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TKEM'COOK TRIBUNE.
MoOOOK , : j : : NEB.
ABOUT NEBRASKA.
Tt Ntbruka School SuDerinlsnrfMls.
f State Superintendent Lnno has sent
out the following circular :
Linooi , Nob. , April 18 , 18S9.--The
following changes woro made by the
legislature ef 1889 in the law regarding
the levy of taxes :
Section 04 , chapter 18 , statutes ol
1887 , - was amended to read as follows :
Section 64. The regular meetings ol
thejioard of .supervisors in all counties
having township organization shall be
held on the second Tuesday of January
and the first Tuesday after the second
Monday * ia July.
This change provides for the levy oi
j5j taxes voted the last Monday in Juno in
if' ' l0 oonntios having township organiza-
% to * Section 77 of artiolo 1 , ohapter 77 , ro
ll vised statutes , was amended by insert *
11 ing in liue five after the words "county
If board , " the following : Provided that
& I school district taxes voted at the school
§ | district's annual meeting and certified to
IJ the county clerk on or before tho first
I J Monday in July , shall bo levied by said
II county clerk when suoh lovy is within
11 the limits of the law.
| J Section 79 , same chapter and ar
il tide , was amended by adding at end of
$1 , section 70 tho following :
i Provided , that school district taxes
; : ' shall be certified to the county clerk on
] vi or before tho first Monday in July.
; { ' All of tbeso changes were made with
* 5 the emergency clause , and are now in
; > effect.
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, I respectfully ask tho county superin-
i tendents to call tho attention of county
! . clerks and the county boards tothese
changes , as it is doubtful about the ses-
1 sion laws being printed before the time
of levying taxes. I also call your atten-
I .tion to tho change made in section 2 ,
I sub-division V , of the school laws as
! < ( ' given in house roll No. 227.
I TMPOBTAKT CHANGES IN EEPOBTS.
j ] - " • "Within ten days after the annual
j j meeting the director makes all his re-
II ports , namely :
11 Censim reports , section 12 , sub-di
ll vision IV. Note. This year the census
m * report is made in April , and shquld be
sent to mo by May 1.
| Tax levy to county olerk , section 2 ,
I sub-division V.
I Tax levy to county superintendent ,
I < mado on annual report , section 2 , sub-
I dision V.
] Director's annual report , section 17 ,
j , sub-division V. Bespectfully ,
i ; • Geoege B. Lane ,
j * f State Superintendent.
\l \ STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF. '
p Tlie Methodist people of Ainsworth
f ] have secured a 800-pouud bell jpr their
house of worship.
The Odd Fellows of Ghadron will
dedicate their hall on the 26th.
s The eleotion held in Norfolk to
vote bonds in the sum of $30,000 for the
Norfolk , Yankton & Southwestern rail
I road , passed off quietly. The bonds
were carried bv a majority of 707 out of
a total vote of 807.
Bobert James , a well-to-do farmer
living about one mile from this city ,
lost his large barn , eleven head of cattle
_ . andten , horses , which were in it , and
f the rest of-its contents by fire. Loss ,
$4,600. no insurauce.
I The general merchandise store of H.
Bates at Clarks , was closed bv creditors.
The liabilities are about $6,000 , and the
assets will probably reach $4,000.
Qeorgo Ives , in compauy with his
brother-iu-law , L. M. Bacard , was pull
I ing up young trees on the Booho Bros , j
farm , near Norfolk , wheu they were ap
proached by the proprietors , one carry
ing a pistol , tho other an axe. In the
altercation which followed , Ives was
struck on the head by the axe in the
hands of Herman Roche , and fatally in
jured. Ives died soon after tho occur
ence. He leaves a wife and several
small children in very destituto circum
stances. |
Omaha pastors will hold centennial
anniversary exercises on the 30th. |
Tho Knights of Pythias have suc
ceeded in securing special rates of one
fare for the round trip for those wishing
to attend their encampment at Colum-
jp bus in July. j
TheBntlercounty board of supervis
ors in session at David City , decided to
advertise for plans and specifications for
the $50,000 court houso voted for last
week. Architects must furnish bonds :
if plans are approved. A building com
mittee was chosen , consisting of George
3 , Ostorhont , cbairmamThornasMahoney , \
I C. H. Walker , John Oschger and A. U , .
Carpenter. "
t Warren Cummins , an old citizen of :
Talmage , died laht week in Colorado , '
. - whither he had gone for treatment. ( ]
' The barn of Dr. Jauss at North
' , • Loup burned last week , five horses per
ishing in the flames. Loss about $2,000 ,
with no insurance. <
TheStockham Creamery association '
> has filed articles of incorporation with •
the secretary of state. Principal place
of business , Stockham , Hamilton coun-
> y iy. Capital stock , $1,400. ]
< vf The committee of the Kansas senate *
7jff appointed to inspect and assess the vari- .
* ons linesof railroad operated by the
| * Union Pacific system in that state , vis-
ited Beatrice last week , spending a
" - night there. r
* " . The bnsiness men of Utica have t
organized a Merchants' Protective TJnt
$ Z ion , tho object being to look out for r
$ , , what is known as "dead beats. " 1
'U Win. Bandall , who was released *
p , some time ago from the insane asylum ,
T' was taken into custody again at Utica r ,
H , la-st w eok and returned to Lincoln. *
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Beatrice is talking of increasing the $
. saloon license from $1,000 to $2,000 a f
& veor. I T
K The $18,000 deficiency bill for the \
W Soldiers * and Sailors' Home having t
k passed , the money will be ready for payc
if" menfc in a few days. t
$ \S , Tho Press says that candidates for 1
the Orleans postoffico are becoming
moro numerous day by day. Vhere is 1
no intimation as to who is the coming i t
mnnThe recanvass of the votes cast in i
Bock county for county seat at the eleo- a
• - ton on January 29 , gives the county j ,
seat to Bassett by a majority of thirty-
V ' one. ,
-Tho B. & M. coal sheds at Bed
. Cloud caught fire last week , at about
0:16 , and burned down almost before
I the alarm was sounded. It is supposed P
the fire was caused by the explosion of !
of the night work-
a torch which one workg
* men had been using. p '
* Beatrice charges $1,000 f r a liquor p
L license andallows no saloon in the baseb
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' Some time ago the four republican
candidate * for the poetoffioe at Howard
agreed to submit their claims to the
people , and last week a republican
primary election was hold ferine novel
purpose of selecting a postmaster. Cap *
tain Georgo W. Martin received the
highest number of votes , and. accord *
ing to the agreement , be will get the
endorsement
On Easter Sunday the convicts at
tho penitentiary were made to feel that
there might be something left for them
in this world ; When they were ushered
into tho ohapol they wero greeted by. - a
delegation of representatives of the-
Women's Christian Temperance unioji ,
and they wore given a service something <
out of tho ordinary. The day is set
apart in the calendar of tho W. O. T. U.
for special services at jails and prisons.
Newport is jubilant over the de
cision of the.supreme court , in tho issu
ing of a peremptory writ of mandamus
by Chief Justice Becse , commanding
the canvassing board cf Book county to
convene and count the votes of Lay and
Gracey precincts , which tho board ro-
fuscd to in the county seat election held
last January. By this decision , and
with the aid of a contest which will fol
low , on tho ground that Bassett cast
fraudulent votes , Newport hopes to win
the county seat fight.
Last-week the 3 ork water works'
were sold at sheriffs sale , bringing $27-
550. Thoy are bonded for $60,000 and
tho bonds sold. J. C. Kitnor of that
city was tho purchaser. Tho works wero
built and owned by A. L. Straus & Co. ,
of Omaha , and were sold to satisfy two
mechanics' liens , one for $800 and an
other for $1 800. The sale will be con
firmed soon unless the claims are satis
fied.
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A meeting was held at Fairbury to
organize a driving association. The
membership fee was fixed at $10.
"Work is being pushed forward oa
the opera bouse at Daj'kin.
Lincoln Odd Pellows turned out
largely to celebrate at Beatrice the an
niversary of the order.
Sam Jones will hold a scries of
meetings in Omaha next month. j
- A thirty-one inch vein of coal has
been discovered on the farm of William
B. Stout , twelve miles north of Long
Pine.
Tho Omaha board of trade were en--
tertaiued at Winner , where they spen *
thirty minutes.
The Nebraska City Tonng Men' ' "
Christian association is enjoying a sea
son of increased usefulness. The new
rooms have been handsomely furnished
by the Ladies' auxiliary , and the gym
nasium , reading room , entertainments
and meetings are largely patronized by
the young men of the city. The first
of a series of trades receptions have
been inaugurated.
The acreage of com planted this
spring , Bays a Talmage dispatch , in this
part of Otoe county , and in the adja
cent parts cf Johnson and Nemaha
counties will be very large. Many
farmers are entirely discarding the old
way of planting corn , and the lister will
be quite generaly used this year. The
advocates of the lister claim it gives
better results with less labor.
' 1'here is not a saloon within tht
borders of Nance county.
A call has been issued for a meeting
of the farmers of Webster connjy at
Bed Cloud to take action on the twine
trust question.
The work of completing the Masonic
hall at Seward is being pushed , and as
soon as finished a chapter of royal arch
masons will be instituted.
The school house in district No. 12 ,
Platte county , was destroyed by fire j
last week , making the third school in '
that district which has been burned bv
"nknown incendiaries.
J. C. Anderson , of Fremont , whose '
family wero announced as being on tho I
abandoned steamer Daumark , had all
apprehensions and fears relieved the
other day by receiving a telegram from
Philadelphia that they wero among the
list of 400 passengers who arrived there
on the steamer Missouri. Anderson has
had a long and painful suspense await
ing tidings of his loved ones.
The sheriff of Seward county has
offered a reward of $50 for the arrest
and conviction of two horse thieves who i
stole two mares from the barn of Carl
Fuohring , near Seward. The thieves I
are supposed to be two men wearing |
dark clothes and dark cowboy hats , each
having a mustache and unshaven faces ,
the complexion of one being dark and
the other light.
The superintendent of public in
struction sent ont printed requests to
school teachers and superintendents to
report the number and kind of trees
planted on Arbor day. He expects to
receive a full and complete report of
what was done , which auII be embodied
in the annual report. II is stated that
the day was very generally observed
throughout the state , and that the num
ber of trees set out was greatly in ex
cess of previous years.
The Union Pacific has made a prop
osition to lease the Burlington branch '
between Columbus and David City for '
i Lincoln short line , and tho proposal
s under consideration. •
White Caps have notified Editor i
Randall , of the Centropolis World , to <
nako himself scarce in Banner county. >
The editor , however , does not propose
o migrate.
Lieutenant Mallory , of the United J
> tates troops , with twelve soldiers , ar- '
ived at Bancroft last week to look after ,
he Omaha and Winnebago reserva- ]
ions. It is not known what arrangeI I
neuts the cattle men , who have no j
eases from the Indians to pasture on <
heir land , will make. The Indians do i
tot farm the hind , and have no stock to i
lastnre. The cattle men are willing to 1
iay these Indians for the pasture. t
Great excitement , says a Harrison *
lispatch , has prevailed hero the past *
ew days because of the abundance of „
rater being obtained in a well just t
lored. Despite tho bailing w ith a thir-
een gallon bucket , run by horses , no
hange can be made in the quantity of j.
rater in the well , which stands at a
[ eight of 143 feet.
Mrs. Herbert Powers , a Schuylei .
ady * gavo birth to three children last 1 !
reek , two boy ' s and a girl. °
Joseph Bolshaw , a resident of Linj
oln , broke his kneo-cap in jumping of ) 'j
> moving train at Cambridge The in1 1
ones are of a serious nature. c
The Peru normal school observed ' '
.rbor day in geueral style. After the
sual morning exercises a sho t tifa'e ; Srj
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as spent in planting trees on tire cam- } >
us and along the driveways. The ii
shooliind citizens then repaired to tho ti
Impel , where the essays were read and V
lie dedication speeches delivered. Tho b
inductions wero very fitting and tipb
ropriato for-the occasion. The address fit
y ex-Gov. Furnas was especially intertl
sting. ' .01
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Two prominent Indians of the Oma
ha tribe , in-police uniforms , have been in
Omaha eaiotite to Washington , on busi
ness with the Great Father. They reg
istered , as Daniel Webster and Silas
Wood , and the object of their trip is to
secure .permission from headquarters
that will allow the land owners and tax
payers of their tribe in Thurston county
to remain there twenty-five years with
out paying taxes.
The commission men doing busi
ness at tho stock yards in South Omaha
are making numerous complaints about
. tke > majtservice.invthis.state. Theyisay
that letters to heir shippers containing
drafts and accounts of sale are freqnent-
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p ly lost or miscarried and do not reach
their destination for several days after
they should.
The district court for the Second
judicial district convened in Nebraska
City last week , Judge Field presiding.
There are about thirty criminal and 128
civil cases on the docket. Eight or ten
couples who aro convinced that inarr
riage is a failure will also .ask the court
.to sever the tie that binds them.
The Western Union has established
an up town telegraph office in Norfolk.
It is stated that at last tho Union
Pacific and B. & M. railroads will join
in putting up a'union depot in Omaha
to cost $1,000,500.
The board of public landsand build
ings j'esterday accepted the plans ol
William Gray for the new boiler house
on the capitol grounds. Tho design
submitted by S. J. Wiegel. of Hastings ,
for the house for tho asylum out there
was also found acceptable. Both houses
aro guaranteed to come within the ap
propriation.
PRESIDENT HARRISON'S HEALTH IS GOOD.
27(6 Itumor Unit 2te in Aflllctrd With Intotn-
ula VOjorouaty ltenled.
Washington speoial : It is stoutly de
nied at the white house that President
Harrison is suffering from insomnia or
is in ill health. When a correspondent
, saw him to-day he was looking as well as
he over did , and declared that he had
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I never felt better. Tho president is
standing up to his work splendidly. .
TIIE SUPBEME BENCH VACANCY.
This evening's Star sa3's : "There is a
good deal campaign being mado for
the vacant place on the supremo bench ,
and new candidates are either announc
ing themselves or are being announced.
Ex-Postmaster-General J. A. J. Cres-
well's name was presented to the presi
dent yesterday , and a delegation of
Marylanders headed by Bepresentativo
McComas urged his appointment. Cres-
well is a well known Maryland jurist and
advocate. This evening another candi
date will be in the city. He comes from
Nebraska , and his name is J. L. Web-
Bter. He is promiuent as n lawyer in
the state he will represent at the Wash
ington centennial and is strongly in
dorsed. The opinions of men whose
opinions are worth having are , however ,
to the effect that the most dangerous
candidate for the place is the man who
is not a candidate , and in this category
they mention the name of Attorney-
General Miller. The attachment which
exists between tho president and his law
partner is very strong , and there are
who think that the
many attorney-gen-
eralwill „ ere long hand in his portfolio
andtake a life position on the supreme
bench. . As a lawyer , his friends sajhe
'isadmlrably qualified for tho place. "
THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.
The superintendent of the census ,
Mr. Bobert P. Porter , to-day , leased tho
Second National bank building , on Sev
enth street , for the headquarters of the
census bureau. This building is avail
able for about two hundred and fifty
clerks , though more than a year will
elapse before that ninny will be em
ployed. Work sit the Eleventh census
has fairly begnn. In a week or two the
physicians' registers will be sent out ,
and S. Billings has mapped out the
mortality and vital statistics report.
Mr. Porter has already secured the ser
vices of a number of statistical experts
and specialists , and the work will be
pushed with all possible vigor. The
Eleventh census will cover all the vital
points of the Tenth , but will be more :
compact and more statistical.
CTVIIi SERVICE EXTENSION.
At the cabinet meeting to-day tho
subject of auother extension of the (
time when the civil service shallbe ex
tended over the railway mail service was |
troaclied by Postmaster General Wan- !
amaker. A remarkable condition of .
affairs exists at civil service commission ,
headquarters in connection with this
question. When President Harrison
took hold of his office he very readily [
saw that it would be impossible to re- j
organize the railway mail service under
the civil service rules , and he extended ;
from March 15 to May 1 the time when '
the law should take effect. So much ,
time was lost in selecting superin- j
tendents of divisions and reorgan-
izing their offices that very little
has been accomplished up to this'
time in the selection of new postal
clerks. Civil Service Commissioner
Lyman believed that there would be
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another extension of tho time for tho
law to o into effect , and did not direct
the arrangements to be mado for taking
in this new branch of the service as
promptly as he otherwise would have
ilone , and he notified the president that
it will take at least tuo weeks to get .
ready to make examinations and certify
bhe names to the postmaster general for I
ippointincnt. The president , at the (
cabinet meclitr : to-day , again refused j
to extend the lime.
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' THE FUBLIO PBTNTEBSHIP.
The strn * rle for the public printer- g
ship is booming very warm. Quite a
lumber of prominent republicans in *
md out of congress , have , during the 5
iveek , added their endorsement of J
Belm , formerly of Indiana , but now of A
he District of Columbia , while Senator *
\llison and First Assistant Postmaster c
General Clarkson to-day indorsed Pal- '
ner , of Illinois. At the white house it n
8 stated that no formal application has c
> een filed by Mr. Palmer , who claims IJ
hat he is likely to be appointed. Helm
las the largest number of indorsers of '
my of the candidates , and his advo- J1
sates are in very great earnestness. An "
ippointment is not exp iied to be made j
inder some weekp yA JlV
All that will ever be known and much * j
hat could only be known from "the inJ
ide" in regard to what has been called h
'the greatest feat in modern journal- * •
am" is contained in "A Chapter from "
ay Memoirs , " by Mr. de Blowitz , in j
Iabpeb's Magazine for May. The
a
'aris correspondent of the London Bj
? imps describes how he secured what z ,
smnrck had refused him an advance { \
op3' of the Berlin Treaty for publica-
ion in tho Times on the day that the
ocument was Mgued and before it np-
eared iu any other-European , journal.
rff nfs llm 'fiftniSper on'SnoiHlGife * *
i Bnssiii" by one of the Forty Iininor- n
ils , tho Vicomte Eugene Melchior de ai
Wue , whose vivid dosorip'tioiis of the X (
rilliant coUrt of the Tsar might almost n
o wiid f < > beggar reality. V. de Tlml- . ,
imp , who , ' ' visited Bussia last j'car for jr
10 express purpose , furnishes unmcrQ. .
as illustrations. • 1 tj
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IKE GREAT DAY OF PROMISE ARRIVEl
Tli * t'rttr * of Oklahoma Ntrauu Open on
'Jlllf , .lint a Ununl Itu h Followed.
Winfield ( Ivan. ) special to the Omaha
Bepublican : Oklahoma is open. No
ono was killed , and of the hundreds or
more ' correspondents sent there to see
the last grand rush of the boomers fo |
homes , only live were ou hand to wit
ness it Your correspondent dropped
into the boomers' camp at 2 a. m. , and
tho sight was well worth seeing , even
by night. Then the starry skies seemed
to be reflected in tho smouldering em
bers of a thousand camp fires , but as
morning dawned they , unlike the stars ,
burned more brightly , and by daylight
the whole camp was astir. Then its
magnitude could bo seen. With the
railway track as a center , its left was
ono mass of wagons stretohing nearly
half a mile along the hill , until lost
in one of the numerous hollows. On tli6
right was tho mounted division of ths
camp on horses thoj' had taken from
wagons left in charge of the drivers
while thoy raced each other for homes.
They , too , stretched along the more
level prairies as far tho oye could see ,
end as they paired off or stood in groups
or alone , they seemed to be the Indian
warriors they had displaced. The
center-of the railwaj'-irack' was tho old
man's ground , and on it wero those who
were walking on to fortune and Okla
homa. Thoy were of all colors and
ages , and as thoy reached the dead line ,
they rested on tho red clay banks , that
lined the track , in attitudes and cos- <
tumes as picturesque as indescribable ,
and what was the dead line , only the
red and white gnideon of company D ,
Fifth cavalry , backed by Lieut. Wait
and fifty men. Beyond it and before the
boomers stretched the promised land ,
with not a single living form to break .
the mouotony of tho prairie vision. A j
waterway had cut deep holes in front of
the wagons.and in the tardy morning a
few uf the boomers were allowed to
make it passable. Tho hours passed
slowly to those who had no watches , and
minutes to ilioso who had , till at last
the well-known dinner call of the cavalry i
rang out over tho camps , and Oklahoma ,
was free to all. It was dinner for tho
g'iards and a dash for others. For a
moment thoy stood and then the front
ranks wero lost ' . * sight in the dust that
rose. Once over tho water course they
began to diverge , and while the covered
wagons dashed wildly over the prairie
they were driven by men who had come
in alone , and with the same rashness
that brought them so far thejr drove.
Tho mounted men were slow to start ,
but faster to ride , and with a cheer they
all rode out. A grey horse at first took
the lead , when a mau was seen to throw I
himself off the one he rodo in the rear , !
and mount a dark horse he had been J
leading. In a moment it was neck and
neck , and in another it was tho dark' '
horse a winner , with Jim Payne , of
Turkey Tract Banch , in the Sac reserva
tion , owner of the first farm in Okla
homa. The stakes were driven about
four hundred yards from the boundary ,
and Payne was standing erect waving
his hat when the watch of the command
ant showed just 12:01. : He was quickly
followed by Ed Long and Al Clayton ,
his brothers-in-law , who came from
Chautauqua county , Kansas. Then the
first rush of the traders and drivers was •
over and the colonists and others , of
more matured years , filed out in squad- '
rous. Thejr , too , passed fiom view , and
then the train bearing tho delayed re- j
porters hove in sight. It picked up their
more fortnate companions and proceeded ,
to Guthrie , the future county seat. The
way was bordered with the ' happ3'win
ners in the race for homesteads , who
stood swinging their hats and emptj'ing
their guns in honor of the first excur
sion train in the district. The train
was crowded , and so was the roof , with
spectators and others , who were bur
dened with nothing more valuable than
bundles of claim stakes aud entry pa-
peis. Many of them risked their lives
in an attempt to steal a march on their j
competitors hy jumping from the fast-
moving train ; but wheu they did it was
to find some one else sitting compla- i
eently on tho spots they bad mentally !
selected. How the others got there
might have been explained by the
str.mge-looking cattle that went over
the read iu the stock cars the night pre
vious , but ho explanations wero asked ,
mid none given , and then the Purcell
rivals of Arkansas City arrived from
the south over an hour before
them. But greater disappointment
was learning that Trumpeter C. M.
Cohen , of the Fifth cavalry , on behalf
of himself and nine other soldiers , pre
empted the whole business , and this
was the first antxy in Oklahoma. He
was a soldier of good character aud
within four months of completing his
term of enlistment , so his commanding
officer secured the necessary four j
months' furlough. The excited specula
tors went ahead , however , and in half
nn hour had staked out a town containj j
ing 3,000 lots , covering a site ono and
ane-half miles square , on land home-
steaded for farming. Before tht. train 1
bad fairly stopped , the plain was fairly 1
black with hundreds of apparently halfi i
3emented men , who rushed madly about ]
tvith tape lines , chalk lines , stakes , axes ,
md flags , measuring , marking and then '
letting down on the lots they had seJ' '
ected. ) !
A CASE OF KLEPTOMANIA. \
A. 7ffiniHter's Ififf Aries-rd far Shoplifting '
to a J.urge Amount. '
Chicago dispatch : Mrs. Jennie KirkJ J
ham , wife of Bev. Kirkham , editor of j
the Christian Oracle , and pastor of the f
Christian church in this city , was ari
raigned.iu the police court this morning
iharged with shoplifting aud a hearing |
vas postponed. Tho manager of the *
itore in which she was arrested stated r
0 the magistrate that himself and nnc
• ther person had seen the woman steali i :
ng articles in the store ; that when she - .
vas arrested and searched articles to the I :
• alue of § 15 to § 20 were found conv
sealed about her person ; that she adv
nitted her guilt to the police officer who = ;
arrested her , nml that she tried to get i
ut of it by offering to pav considerably 3
nore than the stolen goods were worth , v
Mrs. Kirkham's attorney stated tho li
hiugs were put into tho prisoner's 'J
loeket by a domestic whom she hired , n
.nd she thought it was all right , though ti
he things were passed to her without li
ia\ing been wrapped up. The emfi
iloyes of the store declare there was no II
irl with her. After the hearing a fes
lale prisoner , who occupied a cell with a
Irs. Kirkham , stated that the latter tl
ad endeavored to bribe her to swear tl
he had stolen the things and had given n
liem to Mrs. Kirkham. o
Bev. Mr. Kirkham is a well-known w
owa divine , who came to Chicago only tl
few months ago. Mrs. Kirkham is a o
ister of Gen. Drake , a prominent citit <
eu of Des Moines. la. , and founder of n
ievDrake university , • I'h '
Another Plot Against the Czar. s ;
St. Petersburg epecial : The.prefect of B (
blicetla ? 3edth # pncJof a $
lhilist plot to assassinate the czar
• bile he should be attending the fnuer-
1 of General PauckSV , minister of
aads , and ho was immediately warned ' .
ot to attend the funeral. A number of 1) )
ersous charged with being implicated *
1 tho plot have been arrested. The P1
ihilists intended to use dynamite in < lr
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EfES ON THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
llanuvu llou > raiv < tdet rMoUlna far Another
Chance Hie Disappointed Jtoomer * .
Oklahoma City ( Oklahoma ) special :
Pretty much tho samo condition of af
fairs exists hero as at Guthrie so far as
concerns the locution of lands. Every
quarter section and every desirable lot
is claimed by two or moro parties , and
peoplo who would not steal anything
else will take a lot if given half a
chance. There is considerable claim
jumping , but it is generally dono.very ,
quietly , " andliie first intimation one has
that his claim is iu jeopardy is when he
sees a mau putting up a tent or a house
on it or sitting there with a Winchester
across his lap. Tho best piece of prop
erty hero is owned by General Weaver ,
the great greenback apostle of Iowa.
Ho took up a quarter section iu tho best
part of the camp , aud if Oklahoma City
ever araouuts to anything he will bo
well fixed. He stood iu with tho of
ficials and got his choice of land before
the common herd were permitted to en
ter the forbidden territory. A number
of squatters are claiming town lots on
Weaver's quarter , section , but the
opiniou prevails that those who lo
cated quarter sections in the
Oklahoma towns before the town sites
wero located there will bo sustained , for
they all stand in with the officials. Okla
homa City is ImiUling up rapidly , al
though people are'leaving daily. Abdnt
four hundred loft to day. Some wero
unable to get lots and others had sold
their claims to the boomers who have
confidence in tho place. Sbme plowing
has already been done in the neighbor
hood , and the settlers seem determined
to cultivate their lands , but owing to
the uncertainty of titles the buildings
are all plain wooden structures of tho
cheapest material. Many persons who
failed to get land here are heading for
the Cherokeo strip. It is generally un
derstood that Captain Couch , the vet
eran boomer , is at the head of tho
scheme for settling the strip , aud ex
pects to build up a sentiment in favor
of this movement that the government
will bo forced to yield to. It is said
that General Merritt ha ? already issued
orders to his various post commanders
to remove all intruders from the strip ,
but so great is the confidence in tho
early opening of the country that home-
seekers aro willing to take their chances.
disgusted boomebs.
Poucn ( L T. ) special : Hundreds of
disappointed boomers , who failed to got
land in Oklahoma , are settling here
abouts in the Cherokee strip. For the
past three daj\s there has been almost a
constant string of covered wagons re
turning from Guthrie , Oklahoma City
aud other points in the territory , nud
about half of them go through the strip ,
but others squat here , aud they will re
main until the country is open to settle
ment. These men are hunting homes ,
and consider it unfair that the cattlemen
should control these 6,000,000 acres in
the Cherokee strip while they are seek
ing only a few acres each for a home
stead. The United States troops are
not molesting these squatters , but the
cattlemen who have tho lands leased are
becoming uneasy , and will endeavor to
have all settlers removed across the line.
Every train passing through here
going north is loaded down with
peoplo returning from Oklahoma.
Many of them are very bitter against
the deputy marshals , whom they charge
with having located all of the best land
in tho territory , thereby depriving hon
est homesteaders of their just rights.
United States Marshal Needles and
Begister Dille are severely denounced
for permitting these frauds by their em
ployes. By some it is charged that thoy
got a share of the spoils. On reaching
the station here thirsty people crowded
around tho well at tlie section house in
search of water. The trains on the
Santa Fe do not attempt to cany water
enough for the thousands of travelers to
drink , and in this dry and dusty coun
try there is much suffering. Eight car
loads of ex-boomers passed through on
the train to-day , returning from Guthri"
and Oklahoma City , and they repoit
more ready to follow. The stampede
out of Oklahoma is almost as great now
as the rush to that country was a week
ago.
NEBRASKA LAND CASES CONSIDERED. /
A Decision Henrferrd bij the First Assistant
Secretary of the Interior.
Washington dispatch : The first as
sistant secretary of the interior has
given a decision in the case of the ap
peal of Agnes M. Melville from the de
cision of the commissioner of the gener
al land office of March , 10 , 1888 , the
commissioner having held for cancella
tion appellant's homestead entry upon
tho northwest quarter of section 22 ,
bownsip 4 north , range 36 west , 6th
principal meridian McCookland district
> i Nebraska. The entry had been con
tested by Ezra Benjamin upon the
ground that the claimant had not made
ler residence upon the land. The evi-
lence submitted showed that she had
.milt flimsy structures unfit for habita-
ion in winter , andha 'd merely.visited the
ilace,8ta3'ing over night about once every
> ix months. She pleaded poverty as an
ixense for a more strict compliance with
he law , but the first assistant secretary
tffirmed the action of the commissioner ,
m the grouud that an occasional visit
0 a homestead is not sufficient to estib-
ish a residence thereon , nud further , \
hat the fact of tho claimant owning a
60-acre farm , together with receiving a ]
ialary of S50 as a teacher , precluded her (
ight to plead poverty. ,
The first assistant secretary of the in- (
erior has considered the appeal of j
Samuel Sims from the decision of the ,
ommissioner of the general laud office ,
f November 10 , 1887 , holding for can- ,
ellation his homestead entry for the ,
ortheast quarter of section 17 , town- ]
hip 5 north , range 35 west , * McCook
md district , Nebraska. This case in- (
olves tho contest of John Doeruer ,
> lio claimed that Sims had re- I
iiled on his pre-emption claim dur- <
ng tho period of neaily five years I
in * ( ! he had held his homestead , to •
Inch he had made entry three weeks J
efore giving proof for his pre eniption. i
'he evidence showed that Sims had I *
cted under the advice of the local of11
eers regarding his right to make the , 1
omestead entry before he had per- , "
jcted his pre-emption cash entry , but i S
lie first assistant secretary held that [ 1
noh fttctcpnhl not affect the question , | f
h the department had no power or anb
tority to legalize an illegal act oven *
lough that act was done with the per- "
lission or under the advice of the local t
flicers. Sims' _ case , however , comes t
ithin the provisions of tho law giving 2
le right to "make the second entry to t
ue who has not therefore proved title t
> the tract of laud for which he had
lade entry under the homestead law. "
ho first assistant secretary concludes
is comment-by referring the caso .back k
1 the commissioner for his further con- . ,
deration , saying that the evidence
iems to indicate that Sim's , case comes j
itliWtho " " provisiouB'oF this laWj ? ij | ' f ]
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Union Pacific Earnings. ] ,
ABoston dispatch says the preliminary j
atement of the earnings of the Union oi
ncifio railroad system for the three E
onths up to March 31 shows a decrease '
1 net earnings of § 206,633 as compared I <
ith the same time lost year. • ! "
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WITHIN THE-B0RDEKS OF OKLAHOMA.
Mow the Kxelted Multitude Uttnlitd TarwavA
reU-MeH 10 the Land of fromUe.
A dispatoh to tho Kansas City Times
gives this account of tho mad rush for
lauds on the oponingof Oklahoma : The
first train from tho north reached tho
Oklahoma lino at 12:15 o'clock to-day.
Immediately tho hundreds who crowded
tho nino cars of tho train setup a mighty
shout "Now on to Guthrie I" On all
sides , as far as tho eyo could reach , were
wagons dotting tho plain.
A moment later-a bugle sounded clear
nnd sharp , and with ono wild exultant
cheer the multitudo moved forward.
Tho rush was too picturesque for a hasty
report to depict. Men on ponies put
Bpnrs to their steeds and dashed for
ward hat in hand to secure a homo in
fair Oklahoma's inviting domain. Team
sters plied the whip and tho .faithful
team responded inunmistakablo earnest
ness.
ness.Three minutes elapsed ere tho throttle
of old 266 was again pulled open , but a
second later tho flyer was off again amid
cheers and waiving of flags , hats and
haudkrohiefs. On the train sped
through the beautiful prairie. To the
right and left were cavaliers urging their
animals to the utmost.
At the last station outside of tho Ok
lahoma territory there was a great crowd
of men who had forsaken their teams
and hoped to get in quickly by rail.
There being no room inside they
climbed on top tho coaches , and the en
tire train from one end to the other was
roofed with them.
Two miles in the territory and men
who havo just crossed the lino six min
utes ngo , aud dismounted and waved a
god speed to thoso on the train. The
remaining distance to the Cimarron
river was mado in eighteen minutes.
Men pnt iu nn appearance as _ if thoy
came from tho ground. Arriving at
Guthrie at 1:15 , tho town of Guthrie
had already temporarily organized with
a population of at least 2,000pcople. At
tlie time > t sending this dispatch 2:30 :
o'clock no disturbances had occurred
and it was almost certain none would
occur.
Promptly at 12:30 : o'clock today the
correspondents , after having reached an
elevated position where for miles they
could survoj' the country , could easily
distinguish the "prairie schooners" miles
distant rapidly approaching the Cimar
ron. Those i" the distance wero prying
the whip unmercifully. They came in
droves teams of every description , men
on hoiNo-back , and men and women and
stock all promiscuously huirying along
together. This was the grandest scene
the correspondents had ever witnessed.
Thp retreat of Lee from Petersburg
made a tilting comparison , only there
tho rush was occasioned l > 3 * an opposing
army ; here the settler has left his old
homo aud is participating in the grand
and final struggle for a new one in a
new land.
"Here they come crosssing , " ex
claimed a companion. "See those cow
boys swimming their horses up the
stream. " A glance in that direction
and then dowu and the exclamation was
verified. They had entered tho stream
from the other side all along its banks
and were making for the one favorable
place of landing. Teams in every di
rection on the opposite bank crowded
and squeezed along. Many horsemen
had soon crossed and then the wild rush
across the country began.
Every living thing was full of life.
The songbirds seemed to add more vol
ume to their voices and every sweet
melodious note welcomed the settler to
Oklahoma's fair land. Tho leaves of
the sturdy trees nnd blades of grass
seemed to bow a welcome to the somiug
horde , and the clear blue sky with not
a cloud to obstruct the enchanting view
of the heavens bade the homeseeker a
hearty welcome.
The flying cavalier in advance thrusts
the cruel spur into tho flanks of his
faithful mare , and with this piece of
cold steel the blood of the faithful ani
mal trickled down to stain fair Oklaho
ma's beautiful land. On and on the
cowboy cavalier rushed with the speed
of an arrow. Bisitig in his stirrups he
took a look backward , to ascertain who
was second in the chase ; he surveyed
to his right and left ; and then with eyes
again turned to the front , and with an
other grand effort he was lost to sight
as he rushes to realize the fond antici
pation of being first in the grand free
to all race.
The scenes enacted here this after
noon were recorded as some of the
most important events in the history of
this country , or of any other civilized
place on the globe. Those who had not
been e3'e witnesses to occurrences here
could form no adequate idea of the
magnitude and the numbeis partici
pating in this great movement. To
make figures as to numbers is tn a great
extent guesswork , but 10,000 people
would be fair estimate of the number
now here nnd within a few miles of
Guthrie. For miles and miles from this
elevated position , and with a good glass ,
the Times man could see wagons , men
on horseback and men running with all
the-speed they could command for the
particular claim they had in view.
Many a disappointment was in store
for ninny nn anxious family , and with a
feeling of deepest regret did they find
after enduring the hardships and strug
gling for months for a particular claim ,
that when they reached the spot some
more fortunate man had arrived ahead
of them.
What is to be the result of this vast in- ,
flux into this new territory can only bo .
conjectured. The lands now thrown j
open are not sufficient for one-quarter |
of the people who are flocking in and it ] *
is plaiuly evident that more must be se- ]
mred. Millions upon millions of acres ]
sf fertile lands lie adjoining and these [
must be wrested from the grasp of the 1
ivily Cherokee and tho scheming cattle 1
jaron and given to the people. t
To-night 15,000 home seekers are *
: amped on the grassy upland of Guthrie , j [
ihe pioneer city of Oklahoma. Their I
• amnfires gleam in the darkness nnd \
heir tents loom athwart the sky like an '
irmy in bivouac. Guthrie , heretofore j
in insignificant station in n wild and nn- '
nhaliited country remote from civiliza- :
ion , has more than a population of *
5,000. All this was gained iu an after-
ioon. In no country save America , y
md no part of that country save the I
rreat west , could such a thing be possic
> ic. It is a triumph for the western I
> eople and especially for citizens of '
outheru Kansas , such as they _ may
lever again have the oppoitunity of v
chieviug. That they were fully equal '
a the occasion needs no more proof q
han the presence of 15,000 peoplo in 1
Jew Guthrie to-night. Tlie oonserva- {
ive and leisurely east may well look at ' „
his and wonder
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A Disappointed Boomer Suicides.
Winfield ( Kas. ) dispatch : An nn- v
nown man , apparently crazy , startled t-
cdestrians this afternoon by drawing a 0 >
jzor across his throat , inflicting a | J
light gash. Later he shot himself.L
lfougli the head and died iGis evening. J
Torn papers ionnd it was learned that' y
e was Silas B. Kennedy , of Bums , c '
landolph county , 111. Two men in the 0
ity to-day and they had accompanied C.
lennedy from St. Louis to Guthrie , . H [
ml nil three had failed to get claims.
t is supposed the dead man's mind was . q
erauged by his failure. j jj
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WR0NQ.D0ERS TO K'HiUmtl
V. H. Ofllrlat * lit Oklahoma / be * * * * , * * * * * h H
With Ogle * h w
-.tho President Worn Out
Srrhert , , SH
Washington special : Thero is n < v | | H
doubt that tho investigation into tho al- i H
loged fraudulent practices of Marshal \ H
Tom Noodles and United States officials , > I H
in Oklahoma , iu securing for them- j H
solves tho choicest town lots in Guthrie , H
will bo pushed to tho oxtont of ferreting- JM
ont overy wrong doer. Both Sccrolary- H
Noble nnd the prosidenUre'determined r , H
to visit summary punishment upoui . M
every official who can bo proved guilty , jH
of tho charges which havo been bo fro- | H
quently mado against thorn during tho- | H
past few days. Tho inspector's report , . jH
by tef- WM
which was ordered , to-dayt
egraph , will probably not be hero for !
some littlo time. When it comes it will M
bo carefully considered in a cabinet jM
meeting , nud if tho charges , mode by
tho nowspapors , are sustained , oyory B
man in any way mixed up in tho land. H
stealing will not only bo summarily dis- H
missed , but will in all probability bo- n
prosecuted criminally. Tho president \ H
and Secretary Noblo aro greatly worried
over tho reports and will allow no guilty ) ja
mau to escape. H M
PROTECTINOrENBIOKRHS. J H
Commissioner Tanner has adopted a * ' H
now scheme in tho publication of the H
whom pensions- H
nnmos of applicants to -
are granted each day. Ho still fur- B
nishos tho complete list to the press , but B
instead of following tho old plan of giv- - H
ing tho postoffico address of each pen- '
8ioner ho gives tho name nnd tho state- , B
in which the individual lives. This has H
been found necessary owing to tho pon- *
nion agents printing tho pension list m
tho daily papers and using this list of j l
pensioners as directories in order that j H
they may extend their business by in- H
ducing tho pensioner to apply for still. IH
more. This schemo of the pension M
agents has oaused tho dopnrtmonfc a J jj
great deal of oxtra labor , aud it fre- j 9H
quently costs tho pensioner a great deal , t H
of unnecessary anxiety aud the outlay ' ' |
of monoy which he can ill afford to 'il fl
waste. A pension agent will write to * > ! |
him that his claim has been allowod and 9 1
that he ( tho pension agent ) can seenre f |
nn increase , ho thinks , if he has all the * S |
facts placed before him. Of course , tho r |
applicant is asked for another fee , and , | H
in the hope of securing more money , ? am\
will besiege tho pension offico through 1 ] H
his attorney for a reopouing of his case- H
APPEALS AND DECISIONS. H
Tho first assistant secretary of the in- H
terior has rendered a 'decision in the- • H
caso of tho appeal of Melissa J. Cnn- H
ningham from tho decision of tho com- H
missioner of the general land office , of H
January 9,1888 , holding for cancellation. M
her pre-emption cash entry of April 15 , < M
1885 , for lots l xnd 2 in the south half of H
the northwest quarter of section 4 , town- H
ship 30 , l-nugo 25 west , Valentino land ' M
district , Nebraska , tho commissioner M
basing his action on the ground that tho- H
claimant , having been n married woman H
at the dato of the final proof , was not a H
qualified pre-omptor. This case in- # H
volved an irregularity in tho claimant's H
declaratory statemeut , and , ! > eing mar- H
ried shortly after the settlement on her H
pre-emption , that fact was urged as a H
bar to her submitting her corrected de- M
claratory statement. The first assistant j l
secretary reversed the decision of the H
commissioner , and permits tho claimant. J M
to submit final proofs. M
URS. HARRISON WORRYING. M
A friend of the family of the president M
says that Mrs. Harrison is greatly wor- . M
ried over the condition of her husband. i jH
It is asserted that the constant domands j H
of office-seekers and the worry which ' M
follows tho daily hearings of plaints and I M
complaints of his visitors has worn upon \ M
the president to such an extent that it H
has produced insomnia , aud his family . „ M
are urging him to take a vacation of a H
week , nt least. It is probable that this H
course will be adopted soon after tho re- M
turn of the presidential party from the H
centennial celebration. At present the S
president takes his constitutional every H
day , and is debarred only by rain from. H
walking several miles every oveuing. H
A Failure al Bank Robbary. H
Ventura ( Cal. ) dispatch : To-day at fl
noon a bold attempt at bank robbery
was made by a man named McCarthy , I
who was recently discharged from the I
county hospital. He entered Collins lc \A
Sons' bank while Cashier Collins was at
Innch , leaving Jack Morrison alone , and fl
conipIaiii"d of his poverty and despera- 9
tion , which had driven him to think of , JH
suicide. Tie laid a package on the
counter , which he said was dynamite. , W
nnd drew a six-shooter and demanded fl
S30.000. Morrison dodged behind the JM
counter and ran out of the back door. . jH
The robber then seized a tray contain-
ing about $4,000 nnd walked into the.
street. Morrison gave the alarm and
peoplo gathered in the street. The- I
thief had a horse hitched near the bank
and was making for that , when the
sheriff , who happened to be near , but
whowas without firearms , stepped into-
hardware store and sei/.od a shotgun- '
The robber surrendered. The .money J
was reeovered exepfc20 , which was. I
probably lost on tho street.
The Union Pacific Golden Gal < I
special is to be abandoned. m
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Quotations from yew York , Chicago , Omaha , I
and Klxncttere. I
O.MAIIA. f 1
Wiikat No. 2 61 @ 61 * I
L'ou.v No. 2 mixed 20 @ 21J ( I
Uats No. 2 22 ® 22J x I
* * J • ' • • • • • • • • • # 2 j fc6 26
H bitch Creamery 24 to 26 1
Kutteii Choice ro 1 18 @ 20 \ I
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Egos Fresh 0 @ 10-
jIUCkess Live , perdor. . . . . 3 23 @ 3 50 r
ruHKEYs Per lb 11 @ 12 l
Lesions Choice , perliox. . . 3 25 ( § 4 OO i-
3iiA.Nor.B-Per box 3 00 @ 5 50
Dkionb Per bu 25 | 30 j
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otatoes Nebraska 25 @ 30
\ppi.es Per bbl 2 5U ( § 3 OO P
Uba.vs Navies 2 OO @ 2 2S >
A'ooi. . Fine , per tb 16 @ 18 |
Jons .Mixed packing 4-15 ( g > 4 50 1
loos Heavy uei htH 4 45 @ 4 55
! kkves ClmireHteerM 3 tin ftq 3 8 > f
sheep Choice Western. 3 90 @ 4 75 f
NEW YOltK. j
Vhcit No. 2 reil 82 ® 82& '
' oun No. 2 „ 44 ( a 441 * „ '
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0t , .13 5 ( ) ( cpl3 75 i
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CHICAGO. l
Viicat IVrbimhel 79 ( fy 79 i
ohn Per biiHliet 34 @ 34j ( Jk\\
) ats Per biiHhel 22 @ 22 WW
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° "K 11 42 < a 11 60 / M
.Aiti ) . G80 ( 6 82JiJ I l H
Ioijs Packing itsliippin , . . 4 (504 ( 82 I'l H
\tti.i : Stockera 2 50 ( A 3 Go ' < < H
1111.KP Natives 3 75 @ G 40 A * \ H
ST. LOUIS. 1 |
\ * hkat No. 2 red ca h 80 ( fy SQV H
oum Perbtixlie ! 30 ( & JJOV * ( j H
ais Per bushel 2XieA 24 flmmm\
Iocs Mixed packing _ 4 5o @ 4 65 ' km\
'attle Feeders 2 10 @ 310 H
Cheat Per bushel „ . . 76 @ ' 76 * * * * H
oiu PerbiiHliel 25- ' 25k * i' ' H
Iats Per bushel 20 to 21 I H
ATTI.E Stockers < fcreedera. 2 OO to 3 60 • ' m\W
oca Good to choir * 4 42'4 473/ if H
SIOUX CITY. I M
attle Fe ler8. 2 40 (3) ( ) 2 90 1' ' |
Iocs Mixed 4 45 @ 4 50 | 'VI