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PUBLISHED WKBKLY.
SBDCLOCU, NKBIIASKA
Summer tourist In Ettropo tU
doubtless Jlud tho Mnrconlcram a great
convonleace.
Canada tins filed u claim to the
north pole. Slio wants all of that Bort
of climate sho can get.
Tho New York lmukor who prayB
for tho rich uvldoiitly bolIovttB that
charity begins at home
Forty pounds of llmburger checHe
stolen at Buffalo cannot ho traced.
Then It Isn't genuine llmbnrgor.
A gcntlo hint of summer may ho de
tected in tho announcement of a re
duction in authraclto coal prices.
King Alfonso proposes to establish
a froo library at Madrid. No matter
whero ho got tho ide.i, it i.i a good one.
Mr. CarnoKlo has boon requested to
extend his beneficent library Jurisdic
tion so as to tako in the Island of
Cuba.
Buffalo Hill expects to becomo a mil
lionaire and may yet succeed In hav
ing his imiiio placed upon Mrs. As
ter's list.
Ico cream freczors want to form 11
union. Young men who buy lec cream
will tio forming a union next for aelf
protcctlon. Tho rumor that rich crenm sold hy
milkmen Is generally mixed with
starch probably started at the pump
of Bonio envious dairyman.
Peoplo who havo been on tho roof
of a high building will wonder how
Santos-Dumont can sail over Mount
Diane without getting dizzy.
Dr. Ilydo thinks women should ho
allowed to proposo marriage. Hut the
old method of suggesting It would
seem to answer every purpose.
Canada In going to build a $10,000
barbed wlro fonco along tho Montana
border. Hut who In Montana wants
to tread on tho tall of Canada's rag
Ian? Mr. Itockefeller's Cleveland pastor
says there are anarchists among tho
rich, but ho wisely leaves tho shoo to
bo put on by those who think It may
lit them.
Slnco tho Countess of Castellano
has taken out a $1,000,000 II fo lnsur
nnco policy for tho benefit of her cred
itors her lightest sneezo has a poten
tial value.
Secretary Shnw Is learning how
much more dilllcult It Is to settle u
dispute over tho repacking of a wom
an's trunk than to settle great llnau
clal problems.
John L. Sullivan declares that ho
would not trade appetites with John
D. Rockofcller. The latter must bo
aflllctod with nn uncommonly bad
form of dyspepsia.
A New York woman has named her
'Ilttlo daughter Plug Pong. Evidently
Itho ono who wants to havo her namo
copyrighted Isn't tho only New York
woman with a queer streak.
Doer sympathizers In Holland say
'tho war In South Africa will last four
lyears longer. Somo of tho other Doer
tsympathlzcrs aro unwilling to bollevo
England can hold out that long-
In calling for bids for tho construc
tion of ltU) locomotives the Belgian
government offers to glvo prefcrenco
to those of American manufacture. It
is chcapost every tlmo to get tho best.
So far as tho homes of the country
nro concerned our foreign relations
aro not one-half as Important or
troublcsomo aa our domestic servants.
Philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post.
It is announced that the now presi
dent of tho National Congress of
Mothers has children of her own. It
Is safo to say, therefore, that she has
neighbors who don't bclievo aha
knows tho least thing about tho busi
ness. There aro about R.000 solf-supportlng
Pueblo Indians, In twenty-six villages,
twenty of which havo day schools, cost
ing tho United States not less than
$20,000 nnnually, besides a much larger
Bum expended upon the boarding
schools.
Old settlers aro ablo to recall with
a distinctness that Is all too vivid
mnny n spring when tho roads wert
blocked with snow In this section ai
late as tho middle of May. It Is a
noticeable face that tho older the set
tler Is tho more discouraging are th
stories that ho can tell about lata
springs.
Tho news that thero aro 25,000,000
cats in tho United States Is no Indi
cation that there Is n corresponding
number of old mnlds. It simply
shows that tho supply of black marten,
imitation Bcalskiu and other fashion
ablo furs ts almoist equal to tho de
mand. Tho movement to change Inaugura
tion day to tho last Thursday in April
will meet with tho approbation of nil
who havo contracted pneumonia and
spoiled their best clcthes at March
ceremonies.
BLOW FOR BLOW
Irish Threaten to Resist English
Coercion Act.
DECLARE THEY WILL RETALIATE
John Itedmond Hpn.ikn for Coimtltttcntii
Bad CnlU Action of f.nril Lleuleii
nnt CmloRon an Infiiiiinun Con-
plrney Other Non.
In the house of commons at. Lon
don, Friday, John Hcdmond, tho Irish
nationalist lender, speaking of tho
crimes act proclamation Issued by the
lord lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Cado
gan, said an Infamous conspiracy wan
on foot, in England, u foment crime
In Irclr.nd, whero uono existed. The
stories of outrage and vlolonco In Ire
land were Infamous cnlumnles. The
nationalists In Ireland were only gov
erned by a contemptlblo minority.
A hundred men, continued Mr. Red
mond, Blood ready to replace every
mnn Rent to prison in this struggle.
They entreated Mr. Wyndham, tho
rblof secretary for Ireland, to chnngo
his policy, hut If he continued It they
would meet him faco to faco and glvo
blow for Mow. Their answer to his
coercion of Ireland would bo to harden
their hearts, strengthen their orgaulza
tton and compel redress.
Mr. Wyndham replied that while It
won truo that thero was a comparative
absonco In Ireland of crlmo against
tho person, tho Uvea of peoplo were
made miserable by Intimidation nnd
boycotting. Tho government was not
acting from political motives, hut as a
result of a mass of Information labori
ously collected and carefully examined.
A motion for ndojurnment to discuss
coercion mado hy Mr. Hcdmond was
rejected hy a voto of 253 to 148.
John Hcdmond and John Dillon have
sent n Joint cnblegram to Former
Congressman John F. Flnerty of Chi
cago appealing for American sympathy
and .support in tho ntrugglo ngalnat
coercion.
CANT BE ENFORCED
CummlMlonrr Itntlrr Deelnren MMinurl
Anlt-Trimt f.ixr IiitiiIIiI.
Judgo John P. Dutler, referee nnd
Bpeclal commissioner appointed by tho
Bupretno court of Missouri In July,
inOO, to Investigate tho affairs of tint
Continental Tobacco company nnd
others, Friday last, In making his re
port to tho supremo court, held thnt
the anti-trust law of Missouri Is un
constitutional. Ho holds that the suits
Instituted hy tho attorney general
should not bo maintained.
Tho rcferco quotes", many tuithorltlon
of luw to sustain hlu position nnd asks
that tho report bo confirmed by tho
court.
DlHnpprnvrH n reunion.
Tho house, Thursday, reclved a nies
sago form the president, returning
without his approval a bill passed to
ponslon Thoman F. Waller, first lieu
tenant of company A. Nlnoty-flm
Pennsylvania, who for disobedience of
orders in refusng to go on picket duty,
was cashiered in 18G5. "To inscribo
his namo on tho pension rolls would
bo to condono an Inexcusable offense
by a commissioned ofllcer." says tho
president.
Mrmorlnl for Itbode.
A meeting of Capetown, South Afri
ca clflzonB to establish a national me
morial In honor of the Into Cecil
Ithodea was hold Thursday. A com
mittee was appointed nnd will Issue nn
appeal for funds throughout the Brlt
Ish omplro for tho purpose of erecting
an Immense cairn on Devil's peak,
overlooking tho Capo peninsula. The
calm is to bo surmounted by nn heroic
bronzo tlguro of Cecil Rhodes looking
to tho north.
I.omr 'form far Forgery.
Dr. Jackson D. Thomas, of Philadel
phia, who secured a loan of $0,000 from
W. O. Putnam, a Davenport, la., at
torney, last fall, on papers alleged to
ho forged, was sentenced to seventeen
and ono-half years nt hard labor In tho
penitentiary by Judgo Wolfe. Dr.
Thomas mado frequent trips to Iowa
and Indiana to ralso money. Many
successful operations and a score of
aliases have boon learned of Blnco his
arrest.
Didn't .Show lllm,
Ray Pulman registered nt tho l,o
Grand hotel nt York, Nob., and was as
Blgncd to his room. Tho following
morning landlord Miller went past
tho room and smellcd escaping gas.
Ho entered and found tho occupant
almost helpless. A physician wns called
and ho was resusciatcd. Ho had left
tho door to tho room a Ilttlo ajar nnd
that saved his llfo. Ho was from
Chtlltcotiio, Mo.
Admit lie Murdered.
A Lucca, April t7, dispatch says: Tho
notorious brigand, Musolano, when ex
amined In his trial for murder and rob
bery, frankly acknowledged commit
ting tho murders charged, but in ex
tenuation said: "I am an honest roan
and was executing Justlco." Ho earn
estly repudiated tho accusation of
thefts.
HenrrliliiR for Crowley.
Albert Young, of Hilltop, Kan., and
Mre. (Icorgo Crowley nnd sister, of
Council Grove, were In Emporia tho
other day, looking for Grorgo Crowley,
who drove to Emporia from Council
Grovo about three, weeks ago with a
wagon load of Junk. Slnco coming to
Emporia ho has not been heard of.
. urowiey nau over $iou and roul play Is
feared. A driver named Dumpropo was
with Crowley when ho enmo to Em
poria. Later Dumpropo left and his
whereabouts Is now unknown. Officers
aro working on tho caso but have not
' tho slightest clue.
TO END SOCIAL EVIL
An Lnntcru Society Unit llrlcht Hclicm
to Aid Kama.
Mnyor Goodlnndcr of Fort Scott,
Kan., Is in receipt of n very interesting
letter from what Is called tho Journal
of Health society In Cleveland, 0., on
tho question of swapping soma of tho
men of tho state for people of tho op
poalto sex In tho eastern states.
Tho Kocloty ndvortlsea" itself or ono
for tho betterment of health and tho
prosperity of tho west and offers to
mnko Fort Scott headquarters for a
match-making enterprise, or to ex
chango tho malo for tho female soxes.
Tho letter Is rather unlquo and la as
follows:
"Dear Sir: Tho recent census re
veals a great deficiency of fcmnlos In
your Btato us compared to males, and
n great excess of tho satno In tho enst.
This unequal distribution of tho sexes
constitutes n social ovll at both ends
of tho country and a great obstaclo to
tho development and prosperity of the
west, whllo In tho east thoro Is a con
gestion of handsome and worthy young
women wearing out tliolr lives In fac
tories at low wages, who would mako
tho happiness of men as housewives, a
position for which they nro better fitted
and naturally destined. To romody
this odd situation this company has
undertaken to publish a book-album
In which will bo printed photographs
and particulars of nil men In your state
willing to marry custom ladles nnd
who can offer them homes. Tills book
,s to circulate In tho east, so that tho
ladles Intent on matrimony may mako
tucmselvcn known to tho western gen
tlemen by correspondence. Very nu
merous uro tho spinsters and young
widows of various classes, with anu
without means, who for a good hus
band will go anywhero In tho United
States. If you aro Interested In this
plnn to correct tho disparity of sexes
In your region pleaso havo this no
tice published."
NEW TRIAL ORDERED
Tho .liitlc" Umlor Iniprennlnn Woman's
Ncrenmn AfTeetcd .Jury.
An Atlanta, Gn., dispatch says: Be
causo Mrs. Molly Eady Duncan, on
trial for ttio murder of her husband,
becamo hyBterlcal and her Bcrcams had
reached the ears of tho jury after they
retired, Judgo Candler in tho criminal
court Friday ordered n mistrial in tho
case, saying Uio occurrence affected
him and must certainly havo affected
the Jury.
HOUSE RECEDES
Member Aceept Sonutn Nitbntltuto for
Clilneio Mill.
The members of the houso who havo
been chlelly Interested in advancing tho
Chinese exclusion hill, after informal
conferences, decided to accept tho sen
ate subntltuto adopted Wednesday con
tinuing In forco tho present luws and
applying thont to our Insulnr posses
sions. New .'Men for riilllpptnen.
After a year of idleness, tho army
transport Sherman wont ngalu Into
commission Thursday, and sailed for
tho Philippines. On board are -lift men
of tho Second Infantry, under command
of Captain Wilson, fifty recruits and
casuals, 100 marines, 17 hospital corp-j
men nnd ninety cabin passengers. In
cluding army officers, their wives nnd
relatives, contract Burgeons and civil
ians. I'iiIIa 111 CMtnru.
Mrs. Deborah Lawrence, who Is past
soventy yearu old, fell through a trap
door to a cistern on a porch at N. Llb
oy's homo in Elk Creole, Nob., while
thero on n visit. Tho cistern Is four
teen feet deep and contained about four
feet of water. A ladder was lowered,
upon which Bho climbed out. Heyond
n few bruises no serious Injury was
sustained.
I'opn Itecelve l'llRrlmn.
The pope, says a Rome dispatch ol
April 18, received In audience n largo
number of Swiss pilgrims. Owing to
tho diplomatic rupture between Italy
and Switzerland a hostllo demonstra
tion against tho pilgrims was feared,
but It was prevented by tho exhaustive
military precautions by tho govern
ment. ltohher U Cnucbt,
C. E. Hurnhaus wan arrested at Zu
rich, Kan., by Deputy United States
Marshal McOrath, ostensibly on tho
charge of violating tho gamo laws, nl
though tho real chargo Is said to bo an
ullegcd conspiracy to rob sovcral post
offices. Hurnhaus Is said to belong to
n gang who havo been operating In
western Kansas for Boveral tnonthB.
Killed for KlnpliiR.
Tho Vienna Neuo Kcltung states the
czar's niece, Grand Duchess Helena,
aged twenty, recently eloped front St.
Petersburg with a pleblan studont. Tho
couple was Intercepted at Warsaw
whllo onrouto abroad. Tho grand duch
ess was sent homo, whllo tho studpnt
was exiled to Siberia.
Want Nhorter Workday,
Twenty-flvo hundred street car em
ployes at San Francisco havo presented
a demand to tho United Railway com
pany asking a flat rato of twonty-llvo
cents per hour and a ton hour day,
setting tho tlmo limit to answer on
Friday. They now receive $2,50 for
eleven and one-half hours.
Tim Metuor Arrive.
Tho Gormnn emporor's yacht Meteor
has anchored off Hytho. Captain Knr
pen, tho commander, reports all well.
Ho Bays tho yacht encountered con
siderable stormy weather, but mado
tho trip from Now York In sixteen
days and two hours.
Will Heetlo by Aliltriitlon.
A tentative Bottlement has been
reached between tho minora and opera
tors at tho Hnlllday, 111., mines and
tho strike has been declared off. The
difficulty will bo sottlcd by arbitration,
TO SELL THE LANDS
Indian Appropriation Bill Con
tains Such Provision.
PASSAGE WOULD PRECIPITATE A RUSH
Condition of Ncbrankn Crop un (liven
ljr tlin Wciillirr Mnn of tint Ktnttt
Unlvemlty Oilier New of AIni4
or Lenn (leuoritl Interest,
A Washington dispatch says: Tho
department of Indian affairs 1b receiv
ing inquiries from pcrsoiiB in Ne
braska residing In the vicinity of In
dian reservations In thnt state regard
ing tho provision In the Indian nppro
I prlatlon bill relative to tho sale of
i lands belonging to the estate of do
j ceased allottees. If this provision re
1 mains In tho hill, which It undoubtcd
1 ly will, It will place upon the market
thousands of acres of good land, and
thero will be a great clamor by real
estate men and others to secure quan
tities of land for speculative purposes.
Nono of tho lands referred to can bo
sold without the approval of the sec
retary of tho Interior, and those inter
ested in tho matter are desirous of
ascertaining tho names of heirs of
deceased allottees, and In fact It is
understood that contracts of sale aro
already being mado with some of tho
Indians for tho purchase. The depart
ment has Informed those writing for
tho Information thnt If desired tho
names of tho heirs of the deceased al
lottees can be procured from the de
partment by paying the price of copy
ing nnd certifying the names. They
can also be obtained fiom the Indian
agent
CROPS OF THE STATE
Their Condition Not Unfavorable
Wbent NeeilH Molnture,
Tho University of Nebraska weather
bulletin, Issued April
says: Tho
past week has been warm and dry,
with more than tho normal amount of
Bunshlne. Tho dally mean temperature
averaged 4 degrees above normal. The
temperature the first days of tho week
was Bllghtly below normal, but on the
last day was decidedly above, with a
maximum temperature above 90 de
grees quite generally.
Tho rainfall consisted of only scat
tered showers, with a very light fall
of rain, the amount being about 0.10 of
an Inch, except at a few southwestern
stations, whore about 0.50 of nn inch
fell.
The past week has been a good one
for advancing farm work, although a
few reports lndlcuto that the ground
Is getting rather dry to plow to the
best advantage. The dry weather has
been very unfavorable for tho growth
of all vegetation. Grass has grown
very slowly and pastures aro very
poor nnd backward. Winter wheat has
deteriorated In condition except In
somo southwestern counties, whero tho
moisture was sufficient for good
growth. OatB and spring wheat aro
coming up slowly and rather unovenly
anil growing very slowly. Plowing for
corn Is well advanced and a very little
corn has been planted In southern
counties. Apricot trees nro in blossom
In southern coin. ties.
HOUSES MAY AGREE
Home, nnd Semite Not l'ur Apnrt on Ki
eliinlnn Hill.
Tho house and Bcnato conferees on
the Chinese exclusion bill have reuched
an agreement upon nil but one feature
of tho measure. Tho main features of
tho senate bill were adopted, but somo
alterations will bo made.
Under tho agreement tho senate sub
stitute becomes tho exclusion measure,
but tho house conferees secured a con
cession specifically rc-enacttng BcctlonB
5 to 14 of tho exclusion act of Septem
ber 13, 1888. Tho point Htlll open Is as
to extending the exclusion indefinitely
after May 5 next.
Tho houso bill extends tho prohibi
tion Indefinitely, but the senate limits
It until a new treaty Is made. Tho
house conferees aro Insisting on tak
ing out tho reference to a now treaty,
so that there will be no limit of tlmo
to exclusion.
USED A CLOTHESLINE
German Womiui Neiirl'lutte Center Com
mit Hulclile.
Mrs. Lena Flttje, wife of Fred FIttJe,
living ten miles northeast of Platte
Center, Neb., committed suicide by
hanging herself with a clothes line In
a chicken house, where she was found
an hour later by tho Bon, Fred, with
whom the parents mado their homo.
Mrs. Flttjo was a German woman
about sixty years of ago. Tho family
has lived In Grand Prairie township
a number of years. Melancholia Is at
tributed as tho cause of tho rash act.
National Amorlntlon Formed,
Representatives of about fifty of tho
leading manufacturer In the United
States of pickles, kraut, tomato catsup,
preserves, mlnco meat, etc., met at Cin
cinnati, O., Tuesday, and organized a
national association under tho name
of the national association of manu
facturers of food products. William
McMccham of Wheeling, W. Vo., was
elected president.
8eU Fire, to Her Clntlilnir.
Saturating her garments with kero
rtcne, Mrs. Abraham Antoranum of
Wnukcgun, III,, set them on fire whllo
her husband slept In an ndjolnlng room
and In n few minutes died In tcrriblo
ngony. Her husband, awakened by her
screams, started to aid her, only to
find thnt ho had been locked In his
bed room. Ho broke down tho door,
and In his efforts to extinguish tho
llamos enveloping his wlfo was so bad
ly burned that ho may die. Tho sui
cide was tho culmination of a recent
quarrel between Mr. and Mrs. Antoranum.
SENATOR DIETRICH'S BILL
Nebriinkiin Hun n Meanurn for Notation ol
Cuban Slluiitlon.
Senator Dietrich of Nebraska has In
troduced a bill In tho senate which may
solve the complicated Cuban situation
and relievo the present stressful con
ditions regarding reciprocity between
tho United States and Cuba. The bill
authorizes the president on behalf of
the United States, to enter Into a reci
procal agreement with the permanent
government of Cuba, respecting trade
between tho United States and that
country. The bill provides that when
the permanent government of Cuba Is
established that the president shall
mako a trade arrangement between tho
Islnnds and tho United States for a
period of five years and during that
time to pay Cuba for Its use and benefit
n sum of money to be ascertained and
paid as follows:
At the end of each quarter of tho
fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1903, a sum
of money equal to 10 per cent of the
amount of Import duties collected dur
ing each quarter of tho year on articles
of tho growth and product, of the Is
land of Cuba coming directly from that
Island Into the United States of Amer
ica on Cuban bottoms; for tho fiscal
year ending Juno 30, 1904, during ench
quarter, 30 per cent Is to bo paid; for
tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1905, 25
per cent; for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1900, 20 per cent, nnd after
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, 15
por cent. The amount thus collected is
to bo devoted under the terms of the
bill to the construction of a permanent
harbor, a system of sanitation nnd
other public Improvements and a sys
tem of public schools.
As a set off for this rcbato which
Senator Dietrich proposes to glvo Cuba
for five yearB, that country Is to remit
on all imports from tho United States,
subject to paymout nt tho end of each
quarter of tho fiscal year ending June
.10, 190J, 75 per cent of the Import du
ties and other charges Imposed upon
like articles imported Into Cuba from
any country other than the United
States, for tho fiscal year ending Juno
30, 1904, 80 per cent Is to bo absorbed;
for tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1905,
85 per cent; for tho flseul year ending
June 30, 190G, 90 per cent and the samo
In 1907.
FOR NEW WARSHIPS
lloune Committee Complete NhvuI Ap
proprliitlon Hill.
The houso committee on naval af
fairs has completed tho naval appro
priation bill. Tho most important
item as to new ships wns left until tho
last, and as finally determined upon
wns as follows:
Two battleships or about IG.OOO tons
displacement, to cost, exclusive of ar
mor and armament, $1,212,000 each;
two armored cruisers of about 14,500
tons displacement each, to cost, exclu
sive of armor and armament, $4,G50,OGO
each; two gunboats of 1,000 tons each,
to cost $382,000 each.
The lli.000 ton battleships will bo tho
largest ever authorized for the Amer
ican navy and among tho largest war
ships alloat.
The armored cruisers will also be
exceptionally largo for their class, con
siderably exceeding tho Now York and
Drooklyn In tonnage. The amount
carried by tho bill Is slightly above
$70,000,000.
There was a sharp preliminary con
test and mnny votes before tho final
decision on ships and on building in
government yards was reached.
WANT BEEF ADMITTED FREE
I.ulior Union Petition for Heinotnl of
THrliT.
The delegates to tho central labor
union, representing organized labor in
Boston, adopted resolutions calling at
tention to tho advance In the prlco
of meat "by bIx lirma In tho meat and
provision business, otherwise known
as tho beef trust," and requesting tho
attorney general of tho United States
to take measures that "will compel
tho said firms to discontinue their ne
farious practice." Congress Ib also re
quested to pass tho bill to remove tho
tariff on fresh meats.
Doubt Violation.
Colonel Crowder, assigned to Inves
tigate tho alleged violation of neu
trality laws by tho British at Port
Chalmctto, La., submitted his formal
report to the president. It will bo re
ferred to tho attorney general for his
opinion on tho law points Involved. It
is not believed that Crowder obtained
evidenco sufficient to substantiate tho
chargo that arms and ammunition
havo been surreptitiously sent from
this country on British transports.
Woman Sve n Train.
Mrs. T. A. Watson, wlfo of a far
mer living near Scarsboro, Iowa, Baved
tho Iowa Central passengor train from
going through a burning bridge. A
long wooden bridge, three miles north
of Scarsboro, on a sharp curvo, took
fire, presumably from coals dropped by
a freight onglne. Tho smoko waa no
ticed by Mrs. Watson, who, knowing
tho passenger train from the south was
nearly duo, ran to a point south and
flagged tho train Just in time. Tho
crew fought tho flames two hours.
Norlallmn nnd Kvnlutlon.
Dr. H. S. Aloy, of Lincoln, Nob,, who
Is deeply Interested In the causo of so
cialism, antl who has mado sovcral ad
dresses on tho subject, Is now publish
ing them in pamphlet form, tho latest
issue being "Socialism and Evolution."
l'nper Mill Htrlko Settled.
Tho strlko in tho Thilmnny paper
mill at Knukauna, Wis., tho biggest
tlssuo mill in tho world, has been set
tled and tho men will return to work.
This onds tho labor troubles in tho
Fox river valley.
Hoy Acrldeiitully Shot.
A i-year-old son of Anthony J. Lnng
don was accidentally shot through tho
breast with a 22-callher target rifle,
whllo playing with his brother at his
father's farm, four miles south of Gret
na, Ho died Inter.
PARTY LINES (UT
House Passos the Cuban Reci
procity Measure.
THE AMENDMENT GOES WITH IT 4
Differential on lU-llned Sugar AbolUbril
rnrty Linen Cant Adrift nml Uemn-
crntii nnd Itepnblleun InRurRcnU
Vt'ln Out Hill's 1'rovlnlon.
A Washington April 19 dispatch,
snys: Tho democrats nnd tho repub
lican Insurgents rode roughshod over
I ho houso leaders yesterday when the
voting began on the Cuban reciprocity
bill They overthrew tho ruling of the
chair In committee of Uie wholo on the
question of the germaneness of an
amendment to remove tho differential
from refined sugar during the existence
of tho reciprocity agreement provided
for In tho reciprocity agreement pro
vided for In the bill. Tho vote to
overrule tho decision of tho chair,
made by Mr. Sherman of New York,
was 171 to 130, republicans to the
number of thirty-seven Joining with a
nolld democratic vote to accomplish
this result. Having won this prelim
inary victory, the amendment was
adopted In committee, 104-111, and,
later In tho house by n Btlll largcn
majority, 199-105. On this occasion,
sixty-four republicans voted with the'
democrats for tho amendment. The
bill then wns passed by an overwhelm
ing majority, 247' to 52.
An nnalyslB of the voto shows that
124 republicans and 12 democrats votctl
for ihe amended bill nnd forty-two re
publicans and ten democrats against It.
Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio was ono of
those who voted against the bill.
Tho voting on tho bill was tho cul
mination of a long struggle which be
gan almost with the opening of this
session of congress, and after two
weeks of continuous debate was of an
exceedingly lively character, tho fea
ture being echoes of last night's demo
cratic caucus. To that caucus tho de
feat of tho republican leaders who
sought to pass the bill without amend
ment Is attributable. Previous to the
holding of tho caucus tho democrats
were very much divided nnd tho op
position of tho republican beet sugar
men showed signs of disintegrating.
Today, when it became apparent thnt
the democrats would act together, the
beet men decided at n meeting at
tended by thirty-two of them to tako
the hit In their teeth nnd overrulo the
chair. As soon as this combination
was effected the republican leaders re
alized that they would bo defeated so
far as the removal of tho differential
was concerned, and Mr. Payne, the re
publican leader, contented himself with
warning his beet sugar colleagues that
In removing the differential they were
taking off a bit of protection placed
In the Dlngley bill especially for the
benefit of the beet sugar producers.
The bill as passed authorizes the
president, as soon as mny bo nrter the
establishment of an Independent gov
ernment In Cuba and the enactment by
said government or Immigration, ex
clusion and contract labor laws as re
strictive ns those of tho United States.
to negotlnte a reciprocal trade agree
ment with Cuba by which, In return for
equivalent concessions, tho United
tvates will grant a reduction of 20 per
cent from tho Dlngley rates on goods
coming Into the United States from
Cuba, such agreement to continue un
til December 1, 1903.
During tho existence of such agree
ment tho duty on refined sugars and
all sugars nbovo number 1G Dutch
6Undard is to be 1.825 cents per pound.
Tho voto on the bill on final passage
was 247 to 52, tho following voting In
tho negative:
Aplln, Barney, Hell, Brcazealo. Brom
well, BrotiBsard, Brown, Coombs, Cor
liss, Cushman, Dahle, Darragh, Davey
of Louisiana, Davis of Florida, Dayton,
Dick, Esch, Fletcher, Fordnoy, Gard
ner of Michigan, Grosvenor, Hamilton,
Hepburn, HUdebrandt, ones of Wash
ington, Kahn, Littleflcld, Loud, Mc
Clcary, McLachlan, Metcalf, Mpyer of
Louisiana, Morris, Neodham, Novllle,
Prince, Ransdell, Robertson or Louisi
ana, Shafroth, Sheldon, Smith of Il
linois, Henry C. Smith, Samuel W.
Smith, William A. Smith, Stovens of
Minnesota, Sutherland, Tawney, Taylor
of Ohio, TompkinB of Ohio, Warner.
Weeks, Woods 52.
WILL GET A FORTUNE
Cnn County Miners to IlencHt by Fro
virions of Olilo Will.
Postmaster Smith of Plattsmouth,
Neb., has received a letter from an at
torney at Defiance, 0 asking him to
locate two children ot J. F. Corwin
deceased. Tho children are named
among tho heirs to a largo estate left
by CorwIn'B futher. Tho younger Cor
win suddenly disappeared from Platts
mouth about nlno yearB ago, leaving
a wlfo and two small children. He
went to Denver and later to Wyoming
where ho railroaded until threo years
ago, when ho died. In tho meantime
Mrs. Corwin married again nnd ehe In
now Mrs. Simon Hanson. Hor hus
band Is a well-to-do farmer, and they
live on a farm near Nehawka. The
children referred to are twelvo and
fourteen years of age, respectively.
QUEEN VERY ILL.
Wlllielinlna Hiirferlni; From Cpib ol
Typbold Fever,
An Amsterdam, Holland, dispatch
states that a further official bulletin
diagnoses Queen Wilhelmlna's com
plaint ns febrlstyphold. Tho quccnV
Illness probably will bo protracted,
necessitating an extraordinary session
or tho states general to nppolpt Dow
nger Queen Knimn, Wllhelmlna's
mother, as regent during hcrdaughtcr'a
Illness.
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