The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, March 12, 1897, Image 2
IT p tf3to.r ) . 1 • „ , - , mwmmmammmfn imifimm I" ' Mr \ -m J 9 I H * f if I * ' • n b ai 1 | , / M'COOK TRIBUNE. > ' 1 / F SI WMMKLL , PnbUshcr. -1 / McCOOK , - : - - : - NEBRASKA | 1 NEBRASKA. V' I , " ! 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 | 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 ' 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. " mtm • • " THE0UGH THE HOUSi 1 , . | , t , , . I , . , , . „ , . , % 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 . . _ . . . - - - - rn. B T rrrl mr-YmmiK-ii-iirftfflnwniMiiiiiiiiimiiiiiniiiMii i i 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 * * * * " - - r"L' ' - BffMTTWL "irinrrtr-iii n i r nm rr z' : z - , 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 * " - - iniwmnm-ifflt-Mti * 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. ! i 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. . j 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. * ' < < 1 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. | * * H KENTUCKY'S SENATOR. ; ' | H Jor A. T. Wood Appointed The Leg- J j B . ' . H 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 of M Ei-Klng 'JWniaiese Takes Advimtngo . M 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 * eralManagcr Purdy for the Missouri , VMVMV 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. 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