I THE TRIBUNE.
H * _ _ _ _ _
f. in. & e. rrr. KiaiinE _ _ , pubs.
I McCOOK , NEB.
H i i
I OVEE THE STATE.
H miscellaneous state matters.
H A veiiy important speed meeting was
H held tho other day in tho Paxton
H hotel. Tho object was to establish a run-
H ning and trotting circuit between several
H of tho river towns , so that dangerous con-
M1 ilict and competition might be avoided.
H A discussion took place , which resulted in
H the formation of tho Missouri Valley Itac-
H ing circuit. M. J. Payno was elected presl-
H dent and Charles F. Ernst secretary. This
Hj circuit comprises tho cities of St. Joe , Kan-
H bub City and Omaha. It was decided that
H tho races of tho circuit should take place
H as follows : Omaha , September 5 , G , 7 , 8
H and 0 ; at St. Joe , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15,1G and
H 17 , and at Kansas City tho 18 , 20 , 21 , 22 ,
H 23 and 24 of the same month.
H Joe CitUTCiiKiici.D has been delivering a
H series of temperance lectures in Piorco.
H The Red Willow lodge Patrons of IIub-
H bandry , gave a feast to the neighboring
H lodge.
H The Omaha board of trade hns now 225
H members. Its incomo during tho last year
H was § 30,500.
H Nehiiaska City has organized a Breeders'
H and Fair association.
H TnE postofflco at Hildreth was opened
H last Monday for business.
H A labor federation has been organized
H at Lincoln. The objects set forth are to
H bring together all organized unions , labor
H | organizations and wrrkinenvmable to form
H unions into one common organization to
Hi bring together workmen and employers for
Hj the settlement of disputes , to avoid strikes
H : and work through arbitration.
Hi Tun Omaha society for the prevention of
H cruelty to animals propose prosecuting the
H men who recently in that city had a dog
H fight , iti which both brutes fought to the
H death.
H | Last Saturday thirty cars of emigrants
H passed over the Burlington & Missouri for
H different points in. this state and Eastern
H Colorado.
H Tug Warren company has fed at Gibbon
H this winter 0,000 head of sheep and about
H the same number at Schuyler. They
H shipped eighteen car-loads for Chicago last
H week.
H John Fleming , an insane patient , has
H been taken to the asylum from Douglas
H : cour.ty.
Hi Omaha had two suicides on tho 28th of
Hi last mouth.
Hj The Rev. Conrad Huber , who for four
Hi years has served most faithfully Zion's
Hj Evangelical Lutheran church at Yutan ,
Hi Neb. , resigned his pastorate and has ac-
H cepted the position of traveling secretary
H for the Nebraska synod o ! the Lutheran
H church.
H The strike of coopers at Nebraska City
H is over , a compromise having been effected.
H The men have returned to work.
Hj TnE Northwestern Miller , of Minneap- >
H | olis , contains complimentary mention of
H the .Nebraska Millers' association , its mem- .
B bers , purpose and prospects.
Lincoln's daily real estate transfers are ,
H assuming formidable proportions.
H Lincoln's real estate transfers mount up
Hj into the hundreds of thousands daily. The f
Bj boom is on in full force. :
Hj The Grand Island Independent sayp it is ]
Hj not generally known , but the contractor '
Hj has been at work most of the winter push- '
Hi ing the B. & M. extension northwest from
H Broken Bow , and the road is through a
H ] distance of nearly ninetv miles north of <
j that jjlace. A gang of surveyors from J
Hj headquarters passed through last week on J
H the train to the terminus , and from there j
H will stage it tlnough , reaching Wyoming i
Hj with a survey early in the spring. The B. 1
H & M. is anxious to reach the Black Hills
H as soon m > its competitor , tho C. & N. W. , j
HJ and will accomplish thesuine if money and j
H workmen can do so. i
H Mu. Linc F. Kclley , of Lincoln , has in {
Hj bis possession two interesting pieces oT col- .
H onial currency. One is an eighth of r , dolj j
H lar issued by North Carolina at Halifax in f
H April , 1770c The second is a ? 55 bill bear- J
B ing date o ! 1770.
y
H Omaha will make an effort to capture the
H Grand Army reunion this year.
H The Beatrice Express is informed that '
Hj parties representing tho Hesler incandes- [
H - cent electric light , of St. Louis , are in that *
Hj city looking up the prospects for putting '
k in a plant. j
i The new G. A. R. hall at Hastings cost i
j $10,000 , and is one of the few halls in the *
state owned by the order. j
j A saloon at Atkinson has been mctac
l morphosed into a reading room and head- ]
quarters of the W. C. T. U.
Judge Hull , a prominent attorney of j
Omaha , died • suddenly last week in that •
city from an overdose of opium , a drug ]
that he had been in the habit of occasion- 1
ally taking to ease pain. He was 40 years J
of age , and leaves a wife and one child. j
" Ghand Island has a specimen of human- <
ity who makes a business of following
ladies about at night. Several men are ,
"laying for him. " and propose making it j
interesting for the individual if he is caught , j
The Lincoln Journal says the sale of 1
Hererords near there recently was one of i
the best of tho season. Nine grade heifer !
calves coming one year old ( Herefords ) j
averaced § 30 ; seven grade bulls sold at - ;
from $30 to § 57 , averaging about § 40 ; a j
lot of grade Hereford cows sold from $40 l
to $35 , averaging near to or a little above '
§ 50 ; one pure bred Hereford bull.broughtf
$205 ; thirty brood sows averaged § 15 ; j
seventeen shoats averaged § 15.23 ; eightc :
ecn pigs , $7.50. Some ten head of horses
were sold at good figures. '
The house burglars have again appeared ]
in force in Omaha. Numerous houses have i
been entered of late. The burglars have <
been shot at but as yet none of them have
Tjecn killed. h
On the 3d a fire broke out in a large sale c ;
and feed stable at Hastings , owned by F. *
:
D. Hollingsworth. Tho barn contained a * f
large amount of hay and the flames were - ]
well under headway before discovered so n
I tlat all efforts to extinguish the fire were e
•
futile. There were about twenty head ol v
„ horses in the barn , nine of which were d
roasted in the flames. The loss is about J v
* $ b.C0flTartially insured. t
i
The Union Pacific , after long delay , will
build a depot at South Omaha.
Gcohok Symonds , an Omaha painter ,
Buicided by hanging on tho 28th of last
month.
Fairduuy is full of strangers seeking in
vestments in real estate.
Unless tho governor interferes there will
be two hangings in Nebraska this month
Schaeffer , tho murderer of a constable near
Minden on the 22d , and Leo Shellenberger ,
at Nebraska City on the 25th , for murder
ing hiB daughter.
THE2TEBRASKA LEGISLATURE ,
Lincoln , Feb. 2G. Senate. Brown
offered a resolution authorizing the pres
ident of the senate to dischargo all un
necessary employes and to order the clos
ing of all unnecessary committee rooms.
He subsequently accepted an amendment
providing for the appointment of a com
mit teo to investigate tho subject or em
ployes and coiiunittco rooms and to make
recommendations to the senate as to the
dispensing with superfluous employes and
rooms. An amendment by Durns was
adopted requiring this committee to report
to the senate a full list of the employes of
thai. body. The following bills were passed :
Deiining the boundaries of Thomas county ,
lying west of Blaine and north of Logan
county. Amending tho act of dispensing
with grand jurors. Providing for tho man
agement and control of cemeteries. Brown
moved that the senate adjourn until March
7 , but the motion was voted down , and
adjournment was taken until Monday
morning.
Lincoln. Feb. 2G. House. Tho first
business of importance which took place
in the house this morning was tho discus
sion of II. R. No. 174 , tho judicial redis-
tricting bill , which took plnce in tho com
mittee of tho whole with Randall in tho
chair. After a good deal of sparring the
committeo arose and reported favorably
on the bill , which was recommitted to the
committee of the whole. After recess the
house began business by making the bills
for charitable institutions , H. R. Nos. 15 ,
20 , 39. 417 and 118 , a special order for 2
p. in. Monday. The liousu then wont into
committee of the whole for consideration
of bills on the general file. A considerable
part of the afternoon was consumed in a
discussion of II. R. No. 10 , Tracey's bill ,
providing that a majority of the voters of
a county may bond the county for a court
house. The bill was finally reported with
out material amendment. Several other
bills were considered , but none of them
were of especial importance.
Lincoln , Feb. 28. Senate. The senate
passed Snell's bill making gambling a peni-
sentiary orfense , heard a few committee
reports , and went into committee of the
whole , and agreed upon a favorable report
upon the following bills : S. F. No. 131 ,
Tzseliuek's bill relating to counties and
county ofliccrs ; S. F. 119 , amending the
revenue law ; S. F. 125 , to dedicate ten
acres of land to the use of school district
No. 51 in Garland precinct. Lancaster
county ; S. F. No. 78 , by Burnham , relat
ing to warehouse receipts ; S. F. No. 61 , by
Moore , requiring clerks of tho district
court to keep an "incumbrance book , "
was recommitted. In tho afternoon tho
senate went immediately into committee
of tho whole , and H. R. No. 219. making an
appropriation for an industrial building
upon the university grounds , was favor
ably reported. The committee rose after
agreeing upon a report upon a half-dozen
bills of minor importance , and the sonato
adjourned.
Lincoln , Feb. 28. House. The bill to
provide ' for a state inspector of oils was
recommended for passage. Mr. Watson's
house roll 1G7 , providing for the transfer
of all the maps , records , and all other pa
pers appertaining to land titles within the
Biate , including all surveys made under tho
authority of the United States , of lands in '
Nebraska , and now in the office of the late
surveyor general of the state at Piatts-
mouth , to tho office of the secretary of ]
state for safe keeping , was read a third 1
time and passed. Mr. Smyth's house roll ]
122. providing for the payment to Patrick ,
0. Hawen , of Omaha , § 4,520 for the col- ;
letting of claims of the state of Nebraska .
figaint > t the government of the United
States for the suppress-on of Indian hos- ]
tilities amounting to 18.0S1.23 , was read (
a third time and passed. Mr. Bowman's ]
liouso roll 2G , appropriating $3S71 for ]
the purpose or paying for the publication .
of the constitutional amendment , sub- (
mittcd to the people at the general election
in 18SG , was passed. Mr. Marshall's house ;
roll 152 , to prevent the negotiation of ,
bonds by the state , as a permanent school ]
iund in case of theft or otherwise , was ]
passed unanimously and goes into effect j
immediately. Mr. Gafford's house roll 4G , ,
for the relief of Beatrice , by refunding § 200
unjustly charged by the state auditor for j
Lhe resistration of § 80,000 of water bonds , ,
tvas recommeuded to pass. j
Lincoln' , March 3Senate. . The peni'j 'j
tentiary convict bill was recommended
or passage. This bill as passed was ,
amended so as not to permit the man- '
ufnctuie of cigars and brick , nor tho cut
ting of stone except , for improvements of }
the penitentiary. House roll 219 , provid- '
ing for a building upon the state university <
grounds for practical and scientific instruc- '
tion , was passed. Senate file 78 , relating '
to warehousemen , was passed. Mr. Linin- '
; er's bill to establish a state school for de- <
pendent children was passed. Senate file '
119 , to provide a system of revenue , was <
passed. Senate file 103 , relative to assess-
meat of property for road tax ' , was passed. '
The senate met at 8:25 and on motion of '
Mr. Brown a committee of two was ap- •
pointed by the president , consisting of 1
essrs. Brown and Meiklejohn , to confer '
with a like committee of the house to take
into consideration the canvass of votes ,
cast for the legislative amendment.
Lincoln. March 1. House. The com- <
mitee on cities and towns recommended - ,
lhe passage of the Lincoln charter. Tho .
liouse went into committee * of the whole , (
Mr. Caldwell in the chair , on the prohibi- '
tion amendment , as follows : The manu- '
facture , sale or keeping for sale , of malt , ]
spirituous or vinous liquors a8 a beverage , '
is prohibited. Mr. Watson , of Otoe , of- '
ercd an amendment proviUing for the pay- ' [
inentbythe state Tor any property that '
might be confiscated by the law , tho j
i mount of the same to be determined by k
the district court. Discussion of the j
amendment occupied the entire day , when '
Mr. Cole , of Adams , at G:45 moved the {
ommittee arise and report progress and
isk leavo to sit again. A division was J
sailed on tho vote and it was carried by a ]
foto of 49 to 39. An evening session was :
leld at which Mr. Caldwell , of Lancaster , :
noved that a committeo to act with a like .
'ominittee of the senate be appointed to
ranvass the vote on tho constitutional :
imendmcut increasing the length of tho .
lession to sixty days. The chair appoint- ?
d Messrs. Caldwell. Craig , of Burt. GarI
.fey , of Douglas. These conferred with the j
enate committee and reported , having l :
ound the proposition carried as follows :
rhe total for the proposition is 79,497 ;
igainst 22,135 ; total vote cast at said '
lection , 138,423. A majority having
oted in favor of the amendment relating c
o the legislative department , the speaker c :
leclared the amendment carried. t vote '
rns taken and the wnort adopted by 92 i
*
o 1G. ' J ;
Lincoln , March 2. Senate. Tho senate
passed tho following : A bill todedicate two
acres of land for the use of school district
lifty-ono in Lancaster county. A bill for
taking and prosecution of appeals to the
district court in tho county where tho
lands are situated from assessment of
damages allowed. A bill providing for fivo
commissioners in counties of over seventy
thousand people ; also the bill fixing salary
of sucli commissioners at $1,800. A bill
to authorize tho county board in counties
having cities of tho first-class to grade ,
pave and otherwise improve roads leading
thereto. A bill enabling the owner or oc
cupant of land sold for taxes to redeem
the same any time before tho deed has been
issued. A bill for publication of names of
all ex-soldiers and marines in tho state.
Mr. Vandemark introduced a bill for an
amendment to tho state constitution by
submission providing for future amend
ments to tho state constitution by vote of
the legislature as a means of ratifying the
vote of the people on said amendment.
Tho committee on submission of a prohi
bition amendment , recommended that it
pass. House roll 88. for the relief of Chas.
A. Johnson of Burt county , was taken up.
It appropriates $3,989.80 for his benefit ,
on account of damage to his property by
fire Mnrch , 1S8G , in an attempt of citizens
to apprehend an alleged murderer.
Lincoln , March 2. House. Mr. Hayden
of Saline introduced in the house a joint
resolution that for the first forty days of
the session no representative is to receive
more titan § 3 a clay for his services. The
resolution was icceived with jeers. The
house went into committee of the whole on
the prohibitoryamendmentand on motion
of Mr. Randall of Clay by a vote or 4G to
34 , the amendment was reported to third
reading. The committee on judiciary re
ported the Omaha charter with a recom
mendation that it pasB as amended. A
message of the governor was read , contain
ing his proclamation of the adoption by
the people at thehiHtgeneral election of tho
amendment to the constitution providing
for a legislative session of sixty dajs , and
the remuneration of members at $3 per
day. Mr. Heimrod's bill , 201 , was passed.
I provides for tho amendment of section
42 , chapter 28 , and orders the payment
into the treasury of all the fees of county
judge and clerk in excess of § 1,500 per an
num ; and or sheriff and treasurer in excess
of § 2,000 , exceptin counties or over 25.000
inhabitants , where the treasurer shall re
ceive § 3,000 and shall be furnished by the
county commissioners with a clerk and as
sistant , the paynienG of all of whom shall
not exceed $2,400 per annum. In such
counties tho sheriff shall receivea salary of
§ 2,500 , shall have one jail guard and one
deputy , the latter receiving $900 per an
num. The salary of tho county clerk shall
be § 2,500 , and he shall have ono deputy at
§ 1,000 per 3'ear.
Lincoln , March 3. Senate. H. R. No.
88 was put upon its third reading and
passed. It now goes to the governor. It
is as follows : Section 1. There is hereby
appropriated to Charles A. Johnson , of
Burt county , in this state , out of any
moneys in the state treasury , not other
wise appropriated , the sum of $3,989.80 ,
on account of losses sustained by him in
the destruction and damage to his property
in said county by fire in March , A.D. 18SG ,
in the attempt of ollicers and citizens to
apprehend an alleged murderer , who had
taken refuge in the barn of said Johnson.
Senate file No. 41 , the railroad commission
bill , was passed. As passed , the bill is
closely modeled after the inter-state com
merce bill. The senate then went into com
mittee of the whole and spent the after
noon in establishing a soldiers' home at
Grand Island. An offer was read from
Milford of G40 acres of land and § G,000 in
consideration if the location of the home
was at that place , and Wymore came to
the front with an offer of GOO acres and
§ 5,000. The bill was ordered to third
reading.
Lincoln , March 3. House. The com
mittee on privileges and elections reported
on the contest of Snell vs. McKenna , in fa
vor of seating Snell. A minority report by
Veach favored tho confirmation of the '
right of the present occupant of tho seat to :
that seat. The house then went into com
mittee or the whole to take up the special
order , II. R. Nos. 3 5 , 20. 39 , 417 and 118.
II. R. No. 15 , providing for the erection
and furnishing of a main building at the '
Nebraska institute for the blind at Ne
braska Citj' , and a boiler house and laun
dry connected with the same , was the first '
bill taken up. The appropriation on the
bili was § 50,000. Harrison offered an :
amendment substituting for § 50,000 the
sum of § 20,000. The amendment and the |
section amended were adopted. II. It. No. '
20 , appropriating § 3G,500 for the building
of two family buildings , one laundry , one
bakery , three outhouses , and one coal [
house at the reform school , was recom
mended for passage. H. R. No. 39 , appro- :
priating § 95,000 for the erection of two '
wings tc the Norfolk insane asylum waa
favorably recommended. When the report
was made it was amended so as to insert
in the blind asylum bill $35,000 instead of
520,000. The report in the bill as then ,
si mended was adopted.
Lincoln , March 4 * Senate. House bill j
247 , establishing a soldiers' homeat Grand j
Island , passed the senate , The senate
passed liouse roll 122 , appropriating § 4 , -
524.23 out of the general fund to Patrick ]
0. Ilawes for his services in collecting § 1S , - ]
0S1.23from the United States govern- 1
ment for the state. The senate went into J
the committee of the whole for the cousid- J
eralion of the bills on general file. House
roll 10G. to establish a hospital for the in- (
curable insane at Hastings , was discussed t
at length. A motion to report thebill back j
favorably without amendments prevailed.
The balance oT the afternoon was taken up )
in the consideration of house roll 392 , re- i
luting to tho purchase , leafi' * siud sale of t
railroads in certain cases. i
Lincoln , March 4. House. In the '
liouse a motion to recommit house loll \
457 a bill in relation to fees or county 1
clerks to the judiciary committee , pre- K
vailed. The committee selected to investi- j
? ate the number of employes required to i [
cairy on the business of the house , made
their report. It was in the shape or ref
commending the names of those whose scr- '
vices were required , and exclusion of the hal- ,
mice. A motion to table the whole mat- *
ter was lost. An amendment to there- |
> ort that it should not interfere with the
rules of the liouse , together with the re- j
port , was adopted. The contested case of
3nelI-McKenna was considered. Dempster ]
movedjthat each contestant , by their at- \
tornuys , be allowed thirty minutes to {
present their respective cases to the house. \
Carried. Tho clerk proceeded to read the c :
report of tho committee , which sustained
Hie report of the former committee having
the case under consideration. Eight of
the committee subitted a majority report (
avoiingtho seating of Snell. and two of-
ered a majority raport favoring the retail- (
tion of McKenna. Theevidence in thecase (
tended to show that several illegal votes t
ere cast by persons temporarily residing
n the county employed on the railroads.
Hy a vote of 46 to 34 , McKenna was given
lie seat he occupied.
- . . .
It is told by Henry W. Grady , of the Atlanta
7oiistitution , that he once published a citizen's J
ibituary on the false report of .his death. The s
ltizen called to protest that he was alive.
• I'm sorrv , " said Gradv , "we can't correct it
iow , but I'll get you 'in among the births u *
ou like. " 8
• " > V
MANX JtlLLS LEFT UXSIOXED.
Because the President Had Xot Time to Crit
ically Examine Them.
Washington special : There camo near
being a serious ruptuio at tho capitol just
before congress adjourned. The usual com
mittees were appointed in each house to
wait upon the president to notify him that
congress was ready to adjourn and awaitod
his pleasure for further communications.
Tho members of the committee on the part
or the senate wcro Messrs. Sherman and
Saulsbury , and on the part of tho house
Messrs. Morrison , Tucker and Reed. Tho
president had steadily refused to accept
tho a 'dvicc or friends and go to the capitol ,
as has been customary with chief execu
tives in the past , so as toba in a position
to handle measures as thoy passed con
gress up to the last niomentof the session.
He did this for the purpose of teaching
congress a lesson in business experience , as
he did not believe in tho practice of holding
back bills for final action to the last mo
ment with a view to escaping the scrutiny
of the president. Besides , he said , the
president's office was at tho white house ,
and measures rcquiringhissignntureshould
be sent thero and sent early enough
for his deliberate action. In other
words , he held that congress should
conform to the convenience of the presi
dent instead of tho reverse. Itwasshortly
after 11 o'clock when , for the purpose of
waiting upon the president , inquiry was
made by the members of the committeo
whether Mr. Cleveland had yet arrived at
the capitol and whether he was in tho
room adjoining the senate , which was very
many years ago set aside for the work of
the president on the last day of the session
of congress. A negative reply was received
and surprise was expressed that President
Cleveland should ignore this old custom
and courtesy to congress , as it is a con
venience to that body. The bills passed
after the beginning of the last ten days of
the session must receive the signatuie of
tho president or they die , whereas , those
passed prior to that time may become laws
without the signature of the president by
virtue of a constitutional provision , so it
can he readily seen there is great necessity
for the president to bo close at hand that
he may sign bills up to the last minuto
congress is in session. When the commit
tee was informed that President Cleveland
had refused to visit the capitol and sternly
protested that it was the duty of congress
to cater to his convenience there were
uttered words of not only disapproval ,
but contempt. Then it was pro-
po.sed that the committee set down
and write a report to the two
houses to the effect that it had called
at the room set apart for the occupancy of
the president on the last day of the session
of congress and that it had not found his
excellency therein and that it had no re
port to convey from him. This was agreed
to unanimously , the democratic members
of the committee agreeing with the republi- '
cans that Mr. Cleveland acted contemptu
ously in refusing to do what all presidents
from George Washington down to and in
cluding Arthur had done promptly. This
report was conveyed to the president pro '
tern oT the senateand speaker of the house ,
and although it was notannounced.itsoon
became noised about and created a great
deal oT excitement. Instantly telegrams
were sent to the white house by Speaker
Carlisle and Senator Harris , informing the
president of the action of the committee
and advising him to come to the capitol.
It was then after half-past 11 o'clock.
Presently a dispatch was received from tho
executive mansion to tho effect that Mr.
Cleveland was on his way to the capitol
When he arrived there were a number of
enrolled bills lying on thetablein his room ,
and before he had examined them it was
12 o'clock. Quietly the hour hands on '
the clocks in the two houses were turned !
back to pcimit the completion of business. '
Again the hour hands were shading 12 '
o'clock , and tho committee was not ready '
to report from the president , and again J
the hour hands were turned back. Finally '
the piesident refused to delay adjourn- (
ment longer , informed the committee it !
could report no further communication ]
from him , and drawing on his great coat ,
left hastily for the white house ; but he left
to die a miserable and disgraceful death a
number of meritorious measures , for which
members of both parties had worked long , <
and faithfully and in which the entire coun
try was interested. Intense indignation
was expressed on every hand at the action
ol the president. He should have gone to i
the capitol last night and remained all
night if necessary to attend to work for ,
him to do , but instead he remained at the
executive mansion , and two carriages ere
required to carry clerks back and forth j
with measures requhing his signature.
More than that , two or three extra clerks ' ,
had to be enlisted for the purpose , and it •
rained and snowed and was as disagreeale
as could be for the enormous amount of i
extra and unnecessary travel. <
i
<
RESULTS OF TnE QUAKE. 1
London , March 1. The following is an offi
cial list of the Italian earthquake victims : :
Alasio , Sdcad and S injured ; Albcnga , 30 in- '
jured ; Albissola , 3 dead and 12 injured ; Ba- 1
janlo , 230 dead and 30 injured ; Bussano , SO {
dead and 27 injured : Castcllaro , 41 dead and (
153 injured ; Ceriana , 5 dead and 12 idjured ;
Diano-Stello. 33 dead and 10 injured ; lianos
Mariano , 180 dead and 63 injured ; Montalto s
Ligue , ldead and 3 injured ; .Noli , 10 dead and {
12 injured ; Oncglia , 23 dead and 150 injured ; j
Ponpeiana , 3 dead and 7 injured ; Porto Mau1
rlzio , 1 dead and 10 injured ; Savona , 11 dead ; t
Taggia , S dead , and 14 injured ; Triosa , 14 c
dead and 9 injured. j
Twenty thousand persons are homeless , i
The material losses are estimated at $10,000 , - i
300 , falliug mostly upon industrious villages. <
The fishermen "in the harbor of Genoa , on i
the night preceding the earthquake , noticed j
that the sea had retreated a yard more than
Usual , and instinctively feeling that soinethhic i
ivas about to happen , they remained the whole i
nicht in their boats. . c
The inhabitants of Oneglia complain that 1
the authorities neglect them because of the j
belief that the town suffered less damage than t
lid others. On the contrary , thesay , al- c
though the walls of the houses , being well- \
built , withstood the shocks , all the interiors
ollapscd , in consequence of which 9,000 perc
ons are compelled to live in sheds and tents , r
suffering greatly through exposure to wind and I
rain. t :
Of the three hundred bodies buried atDiano j
Marino only five were identified. Five thoua
and persons are still camping out. The air is 1
becoming horribly offensive , owingto the a
stench arising from the corpses that are yet in t
Lhe ruins. ]
The structures in which the injured at (
Etajardo were sheltered were blown down by \ ,
the wind , and before the helpless patients ?
could be removed to a place of safety they s
ivere all covered with snow and half dead from c )
old. fc ;
" t :
Seventy Frencli Miners Perish.
Paws , March 1. An explosion occurred to- J
lay in the Beauhrun collieries , at St. Etienne , ,
hen eighty men were in the galleries. Six t
if these were re-cued unhurt , and four taken t
.int more or less injured , and the seventy •
jthers are supposed to be all dead. •
Six Hundred Chinese Drowned.l
c ;
San FnANcisco. Cal. , March 1. Advice3 by ( ,
the steamer Gaelic from Hong Kong state s
lhat a Chinese junk goine : from Hainan to I
siam was recently wrecked off tho Soctray * :
oast , and out of 600 passengers and crew °
iboard only six were kuown to have escaped.
_
May wheat In the Chicago market 6tands at I
3 cents bid. e
>
.CLOSING HOURS OF CONGRESS.
A Scene hi the Lower House that Beggars
lifiseriptloti.
Washington special : It is improbable
that such a scono was ever witnessed in
the house , at 10 o'clock this morning.
Paper and tobacco quids and stumps of
cigars and other filth covered tho carpet so
completetoly that ono could not discover
tho color of that article. Tho members
had been up continuously for almost
forty-eight hours and wcro sore-headed ,
sleepy and uncharitable. The speaker ,
anticipating a stampede , had posted a
trusted sentinel twenty feet in front of tho j
desk to ussist him in the event ol an ) j
cniergene3Springer , Ilolman and Curtin , i
wc-o designated for this purpose , and one
of them occupied a chair at the head of
the center aisle in a semi-circle in front of
the speaker all tho time. During tho last
half hour of the session Curtin sat in tho
chair , but ho appeared so nearly exhausted
as to bo of no assistance to tho speaker.
The duty of these sentinels was to object
to consideration of bills under a suspen
sion of the rules , introduction of resolu
tions and anything else which might em
barrass the presiding officer or the house ,
it was their special duty to see that noth
ing was considficd which was to he to the
• li-iadvuntage of llm predominant party.
Theiewasa great clamor to get recogni
tion , and some members stood up and
lion led themselves hoarse , and in auger
ton * up the bills and reports and filing
them on the floor in full view of tho
ripeaker. One ol the most persisle'it
for recognition was Mr. Weaver oT Ne
braska , ile had a bill appropriating
§ 100.000 for the enlargement of the
government building at Omaha , and for an
hour he stood beside his seat and called Tor
thu speaker's eye. He tried every possible
scheme in parliamentary tacties , even re
porting to rising to a question of privilege ,
to a question of order , to make parlia
mentary inquiry , which he would turn into
a pifa Tor get ting recognition for th con
sideration of his hill. Then Mr. Weaver
weal down in front of the speakor's desk
ami spent the remaining hour pleading ,
trading , combining and t.icn denouncing ,
but it was all to no avail. lie finally la
bored for fifteen minutes with Mr. Springer
who objected to the consideration of the
of the measure and who sternly iefused to
withdraw his objections. When Mr. Reed
offered the resolution on the part of the
house thanking the speaker for his uniform
ly impartial adnrnistration of the func
tions of the presiding officer , and the
speaker had replied in feeling terms , and
when al ! was quiet and everybody else waa
in his seat , Mr. Weaver stood alone in the
semi circle in front of the chair with his
Omaha bill and accompanying report
ready to ask recognition. This ib but one
or the very many instances of
how hours were spent in anxious I
effort to do what it had
been decreed days ago should not be done.
In the senate there was better order. In
fact , one could not have been impressed
by a casual glance there that a session was
drawing to a close , while in the house there
was an uproar on the iloor which rivaled
hcdliim and a crowd in the galleries and
corridors , making it almost impossible Tor
one to move about and breathe. There
was the same cold and seeming indifferent
atmosphere in the senate which at all times
marks it from the order of the house. By
to-morrow two-thirds of the
- night - legisla
tors wiU be out oT the city and on their
way home , and before the end of next week
very Tew will be left. At least ono person
will be glad of the riddance , and that is
President Cleveland. He says he will be
happy to have a rest from the unceasing
importunities for office which he has had
to withstand for months. There will bs a
lull in Washington for a few weeks , thou
it will grow breezy , statesmen and politi
cians will ronie in for official business or
offices , talk will begin about nominations
next year , the presidential bureau will
open and schemers will begin to scheme , so
that before autumn the national caoital is
expected to present the most active and
interesting field it has for two years.
EXCITEMENT IN KANSAS. '
Serious Troubles Crowing Out of a County
Sent Contest. 1
Walucc , Kan. , March 3. The situation ,
in the Coronado-Leoti war lecsins unchanged , i
Both towns are surrounded by a strcc cor- '
don of armed men who permit no one to en- '
ter. The men in both towns sleep with their ;
guns and after gaining admission , a stranger ,
linds a Winchester rifle at eventurn. . They
stand in doorways and merchants carry the ; :
guns while they wait on customers. Men pa
trol the streets of the town all day and night.
Tlie countrv surrounding is as excited as the i
towns and about equally divided. Coronado
sympathizers are for tlie most part in town
with their ammunition and guns and the {
Coronado men said to do-day that w ithin an [ [
hour o00 men could be recruited in the town
A
rcadv to defend it with their lives.
At Leoti the cry is for revenge. The citizens f
arc as excited as they were on the day follow
ing the shooting and they are " unanimous in ,
their determination to sa ck Coronado at the
lirst opportunity. This will probably be offeri
cd Thursday night when the county election
occurs.
Immediately after the shooting Snuday
some men from Lcoti came to AVallice and
secured all the guns and ammunition they
could get. and representatives from Coronada y
paid similar visits to Garden Cit > , s-o that ,
both towns are well equipped with nimauui- ,
tion for war , which every man believes will i
Dccur before the thinsr fc settled. The Lcoti -
population , which has been ieernited by the.r |
count } ' cohorts , are looked to for the lir.t 1
move and the Coronado men w ill act on tlie 1
lefensive. Each town has plans , hut they are I'
in too chaotic a state for a forecast of the t
probable result. 1
County Sheriff John Edwards , who is a Leoti I
man , has not made an attempt to arrest the Q
murderers , as he knows that such effort would /
cost nun his life. He has twelve warrants , j
but unless the state authorities lend him th. ; f
issistance of a couple of companies of militia ,
thcr will never he served , and even in that -
iase the Coronado men say that the shooters
vilI never he taken alive. '
Charlie Coulter and Bill Ravnes , the leaders - •
> f the Leoti crowd , went over to Coronado 1
in Suuday morning and drank consideraI
) le beer and whisky. They then returned
o Leoti , got more beer and five com
panions ( only three of whom were
lrmed ) and returned in a wagon and buggv. *
I'hey visited a druggistwho was sick in tied.
ind made him get up. Coulter ordered him C
to dance and tired his gun at bis feet to make C
dm obey. The druggist offered to treat if I
Doulter would lower his gun , and the ; offer I
vas accepted. The men then went into the
treet and , according to the story , begun
hootintr indiscriminately. Coulter did most V
f the firing. A Coronado man named JackC !
on got in Coulter's way and w.i struck over c
he head with the butt of Coulter's mm. I
The Loomis brothers interfered and asked r
lhe Leoti tneu to stop their abuse , in reply |
Coulter turned on them and struck at one , q
preforming an old plainsman trick by hitting y
me over the head and shotting the other in " "
he leg at the same time. John I.o < > mi3 was
tandinir back of Boh and as Coulter fired he \
prang forward and clinched with him. , ,
The Loot : crowd , according to the story of
he Coronado men , then began lirimr at two j
itizens who were running up the street. A , .
lozen Coronado men w ho had gathered in a J ,
itorc then opened lire , and Coulter seemea to * -
je a target for them all. The firing only con-
Inued a moment and when thesinokt cleared y
iway Rayues. Coulter and Watkins , who were c
in the pavement , had fallen dead. The other J ;
nen were in the wagon , and James Dunning
md Johnson were Seriously injured , A. N. ?
Uorey. the seventh man of the Leoti crowd , ' 1
tscapinz without injury. ' * -
1
*
SUCCUMBED TO TUE ELEMENTS. . ]
Great Lass Among the Sheep and Cattle of H
Montuna. j <
Helena ( M. T. ) dispatch : Roports fro in j
Helena have been Bent out almost daily , ;
tho Inst week by tho Associated Preaa . j j'
agent saying that tho loss to tho cattle > f ]
and stock lias not been any more sovore- . T
than previous wiutors , and denying that 4 ?
tl e banks have mado any advances to tho * <
stockmen. No doubt tho readers will see A
in a few days Associated Pross roport .
saying that this winter in Montana has t f
been very mild ; in fact , u perfect "chinook" * 9- ,
[ almost constantly. Your correspondent t y
has had a number of interviexva in Helena , 'V
with prominent sheep and cattlo men from lr t
all other purts of tho territory. j *
- Lienemann & Schmidt , who have a herd
at Camas , Idaho , near tho Montana line ,
of 12,000 bond of Bhoep , say that thoy -
were hotter prepared for tho winter than < jj
any of tho other aheepmen in their neigh- yt
borhood , as they had 600" tons of hay to gl
feed , all of which was fed and o71 tons J [
on top of that. They estimate thoir loss # [
at 12 per cent at present , and it |
may go to 20 per cent in the spring , while • i
their neighbors , having but litclc feed , jJ
greatly exceed their loss. Northern Idaho $ .
is only about 4.000 feet above the sea
level and bus a much warmer climatu than | ' .
.Montana. II. M. Parchen , who has ft s (
fine herd of 7.000 sheep on the Mussel j
Miell , at tho foot of tho Little Rockies , ; i
wroto to a friend from there , saying , if ho ,
can save ono half of his flock ho will be < i
satisfied ; that ho was purchasing all tho •
hay he could procure and feeding his Hocks. *
The thoroughbreds had stood the weather
far better than tho common acclimated. § i
sheep. |
The River Press or February IS , says $
the Iosscb of sheep in Meagher and Fergus ' - j
counties to dato will foot up at least . ; }
20,000. if" "
W. T. Ford says ho will loso more sheep , '
this winter than ever before. f\ \
The Sun River Sheep company of Angus,5 ,
ta. Montana , and which has several tnous- tf
and hheop , has written to several of tho di- J
rectors , saying that the storm of February • > !
was one of the severest ever known , and I1
that out of their band they had lost 700 J ,
by being smothered in tho snow , as far as S
known , and three of their herders had coma t.
within an inch of losing thair lives , as they y
were badly frost-bitten in endeavoring to- ' )
save their Hock.
Mr. Thomas Cruse of Helena , who is the I > .
largest holder of sheep in Montana , says I
that the losses will be very heavy this win- , '
ter and will greatly exceed any previous ( j
year. ( '
A prominent Beaverhead county cattle- . ' '
man gives it as his opinion that the loss of L
range cattle in this county lias already h
reached 25 per cent , and that by spring the I
loss will be fully 50 per cent. ' j
The manager of the North Montana Cat- .
tie company , whose vast herds roam over •
the northern plains or Montana , writes to f ]
one of the directors that the losses sus- J
tamed already by the severe winter at a. '
low estimate would reach 25 per cent , and , !
a great many of those remaining have . !
frosted hoofs , which will prevent them from I
"rustling" for feed , and that they are lying , f
down. A great many will remain in that . I
position. Naturally they will die of starv- , (
ation. ' ,
Dan Florerer of Helena , who is quoted j
an being the cattle king of Montana , says : J
"I had a sort of misgiving that we would , j
have a severe winter , and I offered $200 , - , \
000 to any one to insure my cattle against ;
loss , but 1 could find no one to tako me up I
1 had at the hill round-up 28,000 head of ' {
cattle , and if any person pays my littlo ,
overdraft in the bank yonder and nives me {
$1 a head besides. I will sell my interest in , ,
the entire herd. Itis no use to endeavor to i I
hide the facts from the public. Goto work Jt j
and profit by the severe losses we have sus- j [
tained , and make thu best of it. " I j
Judge Hilger , the owner of a great many ' J :
Cattle and sheep , and a prominent man 'j
throughout the northwest , in an interview [ '
with a Independent reporter , says that his j
cattle and sheep are in a tolerably fair J
condition , having had plenty of feed all ,
winter. Mr. Blake , a neighbor oT his , lost j
1,400 head out of 1,700 slieop and ii
likely to lose the remainder of the baud. j !
Cattle have been dying in that vicinity all 'J
the winter anil the number seen on the
ranges about the Hilger ranch is daily
growing less. Judge Hilger thinks tho
warm , sunny weather of the spring will i
cause great loss among the weak and ema
ciated cattlo which survive the winter. '
Thoy will lie down to sun themselves , and i
feeling comfortable , will hesitate so long (
to get up that they will ba unable to get up '
when driven by starvation to do so. '
Thus they will die in large numbers.
i
Tin : B. & M. management are having < t
built at Aurora , III. , five new engines , with j
drive wheels five feet , eight inches in ( ham
ster. They will have all the modern im- *
irovements and are for the division of ;
which Mr. D. K. Thompson is superintend- / I
Mit. r '
Lincoln is rapidly filling up with real es
tate firms. Half a dozen new ones are an
nounced daily.
THE MARKETS ,
OMAHA. j
Vhiat No. 2 55 @ 5G
1' .hmy-No. 2 42 @ 42 j
> . . , , V . * > 4 > i > fit • > * _ > *
i X 1" - LI. • • • • > • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • > • orfly >
" oiix No. 2 mixed 20 ( a ) 22
) ats No. 2 20 @ 21
Juttkr Creamery 20 ( < $ 27
iJuTTEit Fresh dairy 10 ( i [ > IS
Zoos Frc h IS ( ) 15
'incKENS Per t1 8 @ 1)
1'l"iuiys Per lb j 11 Ca ) 12 , \
jKjioxs-Choice , perbox. . . 4 50 ( a ) 5 00
) kangks Per box 3 50 @ 4 00
Vitlks Choice per bbl 4 0(1 ( Ca ) 4-50
'Scans Navys , per bu 1 50 ( a ) 1 GO .
Inions Pcrbudiel 100 ( d } 140
'otatoes Per buhei 100 ( . 110 \
A'ooi. Fine , per Hi 10 % ' IS
sEEns Timothy 2 20 ( a ) 2 50 \
'eeds Blue Grass 130 ty 140 1
tli ; s Mixed packing 5 25 @ 5 35
Jeeves Choice steers 3 75 ( at 4 10
Sheep Fair to good 3 50 ( a ) 4 25
NEW YORK. \
Vhbit No. 2 red 90 % 9U
Viievt nuraded red DHWg 93
'oitx No. 2 48 @ 49
) ats Mixed western 30 @ 37
\jiti : 15 25 ( g5 ) 50
AIID. . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • • • • • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . I t feyO ) i * j\ )
CHICAGO. J >
Viievt Per bushel 72 73 }
YiiPer bushel 34 ( a } 35
) ats Per bushel 21 @ 25
'okk 1700 @ 17 7ti , '
.AKD 7 12' .j@ 7 1 ; -
Ioks Packing it shipping. 5 55 @ 5 SO ' .
'attle Stockers 2 00 ( a 3 Sfi • '
Sheep Natives 3 00 @ 4 90 f
ST. LOUIS.
Vheat No. 2 cash i 7\ % 7S
'oi.v Per bushel 31 @ 34 * ,
) ats Per bushel _ 2S ® 2S
Iocs Mixed packing . " > 40 @ 5 55
'attle Stockers 2 10 ( a ) 3 70
Sheep Common to choice 3 75 Qi ) 4 00 ' i
KANSAS CITY.
Vheat Per bushel 09 ( S 70
toitx Per bushel 29X@ 30
ats Per bushel 27 % ® 28
attle Feeders 2 05 @ 3 70
Iocs Good to choice. 5 25 @ 5 50
Sheep Common to good. . 3 00 @ 3 25
i
I
yJt\mW \