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M'COOK TRIBUNE.
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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.
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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 |
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INSULTS 1 GENERAL LEE.
CALLED A LIAR BY A SPAN
ISH OFFICIAL
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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. ;
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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