called to order at 1 llfifi with most of the members out of their seals, At the afternoon session the houso went Into committeo of the whole to eonslderjiouso roll No. 330, by Mil bourn, providing that the state board of education shall locate two norinnl schools in the state, one north of tho I'lnttc and the other south of tho Platte. After long discussion, tho bill was recommended for passage. It ap propriates C.'iO.OOO for the location of two f-ehools, the sites to be selected by the state boird of education governing the state normal at Peru, The committee appointed to confer relating to taking an adjournment re ported that when the house adjourn Thursday evening, it be till Tuesday, March 1 1. The motion did not prevail. Armstrong of Nemahu moved that when the house adjourn tonight It bo till 11 o'clock Monday morning. Prlnco moved to amend that when the legis lature adjourn 1'alday evening, it bo till Tuesday at II o'clock. Prince's lUiKMidmcnt carried bv a votj of 49 to 37. " rililny, Mnrrli 10. The reaction from the senatorial fight was not felt to any alarming ex tent in the house yesterday, for the members went to work as If they had but u few more days on earth, mid as if eaeh hour must be filled with work. To begin with the standing commit tees reported enough bills to keep tho house at work In committee or tho whole for almost n mouth. Then the members took up bills on passage and went through along list, cleaning tip all the measures which had been re ported from the committee on en rolled nnd engrossed bills. This kept them in session till ft o'clock, when they adjourned. The adjournment was till next Tues day morning at 11 o'clock, the motion prevlou lug till previously made to adjourn this even' ig till Tuesday, being reconsidered and the other motion currying. Among tho bills passed yesterdnv by the house was Weaver's insurance bill giving the control of the Insurance do nartment of the state into tliu hands of the governor; and taxes Insurance ' companies on gross premiums. This measure received eighty-six votes, and only two were east in the. negative. The only bills favorably acted upon were measures for the payment of In terest und principal of real estate mortgages, providing for the nppolnt nient of some fiscal agent to receive the same for the mortgagee; appropri ating Sri.010 for a new building at Peru; permitting county attorneys to follow count v eases tulcen from the county on change of venue: permit- had with senatora and representatives ting 'irrigation bond coupons mid In tho rcspoctlvo states, district warrants to bo. applied upon I "It may bo announced also that sen taxes owing the district; permitting ators nnd ropresjntatlve? who do not Hie wmiinil lioaril OI eilllCIUlOU lO IIX the tax levy for the district instend of the city council. A bill bv Klshcr to tvovlde for the prln lug printing of school district ollleers hav- public money in charge, of annual statements of the same was Killed, re ceiving only twenty five votes. Flynn'a bill providing for boards of arbitration iu labor disputes also fulled to secure the necessary number of votes. AVrilni'Hil.iy Mnrrli 15. The house during the flrntilnys busi ness after adjournment, considered a great many measures and went at rou tine matters with the energy of legis latures that have a short time to exist. Karly iu the day Wenel of Pawneo county moved the appointment of a committee of three to act with a sim ilar committee from the senate to con sider the proper time for adjournment of the session. The motion prevailed, but the committee was not appointed yesterday. A motion to hold night sessions was passed, but reconsidered iu order that tliu legislature might accept an Invita tion of the rnion-Coinmereial club to an Informal reception held last night, and to allow all members who wished to attend the reception given at Ne braska City by Senator I lay ward to the legislature. In committee of the whole iu the af ternoon, the houso considered two im portant bills. One wns the measure by Taylor of Custer county making tho district clerk a salaried ollieial, and the other was the anti-trust bill by McCarthy of Dl.xon county, aimed at the live stock commission exchange at Omaha. Hoth wero recommended for passage. Three grades of salaries arc provided for district clerks dependent upon the population of tho counties in which they serve. In counties of less thnn -MX) Inhabitants, the salary "is 81.000; less than ftO.(KK) and over 'J.'i.OOd. It is S'J.OOO; and In eountieb over r0,000 it is K.iiuu. Tlie mil is written to go Into I effect in January of next year with tlie new clerks as they are elected. A provision is that all fees lecelvodin ex cess of these amounts nhall be turned into the county treasury. McCarthy's bill simply provides that all combinations and trusts and espec ially combinations of persons in tho live stock business to buy or sell live stock shall not exist. The light on this bill was quite extended mainly, however, between Mr. Olmsted for the Omaha exchange nnd Mr. McCarthy for the bill. A bill by Tanner to increase tho fees os the ofllco of the secretary of state by compelling the filing of ull corpor ations of statements of their condition each year was killed. On the bill, house roll No. 30, by Hums, abolishing the olllee of the board and secretaries of the hoard of transportation, a dis position arose to consider all menbures of thlh kind together and the bills, some four in number, were made a special order for Friday afternoon. The Id Us are house roll Nos. 30, 61), 500 and '.':M. On tho consideration of a bill for a new building nt the Hastings hospital, a motion wub made to eonslderull bills for new buildings for hospitals next Monduy. COUNTS US II Tho Census Director Will Need About 45,000 Assistants, MR, MERRIAM'S STATEMENT. 1'ew of tho Office to Ho Cllvon Ont Unlit Neit Year Democrat I'rnmUed Chance, nnd Appointment! to lie lilted nn Merit. Washington, March 11. Tho policy mat will govern tlio task of taking tho census of 1000 wns outlined to-day by Director Mcrrlam. Mr. Mcrrlnm started for Minneapolis this afternoon. I It will bo ut leaft thirty days yet be- fore another selection of a staff officer Is made, with tho probable exception ' of Prof. Henry Gannett of this city ns j stenographer. This Is in accordanco , with a decision of tho director to-day ( that In his absenco there must ba no promisos or oiiico nor assurances nor encouragement for any given. Sev oral of tho officials selected Thursday night have qualified and tho active preliminary work will begin at once, i Mr. Merrlam's statement follows: "As to prospective appointments to ofllco tho services of no moro ntnff of- , fleers can bo utilized at present and thcr- will bo noothcrs selected within certainly thirty days. Until tho schedules como back to tho ofllcj from tlio enumerators In duly, lfiOO, there will bo no clerks wanto.1 sava such a small skeleton force as will bo neces- . sary to take care of the correspond- ( enco and ofllce work preliminary to tho taking of the censm. When tho , schedules coma back there will bo a largo force of employes appointed. All applications for oQico will rocelvo con- i sideratlon and a large numbor already I havo boon received and pluced on llle. , "Whllo tho Impression has gone abroad that tho consus is to be a re- ! fugo 'or Incompetency, the truth and tho actual facts aro that all applicants will bo subjected to examinations be fore tho civil sarvlce commission. No political Influence will bo sufileicnt to put au employe on tho census pay rolls of whose compstencv to do tho work to be assigned him tho director ' Is not satisfied in advance. And furthermore, if nny employe is found (to bo Incompotont on trial such cm- plo.vo will bo discharged, regardless of his or her political backing. Tho examination of employes will I bo directed not so much for tho test ing of their general information and j capacity as it will bo to their fitness for tho work to bo dono us, for exam ple, no copyist who cannot write or spell satisfactorily will bo appointed, nor calculators who cannot calculate. Flrbt of all, after tho general admin istrative ofllccrs aro salecto.l, thsrj must bo 300 supervisors appointed nnd In their selection consultation will 1)3 l.lnnr to Mm Itnurlln.nn nnrtu ivll! rccclvo tho samo fair treatment und consideration along this lino that is given Republicans. These supervisors will bo appointed by tho President nnd confirmed by tho Sauatc. None of these, ns now contemplated, aro to bo recess appotntmeuts, but the list will bo ready for submission to tho Senate at tho opening of the next bes tlon. I .A.1IO nuj,i.i uauiii 1,4 ,uiii tvtlt i.i "Tim ...nn..l.n.a I.. in - luuib i'j,uuu uuuiiiuitiiur:. iu iiu mu iii: tual work throughout tho country, out tuo list of appointments of cnu nierators first must havo tho approval , of tho director of the census. After approval thoy will bo immediately , furnished tho necessary blank and in structions. This will be no small task. 1 Assuming tho population of the United States at this tltna to bo, iu 'round numbers, 80,030,0)0 people, thero must bo 400,000 sheets Issued for tho population schcdulei alono. Add ing to theso the other seho.lulcs thoro ' will havo to bo in tho aggregate not less thnn 500,003 such sheets In printed form Issued. In counting tho popula tion every individual will ba rcpre- I seated by a separata card and thero ' will havo to be manufactured and printed not loss thnn 101,003,000 of these cards. Tho probability is that a system of machino calculation, which admits of counting facts in combina tion and worked so well in tho Inst census, will ba adopto.l for that oi 11)00. "Taken all In all, tho compleU number of nppolnttnonts that will be mado In tho courso of tho censm will bo over 4.1,030. Theso Include eighteen or twenty staff officers, 303 supervis 'ors, 40,000 enumerators and about 3,000 clerks and other employes here." PRESIDENT THEIR GUARDIAN. Minor Ifelr of (loorjco I). Smtnn Mado Witrdi of Mr. McKluley. Canton, Ohio, March 13. President McKinley has been appointed guardian of John D., William M. and Knto D. H.irbcr. Tho President is tho chil dren's uncle. They, with tho ndult children of Mr. and Mrs. Rnrbcr, are heirs to property left by George I). Saxton, for whoio murder Anna E. Georgo will boon bo tried. THE QUEEN LEAVESTN GLAND. Other Member of the 11 yM Family AUo to VUtt the Continent. London, March 13. Queen Victoria started for the continent to-day. The sea was calm. Tho princess of Wales, Princess Vic toria of Wales and Prince Charles ol Denmark aUo left England this morn ing by way of Dover aud Calais, on their way to Paris, where they will speud two days. They will then go to Marseilles and embark upon the royal yacht Osborne for a Mediterranean, cruise. THEY WANT INDEPENDENCE, l'orto Itleam fluid to ile Ch-iflng Under Amorlcao Military Itulo, CittcAoo, March 13. A special to tho Trlbuno fiom New York in as fol lows: "The Porto Ricans want inde pendence," said Colonel William P. jlubbcll, commander of tho One Hun dred and Forty-seventh regiment, to day, upon his return from Porto Illco. Colonel Hubbcll declared his belief that an insurrection of the natives of I Porto Hlco Ih bound to como sooner or later. He says every cvldcnco of tho forthcoming uprising was given In l'orto Illco, especially in tho latter lmrl OI v,' RlIy OI tc regimont tlicre. l'c ball,! "The demonstrations made it our departure convinced us that tho majority of the natives were glad to Kot rul ot " Our first diflieultics on th0 Md were caused by our Bupprcs. lon of n- secret society known as tho 1J'nek Hand. It was organized on tho Bilino uneD w!tl llo Ku-Klux in this country. A plot was formed, of which xvc obtained umplo proof, to enter our j barracks by stc.ilth and put them, tho enure punion oi inu regiment which was at Caguay, to the niuchcto. For tunately, wo wero placed on our guard uud the conspiracy wns frustrated." Tho Trlbuuo prints tho following special correspondenco from Porto Rico from a Tribune correspondent: "Tho real situation in Rorto IUeo Is not understood. People In tho States generally regard Porto Illco as a sort of haven of peace. Tlio War depart ment has jmt requested of General Henry that ho Immediately report how many regular troops ho can spare from the Island. General Henry Is In a di lemma. He has only three regiments of troops the Eleventh Infantry, tho Nineteenth Infantry and tho Fifth cavalry and two batteries of tho Fifth heavy artillery. "I need twico the troops I havo, said the general, 'llecauso of tho easy victory of our troops hero in the war und in tho apparent friendliness of tliu natives to tho American sol diers when they invado.l tho Island, a notion prevails In the states that there is little necessity for a strong force to maintain order in tho island. Tho idea is erroneous. "Tho conditions here aro alarminir. Tlese people have been given every opportunity, uui incy navo ineir own themu aside. They are clamoring now for local self-government. They nrc no more fit for local self-government than I am to run . locomotive. More troop3 are needed in the island. The seeds of discontent planted by profes sional agitators are rapidly growing, and can be kept down only by a stroug military force. " 'The 111 foaling batweon tho na tives and tho Americnn troops seems to grow btronger every tiny. Tho Amcriecn ofllccrs have to maintain the greatest vigilance to prevent their ''" """ HH.-UIU1IK ll'IIUCHUVU Ull HIU natives and especially on tho native ponco lor acts of violence that arc contiuunlly committed ugalust the troops.'" TWO REFUSE PROMOTION. HlRSlmou B-iyt IIU HorvlccK Wero Not Coa.plruiiut Wiir.l (Itntroui, Washing roM, March 13. Hear Ad miral Hlgginson has declined the pro motion oft'ercd him by tho navy de partment on tho ground that his services have not been of such con spicuous merit as to warrant it. Lieutc'unnt Aarou Ward has also de clined promotion becauso ho would, by accepting it, prevent a classmate from ever reaching Hag rank. Hear Admiral Hlgginson was cap t'.in of the battloihip Massachusetts during tho war and was recommended for promotion with tho other captains under Rear Admiral Sampson, for gal lant nnd meritorious services at San tiago. Tho Massachus2tt3 had pro ceeded under tho admiral's orders to Guantanamo to coal on tho morning of July 3, and consequently had no di rect part in the destruction of Ccr vcra's fb.'c.v. SMITH GETS THE DECISION. livlnzoD llrotlier Jumpi Into tho IUnn While the Men Are Flghtta?, Are Fltht.o,;. March 13. Hilly if "Kid" Lavigne, San FitA.vcisco, Lavlnirc, brother of jumped Into the ring in tho fourteenth round of tho Smlth-Lavlngo light and Referea McDonald was forced to give ma uiii, iu run i ui. ii- uiuuici dck- ing his condition and fearing a Knock out, out of brotherly sympathy aud family pride, jumped through the ropes and placing his arm nbout his brother's shoulder, declaring ho would never seo Georgo humiliated by u knock-out. TEN TRUCK LOADS OF MONEY. Cuba' 63,000,000 Ilaulrd Through the Street cit New York. New Yoiik, March 13. A squad of thirty picked men from Company II, rPlitt.f.,t I, r.ifriilfii-fi iitiili.i- ffifiitntind of Captain Llttell, went to tho sub - treasury to-ilay ana tho 53,000,000 for tho Cuban army was loaded into ten trucks. Two armed private guards, three soldiers and police wero detailed to each truck. The trucks were driven to the government tug General Moigs, and the money was transferred on it to tho government transport Genera) Mcudc. , 1A0,000 In l'oblle Ileqaestl. I Cmctflo, March 13. In tho will ot John Qulney Adams, which was filed for nrob.ito yesterday, tlio sum of Klinnm U Imnnpntliml fnr nnhlln mir. pose's. Of this amount the American Sunday school union gets 820,000; Kockford college, Rockford, III., 830, 000; Rjd River Valley university, Wnhpoton, N. D., 810,000, and the Amoricau Ulblo society, 610,000. Tho remainder is divided among local sem inaries atid societies Mr. Adams was ' a prominent tncmbsr of tho Chicago . board of trado. He was bora in Mas I I achusetts Ip 1824. I JUDGE GREENE DEAD NEBRASKA CONGRESSMAN SUDDENLY SUMMONED. Overcome by Heart Fttllnre While Kn ronte From IIU Hotel to Take the Train nt Omaha for Lincoln Ilcniatni Taken to Kearney, Omaha, Neb., March 1.1. Congress man W. L. Greene of the Sixth district died suddenly of heart failure Saturday evening In a carriage while enroute from the Arcade hotel to tho depot to take a Ilurlington train to Lincoln. He left tho hotel in company with F. K. Frincc, J. II. Donovan and ,T. C. Roovcs, all ot Madison' county. Ho becaino 111 Just beforo tho party left tho hotel, but persisted in his desire to go to Lincoln, nnd was nsslstcd to tho carriage by his companions. Just when ho died his companions do not know. They noticed that his bend had dropped forward upon his breast, but did not realize the gravity of the situa tion until the depot was reached. When tho three had left the carriage, Mr. Donovan turned and remarked to Mr. Greene: "Here we arc; this is tho depot." There was no response, nnd Mr. Donovan peered into the carriage only to find tho congressman still sit ting motionless with his head drooping upon his brenst. Calling a depot porter, the three gen tlemen took Mr. Greene from tho car riage nnd bore him into tho depot. A young medical student who was nt hand examined him ns he lny upon the floor nnd pronounced him dead. Dr. B. II. Smith arrived a few minutes later and found that the lower limbs had al ready grown cold. He declared that death was due to heart failure, caused by various complications. A delegation consisting of Norris ,nrown, John T. Mnllnlieu, C. W. Hox Ic. C. 11. Scott and II. O. Hostcttcr ar- rived iii Omaha early Sunday morning from Kearney to act as nn escort for . for the remains. KEAnxnv, Neb., March 13. The re- mnlnc rt PixnrfrAcainnn f!Annn nfrirnil ' , . , ,. , , , .here yesterday afternoon in charge of the escort nnd were met nt the depot by members of the Kearney bar and n large crown oi syuip.iiuizing citizens. A funeral procession of enrriages sev eral blocks In length followed the re mains to the home of the family. (The flags on public nnd private buildings were floating at half mast. Mr. Greene was born in Pike county, Tw1 tv IQ.in Tfn nttnnilnil hh n.iml nan t lrclxnd) Ind, tlu.cc ycars nn(l wns ' lU.1 . !. 1 ; admitted to tho bar in 1ST0. In 1883 he moved to Kearney, Neb., where he lias blnco resided, in ls'J. lie was elected judge of the Twelfth judicial district. Ho was elected to the Fifty fifth congress ns a populist and re elected last fall. He loaves a widow and two daughters. THREE MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT Four Othtrj More or T.rni Prrlouily Hurt a nd Wreck. While switching at the stock yards in West Lincoln Saturday afternoon about 4:50 o'clock H. fc M. switch en gine No. 207 collided with the Ilurling ton through freight No. 40 on the main line from Hillings, killing three and ' Beriously Injuring four trainmen. The I blinding snowstorm was probably re sponsible for the accident. Tho killed are: ENOINECR LUKE L. BOYCE. ENGINEER JOHN H. DOYLE. FIREMAN ELMER E. GRAHAM. The injured are: Engineer Daniel Delancy, badly cut about tho head; both legs injured, but ot broken. Fireman Leon L. Emerson, hurt In- I tcr,n,nu-v n,nrt Bering fro, an''c antl pvere nervous i I Fireman Skans, leg frac ternally and suffering from a sprained shock. fractured in two places below the knee, Ilrakemnn Arthur O. Goodwin, head cut, left side and leg crushed, and hlr dislocated Light Wlthnnt Kent. ITentlcEB light for illumination Is a possibility of tho near future. Exper iments havo recently been conducted with tho well known Geisslcr tubes by which rarefied air or other gas Is ren dered luminous by an electric current. Recent Investigations show that lfirhr sufllclont to read by can bo obtained In a practical way, although nt nn ex- pcndlture of considerably moro power than Is necessary for tho Incandescent I or arc llghta. There' nro Indications. how over, that some form of tho Gclss- ! lcr tubo w,u bo developed for pructlcal uso. in surgery, mere can bo no ques tion as to Its value, as by its uso it will be posslblo to pursue Investigations In the cavities of tho human body which at present can only be imperfectly car ried on, owing to the heat developed by the Incandescent light Boston Trau3 cilpt. Rlonx Indians Want l'miloni. The first Indian to apply for a pen sion is a Sioux at Crow Creek, S. D., agency, who served as government ccout during one oi tuo inuian wars. ' Another SIOUX wants a pension bo ' cause, ho says, his health was injured ""uub cuuuk Kuvcruiucm runons. A Float Woman, The countess of Huntingdon, whose title gives tbe namo to many dissenting chupels, wus born In 1707 and died In 1791. Bhe warmly attached herself to the Calvlnhtlc Methodists and spent her large fortune In support of her own peculiar lea;tj. WRECKING TRAIN SENT OUT. llie 'Wreckage In the Went I.lnrolu Ynrrtu living Cleared Aivuy. The disastrous wreck which occurred fnBt Saturday afternoon on the .11. & M. nt West Lincoln, was the principal topic of conversation on the streets of Lincoln tho day following. All day long friends of the dead trainmen gath ered at various places to discuss detnlln of the affair nnd morbid minded indi viduals thronged the morgue in tho endeavor to view the remains of En gineers Iloyce and Doyle and Fireman Graham. Great interest was manifested in tho ftbillty of the Injured men to recover. The four men yet yet nlive wero all reported to be doing remarkably woll considering the extent of their injuries. The wrecking train was sent out to West Lincoln Sunday morning and re turned in the evening. The wreckage wns cleared away and the track wn left open. The wreck in the freight, yards was disposed of Satutduy night nnd the switching was not interfered with to any great extent. The most peculiar feature of the wreck is the great loss of lifecompareil with the property loss and the low rate of speed at which both trains, were going. Hnd tho pilot of tho freight engine not been forced down ward it is probable that no one on tho freight train would have sulTercd moro than n little shaking up. When tlio pilot of the first freight engine stuck In the ties, the engine was derailed which In turn derailed the second en gine, turning it completely nroun'J. The two freight ears following the en gines, which ran oft' the track and came up along side of the engine, wero the cause of the death and Injury of the engine crews who hud jumped for bafety. Ilurlington ofllelnls sny that 83,000 will cover the entire property loss. The responsibility for the accident has not yet been placed, but the blind ing snow storm will probably bo held accountable for the disaster. It Ih c rtaiu that iid nr.:h accident could have happened on a clear day. Tho switch engine was inside the yard lim 1 .s where it had a light to work. Tho freight engine was on the main lino and supposed to be under control oiv entering the yards. Tho evidence all bhows that the freight train wan going at a low rate of speed and was exercis ing due care. The blinding snowstorm, however, rendered It impossible to seo but a few feet ahead, and this together with tho weight of thirty heavy cars behind the engiens made it impossible for the engineers to stop tho freight train on the slippery rails in tlmo to avoid the collision. ORGANIZED RAID ON STORES Merchant at Nrllgh Suffer Through the- WurU of Thluir. Neligh was visited recently by four of the light fingered gentry. They went In pairs and visited the stores, where one would engage one of tho clerks, if only two were in charge, and the other would abstiact homo goods and blip out with them. Miss Uolon, of the firm of Ilolon it GofF, was alone, and while one of the thieves had her engaged in showing him somo goods the other carried olY two pieces of dress goods and the other, as he was going oft', attempted to carry off an other piece, but Miss Ilolon made him. give It up nnd orgnnized a pursuit. The ones who hud stolen her goods es caped and the other two were arrested and lodged in jail. Tho ones who es caped were finally traced to Clearwater where it transpired that they hod been, boarding at the hotel for somo clays and were engaged in disposing of vari ous kinds of merchandise at very low prices. The sheriff und his deputy fol lowed them south, but llnnlly lost track of them r.nd returned home. Tho two who are in jail are being held for Nor folk parties to identify, having pre sumably stolen goods from them souiu' time ugo. New KnterprUo Lnuiichcrt. An enterprise enlisting the influence, and money of a number of successful business men was launched in Gordon, last week, styled tho Niobrarn Land and Sheep company of Goulon. Tho capital stock of the company Is placed at St00,000, and already land has been purchased and leased extending from, within a mile from Gordon to tho Nio brara river, ten miles distant. Tho range has u river front of about five miles, insuring plenty of water, and with the addition of rough feed raised by farmers it is thought there will bo an abundance of pasture for several very large bands of sheep. The sheep industry has proved very prolltablo in that vicinity in recent years, and some of tho most successful sheepmen nro In itio present undertaking. l'rolilcin to Kohe. Tlio eonnty judge of Dodgo county has a puz.ling probate mutter before him. In 1891 George Kern mysterious ly disappeared from the North llend neighborhood and has not slneo been heard from. Mrs. Kern, the wife, ubIch if her husband can be considered dead and tho matter will como up for consid eration later. Two I'll pern Ilurnril Out. t The oflleos of the Trades Exhibit, h. a commercial paper run by M. L. Hod gin, and the Penny Press, an nntl-dc-partment store paper run by M. S. llartlett, located at 1010 Furnam street, Otnuha, were destroyed by lire recent ly. Hoth were fully Insured. At OeccoIu Gus Nelson of Nelson Ilros., grain dealers, drove his team up into the elevator to get feed. Un hitched horses to the shafting, nnd when the machinery btartcd up he attempted to get the' lines. His arm wns caught und broken iu three places. r.,,, iitnTi))w ; u ,,.. i m In. i ' iijn.'y Mj,,, . u ',yg!8ywgwBW