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THE H'COOK TEIBUNE. F. M. KI.TIITIELL , Publisher. McUOOK , NEB. STATE NEWS. NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTFR3. Work has begun on the artesian well at O'Neill. La grippe has caught a good many people in and about Litchfield. The normal school at Peru closed on the 25th for a two weeks' vacation. The first of the machinery for the beet sugar factory at Norfolk has ar rived. Broken Bow can have a barbed wire factory for a bonus of $1,500 and two city lots. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Hayes of Norfolk , recently celebrated their gold en wedding. It is expected that the irrigating canal from Palisade to Culbertson will be completed by June 1. Judge Kinkaid of , Holt county , was called to West Virginia last week by the death of a near relative. The farmers' alliance of Bayard contemplates the erection of a building for a lodge room and other purposes. Ex-County Attorney Graves of Thurston county , is suing the com missioners for ofiico rent during his term. % The cost of putting the Australian ballot into effect will amount to $15 , - 000. This is about double what elec tions in the city have heretofore cost. Forty tons of sugar beet seed are stored in the ofiico of the Oxnard company at Norfolk ready to be dis tributed to the farmers. The seed cost ? S , 000. 000.Charles Charles Pierce , a farmer living about two miles from Juniato , while hunting geese accidentally discharged his gun , blowing a part of one of his hands off. Nebraska City physicians report many cases of la grippe. A peculiar ity of the malady there is that those afflicted last year have thus far escaped this season. Work has been commenced on another irrigating ditch at Palisade. With the improvements being made and the coal find there that town is said to be booming. Mayor Ireland of Nebraska City , left for St. Louis to meet the Missouri river commission. He expects to se cure at least $100,000 for the river im provements at that city. Mrs. Mary Hewett of Hastings , the wife of Judge O. B. Hewett of that city , died suddenly of heart failure. Mrs. Hewett was the oldest Nebraska pioneer residing in Hastings. The wife of the city marshal of Humphey has filed complaint for the arrest of four saloonkeepers on the charge of having window curtains drawn down and keeping open on Sun day. In an affray among gamblers at Dakota City John Peyson. ex-mayor , was killed and a man named Middleton mortally wounded. All parties are gamblers who had been driven out of Sioux City. A B. & M. passenger train had a narrow escape from going into the ditch one mile west of Syracuse. The front truck of the rear coach turned half way across the track , and in that condition was dragged some fifty feet before the train could be stopped , tearing up the ties and throwing the track all out of shape. The winter term of Gates collejre at Neligh was the most successful in its history. The examinations in both college and preparatory classes gave satisfactory evidence of the thorough work done during the term by the students and faculty. Over one hun dred and thirty students were in at tendance during the last term. In the district court at Seward Thomas N ilhams pleaae4 guilty to the charge of horse stealing- and was sen tenced to imprisonment for thirteen months. Peter J. Vaege acknowledged that he was a forger and was given one yeain the pen. Jake Andres and T. I. Nash were given eighteen months on a plea of guilty to stealing. John Barlosink was arrested at Columbus for beating a woman at Genoa. Barlosink sold his farm near Genoa , but before giving possession he sold the doors and windows from the house. A row ensued with the pur chasers and Barlosink threw one of the women out of the wagon in which the vras riding and broke her arm. > The contracting freight agents of nil the lines connecting in Omaha , to gether with the heads of the coal de partments of these roads , met in that city for the purpose of fixing a uni form coal rate. Several of the lines claim that they have been working at a disadvantage under the present schedule of rates , and an effort will be made to adjust the matter. As an injustice in the matter of taxation the Madison Reporter says that Henry Miller the drayman who hauls the coal , moves your trunk and does other odd jobs at Norfolk pays $5.14 tax , while W. H. Bucholz. the affable cashier of the Norfolk bank , the happy possessor of twenty shares of bank stock , a fine roadster and car riage , an elegant gold watch worth more than an ordinary dray and team , pays $8.84. The body of a man found dead near Prague recently has been identi fied as that of Carl Swoboda , a recent arrival from Chicago. Swoboda was a man of more than ordinary intelli gence , had served in the Austrian armv and had seen much of the world. He "brought his family with him'io Prague and intended to open a tailor ing establishment. After being in town a few days he purchased a revolver , went to the edge of the village and shot himself four times. ONLY NEEDS SIGNING. TIIEX linn JfEiriiERHY i WILT BECOME The Ifleanuro Gocn Through Doth House * ofthc Nebraska licgfuluture Great Ellthliftlumii Over SIICCCSH of the lUcanurc The Judicial Appor tionment Hill ProvUIon for Cheap er Text IlookN A Kccorcl of the Pro ceeding In Both IIouHCK ol * the Leg islature. THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE. A HECOHD OF PROCEEDINGS IN BOTH BRANCHES. SENATE. In the senate on the 23d the deadlock was broken and the New- berry freight rate bill passed.mAt 5:35 Senator Shumway moved to suspem further proceedings under the call o the house. Senator Moore secondec the motion. "Are there any objec tions ? ' ' inquired the , lieutenant gover nor. "I object , " firmly declared a chorus of senators Mattes , Christof- ferson , Thomas and Collins. But they lacked one and the motion was putanc carried. Reading of the bill was pro ceeded with , at the conclusion of which the lieutenant governor said : "The question is , shall the bill pass ? As many as favor say aye and opposed no , as their names ore called. The secre tary will call the roll. " Roll call showed ayes 23 , nays 7. The bill was declared passed and promptly the sen ate adjourned. Then a wild yell went up from the great throng. The state house resounded with the cheers of those who had fought the fight and won a victory over the railroads. Fol lowing is the vote in detail : Yeas Beck , Brown , Day , Dysart , Hill , Horn , Keiper , Koontz , Michener , Poynter , Randall , Sanders , Schram , Shumway , Smith. Starbuck , Stevens , Turner , Van Housen , Warner , Williams , Wilson , Woods 23. Nays Christofferson , Collins , Eggleston , Mattes. Moore , Switzler , Thomas 7. Absent Coul ter. Shea , Taylor 3. HOUSE. In the house the following were reported for passage : House roll 532 , by Waldron , appropriating $75.000 for two wings to the asylum for the incurable insane at Hastings and furnishing the same ; house roll 326. providing for the appointment of a police matron in cities having over fifteen thousand inhabitants ; house roll 199 , by Gardner , the amended school law for Omaha ; house roll 352 , by Vandeventer , prohibiting county treasurers from receiving any per centum for any money collected or turned over to them ; house roll 413 , authorizing H. H. Wheeler and Guy A. Brown to compile and publish the statutes and fixing the price of the same at not to exceed § 2 per copy to the state and $4 per copy to private individuals ; house roll 234 , allowing $1.000 to Julius Grosjean. who was badly injured while acting as a guard at the penitentiary ; house roll 197 , appropriating $40,000 for additional buildings for the feeble minded insti tute at Beatrice , on motion of Porter was reduced from $40,000 to $25,000 and ordered back for passage. SENATE. In the senate on the 24th the following were passed : No. 91 , defining the qualifications of teachers ; No. 146. providing for the reports to be made by railroad companies to the state auditor ; No. 204 , relating to the listing of railroad property for taxation purposes ; No. 156 , setting forth the ap preciation of the legislature of any means employed by congress to compel the subsidy railroads to comply with the conditions of their contracts with the government ; No. 212. requiring registrars and county clerks to keep indebtedness records. Senate file No. 18 , the warehouse bill ; senate file 81 , by Warner , increasing the test of ker osene oil from 100 ° to 110 ° ; senate file 137. by Coulter , requiring corpora tions , firms or individuals transacting a banking business to make reports of their resources and liabilities to the auditor of public accounts. The com mittee on constitutional amendments recommended the passage of house roll No 58 , providing for the election by the people of the members of the board of railroad commissioners. Senator Poynter moved , and the motion pre vailed , that the bill be passed to third reading. House roll No. 471 , provid ing $100.000 for the relief of sufferers from the drouth , and No. 86 , regard ing the number of commissioners in counties with less and1 more than 120.- 000 were r.ead the first ; time. Housi : . In the house the following bils passed : Senate file 116 , by Brown , relating to the state board of health and the practice of medicine. House roll 116 , by Lomax , providing for the choosing of presidential elect ors by congressional districts and two by the state at large. House roll 269 , b'y Stevens of Platte , appropriating the sum of $24,000 to pay the militia their commissary and stores , $13,200 to pay the transportation by rail of the Ne braska national guards during the late Indian war. House roll 305 , by Howe , providing that no chattle mortgage proceeding shall bo instituted when the loan secured by the mortgage con tained usurious interest. Senate file 17 , by Randall , providing that the lessee of school land may purchase same at appraised value fixed by board of supervisors. House roll 276 , the Olson bill dividing the state into six congressional districts. House roll 532 , by Waldron , appropriating $60,000 for two wings to the asylum for the incur able insane at Hastings , and $15,000 for furnishing the same. House roll 802. by Dunn , providing that all rail roads that acquire the right of way by condemnation or gift shall finish the grade in two years qnd complete the line and have cars in operation in four years , or forfety.all interest in the land so acquired * j SENATE. In the senate on the 25th senate file No. 118 , relating to the publication of the statutes by D. A. * Campbell of Lancaster county , was' amended limiting the price per volume to $2.50 instead of $5. The bill was then recommended to pass. The same disposition was made of No. 267 , re lating to the fees of jurors and grand jurors in district courts ; No. 133 , re garding the jurisdiction of judges in civil cases ; No. 265 , defining the boun daries of Thurston county ; No. 213 , es tablishing agricultural experimenta stations at Culbertson and Ogalalla No. 235 , appropriating $3,500 for the relief of Engineer Davis , who was in jured by an explosion in one of the state institutions ; house roll No. 268. appropriating $2,000 for the relief o Lavena Turner ; house roll 104. making eight hours a day's labor ; house rol No. 272 , relating to cheap text books At 2:30 p. m. Prof. Denton of the Ag ricultural bureau addressed the bodj regarding the utilization of artesian wells for irrigation purposes. HOUSE. In the house bills were passed as follows : Authorizing Guy A. Brown and H. II. Wheeler to com plete and codify the statutes , with : proviso that the copies shall not cost the state and private parties more than $2.50 per copy. Appropriating $20,000 for the erection of an addi tional cottage at the institute for the feeble minded at Beatrice , and $5,000 for a kitchen and dining room for the same. Providing for the levying of a special tax , not exceeding 1 mill on the dollar , by county commissioners for the purpose of removing any accu mulations or obstructions in any ditch running through two or more counties. Senate file 25 , by Wilson , establishing a state normal school at Chadron , was reported for passage. The house in committee of the whole cut down the appropriation for the support of the state militia from $40,000 to $25,000 , and ordered the bill to a final reading by a vote of 49 to 40. House roll 519 , the general appropriation bill was then taken up with Oakley of Lancas ter in the chair , and considered section bv section. The item "house rent , $2,000" in the allowance for the gov ernor's office was struck out on a mo tion of Stebbins by a vote of 44 to 41 , and several attempts of White of Cass and Sternsdorf to insert smaller amounts was voted down. SENATE. In the senate on the 26th the house judicial apportionment bill was passed. The house bill No. 206 , appropriating $50,000 for the Nebras ka exhibit in the world's fair was passed. The following also passed : No. 275 , providing for cheaper text books ; No. 58 , by Moan , amending the constitution so as to enable the election of the state railway commission. House roll No. 264 , requiring all railroads in the state to maintain passenger sta tions and switches for the handling of freight within every incorporated vil lage through which they pass , was read. Senator Mattes made a spirited assault upon the measure , but the same was recommended not to pass. House roll No. 57 , requiring all corporations to give notice annually , through a newspaper in the county or counties in which the business is transacted , of the amount of their indebtedness , was re commended to pass. House roll No. 51 received the same recommendation. It provides a penalty for the wrongful use of trade marks or labels adopted by unions of working men for the pur pose of advertising goods manufac tured by them. The last bill consid ered was senate file No. 69 , relating to the composition of the state board of transportation , and it was also recom mended for passage. HOUSE. In the house the following bills passed : Senate file 217 , by Coul ter , providing for the regulation and winding up of the business of building and loan associations ; senate file 23 by Moore , relating to the fees of coun ty treasurers ; house roll 199 , by Gard ner , changing the time of the school election in Omaha from April to No vember with the "emergency clause. " On motion of Shrader , house roll 461 , the bill appropriating an additional $100,000 for the relief of Western suf ferers , was recalled from the senate for correction by striking out the emergency clause. Bills on final read ing were taken up and the following passed : House roll 517 by Nichols , ap propriating the sum of $25,000 addi tional for salary of members and em ployes ; house roll 472 , by Rohan , pro viding that a national ilag shall be placed on every school house ; house roil 234 , by Felker , appropriating $1- 000 for the relief of Julius Grosjeans of Omaha , who was permanently injured while acting as a guard at the state penitentiary : house roll 351 by Oak ley , empowering the state board of transportation to regulate and control express companies ; house roll 435 , by Felker , authorizing a private citizen to defend any action brought against a city when the city neglects or refuses to do so ; house roll 326 , by Schrader , authorizing the appointment of a po- ice matron in cities having over fif teen thousand inhabitants ; House roll 526 , by Speaker Elder , appropriating $25,000 for the support of the state militia. SENATE. In the senate on the 27th the following were read a third time and passed : House roll 230. relating to the selection of jurors in Douglas and ancaster counties ; house roll 260. re- ating to the admission of students to the colleges of the university on the jayment only of matriculation fees : louse roll No. 115 , providing a pun ishment for the infringement of labels adopted by workingmen's associations ; senate file No. 133 , relating to the urisdiction of county judges in civil cases ; senate file No. 214 , establishing experimental stations at Culbertson and Ogalalla ; senate file No. 232 , reg ulating the soldiers' and sailors' home at Grand Island ; senate file No. 267. mying jurors out of the general fund ; senate file . 'No. 2C5 , establishing : the .1 { . . * ' - boundaries of Thurston county ; house roll No. 58 , providing for the election of the state board of railway coramis- 'sioners ; No. 267 , relating to the pay ment of jury fees and mileage out of the general fund ; No. 94. creating the office of assessor in cities of the met ropolitan class and defining the duties , powers and liabilities and prescribing the compensation of the same ; No. 92 , providing for the depositing of state and county funds in state and national banks. House roll No. .461 , appropri ating $100,000 for the relief of drouth sufferers , the third bill of the kind , was reconsidered and placed on gen eral file. HOUSE. In the house the general ap propriation bill was taken up in com mittee of the whole. The expenses of the insane hospitals at Hastings and Norfolk were passed over , and the following changes made in the former : The item of board and clothing was increased from $38,000 to $40,000 ; fuel and lights from$12.000 to $15,000 ; a hot water heater , $1,200 , on motion of Alden , was added. The item car pets and curtains ; on motion of Stev ens of Furnas , was reduced from $1. - 000 to $500. The only change made in the estimates for the Hastings asy lum was a reduction of from $500 to $100 for transferring patients. The following reductions were made for the industrial school at Kearney : Med ical attendance , oaints , oils and drugs from $2.800 to $2,000 ; grading , pav ing , sewerage , plumbing and farm ex penses , on motion of Hennick , from $3,500 to $2,000 ; equipment , military department $790 , on motion of Felton , was stricken out ; chapel , ice house , etc. , reduced from $11,000 to $5,500 , and bricking and arching a tunnel , from $3,500 to $3.000. In the state penitentiary estimates the following changes were made : Building new cell house $60,000 , was reduced to$50,000 ; $5,000 for general repair stricken out. The soldiers' and sailors' home at Grand Island and the Omaha deaf and dumb institute were passed without amendment. THE NEWBERRY FREIGHT BILL. LINCOLN , Neb. , March 26 The Newberry Maximum freight rate bill , which has passed both houses and now awaits the governor's signature , fixes a limit which railroads in Nebraska may charge for carrying freight. On an average these rates are 60 per cent less than present rates. The provisions of the Newberry bill apply , unless otherwise provided in the act. to all railroad corporations and railroad companies and to com mon carriers engaged in Nebraska in the transportation of freight by rail road therein , and are also held to ap ply to shipments of property from any point within the state to any other point within the state. The term railroad' ' as used in the act includes all bridges and ferries used in connec tion with any railroad. The term "transportation" ' includes all instru mentalities of shipment or carriage. The provisions of the act apply also to all firms and companies and to all as sociations of persons whether incorpo rated or otherwise that do business as common carriers of freight upon any of the lines of railway in the state , as well as and in the same manner as to railway corporations , All freight or property to be trans ported by any railroad company from any point in Nebraska to any other point in Nebraska is classified in the act under what is called "the Nebras ka classification , " and any other classi fication which would raise the rates on class or commodity of freights above the rates prescribed in the act is pro- liibited and declared to be unlawful. Freight shall be billed at actual weight unless otherwise directed in the classification. Twenty thousand pounds shall be a car load , and all ex cessive weights shall be at the same rate per hundred pounds , except in car oads of light and bulky articles , and unless otherwise specified in the class ification. When the classification makes an article "released" "owner's risk' ' the same at "carrier's risk" will be the next rate higher , unless otherwise pro vided in the classification. Articles rated first class "released"'or "own er's risk , : ' if taken at carrier's risk , will be one and one-half first class un less otherwise provided. All articles carried according to the classification it "owner's risk"of fire , leakage , or breakage must be so receipted for jy agents of the railroads and so con sidered by owners and shippers. Sign ing a release contract by a shipper shall not release the railroad company 'or loss or damages caused by care- es&ness or negligence of its employes. In the fourth section it is provided , hat all railroads touching the same joint in the state and where such rail roads receive from and deliver to each other freight , shall , at a pro rata cost to such railroads , build and maintain switches for common use in transfer ring freight from one road to the other and shall receive and forward all such reight according to the provisions of the act. That whenever a shipper of freight from any point ia the state to any other point in the state must ship over two or more lines of railroad to each the point of destination , the rail road company at the point of shipment shall make a through way bill to ths ) oint of destination , and the rate charged for such shipment shall not be the sum of the two or more local tolls , ) ut shall be according to the rate fixed or the shortest mileage distance by any railroad route between the point of shipment and the point of destina tion. No charge shall be made by any ailroad for transferring freight from ts line to the line of any other rail road. Section 6 provides that whenever any railroad company in the state shall. n a proper action , show by competent estimony in court that the schedule of rates prescribed by the act are unjust andunreasonable such railroad shall bo exeii.pt therefrom as provided. All such actions shall be brought before the supreme court in the name of the railroad company and against the state of Nebraska , and upon the hearing1 thereof if the court shall become satis fied that the rates prescribed are. un just so far as they relate to the rail road bringing the action , it may issue its order directing the board of trans portation to permit such railroad to raise its rates to any sum in the discre tion of the board , provided that in no case shall the rates so raised be li.xed at a higher sum than that charged by such railroad on January 1 , 1891. Whenever any railroad company in this state shall claim the benefit of the provisions of this section it shall be its duty to show to the court all matters pertaining to the management thereof , and if it shall appear that the railroad company is operating branch lines of railroad in connection with its main line , and all included in one system , then it shall be the duty of the com pany to show to the court upon which branch the prescribed schedule of rates is unreasonable , and only such branch or branches shall be exempt from the provisions thereof ; provided that in no case shall a railroad company be al lowed to pool the earnings of nil the lines operated under one management , where more than one line is operated , for the purpose of lowering the gen eral average. The act empowers and directs the board of transportation to reduce the rates on any class or commodity in the schedule of rates whenever it shall seem reasonable to the majority of the board to do so. The board of trans portation is also empowered and di rected to revise the classification of freight made in the act whenever it seems best to do so , provided that no change shall be made which shall in crease the rate to a sum higher than that fixed in the act. When any re duction or revision is made it shall be the duty of the board to cause notice thereof to be published two successive weeks in a newspaper printed at Lin coln , giving changes and the date when they are to go into effect. In case of a violation of the provis ions of this act the offender shall be liable to the person or persons injured for three times the amount of damages sustained. He shall also be liable to costs of suit. All railroads or parts thereof which may be built in the state within two years next after the passage of the act shall be exempt from the provisions thereof until December 31 , 1895. THE OLD SOLDIERS. LINCOLN , Neb. , March 30. The visit of the committee on soldiers' and sai lors' home at Grand Island to that in stitution several weeks ago resulted in the introduction of a bill in the senate amending that under which the insti tution is now governed. The bill provides that no woman un der fifty years of age shall be admitted to residence in the home and allows old soldiers who have secured pensions to remain in the institution by paying their board. Heretofore when soldiers obtained pensions they have been obliged to ire out into the world , and some of them did so greatly to their loss. The bill came up for passage. The only senator opposing the measure was Senator of Hamilton. He held it would be an injustice to pass the bill. It would tend to divorce the old soldier from his wife. They were not able to support the veteran who might have married a young wife after he had been disablei ? in the war , but they were able to separate him from both his wife and children. He was opposed to depriv ing the soldier of the comforts of the home that had been intended for him. He was satisfied that the men who would vote to inilict such an injury would live to regret it. The bill , however , was passed. LEGISLATIVE NOTES. The third relief bill for the benefit of the drouth sufferers was killed in the senate bv a vote to indefiniteiv postpone. Governor Boyd is daily in receipt of petitions from all parts of the state re questing him to veto the maximum freight rate bill. The final reading on house roil 379 , by Johnson , authorizing the building of a boulevard diagonally across a quarter section of the college farm ly ing northeast of Lincoln , and directing that the land be platted for sale. wis followed " 03 * a crushing defeat of this measure. The senate passed the house judicia ry bill without amendment. The bill goes to the governor for signature. The senate also passed the world's fair bill appropriating $50,000. The sen ate likewise passed Breen's bill to levy road tax in cities , half of such tax to be spent in the city. The Douglas and Lancaster county delegations , to whom was referred house roil 94 , a bill to regulate tele phone charges , met and decided to recommend that the bill be indefinitely positioned , as telephone charges were subject to control by ordinances of cities granting franchises. A meeting of citizens and business men of Valentine was held there the other evening and a delegation , con sisting of K. Sparks. E. W. Harvey and C. H. Buridgh. were elected to go to Lincoln and present to Governor Boyd a petition of the business men asking that he veto the Newberry max imum rate bill. One of the most important bills in troduced during the present session of the legislature was considered by the senate in committeee of the whole on the 25th. It was Senator Horn's file No. 92 , providing for the depositing of state and county funds in banks. The bill provides that the state treasurer shall deposit his funds in state or na tional banks , and accept bonds from the latter for the safety of the sajne. Thz bill also includes county treasur ers. The bill was recommended for passage. -Si appropriation bill now The general under discussion in the house foots up to the snug- sum of $1,601,881. The salary bill , which has not yet been reached , will aggregate some sv- ; 000 , while about $400,000 has already been appropriated. This will oring the grand aggregate up to something like $2,370,000. . appropriation bills The following have passed both houses and been ( j signed by the governor : House roll 79 , relief western sufferers , $100. OOOj < r house roll 81 , relief western sufferers bonds , $100,000 ; house roll 217 , legis lative expenses , $5,700 ; house roll 80. salary of members , $75,000 ; house roll 233. Geneva reform school , $40,000 ; total , $390,000. J ( JDICIAL DISTRICTS. LINCOLN , Neb. , March 28. The fol lowing is the apportionment bill of ju dicial districts as ordered by house bill No. 83 , which passed the senate : First judicial district shall consist of li Richardson , Nemaha , Johnson , Paw nee , Gage and Jefferson counties , ? with two judges. Second district Otoeand Cass coun ties , with one judge. Third district Lancaster county , with three judges. Fourth district Douglas. Washing ton , Snrpy and Burt counties , with seven judges. Fifth district Saunders , Stewart , Butler , York , Polk and Hamilton coun ties , with two judges. \ Sixth District Dodge , Colfax , Platte , Merrick and Nance counties with two judges. \ Seventh District Saline , Fillmore , Thayer , Nuckolls and Clay counties. Eighth district Cumiug , Stanton. Dixon , Dakota , Cedar and Thurston I counties , with one judge. Ninth District Wayne. Madison , Antelope , Pierce and Knox counties. - Tenth District Adams , Webster , Kearney , Franklin , Harlan and Phelps counties. Eleventh District Boone , Hall , Wheeler , Greeley , Garfield , L'oup , Valley. Howard , Elaine , Thomas. Hooker and Grant counties , with two judges. Twelfth District Buffalo. Da < .Y = on , Custer and Sherman counties , with one judge. Thirteenth District Lincoln , Lo gan , Keith , Cheyenne , Deuel. Scott's ! l Bluff , Kimball , Banner , McPherson. Arthur , and Perkins counties , withono judge. Fourteenth District Gosper. Fur nas , Frontier , Red Willow , Hayes , Hitchcock , Chase and Dunuy counties , with one judge. Fifteenth District Holt. Rock , Brown , Keya Pah a , Cherry. Sheridan , Dawes , Sioux , Box Butte and the un organized territory , with one judge. ' 'I ' The JurymenAVerc There. 'IH NEW ORLEANS , La , March 27. The , grand jury spent three hours yester day examining witnesses relative to the lynching of the Italians. Captain Lem Davis of the parish prison testified that the only two men he identified positively were Wickliffe and Parser son , who led the assault on the prison rates. A. B. French , a wealthy cotton shio- Ti per , who was in the prison serving a term of sixty days for assaulting a law yer , identified a great many persons , as well as three of the grand jurors , who * 1 were seated around a long table listen ing to his story. French did not at tempt to protect anybody , but toid his story in detail to the extent of naming some of the men who handled Win chesters and six shooters. The other witnesses had bad memories , and the most of them were unable to swear that they could identify anybody. The grand jury adjourned at 1 o'clock un til Monday morning , when the inquiry will be resumed. If the grand jury concludes to indict anybody there will be a scene almost as extraordinary as the uprising itself , for no less than 2,000 men who participated in the mob's work will march to the court house and deliver themselves into the custody of the sheriff. The AVorld'w Fair Mjrlit Fisht. WASHINGTON , March 28. Many of the world's fair stockholders living on i\ \ the west side are determined to open the site question again. They are out soliciting proxies and concentrating them in the hands of men known to be in favor of the dual site. The election of any considerable number of direc'- or. pledged to the lake front wouid mean another attempt to get the down ! I town site. There can be no doubt that the west division stockholders will get a larger representation on the board of directors than they now have , but that they will be able to bring the site question up again is not probable , as the north and south divisions will cer tainly be strong enough to defeat any attempt that might be made. Gigantic Scheme. PITTSBUUG , March 27. A local pa per prints a story of an alleged pro ject that will create a sensation in railroad circles. It is a plan by which the Baltimore & Ohio proposes to uar- allel the Pennsylvania from one "end to the other in an almost air line route from Baltimore to Chicago , and reduce the distance from Pittsburg to the lat .1 ter city seventy-five miles. The Bal . .1I I timore & Ohio road recently purchased \ \ the Pittsburg & Western "road and is now actually at work to secure a con nection through this city to that line. It is reported that Andrew Carnegie will aid them to secure the franchise they need and further that he is likelv to be the next president of the Balti more & Ohio road. i It can now be stated as certain that ex-Representative Carter of Montana has been offered the commissionershin of the general land office to succeed Judge Groff. Thus far Mr. Carter has declined to say whether hewill accent l ! the office , or indeed to discuss the ma't- ter in any way whatever. .
