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THE M'COOK TBIBTJNE. F. M. Publisher. McCOOK , NEB. STATE NEWS. NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTFRS. Rankin's ice house at Cambridge was destroyed by fire the other night. The state encampment of the Sons of Veterans will bo held in Geneva in June. Manager Clark is quoted as saying that no more building will bo done this year by the Missouri Pacific. The superintendent of public in struction is busy in sending out the annual supply of school blanks to county superintendents. Senator Keiper of the legislature wants to bo recorded as against the proposition to confer the right of suffrage on the fair sex. Diphtheria has broken " out at Greeley in a malignant form. The schools have been closed. Two cases out of six have proven fatal. The coal shaft at Hubbell , which is now SOO.feet deep , will be s'urik 'to a depth of 700 feet. The citizens have raised $1,400 for that purpose. There is talk of bonding .Custer precinct , in Keya Pasha county , for the purpose of sinking an artesian well to test the utility of irrigation. Fox & Wright of the Greeley roll er mills have shipped' 24,000 pounds of flour and about the same amount 01 meal to the western sufferers during the last month. George Jay of Omaha , driver of an ice wagon , was run over by the cars on the Missouri Pacific road and was so badly hurt that both of his legs had to be amputated. Father Hamilton of Tckamah is translating the Bible into the Omaha Indian language and will introduce it into the tribe. Father Hamilton is one the oldest settlers in Nebraska. Mrs. Leo Buckridge , living two miles west of Dunbar , gave her hus band a spoonful of sulphuric acid in mistake for cough medicine. His throat and lungs were badly burned and he cannot recover. William Hamilton , sr. , of Albion has been notified by the pension bu reau that his pension claim has been allowed. It dates back from 1882 , and he is to receive $4 a month up to June 1 , 1890 , and $6 from then. A. P. Watson , who has been run ning a general store at Bancroft , for the past year , has been closed by some Omaha parties. Considerable litiga tion is expected over the goods , as dif ferent parties hold mortgages ou the stock. The neighbors of Mrs. Wedge , who lives in East Lincoln , have about decided to enter a charge of insanity against her. She is one of the victims of the Minehart religious craze , and has been taken in charge by the police several times of late. The glass front in Winchel's grocery in Gothenburg was broken last week and four bags of flour taken and hauled in a cart. A bag was torn by the glass and the flour spilled on the road. It was traced twelve miles north where it stopped at a neighbor's who sewed the bags. A warrant was issued for D. E. Young , a farmer of Custer county. county.A A young domestic in a South Lin coln family was taken suddenly ill the other day , her mistress not knowing what was wrong. A doctor was called but before he arrived a child was born to the girl. It was dead when the doctor arrived , and an examination showed that no violence had been used. The girl refused to tell who was the father. father.A A one- armed young man regis tered at llushville as Harry Rodgers from Fairbury , Neb. He remained about five days and skipped , leaving the Northwestern hotel minus the full board bill. He also carried away a valuable overcoat of a guest. He claimed to be an expert oil propector , having had experience in Pennsylva nia. He is wanted in Rushville to the tune of $50 or more. . The body of William Liscount , who was lost in the blizzard of Satur day last , says a Chadron dispatch , was found yesterday evening about fifty feet from his house , where he doubt less sank exhausted almost at the door of his home. The body was buried in a snow drift and the spot was passed repeatedly by the searchers and was C-aly discovered by the merest chance. A Nebraska City merchant haa sent out a number of circulars to local capitalists asking how much they are willing to subscribe towards three new railroad branch lines the Rock Island and two extensions of the < 4Q" and Missouri Pacific. Hon. John C. Wat son and L. F. DeGettee have each agreed to give $5,000 , and half adozen others are willing to give similar amounts. The members of the Baptist church of Talmage are after the scalp of one T. E. Owen , a former pastor of the church of that place. While there the preacher claimed that he was a widower ewer , his wife having bteen dead for some time , but recent developments prove that he has a wife and family living in Chicago whom he deserted about three years ago , eince which time ho has contributed nothing to their support. In Omaha a locomotive jumped the tra'ck the other day , and all the cars followed it. The engine turned completely over and lay on its side. Jacob Jensen , who was the engineer , was instantly killed. He stayed on the engine and when he was found had , his hand on the throttle. , He was badly bruispd and was.completely bur- Jed under the debris.pf the engine. The engine ha'd to' be raised before lie' ' ' A" ? 2 . ' - - could be extricated. * aewt ; JWS FOE.NEB 4SKA. A RECORD OF PROCEEDIXOS IX TIIE LEGISLATURE. TIio RcKolutloii Providing for a Con tent of the Election or Governor De feated In the Senate A Supply Depot for the Pnrcliaac of Roods Necessary for State Institutions A Itccord of Other Proceedings In IloClilIranclicn of tltc Ijcglslatnre. THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE. X ItECOKD OF PKOCEEDINGS IN' BOTH 15HANCHES. SENATE. In the senate on the 10th the following were read for the first time : Limiting the game season and trapping of elk , deer and antelope to the period between January 1 and October 1 ; grouse and prairie chicken from January 1 to August 15 , and wild turkey from January 1 to October 1. The following senate files were read a second time and referred : Rendering it a felony to sell intoxicating liquors to Indians. Regarding the insufficiency of money in the'country and suggest ing 'various reformatory measures to congress. Senator Switzler of Doug- Ins aslced for the consideration of the bill , No. (57. in committee of the whole. Senator Moore of Lancaster was called to the chair of the com mittee and the bill was read. It com pelled all railroads in the state to con struct crossings over their tracks at all public roads ; to establish a grade at those crossings of not more than 7 per cent ; to make the crossing not less than forty feet in width at the top ; to plank between the tracks and for one foot on the outside of the same and for at least three-fourths of the width of the crossing. Senator Switzler moved to amend that railroads shall maintain good crossngs , and if the same are not in good repair the commissioners of the county may notify the railroad company of the fact and give notice of ten days when the matter will be dis cussed and the repair on crossing ordered , lie also amended that a failure to comply with the law cause a fine of $25 to be applied to the school fund. The amendments prevailed. HOUSE. In the house a large num ber of bills were introduced , among them the following : To provide for the holding of farmers' institutes un der the direction of the regents of the state university and appropriating $3,000 per year to defray the expense of the same ; to prohibit all persons , firms , or corporations or associations from taking a greater rate of interest per year than $10 per year on the § 100 upon any loan or forbearance of mon ey , goods or things in action : and to provide a punishment for violating the provisions of this act , and to provide for recovering five times the amount of the interest taken any time within five years from the time of taking the same : a bill for an act to establish a state board of health , to regulate the practice of medicine in the state of Ne braska and to repeal section 1 to 2 in clusive , of chapter 55 of the compiled statutes of Nebraska , entitled "An act the of Medicine ; ! to regulate practice , approved March 3. 1881 , and amended in 1883 , and all other acts inconsistent herewith ; to provide for the erection of a building upon the grounds of the state university , and in connection with the agricultural experimental station thereof , lo be used as a labratory and propagating house for investigations in economic etnomology , the study of the life , history and habits of injuri ous insects and parasites , and to ap propriate $5.000 for that purpose. Porter's Australian ballot bill was put upon its final passage and adopted by the house without a dissenting vote. House roll 51. Capek's bill making an employer liable to a fine for not grant ing employes time to vote , was put upon its final passage and adopted by the house. Cornish's bill , house roll 64 , a bill to provide for the outlawing of a judgment after it had been allowed to remain dormant for live years was passed. SEXATE. In the senate on the llth the concurrent resolution providing for the contest of the election of Governor lioyd and the other executive state offi cers came up for the last time and was lost. The independents sa\ the reso lution will be brought up again. It must originate in the house , and sev eral weeks , it is thought , must elapse before it can reach the senate. Sena tor Koontz presented a petition for the passage of a law enabling plaintiffs in cases of attachment for debt to collect , in the event of sufficient property not being found to satisfy the claim , 10 per cent of the wages of the party against whom the judgment has been issued. Senate files read first time were : Amending an act entitled an act to re quire corporations , firms and individ uals transacting a banking business to make reports of their resources and liabilities to the auditor of public ac counts and to provide for the examina tion of the affairs of such banking in stitutions and to fix a minimum capital for a transaction of a banking business ; punish the receiving of deposits of in solvent banking institutions and to pro vide for winding up their affairs , and to repeal section 15 of chapter 8. of the compiled statutes of Nebraska of 1889 ; house roll No. 141 , providingfor the independence of voters ; to regulate subscriptions for newspapers and other periodicals ; limiting a subscriber's lia bility to the time for which he has sub scribed. The following were read a second time : House roll No. 124 , pro viding for the return of insurance premiums for unexpired terms of can celled policies ; senate files No. 125 , providing for the publication of county , advertisements indaily papers having a circulation" of $1,000 . .and printed in ' German , English or Bohemian Ian- guages ; No. 126 , regulating game sea sons ; No. 127 , regulatingthe''qualiCjca- tions of superintendents of public in struction ; No. 128. regulating the duties of county jucges and justices of the peace. HOUSE. In the house on motion of Newberry , 10.000 copies of Ex-Gov ernor Thayer's message was ordered printed. The house committee on schools reported in favor of the Felker bill requiring one-third of the mem bers of school boards in metropolitan cities , to be women. The committee on judiciary reported back a bill by Cornish providing that both houses shall meet at noon on the fifth day ol the organization of the legislature to hear contest.cases for executive offices , with the recommendation that it do pass. Among the bills introduced were the following : To establish and main tain a central purchase and supply de pot for the purpose of purchasing and furnishing the goods and supplies nec essary for the maintenance of the ser- eral charitable institutions of the state. Relating to building , loan and saving associations doing a general business , and regulating foreign building and loan associations'dbing business in this state , and the penalty for violation thereof ; to make a fine not exceeding $5 assessed in police and justice courts absolute , without the right of appeal ; to compel children between the ages of seven and fifteen years to attend school , and to provide penalties for the violation thereof. House roll 90 by Capek , making it a misdemeanor punishable by both fine and imprison ment for an employer to exact or re quire a promise from any applicant for a position not to join any labor organ ization on condition of securing any employment , was favorably recom mended by the committee on labor ; re quiring attorneys to take a two-years' course before admission to the bar. The house went into committee of the whole to consider bills on general file. House roll 217 , by Kruse , appropro- priating $75,000 to pay the incidental expenses of the legislature , was re ported for passage. SENATE. In the senate on the 12th the committee on public lands and buildings reported that they had duly considered senate file 106 , and recom mend that it pass. Among bills read for the first time were the following : A bill for an act to amend sections 3 and 32 , of chapter 43 , of the compiled statutes of Nebraska of 1870 , entitled "insurance companies3 and to repeal said original sections and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith ; a bill for an act to recount the ballots cast for the amendment to the consti tution increasing the number of judges of the supreme court at the general election , held on the 4th day of No vember , 1890 , and to declare the re sult ; a bill for an act to require rail road companies to provide transfer facilities at all stations or points where two or more railroads are operated by different corporations or companies , and to require prompt transfer of all cars , and to establish charges for such transfers ; a bill for an act to require railroad companies to erect and main tain scales for weighing car loads at certain stations ; a bill for an act to require railroad companies to issue through bills of lading , as required by shippers : a bill for an act to amend sections 7 and 8 of chapter 27 , com piled statutes of 1SS7. entitled "feeble minded children. " and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act. HOUSE. The house went into com mittee of the whole to consider the committee bill establishing maximum freight tariff. Mr. Porter ( ind. ) said the bill was easily explained. It sim ply adopted the Iowa classification of various articles of commerce and fixed the same freight rate that now prevails in that state. "This is the issue upon which we were nearly all elected , and upon which there ought not to be any radical difference in opinion on the floor of the house. ' ' The bill was discussed at considerable length by Felker , Dobson , Faxon , Moodie and others.atson ( rep. ) thought a special committee , of which the indpendents should have a major ity , ought to be appointed to draft a bill , and suggested that the minority of the committee should be named by the republican and democratic party caucus , and for one he pledged him self to support any bill that might be drawn up by the committee. Shrader moved that section 3. fixing the dis tance tariff and car load rates be adopted without reading. Carried. Sections 4 and 5 were also passed. Shrader moved to strike out all that part of section 6 which prohibited a railroad from testing the rate in court for six months after the law goes into effect. He said the legislature could not prevent the railroads from taking their case into court when they felt so disposed. Carried. On motion of Mr. Reynolds an amendment was added to the penalty clause , making the rail road company violating any of the pro visions of this act subject to a fine of from 500 to $5,000. On motion of Alden ( rep. ) the committee arose and reported the bill back for passage and ordered engrossed for a third reading. SENATE. In the senate on the 12th the committee on judiciary reported favorably upon the following senate files : No. 74 , relating to estates in dower ; No. 75 , relating to estates by curtsey ; No. 76 , amending sections 30 and 176 of chapter 23 , statutes of 1889 ; No. 77. amending section 16 , chapter 36 , statutes same year. The committee on medical legislation recommended the passage of senate file No. 79. pro hibiting undertakers from putting embalming fluid" , without the consent ofthe coroner , into the stomachs of pooole who die felonious deaths or under suspicious circumstances. The committee on internal improvements favored the passage of file No. 73 , re- pealing section 8 of chapter 45 of the , BUitjujes. jSejiate file No. 95 , _ rejlating to' " the" registration of votes , was re commended for passage by the committee mitteeon municipal affairs. The com mittee on revenue endorsed senate files 107 , amending section 123 of chapter 77 , and No. 81 regarding oil inspec tion. The following files were read a first time. No. 17 , appropriating $75- 000 for the expenses of the legislature ; No. 155 , punishing fraud ; No. 150. rendering a mortgage of household property void without the signature oJ husband and wife or head of the fam ily. ' The following were road a second end time : No. 153 , regarding the issue of bonds ; No. 152 , regarding pub lic schools in metropolitan cities ; No. 150 , grand juries ; No. 149 , posting names of railroad employes ; No. 147 , erecting scales at stations ; No. 145 , transferring cars ; No. 144 , recounting judicial amendment vote ; No. 143 , usury. Senator Poynter introduced a resolution , based upon the suggestion of Governor Boyd in his message , that Senators Christofferson , Dysart and Brown be appointed a committee to in vestigate the offices of the executive departments of the state and report to the'senate. Laid over under the rules. HOUSE. The house held no session. The roll call had hardly been finished , showing sixty-six members present , when a motion to adjourn was made and carried by a close vote. Several chairmen of committees were anxious to continue their work , but the greater number of members were anxious to go to an excursion with the fish and game committee to the fish hatchery at South Bend. LEGISLATIVE NOTES. Gov. Boyd was formally presented by the Samoset association of Omaha with a magnificent gubernatorial chair made expressly for the occasion. The state relief commission has ta ken rooms at the state capitol , along with the state board of agriculture , where they will be "at home" to needy applicants. An unsigned letter was sent up to the clerk's desk to bo read , but the speaker objected and thought the house could not afford to spend its time read ing "synonymous" communications. The house judiciary committee , after giving the matter a full hearing , de cided to indefinitely postpone all bills to extend the stay of executions in foreclosure of real estate mortgages. Senator Starbuck of Thayer county received a letter containing the sad in- elligence that his only brother had just died in California. The senator left at once for his home at Hebron. Senator Voorhees is ill of a compli cation of diseases , rheumatism and heart disease being the most serious. It is not probable that he will be in the senate during the rest of the ses sion. sion.The The house committee on claims has allowed George W. Davis , who was in jured by the boiler explosion at the Lincoln insane asylum in February , 1889. the sum of $2,000 in full for his injuries. The house committee on federal re lations Ijas approved and will report for passage the joint resolution intro duced by Voorhees ( ind..commending and instructing United States senators to support the Stanford bill providing for the loaning of money direct to the people on real estate security at 2 per cent per year. The house committee on constitu tional amendments has been unable to come to any conclusion in regard to the holding of a constitutional conven tion , and have agreed to report the matter back to the house without recommendation and transfer the fight to the committee of the whole. In response to the question which has several times been propounded to Mr. Ludden , that gentleman says that the commission has not yet drawn any money from the treasury of the state to pay for the goods ordered for the relief of the drouth sufferers , which latter amounted to about $16,000. The independent majority of the committee on apportionment have de cided to allow Douglas county eleven memoers of the lower house ana one float member with Sarpy county. The bill introduced by Mr. ' Fee ( rep ) gives Douglas fifteen representatives , and this or some similar measure will be supported by republicans and demo crats. crats.7hen \7hen the house was called to order the other morning only forty-five mem bers answered 'their names. The speaker was just on the point of de claring an adjournment till 2 o'clock when Gardiner of Douglas rushed in and said he had corraled five members whom he had found out in the corri dor , and a new vote proved that he was right , for fifty-one members an swered to their names and business re sumed. One of the important bills recently passed by the house effects a radical change in the makeup of the board of railroad commissioners. At present the board of transportation consists of the secretary of state , auditor , state treasurer , commissioner of public lands and buildings and attorney general. 3y this bill , if it becomes a law , the governor alone will constitute this aoard and have power to appoint three secretaries. The house committee on constitu tional amendments have spent nearly a week considering amendments to the constitution relative to the disposition of fees arising from saloon licenses. The proposition to turn the license 'ees and fines into the county school fund rather than let them continue to ae a uart of the revenues for educa tional purposes , was agreed to by a small majority of the committee. It is very evident that no change will be made in the .present . law. In explaining his vote against the sugar bounty bill , Mr. Brennan said : 'Mr. Speaker , before voting on this bill I desire to explain my vote. I think that to pass this bill would be a blow at one pj pur .most..desirable in- dusYriesi''If there is one thing our state needs , it is to encourage indus tries like this. I am surprised at the course the gentlemen of the other side take in this matter. I would like to see.one hundred establishments like the one in Grand Island and I am will ing to pay my part of the tax. If we will encourage it for the next two years we will have one hundred such factories all over the state. In five years it would be self-supporting , and the time is not far distant when Ne braska will supply our own state with what sugar she needs , and not only our state , but the other states , and Nebraska finally be the great sugar- producing state of the union. I there fore vote "No. " THE STATE INSTITUTIONS. LINCOLN , Feb. 10. The following represents the appropriations made heretofore for the support of the sev eral institutions of the state , and also the amounts asked for each from the present legislature. The amount sought appears in the first , and that of two years ago in the second column. The total also includes the miscel laneous fund , which cannot be esti mated in advance. There is a wide disparity in the fig ures in each column. In nearly every instance where this difference occurs , it is accounted for by an expenditure for some large improvement in the past or a demand for one the coming year. Governor's office $ 17,403.00 $ 17,400.00 Adjutant geneeral'rt of fice 22,700.03 22,700.00 Commissioner of labor. . 8,000 00 8.000.00 Secretary of State 17,550.00 17,250.10 Auditor 25.000.oO 25.000.00 Treasurer 11,250.00 17,800.00 Superintendent 1'ublic instruction. 12,775.03 12,775.00 Attorney general 12,000.03 12,000.00 Commissioner public lands and buildings. . . 30.950.00 30.950.00 Board public lands and buildings -J1COD.OO G3,309.G9 Board education , lands and farms 12,003.00 13,323.03 Board purchase and supplies 300.00 300.00 Supreme court 52.885.00 47,310.00 Bank department . ' { .000.00 3.900.00 State library 6.500.00 15.200.00 Normal school 39.700.00 54,574.32 Hospital insane.Lincoln 307.900.00 SO'.OOO.OO1 Hospital insaneNorfolk 182.400.00 142,672.87 Hospital insane , Hast ings 258.100.03 100.500.00 Penitentiary. Lincoln. . 123,340.00 131,628.03 Institute blind , Nebras ka City 35,903.03 42SOO.OO Industrial school. Kear ney 146,913.00 157,628.00 Institute deaf and dumb Omaha 74,000.00 69,361.00 Home of Friendless , Lin coln 57,510.00 30.030.00 Industrial home , Milford - ford 31,600.00 4G.710.CO State board of transpor tation 19,550,00 19,150,00 Soldiers' and Sailors' home , Grand Island. . . 13.,520.00 110,280.00 Institute feeble minded , Beatrice 13.,450.00 SS.583.CO Fish commission 15,970.00 16.003.00 fctate university 243,150.00 180,500.0) ' Total . 52,703,867.70 > .3SO,32S. S THE MECHANICS' LIEN LAW. There seems to be a good deal of in terest displayed regarding the mechan ics' lien law which has been intro duced into the senate by Mr. Switzler. That gentleman has offered the follow ing amendment which , it is thought , will be appreciated by parties inter ested : Provided , however , that any mate rial man who desires to secure a lien for material , fixtures or machinery furnished for any of the purposes men tioned in this act shall , before deliver ing said material , notify in writing the owner of the premises on which a lien is to be filed , that he expects to furn ish material for an improvement on said owner's property , in which notice or notices shall be stated the aggre gate amount for which the material man expects to claim a lien and the ma terial man may from time to time give additional notices as here provided in case he desires to claim a lien for more material than is mentioned in previous notice or notices. Notices may be served by delivering to the owner per sonally or leaving at his residence with any member of his family over eigh teen years old , or with his architect : and in case the owner is a non-resident and cannot be served personally in this state , the notice may be mailed to his usual address , giving street number if known , or given to his architect. Pro vided , however , that mechanics and laborers shall not be required to give said notice in order to secure a lien for labor. Sec. 2. Section 2. article 1 , chapter 34 , of the compiled statutes of 1887 , is tierebv renealed. NO MOKE FHEK FREIGHT. LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 1C. Messrs. [ loldrege of the B. & M. , Holeomb of the Union Pacific and Burt of the Fre- noni , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley roads called on General Manager Ludden of the Nebraska relief commission. Each was accompanied by his attorney. Speaker Elder and several members of the legislature were invited. The railroad men had called to announce to the commission that their respective roads would haul free no more goods intended for the relief of the drouth sufferers. Neither would they make any reduction from regular traffic rates. They had virtually donated $30.000 in freight charges to the relief of the sufferers , to say nothing of the cost of returning the empty cars , which they could find no produce or other material to fill , thus really suffering from a "double haul. " This resolu tion , they said , was irrevocable , be cause the house had now before it a maximum rate bill based upon the rail road law of Iowa. If that bill should * become a law it would result in cut ting the Nebraska rates in two , some thing which the roads could not stand. With such threatening legislation it was useless to expect the railroads to carry goods for nothing or even to offer a reduction in the current charges. The house committee on foreign af fairs has agreed to report to the house with some modification a bill to porate the Pacific cable company. NEWS SUM3IABV. Oregon votcd SO.OOjQjfor he w6ritTa fair. fair.Now York's legislature passed an. anti-bucket shop law. A Paris Banker named Mace has. fled , owing $4,000,000. New Mexico's legislature adopted an. anti-trust , anti-pool law. Premier Stambuloff has decided to- expell all Nihilists from Bulgaria , The railroad from Nashville to Cumberland - berland Gap will be built at once. A cyclone in Northern Alabama. wrought great damage to property. It is said that John C. New has been ! , , , offered the secretaryship of the treas- \ ury. ury.Two Alabamians fought over a brick kiln. One is dead and the other has- fled. fled.The The czar has ordered the rigorous- laws against the Jews to be rigidly en forced. Conngressman HatchJ has Deported : to the house a stringent meat inspec tion bill. The Kansas legislature is consider ing a bill to reduce passenger rates- to 2ic per mile. Burglars near Napa , Cal. . . killed Mrs. J. O. Greenwood and fatally in jured her husband. Every window in Clark's thread works at Newark was broken by strik ers. A boy was hurt. Eulogies of the late Congressman. James P. Walker of Missouri were- pronounced in the senate. The Alabama , senate passed a bill appropriating $30,000 to represent Al abama at the world's fair. The steamer Cheswiek has been wrecked off the Sully Islands , the cap tain and ten men being lost. Senator Cullom's proposed amend ments to the interstate law prove to be unsatisfactory to railroad men. . Richard Mandebaum * of San Fran cisco ran his father's firm in the hole- for $100,000 and fled to Australia. The plantation negroes on the Portu gal island ol St. Thomas have again. , revolted. Troops have been sent A Minneapolis minister dropped dead in his pulpit .after preaching a sermon on "Is Life Worth Living ? " Hannibal Hamlin at New York and William McKinley at Toledo , made addresses - . , dresses at Lincoln memorial dinners. f A Chicago servant girl admitted hei- husband into the house where she worked. He stole $1,500 worth of val- ( t | uables. I John Spellman , son of Edward I Spellman , the Peoria distiller , was arrested - { rested in St. Paul charged with mail robbery. c Fully twenty-five banks of north western Kansas have either failed 01- gone into voluntary liquidation since December 1. An effort is to be made to resubmit - mit prohibition to the popular vote iii j Kansas , the Alliance apparently favoring - ing the plan. ! The Chicago council has ordered th& tearing down of the old exposition j building to make room for World's fair buildings. Before the silver pool inquiry com mittee Congressman Dorsey of Nebraska - ' braska made a statement denying any interest in siver. The Toronto Empire declares that ' Elaine expressed a desire to discuss * with Pauncefote the subject of reciprocity - procity with Canada , Ignatius Donnelly and Robert Inger- sell will debate the dispute as to the authorship of Shakespeare's works in Minneapolis next month. A supreme court decision makes a St. Joseph woman a bigamist. Sha- had married after her hu = band had. been convicted of bigamy. President Hartwell of the North. Middlesex ( Mass. ) Savings bank say3- that the deficit of Cashier Spauiding- will reach at least $25,000. Mary Holeomb has been granted a divorce in Minnesota because her hus band habitually mauled her with the Bible after family prayers The senate is shaping up its busi ness with a determination to adjourn. March 4 without leaving behind il the- necessity of an extra sessioi : . The chaplain of the North Dakota legislature offended an Anti-Prohibi tionist by a prayer so that the latter rose to a question of privilege. A dispatch from Sioux Falls says Bishop Hare has decided to resign the diocese of South Dakota and accept charge of the mission in Japan. A combination of Democrats and Al liance men is contemplated , whereby Illinois will elect Palmer senator and South Dakota an Alliance man. The police of Portland , Oregon , ar rested O. W. Michling , who is wanted in Sac City , la. , for the forgery of a , $1,500 check on the Sac City bank. President Blackstone of the Chicago & Alton road , when shown a dispatch from Boston concerning the rumored sale of that road , said there was not a word of truth in that report. The first steps toward putting the new apportionment law into operation was taken by the state department , from which a certified copy of the law was sent to the governor of each state and territory. Charles Knock , a resident of Leon- olis , Wis. , shot and killed his wife and himself one day last week. The bodies were not found for several days after. The face of Mrs. Knock had been f partly eaten off by a cat. Secretary Proctor has ordered that the regulations requiring enlisted men to attend school be enforced. He said the officers fit to command a post ought to have discretion sufficient to manage the schools without friction. Great enthusiasm was manifested in the national convention of miners at Columbus , O. , over the announcement that the bill prohibiting "compahy stores" had become a law in Pennsyl vania.
