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HATE SIFTIKdS
Senate Chamber Proceedings
Succinctly Stated.
UPPER HOUSE ACTIONS (IIONKIED
I.nbors of Hi Senator llollrd Down to
I)lBNlllile Nlrr nud llMied Up la Our
lluy Itrniler Who Wnnl to Know
What U lifting llonn.
Tnnadny, .laittinry 111.
The .Senate passed the llrst bill of
any Importune yesterday, when house
loll No. U, by Vim Hosk'ltk, passed by
H voto of twenty-three yeas to nine
nays. Owing to the fact that the In
troducer of the hill ami two or three
Dthors were allowed to discus this
measure by unanimous consent after
tho roll will had been ordered some of
the oritleal onesoxptes the belief that
If the bill becomes a law someone
may try to show that It was not con
stitutionally passed. The ground for
tho belief is that the roiihtit niton says
that after the third reudlug of a bill
tho roll must bo ealled immediately.
Thl controversy brought up the inten
tion of the proper time to moe to
commit a bllt for spiel tie amendment.
Lieutenant (lovornor Savage reserved
his ruling until today. It in believed
he will rule thai such a motion In
hi order any time before the roll call
has been ordered when the bill it on
third reading.
Tho hill in designed to protect cattle
growers against thieves and It is sup
posed to aid the large stockmen on the
range In the western part of the state.
A rends of Otoe, formerly an opponent
of tho bill, voted for it and explained
his vote by saying the bill would not
woil; a hnrtUhip on eastern farmers
and it would bu of great henetlt to the
cattle growers of the west. The bill
provides for a registry and the exhi
bition of hides. Hutcher and others
who buy beef to sell must keep a reg
ister of the hides and tliu brands
thereon and the person who occasion
ally slaughters a beef for sale must
exhibit the hide, when lie sells the
meat and also keep the hide three
days.
Harlan of York, chairman of the
joint committee of the senate on inves
tigation of corrupt practices in con
nection witlt the senatorial contest,
asked to be relieved of the duty of
serving, but tho senate failed to grant
the request.
Wedneiduy, .Tanuury MO.
The senate in executive session con
firmed the appointment of K. D. Davis
of Clay couuty as warden of the peni
tentiary and A. V. Cole of Ifastings as
commandant of the soldiers' home at
Grand Island. A ruling by the lieuten
ant governor Is that a motion to com
mit a bill on third reading for specific
amendment must le made before the
roll call has been ordered. The cor
icctness of this ruling is disputed by
some old members of the legislature,
who believe such a motion can be made
while tho roll is baing called, or in
fact any tlmo "before the final passage
of tho bill," as the old rules of the sen
ate read.
Only three bills were Introduced.
Senate file No. UH, by Meredith, is
an exact copy of Senate file No. 110, in
troduced by Martin by request. The
bill amends the Hq.ior laws in various
ways and provides a penalty for the
sale of udultoratod liquors. It also
provides for regulation within two
miles of any town.
Senate file No. IflU, introduced by
Young, adds tho words "or purchaser"
to that section of the statute that pro
vides that no judgment on which exe
cution shall not have been taken shall
operate as a lien upon the estate of
any debtor to the preference of any
other bona tide judgment creditor "or
purchaser."
Tliitrtday, .January ill.
Tho senate listened to two of its dis
tinguished members yesterday. Kx
Uovernor Ciounse attacked a bill pro
viding for the establishment of two
new state normal schools on the ground
that the Btatc aud the taxpayers were
noUn duty bound to discriminate in
favor of 'teachers as against bluck
ralths or persons of any other profes
sion or trade, that the statu should not
compete with private enterprises aud
that it was agnlnst public policy to
separato state institutions or to create
more than is necessary. He took the
ground th.it the proposed expendltuia
of 110,0oo for the proposed schools
was but tho entering wedge for the ex
penditure of millions and other extrav
agances that arc practiced under the
name of education. Senator Martin
spoke on behalf of barbels, who he
said were being Hoeced, by the state
barbers' examining lonrd without re
ceiving any protection in return. His
bill abolishing the barbers' board was
recommended for passage in commit
tee of the whole, but action on tho nor
mal school bill Introduced by Senator
Allen of Furnas, was dofened to await
tho action of the home which has de
c'.d.'d to consider a similar bill iib a
epeclal order at !. o'clock.
NtilfliM Voor Inorln.
The Philadelphia Medical Journal de
clares that "It require no mathemati
cian to discover that the shiftless, the
thriftier, the Indigent poor the class
which produces relatively the greatest
number of criminals and paupers, if
not of the mentally deflcient-is In
creasing out of all proportion to the
thrifty, the well-to-do the class which
produces relatively few of the paupers
and criminals."
OrnainentrJ glass manufacturers con
ludd tl lif session at Louisville,
In the committee of the whole lite
senate ludellnitcly postponed a bill
abolishing tho contract lateof inter
est which, under the picscitt law, may
he as high as 10 per cent. An antl
kidnaping hill was iccomniciided for
passage by the judiciary committee,
the bill, simeudliig tho marks and
brand law was teeommended for pas
sago In committee of tho whole and a
hill making the legislative journals
inferior as evidence in courts to the
enrolled hills was indefinitely post
poned. A resolution calling for 3".-"rt'V-M
to pay the expenses of the elec
tion contests instituted against Sena
tors Itanium ami Liddclt, of Douglas,
fuslonlsts, was presented and referred
to the committee on accounts and ex
pendltutes. Hansom's anti-klduaplug
bill was favorably reported by the
committee on judiciary. A house bill
for thu lellef of Lancaster county in
the mutter of drawing jurors was
passed.
KrliU), Frliruary I.
The Hood of oratory in the senate
yesterday was expected on a bill to
submit to the people a proosltlou for
a constitutional convention, a bill to
repeal the act creating tho barbers' ex
anting hoard, a bill relating to the aid
for county fairs and a measure, to pre
vent male animals from running at
large. This mixture was opened In
the eat ly hours of the morning and
was not disponed of until .1 o'clock In
the evening. The bill for a constitu
tional eonveutlou was indellultoly
postponed, the bill repealing the bar
hers' luw was iccoininitted to tho com
mittee on miscellaneous subjects and
a hearing will be given tho barbers
next week. The question of giving
county boards the right to give or
.withhold the usual county appropri
ation of per capita tax in aid of county
fairs, was recommended for passage.
Zlegler's bill relating to male animals
running ut large, a measure asked for
by stock growers, was iroomiultted
for amendmeut.
Saturday, Ftihriisry 1.
An adjournment of the senate at
noon jostcrday shut on" what might
have lieen a good day's work. During
the shot t session the forestry bill of
Senator- Arcnds of Otoe, providing for
the taxation of forestry tracts at the
rate of SI per acre, was amended and
recommended for passage. A bill by
Van Hosklrk for the appointment of
a state veterinarian with power to pre
vent the spread of contagious diseases
among live stock was warmly dis
cussed. The salary proposed was re
duced from $4,100 to Il,l6u on motion
of Newell, of Cass, the watchdog of the
treasury. When the committee arose
the bill was still tinder consideration.
The history of the old live stock com
mission that made a good living killing
glandcred horses was brought up by
those who opposed the bill.
A claim for expenses alleged to havs
been Incurred in tho election, contest
of Johnson, republican, against B.
Hodges, fuslonlst, of I'hclps, is now in
the hands of the senate committee on
accounts and expenditures. Tho total
of the claims presented by Hodges,
who was unseated, is $007.0.1, and the
claims from Johnson's side amount to
81,106.7G. The claims on behalf of
Johnson Include $.100 for attorneys'
fees, 8'JOl.UO for John S. Logan, a ste
nographer, who took testimony and
transcribed It nnd performed other
services. It nlso ineludes'din for Louis
V. Hague, notary, 871 for R. L. Kels
tor, notary, and 810 for Otis Norberg,
notary. The claim of Hodges Is oue
for 847.1)0 for railway fare, hotel ex
penses and other necessary expendi
tures, mid 84.1 for fifteen days attend
ance at 83 a day .1. (1. Thompson has
a claim for 870 nnd J. II. Kobb and V.
A. Garrett, notaries, have claims for
810 each. The total of all the claims
Is 84,014.71. This added to the claim
ef about $1,000 arising from the two
contests from Douglas couuty, will
make the total cost of the three con
tests more than 87,000. It Is under
stood that the committee on accounts
and expenditures will cut the claims
down until their authors will not reu
ognl..; them on sight.
Madam Melba.
Madame Melba prides herrelf on be
ing a "natural song bird." She did not
pass through a protracted period of
voice culture prior to her operatic do
but. From childhood she has been
able to sing with ease the most difficult
muelc, and she mastered the compli
cated score of "Alda" In a few hours.
"I cannot even remenuW," Bays ths
fair Australian, "wheu i" first bran to
trill a note.
Japan' Naval Power.
Japan will shortly be the strongest
naval power in the far east. Three
new warships have lately arrived
from England, France and Qermany,
and the Hatsttse is expected from Eng
land. In mere tonnage alone, the four
new -aels surpass the total tonnage
of the eleven Japanese or the twelve
Chinese ships that were present at
the great sen fight In the Yellow sea.
Lai la In a FuMIe School.
. vuplt at tho public school In Arm
strong, Mo., refused to study Iatln and
was expelled, ills father, a Methodist
preacher, took the mattr before the
board, with the mult that Latin Is
now an optional study.
rterlography or ttia Caurtranlalilae.
Among the papers read at tho con
vention of American ornithologists in
Cambridge, Mass., a few days ago wo
a most Interesting little thing on "The
Pteryloais of Podargus, With Notes on
tho Pterylography of the Caprlmul
lldas." Aa KspatMlT Healla.
The Portuguese government author
Iced ths expenditure or over 36,000
rupees for the reception ot Lord Cur
son, viceroy of India, on ths occasion
f his visit to Ooa.
HOUSE HAPPENINGS
Tho Work Boing Done in tho Hnll
of Representatives.
LABOR OF PAST WEEK BRIEFLY TOID
('undented He port tit the IIIIU Mini Hri
lullon Introduced, Tog-ether wlllt
a Skated ii f the More Import
ant TrMimnrtloiH.
Tuesday, .Iniumry aw,
house, yesterday remained In
The
session
all the afternoon. The time
before
the joint convention was not
Butlicirnt for more titan the ordinary
routine business nnd In thu afternoon,
Hie greater portion or the time was,
spent In committee of the whole
House roll No. i:it), by Wound, to re
fund taxes to F. Uhirlch, of Pawnee
couuty, was passed on thitd reading,
as was house roll No. HI, memorial!.
lug congress for the submission of nil
amendment for the direct popular vole
on United States scuutois.
The house, in committee of the whole
spent over an hour in talking altout n
bill providing for the destruction of
HUtifloweis and cockle burrs. There
was some fault to be found with the
measure although thero was a general
understanding that it should go
through, bo the definite action was
postponed till a later date and the bill
wan left on flic. The house killed n
bill by Crockett providing for an ap
propriation of 8ft, 000 for the construc
tion of u bridge over the Niobrara
river in Hoyd county. This was done
on the theory that the various counties
should bear this burden themselves.
Wednendny, Junnnry IIO.
The house yesterday put lu a morn
ing at work in open session nnd spent
the afternoon In committee work.
Hills went placed on tbltd reading and
a considerable amount of work was
disputed of. A bill permitting exami
nations for entrance to the I'crn nor
mal school to be given by county
superintendents pasM'd, ns did house
roll No. til, providing for the appropri
ation of 84, "(Ml to purchase medals for
the ictcrausof the tecent war. Fowl
er's bill removing school, piecinct nnd
village ofllces from the provisions of
tho corrupt practices net passed, ns did
house roll No. 43, reducing thu Inter
est on state warrants to 3 per cent.
Murray's bill, relative to the number
and dates of the meetings of the coun
ty boards, also passed.
Hanks of Otoe Introduced a resolu
tion looking towards an Investigation
of the Torrcns system of guaranteeing
titles of property, it was temporarily
withdrawn to permit of an alteration
in the method of introduction. Mr.
Ilanks explained the object he has lu
view, which is to Introduce this system
in Nebraska, if the committee that in
vestigates shall find it worthy of a
place on the statutes. Mr. Hunks gave
quite a history of the measure, nnd
Raid it would be a boonu to the people
of the state were it Introduced hero,
doing away with abstractors and much
of the ditlicult and expensive work
necessary 'bofore a title may 'bo se
cured. tivannof Lincoln started an Inves
tigation of the state's right to the
Oram! Island soldiers' home, It being
understood that a provisional clause,
in the deed throws ti cloud upon the
same.
Thursday, January .'I I.
Tho house yesterday decided to set
tle the normal school problem this
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The projMt
sitiou of taking up these bills in com
mittee of the whole yesterday after
noon was made and the postponement
till this afternoon wns made nnd the
postpouement till this afternoon when
the mntter wns made a special order
resulted after a brief discussion. The
house will tako up four bills lu com
mittee of the whole, oue providing for
the purchase of the old Western Nor
mal school, one providing for the es
tablishment of n normal school at
Central City, one establishing two
formal schools in the western part of
.the state, the place uot stated, and
the other to appropriate 87.1,600 for
the Peru normal school. Several of
she members were out lo see thu old
Western Normal yesterday and found
to their surpriso a very substantial
Structure. Tho members from the
western part of thu state aro very
anxious to establish new schools in the
west. A number from t lie eastern por
tion aru desirous of secuiing uu nddi
tloual school in Lincoln. Various prop
ositions are laing discussed in this
connection.
Hills were placed on third reading.
One by Hrodorich, providing that tho
country road tax shall he paid in cash
in counties under township nrgnui.a
lion passed ns did onu by Fuller, pro
viding for mowing the weeds along
public highways. Fowler's bill pro
viding that in tho popular vote on con
stitutional amendmeut, a majority of
the votes cast on tho proposition shall
be sutlleleiit to carry thu measure, also
passed. Loomis' bill, providing irgu
lations for rnrryiug out the death pen-
any at. me peniieniiary pasted.
Million lu Chicken llulnet
A poultry statistician says that thnro
are about 350,000,000 chickens in the
United States, and that during tho
past year they have produced approxi
mately 14,000,000,000 eggs, valued at
about 1176,000,000. Over 1130,000,000
worth of poultry is eaten in this coun
try In The course of a year.
Wnmu Dueton In India.
Nearly every town of Importance In
India has a qualified woman doctor.
There are also several In China-and
Bouth Africa, and even one In Persia.
I r 1 1 1 1 1 . I liru try I,
Two new iioiuinl si 'tools for Nebras
ka uiid ntt appropriation of 8100,000 for
their cstablishiuiMit was the action
taken by the liouci" In committee of tho
whole yesterday. Tho nflernoon ses
sion Itad been et apart for considera
tion of four normal school bills. Otto
was to appropriate Vi.1,000 for the pur-
'chase of the old Western Normal prop
1 city west of Lincoln for a normal
school lu Lincoln. Another was to ap
propriate 875,000 for new buildings at
the statu normal at Peru. The thltd
wns to locate u new normal school at
I 'out nil City. Tito fourth, house roll
No. .'17, provided for tho location of
two normal schools, one north of the
Platte and one south of the Platte.
The house sat down very decidedly
upon the proposition to buy the old
Western Normal school building. The
bill was indefinitely postponed, and
when Mr. Mockett, the introducer,
made a motion to not concur lit the re
port, only eight other members of the
! house voted with him. The bill ap
propriating money for Peru went
through as though greased. The west
ern members were tied up on tho meas
iti e to get their own bill through
later.
The proposition to establish a new
school nt Central City wont the way of
all the earth with almost as scant cer
emony ns Mookutt's bill. Thero was
not cry much opposition to the last
bill by' llrodcrlck to establish two
schools In thn western portion of the
state. Taylor of Custer was its most
nitleut champion.
He succeeded and received many com
pliments for tho work of the forenoon
from his friends. Tho bill wns amend
ed to provide that one school shall bo
located lit thu Fifth congressional dis
trict niiil one lu the Sixth. Tho appro
priation wns raised from 81.1,000 to
8100,000 nnd the bill wns changed to
make tho location of thu schools de
volve upon tho present statu board of
education.
The western members wont uftoi
this hill lu earnest and luade a united
stand for its support. It was thought
at one time that the eastern members
fa (liable to Mockett's bill had miido u
compact with tho western members In
fnvor of three new schools but the first
vote on the mensine proved tho sup
port for the Lancaster county measure
weak. It is intimated that should thu
bill pass tho senate, which many be
lieve It will not do, the board that Is
to do tho locating of thoiiew schools
will settle on Arapahoe and Ilrokcn
How hb the sites. The board is left
frco to act under the provisions of tin'
bill.
Saturday, January 9.
Aftor the siege over the normal
schools the house quieted down and
yesterday there wus no action of any
moment during tho day. Tho bill pro
viding an appropriation of 871,600 for
for the Peru normal school passed the
third reading. A bill providing that
the money in the sinking fund shall
be transferred to the general fund also
passed. The committee on public
lauds and buildings asked permission
of the house to charge up actual ex
pense and mileage for their visit to
the state institutions of Nobraska.
Sprecher of Colfax succeeded in tack
ing on an ameudment that they b e
reimbursed for actual money expended
and tals passed. The committee will
uiako a trip among tho statu institu
tions soon.
The printing committee met yester
day afternoon nud considered tho mat
ter of the printing of stationery for
the house which had been ordered by
Secretary of State Porter and furnish
ed by his friends. A special committee
of three, consisting of Uhl, Lowe ond
Murray, hud been appointed from the
printing committee to investigate this
matter and tho whole question wus
discussed yesterday.
It was decided to cut the bills of the
printers who did the work for the leg
islature us follows: It. I). Kelloy ol
Fremont, from 8108 to 87.1; Independent
Publishing company, or F. I). Kagor,
from S13.1 to 8100; Walrath of Osceola,
from 87ti.U to 8.10; Watqulst Hrothers,
Hastings, from 3H4..10 to 807.10. Mr.
Porter sent in on explanation of his
actions iu ordering stationery for the
legislature. He said that it wus true
the jobs had been let without contract
but this wns necessary because tho
matter wns not thought of until it was
too late to secure bids. The men who
performed the work had done slm'lur
work before for the legislature, and he
thought were competent and would
not send in excessive charges.
Speaking of the old envelopes that
were distributed to the mom hers, Mr.
Porter said that they were somu of u
lot of 400,000 he found on hand when
ho entered the otllcc. They had becu
bought by ox-Secretary of Statu Allen
and hail remained stored away in tho
building till they were yellow. He
had tried to disjMiRe of them at overy
opportunity anil thought tho legisla
ture could use n considerable number.
Ho disclaimed any idea of trying to in
sult the members by placing at their
disposal old and worthless envelopes.
The committee accepted the state
ment front Mr. Porter and decided to
make it report. Tho preparation of
this was loft to .Mr. Sprecher of the
printing committee nud ho will sub
mit it for signatures as soon as the
house convunes next Tuesday.
! Sydnay'a f'yoia falli.
Sydney rejoices lu the possession ol
a cycle path nearly two mllca in length.
The path Is composod, says the Sydney
Telegraph, of a mixture ot sand and
cinders well leveled and rolled. The
cost was less than 100, and was tnol
by public subscription.
Uhlcaan'a Army of Trathrr.
Chicago's public school teachers' pay
roll has more than doubled In nine
years nnd is now a little more than
1600.000 a month. There are 0,200
teacbers, principals and superintend
ents on the city's pay roll,
AN INSANE MOTHER
Father and Throe Children Rag
ing With Fovor
MAKES A HOUSEHOLD OF MISERY
Ritrh Wns the Condition of n lliima l)l-
entered lly n Young Man Wlm Had
lnn Thereto on ait Krrand
Neighbor Itellete SiifTprlna.
Mrs. .1. W. Little, wife of a well-to
do farmer residing three and a half
miles southwest of Hurvard, has been
taken to the asylum for the Insane
ut Lincoln. Mrs. Little has been
mentally unbalanced for a number of
years, ami nt tlmos so bul its to neces
sitate locking her lu a room by her
self The family consist, of husband,
wife, two sons anil ti daughter, the
youngest beluga boy about, eight years
old. The head of the house It is al
leged, has not hjiin pjpttlar In the
neighborhood, aud In consequence the
family have been Isolated from the
tteighhoi s. Hcojittly u young itiuu had
occasion to go to tho Little homo on
an errand and fonuil Mr. Little and
oldest hoy sick lu bed with a raging
feier. The daughter, who had given
of her young strength to their care and
for the mother locked In her room,
was completely exhausted uttd ex
hibited every symptom of fever.
The conditions about thn house were
ten Ihle in the extreme, and a fearful
stench pervaded the entire premises.
Tho neighbors wero informed of the
conditions and at once took steps to re
lieve the distress. The daughter and
youngest son were taken to Harvard
and placed In euro of competent nurses.
The mother was released from her
prison pen and taken to Clay Center
and placed temporarily In charge of
tho sheriff. Site was found with no
other garment than a louse wrapper
on her pei son, A pi In tif straw with
no covering was her bed and here, sur
rounded by her own tilth, she had
passed tho dreary hours in solitude for
no oue knows how long. Tho pluuo
was cleaned and nurses engaged to
enro for thu sick husband and son.
The neighborhood Is greatly incensed
that such conditions have oxl&tcd and
while much sympathy Is expressed for
the family, tho head of the house comes
in for no share of it.
NEW SET OF RAIDERS.
Initiators or Mr. Nation at Noalli Hluux
City, Nob.
A Sioux City, In., dispatch says: Fif
teen or twenty imitators of Mrs. Na
tion got in their work at South Sioux
City, Neb., a suburb of Sioux City,
just across thu Missouri river.
The women met ut tin- Iminn nt Mm.
William Luther, about twenty of them,
and accompanied by Capt. William
Luther, marshal of the town, and Steve
(lasscr, a member of the city council,
they marched double file down tho
street to Johu Pcyson's joint. The
place was locked, and Captain Luther
kicked in the front door. Mrs. C. P.
Dow sulled Into a slot machine, and
then all the wom:n set about carrying
out the furalturo and everything they
could lay their hands on, depositing it
in the ttrcet. No whisky was found.
Mrs. John A. Davis, ollmbed up a
ladder and knocker an Auhuuscr-HuKch
sign off the building. She also painted
the word "saloon" over with white
paint.
The crowd then moved toward John
Hlcnkiron's building, In which (leorgc
Ammerinati is said to keep u gambling
Joint. Hlenkiion announced that If
anyone went Into hlsbuildlug It would
be over his dead body. The women
decided not to try. While the women
were raiding the saloon n crowd of
men, non-oyiitp,ithlzers, stood on tho
jhlownlk near by and -ang derisively
"Nearer My Ood to Thee," "Hoc"
Jllood being one of the choir.
The women say they are not yet
through.
Mrs. William Lcltch, wife of the
keeper of another alleged jolut. has a
big gun, ami promises to make trouble
If the temperance notneu eomc to her
husband's place.
LI HUNG REPORTED DEAD.
I'lit-itiinrinert Humor Kent Out From
lieu Tain.
The Tien I'sln correspondent of the
Standard, says it was rumored In Tien
Thin that Li Hung Chung was dead.
The French fotelgn office has no
news of tho death of LI Hung Chang,
as repot tvtl by the Frank fort Oiuetlc.
M. Pichon, Frenuli Minister at Pnhiii,
has notullttded to his Illness for soiuu
limn, so it is supposed it is not serious.
Will J.oUtca Murder Cluiricn.
Moore, tho man who was cut in a
drunken row at Hcr)iu,a little town in
"toe county, Nebraska, eleven miles
south of Weeping Water, Sunday,
died Thursday evening, .Ian. 31, from
tho effects of his wounds, and tho
hearse went over from Weeping Water
to bury him. The men who did the
cutting urn now hi jail lu Nebraska
City and will have to stand trial for
muidej'.
.KTfi lo IUM tliu .Maliiv.
Chamberlain A. Co., of Chicago, hate
been awarded thu contract ,o raise the
battleship Maluti from the waters of
Havana hnrltor. With it Is coupled the
Job of raising thu Spanish transport
Alfonso XII., which Is beached on tho
shorn near the Maine, The company
is to raise both vessels for the salvage
there Is In them. It also, cowman ts to
pay the United States a per cent of all
proceeds, besides restoring all pcrsoual
property which belonged to the otllcers
nd crow of the Maliio.
COURT WILL DECIDE
Ipienllon of Whrtlirr Mittonn I'rnperly Is
Untitled lo Protection,
The question as to whether property
used us a saloon lu Kansas Is entitled
to tho protection of law is now square
ly before the courts nud will lw de
cided some time next month. A few
weeks ago Mrs. Sheriff, tho woman
who led tho destructive raid at Antho
ny, Kan,, smashed a saloon at Dan
ville, Harper county, Frank Osborne,
tho owner of the building, has now
brought stilt against, her In the dis
trict court at Wichita for damages.
Mrs. Sheriff is In good tlnanclal cir
cumstances, and ban employed the
ablest legal talent. She hopes to be
able to get what the W. 0. T. U. ol
Kansas say they aro seeking a decis
ion from tho supreme court that saloon
property Is not. entitled lo the pioWic
tlon of the. law. Tho enso will be
watched with Interest, for, if such a
decision Is made, tho prohibitory law
will be invested with terror for tho
saloon men. The case is before Judg
Preston Ollctte and will bo trlod early
next mouth.
BOERS CAPTURE NEW POST
'llioimaad
NitrprUna Kn;IUI
Takra It.
fust aa
A Loudon dlspatuh says: The war
office has rcculvcd the following from
Loul Kiluhcucr, commander In South
Africa:
Pretoria, Fob. X-Our post nt Med
dereuoittoln, on the (laterrand, south
west of Krugersdorp, wns attacked by
a thousand lloers. Tho relief column
sent out from Krugersdorp failed to
prevent the fall of tho post. No de
tails yet nt hand, but olllcers nnd men
captured at. (Mist uru arriving at Ve
reenigitig. Loiircn.o Marque, Fob. :i, There
Is a commando of 4,000 Hoers on Por
tuguese territory. It Is supposed thus
thelriulcutiou Is to rescue tho Hoers
here, Tho Portugueso authorities
have decided to remove to Maderia
such Hoer refugees as decline to sur
render lo tho Hrldlsh.
Hloeiufonteln, Fob. .1. The Hrlllsk
lmvo reoccupled Petersburg,
DESTROYS STOCK LIQUOR
Kit it an DrilKclRt NlKitatUn Coiivrlii la
ClirUlnlnlty.
A Hiawatha, Knn., Fob. 4 dispatch
says: A large quantity of beer ami
whisky belonging to Druggist 10. J.
KlolioltA was destroyed on a scaffold
erected In tho nialii "treet of tho town.
Evangelists Alexander and Williams
havii been conducting revival meetings
in Hiawatha for several weeks, having
mudo 400 converts. Among these were
a number of druggist who sold ltquor.
Tho smashing of bottle demijohns and
barrels was conducted by thn druggist
anil the two preachers in thu presence
of hundreds of people amid shontti ol
approval.
A CONFESSION OF ROBBERY
Railway Ponlal Cleric Under arraat as
Chltago.
A Chicago Fob. 3 dispatch says Fred
Itosemnn, for nearly eight years n olorU
in the United States railway postal
service, confessed to robbing mail
pouches and ascribed his downfall lo
the fascination exerted on him by tho
game of policy. Ho was arrested as
lie was leaving lite Chicago A North
western railway depot for his home.
When arrested he had a watch and
several packages on his person which'
hu confessed to have stolon. He waa
taken to thu central police, station and
will bo arraigned in tho Uuitiid States,
court Monday. Itosvmnii Is twenty
nluo years old and has live step-children.
A PRINCE SHOOTS HIMSELF,
Yomliful Melon of ilumOttii Hoiita a Wonld
lle Hulcl.le.
Prince Pnrlatltisky, tho youthful
publisher of thu Northern Cornier,
which was recently suppressed for Its
radical tendencies, shot himself last
Thursday lutllcttngu dangerous wound,
ills pare it is have never forgiven the
marriage he made several years tigo
with Mile. Vavorskaya, an actress, nor
did they approve his uowspaper enter
prise which absorbed u bulk of tho
estate of thu prince. Thu family ranks
among the highest Kusslan nobility.
Child Hold for llauioui,
A St. Joseph, Mich., February 3, dis
patch says: Vim Mills, the M-year-ohl
daughter of (leorge A. Mills of the
Hell Oraiid opera house of Henton Har
bor, was kidnaped from hero Friday
evening. It was tho divorced wife of
Mills came from Chicago and took the
child away, hut telograph message
have failed to reveal hur whuroabouts.
Mr. Mills had the oitstu ly of the ootid
aud as he Is well to do, some think the
child Is held for ransom.
Diikn of Orleans tlrliiyed,
TheFreuch royalist organ, thu Fas
sctte do France, announces that the
Duko of Orleans, who left PariB to at
tend the funeral of the queen, has
been obliged to abandon his journey
and postpone paying his homugo to a
lutr date owing to tho sudden Indis
position of tliu duchess.
KalMhlUh Large 8hef ftnueh.
A tt ami Island special of Fob.
says Nick Hon son and son, J. It. Dob
sou, have just established a line sheep
ranch of over ?,0Q acres near Loop
City and will at once stock the same,
thus adding tho sheep industry to thels
large commission business. '
Hoer Leader Hnrreniier.
A dispute.' from Pretoria announces,
that Pro tori us, onu of this leading
Hoers, has surrendered. Pretorlua),
(stales, however, that the Hoers aril as),
.determined us ever to tight.
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