Nebraska Newspapers

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HI F. M. KIMfflTBLI * Publisher.
B ' * McCOOK , j NEB.
J ABOUT IEBRASKA.
H Sheridan county has the only fe-
H male dopnty sheriff in the state in the
Hj person of Mrs. E. X Rosecrans. wife oi
Hg" ' the sheriff , whoso appointment has been
E approved bythe county commissioners.
H | At "Wahoo a young man named
H a George Hazlett attempted to board an
H I oast-bound freight train whilo in mo-
H tion , but missed his hold and fell be-
H < tween tho cars. Tho trhcols of one car
H ' passed over his legs below the knees ,
H , mangling them in such a manner as to
H | render amputation necessary. His
H , chances for recovery are doubtful.
H Burglars entered the store of J.
H , Olnej , at Norfolk , and stole $300 worth
H , offfoods.
H 1 The town board of Ohiowa has
H j agreed to pass an ordinance compelling
H J all lot owners to plant at least three
B § shade trees in front of each lot.
H I There are ten prisoners confined in
m I the Gage county jail. (
M I The Hebron pork packinghouse ,
H ] naderthe management of a new firm ,
H f Hill 4c Leaob , have commenced opera-
B | The Oongregationalists of Clear-
H jg water have commenced the erection of
H1 their new church.
H M W. G. Boston , a prominent hard-
1 ware merchant at David City , has lost
his reason. He wandered away from
i homeand was found at 3 o'clock in the
11 morning near Garrison , having walked
8 all night in the heavy mud. His do-
| 1 rangement is caused by overwork , and
m 1 is thought to bo only temporarv.
H n Tho Hebron creamery company ex-
H i ! pect to have their building completed
H jj J nnd be ready to receive cream by about
B Tho Christian churoh of Hebron
H | have their plans completed for the ereo-
H ; tion of a new building. The estimated
H cost is $7,500.
B The corner stone of the Christ
B church ( Episcopal ) , at Beatrice , was
HB laid on the 17th.
HI No houses to rent and many appli-
Hl cants is the condition of things at Au-
I rora.
HI The farmers of Cheyenne county
Hi &re PrcParing to sow a larger acreage oi
HI wheat this spring than ever before.
HC -A beautiful boqnet appears on the
HR desk of Representative Hays , deceased ,
K every morning.
H The Masons of Fairbury have tem-
H porarily abandoned the project of erect-
K ing a three-story building.
H George A. Smith , having been ap-
H | pointed postmaster at Long Fine under
Hi the new administration , has commenced
H * ne erection of a two-story brick 25x60
m feet The first floor will be fitted up for
j the finest postofSce west of Fremont ,
Hj while the second story will be fitted up
H as a hall for the Masons and Oddfellows.
H Much building is talked of at North
B Platte , and several large contracts for
H brick houses will soon be let *
HI Patrick Byan , the Grand Island
HI man who was so badly frozen recently ,
HI is alive and doing well , but both of his
H I feet have been amputated.
H I Captain Ashby , of Beatrice , has re-
H 1 ceived and rejected an offer of $5,000 for
H his trotter. Chitwood.
H The Madison Chronicle remarks
H that it is quite common these days to
H. * notice a vacant lot in the morning and
H before night to see a building going up
on it
B' The Norfolk business men's asse
s' ciatiou received a. letter from James P.
H Teller , president of the Yankton , Nor-
H folk & Southwestern railroad , stating
H. that if the city would vote its share of
S75,000 bonds the road would be built
H "W. W. Marple was sent to Yaukton to
confer with the business men of that
The Beatrice board of trade is ne-
; , gotiating to secure the location of large
I engine and machine shops.
B The senate committee on the indus-
I trial home reported favorably without
I reduction the house bill appropriating
; $31,000 for tho erection of the south
H'k -wing to the Milford institution , in-
eluding the completion of the heating
and lighting apparatus of the same , and
„ for a barn and stable.
A Iiincoln special says it is now j
known that Eric Erickson , the young
Swede who died at his home six miles
northwest of Lincoln about a week ago ,
ft came to his death from a wound re-
B ceived at the hands of a prostitute who
HI resided in that city. His death at the
B time was supposed , to have been the re-
H snlfc ° * sickness. The deceased , how-
H ever , just before his death gave up the
H truth to n friend , bnt refused to name
H the party who struck the blow or locate
H the place.
H- * . The second Tuesday- April will
H be Arbor Day.
H South Omaha grocers have formed
H an organization to protect one another
H against dead-beats.
H Bev. A. W. Connett , D. D. , of the
H Lower Wabash conference of Indiana ,
H has been appointed United Brethren
B pastor at Seward. Being a member of
B the Knights of Pythias , that organiza-
B tion attended church in a body to hear
B hai first sermon.
B Small boys at David City have been
B amusing themselves of late by putting
B np white cap notices , warning different
B persons to quit their iniquities. It has
B scared some easily frightened people ,
B and taken in the more credulous of the
B" town ; bnt the only white caps known
B . there are the ones worn by old maids ,
B old cranks and old grannies in the night
B time.
B Certificate and approved bond were
B filed in the office of secretary of state
. last week , incorporating the Nebraska
* Secret and Detective Service , with head-
B quarters at Omaha , and the object of the
ft , " association is to detect and punish crim-
M'f inals. The bond is given in the sum of
ft $10,000 for the faithful ani legal per-
ft" fonnance of duty. <
Bi . ' "There is something rotten in Ne-
B ; braska , " remarked a senator at Lincoln.
ft "The contract for the new boilers at the
f Iiincoln hospital for the insane was let
mh the other day , and a friend of mine ,
| ? who came too late to bid , says he would
jk- ' _ furnish the same outfit for $3,000 less
k than the figure named in tho contract
ft * ' - j e Bays that that would be his figure
M. without competition , and he could go
jb , even lower. "
W' Last week T. J. Ferguson , a prom-
f- - - inent attorney of Alma , was hung in
jfe - effigy to his office sign and placarded ,
Wy } - Jgiviug him sixty days to settle business
| | ; "Woman's Dress , " ft noted , dirty ,
K- . ' indolent scout , who figured prominently
W - during the tronbles with the Cheyennes
1 , : atFSrt Bobinson , is back at hyg
B scont at Fort aob-
post as government
BfeJnwDi ys the Crawford Chpper.
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The $700 , the amount necessary for
the securing of a general secretary for
tho Y. M. C. A. at Fairbury , has all
been pledged , and State Secretary Nash
has been notified of tho same. It is ex
pected that the secretary will bo . en
gaged and enter upon his work there
soon.
Peter Janson , of Jefferson county ,
last week began the shipment of 7,000
fat sheep to Chicago. Ho made ar
rangements with tho Bock Island for a
special train each week until the entire
shipment is made.
A town 6ite has been platted in Iiin
coln county at Brady island and a store
has been built by Trenton parties.
AttWaterly on the night of the 10th
a young man named Fitzsimmons struck
a man over the head with a billiard cue ,
from the effects of which he died soon
after. Tho murdered man leaves a wife
and three children. Fitzsimmons was
arrested.
Tho following postmasters were ap
pointed in Nebraska during the week
ending March 16,1889 : Cambridge , Fur
nas county , Ephraim B. Bee ; Clear
water , Antelope county , J. F. Fannen ;
Corbin , Box Butte county , BobertB.
Gregg ; Ewing , Holt county , John A.
Wood ; Harrison , Sioux county , Samuel
H. Jones ; Hooper , Dodge county , Wm.
0. Heoker ; Humphrey , Platte county ,
J. L. Bobinson ; Ong , Clay county , A.
R. Budd ; Plainview , Pierce county , J.
L. Stevens ; Sargent , Custer county ,
William Shannon.
Two young men were lodged in jail
at David City , charged with robbing
the Merchants' and Farmers' bank at
Linwood. At a hearing given them at
Linwood , each was placed under $1,000
bonds , and failing to give the required
bail were brought to tho county seat for
safe-keeping till the next session of the
district court for Butler county , which
meets in May.
The execntive committee of the
state Sunday school association met at
the Capital hotel , Lincoln , last week ,
and formulated a programme for the
coming convention to bo held in Te-
enmseh June 11 to 13. B. F. Jacobs , of
Chicago , will probably bo present , .as
also other eminent Sunday school work-
ra.
ra.Tho Masonic lodge of Grand Island
went to Beatrice to assist in laying the
corner stone of the Episcopal church in
the latter place.
The agent for the sale of Louisiana
lottery tickets in Omaha has been ar
rested and bound over to the district
court to answer.
Alfred Brossord , a Frenchman lit *
ing near Campbell north of Bed Cloud ,
mysteriously disappeared from home
January 10 , and all efforts to find him
resulted in failure until last week when
the body was discovered by accident ,
lying on the open prairie about one
"hundred yards from the road. He was
old well-to-do and
twenty-eight years , - -
married.
The house has decreed that the live
stock commission will have to ro , which
will effect a saving of about $80,000 to
the state. The state veterinarian and
live stock inspectors at stock yards will
be retained and the other features of
the law stricken out.
An order is to be issuea lor a bona
election in Norfolk , the amount being
830,000 , in aid of the Yankton , Norfolk
& Southwestern railroad. It is now
considered definitelv settled that the
road will be built , the only thing re
maining before work in commenced be
ing the raising of $75,000 at Norfolk ,
Yankton and along the line. This will
undoubtedly be done.
A Lawrence ( Mass. ) dispatch says :
The police have discovered that the man
under arrest here * for larceny is Charles
; Lincoln , wanted in Nebraska , where he
was sentenced to life imprisonment for
murder. His sentence was reduced to
eighteen years , of which he served ten
and escaped. He is held in $800 to the
superior court
A senator who has been investi
gating the demands of the state institu
tions for fuel and lights has prepared a
statement which makes the following
showing : Thirteen institutions ask for
fuel and lichts , $144,500 ; allowing $1,000
a year for lighting eachinstitution , $26 , -
000 ; leaves for fuel , $118,500. This will
furnish more than five tons of coal per
day to each of the institutions , or ten
tons per day for 184 days in the year.
The board of public lauds and build
ings met last week to settle with the
workmen and material men , for work
done and material furnished on the
state house. Fifteen per cent of the
moneys appropriated " and set apart to.
pay for the capitol building was kept
back by the board when the final settle
ment was made with the contractor.
This was done to give time to investi
gate for loose joints and hit and miss
work in general. It would seem from
the action of the board that none has
been found.
THE NEBRASKA SENATE AND HOUSE.
JProeeedinc of the Upper and Lower Branch
of the NebratJca Jseembly.
In the senate on the 16th the house
bill repealing the free range law was
passed leaving the herd law in force all
over the state without the power of a
oounty to suspend it This is to pro
tect the homesteaders of northern and
western Nebraska from the cattle herds.
In committee of the whole the following
were recommended for passage , all
house measures : Cady's bill for a boun
ty of 1 cent per ponnd on beet sugar ;
the bill allowing plate glass insurance
companies with $100,000 capital to do
business in Nebraska , the limit for all
foreign insurance companies now being
$200,000 , and the bill providing that the
charges for the keeping of live stock
shall be a lien upon such animals. The
committee of the whole recommended
the passage of the following bills : Au
thorizing the state treasurer to transfer
to the general fund $1201000 now in the
insane hospital fund. Beqniring loan
and building associations from other
states , or Nebraska associations doing
business in counties other than thoso in
which they are organized to deposit
$100,000 worth of securities with the j
secretary of state , but the limitation
does not apply to the lending of money.
In the house Caldwell moved to take up
the appropriations for the soldiers' and
sailors' home , and moved to insert there
in an item of $15,000 for a hospital
and $5,000 for five double cottages.
Hungate's motion to fix the amount at
$10,000 was adopted , and Scoville moved
to insert an item of $1,000 for an ele
vator , which was accepted , and the item ,
of $15,000 for additional , wings was
stricken ont and the bill approved. The
expenses of the commissioners of pub
lic lands nnd buildings were passed over
nfer several.ineffectual efforts toioprpff
several items.13heviixpenses ? ; : for the
hospital for the asylum at Lincoln were
reduced as follows : General repairs
and amusements from $10,000 to $1,000 ;
greenhouse from $5,000 to $2,000. The
items of $5,000 for improving grounds ,
and $4,500 for changing _ heating appar
atus were stricken out McBride moved
to increase the salary of employes of
the capitol from $11,740 to 217.040 , and
gave as a reason that it was the desire
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oi theigovernor and necessary to meet
the expenses of thev enlarged building.
The governor sent in a special message
and the bill recommended , by the late
meeting at St Louis in regard to the
beef combine ; also a bill to regulate
trusts , prepared by delegates of the
western states at the recent convention.
In the senate on , the 18th the follow
ing bills were passed : Requiring fire in
surance companies to give each policy
holder a certificate copy of his applica
tion whenever the policy is based on an
application. Authorizing plate gloss in
surance companies with $100,000 capital
to do'businese in Nebraska. Providing
that foreign corporations may become
incorporated in Nebraska by filing their
articles of incorporation with the secre
tary of .state. Tho Cady house bill pro
viding for a bounty on beet sugar. In
committee of tho whole the following
measures were recommended for pass
age : Amending the ngricutnral society
lnw to mako it impossible for county
boards to evade the payment to such
societies of the fees ordered in that law.
Appropriating $171 for the reimburse
ment of Pawnee forexpenses in collect
ing certain taxos. Beqniring a mort
gagor to get the written consent of tho
mortgagee before selling murtgajjed
property. Cushing's bill allowing
courts to grant or refuse injunctions on
Sunday. Appropriating $13,000 for the
Peru normal school. Appropriating
$31,000 for the Milford homo for
fallen women. For letting the state
printing by contract in job lots.
In the house Governor Thayer sent in a
message withdrawing his trust bills in
troduced Saturday , and stated that he
was not aware that the subject is already
covered by bills now pending. The
appropriation bills were taken up in
committee of the whole. The following
items of expense for the state board of
transportation were allowed : Postage ,
telegraph and express , $500 ; .stationery
and printing , $2,500 ; traveling expenses ,
$750 ; furniture and carpets , $600 ; offi
cers' fees in serving process , $100. The
amounts recommended by the commit
tee for the fish commission and the state
board of pharmacy were allowed. Cady
moved to reduce the items , revenue ,
books and blanks , $20,000 , to $9,000 ,
which was adopted. The item of $35 , -
000 for conveying convicts to the peni
tentiary and juvenile offenders to the
reform school , on motion of Swartsley ,
was reduced to $30,000. On motion of
Cady , the expense of printing law jour
nals and miscellaneous matter under
contract was reduced from $25,000 to
$18,000. Everett moved to strike out
the item of $35,784.65 in favor of W. H.
B. Stout for interest on capital fund
warrants. Carried by 36 to 31. House
roll 484 , the salary appropriation bill ,
was taken up. Corbin moved to reduce
the salorv of tho governor's private sec
retary from $1,800 to $1,700. Lost.
In the Benate on the 19th the follow
ing bills were passed : Making land
rent a lien on crops ; requiring counties
to pay for the printing of the district
court bar dockets ; limiting justices of
the peace in metropolitan cities to six ;
limiting legislative employes to sixty-
six in the senate aud seventy-five in the
house ; regulating loan and building as
sociations , and the constitutional amend
ment for a railway commission ap
pointed by the governor. The senate
took up its special order , consisting of
two house measures intended to correct
the irregularities in the present system
of taxation. One was Corbin's bill ,
making it unlawful for assessors to rej
ftr-n nrnr > ertv at lesp thou fail value and
fixing heavy fines for violations. The ,
other was Morrissey's.bill fixing the rate
of levy in order to raise the valuation.
The bills were indefinitely postponed.
The committee of the whole approved
the following : Belative to reports on
school district taxes ; providing that the
regular meetings of the board of super
visors shall be held the first Tuesday in
January nnd the Tuesday after the sec
ond Monday in June ; relative to elec
tion returns ; to elect supervisors for two
years instead of one ; relative to the mile
age and per diem of supervisors ; relative
to bonds and official oaths. In the
house reconsideration was resumed of
the general appropriation bill. The re
port of the ways and means committee ,
materially increasing the appropriation
for the state university , was substituted
for the estimate in the printed bill.
Hungate moved to strike out the items
of $3,000 for experimental farm and
S2.500 for grading , which was lost 22 to
48. In consideration of the salary ap
propriation bill Mr. Towle moved to in
crease the salary oi the commissioner
from $1,500 to $1,800 , nnd then to $ i,900
and $1,600 successively , and all were de
feated. The expenses of the office of
secretary of state were considered.
Hampton moved to reduce the salary of
the deputy from $1,800 to $1,500 , and oi
the bookkeeper from $1,300 to 1,200 ,
which carried-r38 to 34. The salary of
deputy attorney general was reduced
from $1,800 to $1,700. The salaries of
the clerks and bookkeepers in the offices
of commissioners of public lands and
buildings , were each reduced from $400
to $300. An evening session was held at
, which a bill to protect hotelkeepers from
imposition by impecunious travelers ,
| and limiting their liability for valuable
I property stolen from the rooms of
guests was recommended for passage.
in the senate on the 20th , several bills
amending the law governing counties
under township organization were
passed , and the senate went into com
mittee of the whole to consider the pro
posed , constitutional amendment permit
ting the investment of the state perma
nent school fund in registered school
district bonds. The bill was recom
mended for pa sage by a vote of 14 to 12.
The senate passed the bill to let the
state printing on contract in job lots and
went into committee of the whole. Tho
bill to appiopiii.fo " $59,000 for land and
new buildinsrs 'for the Beatrice institu
tion for feeble minded children was in
definitely postponed. The senate passed
the following house bills : Prohibiting
official court reporters from practicing
law ; requiring the written consent of
mortgagee to dispose of property under
chattel mortgage ; legalizing the State
Dairymen's association , and appropriat
ing $1,000 annually therefor. Olm-
stead's bill for the Australian election
system was killed by a vote of 19 to 12.
In the house Hall's maximum tariff bill
was taken up in committee of the whole.
Hall moved an amendment , empower
ing the railroad commission by n four-
fifths vote to raise the established rate
whenever it is proven that the existing
rate is not remunerative to the roads ,
but authorizing a mere majority to re
duce the rate when found to be exces
sive or exorbitant The amendment
was adopted and the bill reported back
that.it.do pass. Senate file 10 , the bill
repealing the live stock commission ,
was taken np. The committee arose
and reported the bill back and Bayner
moved to indefinitely postpone the bill ,
claiming that tlie provision authorizing
tho state veterinary surgeon to go on
the farm of a citizen and kill his stock
without compensation , is clearly uncon
stitutional. The report was adopted.
? feafuropriatiun wereHgain colik
sidere 'dfCald we'll moved to insert the'
item of $35,784 for interest on state war
rants in the general appropriation bill
in favor of W. J . B. Stout. The fii.al
vote resulted , yeas 48 , nays " 42 , and the
amendment carried. The appropria
tion of $80,000 for tho * expenses of tho
live stock agents was stricken ont and
$10,000 for expenses of the state veter
inarian substituted. Hall moved to add
$30,000 for insurance of state buildings ,
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which was lost , and $820 to cancel ex
isting policies , inserted. . .
In the senate on the 21st after a long
and determined fight tho constitutional
amendment authorizing the investment
of the state public , school fund in regis
tered school district bonds was defeated.
Baker's registration bill passed. The
committee of the whole approved the
house bill allowing assistants to the at
torneys of Douglas and Lancaster coun
ties on appointment of commissioners.
In Douglas $2,500 may be appropriated
for such assistants and in Lancaster
$1,000. The appropriation bill for new
buildings at the industrial school at
Kearney was amended by reducing the
amount from $75,000 to $50,000 and cut
ting ont the building.for kitchen , dining
room and chapel. Johnson's house res
olution directing the railroad commis
sioners to mako a schedule of freight
rates to prevent discrimination led to n
three-hour debate. The resolution re
mains on the general file and will
probably be defeated. In tho
house , consideration was had of the
general appropriation bill. A mo
tion to strike out tho claim of W. H. B.
Stout for $35,784.65 for interest on war
rants was lost by a vote of 37 to 41. The
bill was then reported back to tho house
with tho recommendation that it do pass
as amended. Delaney moved to strike
out the $2,000 houso rent for the gover
nor. Lost The appropriation of $20-
100 for support of tho militia was
adopted. The expenses * of tho board of \
educational lands and funds , supremo i
court , state library , normal school nnd
penitentiary were adopted. The ex
penses of the hospital for the insano was
reached and McBride moved to amend
by inserting for general improvements
and repairs $6,000 instead of $1,000 ,
which was lost by 34 to 37. Stirk moved
to adopt the report of the committee on
expenses fcr the hospital for the insano
! at Norfolk , which carried. When the
expenses of the feeble minded institute
nt Beatrice were reached , Wyman moved
to insert $40,000 for a kitchen and other
buildings , which was adopted. Johnson
moved to strike out the item of $12,500
for 5,000 copies of the revised statute ,
which was lost Specht submitted an
amendment providing that all printing
called for in the bill shonld be let to the
lowest bidder , which prevailed by a
large majority. The nenate amend
ments to house roll 351 , the Baker regis
tration bill , were concurred
amendments provide that tho bill shall
apply only to cities of 2,500 and upward.
In the senate on the 22d the following
measures wore recommended for pass
age : A houso bill providing that taxes
levied for public works ordered in the
past'shall be set aside for the payment
of bonds issued for such improvement.
Bayner's immigration bill , which pro
vides of condemning right of way for
ditches and defines the rights of parties
in interest. Corbin's bill for the regula
tion of church , fire , literary and benev
olent associations. The Lincoln charter
bill as reported from the committee on
municipal affairs. The bill appropriat
ing $50,000 for new buildings at the
Kearney reform school. Appropriation
bills were then considered. The bill
asking $75,000 for new buildings at the
Lincoln hospital for the insano was in
definitely postponed. The bill asking
881,400 for new buildings at the Hast
ings hospital was indefinitely postponed ,
with the understanding that the boiler
house , kitchen or other structure abso
lutely necessary to make the present
building available would be provided
forin the general appropriation bill. The
appropriation for the capital grounds
was reduced from $10,000 to $5,000. In
the house the 'following were passed :
Senate file 89 , Linn's bill limiting the
number of legislative employes to sixty-
Bix in the senate and seventy-five in the
house. / ' > ill by Towle to protect hotel
keepers from being imposed on by im
pecunious travelers. A bill abolishing
the live stock commission except the
office of veterinary surgeon and the
quarantine , regulations , and appropri
ating the sum of $10,000 for the sup
port of this officer and the enforcement
of the law. Changing the boundaries
of the judicial districts and pro
viding for an additional judge in the
Tenth district , composed of the coun
ties of Buffalo , Dawson , Custer , Lin
coln , Logan , Sherman , Keith aud Ohej'-
enne , and the unorgauized territory
west of Logan. The salary bill was
then considered. The bill reducing the
special appropriation for additional
buildings at the Kearney reform school
from $75,000 to $50,000. was taken up
and passed. Baymoud's banking bill
was taken up in committee of the whole.
An effort by dishing to increase the
minimum'capital from $5,000 to $10,000
was lost by 24 to 47. Cady submitted
an amendment pntting the control of
the banks under the law in the hands of
a board composed of the secretary of
state , auditor of public accounts and
the attorney general , which was adopt
ed. _ The bill was considered section by
section , and reported back with a favor
able recommendation.
LETTER FROM EX-PRESIDENT HAS
Good Word * ami Hrlp fjtr * hc Confederal *
Soldiers' I-ojne.
New York dispatch : Letters of sym
pathy with , the projected national con
federate soldiers'hp ; jeiat Austin , Tex. ,
continue to pour in to Secretary Down
ing. Among the letters just received ,
is one from ex-President Hayes , from
Fremont , Ohio. It is given in full be
low. There are also letters from Ma
jor General George Crook , of the
division of the Missouri , and from
W. Merritt , of the department of
the Missouri. General Crook speaks of
the movement as "a charity which sec
tionalism can well afford to . overlook ,
aud the north can , * in this way , show
kindness and sympathy to a fallen foe. "
Ex-President Hayes writes as follows :
Fbemont , O. , March 15 , 1889. My
Dear Sir : I thank you for the priv
ilege of uniting with the New York citi
zens' committee in their patriotic and
charitable work in behalf of the disabled
and destitute soldiers of the late con
federacy. The time is plainly drawinf
near ( if it has not already come ) whej
justice to its defenders will requir.
the national goyernment to expenc
much larger sums than have heretofore
been appropriated for the support of the
men who saved it This sacred obliga
tion to union soldiers must not will
not be forgotten nor neglected , espec
ially by those who have shared in the
fullest measure the prosperity which ;
has come from the services and sacri
fices of those who stood by the imper
iled. But those who fought against the
nation can not and do not look to it for
relief. Their disabled aud destitute
comrades are left to the generosity and
benefactions of their more fortunate
fellow-citizens , who wisely forecast the
inspiring future of our country. The
confederate soldiers , and their descend
ants are to share with us and our de
scendants the destiny of America.
Whatever , therefore , we , their fellow-
citizens , can do to remove the burdens
rom thShr shoulders 'arid to brighten
"their lives is'surelyin the pathway of
both humanity and patriotism.
With my contribution to the enter
prise , T beg you to accept my best wish
es ifdr its success. , , X remain sincerely ,
BUTHEBFOHD B. HaYJBB.
Mayor Broatch gives it ont cold that
he will permit no gambling in Omaha ,
no matter what the legislature may do
with the law in the case.
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DEATH IS THE WAGE ! OF SIN.
The Divine Mandate Verified at the Minne
apolis Jail in a Traglo Way.
Minneapolis special : At midnight
July 20 , 1887 , three men stole out from *
the shadows of Laymen's cemetery and
shot to death a faithful street car driver
for ft paltry $20. To-day two of theso
cowardly assassins paid the penalty of
their awful deeed by death on the gal
lows. The third is wandering the streets
of Chicago , penniless , friendless , and
suffering an anguish whioh knows no
bounds , for having sworn away the lives
of his brothers.
It was 10:55 : when the procession
reached the execution room. Father
James MoGorlick headed the procession
with the sheriff , reading from the book
of prayers , to which the boys responded.
Following tho priest came Tim Barrett ,
nccompnuied by Father Corbet , and on
eaoh side and behind a deputy sheriff.
Father Henry McGorlick marched next
Then came Pete Barrett. The sheriff
came next. As Tim took several steps
up the scaffold his foot caught in his
black sleeveless shroud , nnd ho stum
bled , but quickly recovered. Ho was
nervous , and as ho responded , "Havo
mercy upon us , " his voice wavered.
It looked as if ho was about to weaken.
He was placed on tjio farthest . .trap on
the left His brother mqunted > tho scaf
fold with a measured step aud took his
place. His responses wero scarcely
audible. "Have mercy upon us ! " again
exclaimed Tim , with a frightened look
and a loud tone , as he glanced upward
at tho roof abovo his head. Pete
never evinced emotion. Ho "dressed
up" on the mark with remarkable cool
ness. Placing his feet and glancing at
them to seo if they wero in position , ho
straightened himself and threw back his
shoulders. He looked once or twice at
tho audience , bnt on tho whole paid lit
tle attention to them no more than if
there was not over an oyo or two upon
him instead of over 300 pairs of distend
ed optics. He knelt with tho priest in
prayer. Peter's responses wero not
audiblo but twice , although ho paid at
tention to all tho priest said to him.
The sheriff adjusted tho knots just :
beneath tho left ear of each , looked
around an instant on the arrangements
and qnickby stepped to tho back of the
scaffold and raised the wire hoops that
held the lever in position with a rapid
movement of one hand , the other grasp
ing the lever. In an instant it had been
pulled. There was a creak , a bang of
falling traps and a drop of two human
bodies , and a spasmodic movement of
the limbs as the bodies swung partly
around. Tim's body swung partly
round to the right. An instant after
tho fall there was a convulsive move
ment of the body , when it turned fnll
front to the spectators' gaze before the
scaffold. In five minutes the doctors
began to feel tho pulses and listen for -
the beating of the heart Tho pulso
was beating irregularly , the heart hav
ing a regular beat In nine minutes both
wero very feeble and in fourteen minutes
aud six seconds the doctors notified the
sheriff that life was extinct Tim's neck
had been broken. Pete's death was
from strangulation , his neck not bein"
broken. After the fall his body swayed
around with a strong convulsive twitch
ing. His heart and pulse beat regularly
for nearly ten minutes , when both failed
rapidly. In one minute after Tim was
pronounced dead Pete was declared to
be lifeless. His fall had jerked the knot
almost to the centre of the back of the
neck and he swung to the right , then
around to the left , and hung "with his
back toward lim. The flesh of the neck
swelled rapidly over the cord , giving it
the appearance of having cut in. It
turned from red to a sickly looking pur
ple. His convulsions were those of a
man choking to death ; his fingers
twitched nervously. After he was offi
cially pronounced dead the sheriff re
quested all to withdraw. Later the
bodies were taken down to be placed in
coffins and delivered to friends.
Pretty Addie Boyd , the girl who be
came enamored of Peter Banett and
circulated a petition in his behalfg for
weeks , and went to St. Paul Wednesday
so plead with the governor for him ,
called at tho jail at 10 o'clock this morn
ing and cried piteously because not al
lowed to see her lover again. Mrs. Bar
rett , the mother of tho boys , saw them
for the last time last evening. She was.
very much depressed and had to be as
sisted up the iron stairways leading to
the third tier of cells in the south wing
of the jail , where her sons were confined.
When she retired she was weeping nnd
had given up all hopes of a commutation
of sentence.
A Remarkable Model Corrmlfilea.
Washington dispatch : Prompters and
engineers connected with tho Nicara-
guan ship canal have completed a re
markable model of the canal in plaster
of paris , which has been on exhibition
here privately for the past two days. It
has attracted a great deal of attention
and has been inspected by n large num
ber of prominent public officials , army
and navy and engineer officers. The
model , thirty feet long and five feet
wide , nn-aceurate .representation as
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shown "by recent surveys of the country
through which the canal is to be con
structed. The model will be taken to
New York city , the permanent head
quarters of the canal company , in a day
or two , where it will be placed on exhi
bition. A. C. Cheney of New York ,
president of the canal construction com
pany , who has been in Washington for
several days , says .work will be besrnn at
once on the canal. Operations will first
begin at Grey town , on the eastern side ,
where the harbor approaches have to be
deepened and a railroad has to be built
across the swampy land ten miles into
the interior , nnd where , on the uplands ,
the company proposes to build quarters
for their workmenjising the railroad to
convey _ _ the men' to and. from then-
works in the harbor to their 'hoiiies.
The forests will at once be cleared away
along the proposed route of the canal
from Grey town to Lake Nicaragua and
a telegraph line will be built across to
the Pacific coast. Ample funds are in
hand , nnd within a few months , Mr.
Chene3' says , the work of carrying ont
this great engineering project , to which
he intends to devote his entire energies ,
will be fully under way.
An Order From the Postmaster General.
The postmaster general has issued an
order 'directing all clerks in the office of
: the , first assistant postmaster general ,
and such as may "be required "from the
other bureaus of the department , until
otherwise directed , to begin work at 8:30
a. m. , instead of 9 o'clock , as heretofore ,
and remain at their desks until 6 o'clock
p. m. , instead of 4 o'clock. This increase I
of hours is made for the purpose of fa
cilitating the dispatch of applications |
and preparations of papers for action in
the office of tho first assistant postmas
ter general. The clerks iu the dead let
ter office are also required to work from
8:30 a. m. until 6 p. m. , until the work
.now in arrears in v that division is
broughtnp. , & & . . - , , . ; * Ui ,
A. colored croolc in jail in llnnsns City
was visited by ten women , all claiming
to be his wives. Tho heartless turnkey
refused to turn him over to their tender
embraces , fearing a sudden raise in the
wool market
The citizens of Grand Island have ,
organized a base ball association and i
will join the inter-state league. '
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RAINFALL IN STATES AND TERRITORIES.
What i Bald n the Subject by General
a reel iof the Signal Service.
Washington dispatch : In pursuance
of a resolution introduced by Sonator
Mitchell , thoro has been printed n letter
from Genoral'Greely , of tho signal ser
vice , upon the rainfall of the Pacific
slopo and tho western statesand terri
tories. Accompanying General Greely's
letter is a paper by Lieutenant Glass-
ford , of the signal service , discussing
tho causes of the wet and dry seasons ,
tho abundance and deficiency in the
different portions of tho rainy season in
Arizona , etc. , fortified with charts and
tables exhaustive of the subject Theso
tables cover observations from 661 sta
tions of nn average length of seven
years and three months , and tho charts
show separately the maximum , mini
mum and mean rainfall for every month
and year.
The terms of the resolution mado it
General Greely's duty to "express his
viow upon tho importance nnd value of
theso charts and tables , and nlso infer-
entinlly to express his opinion on the
question of recurring droughtsin Texas ,
and in relation to tho vexed question of
increasing or decreasing tho rain fall in
the arid or sub-humid regions of the
nitedfStates. Pursuant to this instruc
tion , General Greely discusses the mat
ter at great length. Ho says :
"One of tho great results which must
redound to tho benefit of tho trans-
Mississippi and trans-Missouri country
by the publication of this official data
w 'ill bo its dispelling of erroneous and
injurious impressions which have long
prevailed regarding this extensive re
gion. In tho early century this terri
tory was viewed as hax-dly suited for civ
ilized man , its enormous plains and vast
mountains being represented as arid and
desert regions unsuited for cultivation ,
nnd in many cases even unfit for
pasturage. Adventure , exploration
and circumstance have pushed
tho frontier westward until the
myths of tho great American desert to
the north nnd of tho rainless "staked
plains" to the south have practically dis
appeared. It is none tho less true , how
ever , that tho latest and most reliable
American text book of meteorology of
this country speaks of tho nrea "be
tween the Sierra Nevadas and Bocky
Mountains , including portions of Utah.
New Mexico and California , as a region
which is almost destitute of rain , " and
that , further , on tho east sido of tho
Bocky Mountains "tho country is n
barren desert almost without rain.
"Another great value of the charts is
bringing to general attention ver3T ex
tensive areas of country in what has
been known as the and region , where
late and careful observations have
shown the rainfall to have been far
greater than has been usually attri
buted , and thus transfer these areas to
the sub-humid districts. "
The chief signal officer puts it for-
ward as his opinion that when Idaho ,
Nevada , Utah , New Mexico and Arizona
shall have been covered with rain gauges
as completely as New York or New Eng
land , the final outcome of tho observa
tion will indicate that the actual average
of rainfall for this arid region is now
understated by the census charts from
20 to 40 , and by the present charts from
10 to 15 per cent.
General Greely notes _ that observa
tions at sixteen stations indicate an in
crease in rainfall , whilo eight show a de
crease. These stations are located , in
Texas , Nevada , New Mexico , Indian
territory , California , Arizona and Kan
sas. In conclusion he says :
"The chief signal officer does not hes
itate to express the opinion that the
trans-Mississippi and trans-Missouri
rainfall is slightly increasing as a whole ,
though in certain localities it ma } ' be
slightly decreasing from the causes set
forth above , and it seems most proper
for him to put forth his strong convic
tion , even if it be not n certainty , when ,
as in this case , it will tend to reassure
the agricultural population in the lately
drought-stricken districts of the west.
There appears no possible reason to be
lieve that the scanty rainfall of tho past
} -ear or two will not bo followed by in
creasing precipitation in the next few
years , which will maintain the annual
rainfall of these sections at an average ,
or even increaso it. It is believed that
the interests of the entire country will
bo subserved by the publication of n
large edition of the rainfall charts and
tables accompanying this report.
BY THE TELEGRAPH AND HAIL
August von Pettenkoffen , the Austrian
painter , is dead.
Parnell's solicitor has secured the
diary of Pigott , the forger.
Speck & Hamlon , carriage makers , of
Sault Ste. Marie , Mich. , assigned.
Mrs. Cvrus W. Field , who is 80 years
of age , fell and broko her shoulder.
Count Herbert Bismarck has gone to
London in the interest of the Anglo-
German alliance.
Charles M. Hendley has been ap
pointed private secretary to the secre
tary of the treasuiy.
Deputies Palenyi and Kratzek fought
a duel nt Pesth yesterday. Neither of
the belligerents wero injured.
An explosion in the works of the Uni
ted States Dynamite company at Lake-
wood , N. J. , killed two men instantly.
Majors , the last of the men indicted
for the Mud Bun disaster , in which six
ty persons were killed , was acquitted.
An emigration agent in North Caro
lina who was inducing negroes to go
south was arrested and placed in jail at
Greensboro.
The Canadian parliament is consider
ing the question of excluding American
lard from the Dominion by increasing
the duty.
Prohibitionists of Hlinois aro jubilant
over their victory in getting the house
to submit a prohibitory amendment to
the constitution.
A Genoa paper states that so far this
year there have been fifteen duels and
sixteen suicides at Monte Carlo.
Mra. Pierce , of New Tork , who com
peted in the Nice beauty show , was
awarded first prize , which she returned
withthe request that it be devoted to
charitable purposes.
The president has - commuted to im
prisonment for life the sentence of
death imposed in the case of Albert
Green ( colored ) , convicted of murder
in the District of Columbia , September
last , and sentenced to be hanged the 5th '
of April. This is the first criminal case
in which President has
Harrison exer- :
cised clemency.
The nomination of Lewis Wolfely to i
be governor of Arizona is still pending j
before tho committee on territories.
There.nre cliarges-againsthim , itissaid > .
of a very serious • naturebnt \ thegen5 i
eral belief is that they cannot be susi i
tained , and that General Wolfely's nom- ;
inatiou will receive favorable report i
A girl in Norwalk , Conn. , refused to '
get married after all the guests had as- '
sembled , explaining that she had made J
np with an old lover and intended soon j
to go with him to the altar.
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Washington dispatch : Justico Motth- 'if * Jf
ews died in this city to-day. Tho last 3j ,
chance in tho condition of Justice
Matthews occurred yesterday aftemooa
at 3 o'clock. In tho morning he had f
been fooling quite comfortablo and * * *
cheerful. At that hour , however , tho <
intense pain which marked tho period of {
decline recurred and nover loft him un- ?
til death brought relief. Dr. Johnson j
was summoned , and finding his patient , ' *
suffering so intensely administered an . ) i
opiate , which toward morning induced a I
stato of semi-unconsciousness , in which . ( 1
he remained until the end. The imme- j 1
diate cause of death was exhaustion of
tho heart and congestion of the kidneys. v
The dying justice was surrounded by -jjj
tho members of his family who had been zi
with him throughout his illness. ' |
Tho reports of Justice Matthews' con- ' fj
dition during the past week had boon of g
such n cheering nnturo that apprehen- (
sion was in a great mensuro subdued
nnd tho news of his death came with a '
shock. Tho remains will bo intorred m
Spring Grovo cemetery , Cincinnati , and
arrangements for the funeral will not bo
perfected until tho nrrival of tho dead
jurist's eldest son , Mortimer Matthews , • .
of Cincinnati. _ - .
Justice Matthews has been an invalid • *
for a year or moro. During the winter . J
of 1887-88 ho frequently complained of I ,
indigestion and muscular rheumatism , ( '
and ns tho spring wore on began to
suffer from obstinate diarrhoea , from
which he lost a great deal of strength ,
nnd flesh. At tho time , noting upon tho '
ndvice of physicinns and friends , who
had great hones that a change of air I
might provo a lasting benefit , ho went
to Massachusetts , but continued to loso-
gronud. During tho summer ho had
severe attacks of muscular rheumatism ,
associated with high fever , which
would confine him to his bed for days l
at n time. On his return homo he be-
gan to improvo somewhat , but he con-
tinned to suffer from intermittent nt- -M
tacks which greatly reduced his strength
and flesh. Theso came on nt intervals
of three or four weeks. Bctwoou them m
he would havo periods of marked im- 9
provement and several times when Dr. M
Johnston was confidently hoping to % < M
be able to get him out , nnothcr nt- " * ' jfl
tnck would prostrate him and leave him , H
weaker than over. During last Febrnfl
ar3r ho suffered greatljFor about I
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eight weeks previous to his final illness - M
he had been nbsolutnly frco from pain , H
and his physician and family had great H
hopes of his ultimate recovery , but ' fl
about the 4th of March he had an acute , fl
attack of high fever , which lasted sev- .1
eral days nnd which very much ex- ij
hausted him. After this passed off ho jfl
seemed to be improving , with a return H
of appetite , but a recurrence of chills . fl
nnd fever , nssocinted with cystitis , still H
further added to his exhaustion and do- • V
bility. Yesterday afternoon he had a fl
prolonged chill and high fever , which i fl
brought on intense local suffering. This \H
was followed in a few hours by another B
chill , from which ho could not rally. H
He continued to lose strength and died IS
a few minutes after 10 o'clock this morn- i fl
ing. The immediate cause of his death * H
was exhaustion of the heart aud conges- , fl
tion of the kidneys. , S
[ Stanley Matthews was born in Cin- fl
cinnati , O. , July 21 , 1824. He was grad- . J |
uatcd at Kenyon college iu 1840 , studied : \wM \
-law , and was admitted to tho bar , set- | jfl
tling in Manry county , Tennessee. Ho IJH
shortly afterward returned to Cincin- JH
nati , early engaged in the anti-slavery i jfl
movements , and m 1846-9 was an assist- , •
nut editor of the Cincinnati Herald , the'H
first daily anti-slavery newspapor in tho . jfl
city. He became judge of the supremo ' M
court of common pleas of Hamilton M
county in 1854 , was state sena- M
tor in 1855 , and in 1858-61 was JH
United States attorney for the - M
southern district of Ohio. In May , M
1861 , he was commissioned lieuten- J H
ant colonel of the Twenty-third Ohio i J
regiment , and served in West Virginia , M
participating in the battles of Rich M
mountain and Carnafex ferry. In Octo- ' M
her , 1861 , he became colonel of the H
Fifty-seventh Ohio regiment , aud in H
that capacity commanded a brigade in lH
tho Army of the Cumberland and was 'H
engaged at Dobb's ferry , Murfreesbor- H
ough , Chickamauga and Lookout moun- H
, tain. He resigned from the army in H
1363 to become judge of the superior M
court of Cincinnati , and was a presiden- H
tial elector on the Lincoln and Johnson jH
ticket in 1864 and the Grant and Colfax M
ticket in 1868. In 1864 ho was a dele- H
gate from the Presbyterry of Cincinnati M
r
to the general assembly of the. Presby- ; | H
terian church in Newark , N. J. , and > |
as one of the committee on bills and i l
overtures reported the resolutions that fH
were adopted by the assembly on the Ij l
suljject of slavery. He was defeated as * v |
republican candidate for congress in I H
1876 , and in the next year was one of - > M
the counsel before the electoral com- ' |
mitice , opening the argument in be- ' H
half of the republican electors in the j |
Florida case and making the principal ' ' l
argument in the Oregon cose. In March t H
he was elected United States senator in H
place of John Sherman , who had re- ' |
signed. In 1881 he was appointed asso- ' \ |
ciate justice of the United States sn- JJH
preme court ] | H
LIVE STOCK AXI > PRODUCE MAltKETS. IlkH
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Quotations from yew Tort : , Chicago , Omaha , ' * |
and JiUncliere. ; < l
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Wheat No. 2 76 @ 76 ? jiflH
Con.i No. 2 mixed 19 @ 19- ' ' H
Oats No. 2 22 @ 22J f l
Rye 29 @ 29& I H
Botteii Creamery 24 Go 26 i H
Bctteh Choica roll 17 @ * If. l B
Eggs Fresh 11 @ 12 k i l
CniCKESS dresaed * .8 < . @ 30 \ 1 1
TintKEVs 11 @ 12 \ I H
Lemons Choice , perbox. . . 3 00 ( jfl 4 00 > H
OnANaES Per box 3 25 @ 4 00 - : H
Onions Per bu 00 ( g > 55 'j l
Potatoes Nebraska 30 @ 35 i H
Tchnips Per bu 20 @ 25 H
APPL.E8 Per bbl 2 GO @ 3 00 | H
Beans Navies 2 10 @ 2 20 V l
Wool. Fine , per ! b 16 @ 18 f H
Honey 15 ( g is l H
Chopped Feed Per ton 12 00 @ 13 00 I H
Hay Bailed 4 00 @ GOO > H
Iloaa Mixed packing 4 40 @ 4 45 ' 1
Hoos Heavy weights. . . . . . 4 45 @ 4 50 J H
Beeves Choice steers 2 90 ( as 3 30 < H
Sheep Choice Western. 3 80 @ 4 30 H
NEW YOllK. M
Wheat No. 2 red 90X < & 91 J l
Cohn No. 2 42 @ 42jj - * l
Oats Mixed western 29 * @ 33 \ ii l
1o k 13 00 @ 13 50 i H
Laud 7 22 @ 7 22 # f H
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Wheat Perlmsliel 94 @ 95VJ • * < 'i ' H
Cokn Per busliel 34 @ 341 H
Oats Per bushel 24 ( jfl 24'4 H
Pork 11 90 ( § 11 95 j H
Laud 6 G7 @ G 80 Q M
Hogs Packing Asliippiuj. 4 GO @ 4 SO V H
Cattle Stockers 2 00 @ 3 35 'j H
Shexp Natives „ 3 50 @ 4 85 \ , V H
ST. LOUIS. ' H
Wheat No. 2 red cash. . . . . . 91 . ; 92 i 'l l
ConNT gerbushel. . . . . . 2BJ @ 2 ' " L H
Oats Per bushel 24 @ 2G ! l
rloas Mixed packing . 4 60 @ 4 75 1
Cattle Feeders 2 10 © 3 15 t |
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Wheat Per bushel 89 @ 91 ; |
Cohn Perbushel 23K@ 24J j H
Oats Per bushel. . . . . 22 " @ ' 22 i |
Cattle Stockers feeder * . 1 * 50 @ 3 20 j H
Hoob Good toohoIca .M.4 25 Q 16i > - H