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THE M'COOK TRIBUNE.
B P. III. KltTIITIELL , PublUlior.
MoCOOK , NEB.
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I ABOUT NEBRASKA !
M The mayor of South Omalm 1ms
1 been asked to close tho saloons on Sun-
M day , but bis honor has as yet taken no
m action.
M Arbor day was started in Nebraska
M in 1872 , atrd this year thirty-four states
M observed tho day formally by planting
B treos.
H Tho old settlors of Lancaster county
M hold a meeting last week at Lincoln and
H perfected their organization. L. W.
H Billingsloy was chosen presidont : W. "W.
H Gardes , secretary : J. P. Hopbard , trcas-
H urer , and Levi onoll , M. G. Bohannan
H nn # J. V. Wolfe , executive committee.
H Ono vice-president was chosen from each
H voting precinct and ward of tho county.
H "V7. P. Dodgo , an old man 70 years
H of ago , living five miles north of Har-
H rard , was arrested Friday on a charge oi
H bastardy by his stepdaughter. Tho old
H man is a cripple and goes on crutches ,
H but has a farm and some property. It
H appears that the case was brought
H against him for the purpose of getting
the property from him.
H Tho Ogallala News says tho farmers
H of Keith county aro working on the
H eight-hour sj'stom of eight hours before
H * dinner , and eight hours between that
H time and supper.
I Miss Carrie Church , of Piorco , has
H successfully passed a civil service exam-
H nation and has been appointed at tho
H request of Congressman Dorsoy to a
position in tho Interior department at
H Washington.
fl- A fire in Beatrice last week involved
a loss of $3,000 in property.
H Tho Mid-Continental Nursery com-
I pany , atPairbury , lost about twenty-five
I acres of youug trees by tho heavy wind
Homo time ago. They had recently
boen planted and many of them were
I completely blown out of tho ground.
I George Brown , a cooper at Armour's
I slaughterhouse , Sonth Omaha , was held
I up by three toughs for $7.50 in cash and
I a watch.
Hal Brown , of Fremont , had a
M . lively experience the other day while
I driving a few miles east of that city.
M He wa3 riding on a sulky and leading a
' horso behind when both the horses be-
camo frightened and started to run.
He was thrown from tho seat of his
sulky , his foot catching on the oross-
bar. His horses ran several rods with
him when the oross bar broke and liber-
ated him from his precarious situation.
A case of hydrophobia is reported in
, - • thevicinity of Powell. A dog belong-
" inir to E. N. Gilbert died after showing
symptoms of being mad. He had pre- ]
viously bitten a cat , calf and colt The (
calf and colt have since died , the latter ;
having bitten two other horses. ,
Crete nurseries , says tho Globe , *
, shipped in one week a half million forest ]
trees , and 8,000 apple trees. They em- j
, ploy over 100 men. They have shipped , ]
this spring , over 10,000,000 forest trees , j
and between fifty and sixt3' car loads of ]
x fruit and shade trees. <
Edward Bodden , of Omaha , an em- \
< ploye in the Consolidated Coffee com- j
pany's house , was caught in the elevator
and almost instantly killed. He at-
lk ' tempted to board tho elevator while it <
m M was in motion. I
M At Plattsmouth while a gang of men 1
PHE. ' were at work on the excavation for the ]
new hotel corner of Sixth and Main I
streets , the eastern wall of the old Pres-
B TsJLr . _ Jy teriun ohurch gave way. An old man
by the namo of Mates was buried in the 1
mire and died before he could be resi i
_ _ cued. His face was badly cut and his i
skull crushed. A fellow-worlcman
named Hardruba received serious in
juries and several others barely escaped. *
> Prof. Hosford , of Doane college at l
t _ r Crete , while horseback riding , was ]
p ? thrown from his animal and quite se- ;
verely injured.
Notice has beenreceived by the sec-
rotary of state to the effect that at the
l-r' last meeting of the board of directors
the Farmers' Banking and Loan <
company , of Superior , the capital stock i
was reduced from $31,000 to § 30.000. ii i
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The Nebraska state dental society
will meet in Wahoo on the 21st of May. ,
. . . A civil service examination is to be i
* held in Lincoln May 21st. Applicants
'for federal position will take notice and
govern themselves accordingly. j
The Masonic order of the state has <
provided a fund for the purpose of
home for the orphans of
v establishing a 7
fof members of their organization.
. " Atkinson has organized a base ball <
association with a paid vp capital of i
SG00. (
Three separate elections are to be *
held in Grand Island this month.
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The Citizens' Building , Loan and ]
Savings association of Superior filed ar-1
tides of incorporation in the office I
of the secretary of state last week. '
The object of the association is to build I
dwelling houses and buildings for sale
and rent * < ' i >
" T ' The Blue Springs Motor states that *
; J Elijah Filley recently paid $16,000 for a
? 1 gection of land sonth of Pilley , which he :
has sowed to flax. Twenty-five dollars :
per acre is a pretty fair price for raw
. r land , and flax is recognized , as a crop
L that pays. j
Pf Lincoln saloons are now closed on j
W& . Sunday tight as a drum. It is along
* % ? • k , and weary day for the bummer.
| f ? An important case has just com- ]
Kf menced at Tecumseh , in which Mrs.
if. Sarah Borne , of Sterling , sues Wm. i
H Torphy for selling her hasband intoxi-
m - canb , causing his death in the latter
7 part of last August 1
P > At Grand Island the jury in the i
B Bntherford case returned a verdict oi ]
H guilty of the crime of ai-son , in the [
m. burning of Stephen Jones' barn to- (
gether with a lot of live stock , grain , J
B etc , all of the value of several thousand *
B dollars. Rutherford at the time of the
V burning of the barn was working for t
EL Jones , and he stole a span of mules and j
K a mare , all of which were found in his 1
H possession near Albion , four days after
H | the theft and arson.
B Much anxiety is felt by those who
H H have squatted on the Sioux reservation , .
H nposite here , says a Niobrara dispatch , .
B the outcome of Secretary Noble's
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B p make a thorough investigation
Hfeoutter. s Niobrara are
wmrk ] ! advising them to leave
k securing places
f corn.
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An organization of tho Woman's
Relief Corps has been effected at Fair-
bury.
Omaha dogs that do not wear taga
will bo shot by tho properly constituted
authorities.
A man giving his namo as W. W.
Smith , and who stolo a horse from
John Ford , near Madrid , was run down
and captured in Hayes county. He
.made a desperate fight , and several of
tho pursuing party were hurt Sheriff
Wincholl took tho prisoner to Ogallala
for imprisonment It is thought a den
of thieves exists in Hayes or Chase
county , and a vigilance committee will
bo organized to break it up.
Henry Mowery , who lives three
miles east of Lyons , Neb. , lost his barn ,
sheds , nino head of * horses and fouz
mules , by fire. Tho loss is estimated
at about $0,000 , which is covered by in
surance to tho extent of $1,100. Mr.
Mowery came home from Lyons be
tween 5 and 6 o'clock and after putting
his horses up , he went to supper. The
hired man went out to feed , and on go
ing to tho mow discovered it to be on
fire.
During a recent storm tho house oi
John Delaney at Fairmont was struck
by lightning and nearly ruined. Not
withstanding nearly. all the lath and
mortar was torn from tho walls and ceil
ing , neither Mrs. Delaney nor ono of
her five children , who were asleep in
the house , were seriously injured nor
did tho building take fire.
Work is now in progress on a Meth
odist church in Omaha that is to cost
$75,000.
A company has been organized to
build and operate a factory for incan
descent electric lights at Plattsmouth ,
with a capital of $50,000.
Madison's $18,000 system of water
works is being pushed rapidly to com
pletion.
Superintendent James , of tho Stan
ton breeding farm , has sown 200 acres
of oats and will plant 200 acres of corn.
Programmes aro out for the coming
; state Sunday school convention , to be
held at Tecumseh , commencing June
11 , and all preparations are being made
for its complete success.
John Dresh , a farmer about'sixty
years ; of age , while plowing on a farm
near David City , was struck by light
ning and instantly killed. His clothing
was torn from his body by the electric
fluid.
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The question of the village board
of < Culbertson granting a saloon license ,
whioh has taken up the time at the
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town meetings for a week , came to a
head last week in a street fight between
O. , Armstrong and'Dr. Vastine , the for
mer having accused tho doctor of try
ing to force his wife into the fight.
The managers of the Nebraska
Chautauqua at Crete are busy preparing
for the coming gathering which will oc-
qur the first of July. Vast quantities
{ advertising matter have been sent
out for distribution. The various at
tractions are set forth and a systematic
plan adopted to make sure that the in
formation is widely circulated. This
is the oldest enterprise of that
kind in the state and the character of ,
the instructors engaged for the coming i
year is a sufficient guarantee that any
Dne who can will be fully repaid by at
tending. The grounds are undergoing
improvement and several new buildings
ure to be constructed.
Htnry Mowart bam , f urte a head
of horses and 1,000 bushels of corn , all
tho entire contents of the barn , were
burned one day last week by fire from a
pipe. The loss is over $4,000 , with but
small insurance. Mr. Mower lives near
Bancroft i
The Arlington Democrat says the
law providing for the restriction of fishj j
ing with nets and seines is being sadly '
neglected in that neishborhood. ]
The Interstate Chautauqua matter is .
again being revived at Beatrice. The
syndicate held a meeting last week foi
the purpose of incorporating. The ]
Chautauqua assembly will be held June ]
28th , to continue ten days. An elaborate |
programme is being prepared. ]
The supreme lodge of the A. O. U.
W. , the oldest beneficial society in the j
country , jneets in the city of Omaha j
June 15. C. M. Masters , of Wisconsin , <
is the supreme master workman , and I
W. B. Graham , of Iowa , is the supreme ;
foreman. The order now has an aggre- <
? ate membership of about 220,000 , and <
is constantly growing. j I
Berka's two l
During Police-Judge
years in office in Omaha , he adjudicated
24,395 cases. In that time there was
collected in fines and costs , $18,570.70.
Patrick Egau , of Lincoln , left lost j
week for Washington in response to a '
request from Walker Blaine. From <
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Washington he will go at once to _ Chili' i
via New York and Panama. It is un- I
derstood that one of the chief duties of I
the new minister will be the encourage- <
ment and promotion of trade and comi i
merce between the South American re
public and the United States. j
The next session of the Nebraska \
grand lodge , A. O. U. W. , will be held I
in Grand Island. , -j
Ulysses has organized a base ball t
lnb and will be open for challenges till <
lie autumn days. | ]
The travelling men's ball at Beatrice
netted $200 above all expenses , and the
heart of the drummer is corresponding- .
1.V elad. J
Hastings claims that it is almost an | ,
issured fact that the meeting of the <
3tate Horse Breeding association will ]
Ua held in that city. t
The engineer's annual report o ! c
public improvements in Nebraska City j
shows a total of $100,000 expended. *
City taxes to be collected in Omaha j
this year amount to $994,000. t
The Fort Worth Gazette announces i
that Governor Thayer has accepted an '
invitation to respond to the address of
welcome by Governor Boss at the open- *
ng of tho Texas spring palace. j
The horse car line running from t ;
South Sioux City to Covington is to" be
transformed into an electric road June 1.
The wife of August Mattias , a Gert ;
man living near Germantown , was r
Killed by lightning the other ' night , c
while her husbaud and five children , c i
ivho were only a few feet away , were y
aot injured. ' " *
Prosser , the present terminus of
the Missouri Pacific , started a real es
tate boom the other day , with the sale
> f fifty-five lots , ranging in price from
55 to $150. . i
Aurora now has five banks and the t
Exchange bank will soon be reorgan- }
ized , with a paid up capital of $75,000 *
md become tho Aurora State bank , c :
Opening for business July 1. *
The Elkhorn Farmers' Vigilauco $
issociation has been formed at Elkhorn \
For the purpose of ridding that part of 1
Douglas county of the horso thieves n
tvith which t is infested. c
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- Tho twenty-second annual council
of tho Episcopal diocese of Nebraska
was in session in Omaha at Trinity ca
thedral last week. The session lasted
four days. Tho meetings were presided
over by Bishop Worthingtou.
Tho bastardy case of Emma Houeky
vs. Father M. A. Kennedy , of Exeter ,
was considered last week. Judge D. IT.
Couan held that tho evidence was suf
ficient to sustain tho complaint aiul
bound the defendant over to tho district
conr.t. . . Tho bond was fixed at § 1.000.
Born and Sonlior , on trial at Mad
ison last week for shooting Dr. Kelly ,
of Norfolk , wore acquitted.
During the storm last week tho barn
of D. B. Hakis , of Osceola , was Btruck
by lightning , and two farm horses wore
killed. Tho storm was the severest in
years , and was accompanied by consid
erable hoil.
Arrangements have been completed
for tho observance of Memorial day in
Lincoln and an interesting programme
has been arranged. All of the military
organizations of tho city will take part
in the exercises , including the women's
relief corps. Col. Sampson , of Denver ,
will deliver the memorial address.
Creighton has a strange apparition
in tho shape of a black cap , or moon
shiner , which appears at all times of
night dressed in a long rubber gown ,
heavy boots and a tight fitting mask
over its face. No ono has had the te
merity to attempt to capture the strange
being as yet
Thieves entered the barn of Rich
ard Shannon , of Nebraska City , and
stole therefrom a fine $48 set of harness
and took over $12 worth of rings from
the other harness hanging in the barn.
THE CIVIL SERVICE INTERFERENCE.
Secretary Noble Not Pleated With It Public
Printer Palmer in Charge.
Washington special : There contin
ues to be strife over the question of ox-
tending the civil service law to embrace
the census bureau. The proposition is
unpopular in all branches of the public
service , except in the building where
the civil service commissioners are lo
cated. Secretary Noble said to-day
that he did not know whether the cen
sus bureau would be included in the
civil service or not , and that he was
naturally loath to see that amount of
patronage thrown away. He had not
roferred the question to the president ,
and did not believe Superintendent Por
ter would do so. Secretary Noble said
he intended to go right ahead and make
appointments for the census bureau
without nny regard to the civil service
law , unless he waa requested to stop.
He believed that the appointments now
being made were based upon the very
best principle , that of fitness , and that
there was no necessity for the civil ser
vice law interfering. The civil service
commission announced that it can sup
ply all the positions in the census bur
eau , as there are thousands more eligible
than there are places.
PATiMKB IK CHABGE.
Public Printer Palmer learned to-day
what it is to have control of 2,500 posi
tions and to have about ten thousand
persons who want to fill them actively
engaged in seeking him. His immense
establishment was thronged all the
morning and afternoon by office-seek
ers , and his desk was heaped up with
applications in written form , while he
was dizzy listening to verbal statements
as i to the qualities of the applicants.
He took formal and absolute control
this morning , and was introduced to
the employes. There are a number of
vacant . positions in the office and a
lot more will be made immediately.
There will probably be half a dozen of
the \ fifty or seventy-five principal em
ployes retained. Many of them will
be dismissed at once. Mr. Palmer has
not yet selected a chief clerk or any of
his assistants , but says he will do so
very soon.
FOBAKEK BUYS A IiOT.
The announcement in an evening pa
per that Governor Foraker , of Ohio , had
bought a couple of lots on K street , be
tween North Capitol and First streets ,
northeast , at a cost of $4,000 , set the
tongues of the gossips wagging. It was
reported that he intended to build a res
idence , and make preparations for com
ing here to bo Senator Sherman's suc
cessor. It is ascertained , however , that
the property is not such as Governor
Foraker would occupy under any cir
cumstances. It isin the vicinity of the
government printing office , in an unat
tractive neighborhood , and was taken to
secure him against los3 on account of a
debt for which he was responsible.
THE NATIONAIi ENCAMPMENT.
A very determined effort will be made
to secure the national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic in
Washington next year. The hotel asso
ciation of this city will hold a meeting
this week and submit a written proposi
tion as to rates and capacity for enter
tainment It is believed that the vet
erans will visit the national capital when
they attend their meeting next year.
WABNED OFF SIOUX IiANDS.
Again attention is directed by Secre
tary Noble to the fact that intruders on
the Sioux reservation in Nebraska and
Dakota will be put off the lauds , and
that they are injuring the chances of
success on the part of commissioners
designated to secure the consent of the
Indians for opening the reservation to
settlement
DESEBTEBS TO BE PABDONED.
It is probable that , the president will
issue a proclamation granting pardons to
ill desertors from the United States ,
wIiether uuder confinement or atlarge.
Senator Piumb has nrired this action on
lmn for some time and it is • rumored
that the proclamation will soon be forth-
soming. President Grant in 1873
jrauted pardons to all deserters from
the army and navy. Since that time
1,800 enlisted men in the army alone
iiave deserted and only about 800 of
these have been captured. The pardon
ing of these will save the government
the great expense constantly entailed in
japturing those at large and convicting
them. Secretary Proctor evidently
favors the plan. He has ordered the re
lease of numerous deserters confined in
he military prison.
WHi& KEVTEW DECISIONS.
AsstAtty.Gen. . Shields has discon-
inued the practice of having decisions
irepared by the law clerks in his office
lisenssed by the clerks in session once
week , aud will himself personally re
new all decisions as they aro prepared ,
ind before they are sent to Secretary
Noble for signature.
A Sheriff's Brave Wire.
Cleveland dispatch : A special from
kkron , O. , says that three prisoners at
tempted to break jail last night. Mrs.
W. B. Gamble , wife of the deputy slier- ;
iff , heard them attempting to unlock the :
orridor door. She was alone in the jail
ivith her little daughter at the time. :
flirming herself with a revolver , she went :
io the door and held the'men at bay i
ivhile her daughter telephoned for help. ;
fhe sheriff soon irrived on the scene I
ind lecfced the prisoners up in theii i
sells. '
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ILLEGAL OCCUPATION IN OKLAHOMA.
United State * STanhal Needle * Make * HI *
Report to tho Atlornoy General ,
Washington special : Marshal Nee
dles has sont tho following roport to tho
attornoy general , dated Nashville , Bis. ,
May 18 : "Your letter of tho 4th inst ,
addressed to me at Muscogee , when ro-
recoivod there , found me again in Guth
rie , looking after matters there , to
which point it was forwarded by my
clork. Before the receipt , at Guthrie ,
I received a telegram from this placo
( my old home } , notifying mo of the
very serious illness of my wifo. I hur
ried there , arriving on the 11th. Your
lotter was , by my deputy , forwarded
from Guthrie to this point , reaching mo
this morning. This much in explana-
nation as to tho seeming delay in an
swering tho same. I shall return to
Muscogee at the earliest moment pos
sible , as my wife is better. I am in
formed that a marshal should not leave
his territory without permission from
the department The urgency of this
case is my excuse for leaving before
securing the necessary permission , and
a id hopo you will not disapprove.
Now , in reply to your letter , permit me
to say that as far as I am concerned , I
have not entered any land or lands ,
town lot or lots , iii Oklahoma district ,
and have no interest whatever , directly
or indirectly , near or remote of any
kind or nature whatever in any land
or lots in tha territory. I do not know
positively as to my deputies , but have
had an intimation that one of them has
secured a town lot in Gnthrio , and that
one or two have entered quarter sections
of land apiece. I am not positive as to
this , aud at onco will ascertain tho facts
and report to 3'ou. If there aro any
other violations of law by my deputies I
httve not heard of them. No person or
persons , other than the parties reported
by me to you in my letter of the 80th
lilt , had any authority whatever from
us to enter the territory on or before
April 22. I have not inquired into tho
matter of those deputies entering town i j
lots on land , because of tho fact that the I i
interior department has had two special
agents on the ground for some two or
three weeks investigating the whole mat
ter in every particular , to whom I ren
dered every assistance in my power to
assist them in arriving at a proper con
clusion. Knowing that the acts and
doings of nryself and deputies were be
ing thoroughly investigated by them , I
presumed , and , in iact , had been in
formed , 'that you would be fully in
formed and advised as to their reports.
I am satisfied that said report will give
3rou all the information 3Tou desire in
the premises , and would suggest that
you possess yourself of the same. Ii
you still desire particular information
from me , I will proceed from Muscogee
to Gnthrio at once and make a thorough
explanation as to land and lots upon
which any deputy may have a claim. I
will be at Muscogee by tho time your
order can reach me. I as yet have made
no lease for court room or building. We
are now occupying temporary rooms
without cost to the government , and will
occupy the same until September or
October , at which time the party build
ing the new house will have it ready for
occupanc3T . I have thought it advisable
to defer entering into a case until that
time. Very respectfully ,
T. R. Needles , Marshal.
P. S. "If the statements made by me
and reports of officers of the interior de
partment are not satisfactory to you , I
should like a copy of the specifications
filed , in order that I may furnish testi
mony in detail to refute. I should also
like to meet my accusers face to face be
fore you. " Attorney General Miller ,
commenting on this report , said to your
correspondent : "It looks on the face of
it as though he had been trying to dolus
duty , but of course , as there are these
reports out we must try to probe the
matter to the bottom. "
COMPELLED TO SIT ON THE FLOOR.
An Illinois Insane Asylum that Needs Over
hauling.
Utacago dispatch : Tlie nearing oi
the application for the release of Dora
Willard , an inmate of the Cook county
insane asylum , was begun in the county
court this morning. Mrs. Shedd , of
the Woman's Protective association ,
testified that the asylum was over
crowded ; that there were not enough
seats for the patients , who were com
pelled to sit on the floor ; that the coun-
t > was pa3Ting 9 cents per pound for
hog's snouts , which were fed to the pa
tients ; there was much drunkenness in
the institution , and there have been
some cases of scurvy. Dr. Kiernan ,
the present superintendent , had im
proved the condition of affairs. Mrs.
Dr. Hunt of the as3rlum medical staff ,
testified that there were over 1,000 pa
tients in the institution , which is calcu
lated to accommodate 600 at the out
side , and the number of attendants was
much too limited.
Evidence was introduced that patients
were fed pigs' heads for an entire 3Tear ,
with potatoes for vegetables once a
week. There was no service and pa
tients fought for possession of the po
tatoes , with a result that the weak got
none and that over fifty of the inmates i
became afflicted with scurvey. One of
the medical staff testifies that in one '
ward there are thirt3-eight violent pa- ;
tieiits , with only nine rooms , or an aver
age of three in each room. It was abso
lutely necessary to have only one or ,
two in some of the rooms , so that four i
of the persons were crowded into others. ]
These rooms are 54x10 feet in size. The j
beds are two and a half feet wide , but <
in many _ cases two patients are forced <
to sleep in them. Under such circum- <
stances , with insufficient attendance ,
patients would climb over the cots and
fight , and the attendants would fre
quently be called six or eight times in a
single night to go to patients who were
attempting to commit murder or suii
cide. This state of affairs was reported (
to the county board again and again , ]
but nothing was done to remedy it. .
Much other revolting testimony was
brought in. The board of county com- '
missiouers this afternoon passed a reso- !
lution naming a committee of pronii- <
nent citizens to name a suitable person (
to succeed the preseut superintendent , <
Dr. Kiernan , whose management has !
been so severely commented on re1 1
cently. x
Judgment of the Lower Courl Affirmed. '
Washington dispatch : The supreme {
court to-day affirmed the judgment of t
the United States circuit court for the " i
northern district of California in the
case of David S. Terry , et appellate , vs.
F. W. Sharon , executor , etc. This is a
suit brought by Sarah Althea Hill J
Terry. The court holds that in the * :
original cases the citizenship of the n
parties being in different states , and f
the object of the suit the cancellation of 1
a forged instrument , being one of the e
oldest heads of equity jurisdiction the t :
caso presented was one of prima facie I
jurisdiction , and if there were any erc :
rors in the original decision , the3T must n
be presented-on appeal from the decreo i
in that case , and cannot be considered u
in tliis case , which is appealed from a s
decision reviewing the action in tho t
name of the executor of the deceased c
Sharon , and that the objections urged n
to that decree of revivor are frivolous ? M
The opinion is by Justice Miller. ' e
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C0NSTITUI0NAL AMENDMENT CARRIED.
Xlie Tote Almont Unanimous In Favor of the
MedKure.
Huron ( Dak. ) special : There is re
joicing in South Dakota , to-da3' , ovor
the result of 3cstorday's election.
From tho returns recoived 00 per cent
of tho ontiro vote is for tho adoption oi
tho Sioux Falls constitution. Nothing
so nearly approaching a unanimous vote
has been experienced in the ratification
oi any fundamental law as that which
characterized the adoption of a consti
tution for tho now state at the polls yes-
torda3r . In some districts 98 per cent of
tho entire vote was for the constitution.
Tho Thirteenth district had 25 , and tho
Nineteenth 84 votes against tho consti
tution. Those are two of tho principal
districts and contain some hard kickors.
In ono precinct in the Thirteenth dis
trict , which cast 900 votes , onby ono was
against the constitution. The Eleventh
district had but ten votes against adop
tion. The result of the election is re
garded as a grand victory and a confirm
ation of what tho people , for three 3'cars ,
have claimed , that they are satisfied
with the Sioux Falls constitution for tho
state of South Dakota. Tho democratic
delegates received a fair proportion of
the vote polled , in some districts receiv
ing more than the entire vote
of the part3 * , "while * tho prohibitionists
laid aside their third party notions and
joined with tho old parties in getting
out tho vote , which , although light ,
compared with that of 1885 , or of last
November , is sufficient to indicate the
unanimity of sentiment regarding the
Sioux Falls constitution.
Messages of congratulation and greet
ing have been received here and sent to
various cities in South Dakota. Sev
eral were also sent to Congressman
Springer , advising him to the vote , and
asking him if ho now believes the peo
ple of South Dakota know what they
want.
Following are the delegates chosen
by the districts reported : Sixth ; , Stroupe ,
Stoddard and Barrett ; Ninth , Wood ,
Sterling and Leo , Eleventh , Hartley ,
Huntley and Campbell : Thirteenth ,
Hale , Vantassel and Cooper ; Sixteenth ,
Sherwood , McTnt3'ro and Matoon ;
Eighteenth , Williamson , Gifford and
Boidepal ; Nineteenth , Coates , Van
Epps and Caldwell ; Twenty-second ,
Edgerton , Buechler and Harris ; Twen
ty-fourth , Edgerton , Holton and Bam-
se3 * ; Twenty-fifth , Goddard , Diegen-
dorf and Murphy.
Yankton special : E. C. Edgerton
and Chris Buechler , republicans , are.
certainly elected to the constitutional
convention from this district , and
the result between Sweet and Har
ris , democrats , is in doubt , with the
chances in favor of Harris. The vote of
the county is less than one-half the full
vote , but it is almost solid for the Sioux
Falls constitution. Tho vote of the
count3' will not exceed 700 or 800. The
convention is to meet the 4th of July.
It can alter , change or amend the con
stitution only as permitted by congress.
Tho constitution is to be again submit
ted in October , together with tho sepa
rate clauses of prohibition , etc. , and if
the constitution , as amended to conform
with the act of congress providing for
the admission of the state , is adopted
and is found acceptable , the state may
be admitted by proclamation. The July
convention will make ordinances and
frame all the machinery for the submis
sion of the constitution and for the vote
on the separate clause and the election
of the state officers and the legislature
in October. So that while the conven
tion will have no constitution to make
there will be a good deal of important
work to dp. The state will have to be
divided into legislative districts and all
the preliminary work for the October
election and for putting the new state
government into operation will devolve
upon the convention.
A Report from the U. S. Oklahoma Marshal.
Washington dispatch : Attorne3'-Gen-
eral Miller has received a report from
United States Marshal Jones , of Kansas ,
in regard to the conduct of himself and
deputies upon the opening of Oklahoma.
Marshal Jones sa3's : "I ordered , from
my old experienced deputies , four to
Guthrie together with three new ap
pointees , to protect homeseekers against
lawlessness. The full number of deputy
marshals in Oklahoma appointed by me
is nineteen , besides eight appointed at '
the request of the railroad compan3' . 1 <
believe that a few of my deputies at- ;
tempted to file on as many sections oi ;
land in the territory , but 1 know many ;
of them have not , and while I instructed ;
them not to do so , when they saw them
selves surrounded by from five hundred
to seven hundred persons at Guthrie and
at least one-half that number at Okla- .
homa waiting for the hour of 12 to come , -
I do not wonder that some of the depu- j
ties who were serving without pay and ]
who were only there in the interests of
good order , took the fever aud attempted '
to get a home. As to myself , I never ]
attempted to homestead a foot of land , '
either in Oklahoma or any other terril
tory or stite. " '
In a postscript. Marshal Jones says : \
"The country is absolutely quiet. I J
am astonished at the false reports of '
bloodshed circulated by the papers.
There has not been a singlo person
killed by violence in that territory since t
April 22. " t
The report is dated May 9. It is un- <
derstood the attorney-general is not i
satisfied with it and will call upon the t
marshal for a supplemental report , giv
ing the name of each officer who filed a
claim and a description of the land se
cured by him , together with an account
of the attending circumstances.
To Die by Electricity. *
Buffalo ( N. Y. ) dispatch : The death i
warrant of William Kemmler , the first
man convicted under the electrical exe
cution law , has been signed , and he will i
be taken to the Auburn state prison in a -
few da3Ts. Tho warrant is directed to *
the warden of the Auburn state prison , J
and provides that the sentence be exe- 1
cnted upon some day within the week " ]
commencing on Monda3" , the 24th day *
of Jnue , in the 3-ear of our Lord 1889 , *
and in the yards of the Auburn state |
prison , or within the 3'ard of the inclos- *
ure adjoining thereto , by then and there *
causing to pass through the bod3 of him , t
the said William Kemmler , a current of '
electricity of sufficient quantity to cause
ileath , aud that the application of such f
current of electricity be continued until
said William Kemmler is dead. J
7 j
No Extra Session to Be Called. J
St. Lonis dispatch : The latest infor- •
nation from the Cherokee nation is to 7
he effect that Chief Mays has taken no 1
iction yet in the matter of furnishing 1
facilities for the transaction of business
> y the Cherokee commission , which is
ixpected there the 20th instant to nego-
iate for the purchase of Indian lands. 1
Ele still declines to call the national *
ouncil in special session to consider the 1
natter , but say3 he will submit to that 1
jody , at its regular session November t :
lext , any proposition that the commisf.
iion may make. He proposed a short S
ime ago to call the people together to i
lonsult with tho commissioners , but t
low it is said he will not even do that t
mless the council wiD appropriate a
tnough money to cover the expenses. t
. ' * i
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GOSSIP FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Cabinet Matters The Matthews Suceetsor-
ihlp Gen. Angus Talked of for Jltusla.
Washington special to tho Omaha
Uee : Tho air is filled with all sorts of
rumors about cabinet changes , most of
which aro wild-very wild , and unreli
able , but some of them ' aro interesting.
Your correspondent will givo somo of
tho interesting gossip afloat , but noth
ing is said upon tho subject involved by
administration men. It is generally be
lieved that Attornoy General Millor will
be appointed a justice of tho supremo
court of the United States to fill tho va
cancy created by tho death of Justice
Matthews , and that his proferment will
take placo in September or tho early
part of October. It may bo that Secre
tary Tracy , of tho navy department ,
will succeod Mr. Miller as attornoy gen
eral , and First Assistant Postmaster
i Goneral Clarkson will become Secretary
of tho navy. General Tracy would pre
fer the legal portfolio to that of tho
nav3' . Mr. Clarkson went into the
postoffice department believing that he
would fluall3' become secretary of tho
interior or postmaster general by tho
transfer of Noble or the retirement of
Mr. Wauamaker , but the natural tastes
and training of Goneral Tracy , and
tho fact that Mr. Noblo is becom
ing quito popular as secretary
of the interior , incline thoso connected
most closely with tho administration to
believo that Mr. Clarkson is mote likely
to be secretary of tho navy than secre
tary of the "interior. This evening's
Star says : "In judical and political cir
cles it is confidentially stated that the
president will soon have to fill not ono ,
but two vacancies.on tho supreme
bench of the United States , tho second
one being caused bj' tho retirement of
Justice Miller. Who will fill the empty
chair , is still a matter of conjoctnre
with all tho probabilities in favor of At
torney General Miller , but as to tho
place occupied by Justice Miller , no
name has as 3et been suggested to tho
president save that of ex-Secretar3T of
War 'George by McCreary , and his
sponsor was tho justice himself. At
present the justice believes he will retire
early in December and he is really most
anxious that his friend , McOrear3 ,
should succeed him. Thirty 3'ears ago
when Justice Miller was practicing law
in Keokuk , la. , he took McCrear3' into
his office and there laid the foundation
for tho broad legal knowledge which
McCreaiy is now credited with having
in his possession. Mr. McCreary is
now general counsel to tho Atchison ,
Topeka & Santa Fe r..ilroad.
ATrOINTMEXT DATS.
At the firat or second business meeting
of President Harrison's cabinet it was
determined that Tncsdaj's and Fridaj's
should be da3's in eachweek when gen
eral appointments would be made. Ex
ceptions to this rule were made in
isolated instances , although it was vur3
closely adhered to , aud tho great bulk of
appointments have been announced or
agreed upon for those days. A new
schedule has just been arranged , which
will undoubtedly be more satisfactory
to the office-seeking masses , as it gives
one more day in the week to them. Ap
pointments for the department will be
agreed upon or made as follows : Mon-
da3's , interior department ; Tuesdays ,
postoffice ; Wednesdaj's , treasury. There
are to be few appointments made for the
other five departments and they havo
not been put on the schedule for the fill
ing of emergencies. This schedule will ,
of course , be deviated from. In somo
of the departments complaints aro heard
that the failure to make changes in the
principal positions is having the effect of
clogging business , as tho officers who
dail3' expect to be relieved take no in-
terest in the I"I
stances refuse to tike action.
rusk's ruhor.
Secretary Busk bids fair to prove ono
of the most popular members of the ad- ;
ministration. His good sense and sturdy
honesty of purpose are supplemented b3r
a keen sense of humor that make him a >
most entertaining companion , and ho re1 1
ceives more invitations than an3' other 1
public man in Washington. The other 1
[ da3r a visitor at the agricultural depart- :
ment gazing over the ample grounds in '
which the buildings are located turned ]
to the secretary aud remarked : '
"You've got the prettiest place in the :
city. ' "
"Of course , WI13 * not ? " was the prompt
rejoinder. , "You know the secretary of
agriculture is the tail end of the cabinet
and the tail is almost altogether orna
mental. As its principal use , " the secre- '
taiy continued , with a meriy twinkle in <
his e3e , "is to keep the flies off the other
members of the cabinet. "
JUDGE SAVAGE REAPPOINTED. }
, Among the appointments mado by j
the president to-day , were the follow- ]
ing : John W. Whitcher , of Nevada , j
United States attorney for Nevada ; f
John Mnrplry , of Dakota , attorney for <
the territor3r of Dakota ; James W. Sav
age , of Omaha , Neb. , government dii i
rector of tho Union Pacific railroad ; \
John B. Lynch , of Mississippi , fourth t
auditor of the treasury , and L. W. Habj
ercom , of the district of Columbia , t
fifth auditor of the treasur3 * ; Amos 1
Smith , jr. , of Ohio , surve3or of cusj
turns for Cincinnati. e
BAYARD'S ENGAGEMENT.
The Every Evening , to-day , confirms
the rumored engagement of exSecrej
tar > Ba\-ard to Miss Clymer , a daughter
of Dr. Corner , of the United States j
navy. The wedding will occur early in
tho summer. \
He Committed Both Murder and Arson. j
Cincinnati dispatch : Kobert Day 27 J
old the of " farmer
rears , son a wealthj" j
living two miles from Loveland , O. , ]
reached home about midnight last 1
night , intoxicated. Drawing two re- ! j
rolvers he declared his intention of ]
"cleaning out the ranch. " He shot his (
father , 65 years old , through the bod\\ j
iToung Da3 * then went in search of other
members of the famhy , but finding ]
none he went to an adjoining f.irm ]
iionse where Mrs. Hnbbell , his divorced i.
wife , lived. He forced an entrance and j
fired at Mrs. Hubbell , striking her in j
the stomach. The servant girl ap-
peared and he shot at her , wounding
uer slightly in the face. He then went
to the barn and set it on fire , keeping 1
the neighbors at ba3r with his revolver <
until he was overpowered by the mar- <
shal. Day fired ten shots at the party J
assembled , one of which touched the '
marshal. Bobert Day , sr. , and Mrs.
Hubbell are fatally wounded. Three \
years ago. tho murderer married Mrs. ( [
Hubbell while emplo3'ed by her on her (
farm. Two 3-ears later he began drink- ]
ing , and she was compelled to get a diI
vorce. He has been heard to threaten I
to get even , but no cause is known for C
the killing of his father.
Allotments for the Militfa.
Washington dispatch : The warde-j
partment has completed and published [ (
allotments of the § 400,000 appropriated , 1
by congress for the equipment of tho
militia. The allotments are based upon
he representations of the states in conv ,
jress aud will giveHlinoia $20,8S3. Iowa C
512,340 , Minnesota SGG44 , Nebraska C )
54,740 and Wisconsin 810,44V ThereC
llations provide that requistions for mili- *
ia supplies must be made by the gover-
lors of the states and territories direct c
o the seaetar3 of war. j
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as & - - - - lT7.lr , . . . * ; 'rilWIM1' ' " * ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 T\rFA H
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PERSONAL AND OTHER NOTES. , ; ff 'j | fl
Bishop Hargrovo lias been selected b * ; $ v * * * 9
tho board of trnst of Vandorbiltnn t f ) M
versit3' at Washington to succeed BisugfA. . 1
Mo'lycire as head of tho institution , fhftif i
James Dooloy , who headed tin Klm ? ' m ' m
back stato ticket in Iowa in 1884 i'Att * \ < \ "
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rotary of state , has been chosen jsft - \ V/1 / T"
of West Guthrie , ono of thfl mus * x \m J * ofc % * • • * > fl
towns of Oklahoma. • * j. - 4 . tfcyw I fl
Senators Allison and Ingnlls and Bop- \ • ' , - < _ * * \ \
resentatives McKinloy , Bced , Cannon , r * * ' " * J B
and Hondorson are all agreed upon tho * \jf ( * I
\
advisability of calling an extra congres- J\ \
sioual session in Octobor. . 1 | jRj fl
Mr. D. G. Mills , tho millionaire , is- Wm I
still an activo worker , although sixty- ml Jf H
eight j'ears old. His fortuno amounts m * jl
to $20,000,000 , of which ho laid the- Mi * -
foundation in a Pacific slopo dairy Mf'wL m %
farm * Mk. i&
Mr. Voloy Hoggitt is tho namo of the- • W if fl
city attorney of Guthrie , Oklahoma. % fl
Tho characteristics indicated by the | J H
namo appear to bo unfortunately preva- Iff fl
lent among the officials of tho new ter- 2 fl
ritor3' . * J | fl
Senator Gorman sa3s it is nonsonsi- If J
cal to talk of him as tho successor of MM
William H. Barnnm , aud that at the • | • • |
Juno meeting Calvin S. Brico will bo M s |
unnnimousby chosen chairman of tho j H
democratic national committee. Mf mm
Ex-Senator Jones , former ' of Flor- f | H
ida , is said to bo the first man who ever , * jf . M
abandoned a paying political oflico for | jp MM
tho hake of lovo. To complete the cvi- li- " H
deuce of his mental weakness it may be Jf Mm.
added that the unfortunate man has v , fl
since taken to writing poetry. 1. , M
Senator John W. Daniel , of Virginia , ! | / ' M
is not alono in his resemblance to Ed- J * • H
win Booth. Judge H. B. Brown , of > M
tho Michigan federal court , is said to * fl
look so much like tho great actor as to ' fl
bo frequently mistaken for him by tho- jt ' fl
atrical people. * ' H
James D. Fish , ox-president of the / H
Marine bank , will leave tho Auburn * " H
stato prison next Saturdtiy , and at the -il H
age of soveiity-six , and presumably pen- J ? H
niless , he "will begin his career anew. JF H
Dark hints are thrown out of startling- sMfl
revelations ho may make concerning- mt H
some of his former business associates. m ? ± fl
John G. Whittior is regarded by tho j • - H
London Literary World as 11 couspicu- J f" H
ous example of the poet born , not made , \ fl
and it sa3's of hfm : " There is no writer H
of recent times with whom we are ac- H
quaiutcd Arho , without moralizing , does ? MM\
so much to waken a really religious aud % H
christian-like feeling as Mr. Whittier. " WMm
Adjutant General Dalton , of Masaa- ft MmM
chusetts , attended 127 dinners and ban- * * H
quets in the last five months. He sayc is . . / ' H
he would like to see the ostrich that has if H
a stomach stronger than his. He is an j | H
eloquent speaker , a fine Htory teller , jj- H
and an interesting companion generally , . if j H
and ho attributes his remarkable powers - .3 * H
of endurance to his habit of getting all > j H
tho fun out of life that he can. _ i H
A Reform in Navy Purchases. H
Washington dispatch : KecrctaiyTra * MM
cey has turned his attention to the mat- MMM
ter of purchasing supplies for the navy , _ WMM
and has already made an order iuaugur- > - ' WMM
ating a considerable eoonomio reform. MM
It appears the practice of the depart- _ , - - MM
ment has been to purchase supplies for ; ' ' < WMM
the navy by advertising at the begin- MM
ning of each fiscal year , making n list MM
of purchases extensiue enough to cover H
the probable needs of the different bu- MM
reaus during the entire year. Upon in- mMM
quiry \ the secretary learned that in V g- MMM
making these purchases not ' " " " * '
regard was * Vj * m ml
had ; for the amount of stores on hand. V H
This i led to tho accumulation of stores V - H
which , in mau3'cases , rapidlv dclerior- H
ated. and caused a loss to tho Kovern- ( fl
ment. Secretary Tracey has , therefore , } H
just procured a statement that the f- , fl
amount of stores now on hand is valued H
at $2G00S09 , and as advertisements for . H
supplies for the next fiscal 3-ear will J H
soon be issued , he intends this amount H
shall be deducted from the value of the 'j ' fl
stock to bo purchased next month. At / flfl
the rate of expenditure indulged in ' H
during the last quarter enough i'.ipplies j H
to Inst five 3'ears would havo r. < 'cumu- j H
lated if maintained during tho next H
fiscal year. "j fl
Decisions in Pension Matters. 1 1
Washington dispatch : Assistant Sec- H
retary Bussey , of the interior depart- |
ment , to-day rendered several opinions H
of importance bearing on the question H
of the "line of dnt3 % " In the case of M
Daniel V. Houser , who alleged that he | |
received a fracture of the leg by being * • j fl
pushed on the ice by a comrade , the - H
pension officer rejected the claim as not v \ * H
in the line of dutjMr. . Bussey holds * x , H
that Houser was in the line of duty , and H
directs that a pension issue. > |
Daniel Snj'dcr is granted a pension H
for asthma. The case was rejected by H
the pension office on the testimony of H
several witnesses thut he had asthma H
prior to enlistment. The medical cer- H
tificate of discharge stated that Snyder H
iiad asthma to such a degree as to inca- |
pacitate h' m for duty , and Mr. Bussey H
jays this evidence outweighs the other H
md directs that a pension issue. HH
LirK STOCK AND PRODUCE 2IA.KKET3. j fl
Quotations from JVVic York , Chicago , Omaha , H
and Kluetcliere. MMMM
OMAHA. L\W\ \
IViiBAT No. 2 G4 © Gii ] , fl
Coiin No. 2 mixed „ 19 ( $ 1Q % . " * H
Oats No. 2 22 $1 ZLff * & . MMMMM
fare ,25 ! $ % 2C M MMm
HDTTrcu Creamery 24 W 25 , fl
Buttku Choice roll ' 18 @ 20 - " | fl
Eaaa Fresh 10 @ 11 fl
Quickens Live , perdoz 3kf (55 3 50 H
ruwKBTs Per Jb l\ @ 12 "V - - H
Lemons Choice , perhox. . . 3 25 © 4 00 * • r | H
Dkasoks Per box 3 00 @ 5 50 fl
Onions Per bu 25 fe 30- H
Potatoes Nebraska 25 ( < $ 30 H
&PPLIM Per bbl 2 50 fa * 3 00 j H
Beans Navies 2 00 ( o , 2 2o _ j H
IV001. Fine , per lb 1G & 18 > H
Iloaa .Mixed packiic 4 : t0 @ * " 2 fl
Hogs Heavy weights -1 'r @ 4 3 < # MMMM
Hckvks Choice steers 3 50 to 3 80 H
Sheep Choice Wen tern 3 25 © 4 GO H
NEW YOKK. S H
Wheat No. 2 red 84 g S4 j fl
Cons No. 2 jQ © ! H
Oats Mixed western :5 ° © t"v. . H
L'oiik- 13 25@13oC 7 - L\m
Lakd 7 30 (31 ( 3o H
CHICAGO. < H
IViibat Perlinsliel 8i fa 84 • > - * , H
To N Per bushel 34 @ 34 # J M
OATS-Per buoliel 22 ® 23 \ f fl
Laud- . „ 6 92 ® 6 92V ] 'i mA k-MA
tloGrt Packing Ashippin ? . 4 a < > @ • * t O I \ mm MMM
Battle Stockera . 2 50 @ 3 GO i H
SHKEi'-Nfttives - . . : 4 . 0J4JP , 5 00 i H
LOUIS. K- , ii H
IVhrat No. 2 red cash 77 < g 77 . L l l
ron.v Perbiiwliel 31 @ 32 fl l fl
Dats Per bushel _ 23 @ 23- * • _ m M M MM
FIogs Mixed packing 4 30 @ 4 45 fl
; attle Feeders 25 @ 3 25 / * Hfl
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VnEAT Per bushel 71 © 72/ f l
JoitN Perbushel 28 @ 28 % .
mY MmmmM
ats Per bushel 19 @ 20 MjMMmWMl
Jattle Stockera ttfeeders. 2 25 < &Z 60 Ufl
Iocs Good to choice 4 20 .Q 4 45 ML MM Mm
5IODX CITY. • ' W ! H
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Jattle Feeders 40' @ 2 90 vk fli
loos Miz d 4 35Q . O fll l
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