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HI' I - M'COOK TRIBUNE. . H V. M. KI.MMKLL , Publisher. McCOOK , NEBRASKA I I NEBRASKA. H I A LATton number of cattle are being H 1 fatened on l'latte county corn. H i I ' 1r is claimed that the cribs of Nelson H I contain . ' 00,000 bushels of corn. H I jVIi.sh .rAconiN'K Additt , of Omahn , H 1 attempted suicide by means of drugs. H I Oa the 1st of April the creamery at n 1 St. Edward will recommence busi- Hl I cess. H | I Tub Humphrey fire has developed H ] 1 strong disposition for a water works H | * 1 system. H I Tjik "West Point Republican believes M I that horses will boon be in demand at m 1 -old-time prices. H I Ninety per cent of the people of B I Franklin county , the Sentinel saj's , are M I ' using corn for fuel. M 1 A shoe store at "Wisner was robbed m of all the shoes a horse could haul and B the burglar got away. H Liquok is sold in Gering , but thus H far the authorities have been unable H to locate the offenders. H Wild geese on their way noTth stop H in the Nebraska corn fields to supply H the wants of the inner goose. H Tiik salvation army will establish a H permanent barracks in York and en- H Ueavor to reclaim the wayward. B Jajies Delano , who recently died at Hj Florence , -was 1)4 ) years old. He was H a participant in the Mexican war. H Wir.soNvir.LE will employ a night H watchman to guard the town when H conest men are supposed to be in bed. H * Mns. Conwell sues the city of Hast- H I ings for § 5,000 damages for injuries re- H ccived by falling on a defective walk. H A Nokfolk merchant sent a car con- | i taining six thousand dressed chickens H i and ducks to a customer in California. H The Third congressional district has H * chosen Mrs. llollenbeck and Mrs. Clein- H nions as members of the board of mana- H- ) ffers of .the Trans-Mississippi exposi- R § There-are a number of dry wells in K 1 Banner and adjoining counties that are K u , constant menace to life and property. K Stock is constantly reported as falling R in these death traps. H The rate on hay from western NeB - B braska to Cliicago has been reduced by | from 40 to 50 cents per ton. This on- H ly applies from the immense hay fields H in the western part of the state. H § Mks. MATir A. Woods , an inmate of H HI the asylum at Lincoln , whose home kfBR was at Seward , was found dead In her Hf bed. She is supposed to have died h from the rupturing of 3 , blood vessel. H F. S. Ceisman , an old resident of Au- H burn , was found dead in a hay loft last Kj week. He was at one time numbered Hj among the wealthy of Auburn. Of late * " ' years he has been much addicted to drink. I The Northwest Nebraska G. A. It encampment - campment will be held at Norfolk on VKVH March 18 , that date having been fixed j I by Col. n. K. Stafford of Plainview. Hj ' The district W. E. C. will meet at the j same time and place. K Ir Representative Stebbins , says the " Hj Wallace Tug , will steer a bill through W&Vfl ! providing for an experiment on arte- &VH sian wells on the table lands of Lincoln &VB county , he will not have lived more \AV&V than sixty years in vain. m HJ The village of Battle Creek has is- Hj sued a warning to parents that their H children must not loiter about the depot - | pot or railroad yards in that town , and H also that they must prevent their boys | from carrying sling shot guns. H J. L. Richards , living near DeWitt , H found a frozen rattlesnake that -ap- to have been struck bliz- Hj peared bya - H zard while posing for an attack. Fear- H ing it might prove a case of suspended H animation , he put it in the stove. Governor HoLcoMBhas honored a re quisition issued by the governor of Iowa for the extradition of George Big- I alow of Omaha , who is wanted in the county of Franklin , Iowa , to answer to the charge of criminal assault prefer red by Julia Selix. H The body of Peter Strandal , a bache- H lor , living ten miles south of Niobrara , H -was found hanging by the neck in his K house. Be is supposed to have been H hanging there for several monshs , as H his neighbors claim they have not seen Hi him since last April. Hj Articles of consolidation were filed Kj -with Secretary of State Porter by the B Grand Island , Hastings and Southeast- B era railway company of Nebraska , and Hj the St. Joseph , Hanover and Western B railway company of Kansas. The conK - K solidated road forms a continuous line B from Grand Island to St. Joseph , and H the new name assumed is the St. Jo- H seph and Grand Island railway eom- H pany. B A BoiiKMrAN.lad by the name of SB Tourney , living on the Ponca reserva- P&V&V&fl tion , about two miles west of Niobrara. P&VHHn -was playing with a revolver , showing P&VAVBjj Ills father how it worked , when it was H accidentally discharged , shooting the P&V&VB old gentleman through the hand and B&V&VBj then striking his little daughter just _ _ ] below the first rib on the leftside. The &V&VJ "ball could not be located by the doc- kJ tors and the injury is almost certain to B&VflXVK prove fatal. B&V&VH STErs are being taken for a bird day &V&W in Nebraska. On that day it shall be B&V&Vflj the duty of schools within the state to J observe the occasion by exercises in VaV&V the form of lectures , readings of bird BXV&VH literature , the writing of essays and B&V&w singing of songs about birds as well as P&V&VBj the recounting of personal experiences P&V&VBwith these creatures. The date for B&V&yi such observance to be on the Friday B&VHi falling nearest to the middle of the BVVV month of May each year. Hj Miss Claud B. Phillips , daughter of &V&V the postmaster of Peru , died last week P&V&VB from pneumonia. She was a very pop- &VKular young lady. P&V&VB The Aurora Republican wants a &VH thousand bushels of corn on back sub- &VH Keriptions. and offers two cents a bush- &V&V - el above the market price. B The preparatory worlc of farming SBBX . ihas already begun in Nuckolls countv. BbvJi "Xlie winter has been most favorable. H1 The Fremont business men will hold BbBJi a home factory exhibit in the Masonic VAVvJ ; ibuilding on March 1 , 2 , 3 and 4. Forty vlvH jdiffcrent manufacturing and business VAVH ( Concerns have signified their intention H of making exhibits. BBBBBBBBaHV "i" LSCr"S ± if * ? -rSSi ! = yra i j i THE FIGURE $100,000. THE LOWER HOUSE HELPS THE EXPOSITION. After Long and Animated Discussion Lasting Until After Midnight the BUI Gets Through With the Above Appro priation The Lie Passes From Horner to Wooster 1)111 Ordered Engrossed for Third Reading. The Nebraska Assembly. Senate. John JcITcoat of Omaha was for mally inducted into the senate on the 23d , and was assigned to the desk recently occu pied by Senator'John H.Evans. As soon as the senate was ready for the transaction of Imsiiicss Mr. Howell moved that a committee lie appointed to wait on the chief justice of the supreme court , and request that the oatli 'if office bo administered to John Jeffcoat. Tills prevailed suid Mr. Jeffcoat took his scat. Gov. llolcomb's message relating to inter state action on railroad rates to the Gulf of Mexico was laid before the senate and on motion of Mr. Talbot was referred to the committee on railroads with instructions to report winhin three days. Mr. Kansom intro duced a joint resolution proposing to submit to the voters of the state an amendment to the constitution relating to the investment of permanent school iunds. Mr. Murphy offered ? i resolution for investigation of the affairs of the late state auditor. It went over under the rules. A large batch of peti tions favoring the Trans-Mississippi exposi tion were presented. Among bills on flrst reading were the following : To provide loa the selection of a district judge pro tern and deiining his powers and duties. To provide for the holding of the state fair of Nebraska ntor near the capital of the state and to re peal so much of section 1. chapter 11 , of the compiled statutes of Nebraskaof 1S95 entitled 'Agriculture , " as Is in couiiict with this act , and all other acts and pai ts in conliict hcic- , with. To provide for the making of contracts iu writing between owners of land and brok ers or agents appointed to sell lands. Senate. The senate on the 21th had a lively session. The usual batch of petitions weio presented for and against the Trans- Mississippi exposition and one against the proposal to abolish the soldiers' home at Mil- ford. Mr. Osborn of Pawnee , chairman of the railroad committee , reported several bills for indefinite postponement. One was Beat's measure requiring railroads to reduce pas senger fares to 2 cents a mile. IJeal mo\ed that the report be not concui red in and that the bill go to the general ( He. The motion prevailed. The railroad committee recom mended that Miller's bill requiring roads to jll all mileage books and tickets with trans ferable privilege be indefinitely postponed. The senate refused to concur and the bill went to the general file. The ralhoad com mittee recommended the passage of the bill requiring union depots at junction points , and to extend the powers of the state board of transportation to the telephone , telegraph and express companies. Mr. Murphy's reso lution , demanding an investigation of the affairs of ex-Auditor Moore , was called up and agreed to. Mr. Ransom's joint resolu tion to submit an amendment to the consti tution providing for the investment of the permanent school lund wjis advanced to a third reading. The afternoon was spent iu committee of the whole on two bills amend ing the school laws. Senate. Thursday , Feb. 25. was the thirty- ninth day of the session. The public printer bill , known as senate file No. 132 , was read the third time to be placed on its final pass age ; but before Its reading had been com pleted Mr. Graham moved that it be recom mitted to the committee of the whole for specific amendment. So ordered. Senate file No. 35 , introduced by Mr. Gondring , giving to justlces.of the peace jurisdiction in cases in which persons are charged with malicious destruction of fences , was read the third time and passed. Senate file No. 25T was or dered engrossed for third reading. The bill • authorizes judges and clerks of election to make full returns on the vote on constitu tional amendments , authority which is de nied under the present law. Among bills introduced were : Senate tile No. 333 , by Jeffcoat , to secure fuller and better returns of property for taxation and to prevent omission ot property from tax levy. It pro vides that whenever they have reason to believe that there has not been a full return of property within the county for taxation , the county commissioners shall have power to employ any person to make Inquiry into the facts. Any assessor who shall willfully omit to return any property for taxation shall upon conviction pay a fine of not to ex ceed SJ00 or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed sixty days , or l > oth , as the couTt may determine. Senate file No. 23(5 ( , in troduced by Lee. was taken up for one of the liveliest discussions of the week. After two hours had .been consumed in debates the committee agieed to make the further7 con sideration of the bill a special order for next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Senate. The senate on the 20th transacted a large amount of routine work. Senate file No. 199. introduced by Mr. I'cltz , was read the third time and passed. The bill provides a law by which the property of dismembered school districts may be disposed of and the affairs of the district closed up. Mr. Howell offered a resolution protesting against the action of the president of the United States in setting apart large tracts of land as for estry reser % es. The resolution was adopted and the secretary instructed to telegraph it in full to Senator Allen at "Washington ? Towards close of the session general consent was given for the Introduction of bills and tlieris was another Hood. Bills came up to the secretary's desk by handsful. When all were in and read Mr. Canaday of Kearney introduced the last bill for the session. The bill Is one prepared by one of Mr. Canaday's constituents , who desires to repeal ail exist ing road laws and enact new ones. The bill covers several hundred pages of large manu script. The judiciary committee reported senate file No. 212 Avith a double recommenda tion , one referring it to the general file and the other asking for its indefinite postpone ment. It is a biil repealing the law under which all applicants for admission to prac tice law at the bar are compelled to pass an examination by a committee appointed by the supreme court. The bill was placed on the general file. The senate then adjourned. House. The Trans-Mississippi exposition bill had been made a special eider for 2:30 in the house on the 23d , and as a consequence there was a large crowd in attendance. At the hour named ! )2 ) members answered present. Speaker Gaffln , from ids place on the floor , said that If the bill was read section by sec tion and amended considerable time would bo lost. He offered a substitute for the whole bill , appropriating S200.000. Chairman Burkcttsaid that it would boas well to read the original bill through without amendment and then take up Gaftin's substitute. This was done and then Gaflin's substitute as above referred to was ottered. A long and animated discussion followed. Finally Speaker Gaffin. from Hull's seat , directed at tention to the fact that all the oratory on the floor would not change one vote on thclnll.The question of Indefinite postuonment was be fore the house. He was in favor of taking a vote and finding whether or not it was to be postponed. Wooster accused Speaker Gafliu of trying to gag the members with the pre vious question. Gafiin disclaimed any inten tion of calling for the previous question. Then followed more discussion , many mem bers participating. Mr. AVheelcr mo\ed that the committee of the whole now rise , report progress , and ask lea\e to sit again at 7 o'clock. Clark of Lancaster moved an amend ment to ask lea\e to sit at 10 o'clock 1he following day. His motion prevailed ana there was no night session. In the morning hour , before the exposition bill was taken up. standing committees recommended passage of a number of measures. A.number of bills were also ordered to the general file. The chief clerk read the message from Gov. Hol- comb. relating to the concurrent resolution Eassed by the Kansas legislature. Clark of ancaster moved that the communication and resolution be referred to the committee on railroads , which prevailed. Loornis of Butler , clerk of the committee on employes , reported the committee on cities and towns desired a clerk to aid it in its lalmrs. The re port of the committee on employes recom mended that the request of the committee on cities and towns be granted. The report of the committee was adopted. Following this came consideration of the Trans-Mississippi bill , which occupied the" time of the house until adjournment. House. At. 12:30 o'clock on the 21th the house of representatives , in committee of the whole , voted to lise with the recom mendation that the Trans-Mississippi exposi tion bill , which had been under considera tion all the previous day. be ordered engrossed for a third reading. The bill as agreed upon , carries an appropriation of S100.0G0 , half the amount in the measure as originally introduced. An amendment was adopted that no money should be paid until at least S2. 0,000 had been paid in by Omaha stockholders. There was heated dis cussion of the measure , and at one time Ilornorgave the lie to Wooster. and there was considerable uproar. The bill was con sidered by sections and amendments and counter amendments prevailed. The reading of section I , naming $200,000 as the amount of the appropriation , brought twenty men to their feet with amendments in their hands and shouting 'IMr. Chairman. " Billings of Koya Paha was recognized. His amendment was to muke the appropriation 8100,000. This carried by 71 yeas. Wooster moved to strike out section S entirely. The section provides that the state directors shall act in conjunc tion with the board of directors of the expo sition. His motion was defeated. He then moved to strike out section ti entirely , but did not press his motion , ami the section was agreed to. Section 7 was apreed to with but a mild protest from Wooster. Section 8 was agreed to and the bill thus completed. Hill of Clary offered an entirely new section , pro viding that the property acquired by the state may be sold by the commissioners of public lands and buildings within sixty days after the close of the exposition. Tills sec tion was adopted. Thus the bill was finally completed , but Wooster arose to a final ques tion of privilege. He repeated his chaigo made earlier in the day that one nijjlit lie occupied the same room with Horner of Daw son and that on that occasion the latter stated that lie ( Horner ) was opposed to the exposition bill. Homer denounced the state ment as an unqualified falsehood and turn ing to Wooster he said wlXli emphasis as lie shouted : "Is that plain enough ? " "No , " said Wooster. "Well , " said Homer , "You are a liar. " The house was in an uproar. Wooster asked the chairman if one'member could call another a liar. The chair asked the gentlemen to refrain from personalities. Order was finally restoied , and then , at 12:30 , the committee rose with the recommenda tion that the bill should be ordered engrossed for a third reading. The icpoit was adopted without opposition. The house then ad journed. HorsE. Speaker Gafiin announced bills on third reading In order immediately following the reading of the journal in the house on the 2Tith. Ncsbit's bill appropriating $1,302 for the relief of Burt countv for money ex pended in the trial of the alleged murderers of George Phillips was passed. The follow ing bills also passed : House loll No.211.by Mc- Gee.provldlng for the building of county poor house , prohibiting temporary relief for pau pers and authorizing the maintenance of those who have been a charge upon anv nre- cinct in the county for moie than thlity days. House roll No. " ! , by Lcmai , providing Un file establishment or : i state boaul of em balming. House roll No. 14f. by Burkett. making it unlawful to dig up or disinter human bodies from any cemetery. When Soderman's "scrip bill. " house roll No. 117 , was reached , he demanded a. . call of the house. The measure piovldcs that the state treas urer may issue non-interest bearing small warrants for all amounts duo from the state In sums of from SI to ? 10 each , and that the same mav be treated as easli and be a part of a'bank's cash reserve. The measure passed , but without the emeigency clause. House loll No. 21. the committee's substitute for Sheldon's bill to piotcct stock-groweis passed. It provides that they shall keep a record of all animals slaughtered and for ten days thereafter keep on exhibition the hides of such animals as butchers may kill in older that , the brands may be open to inspection. House roll No. 77. by Hull , the age of consent measuie. passed. It amends section 12 of chapter iv of the criminal code of the com piled statutes of the state of Nebraska of 16G5. to read : If any person shall have carnal knowledge of any other woman or female child than his daughter or sister as aforesaid , forcibly and against her will ; or if any male person of the age of IS years or upwards shall carnally know or abuse any female child or woman under the age of IS years with her consent : every such person so of fending shall be deemed guilty of a rape and shall be Imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than twenty nor less than live years. Adjourned. House. The house is now rapidly turning out bills , and on the 2otli did a good day's worlc. Among measuics passed were the following : Home roll No. 102 , by Felker , providing for the Incorporation of the Order of the Eastern Star. House roll No. S7 , by Snyder of Sherman. It amends section 0. > Sa of the code of civil procedure , repeals the section and provides ways In criminal and civil proceedings before justices of the peace. House roll No. 124. by Sheldon to amend chapter lxxx , compiled statutes of 1S9. 5 , re lating to school lands and funds. House roll No. ( il is by Curtis. It pro\ldes for the organ ization of new counties bv a vote of a ma jority of the legal electors. When reports from standing committees was announced a hot debate sprung up on house loll No. 2(5 ? , by Sheldon of Haw es. This is an act to redistrict - district the state of Nebraska into senatorial and representative districts and for the ap portionment of senators and representa tives ; to fix the number of the same tind to repeal sections ! , 2and 3. chapter v , compiled statutes of Nebraska. Ib95. A motion to indefinitely postpone the bill pi evailcd. A large number of bills were recommended for passage. Waite moved a resolution aimed at the late executive order of President Cleve land vacating 21.000.000 acres of land in Wyoming , Soutli Dakot a and Nebraska. The resolution asked the Nebraska delegation in congress to work against the executive order. Rich of Douglas said that the teriitory men tioned in the order was inhabited by2. > ,000 people , who drew their supplies directly from Omaha and Lincoln wholesalers. The resolu tion passed unanimously. Then the clerk l ead a resolution in favor of paying Yeiser. Rob erts , Baldwin and Taylor , the four Douglas county representatives who weio given the seats of the four republicans ousted , full pay for the time since tiie opening of the session. The matter went oer one day and the house took a recess until 10 a. m. Feb. 27 , this action being to gain a legislative day. legislative notes. Neither branch of the Nebraska assembly was in session on the 22d , it being Washing ton's birthday. At this writing five days remain of the forty during which the house members may introduce bills , and within that period the general appropiiation bills must be sub mitted. Chairman Clark , of the committee on finance , ways and means , says that they will be ready on time. Up to date 530 bills have been Introduced in the house. On the same date two years ago the same number were on the files. House roll No. ti. the bill authorizing a re count of the votes cast for the constitutional amendments , was signed by Governor Hol- comb on the 20th. It is expected that lie will at once announce to the house the names of the six freeholders selected by him. under the proisions of the measure , to superintend the recount. Sheridan of Dawes has introduced a bill , house loll No. 52s. providing for the location of the state fair permanently at Lincoln al ter U00. The measuie repeals the following portion of section 2. chapter ii , compiled statutes of Nebraska of lb95 : "The said board shall also have power at the annual meeting to locate the state fair for a period not exceeding five years at any time or at | any one place. " The sub-committee of the committee on as- svlums Ferling , AVoodward. Van Horn , • Casebeer and Jones of Gage will , it is understood - ' stood , go up to Omaha soon for the purpose of ' investigating the charges ma.de against Superintendent - , ' perintendent Gillespie of the institute for the deaf and dumb. Yeiser of Douglas has an anti-trust bill which is quite extensive in its scope. It de clares unlawful and void all arrangements , contracts , agreements , trusts or combina tions made with a view to lessen free compe tition iu the importation and sale of articles imported in this state. The measure repeals the whole of chapter xci-a , of the compiled statues of 1S95 , against combinations , trusts and pools and piovides for an entirely now haw. It piovides for forfeiture of charter and franchise of any corporation violating the provisions of the act. Duty on Oranges and Lemons. " vVasuixgtox , Eeb. 25. The Republi can tariff framers made an important step in the interest of the California fruit growers to-daj * by establishing rates on oranges , lemons and limes , which are in advance of the McKinley duties on these fruits. They fixed the ' rate at 20 cents a cubic foot. The , present rates are 8 cents a cubic foot. No Change in Policy. "Washington" , Feb. . 27. Inquiry dis closes the fact that nothing that has occurred in Cuba recently and no clamor that has been raised over the ' reported intention of Consul General Lee to resign has affected in any de gree the policy the administration has laid down for its guidance. Nebraska. ' * lix-Aadltor Prosecuted. Omaha , Neb. , Feb. 25. Information lias been tiled at Lincoln charging Eugene Moore , ex-auditor of the state , with embezzling $27,208 state funds , the amount in which his accounts ara short | * " - "r"i i . iiMijTir jjn Vu io -fT-L. * 'l f * .T r Tm ' w" * - INSULTS 1 GENERAL LEE. CALLED A LIAR BY A SPAN ISH OFFICIAL * TAKES NO NOTICE OF IT. The Secretary of Stnto for Cuba Indulge * In Vicious X.anguago to Newspaper Correspnndoiit-i in Itcgard to Uio .Scott Imprisonment Case sungullly I.cmics Culm for Key "West. Xiw York , March ] . A special to the Herald from Havana says : "The Marquis de Palraerola made a scandal ous personal attack on General Lee "Wednesday night in the palace , in the presence of several American news paper correspondents. The incident arose because the censor refused to pass a dispatch for the correspondents , which suid that the release of Scott iiad been demanded because lie was both arrested and kept in prison in de fiance of the law. " 'Who told you that ? ' shouted Gen eral Palmerola , the secretary of state for the island. " 'General Lee , * replied a correspon dent , calmly. " 'General Lee is a liar , impostor and rebel , " shouted the little marquis , with an oath. "General Lee is , of course , too busily engaged in endeavoring to induce our government to protect the lives and property of our fellow citizens to pay any attention to Palmerolas outbreak. 1 gave the incident merely to show how the wind is blowing in the palace and to let you see what must be the treatment and position of an ordinary citizen here when our consul general is reviled openly in such a manner b3' one of the heads of the government here. " SANGU1LLY LEAVES CUBA. Tito Ev-Prisoner Starts for Key West Was "Well TriMtPrt in Confinement. Havana , March 1. - Julio Sangnilly , i eleascd from prison after two years " confinement yesterday , spent last even ing at home with friends and left to day for Key "West. His liome is a handsome villa on the outskirts of Ha vana , lie said the first news of his par don reached him through a cable from Secretary Olney , which read : -'Advise Sanguilly's defender to withdraw his appeal and facilitate pardon. " He be lieves the pardon was due to a desire on the part of the queen regent to demonstrate her good will toward the chief executive at "Washington in ac knowledgment of courtesies. Sanguilly is in good health and has no complaint to make except in the matter of the imprisonment itself , lie expresses himself as being very grate ful for the many acts of kindness on the part of the prison officials. MURDER STORIES DENIED. Premier Castillo of Spain Declares That Kulz Died Naturally. Madrid. March 1. The premier , Senor Canovas del Castillo , at a cab inet meeting to-day , at which the queen regent presided , declared that the difference with the United States in regard to the treatment of prisoners was without importance. The premier added that an imperial inquiry into the death of Dr. Ruiz , who died in prison under circum stances which led to the report that he had been beaten to death , showed that the doctor expired from natural causes. Pittsburg : Editors Fined for I/ibel. Pittsburg. Pa. , March 1. Alfred Eeed. proprietor , and Walter Cristy , political editor , of the Pittsburg Com mercial Gazette , who were recently convicted of criminal libel in the cases of State Senators C. L. Magee and William Flynn. were sentenced to-daj' by Judge White to pay a fine of S100 and costs each. For tiqiior Manufacture in Ion a. Dks Moines. Iowa , March 1. An amendment to the mulct liquor law allowing the manufacture of liquor in the state was adopted by the House 50 to 4(5. ( It does not call for any addi tional tax , but allows manufacture wherever the mulct law is in force. There is some doubt whether the Sen ate will pass the bill. A Princess a Playwright. London , March 1. The latest addi tion to the list of royal dramatists is Princess Charles of Denmark , formerly Princess Maud of Wales , who has just finished a one-act comedietta , with wh li Ellen Terry is so enamored that Sir "try Irving has accepted it for the ijjceura theater. Wichita's Citizens' Ticket. Wichita , Kan. , March 1. The fol lowing ' 'citizenV ticket was nominat ed by a mass meeting last night : For rnayor , C. II. Smythe ; for clerk. Will iam Myer ; for attorney , T. W. Sar- geant : for treasurer , W. It. Tucker. \ Smythe is a well known implement dealer. New Mexico Favors Factories. Santa Fe , X. M. , March 1.The territorial legislature has passed a bill exempting beet sugar factories , woolen mills and millers , refining and reduc tion works from taxation for five years. The governor will approve the measure and it will become a law. A Scammon , Kan. , Miner Murdered. Galena , Kan. , March 1. Arthur McGurk , a miner of Scammon , was killed with a stone by unknown men last night and the body thrown into an old mine shaft eight } ' feet deep and over half full of water. ST. .LOUIS BANK CLOSED. The Old Mullunphy Siulngs Unnblo to Meet It Liabilities. St. Louis. Mo.March 1. State Hank Examiner C. O. Austin to-day closed the Mullanphy Savings bank , n state institution which had been in opera tion here for more than twenty-five years. He is unable yet to give out any figures which would show the con dition of the bank , but hopes to have the books in shape so as to be able to make a report curly next wcelc. The following statement , issued at the close of business on February 20 by the bank is as follows : Liabilities Capital stock , 5100,000 ; surplus. S. ,20i ; demand deposits , $218,132 ; time de posits , $39ii,0SS ; certificates of deposit , sight , $ S,20S ; cash and checks , $3,431 ; bills payable , Sl.l.OOO. Resources Hills receivable. $ ; > fll,7. > 3 ; bonds , S. i4. - 001 , real estate , SS1M12 ; cash in vault , $12,010 ; cash in banks , $ . * > S , 107. Last night the executive committee of the clearing house association met to devise some means for carrying the bank over , but decided that it could do nothing to help it. This becoming known to some of its depositors , about forty of them assembled at the bank when it opened at 0 o ' clock this morn ing and began : i run. Examiner Aus tin , seeing how matters were going , promptly elided the bank and the de positors were put out of doors. There was much iudigration among the de positors , who are mostly poor people. GREECE CAN'T GET CRETE. Hunsrnry's Premier Tils ! Most Positive ly Will Kin ; ; George Abdicate ? Hcca PisrirMarch : 1. In the lower house of the diet to-day , the Hun garian premier said that the fear.s that Austria v.onid become involved in war on account of Crete were unfounded. The efforts of all the powers were directed to treating such an organization in Crete as would completely restore order and security in the island , and that the powers were unanimously agreed that under no circumstances should Greece be al lowed to annex Crete , and they were also unanimously resolved to coerce Greece , if necessary to attain their ends. Paris. Feb. 27. Reports are cur rent here and elsewhere in Europe to day that if the powers insist upon the Greek troops evacuating the island of Crete , King George will abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Constantine , Duke of Sparta , whose wife , Princess Sophia , is a sister of Fiinperor William of Germany. CHICAGO CLOTHIERS FAIL. Willoiijjbby , IIHl A : Co. ii a Receiver's Hands. Chicago. March L The clothing firm of Willoughby , Hill & Co. , of SA'hich J. M. Hill of Margaret Mather theatrical fame was formerly a mem ber , confessed judgment in the circuit court to-day for SSI.011 , in favor of the Fort Dearborn National bank. The judgment was issued on a bill filed by the Steiri-I.lock company , clothing manufacturers of Rochester , X. Y. , comprising the minority stock holders of the company. The bill charges the firm with insolvency , with 51. > 0,000 assets and $200,000 liabilities. The firm is one of the oldest in the re tail trade in Chicago. Auditorium III11 Advanced. Topeka , Kan. , March > . McKeever of Shawnee this forenoon succeeded in having what is known as the "audi torium bill" advanced to third read ing on the House calendar , subject to amendment and debate. The title of the bill authorizes any city of the first class to appropriate from its general revenue fund a sum not exceeding 510.000 for the erection of a building for city purposes. Its real purpose , however , is to permit the city of To peka to use a balance in its "coal hole fund" ' toward the construction of a convention hall. Keaton of Atchison oppospd the proposition to advance un less lie should be assured that the biil would be amended so as to confine its application to Topeka only. McKeever gave this assurance , and accordingly the bill was advanced. To Do Away With Nepotism. Topeka. Kan. . March 1. "An act concerning nepotism , and declaring certain appointments illegal , " was the title of a bill introduced by Repre sentative Taylor in the house. The bill catches all kind of officers. It prohibits state , county and city officers from appointing to any position of > trust a person who is kin to such offi cer by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree. Xo person receiving such an appointment shall receive any compensation for any services ren dered. Hard risjhtinsr iu Cuba. Havana , March 1. Advices from Santa Clara are that in the battle at Ceniza the loss of the Spanish under General Weyler amounted to 500 killed and wounded. In the battles at Cala- bazas and Cabaiguan the Spanish losses are reported to have been equally as large , but the Spanish dead and wounded were sent to Sancti Spir- itus. and definite figures cannot be ob tained. In these two battles General Gomez commanded in person. SheriJT Lock Dead. ! Manhattan , Kan. . March 1. John i Lock , sheriff of Riley county , died this j ' morning of dropsy. Several men are after his position alread\\ the most favored being L. R. Erady. The vacancy - ( cancy will be filled by the governor for the remainder of this year. ; < Governor Stephens I.ikc .Job Now. ] Jefferson City. Mo. , March 1. : Governor Stephens is still kept in his i room by a boil which has engaged ( most of his attention for the last two ' days. He has not been in his office ] since Thursday. Marshall , Mo. , .March 1. Jaraec < Blair , aged SO years , died at his home * near Salt Springs , this county , to-day. ( He was a pioneer and highlv respected. _ _ i Topeka , Kan. , March 1. United C c States Senator-elect Harris to-day appointed - ( pointed W. H. Sears of Lawaence as 1 his private secretary. WWW " . ? H ARSON AND FRAUD. , , H A. Fort Scott Bankrupt and HI * WMe M Accused of Various Crimen. J H Fonx Scott , Kan. , Feb. 27. Eugene ' J | II. Mikcsell and his wife , Maggie K. , i H who recently failed , in business here ' " " Hand arrested to-day . l and at Arcadia , were J charged with having set tire to their -2 | dwelling here. Mikesell is in jail and t L H his wife is under guard at a hotel. * H The house was burned on the mglit H of February 18 , while the two were m away from home. The arrests are a H primary step to detect alleged fraud j H in the failure of their business. H . M Three Killed , Three Iujnroii. f Chicago , Feb. 27. An electric car on. M the 103d street line was caught between - H tween two trains going in opposite tii- • H rcctions on the Chicago & Eastern Ilh- H afternoon. The H nois railroad yesterday car carried four passengers , besides H the motorman and conductor , and M three out of the six were killed out- | H right. The other three arc severely B injured , and one or more of them may M also succumb. The accident is said to V H have been due to the recklessness of. H the motorman. | Crcspo Urge * PromptucM. \ H Caracas , Venezuela , Feb. 27. The , i | message of President Crespo on the H l boundary line treaty negotiated by M the United States with England has H been read to the Venezuelan congress. f H It is in favor of the treaty in all its J M points and asks congress to give first j H ' consideration to the protocol , arguing H that the protocol is of the utmost importance - H portance to the country at large. J H Mr. Stevenson to Ho Welcomed Home. ' JH | Rr.ooMiNOTON , 111. , Feb. 27. - * - Vice. | President Stevenson and family will J return to Rloomington from Washington - J ton immediately after the inaugura- j H tion and will re-occupy the Stevenson. M homestead on Franklin square. Ar- j H rnugements have been made to tender | H a popular welcome to the ex-vice president - | ident on the evening of March 'X H Oklahoma Law Null and Vole. H Perry , Okla. . Feb. 27. It has como j H to light that the law making it a crime H for officers of banks to receive deposits H when the banks are in failing condition - H tion is null and vod , because it never H passed the lower house of the I.egis- . M latuiv. Mam' bankers have been con- | victcd under it , and there are fifty or , / H more outstanding indictments in the. * H territorv. | Court House at HartvlIIo Burned. H Mansfield , Mo. , Feb. 27. The large H brick court house at Hartville , Mo. , j H burned yesterday morning , together H with all the county records , including- H the late assessment boolcs , which had H been approved , and the Circuit court | docket for March term. Origin , in- M Urihed to Vote for Ilcltfeld.J M Poise , Idaho , Feb. 27. Represena- H five H. S. Joines has made an affidavit \ | setting forth that he was bribed to- | vote for Henry neitfeld for United | States senator. It is said affidavits of ' H a similar character have been made by | two other members. j H IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT. H DesMoim.s , Feb. 10. In the revised 'f H rules of practice in the United States \ _ J l patent office bearing date of February v l 0 , 1S' )7 ) , occurs the following : "It is H the design of the constitution and the ' | patent laws to secure to the inventor H not that which is a matter of common j H right , nor the property of another , but H what he has himself created. The H duty of the office is to grant nothing- H which already belongs to the domain | of the public , but. on the other hand , ' M not to withhold from the inventor any H portion of the full benefit of his H invention. Its function is to draw the | line with even justice between the H two. " A patent for an invention is j H synonymous with a patent or deed for | land. The latter fixes the meter and ' l ! bounds of the land so the owner knows | H where it is relative to adjoining land. ' I l A patent for an invention points out | and distinguishes it from other inventions - | , H tions and subject matter relating to & | the same art to which it belongs. - | Surve\-ors sometimes vary in fixing- H corners and litigation results. The | H scope of a claim to a patent is sometimes - | times disputed in court. Hat there. | is much less litigation in regard H to titles to Inventions than H there is about real estate. j M Valuable information about obtaining H valuing and selling patents sent free H to an jaddress. . t\l H Titojias G. and J. Ralph Ortvig , ' H Solicitors of Patents. T l LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE 3IAKKKT. 1 Quotations From New York , Chicago. St. H Louis , Omaha antl jiiev7here. < H OMAHA. j f- H Butter-Creamery separator. . . 13 0 n - J H I5utter-Choiee fancy country. . jj : fk u y" t H E s Tresli 10 A { n H Spring Chickens Dressed. . . . q & v H Turkeys . nl • H Geese and Ducks _ . 7 ( fr s 1 Cranberries-per bhl. . r CO © 6 75 H Lemons Choice Messina * 3-oo Gn = n H Honey-Fancy white : . ! " H Onions , per bu H r ; fir 1 • - Heans-IIandpicked Xavv . . . . 1 - , ft7 J M Potatoes - " - . . . : . -n ffA- H Sweet Potatoes , per bhl i 75 g 2 ft I H Oranges , per bov , 3 m g > 3 H Hay-Lpland , ton 4 , | - • H per , bhl < . 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