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I ABOUT NEBRASKA.
if : Hall's Maximum Tariff Bill.
U- * The maximum tariff bill for the rega
in lation of local freight rates , as amended
11 by the author , was passed by a vote of
& i 61 to 83. The bill fixes a legal olassifl-
I f cation of freight , being substantially
jlj 1 the sumo as what is known as tho west-
l& ' , ' orn classification. Bootion G contains
tho essence of the bill , and as amended
fr reads as follows :
ii ; Section C. That the board of trans-
. I portation are hereby empowered and di-
" rected to reduoe the rates on any class
_ " or commodity in tho schedulo of rates
- fixed in this act. and to revise and
% * change said oaesification ? of freight , as
k hereinbefore in this act established , so
to work a reduction in any rate ,
whenever it shall seem } iist and reason
able to a majority of said board so as to
. 2oduce any rato ; and said board of
I transportation are hereby empowered
r to raise tho rate "ou any class or com-
. / * modity in tho schedulo of rates fixed in
jp * J this act whenever four-fifths of said
I ' board , upon examination and hearing
I j had ns in other cases , shall by their
\ \ totes find and declaro that said rato as
I" fcerein fixed is not compensatory for tho
W\ fervice rendered , and paid board are
I ) • also hereby empowered to revise and
m\ change said classification of freight ,
m ) | as hereinbefore in this act established ,
j I 80 as to raise any rato , whenever four-
Hi/ j fifths of said board shall , upon exam-
WjjL ination and hearing had as in other
T cases , by their votes find and declare
HJ that the said classification of freight , as
H : hereinbefore established , ' when the rates
H' are applied is not compensatory for the
Bt hervice rendered. When any change of
B rntes or in classification shall bo made
H by said board it shall be the duty of
K j Miid board to cause notice tlioreof to be
H'/ published two successive weeks in some
" ' - | . public newspaper published in the city
j of Lincoln , in this state , which notice
! shall stato tho date of the taking effect
of such change of rato or classification
so mado by said board and published in
said notice shall take effect at tho time
L so stated in said notice , and said
Br I changed rato as in this section mad *
Bit a"d published shall be a reasonable
B | maximum rate within tho meaning ol
B | section three of this act.
HE 1 Section 7 provides that any railroad
Bl that shall classify freight differently
H" J than is fixed by this act , by _ means of
WfJ which the rates on such article is in-
fllLl I creased , or shall make a greater charge
Wmji than i : allowed by this act , said railroad
HI I - shall forfeit to the party injured the
HI ) sum of one thousand dollars , to be re-
H covered as debts of that amount are now
H | recovered by law. -
H | Arbor Day , Monday , April 22d.
Hi On Monday , April 22 , will occur the
HI annual celebration of "Arbor day" in
HI this state , and Governor Thayer has
1 issued the following proclamation re-
lating thereto :
HI ) The time is now at hand when ntten-
H ? ' tion should be given to tho planting oi
HI I trees and shrubbery. It is a most pleas-
HI ) ant dnty and one tho results of which
HI ' we hope to enjoy , and which will bo ap-
B m preciated by the people of coming gen-
H erations. This custom , of which this
HlT state i/S tho origin , has come to be
El regarded as a sacred obligation
Bl \ The advantageous results of tree
Bit planting must bo admitted by all. By
Hgl t it we bless ourselves and confer bless-
HM I * n8 uP ° n our children and children's
Hlf children. The laws of Nebraska have
Kfl | set aside the 22d of April of each 3'ear as
Bft Arbor day , and the people generally in
K4 { the past have observed it as such.
BV Therefore , in accordance with the
Km statute , and with this bountiful custom ,
KJ | I , John jVL Thayer , governor of the
K # ! state of Nebraska , do hereby issue my
Bi proclamation , declaring Monday , the
HRI 22d of the present month of April , as a
Hn day to be observed as Arbor day.
Hgj And I do most earnestly invite all the
ByW people of the stato to observe it as such ,
Hf and devote the day to this most worthy
He. and benificent purpose , namely , the
Bn planting of trees. *
Hi People in all ages of the worldliave
KJ | appreciated the value and the advan-
Kc tages of trees , and tho planting of them
d is an evidence of culture and refine-
K ] ment. It exerts a purifying influence ,
Bb ! > and it shows how ready nature is to as-
Hfi sist us in extending such influence. Na-
BS | | ture is only waiting for us to prepare
VVl the way , that she may follow our labors
v with happy results. "We do our part
Hr and nature does tho rest.
Ef Plant trees and shrubbery ; plant them
Bv. in groves ; adorn the homes and high-
H < | ways ; plant in parks and places of re-
H If sort ; plant them in cemeteries. It will
Bw | Zj be a graceful tribute to the dead , and
" • will beautify their silent home. Let all
i engage in the performance of this duty
and they will confer a blessing upon our
HB- i state. John M. Thate
BM I By the governor :
BK G. It. JQaws , Secretary.
HI STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF.
H Barbers of Omaha have petitioned
H i the mayor to order their shops closed on
Br Sunday.
B ) > The governor has signed House Boll
H > ! * No. 95 , the bill making the herd law ap-
Bj 1 plicable to all parts of the state.
H S " * • * es ° ' Central City's system of
H * waterworks was made last week under
H ! the supervision of A. A. Bichardson ,
Hj consulting engineer. It was satisfactory
BB in every respect , showing that Central
BB City has one of the best sj'stems in tho
BB state and at a cost far below what it has
H | cost other cities to construct similar
BBi plants.
H Tho advanced class of the Cam-
; bridge school havo organized a reading
BB class for the purpose of reading and
BB studying ancient history , says the Ka-
BBj lcidoscope.
1 Tho Shelton Clipper says that the
BB congregation of the M. E. church pre-
K sented their pastor , Bev. G. H. Mc-
BBJ Adam , with a Webster's unabridged
BB ? dictionary and holder , a serviceable
BBj present , on the occasion of his birth-
BH day.
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BBJ - Twb ladies have "been * elected for
H rthelschool board at Beatrice.
BBJ Bids are out for the building of a
Bl Presbyterian church at Bennett.
H Seward will fight it out on the li-
BBB cense and no license issue.
H The test of the new filters for the
H Beatrice water works demonstrated they
H would stand a pressure of 125 pounds
H more than required for fire purposes.
BBB A four Jiorse test of capacity was made.
BBB The engine made thirty revolutions per
BBH . minute , and in four hours pumped 190 , -
BBB 424 gallons , or 1,100,000 gallons in
BBh twenty-four hours. The Beatrice water
BBB works can now furnjsh over 1,000,000
B gallons of pure , clear water every
B tweutyjfour hours.
H he Ponca Journal states that Miss
B Baker , of Iowa , a graduate of Dexter
BBB college , has been appointed to fill a va-
H cancy in the publio school at that place.
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Tho cable and horse car compaoiea
of Omaha have consolidated. The cap *
ital stock of the new corporation to
placed at $4,000,000 , with shares of $100
each/
Under the act just passed by the
legislature , tho Chicago , Kansas & Ne
braska railway company has become a
domestic corporation of the state bf
filing articles of incorporation with the
secretary of stato.
Tho Ogallala board of trade is using
every reasonable effort to get the Sioux
City & Denver railroad to cross the
Union Pacific at Ocrallala , it being on a
direct lino from Broken Bow to Den
ver. At a meeting recently a commit
tee was appointed to have a personal in
terview with the officials of that road.
Tho entire high license ticket was
elected at Tobias.
A man named Crane , a prominent
liveryman of Fairbnry , was thrown from
a buggy by a runaway team. His left
fihouldur and loft arm wore broken , and
ho was otherwise injured. He is not ex
pected to live.
On May 1 , 1889 , tho Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad company will , at
old Port Casper , Wyoming , begin
throwing dirt on tho new extension from
the western terminus of its Fremont.
& Missouri Valley line to Ogden and
Salt Lake City , Utah.
Tho Pacific railway investigating
commission , which was expected in
Omaha in April , has postponed its trip
until October.
A thousand of tho following hand
bills were thrown on the streets of Fair-
bury : "Independent voters of Fair-
bury , select your tickets. Break the
ring. Do away with horsewhipping. "
Quito n little feeling has grown from the
whipping of tramps the other night and
trouble is possibly coming.
Tho waterworks constructed by
Strang < fc Co. , for Fairbury , were tested
by tho fire department , and pronounced
satisfactory by the citizens' committee.
They will now be accepted by the coun
cil.
Tho new state board of transporta
tion has selected as secretaries Gilchrist ,
Gilkeson and Garher , the last th.e.gon of
ex-Gov. Garber.
On account of an error injbho en
rolled copy of the appropriation bill ,
which was discovered last week , tho
stato historical society is deprived of
any appropriation for tho coming two
years , and the stato horticultural society
is provided for twice. In copying the
word "horticultural" was written in
place of "historical. "
A Madrid dispatch says : E. C.
Maher , formerly of Omaha , left his
home in northeastern Chase county last
Tuesday a week ago for Imperial , to re
ceive a loan of $500 , which he secured
and left for home early the following
morning. He has not been heard of
since and foul play is suspected. A
search has been instituted with the
hope of finding a clue to the mystery.
Tho mental equilibrium of a daugh
ter of Mr. Samuel MoConkey who lives
south of Plattsmouth is slightly unbal
anced and some of her erratio actions
are attended with very unpleasant and
dangerous results. Her last exploit
nearly resulted iu the death of a brother
and two ladies visiting the family. The
ingredients of some pastry partaken of
by these people contained poison which
made tho parties deathly sick and only
by tho timely assistance of a physician
were they enabled to recover from the
effects.
effects.A
A masked and armed burglar en
tered the room of Al Noragon , at the
Pacific hotel in Fairmont. Noragon
was awakened by the intrusion and
sprang from the bed , whereupon the
burglar fired an ineffectual shot at him
and fled , escaping from the building
through the rear door. Noragon is con
templating starting iu business at Fair
mont and was supposed to have money
about him. There is no clue to the
offender.
The governor last week received a
telegram that three persons , supposed
to be cattle thieves , had been taken
from near Springview , T e3ra Paha coun
ty , into Dakota by vigilantes. Instruc
tion was atv 'once wired to the sheriff of
that county to summon a posse and res
cue these parties. The laws must be
enforced and cattle thieves punished ,
says the governor , but mob violence
cannot be permitted.
The drillers at the coal find at Ulys
ses brought out a core of ten feet. At
fifty-five feet a vein of coal two inches
in thickness was penetrated , above
which was about twelve inches of slate
and shale , and below a stratum of lime
stone.
The governor has issued his pro
clamation organizing Thurston county
and fixing Pender as the county seat.
A young woman named Tempest
applied to the county judge at Nebraska
City last week for a warrant for bas
tardy. When asked for whom she
wanted the warrant issued she named
two prominent young men of that city ,
but said she was not quite certain which
one she was after. The warrant was
not issued. One of the young men
named has left the city.
Omaha fignres by her school cen
sus that she has a population of 141,701.
Captain E. C. Parkinson , late ser-
geant-at-arms of the senate , last week
returned from Washington. "I saw
Congressman Jim Laird several times
and had a long talk with him , " he re
marked , "and you can say that there iB
absolutely no foundation for all these
stories about his fatal illness. He is
now under the care of competent physi
cians and is completely in their control.
He is improving every day. "
The wedding of Senator F. D. Tag-
gart , of Hastings , and Miss Lulu B.
Williams is now announced to take
place in Lincoln on the 16th inst. Ibia
understood that a large number of in
vitations will be issued and the affair
will be a notable event in society cir
cles. The honeymoon is to be spent in
Europe.
At Ogallala five tramps broke into
the ttwelling house of Mike O'Brien
and robbed the building- over § 300'
wcth of property , including a gold
watch , notes , money and clothing. The
burglars were caught by Sheriff Kizer
and nearly all the property recovered.
They now languish in jail ,
The Nebraska State Board of Agri
culture has jnst issued a valuable com
pilation of statistics of Nebraska.
Maria Atkinson , the wife of the
man who was murdered at Daykin last
fall by Shiel , tho saloon keeper , sued
his bondsmen , John Cnrtin and Mike
Higgin , for § 5,000. The jury awarded
her damages in the amount of $3,600.
Gresham citizens have decided to
build a $2,500 school house , work to
commence at once.
O'Neill is now a city of the second- i
class and elected her first maydr on the.
2d. John McBride was chosen. -
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Fairbury takes high license in hers.
As Victor Pntnara , who mends
watches in tho establishment of Hallet ,
of Lineoln , was entoriug tho storo of
G. B. Chapman , in that city , ho saw a
man purloining knives. Ho stopped
him and ordered him to ratnrn the
knives. The only reply was a thrust of
one of the knives-at Putnam'o neck.
The blade struck tho tall collar worn
by Putnam and glancing made a oevero
wound in his neck. The mon then
escaped and has not yet been captured.
G. L. Wagner's hardware store at
Hampton was burglarized last week.
The safe door was blown off and the
contents extracted. There was about
$25 in the safe. The burglars took a
lot of knives , razors and rovolvers. A
hammor.and cold chissel from a neigh
boring blacksmith shop was loft in the
store.
, Ben Purcell and William Stevens ,
who were captured near Lincoln for n
burglary committed at Palmyra were
brought to Palmyra last week. They
waived examination and were bound
over to the district court under $500
bonds eaoh.
About fifty families , says a Nio
brara dispatch , havo crossed from Da
kota during tho past three days and are
negotiating the < renting of farms for the
season. They are from Wisconsin aud
Iowa , and came hero with the expecta
tion of finding the Sioux reservation
opened to settlement. Being disap
pointed in this the } ' do not propose to
back out and are going to put in Iheir
time profitably and be ready for its
final opening.
By a gasoline explosion at Grand
Island an Italian was severely burned
about the face.
Figuring by the school census
Omaha makes out a population of 140-
000.
The residence of Frank Launtchein ,
in Kearney addition , Nebraska City ,
was destroyed by fire. The family had
a narrow escape. Loss , $1,800 ; insur
ance , $1,200.
A starch factory company is about
to be incorated in Beatrice.
The Omaha board of trade is going
to take a trip to the Block Hills country ,
going on the Elkhorn road.
.v The committee fronutho state fire-
men's association > with whom rested the
location of this year's stato tournament ,
met in Bed Cloud last week and ac
cepted a proposition from the Bed
Cloud department and located their
tournament there. This date for hold
ing the tournament was decided on and
will be July 16th to 19th inclusive.
Samuel Crockermau , aged 18 years ,
was attacked by a mad steer on the
farm of Hal Stines , near Fairmont , and
was _ fatally injured , dying soon after the
accident.
The work of ballasting the main
line of the Union Pacific is to begin at
the earliest possible moment and pre
parations are already being made for
that purpose.
Three men named Bandt , Both and
Edwards , were severely burned in a
prairie fire in Wheeler county. A large
number of buildings were burned.
On the 5th of June a non-partisau
convention will be held in Lincoln for
the purpose of organizing the state to
carry the prohibition amendment.
The falling off in the earnings of
the Burlington route during the last
year , owing to the engineers' strike , the
adverse legislation and the rate wars ,
has made retrenchment necessary. The
Plattsmouth shops , in which some 900
men are employed , are feeling the effect
of the reduction in workinsr eight hours
instead of ten , and the force is being
reduced.
Wisser brothers , charged with in
cendiarism in burning the school house
at Nenseel , were acquitted recently in
the district court at Valentine.
The Burlington has reduced its
train service between Chicago and Lin
coln about 6,000 miles per week , a saving
of about $3,000 per week.
John E. Uleuricy , of Nebraska
City , was found dead in a Lincoln ho
tel Jasfc week , having been asphyxiated
by gas. He blew out the jet instead of
turning it off. The body when found
showed no signs of suffering , but lay
easily in bod , and hanging to the gas
jet was a card saying , "Do not blow out
the gas. "
Both the B. & M. and Union Pacific
roads are discharging men all along
their lines.
v Some fiend in human form started a
prairie fire which swept the entire
northeastern portion of Dixon county.
It burned up hay stacks , barns and out
buildings , destroyed groves of trees ,
and in fact eveiything which came in
its track.
A well-to-do farmer of Webster
count } ' last week found his daughter in
an Omaha house of ill fame and took
her home with him.
It is rumored that the Union Pacifi
has in contemplation a line from Omaha
to Lincoln via Golmore , Neb. , and a
line from Lincoln to McCool Junction ,
on the Kansas City & Omaha.
Ekhard Helwig , a young man who
worked for Mr. C. Schneider near Sny
der , was killed lost week. Helwig and
another of Mr. Schneider's men drove
to the Elkhorn river after some fence
posts. Ho dn vi > two young horses ,
which bpcame tVu'hti'ned and ran away ,
killing the driver instantly.
Walderimir Hanson and his wife ,
living four miles southwest of Craig ,
attempted suicide by taking large doses
of horse liniment. They were married
about five weeks ago and frequently
quarrelled both before and since. This
with their poverty was the cause. Han
son made an attempt to end his life once
before they were married.
The business men of Beemer have
established a canning factory with a
capital stock of $10,000.
The question of erecting a new
court house will not be submitted to the
voters of Seward county until the regu
lar November election.
is this an April Fool Story.
A special dispatch from Washburn ,
North Dakota , says that M. A. Williams
and his brother , Tom Williams , trappers ,
a few weeks ago went up the Little
Minowa trapping. The second morning
after they went into camp they found
their traps had been visited and the
game taken out The next night Tom
remained out to watch for the thieves.
In the middle of tho night his brother
was awakened by several shots , and
sprang out of bed to see Tom fall across
the doorway a corpse. Fifteen Indians
came up and opened fire on the sur
vivor. Williams protected himself as
well as he could and opened fire on tho
Indians with two heavy revolvers , and ,
according to the dispatch , mauaged to
kill eleven of the Indians , when the
other four fled. Williams , although
severely'wounded , managed to bury his
brother and drifted down the river in a
boat to Fort Stevenson.
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* AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Notes of Interest from the Jfuttonal Heal of
Government ,
Washington special : President Har
rison lias decided to take a couplo of
dajs' vacation and get away from tho
worries and careswhich t havo been
forced upon him through the impor
tunities of tho crowd of ofllco seekers
who still remain in Washington. He
will leave early to-morrow morning on
a revenue cutter for a trip down the
Potamao river and into tho Chesapeake
bay. Tho president will be accompanied
by the members of his family and possi
bly Secretary Wiridom. His absonco
will prevent the appointment of any one
until his return , which will bo , accord
ing to the programme , on Wednesday.
President Harrison has been occupied
at his desk almost continuously from
.morning till late at night since he was
inaugurated and the pressure is telling
upon him , so that the rest is essential to
his health. In taking this trip tho Pres
ident is following the course of Presi
dent Arthur , who frequently mado short
trips away from Washington on tho
United States steamer Dispatch. There
are no vessels of the navy at Washing
ton just now , except an old receiving
ship , so that a revenue cutter had to be
brought into service.
COLORED OFFICE SEEKERS.
H. P. Cheatham , of North Carolina ,
who is the only colored member of tho
Fifty-first congress , is here with ox-
Congresman Smalls , of South Carolina ,
and the two men are taking an activo
part in securing appointments for the
colored people of tho south. They re
port , that their success so far has been
confined almost exclusively to the rail
way mail service and minor positions in
the departments. They do not believe
that it is the intention of President
Harrison to appoint many postmasters ,
collectors and other officers in tho
south from the colored ranks on account
of tho deep prejudice against the race
on the part of tho white democrats.
They say the administration can recog
nize tho colored vote quite as liberally
and not put them in executive positions.
SUNDAY MORNING INSPECTION.
A great. manjr army officers hope for
the good of tho army that the proposed
general order abolishing Sunday morn
ing inspection will not be pursued.
There are no good leasons advanced
by its advocates , and there are many
why it should remain as it is. Saturday
in both tho army and navy is looked
upon as "cleaning day , " so far as the
garrisons and ships are concerned , and
no military duty other than that abso
lutely necessary is performed. The new
idea is to have the weekly inspection
fixed for Satnnhvy afternoon. This
makes Sunday a virtual loafing day , and
idleness begets wickedness. Such dis
tinguished veterans as the late General
Sheridan and General Sherman were
opposed to tho proposed change.
On this subject General Sherman very
truly said : "Every well regulated fam-
il3r provides the children with a bath , a
change of clothing and a general pol
ishing up on Sunday morning , and the
soldiers being the children of the gov
ernment should be treated in the same
way. "
POSTAIi CHANGES.
The following changes have been
made in Nebraska , Dakota and Iowa
postmasters :
Nebraska N. Channey appointed at
Davey , Lancaster county , vice P. Dore ,
resigned.
A new office is established at Per
kins , Perkins county , with Miss Maggie
Wethnoax as postmistress.
Also a new office at Batcliffberg , Vin
ton county , with J. M. Clark post
master.
Also a new office at Otis , Hamilton
county , but no postmaster , as there was
no candidate.
Dakota E. Hughes appointed at
Antelope , Stark count } ' , vice S. C. Cal
lahan , resigned.
J. B. Sprague at Forest Biver , Wash
ington county , vice J. B. Warren , re
signed.
A. Sutton at Hillsview , McPherson
county , vice C. Flanery , resigned.
A. J. Porter at Orient , Falk county ,
vice J. J. Conway , removed.
Iowa S. M. Webster , appointed at
Bondies , Howard count } * , vice F. Shu-
mnker , resigned.
A. Kaufman at Four Corners , Jeffer
son county , vice J. Leafsrreen , resigned.
W. J. Lancelot at Gray , Audubon
county , vice B. Lebeck , removed.
F. G. Martin , at Lexington , Wash
ington county , vice W. Kilpatrick , re
moved.
C. H. Sands at Mallard , Palo Alto
county , viceV. . McKimberg.
C. J. Sample at Mt. Sterling , Van
Buren county , vice L. N. Gabbert , re
moved.
J. H. Cast at Prole , Warren county ,
vice J. C. Shiftier , removed.
G. W. Howland at Bockville , Cerro
Gordo county , vice H. M. Laughlin , re
moved.
W. S. Sloan at Bodman , Palo Alto
county , vice M. S. Fretz , resigned.
She May Have it for the Asking.
Baltimore ( Md. ) dispatch : The Sun's
Bichmond , Va. , special says : It is as
serted upon the authority of Mr.
Blaine's warmest personal friends here
that Mrs. Stonewall Jackson has been
offered tho postoffice at Bichmond or
Charlotte , N. C. Some days ago , as al-
ready telegraphed , Mrs. Jackson was
assured upon authority of the same re
publican leaders that if she would ac
cept it she could have the appointment
of postmaster at Lexington , Va. The
climate of that section of the state does
not agree with this lady , and for that
and various other reasons the proffer
was declined. The same republican
leaders insist that the widow of the dis
tinguished confederate chieftain has
only to signify her willinguessfto accept
and she can have her choice of the post-
office at Bichmond or at Charlotte , N.
C. This assurance has been communi
cated to Mrs. Jackson by her Bichmond
friends. She is living with her aged
father in Carhart , Lincoln county , N. C.
Her home is twenty miles from Char
lotte , the nearest railroad or telegraph
station , ai.d it will be a day or two be- |
fore a reply can be had. The Bich
mond postoffice is worth S4.000 a year
and is a bone of contention between
Mahone and the Wise factious.
Fiendish Aitempl io Wreck a Train.
Mansfield ( O. ) , dispatch : A-fiendish
attempt was made to wreck the Penn
sylvania limited vestibule passenger
train near Cauton about midnight.
Pieces of iron were tightly wedged into
a switch near a little town. An east-
bound passenger train passed safely
over the obstruction , but tho unusual
jolting caused the trainmen to become
alarmed and reported the trouble to the .
operator , who investigated the cause
and stopped the limited before it reach- '
ed the switch. The irons had been ' .
placed in the switch with the east ends ;
raised so as to derail the westbound i
train , while allowing the eastbound to ,
pass over only with little jarring. The ,
switch is only sixty feet from a bridge ,
and the momentnm would have thrown •
the whole train into the creek and the \
consequences would have been terrible. :
They say 7,000 bookkeepers are idle in i
New York. <
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PLUNGING INTO A PRAIRIf ; FIRE.
27te JCxcUliifi Kxpertenee of a Train Load o ]
Vainengtrs In VitUota ,
Chamberlain ( S. D. ) special : The
great blizzard of 188S became famous
and will be roniombored for inauy years
for its destructiveness to life aud iU >
length and severity. But tho wind
storm thnt visited South Dakota on
Tuesday aud Wcdnesda } ' , while prob
ably not having strewn in its path so
much pain aud death , has left blackoned
reminders in tho ashes of homes and
villages. It was a ventablo simoon of
fire dust , smoko and destruction. Tho
counties of South Dakota will feel tho
effects of tho storm for years. Tho
wind began blowing at 11 o'clock Tues
day , and by 1 o'clock tho air was fillod
with dust and ashes from tho prairies
which had been burned over a few days
previous , and it was next to impossible
to cross the street or live iu tho storm.
Tho train from the east had a terrible
experience two miles east of Mt. Ver
non. A destructive prairie firo was
raging at that point , and the dust and
smoke made the surroundings as dark
as night. The engineer plunged the
train into tho darkness and the first
thing he know ho found the ties on firo
for nearly a mile ahead. Ho checked
the train fearing to advance lest ho
should find no track ahead of him , and
thero in tho suffocating smoke" and
scorching heat , with blazing ties under
neath tho train , and flames on each sido
of tho track , tho crew sought to extin
guish tho flames and savo thp train.
The passongers became excited and
coaxed to be released from the death by
fire or suffocation that seemed so near
at hand ; children cried from pain aud
gasped for fresh air , and strong men be
came desperate and left the train to
fight the flames only to return to tho
coaches exhausted. For a time escape
seemed impossible , and several of tho
passongers gave up ; several ladies
prayed aloud , and some of the male
passengers swore at tho obtuseness of
the engineer for going into that hell
of fire and smoko so far that he could
not return , whilo on all faces wero
pictured the fright so natural to
mankind when death appears to be
only a few moments hence. Hardy de
termined manhood paled at the pros
pect. The train crew and passengers
worked heroically. Men bent , forward ,
gasping for breath , would feel their
Ava } ' to tho tender and get water to dash
on the burning ties while others would
go a few feet ahead of the engine tasee
whether it was safe to move ahead. It
Avas dangerous to move. Behind the
road was on firo as far as the eye could
see , whilo ahead all was darkness and
mystery. But it was death to linger in
that cauldron of fire , and when the
surroundings either meant moving or
death , the effort was worth the attempt ,
and a start was made. Tho suspense
and horror of the few moments required
to pass over the burning track and
through the terrible heat and smoko
cannot bo expressed. No one know but
what the train would tumble into the
ditch and be a mass of flames in a
moment.
The passengers look back upon the
horrors of that hour on a burning track ,
in a galo nearly equal to a cyclone , as
as the most trying scene of their lives.
One such experience is enough for a
lifetime. The passage was made in
safety , and when the danger was over ,
words of praise at the almost miracu
lous escape of all on board rose on
every lip.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS AND NOTES.
The postoffice at Oseola , Neb. , has
been raised from the fourth to the pres
idential class.
Herbert Chambers , of Chicago , has
been arrested for stealing $800 from his
employers.
Germany has ordered three vessels to
Samoa to replace those lost in the recent
hurricane.
The Santa Fe road has arranged for
money to cany it over nntil this year's
crops are assured.
One man robbed a coach near Mur
phy Station , Cal. Very little booty avus
secured.
It is reported that a conspiracy against
the life of the czar has been discovered
at Petersburg.
The American sugar refinery , of San
Francisco , avos formally sold to tho
Eastern sugar trust on the 1st.
Betty Shea , of Lexington , Ky. , was
found in her room A\ith her brains
beaten out.
Countess Josephine Badelzki com
mitted suicide in London by shooting
herself with a revolver.
The debts of Vandertalen , who re-
centlj' suicided in Brussels , are said to
amount to § 920,000 and assets $240,000.
The committee of the house of com
mons has approved the proposal for in
creasing the naval strength of England.
Lansing Lossing , of Greenwood
township , Michigan , is short in his ac
counts with the township , and is under
arrest.
Adele Menard , a 17-year-old girl ,
committed suicide in Minneapolis by
shooting. She Avas undoubtedly insane.
The eldest son of John Bright , who
is a 'liberal unionist , Avill contest the
saat in commons , mads vacant by the
death of his father.
In attempting to ford a stream near
Clinton , Mo. , on Sunday , the wagon of
flnhu Boyle'avos o\'erturned and four of
his childred were drowned.
E. P. Allis , head of the great Beliance
works of Milwaukee , died on the 1st.
He employed about 1,500 men , with
whom he was always on the most friend
ly terms , e\'en during the labor troubles
of recent years. ,
General Butler lost his temper while
arguing a case in the supreme court at
Washington and referred to Browning ,
opposing counsel , as a cur , to which the
latter replied by saying that he did not
propose to be bullied by a bull dog.
The court called them to order by
threatening a fine.
The secretary of the navy has cabled
to Auckland that men of the wrecked
naval vessels who are sent home are to
come to San Francisco. BeneAved in-
structions-hiive beenjsent to Sa h Fran
cisco to hurry forward the preparations
of the Charle- n aud ever3' effort will
be made to gqt her gnus and carriages
transported overland at the earliest pos
sible moment.
Reduction o ! Telegraph Rates.
Chicago dispatch : On and after April
1 Western Union telegraph rates from
and to Chicago will be reduced as fol
lows : In Alabama , Georgia , Missis-
ippi , North and South Carolina , from
60 to 50 cents for ten words or less ; Col
orado , New Brunswick , Texas and Wy
oming , from 75 cents to 60 cents ; Cali
fornia , Oregon , Arizona. Idaho , Ne
vada and Washington territory , from SI
to 75 cents. After April 1 there will be
no higher Western Union rate from
Chicago for ten words than 75 cents to
any point in the United States or Can
ada.
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THE DAKOTA PLAINS SWEPT 1Y FIRE.
Many t'armr Lot * JCverjjthnifj and A"m.
vie rout Town * are Completely Wiped Out
Mitchell ( DakJ dispatch ; Nobody
but a man who has stood bofore a
prairio firo and tried to stay its awful
rush and roar when it is fanned by a
fresh wind , can appreciate its almost
resistless forco. Tho fires that have
brought so much loss and suffering to
southeast Dakota in tho last fow days
Avere practically irresistible The
flames in eomo instances leaped
100 feet of plowed ground and rushed
away on thoir career of destruction.
All ordinary precautions wero in vain.
Tho spring has boon very dry and tho
top of tho ground has been dusty or
'jaked , and an extremely high Avind
prevailed during the fires.
Under tho conditions , Avhenover tho
firo touches tho grass it burst out with
a flash almost like powder and shot
away across tho prairio like an arrow ,
its cour.se over widening. To extinguish
it by water , of course , Avas out of tho
question. Tho plowing of firo breaks
was slowwitk , and the high wind often
drove tho flames across them.
It Avas early in the afternoon when
tho people of Mount Vernon saw tho
wide spreading prairio nortlrwest of
them break out into a blaze. The
rmoke was dashed into aud through tho
town on wings of wind. Tho flames
rushed after Avith savage fury. Mitch
ell Avas telegraphed to for help , aud 100
firemen Avith hooks and ladders wero
sent at once. Most of tho population
of Mount Vernon and the men from
Mitchell met tho furious flames ontho
outskirts of tho town and fought with
desperation , but in vain. No lives wero
lost , but forty-five buildings Avere
burned and 100 families wero loft homo-
less. Loss $30,000.
Outside of the toAvn it is impossiblo
3et to say Avhat the loss is. Lonely lit
tle farm houses scattered over the prai
rio are Aviped out by tho dozen. Sto
ries of losses of life ma3' como in later.
Yankton dispatch : Stories of terri
ble losses by tho hurricane of firo that
swept o\er the country noithofhero
continue to como in. Volin village
has only three buildings standing. Oli
vet , Hutchinson count3' , was burned.
Pukwnnna A\as wiped out. The losses
in Yanton countv are : M. M. Johnson ,
B. AiiBcrson , F. Ott , Mrs " . StockAvell ,
B. Pringle , J. F. Olson , T3avid Pcrley ,
James Hoxing , John Hundershot ,
Lardy Jencks , M. Holbrook , E. S.
Volin , A. H. Volin , Joseph Beckmeyer ,
Henry Bake , Charles Stencil , William
Baiid.il niul T. M. Howe.
In t vicinity of Jamesville , twelve
'miles . rth of Yankton , eight farmers
sustained lor ranging from § 1,000 to
§ 3,000 ench. Around Jamesxillo the
loss Avill foot up $10,000. Ono man
lost $1,000 in money which he had in
his coat on a piece of plowed ground
300 feet from tho grass. Two new
wagons Avere burned 100 feet from
the fire. Sixty miles of Western Union
wire was blown down between Center-
ville and Huron.
Highnioro dispatch : A destructive
prairie lire started on the _ evening of
the 18th , five miles from Highmoro , on
tho farm of James Ingram. While ho
was smoking his pipe his barn caught
fire and was destro\ed. A _ fierce wind
carried the fire to the prairio and tho
Avork of destruction began. Houses ,
barns and stock Avere burned. Tuesday
morning the wind reached a terrific
gale. No ordinary fire breaker made
any resistanse to the sweeping flames.
At 3 p. m. the fire reached Bee Heights ,
fifteen miles east of Highmore , where
thirteen residences in the town wero
destroyed. At sundown oh Tuesday
another fire started in tho _ northern
part of Hyde county , sweeping away
six homes and burning to death Miss
Annie Sweeny and a five-year-old baby ,
Eugene Tibbs. Mr. and Mrs. Tibbs
and Mrs. Buby are dangerously burned.
The losses will reach many thousand
dollars.
Scotland dispatch : It would take
S200,000 to cover the loss in this county.
The Hutchinson Herald office is
burned. The losses amount to $35,000 ,
Avith less than $0,000 insurance. Two
farmers near Olivet were completely
burned out , and another fire , east of
Scotland , destroyed everything on the
farms of A. O. Fansky , Gus Evauson
nnd M. Shook. On tho stock farm of
E. S. Sweet three barns were burned ;
loss , $30,000. Twelve miles west of
Scotland a prairie fire raged. Twenty-
five farmers are known to have lost
everj'thing.
Aberdeen dispatch : A terrible story
of the complete destruction of Leola ,
county seat of McPherson county ,
noted in last night's dispatches , has
been brought in by couriers. Leola
was a town of 300 inhabitants , and tho
country for miles around was well set
tled with industrious , thrifty people.
They saw the surrounding country i
nearly devastated. Hundreds of farm
houses are in ashes , and the carcasses of I
burned stock are lying along the roadI I
ways. It is probable that one-tenth of
tho damage is not yet reported. Noth
ing definite is known about rebuilding.
Citizens here Avill hold a meeting this
afternoon to take measure for relief.
Scores of farmers are without seed ,
wheat , stock , buildings or implements
to commence spring Avork.
Hartford dispatch : A ragingprairie
fire swept down on this town this after
noon and would no doubt have swept it
out of existence but for the forethought
and energy of the town people yester
day in running fire lines around the
town wherever unprotected. _ Heavy
losses are reported from every direction.
A Circular bv Commissioner Tanner.
Washington dispatch : Commissioner
Tanner of the pension bnrean , with the
approval of the secretary of the inte
rior , has issued the following ruling :
Pursuant to act of congress approved
March 1 , 1889 , Avhenever a pension cer
tificate of any character , original , in
crease , restoration , arrears or other
wise , shall have been issued by the bu
reau and the beneficiary mentioned
therein is found to have died before
payment , the amount due on said cer
tificate to the date of said pensioner's
death will be paid to the widow of such
pensioner. If there be no widow then
said amount will be paid to the minor
child or children of said deceased pen
sioner. If there be neither widow nor
children , then the amount dne said de
ceased pensioner will , in the discretion
ofjhesecretary of.the interior , - be 'p id
to the executor or administrator of the
estate. Minor children as contemplated
by this act are minors recognized as
such by the law of the locality in which
the pensioner lived.
Garret Returns Home.
Bobert Garrett returned to his home ,
"Uplands , " near Cantonville , Baltimore
connty , Md. , on the 4th. A reporter
who drove ont there said that Mr. Gar
rett looks quite pale and his face is
thinner and the gray in his beard is
quite noticeable. His expression is
that of a man who has recovered from a
long and painful illness. Mr. Garrett
said ho was glad to be at home , and that
his southern trip had been very pleas
ant.
Mr. Balfour , the chief secretary for
Ireland , has bought 4,000 acres of land i
in Nev Zealand. j
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ARRAIININi THE VI8ILANTES. , | H
She Other Side of the Key a I'ah * Trouble * -11
Related. < §
Long Pino ( Neb. ) special to the r fl
Omaha Bco : Goorgo T. Gannon hasM rH
returned. Ho says : "W. Hammond H
and I havo returned from Keya Paha ifH
county and found my brother all right ; jH
also learned that thoro was a mob of f H
'vigea' in that country , and thoy had u H
como to my brothor's houso in the- * \H
night and told him tho United States < tH
commissioner from Bosobud agency jiH
was thoro and wanted him as a witneeft- | H
to go to Bosobud. So ho told them all H
right , ho would go , nnd as soon as ho- < l
wont ont tho mob , lioadod by Taylor H
and Burns , surrounded him and hold. jH
thoir guns on him. Thoy told him ho- ? H
must go now but thoy Avonld not harm. H
'his frame. ' Tho United States com- 1H
missionor , W. C. Curtis , boing thoro , . * M
ho thought ho was safo. Thoy mado- H
him tho promi&o that his lifo was safo in. H
their hands before ho would go a step. M
They ( tho mob ) went from his place to- H
Goorgo Babcock's , a young marriod j l
man , and ho held thorn off until 9- \ M
o'clock in tho morning , hoping that | H
somo help might arrive They took M
his Avife out of tho houso and M
wore going to sot it on firo whon ho stir- M
rendered. Somo parties did como , but. |
wore driven off by Taylor , Burns ifc Co. H
Tho mob then drnvo fifteen miles iu H
Dakota and camped northeast of 'Turtle- M
Butes , ' in a deep canon where there- M
wore Home tall trees. Thou being dark M
tho mob proceeded Avith tho trial and M
cast a voto to hang these men. Twelve- M
votes to hang and fifteen to not hang. H
Thoro avos no trial ; thoy moroly voted. M
I talked with somo 'viges' iu Springview M
and asked them about 1113' brother. H
Their repbavos that he w.is a straight * H
man and that thu reason ho was rounded H
up avos becauso ho knew them ( tho- M
viges ) and kno\v \ their actions , and had H
told them if they over came to his houso M
in a mob ho would defend himsolf. So- M
they took to tho stratagem thoy did to- M
get him. Ho know them all , and will M
do all in his power to try tho law on M
them and inako , thorn take his 'modicino' * vfl
this time. When I left JCeya Paha. . H
oounty thero Avero 100 men armed to tho M
teeth with all kinds of guns , and they H
said if any moro men were molested and m
taken nwny from their homes , they ( tho H
citizens ) would shoot them down liko- M
dogs . The'anti-viges'Avoro in th o Pino- * H
last night , and received a donblo wagon- M
box full of guns and ammunition , nnd M
havo ordered moro. Friends of tho- M
bo3' .s that tho mob took aro arriving hero- H
every da3' from Towa and Nebraska. I M
went to Keya Palm county to invest- fH
gate this mutter , aud if my brother was- . H
guilty of any crimo I wanted him turn- M
ed over to the law , as I uphold no man. M
who is a thief , but , if not so aud the- M
vigilantes had harmed him , I would M
never had returned until Taj-lor and M
Burns had paid , the penalty. As it is. I M
am glad I have a brother who had the- M
nerve to stand up before * this mob of M
outlaws , and when they told him if ho- M
Avould tell them things to suit them M
about certain men in that countj' , that M
he said he was not there to lie about M
his neighbors to savo his neck and M
satisfy them ; also that his wife showed M
her courage 03' getting one of her ponies- M
and making an attempt to follow them , . M
and whon her pony was taken away by M
the mob , she slashed one of their horses-- M
with a corn kuifo and went and got a s - M
team and buggy and went to seo tho- M
sheriff , John Coble , to havo him dis- H
perse the mob. But ho would not act , H
for fear of his life. I think the day has- M
arrived in this country when cowboys ' M
and 'viges' can not tuko tho peoplo by M
storm , and that law and order Avill pre- M
vail. Mr. Coble's wife died the morn- M
ing I arrived there , and 1 had no per- M
sonal conversation with him. " M
Bismarck Would Like Io Know , You Know. H
New York dispatch : The World's. H
Washington special says tho German |
minister 3'esterday received a telegram ; M
in cipher from Prince Bismarck in- M
structing him to cable at the earliest |
moment the names of the vessels order- M
cd 1 > 3' the secretary of the navy to pro- H
cced to Samoa to take the place of those M
Avrecked there March IS ; also the num- fl
ber of men and officers carried by eacli/ | H
hhip. its tonnage and horse power , the- H
number , size and kind of guns ; whether- |
the vessels aro equipped with torpedoes |
and whetherthe sending of reinforce- M
ments-to Samoa Avill Aveaken the Ameri- |
can navy in any other part of the world |
to aiy considerable extent. Tho min- |
ister was also instructed to find out and |
report to the German foreign office- |
without loss of time the condition of H
new vessels in process of construction. |
The World correspondent is able to- , H
vouch for the absolute accuracy of Hie H
dispatch. H
Boycotting the Bagging Trust I
i At a meeting of the Georgia State al- H
j liance , representing nearby every coun- H
I ty in the state , called to take some ac- H
tion on the jute bagging trust , a resolu- H
tion was unanimously adopted that H
ever3 * bale of cotton made l alliance- - H
men in Georgia shall be covered by cot-
ton cloth , instead of jute bagging. This H
action affects nearly 100,000 farmers.
and Avill result in tho ostablishraent of fl
new cotton manufactories in Georgia.
ZirjS STOCK A.SD MODUCK MAltKETS. I
Quotations from Xew TorTc , Chicago , Omaha , . H
and JSlsnehere. jH
O .MA II A.
Wheat No. 2 80K" 80 .
Coax No. 2 mixed. ' 19 ' ( d ) 20
Oats No. 2 „ 22 @ 22J
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Rye 28 to 28& I
Butter Creamery 24 to 26 I
BoTTEn Choice roll 17 @ 19
Eggs Freah 8 S 9
Chickens dressed 12 @ 13-
x unKEYs . . . 14 ( a } 13- H
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Lemons Choice , per box. . . 3 75 to 4 50- I
Ohaxoim Per box 3 23 @ 4 00 I
Onions Per bu 50 ( cH 53-
Potatoes Nebraska 25 ( § 30-
Apples Per bbl 2 50 @ 3 25-
Beans Navies 2 10 @ 2 20-
W001 , Fine , per lb „ 16 @ IS
Hogs Mixed pnekiu 4 40 @ 4 45- f
Hogs Heavy weights 4 50 @ 4 33- , i
Bekv-es Choice Hteera 3 25 ( $ 3 65- <
Sheep Choice Western. . . . . 3 80 @ 4 30- |
NEW YORK. . $
Wheat No. 2 red 87 ( ft 8S" !
Cons No. 2 „ 42 = @ 43 '
Oats Mixed nestern 30 @ 33 J )
Pokic 13 75 @ 14 00 I I
Laud „ . * 7 30 ( a ) 7 3S 15
CHICAGO. * * & • * >
Wheat Per hnshel 98 @ 98 %
Coun Per bushel 34 ( & 34 = i
Oath Per buahel 24 @ 24 3
Pome 12 33 S12 30 f
Laud . 6 92 > C@ 7 00 ' |
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Hogs Packing tfcsliippin : ; . 4 70 @ 4 95 f - * '
Cattle Stockera 2 43 to 3 53-
Sheep Natives 3 73 @ 5 50- * k A
ST. LOUid. 1
Wheat No. 2 red cash 90 ( a ) 9VX
Coun Per bushel 30 @ 30j
Oats Per bushel . . . . 24 ( ft 26 } ii *
Hogs Mixed packing _ 4 60 @ 4 63 ' - 1
Cattle Feeders 2 10 @ 2 83 tM
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KANSAS CITY. , 1
Wheat Per bushel 91 @ i 92 , J :
Corn Perbushel 25 @ 25J ' 5
Oats Per bushel 23 ( ? 4 , 23J t M
Cattle Stockers &feedere. 1 60 ( A 3 40 ' * 1
Hogs Good to choice 4 23 @ 4 57J t 1
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Cattle Feeders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 35 (5) ( ) 2 75 A
Hoos Mixed.- 4 55 @ 4 62 j
