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, " ! Dodge county will hold its fair this
year Sept. 28 , 29 and 30.
Ed. Cooi'Kit of Vesta lias purchased
and cribbed 60,000 bushels of corn.
I Lahge flocks of wild geese have
foraged in the corn fields of Cheyenne
county all winter.
Tus cattle fed by the Standard com-
jrany at Ames consume 2.200 bushels
< hours.
< every twenty-four
' Lkvv Otis , an old-time lawyer and
I' newspaper man , died at the home of
this brother in Tecumseh last week.
The people of Osceola and Polk
county held a meeting for the purpose
of taking action in relation to relief
for India.
The goods stolen from C. Roupp's
hardware store at Uloomington re
cently was found in .a haystack west of
that place.
The Chicago & Northwestern rail
road system has subscribed for S30.000
worth of stock in the Trans-Mississippi
I exposition.
I Several of the churches of Columbus
H are holding a series of union revival
meetings , all uniting at the Presbyte
I rian church.
South Omaha is short of school room ,
H ] and a call has been issued for voting
Tionds in the sum of Sl.1,000 to supply
Hj the deficiency.
Hi Sixteen families in Cedar county are
M arranging to go south in search of
Hi "homes , and will construct a huge raft
Hi and float down the Missouri river.
H Rev. W. L. Nash , late of Fairfax.
H l\Io. , has accepted a call from the First
H baptist church at Fairbury and com-
J inences his ministerial duties at once.
HI Work has ali-eady commenced upon
Hi m the framework of the new coach shop
HJ 9 to be erected by the 33. & M. at Platts-
H | S mouth in place of the one destroyed by
K S lire at that point a month ago.
B U Mks. Oza N. Vaughn has recovered
B S ] ier two boys , aged 2 and 4 years , from
B X the Mother Jewels home in York , by a
B9 H writ of habeas corpus. She claimed
BS jH they were placed in the home without
BS Bf her consent.
BS H Several petitions are being eireulat-
HB ed throughout Cass county for signers
BBS to request the county commissioners to
KH' call a special election April 0. to vote
HHj on authority to expend § 10.000 in the
BB B erection of a new jail.
HBJ , Br an order from the United .States
Ha | ! court § 7,001.12 back taxes due York
HjW county irom the 1C C. & O. railroad is
Hj soon to be paid to the county treasurer.
Kt Iji The court ordered that this tax should
US ' De Pa"l ou ° the amount bid for the
Bflll' ' road at the recent sale.
Mm Two-thirds of the biennial legisla-
S 1' ' tive session has elapsed and the work
Bl I --s ar * n arrearsn ne forty days
Hjl which have been spent in legislative
HJI- -work since the session convened but
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1 | three jills have found their way to the
HJ 1 | desk i > the chief executive.
Bfl C The 13-year-old son of Roy Haner of
HJ Cordova , died very suddenly last week.
HJB He was kicked in the side by a horse ,
HJS ' hut the injury was not considered seri
al ij 'I ' ous , and only a short time before his
BS I death he was talking of starting to
BS school.
Bfl 9 J The jury in the case of the state of
BB I .Nebraska vs. Raymond Musser , who
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BI -was being tried at O'Neill for the mur-
HJ1 I der of George A. Spence last Decem-
H K tev , after being out about five hours
HJ E returned a verdict finding the defend-
H I ant guilty of manslaughter.
H I If we are to have two soldiers " homes
Bfl II in this state , says the Grand Island In-
H 11 dependent , we ought also to have two
HI Bl ; "blind asylums , two deaf and dumb
Ha II asylums * , two penitentiaries , several
BBJ fli reform schools and about a dozen in-
BBj n sane asj-lums.
BBJ BJ The proposition to give the Norfolk
Bfi H Yankton railroad the bonds of the
Hw Norfolk precinct for $25,000 carried
BBJ Bj with a large margin over the necessary
BHH two-thirds vote , the condition being
Bfi B8 that the road is to be in operation by
BBBm the first of January , 1898.
HJBj i TV. H. Muxger of Fremont last week
BKh took the oath of office and became the
BBBw judge of the United States district
BHflBJ for Nebraska to continue during his
HBB natural life unless he resigns or is re-
HflBj moved for cause. At the same moment
BBBfl "W. D. McHugh , who on November 30
BBJBj last took a similar oath qualifying him
BBJBJ to serve till a judge had been regularly
BHJBj nominated and confirmed , again be-
HBK came a civilian. '
Bj J. L. Dollins of Cozad shipped 400
BBABJ "bushels of onions to the Omaha market.
BHHJ Onions were quoted at SI. 25 per bushel ,
BHJB which would mean a handsome figure
HBfij for the lot. He raised 800 bushels last
BBJBJ year off seven acres of land , devoting
BBJBj his own time to the onion crop and
BBJBj renting the balance of his land , which
BHJBJ * was planted to corn , his share being
BBS 2,000 bushels. He irrigated both crops.
HB Governor Holcomr is at work on a
BBKH plan which , if carried into operation ,
BBBB is expected to do a great deal toward
BBta straightening out the state finances.
BBBfl The plan amounts to a practical fund-
BH BJ ing of a large part of the state debt.
BBJBJ Jf it can be successfully accomplished
BBBB it will reduce the floating debt of the
BHH state below the Sl.000.000 mark and
BBBJ decrease the interest charges by many
BBBB thousands of dollars.
BABfl As Mrs. Switz of Kearney was get-
BBftw ting into a buggy the horse started.
BftflK "Her arm was caught in the seat so she
BBAb could not release it and she was thrown
BABB "between the wheels. She was dragged
BBBB for over half a mile before being re-
B leased. She was found to be severely
BBJ "bruised about the head and body and
| B Iicr clothing was torn in shreds. No
BABB "bones were broken , but it is feared
BftflB she may have sustained internal in-
BftflBB
B Foixown > o is the record of Platte
BBH | county's mortgage indebtedness for
B February , 1807 ; Thirty-nine farm
H mortgages filed. S38.0G9.74 ; forty-four
B released , S35.447.05 ; five town and city
B mortgages filed , $2,020 ; four released ,
B > & 3.GS5 : 112 chattel mortgages filed ,
BBJ 630,502.78 ; released , SJ,2tJ8.01.
Bj Chevexxe county farmers are vaccin-
H ating their cattle an a sure safeguard
BBHj ugainst blackleg.
HS The Gage county Februar3r mortgage
HB record is as fdllpws : Farm mortgages
B filed , forty-nine , amount , S37.028 ; re-
HB leased , forty-four , amount 539,753 : city
HH mortgages filed , six , amount , $2,750 ;
HS released twenty-one , amount , S15,02G.
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EXPOSITION BILL PASSES THE
LOWER HOUSE.
It I * Enacted * jy a < Tbort Majority Not
withstanding Strong Opponltion
Otlier Measures that Have Uocn
Favorably Acted Upon In
Both BiAicIies Notes.
The Xebraslia Assembly.
kxate : The senate on tue 2ndwrestled
with the stock yards bill , and after considera
tion In committee ol the whole , which con
sumed practically the entire day , a bill to
regulate stock .yards was iccommended for
passage. Many amendments were offered
and discussed until the noon hour. At the
afternoon session Mr. Gondring offered the
following as a substitute for all offeied at
the forenoon session : "And it shall bo un
lawful for the manager , owner or proprietor
of any stock yard to take , make or charge
any other or further charges or rateto the
owner or shipper of live stock than in this
act spccllied. The amendment was agreed
to with but little discussion. Mr. Murphy
then offered an amendment to the bill to the
effect that the provisions of the bill should
not apply to yards which for the twelve
months preceding do not have an average
daily receipt of bOO head of hogs. He ex
plained that the object of the amend
ment was to. exempt the Nebraska City
stock yards from the effects of the
law. Iho amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Howell thcnoffeied an amendment il\lng
the price at 80 cents per 100 pounds of hay
and /5 cents a bushel for corn. The bill pro
vides that the price of hay shall be 50 cents
per 100 pounds above the market price and
corn 50 cents u bushel above the market price.
There-was long discussion , taking wide range ,
on this amendment. Finally a vote was taken
and the clerk announced it as standing 15 to
15. The correctness of the count was chal
lenged , and another vote ordered. The second
end standing vote failed to decide the matter
and a third vote was challenged. Then the
fourth vote was taken. Iiefoieib was com
pleted , It was seen that unless Chairman Wat
son , who was known to be opposed to the
amendment , voted the linal vote would stand
10 to 15 in its favor. Gondring insisted that
the chairman should vote and another scene
of intense excitement ensued. Finally the
chairman voted in the negative , thus making
the vote a tie and defeating the amendment.
The bill was then .recommended for passage
and the committee rose.
Senate. The first attempt to advance rad
ical railroad legislation was made in the sen
ate on the 3d. Senator l < ciw. u- . . . .uiui county
mov d to make the 2-ccnt fai e bill a special
order for March 0. While the attempt failed ,
the roll call showed a strong sentiment in
favor of the bill. The bill is as follows : "It
shall be unlawful for any railroad corpora
tion , operating , or wliich shall hereafter op
erate , a railroad in this state to charge , col
lect demand or receive for the transporta
tion of any passenger over ten years of age ,
with baggage not exceeding 200 pounds in
weight , ou any train over its line of
road In the state of Nebraska a
sum exceeding 3 cents ] > er mile. " The
bill will remain on general file. It is
close to the foot on the list with ilfty-five
bills ahead oMt. It will lequire twenty-two
votes to advance it ahead of its regular place.
The work of recounting the ballots cast for
the constitutional amendment relating to
judges of the supreme court is now in full
swing. The count is being conducted in the
largo committee room of the suite assigned to
the secretary of state. The doors stand open
and any one curious to see the progress of the
count is permitted to walk in and look over
the shoulders of the commissioners until
tired. It is stated that at the present rate of
progress the count may be completed in two
weeks , unless the ballots from Douglas and
Lancaster counties are withheld by legal
process for a longer period.
Senate. The senate on the 4th gave , in the
early hours , consideration to the Lincoln
charter bill , during which there was quite a
good deal of excitement caused by an effort
to advance the measure to third reading
without due consideration. Mr. Talbot spoke
long and bitterly against what lie character
ized an attempt to railroad the charter
through the senate. His objections were so
vehement that his voice soon tilled the gal
leries. At the end of his remarks Mr. Han
som spoke brietiy against advancing the
charter. The attempt failed , for when the
roll was called but fifteen senators voted for
the advancement of the bill , whereas twenty-
two were necessary. Senate file No. 24 , in
troduced by Mutz , and relating t6 salaries of
county superintendents of public instruction ,
was pissed. The following measures were
also passed. Senate file No. KiO , by Canaday ,
and relating to teachers' institutes. Itmakes
a few technical changes to the law.
Senate file No. 355 , by Ransom , relating
to the manner of voting on proposed
amendments to the state constitution ,
11 ou-so roll No. 3. This is the bill repealing
the law passed two years ago for the pay
ment of a bounty on sugar and chichory.
The senate practically reconstructed the
bill as it passed the house and it will have to
be returned to the lower branch before it
can go to the governor. The elections reform
bill entitled "An act to prevent corrupt
practices in general and primary elections ,
to limit the expenses of candidates , to pre
scribe the duties of candidates and political
committees and to provide penalties a id
remedies for a violation of this act. " was
taken up. The bill contains twenty-two sec
tions , some of them long. It is practically
divided into three general divisions , the first
nine sections pertaining to bribery of voters ,
the puishment for the same , and the legal
ized expenses of candidates. The second
division , embracingsections 10 to 17 inclusive ,
provides the method by which candidates
elected to office may be unseated upon proof
of fraud in the campaign. The third divi
sion relates to the filing of reports of treas
urers nf political committees. One or two
amendments not materially affecting the bill
were agreed to and it was recommended for
passage. The committee then took up the
contested election expenses claims and al
lowed the full amount to the bailiffs ,
stenographers and notaries , but cirt the
attorneys' fees from $1,500 to § 750 on each
side.
Senate. The proposition to abolish the
soldiers' home at Milford came up in the sen
ate on the 5th. Ever since the first few days
of the session a bill has been pending to
abolish the home. The bill has been In the
hands of a committee on soldiers' homes , of
which Mr. Sykes of Adams county is chair
man. Nothing has been heard of the bill , but
this morning Fcltz and Grothan brought up
the subject and Insisted upon an immediate
report. Their insistanco brought out an an
imated debate , in wliich most of the senators
on the floor participated , All the forenoon
and part of the afternoon was consumed in
discussion , Mr. Howell at 3 o'clock moved
the previous question and it was ordered.
The senate then adopted the minority report
and the bill went to the general file. The
penitentiary bill had been made a special
or-dc for today and the senate , after dispos
ing of the report of the soldiers' home , went
into committee of the whole upon its consid
eration. The bill was recommended to pass.
Senate file No. 10. being an act to authorise
the organization of mutual hall insurance
companies was taken up. The committee
made several amendments and recommended
the bill for passage , fcenate tile No. 7 , mak
ing a slight amendment to the school laws ,
was recommended for passage. On motion
of Mr. Dundas the senate agreed that when
the j-enate adjourn it will be until Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock. The remainder of the
time was taken up in consideration of the
Omaha charter bill , which was passed.
House. The house passed the forenoon on
the 2nd in receiving reports from standing
committees , and the afternoon in committee
of the whole. It was a business day. Forty
four bills were acted upon. Twenty-six were
recommended for passage , four ordered to
the general fiiu and fourteen recommended
for indefinite postponement. House roll No.
373. by Curtis , provides that the 12th day of
February , the anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln , shall be made a legal
holiday. The report of the committee was
for indefinite postponement Jenkins moved
that the report of the committee be noncon-
curred in and the bill ordered to the general
file. Tills motion prevailed. Uobcrts' anti-
cigarette bill , house roll No. 477 , was the sub
ject of extended debate. The committee had
recommended It for indefinite postponement.
The bill provided for licensing the sale of
cigarettes and fixing the license at S250. The
bill was indefinitely postponed. The report
of the committee on house roll No. 3SIS was
for indefinite postponement. ThLs Is Waite's
bill to repeal t lie law against horse stealing.
It was ordered to the general file. Woostcr
of Merrick rose to a question of privilege.
He said that it. had come to his knowledge
that the Trans-Mississippi exposition bill ,
house roll No. l 3. had been changed out-
sid i the hall of representatives , lie moved
that a committee of three be appointed to '
Investigate the matter. Tlie motion prevailed , i
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i , was moved and adopted that sessions here
after be held on Wednesday and Friday
lights. House roll No. 201. by Eager , pro-
ilbltlng the useless waste of mutual artesian
vater in the state of Nebraska , was recom-
nended to pass. Senate file No. 1 , a concur
rent resolution , by Hearing , aimed at an al
leged combination of persons Who control the
price of grain and restrict competition in the
juylngand selling of the same , was recom
mended to pass. The committee's substitute
for house roll No. 183. authorizing the organ
ization of mutual insurance companies to in
sure property , against loss by lire , lightning
and cyclones , was under debate over an hour ,
and a large number of amendments were
moved and adopted. The presence of several
lobbyists on the floor against a strict rule
adopted against them was thesubject of com
ment among the members. 'I he bill as
amended was recommended for passage.
Among other bills recommended for passage
were : To prohibit the manufacture , sale ,
providing and furnishlmr of cigarettes : au
thorizing county treasurers to invest 75 per
cent of the sinking fund in registered county
warrants ; reducing the salary ef the com
mandants of soldiers * homes to $ 1.500 per an
num ; to create municipal courts in cities of
the metropolitan class ; legalising the regis
tration of deeds ; relating to the law of re
demptions ; granting to county courts the
power to order a reference in certain cases of
proceedings ; authorizing county courts to
require administrators with will annexed to
pay money to said courts after final settle
ment of their accounts ; l elating to the fees
of the sheriffs ; to provide for reargumentof
cases in supreme court.
House. As foreshadowing the coming of
the end of the session of the house. Speaker
Gaflinonthe3d nominated tire sifting com
mittee. The hour having arrived for the
special order the chief clerk read house loll
? * o. 3i. ( by Soderman. It provides for an act
enabling women possessing the necessary
qualifications to vote for certain purposes ,
and repeals any law inconsistent therewith.
It provides that any woman the age of 21
years and upward is authorized to vote for
all officers and questions submitted to a vote
of the people , except those voted for at a gen
eral election. There was much discussion ,
many members taking part. Mr. Snvderof
Sherman county made these remarks : ' • Craw
fishes invariably go backward. Not being a
crawfish I am in tavor of going forward. If
there is a man in this house who does not ad
mit that he owes the element of his manhood
to his mother , I am ready to kick him down
stairs. And yet I am not spoiling for a fight. "
Robertson's motion to Indefinitely postpone
was lost by a vote of 58 toll. The bill was
then amended by attaching an emergency
clause , and providing that women could vote
for irrigation bonds. The commtttee then
recommended the hill for passage. House
roll No. 10 , a bill authorizing county commis
sioners to appoint judges and clerks of elec
tion , was amended to authorize county judges
Instead of county commissioners to appoint
them and was iccommended for passage.
House roll No. 12 , a bill making the election
laws conform to the bill just recommended
for passage , house roll No. 10 , was recom
mended to pass. House roll No. Ifc7 , recom
mended to pass , provides that every railroad
company shall have power to cross , intersect
or unite with any otlier railway company's
lines at any point on its route. It amends
section rC2of Cobbey's consolidate statutes for
1801 , and repeals the section. The following
bills were also recommended to pass : House
roll No. 201 , to prohibit the useless waste of
mutual artesian well water. House roll No.
183 , authorizing the organization of mutual
insurance companies. House roll No. 270. by
McCarthy. This is a measure to appropriate
S25.000 for a state normal school at Scotia.
Greeley county. Wooster's bill , house roll
No. 154. as amended , reads : Section 1. Gold
coin and standard silver dollars otthe United
States of standard weight and fineness shall
be a tender in payment of all debts , both
public and private.
House. The Trans-Mississippi exposition
bill passed the house on the 4th without the
emergency clause , by a vote of 7b to 30. The
committee on corporations , having in charge
Straub's bill to tax and regulate the tele
graph , telephone and express companies ,
reported all of them for indefinite postpone
ment , but the house would not concur in this ,
and the bills were ordered to the general file
for consideration and debate in committee
of the whole. Sheldon's bill. hou e roll No.
447 , to prohibit games , theatrical and circus
entertainments on Sunday , was the topic for
a lively debate. During the course of the-
argument Snyder of Sherman , a preacher ,
took a strong stand against the measure , to
the surprise of every member of the house.
The bill was indefinitely postponed. A
number of members made explanation
of their vote on the exposition bill.
House roll No. SO. by Rouse , providing for an.
act governing habitual criminals was de
feated. House roll No. 254. by Rich , provid
ing for an appropriation of the matriculation
fees of the &tato normal school for a library
fund for the use of and support of the library
of the school was passed. A large number of
bills were ordered to the general file. The
house then adjourned.
Housi : . On the opening of the house on the
5th Chaplin Mailley prayed for President
MeKinley and the success of his administra
tion. Jones of Nemaha , chairman of the
sifting committee , reported several bills for
advancement on the general file. Clark of
Richardson stated that the committee ap
pointed to innuirc why the reports of the
state officers had not been printed and laid
on t lie desks of the members had discovered
that the fault lay between ex-Land Commis
sioner Russell and the State Journal com
pany. Mr. Wooster introduced a resolution
that house roll No. J3 , the Trans-Mississippi
exposition bill as amended , be submitted to
the attorney general for an opinion as to
whether or not it was constitutional. The
resolution was tabled. On bills on third
reading house roll No. 270 was i cached. This
is McCarthy's measure appropriating $25,000
for a state normal school at S-cotia. Greeley
county. The bill was passed. House roll No.
Ib7 was passed. It provides that e\ery rail
road company shall have the power to cross ,
intersect , join and unite its railroad witli any
otlier railroad before constructed at any
point upon its route , and upon the grounds
of such otlier railroad company , with the
necessary turnouts , sidings , switches and
other conveniences in furtherance of the
object of its connection. It is made the duty
of the state board or transportation to inves
tigate all points in the state touched by two
or more railroads , at which points they re
ceive and deliver freight. At such investi
gation all parties shall be allowed to appear'
and be heard. If it Le found to the interest
of shippers that such junction should Le
formed the board is directed to order the com
panies to do so , and it is the duty of said lail-
roads to comply with the order of the board.
House roll No. 3 , by Dobson , which was
passed , provides for the repeal of the sugar
bounty law of lbO. ; . sections 12.13,14,15,10.17.
1 ? , 10 and 20 , of chapter vl , article iv. com
piled statutes of lstti. The senate asked that
the house concur in the amendment , chang
ing the form , and the amendment was
adopted. House roll No. 171 , by Gaflin. is for
an net to prohibit and punish the bringing of
illegal voters into the state with the intent
of having them vote therein. It provides for
a fine of $1,000 , one-half to go to the in Tot mer
who may bring suit to recover the same. It
was recommended to pass. House roll No.
172 was recommended to pass. It provides
that any person who shill by bribery , intimi
dation , threat * , of enforcing demands- , with
drawal of capital , closing up of lursiness. or
bringing .suit. cndca\ to impede voters in
the light to vote , shall be imprisoned in the
county jail not more than six months and
pay a penalty of $5C0.
BULL FIGHTERS KILLED.
Contests at Dnrango , Mexico , Marked by
Fattliry After Fatality.
Torp.eon , Mex. . March 4. AtDuran-
* o yesterday the iirst hull that entered
lire arena gored one of the fighters to
Heath. Another nran was killed Ina
* econd hull and a third bull killed two
more men in quick succession. Eight
bulls were killed and four horses were
srorcd to death.
Died Trying to Sa\o His Child.
Perry , Okla. . March 4 John H.
Dorcman , a farmer Irving nortlreast of
here , was drowned in the Arkansas
river Sunday evening , with his 0-
rnonths-old babe. Dorernan was cross
ing the river with his wife and two
children in a buggy and strdck quick
sand. The buggy went down and the
mother dropped her infant. It sank i
in the sand and the father was drowned i
in trying to save it.
The Liverpool cousuMftip Settled.
Washington- , March 4. It is whis
pered abont among the Ohio congres
sional delegation that James P. JJoyle , -
private secretary of President-elect
MeKinley , will be appointed consul to :
Liverpool , succeeding James E. Neal
of Ohio. The post is one of the best j •
consulship ! in the service. i i
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THE NEW CABINET II IN
ALL OATHS TAKEN BE
FORE THE PRESIEENT
EXCEPTING LYMAN J. GAGE
The Ceremony Performed In the White
House llluo Iloom The New- Secre
tary of the Treasury Amends
the Chief Justice's Words
Callert at the White
House Many.
Washington' , March 8. President
MeKinley was at his desk tit 9 o'clock
this morning and after attending to
some public business he signed the
commissions of members of the new
cabinet.
General Alger , Cornelius N. "Bliss and
Mr. Gary , members of the new cabinet ,
arrived at 10:1. > o ' clock and went di
rectly to the President's apartments ,
where Mr. Wilson of Iowa preceded
them. All of the others except Mr.
Gage appeared soon afterward and at
11:30 : o'clock , after si brief exchange of
courtesies , were led b3' MiMeKinley
and Mr. Sherman to the blue room ,
looking southward toward the Potomac
river. Here Chief Justice Fuller and
the justices of the Supreme court were
assembled. The President arrd his
advisers greeted the justices and the
formalities of administering the oaths
were begun at , once.
Mr. Sherman lirst the chief
wa * > , jus
tice administering the oath , while the
venerable statesman held up his right
hand and repeated the constitutional
obligation. Then followed the other
cabinet officers in the order of their
rank. Justice Graj' of Massachusetts
administered the oath to John D. Long ,
secretary of the navy , and also a citi
zen of the ohl Hay state. For this
same reason of locality , Justice Brown ,
formerly of Michigan , administered
the oath to General Alger as secretary
of war. All the other oaths were ad
ministered by the chief justice. The
new cabinet did not return upstairs ,
but separated without the formality of
a cabinet meeting.
jut gagk's oath of office.
Mr. Gage took the oath in the secre
tary ' s office in the treasury department
at noon , Chief Justice Fuller of the
supreme court , another Chicagoan , ad
ministering the oath in the presence of
a distinguished company , which in
cluded the relatives and friends of Mr.
Gage , part of the Illinois delegation in
Congress and the principal officers of
the treasury. The secretary ' s room
was opened at 11 o ' clock to the guests
who had been invited to witness the
ceremony. They were received by
Secretary Carlisle and Mr. Gage and
Private Secretaries Van Senden and
Vanderclip. Many ladies were in the
party , and it had the semblance of a
social gathering during the time of
waiting- for the chief justice. Chief
Justice Fuller appeared a few
minutes before noon , accompanied
by Mr. McKenny , the clerk of
the supreme court , who carried the
new Secretary ' s commission. Mr. Gage
and the chief justice stood behind the
Secretary ' s desk facing the spectators ,
with Secretary Carlisle in the back
ground. Itoth Mr. tiage and Chief
Justice Fuller raised their right hands ,
the chief justice read the oath and
Mr. Gage repeated it after him , sen
tence by sentence. The first sentence
was , ' " 1 , Lyman J. Gage of Illinois , do
solemnly swear , " but Mr. Gage de
clared , "I. Ivvman J. Gage of Chicago ,
Illinois , " the emphasis which he put
on the added word , ' • Chicago , " inspir
ing a smile.
When the oath had been repeated
Secretary Carlisle stepped forward and
took his successor ' s hand , saying : "I
want to congratulate you and wish
you every success. "
callers at tiie white house.
During the morning Mr. MeKinley
received calls from many public men ,
including Senators Proctor of Ver
mont , Allison and Gear of Iowa , Quay
of Pennsylvania , Mills of Texas , Davis
and jSe lson of Minnesota and Spooner
of Wisconsin , ex-Senators Sawyer of
Wisconsin and Brown of Utah ; Repre
sentatives Hopkins , Reeves and Mur
phy of Illinois , Lacey of Iowa , C. W.
Stone and Reyburn of Pennsylvania ,
Walker of Massachusetts , Dolliver of
Iowa and Grosvenor of Ohio , senators
and members of the House were ush
ered into Secretary Porter ' s office and
thence to the President as fast as bus
iness would permit. The calls were
mainly those of courtesy. The Fif
teenth Ward Republican club of Phil
adelphia , in silk hats and drab coats ,
arrived about 10 o'clock and were re
ceived by the President in the East
room.
Kccd Certain to Bo Speaker Again.
Washington , March S. It is cer
tain that there will be no opposition
whatever to the re-election of Speaker
Reed by the Republicans of the new
House. Neither Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio
nor Mr. Hopkins of Illinois desires to
run. So well assured is Mr. Reed's
election that members arc already pre
senting to him their requests for com
mittee assignments.
No Iligh Hats for Washington State.
Oly-Mpia , Wash. , March S. By a
unanimous vote the Housa has passed
a bill prohibiting persons from wear
ing in a theater hats which will ob
struct the view.
Criminal Libel Charged.
St. Joseph , Mo. , March S. Claude
White , a reporter for the Herald , was
arrested to-day on the charge of
criminal libel for writing an article
which appeared in the Herald prac
tically accusing Prosecuting Attornej * :
W. B. Norris of corruption on a state
ment made b } ' a woman , who said she
had paid him $20 as a fine and costs in
the case of her husband , under arrest
for obtaining money under faise pre
tenses. The prosecuting attorney will
sue the Herald for defamation of char
acter and other arrests may be made , i
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T-iniTrriiKirii liiiniwuiiia ii ii n-i i n n
WITHOUT PARALLEL.
Never Such n Storm llofore as That of
Thursday Night.
Chicago , March 8. The storm which
raged throughout the Middle West on
Thursday night stands unparalleled ,
not onlv for the great extent of terri
tory over which it ranged , but for the
amount of water precipitated. At
Cincinnati , the rainfall reported by the
weather bureau of this city amounted
to r . .18 inches , and floods are reported
from every telegraphic station , from
Pittsburg on the east to Kansas City
on the west , and from the lakes to the
northern boundary of Tennessee. At
Cairo , 111. , several buildings were un
roofed , and one dwelling was blown
down , causing the death of an infant
inmate.
Throughout southern Illinois. Indi
ana and Ohio the damage to railroad
property , in the form of washouts ,
making traffic impossible , and in the
wrecks caused by the softening of the
roadbeds , is immense.
A not inconsiderable loss to the people
ple , as a whole , will be the washing
away of bridges and roadways , which
have been built up in the rural dis
tricts at a cost of millions of dollars ,
and which in many cases have been
totally destroyed.
WRECKED BY A LANDSLIDE
Missouri Pacific Train Ditched at Uon-
nofs Mill , Mo.
Bonnet ' s Mill , Mo. , March S. Mis
souri Pacific passenger train No. 4 ,
which left Kansas City at 1 : 'I0 jx in. ,
was wrecked near here at 7 o ' clock
last evening , twelve miles cast of Jef
ferson City. The engine plunged into
a landslide , telescopirrg the engine ,
tender and mail car. It set fire to the
mail car. which in turn set fire to the
baggage car , and both were complete
ly consumed. One man was killed and
his body cremated , another was fatally
burned and a third badly injured.
The dead : W. A. Rosenbcrgcr ,
Bloomington , 111. , aged 30 , single , body
consumed.
The injured : Edward Lusman , fire
man , aged 2S , married , St. Louis ;
pinned under tender , body crushed and
cooked from waist down , inhaled
steam , will die.
Frank Lauber , engineer , St. Louis ,
ribs broken and head hurt , will re
cover.
Traffic on the road was delayed for
fifteen hours.
THE POCKET VETOES.
Will Entail Great Inconvenience Unless
Kxtr.i Sc33lon Makes Appropriations.
Washington , March S. The failure
of President Cleveland to sign three
appropriation bills , the sundry civil ,
agricultural and Indian , and the ina
bility of Congress to agree upon the
general deficiency bill , will entail
much unexpected work upon the extra
session of the new Congress and pos
sibly may delay , to some extent , the
enactment of the new tariff law. The
regular appropriations for government
service and public works carried by all
of the e bills except the deficiency are
for the fiscal year beginning July 1 ,
so that to repair the failure of the
bills it will be necessary that they bo
re-enacted before that time , or that
resolutions be passed continuing for a
stated time the allowances for the cur
rent year.
TORNADO IN KENTUCKY.
A Number of Towns Struc'c and Much
Damage Done.
Winchester Ky. . March S. A ter
rific wind storm struck Winchester at
noon to-day. William Claj-ton ' s resi
dence was demolished , a business
house at the corner of Maple and
Washington streets was torn apart
and along May street chimneys and
shutters flew before the gale. Many
buildings were unroofed.
At Mount Sterling the McBriar dis
tillery building was entirely unroofed
and great damage was done. A negro
suburban town to the southeast was m
the toof the storm and several
houses were blown away.
Policy of the SiHeritcs.
New York. Marclr S. Congressman
Francis G. Newlands , the free silver
representative from Nevada , in an in
terview here to-day. said : "President
MeKinley is a strong , honest man , and
the silver men entertain for him per
sonally the kindest of feclinjrs. Tlicy
realize the importance of legislation
along the line proposed by him and
they will not attempt to embarrass
him or the Republican members of
Congress by putting obstacles in the
way of the speedy passage of a tariff
measure.
Famous Kail Player D > ad.
Baltimop.e , Md. , March S. David ,
L. Foutz. the great pitcher and right '
fielder , died here to-day at his home ]
of asthma. Foutz managed the Brook
lyn team last season. It was to get
Foutz that St. Louis bought out the '
whole Bay City , Mich. , team , stock ,
franchise and all. !
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Xo More Dlankot Uallots.
Jefferson Cm * . Mo. . March S.
Senator Seaber ' s bill doing away with
blanket ballots and substituting sepa
rate ballots for each party ' s candidates I
passed the House to-day. It is said ;
that the governor will sign tiie bill. \
Star Pointer Brings S1.1.COO.
New York. March S. lames A. :
Murphy of Chicago bought the famous
pacer , Star Pointer , record 2:0'2' ; . for '
S1. ) ,000 at the horse sale in Madison '
Square garden.
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Librarian King's Daughter an Oratoi ;
Topeka , Kan. . March S. Emilie
King , daughter of State Librarian J.
L. King , won first place in the Topeka !
high school oratorical contest and will \
represent the Topeka school in the :
state contest. Her subject was "The '
Wilmot Proviso. * ' <
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Redisricting- . '
Topeka , Kan. . March S It took the
House just twenty minutes last night '
to consider in committee of the whole <
the congressional reapportionment bill 1
and recommend it for passage. |
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KENTUCKY'S SENATOR. ; ' | H
Jor A. T. Wood Appointed The Leg- J j B
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iHlatnre to Meet Mnrch 1. ! j
FitA-XKroirr , Ky. , March (5. Governor - ' 1
or Bradley has nnnounced the appointment - H
ment of Major A. T. Wood of Mount f |
Sterling , 'Ivy. , to succeed J. C. S. 'Black- C H
burn as United States Senator. With M
the appointment was alsw giyen out H
the call for an extra .session of the H
legislature to convene March 13 , the | | H
election of a senator being among the J H
objects named. H
A. T. Wood has been a Republican. H
leader in Kentucky for many years and H
made the race for governor against j H
John Young Brown in H90. H
SAMOA AGAIN STIRRED UP. M
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Ei-Klng 'JWniaiese Takes Advimtngo
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the Abienco of Warships.
Ari-LAND , New Zealand , March li. j l
Advices from Samoa , dated February H
ttt , are that a strong body of natives M
under the leadership of Chief Tarn- H
ase.se , ex Icing of Samoa , profiting by B
the absence of the warship. ; , aru H
threatening King Malietort at Apia. j B
At the capital fighting was expected , PJ H
and the foreign consuls were powerfl H
less to quell the disturbance without _ _
ANOTHER FLOOD IN OHIO H
Four Indies of Rain I'all Cnnsliig DamXVftH
nge in Kverv Direction. 1HVA1
Cincinnati , Ohio , March 0. liain beAVMVJ
gan to fall at 0:30 o 'leock last nightvMVfl
and during the early morning assumed v AhYAI
the form of a cloud burst until the toTflVAl
tal was about four inches. | XVMVJ
The town of Locklar.d , Oiiio. is in- AVAVJ
undated. At Cumminsvilh ; tlic Hood / AVVJ
is doing much more harm than .lie reSBVH
cent high water of the Ohio because MVAVJ
the latter was backwater white this is AVftVfl
a torrent. AVAVfl
New Car Sbons for Sjidall.t. ihBV
Sedalia. Mo. , March C > . ( len- AVAVJ
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Kansas it Texas railway haac - fl
cepted SedaliaV proposition to give H
§ 100,000 cash and the necessary land VMVMf
for the erection of Missouri , Kansas fe BVVJ
Texas car shops here , and work will BAVA |
commence wkhin a month. This H
means. Mr. Purdy says , the expendiAVAVJ
ture of $30,000 in building ami equipflBVAa
ping the shops , and will give a monthly H
pay roll of S3. ) ,000 at this point. There / vflB
is universal rejoicing over tiie an- F VMVMV
nounccment. { H
Durrant' .t Ia-jiiu of Lire. HBVJ
San Francisco , March 0. District H
Attorney Barnes , who conducted the j H
prosecution against Theodore Durrant . < H
for the murder of Blanche Lamrmt-in MVAV
Emanuel church , tninks the murderer AVAVJ
will be hanged within I'iO days. H
Mr. Ilaimit Noiv : i Sonutor. HBVJ
Washington. March ( . . . Tifa-.nrs A. hVAVA |
Hanna was sworn in a' ; a senator to vAVAVJ
succeed Senator Sherman , resignetl s VAVAV.
IOWA PATENT UFFluc REPORT. H
Des Moines , Feb.JO. . A. - M. L. , - of |
Bcrtrand , Nebraska , asks : --What is. H
meant by a limited degree of inven- K KV
tion ? " Answer : This is a common |
phrase in patent office parlance anil r h KB
the question can be best answered by 'V K Kfl
giving an example. After using blunt |
screws for centuries and gimleis to H
bore holes for them in wood , a gimlet H
pointed screw was invented and the |
labor of making holes in wood for tiie < a |
reception of screws was dispensed |
with. After using gimlet , pointed |
screws for half a century and cutting H
away wood with a reaming tool to H
countersink the head of a screw , the |
slot across the conical head was extended - |
tended down at the side to produce a |
cutting edge so that the rotatingscrew H
would cut away wood and the reaming |
tool made unnecessary. Both these |
examples show limited degrees of ' H
invention , in view of the fact that so V |
little change was made in the art as H KH
first represented by a screw having a H
blunt end. Such simpl echanges were M
of limited degree in comparison with K K ft ]
the great improvements made in steam- .M K H
boats since one of the crude original.s H
was destroyed by a mob in KJJ. > . But |
notwithstanding the simplicity of the |
improvements in screws and tinlim - K KV
ited degree of invention illustrated A K H
thereby , such improvements are of H
vast importance. A limited degree of B H
invention , when a new or improved re- | H
suit is produced thereby , is a patentable _ H
invention and in many instances ft |
valuable. Valuable information about H
obtaining , valuing and selling patents H
sent free to any address. < ] K K H
Thomas G. and J. Ralph Ortvig , K hV
Solicitors of Patents. H |
LIVE STOCK AND PKODOCI * MARKET. . |
Ouotations From New York. Cliirago. St. . i Jk KV
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Rutter Creamery > iparatnr 1ft { 7 * jj - ft K KV
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Geese and Ducks S < Sa ' K Kfl
Cranberries per bbl r 00 ( & % : $ jft k H
Lemons Choice Messhnis. . . 3 'Si Q * : > . " • • |
Honey Fancy white . * l' { fe : It i H
Onions , per hu V * Sa 1 'Si J H
Beans llandpicked Navy . 1 II ) ffi [ o j H
Potatoes 'Si < § > |
Sweet Potatoes , bhl . " " - H
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Orant-es. perbo\ : j • > - , \t ; M
Hay Upland , per ton . to , ) < fr 4. * o t H
Apples , per bbl 1 . ' 0 64 Mi M
SOl'TII OMAHA STOCK MARiCET |
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lions-Heavy weights : ic : 6a : r u H
Beef Steers : j : * ) < $ , .0 M
Bulls 22. ; ti < c H
Milkers and springers 3)00 < c ; v > H
Heifers ; , . - I B
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Sheep-Western .Vl .rtiv , A. H
Sheep-Lambs 1.0 a03 ; V 1
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Wheat Xo.2 Sprinjr 7j © Titr H
Corn , per hu % S".J . H
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Prime steers and exports 4 77. fa ' ; o ' " t H
Calves rm ci' - s- ' H
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