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H WE Tiik sons of veterans have organized
H B & camp tit Fremont.
H [ S The G. A. B. tfost at Elm Creek will
H flj probably ba reorganized.
H fl Fk.yncis ScinvKDiiELSf , a pioneer of
H fl Cuming county' , died last week.
H fl Pabtv lines will be closely drawn
H fl in the election at Tecumseh this spring.
| Hj fl It is probable that the city council
fl fl of * Kearney will pass a curfew ordi-
H H nance.
H * 1 O. .1. Floyd of Elm Creek has 40,000
H I bushels of corn , and is building cribs
Hj I for more.
H I John Tuebov of Nebraska City had
fl I his arm and shoulder badly crushed in
H I a runaway.
H 1 Fifty cases of measles and grip are
H I reported among the pupils at the Win-
H I ncbago agency.
H fl Washington' dispatches i-eport many
H 9 Nebraskans on hand looking after
B fl political place.
m % 8 Capitalists are figuring on a new
B H liotel at Fairbury. which is to be first
B B fl class in all particulars.
H fl .T. Sterling Mortox , late of Cleve-
B H H land's cabinet , will not return to Nc-
BBBj B braska for some time owing to illness
BBBj I of his sister.
BBB The Missouri river is expected to
BBBJ B have a high stage of water this year
BBBJ fl because of the unusually deep snow in
BBBJ a the mountains.
BBBJ I Tin ; Burlington has commenced work
BBBJ ft on its new depot at Omaha. Itsdimen-
BBflJ sions will be 80x200 , and all roads that
BBBJ flj want to can come in.
mW M John Conway , of Johnson county ,
BBH flj while trying to escape from an officer.
BBfl B was shot in the leg. The charge
BBB fl against him is statutory rape.
BBH fl The bar of Fremont will give a ban-
BBH fl quet to Judge W. II. Munger , in honor
BBH fl of his elevation from an attorney to
BBB fl the United States circuit judgeship.
BBB S The toughs who assaulted a defense-
Hflj less citizen at a dance near Dakota
BBB flj Citj' some weeks ago , were lately given
BBHjSJ jail sentences ranging from thirty to
BBB S ninety days.
BBB fl Near North Loup a pile driver shot
BBBe BR down when there was no piling in
H 8 place and buried itself so deep in the
sand that insurrection will be difficult
and expensive.
IIouse roll No. 224 , is a bill provid
I ing for the appropriation of § 25,000 for
the erection of an additional wing to
the Norfolk hospital. It has been
placed on general file.
Bftj Rex , the G-year-old son of "W. L. Ran-
Bjfl dall , agent for the Union Pacific at
Kflj ! Duncan , was kicked between the eyes
BB | ! by a horse and badly hurt. Had the
BBflBfl animal been shod the boy would have
BBBBjfl * been killed.
Hff Tiie state meeting of the Home Forum
Hfl ; "benefit order will be held at York
BBBBBJi April G. There are at present about
BBBChII fifty forums in Nebraska and each one
will probably be represented by at
least one delegate.
i The Nebraska lumber dealers' asso
ciation will meet in Lincoln on March
_ . 10 and 17. It is expected that 200 or
flBaj ! 300 solid business men will be present.
BBBflflJ The local lumbermen are planning to
HnBj entertain the visitors.
flf "W. W. Dunn of Pierce , - was caught
Baflw stealing money out of the drawer of
HHHf Herman Manske's saloon in that place.
B | I Dunn was suspected and a watch was
fl I set , resulting in nabbing him in the
B I act of robbing the till.
BBflfl I Wiiii-e Mr. Zimmer , bridge tender
BBflH I for the Missouri Pacific at Louisville ,
Hj | -was punching at a chunk of ice with a
B I pike pole he lost his balance and fell
flV 1 head first into the water. He was not
B I hurt and managed to swim ashore.
Hft I Matt M. Clair , the postmaster at
BJBBH 5 North Platte , had his leg broken below
BBBBm § - the knee while assisting in loading
HK I some of M. C. Keith's stock at the
Bj 1 stock yards. A horse kicked him ,
BBBBK I * knocking him over and causing the
BBBBh I fracture.
Bl 2 The damage suit of E. H. Benedict
BBBB I against the city of O'Neill for S10,000
B I was tried before Judge Kinkaid. the
B i jury returning a verdict for the plain-
BBBH I tiff for S500 and cost's , amounting tc
BBBBH I about SG00. This was the third trial of
BBBBm | the case.
flljf Mrs. Henry B. Hayes , residing
BBBBnjl about five miles west of "Wisner , coin-
BBflBJHl mitted suicide by swallowing a large
HjVjJ dose of Paris green. „ She leaves a hus-
Hmf band and five children. Domestic
BBBBh trouble _ was the cause of her sclf-
BflflfljB destruction.
Hfl C. J. Anderson and Charles Ander-
BBBflnJ Eon , father and son. were brought to
BBBEB Omaha from Oakland , charged with
BBBBJfl selling liquor without a government
HH license. The father was discharged ,
BBH | but the son will have to answer before
BBBBH the federal court.
BHI r Valley county ' s mortgage record
BBBKBj for the month of February is as follows :
B8 Thirteen farm mortgages filed amount-
HB ing to S3jS59.50 ; twenty-nine satisfied ,
11 Sl2,4rG.10. Ninety-six chattlc mort-
gages filed amounting to S33.27G.33 ;
I seventy satisfied , 530,343.01.
-f ' : boys" history club of Platts-
m mum month gave an enjoyable entertain-
Hfljl : ment at the home of United States
1 Marshal Frank E. 'White. Dr. Miller.
HS | president of the liumane society of
HBl Omaha , who Avas the guest of honor ,
BBHBft fittingly addressed those assembled.
BBflH ( | A German farmer , living in Grand
BBB Prairie township. Platte county , was
BBHflft examined by the commissioners of in-
HBw sanity and adjudged insane. He is 32
HHj I years of age and his strange hallucina-
HHl I tions lead him to believe that everyone
i ! pnrsuing him seeking to take his life.
H i nE 3"year" ° ld son of Mr. Vangen , a
BBBBBB Uohcmian farmer living six miles
BBBBBB soutli of Burwell , was fatally burned.
H8 The child's clothing caught fire from a
_ BH | stove and before assistance arrived
Hflij the clothing was entirely burned off
BBBRBJ and the flesh of its left arm cooked so
BBB S that it fell off.
Hastings has four candidates for
(
the postmastership and disappoint-
(
BBBflj ment , of course , will come to three of '
BBBBj them. I
B A Cheyenne county farmer sunk j
Bflfl Bj three wells on his farm , 300 , eighty
and forty feet in depth. The deep
I wells went dry and the shallow one
hw burnishes an abundance of water.
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i LOCAL LEaiSLATIOH.
HOW IT IS PBOCHESOlNa iH
BOTH HOUSES.
Numerous BlUi Bocomracnifnd for Pfltf *
ge , Bnt Not Many an Yet DdflnUeljr
Acted Upon The GonGfnl AppFd
prlatton Bill Omaha 3t4
Lincoln Chartof Bllla.
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The Nebraska AMoXUhiyt
Senate. As soon as tlio preliminary \Vork
iiaa been cleared away In the senate on the
0th Mr. Grotlian of Howard moved that a
bitting cemmitteo of seven members Jao ap
pointed by the lieutenant governor. Little
or no opposition was manifested from any
part or tlio senate chamber , as it was well
understood that the matter had been thor
oughly canvassed and that a majority had
been secured In. advance. The lieutenant
governor ruled that a two-thirds majority
would be required to authorize the appoint
ment of a sifting committee as well as to
overrule a report of that committee- after it
was appointed. The motion was put to the
senate without discussion and was apparently
adopted unanimously , no voice being heard
in the negative. The lieutenant governor
appointed as the sifting committee Senators
Grothan of Howard. .Mutz of Keya Paha.
Dundas of Nemaha , McUann of Boone , Beal
of Custer , Watson of Saline and Haller of
Washington. The order of bills on third
reading was then readied , and the llrst one
out of the box was the stockyards bill , ltwas
placed on its passage at- once and no further
discussion ivns permitted under the rules.
The -bill was passed by a vote of 25 to 7.
The judiciary committee reported sixteen
bills for passage and they were ordered to
the general file. About a dozen petitions
were sent up asking for tlio continund main
tenance of the Milford soldiers * home ; the
raising of the age of consent to 18 years , and
making the law applicable to lioys as
well.as to girls , also petitions favoring the
abolishment of the deficiency judgment law.
In committee of the whole a number of bills
were recommended to pass. Senate file No.
219 , by Lee. a bill for an act to provide for
the administration of the state penitentiary
and the government thereof , and of the pris
oners therein , and to repeal chapter 8 ( ! of the
compiled statutes of 18SI5 , was considered.
Tlio bill was read without amendment or in
terruption until the thirty-sixth chapter was
reached. This section relates to the
fees to bo allowed to shcrlfl's from the
county jails to the penitentiary. The bill
allows the sheriff $3 per day and necessary
expenses. It also allows S2 per day for nec
essary assistants , provided that when there
is but one prisoner no pay for assistant shall
be allowed. After some discussion the bill
was recommended for passage.
Senate. The 10th was Lincoln's day In the
senate , the charter bill being under consider
ation. The proceedings therefore were mainly
of local interest. Consideration of the char
ter continued all day with nothing to break
the monotony of the proceedings until about
4 o'clock in the afternoon. At. that time the
section of the charter was reached which
proposes to give the city council power to
purchase an electric light plant by submitting
a proposition so to do to a vote of the people ,
but also gives the council authority to con
struct such a plant without , submitting the
proposition to a vote. Senator Talbot spoke
vigorously and at length against the pro
vision , lie submitted an amendment , which ,
after discussion , was voted down. The com
mittee then arose. Schaal of Sarpy offered a
resolution providing for a committee to in
vestigate the charges of bribery preferred by
D. E. Thompson , president of the Lincoln gas
company. The resolution was tabled and the
senate then adjourned.
Senate. The senate on the 11th , by
unanimous consent , advanced the Trans-
Mississippi exposition bill to the head of the
general file. It therefore stands third on the
list of bills which will be considered in turn.
The Lincoln charter and the treasury vault
bills , both special orders for tne 12th , will
be completed in a day or two. The senate
went into committee of the whole immedi
ately to resume consideration of the Lincoln
charter. This bill occupied the attention of
the senate for the entlro day , and if was not
until 6:30 that the big document was finished.
Only once was anything approaching deter
mined opposition shown , the entire day being
consumed with the reading of the bill line
for line , this being insisted upon by tlio Lan
caster county senators. The only section
seriously contested was the provision for a
fire and police commission , but the section
was retained. The senate voted down a
proposition to submit the charter to a vote of
the people of Lincoln and recommended the
bill to pass. The senate then adjourned.
Senate. The Trans-Mississippi exposition
bill passed the gauntlet of the senate on the
12th and is ready for its final passage as soon
as one or two small amendments can be
printed. The senate by a narrow margin of
two votes declined to increase the amount
appropriated by the house. But two amend
ments were made one designed to limit the
monthly allowance for each member of the
commission and the other to make the appro
priation of 5100,000 available as soon as the
stockholders had paid in an equal amount.
The bill had the right of way over every
thing , except the treasury-vault bill. Both
had been made special orders. Senate file
No. 40 was passed by a vote of 2tJ to 0.
It provides for the organization of mu
tual hall insurance companies. Under
„
the provisions of the law not less than 100
persons , residents of not less than ten dif
ferent counties , who own not less than 5,000
acres of grain , may form an incorporated
company for the purpose of mutually insur
ing growing crops against loss or damage by
hail. The special order of the day , senate
file No. 352 , the bill providing for the con
struction of a burglar-proof vault at the state
house , in which to keep the state funds was
taken up. Before discussion was commenced
Mr. Kansom made an effort to have the bill
set over until next Monday afternoon , in
order to make way for the Trans-Mississippi
exposition bill , which came next on the gen
eral file. After considerable discussion a
motion to engross the bill for third reading
was not agreed to and the bill was made a
special order for further consideration en
Monday afternoon. The committee then rose
and tue senate took its usual recess. After
recess the exposition bill was considered with
results above given. The senate then ad
journed.
HonsE. On the opening of the session of
the house on the Otlu the forty-seventh day ,
Hull moved that the house go into committee
of the whole to consldor bills on the general
file. This prevailed and Gaylord was invited
to the chair. House roll ISo. 237 , by Gaffin ,
was first considered. The bill Is for an act
to prohibit corporations from contributing
money to influence or control elections. The
bill was recommended to pass. In the after
noon Speaker Gaffln announced the regular
order to be bills on third reading. House roll
No. 47 . by Sheldon , was first of the list. This
is a bill to amend section 120 of chapter : xvi
of the compiled statutes of Nebraska of 1895 ,
relative to filing of articles of incorporation
and repealing all sections and all acts and
parts of acts in conflict and regulating the
fees of the office of secretary of state. The
bill passed. Senate file No. 102 , the bill de
fining a legal newspaper , was called up and
put upon its passage. The bill failed to pass
with the emergency clause , receiving but fll
votes to 33 against. It was then put upon its
passage without the emergency clause and
failed to pass by a vote or 47 to 31. House
roll No. U2 , by Hull , provides for un Ji ct to
regulate the manufacture and sale of vine
gar , to prevent deception and fraud therein ,
and to provide penalties for violation of the
act. Tne- bill was passed by a vote of 7 ! ) to 3.
House roll No. 353 , by Whcolor. provides for
the payment by counties of the premium on
bouds-of county treasurers wiioro sucli bonds
are executed by a surety company authorized
by the laws of 'Nebraska to oxecutc such
bonds. It is provided that such premium
shall not exceed one-half of 1 nor cent per
annum of the penalty stated In the bond.
This is one of a series of bills on the same
line. It elicited a prolonged discussion. It
was recommended to pass. House roll No.
354 , by Wheeler , providing for the puyment of
premiums on the guaranty bond of state
treasurers was also recommended to pass.
House. Appropriations for the state uni
versity and state normal school met with
sturdy opposition from the fusionists tn the
house on the 10th. By a scant majority
the two unlversitv items of 530,000 for the
mechanic school of arts , and 520,000 for the
state dairy building , wcro recommended for
passage. The "surety bond" bills , providing
for bonding state'treasurers by'corporations ,
were recommended to pass by votes . which
were far from being unanimous. The follow
ing bills were recommended to go on general
file : Regulating the feed of electric iisnt
companies. Providing for a representation
of Nebraska products at the TcniiosHco Cen
tennial exposition at Nashville. May to No
vember , 1bJ7. To provide for an additional
wing for the Norfolk hospital for insane , and
appropriating 525.C00. The following were
recommended to pass ; House roll No. iSli , hy
wmmmmwammmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
< 5tfffif3 > f6rti&"d { < ? .tue ; nuG7/cnQo "ft5 ? of'
ftff < sfs-at elections. House roll No. 27.V by
Hullpro' Trting " for tho" protection of wn-
frtttfeotInfScXorlesffnm five. - Senatofllc M' ;
siw , - by " Itansonv relating ' to' submission' , of-
conslifntI6"tfat amendment" . IIouso roll No' -
C03by Sheldon , providing for the erection of a
wing of a building upon the university
grounds , as a part of the permanent improve
ments of the'college of agriculture and the
mechanic affsVand to appropriate s30,000 for
the purpose' . ' was engrossed for third reading.
House roll No' 401 , by Gaffln , provides for an
act amending the school law. By the pro
visions of the law the nggrogato school lax
shall In no one year exceed 25 mills , and in
theclticsoftho Urstclnss having over 25,000
inhabitants the tax shall not exceed 15 mills
upon all tlio taxable property of the district.
The bill was recommended to pass. House
roll No. 200 , by Wimberly , to apply the Mor-
rll fund in aid of the Industrial college of the
university of Nebraska , was reootumended
for passage , nouso roll No. 233 , by Zimmer
man , consolidates into a single fund money
collected for various purposes from students
of the university of Nebraska and to appro
priate them to specific purposes. It was
recommended for passage.
nousE. The house on the 11th commenced
work on the first of the big appropriation
bills the one carrying the general expense
accounts of the state officers , state boards
and state institutions. The bill contains no
salaries. Tlio length of the present session
may be guessed at with a little comparison.
Two years ago the bill was reported from
the committee on finance , ways and means
on February 20. Tills year the bill was re
ported by that committee on February 27.
Two years ago tlio bill was read the second
time on February 27 and referred to the com
mittee on ways and means where it was held
until March 11. This year the bill was read
the second time and sent to the general file
on March 1 At the session two years ago the
bill was taken upfor consideration by the
committee of the whole for the first time on
March 12. This session the bill was taken up
by the committee of the whole on March 11.
Here the parallel ends. It will be seen that
so far the house is but one day ahead of the
session of two years ago on the same bill.
Two years ago the bill was passed and sent
to the senate on March 13 , where It was held
until April 5. Little opposition was
made to the bill under considera
tion , most of the sections being passed
without amendment or discussion.
A tabulated statement of appropriations
shows the total for cacli board and institu
tion , as agreed to .by the house. It is noticed
that , one of the largest items of saving lias
been made in the amount appropriated for
the maintenance of the convicts in the state
Eenitentiary. Tlio saving Is made possible
y the new system of managing the state
penitentiary. The money derived from leas
ing the lalior of the convicts is now applied
toward their maintenance. A determined
effort was made to strike out the entire
appropriation for tlie state fish commission.
Wooster of Merrick led the opposition , lie
declaring that it would be a good policy to
let the iisli remain where they are In the
hatcheries and "hatch by themselves" for
two years. Young of Uass and Sliull of
Nemaha supported the efforts of Mr. Wooster.
Without definite action the house adjourned.
House. Following the report of the sifting
committee in the house on the 12th , Gros-
venorof Hamilton moved that senate file No.
173 , the -providing for a deposit of one-
fourtli of 1 per cent on the part of banks to
secure depositors , bo ordeied to the general
file. The motion prevailed. House roll No.
131 , by Kich , providing for the sale upon
execution of stock in corporations and inter
ests in companies Incorporated , and designat
ing the manner of levy under execution and
writs of attachment , passed with the emer
gency clause by a vpte of 74 to 12. Hull's bill ,
house roll No. 150 , to prevent the adultera
tion of cider , passed by a vote of 77 to 2.
Wooster's bill , house roll No. 151. defining
what shall be a legal tender for currency in
the state of Nebraska , and providing that it
shall be gold coin and standard silver dollars
of the United States of standard weight and
fineness , was passed by (51 to 25. The fol
lowing bills were also passed. House roll No.
2(51. ( by Eager , an act to prohibit the use
less waste of mutual artesian well water.
House roll No. 229 , to prohibit people from
climbing onto moving railway trains , nouso
roll No. 10 , by Clark of Lancaster , for an act
authorizing county commissioners and boards
of supervisors to appoint judges and clerks
of election. House roll No. 3t5 , by Soderman.
providing that women may vote at municipal
elections , was next reached. Before the vote
was announced , Soderman moved : i call of
the houso. Thirty m inutes lapsed and Shel
don moved that further proceedings under
the call be dispensed with. This was lost
and the sergeant-at-arms continued his
search for absentees. He appeared before
the bar of the house with Burkctt , Stebbins
and Morrison. On motion , the gentlemen
were excused and roll call proceeded. The
bill failed to carry by a vote of 50 to JO. 'Ab
sent and not voting , 10. House roll No. 170.
by Gaffin , providing for the imprisonment of
non-resident voters in the state of Nebraska ,
was passed by a vote of 84 to 0. House roll
No. 171. by Gaffin , to punish the bringing of
illegal voters into the state passed by a vote
of Si to 0. House roll No. 172. by Gaflin.
amending section 1S9 of the criminal code
and punishing bribery ; threats , intimidation
and impeding electors at elections , was passed
by 77 to 0. Adjourned till Saturday at 10
a. m.
proposed graduated fee kill.
Sheldon's bill , house roll No. 479 , which has
been ordered to be engrossed for a third read
ing , seems to to quite a popular measure
among the members of the house of all par
ties. It provides for a graduated system of
fees in the office of the secretary of stale ,
especially applicable to corporations. The
second section provides that corporations for
works of internal improvements , mining ,
manufacturing and all organizations incor
porated for profit , other than mutual in
surance companies , loan nnd investment
companies and banking institutions , shall
file articles of incorporation with the secre
tary of state and shall pay the follow
ing fees : For articles of incorporation ,
domestic or foreign , for the first S100 , -
000 or fraction thcieof , S10 ; for recording
each additional § 1.000 a charge of 10 cents
per 31,000 , and 10 cents for each 100 words.
Corporations formed for religious , benevo
lent or literary purposes , secret societies ,
etc. , shall file articles , and fees for filing
shall be 32 for filing and 10 cents for each 100
words for recording. Fees for services of the
secretary of state not enumerated above
shall be : Filing certificate of increase of
capital stock. 35 for each 1.0C0 and 10 cents
for each 100 words of recording ; filing certifi
cate cf decrease of capital stock , S5 : filing
articles or decree of court changing the
name of any incorporation. 55 ; filing amend
ments to any article of incorporation , & > ;
miscellaneous commissions , S2.50 : notarial
commissions , & ; trade marks , 55. Affixing
the great seal of the state of Nebraska , where
the total charge is less than 55 , a fee of $1
shall bo charged.
INJUNCTION RESTRAINING THE COUNT.
Judge Hall of the district court in and for
Lancaster county on the 11th issued a tem
porary injunction , restraining the recount
commission from proceeding further with the
work of recallvassing the ballots cast for the
constitutional amendment relating to the
judges of the supreme court. The injunction
is made returnable Monday. March 15. It
was issued upon petition of T.'C. Munger ,
attorney for Lancaster county , who com
menced the proceedings after being officially
ordered to do so bv the court. Last week ex-
Attorney General Churchill requested County
Attorney Munger to commence action , but
that oflielal declined to do so on his own
i csnonsibilitv. This afternoon G. M. Lr.mbert-
son and C. "O. Wheedon of Lincoln filed a
petition in Judge Hall's court , requesting tlio
court to issue an eider against Secretary of
State Porter and the other six members of
the recounting commission , on the grounds
that they were unlawfully exercising the
powers of a pretended board of canvassers.
Judge Hall issued the order and County
Attorney Munger commenced the injunction
proceedings at once.
Jaraes G. JLUalne's llrotlier Dead.
Washington , March 11. Ilobert G.
Blaine , a brother of the late James G
Blaine , died last night at his residence
in this city. He was 65 years of age
and leaves a widow and sis children.
Mr. Blaine has resided here for a num
ber of years and for some time was em
ployed in an executive capacity.
No Press Censorship Just Yet.
Albany , N. Y , , March 11. Senator
Lamy received tha press censorship
bill , drawn at Buffalo , and expressed
his disapproval of it by immediately
returning it to the person who sent it
to him. whose name , however , he de
clined to divulge. The bill provides
for a general press censorship.
iVliat Eccumo of 831,000,000.
Spiungfield , I1L , March 11. The
Chicago drainage board will be inves-
gatcd by a special board of the legis
lature and be compelled to show what
has been done with the S31,000,000 csr
peaded In. the great r3J929 Sa&Jllf
NEBRASKA SEEKERS ,
Borne Who Are After Political Placci
May Get Lofr.
The special Washington correspond
ent of the Lincoln Journal is keeping
Xebraskuns duly posted regarding
movements at the national capital and
especially so in reference to political
matters. He wires that the president
proposes to take his time to send in
nominations to the senate , and had no
use for that body for a few days prior
to the assembling of the extra session.
The Nebraska appointments are still
hanging fire. It seems reasonably
certain that Nebraska will receive not
more than one or two of the consular
appointments and that it. is improbable
whether anj' Xebraskan will be elected
for office among the assistant .vnjre-
taries as attorney-general or solicitor-
general.
Mr. Collins believes himself abso
lutely secure of a foreign appointment.
His indicated wish is Switzerland.
Governor Thayer wanted the Mexican
mission , but found himself out of the
race because it had already been
promised to Powell Clayton. C. E.
Atkinson is still in the city and is be
ing vigorously pushed for a position
equally good. 11c has not yet received
assurance that his desire will be grati
fied. Bud Lindsey has already left for
home. J lis ambition was the recorder-
ship of deeds of the District of Colum
bia. There are a hundred applications
for the position and no assurance that
it will be filled for weeks to come.
When the nomination is sent in Ne
braska will not be at the front. There
is every indication that nominations to
office will be slow.
Officials appointed under President
Cleveland's administration will be per
mitted to serve out their full term.
This will apply to all oliices. both in
Washington and the respective states.
The first appointment in Nebraska will
be that of U. S. Marshal , for which a
number of Senator Thurston ' s friends ,
including- Jim Allen and Ben Goodall ,
are contending. It is understood that
it has been tendered to George Thnm-
mell of Grand Island by Senator
Thurston. Other federal appointments
will wait the expiration of the term of
commission.
None of the representatives except
Judge W. L. Greene , have arrived in
the city. Judge Greene has beenjde-
voting his time to familiarizing him
self with the various departments and
to gaining points which will be of
value in his work when the session
opens. His family is with him and
have taken rooms on Third street.
Judge Maxwell , Judge Stark and Mr.
Sutherland are expected here at the
close of the week.
Mast Have Better Corn Kates.
Secretaries of the state board of
transportation have decided to take up
the question of the reasonableness of
local rates on corn. The question was
placed before them yesterday , says the
Lincoln Journal , on complaint of a
Lancaster county farmer , L. L. Hile ,
who filed a formal petition charging
all the roads in the state with accepting
and charging unreasonable local rates
and asking the board to require the
roads to answer and that after due
hearing and investigation an order be
issued requiring the roads to desist
from violating the act regulating rail
roads. The board notified the roads to
answer within ten days. The petition
of Mr. Hile is dated March S.
The secretaries recently requested
railroad managers to give reduced
through rates on corn and as a basis
for the request stated that many farm
ers in the state were burning corn be
cause it did not pay to ship. The
board further informed the managers
that it was not the wish of the board
to reduce local rates. Managers of the
roads deferred action for the reason
that a meeting of railroad men was to
be held at Chicago and it was expected
that the question of making a special
rate on corn would come up for con
sideration. This proposed meeting
was not held and now the board of
transportation proposes to investigate
the local rates with a view of making
a reduction. It is understood that the
secretaries were instrumental in get
ting the complainant to file his petition.
Good Bye to Morton.
Washington dispatch : J. Sterling
Morton , the retiringsecretaiy of agri
culture , was tendered a farewell re
ception at the Ebbitt house by the
officials and clerks from the depart
ment of agriculture. The reception
lasted two hours and during that time
nearly all the officials in the depart
ment called to give Mr. Morton a final
hand shake and say farewell. Many
of them were accompanied by their
wives and other ladies.
The new secretary of agriculture ,
Mr. Wilson of Iowa , was present , as
were also Mr. Dabney , the assistant
secretary , and Mr. Bingham of Ohio ,
who , it is said , is slated , for Mr. Dab-
ncy ' s place. There were about 500
callers. During the evening a coM
collation was served in the dining
room of the hotel.
Imprisonment for Life.
Auburn dispatch : The case of th
state of Nebraska against J. W. Arga-
bright was given to the jury at the
end of a long trial and after being out
four hours , they brought in a verdict
of murder in the first degree , and fixed
the punishment at imprisonment for
life. Judge Letton was very careful in
all of his rulings , and although the
case was ably conducted on both sides ,
the chances for getting this case re
versed on error are very small. The
defendant was heard to remark just
before the close of the trial , that he
was getting a fair show this time ,
something he did not get at the first
trial. The first trial of this case oc
curred two years age , and resulted in
a verdict of manslaughter and ten
years imprisonment.
E. C. Usher , who has lived in Fre
mont thirty-nine years , died last week.
Will Be a Xebraskan.
Collector of Internal Revenue North
in talking about the application of C.
N. Boardman of South Dakota for the
position of collector says that in his
opinion it is not likely that the col
lector will be picked from any state
but Nebraska. The Nebraska district
comprises Nebraska and the two Dakotas -
kotas , but this state contributes from
80 to 90 per cent of the revenue receipts
which usually do not fall below § 1,000 , -
000 per annum. Last year thej- were
only SG27,000 , but it is already certain
that this year they will amount to
about a million and a quarter.
EBDUCIEG SALARIES.
THE LEGISLATURE CUTTING
DOWN EXPENSES.
The General Appropriation * 11111 Undai
Consideration in the Committee of
the Whole A Comparison of
that of 189.1 With 1807
Kufllcal ItcUuctlous.
Salaries Mast Come Down.
The house in committee of the whole
"in considering the general appropria
tion bill spent the greater part of one
daj' . There was only one instance of it
cut in the recommendations of the
finance committee. Appropriations
were added to establish water works
plants at the Geneva industrial
school and at the Nebraska insti
tute for the blind at which institutions
the charges for- the use of city water
was considered exorbitant. An SS00
item for medical attendance was eut
from the expenses of the institute for
the blind at Nebraska City on repre
sentation by Roddy that the sum was
far in excess of what was necessary.
Following- a comparison of the appro
priations for current expenses made in
IS' .Ki and as passed by the house in
committee of the whole :
officcus. lS ? . r > 1S07
Governor 5t)0 ) $ S , 100
Adjutant-general \ViM \ ) , 31,000
Com. of iahor 1.100 < * 50
Secretary of state WK ) .V. 'ftO
Auditor. O.IOO 0.02. .
Tieasuror. J. .Ii'iO U0O
Supt.orpnh. Inst 10 , X ) < i ll.tMSO
Attorney-gi'iienil ] , : S0O 2,3)0
com. pul ) . lamN and hldgs.100 1.1 0
HrtI pub. lands and hldgs. . ' . 'ir. 21.700
lird.edu. lands and funds 18.000 4,000
Hold puchasf and Minplie. - ! 00 -100
Supreme court T 15.210 -viOO
Hanking department 1..100 l.fiM
State library 10,000 7.200
Hoard of transportation. . . C > Z > S. .0
State Normal si-hool ! l,7flfi 0S
Lincoln hospital. Insaic. . . 1HW0 ( : HS.MO
Industrial home. Milford.USOO 1 .000
Home for the friendless. . . 2. . .500 31,030
Hastings insane asylum. . . 127MW l. il.US
Xorrolk insane awlum. . . . T' .M. 'rf ) 71,0 0
( Jeneva Industrial school. . . : > 30,400
Omaha hist , deaf & dumb HUffl 30.710
Kearnev industrial S'-hool SO. 100 07.730
' ' ' . . 'V ' )
Soldli'ts'h'mi'lJrand 1'land 07.7.V ) KI,7.
Institute for the blind A' 0 ai,2X >
Institute feebleminded ,
Beatrice 63..V1O , ' . ( ! ,300
Fish commission Sj. iO 7,750
State penitentiaryinclud
ing the purchase of the
iorgancontmct 13. ,700 153,100
Soldiers'home , Milford. . . . 8.000 lt.COO
State university 3 > , S50 5S,50O
Hoard of lrrtent ion ZMO .400
Total . . . . . .Sl.OtV'lliS 043,737
After adjournment funionists of the
house held a caucus and considered the
salary appropriation bill. It was the
understanding when the meeting was
over that the salary bill tis recom
mended by the committee should be
passed , with the exception of items
covered by special bills. The special
bills reduce the salaries of the heads of
some departments and superintendents
of state institutions. The salary appro
priation bill will be made to corres
pond with the special bills which have
already passed the house. Members of
the house depend on the senate to pass
the same special bills. The salary
appropriation bill reduces the salaries
of many state employes , notably most
of the deputy state officers. It fixes
the salary of the governor ' s private
secretary at SI.000 , a reduction of S100.
The deputy state treasurer comes in
also for a reduction.
Nebraska Congressmen Want a Hand.
According to a Washington special
to the Lincoln Journal Representatives
Strode and Mercer , the only republican
members of the Nebraska delegation
in the house , will insist that they shall
be consulted by Senator Thurston
upon appointments made to federal
offices from their own districts. It is
currently understood that Senator
Thurston has made up a slate for the
marshalship , district attorney and col
lector of internal revenue , and proposes
to urge his own selections for these
offices without asking whether they
will be acceptable to the other mem
bers of the republican delegation in
congress. Notice has practically been
served upon Mr. Thurston that this
attitude can only be carried out after
a vigorous protest made to the presi
dent on the part of the members of
congress.
OCf for Washington.
A Nelson dispatch says : Congress
man Sutherland started for Washing
ton this morning. He was escorted to
the Kock Island depot by about 200
citizens of the town of all political
opinions. The delegation was headed
by the silver cornet band. At the
depot the congressman mounted a
chair and made a speech , returning
thanks to the citizens for their neigh
borly expression of good will. He also
said a man would be less .than a man
who would allow partj- lines to inter
fere with his vote in these generally
depressed times. His vote on the tariff
measure will be watched with great
interest by his constituency. The com
munity sends best wishes for him to do
the right thing.
Another Railroad Incorporated.
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the secretary of state of the Sioux
City and Western railway company.
The incorporators are .lames E. Booge ,
L. F. Wakefield. F. A. Seaman , Donald
McLean and M. F. Harrington. The
capital stock is fixed at 55,000,000. The
eastern terminus of the road is O'Neill ,
in Holt county , and the western ter
minus in Sioux county , extending
through Holt , Bock , Brown , Chenw ,
Sheridan , Box Butte , Dawes and Sioux
counties.
Columbus YoniiR Woman Selected.
Miss Abbie Keating , daughter of
Thomas Keating of Columbus , has
been chosen one of the teachers of the
institute for the feeble minded at
Beatrice.
Must Agree Upon Appointment * .
Washington correspondents assert
that Major MeKinley has strongly inti
mated that in matters of appointments
he will insist that the republican mem
bers of the state delegations shall be
agreed upon candidates before their
names are presented to him for his
approbation. Bepublican members of |
the Nebraska delegation in the house •
will have at their disposal offices !
which in the aggregate will probably
pot amount to one-tenth of those in
the state. The other nine-tenths will
be named by Senator Thurston through .
his friends. j
LINCOLN'S CAR. ; * < i
An Historical Relic That Was Made to- . * M
Snlt the Ideas of the Martyr President. JH
In an obscure corner of the yards of t J
the Union "Pacific car shops in Omaha , )
in a dilapidated and abandoned eondi- . / *
tion , stands a truly historic relit : known /
as the "Lincoln" car. It * sides are m
cracked and wcathcr-Uatcn , anil the
brass rail- M
glass in its window ? and the
are long ago- M
hu'S on its platforms
and X
compartments
the
gone. All
sumptuous interior furnishings and I m
decorations have been removed , aud it ' M
hulk of M
barren decaying
stands like a ,
its once proud self. From its former
J m
prominent association with President
Lincoln , both during the later years of I H
his life and then after death , it would { WM
seem that the car deserves a better , H
fate than to rot in neglect and obseurH
ity. This car was built specially for M
Mr. Lincoln in the United States mill- m
tarv car shops at Alexandria , \ si. , in mM
1S04 , b-J B. P. Lanv-on , master car H
builder , " anil was cci tainly one of the JM
handsomest private railway coaches of
its days , it was used by the president , WM
renuatedlv in his visits to thu army of MM
the Potomic down in Virginia and also MM
to New York and Philadelphia. M
The Lincoln car is forty-two feet
long bv eight and one-half fcot v. ide. JM *
and during the time Mr. Lincoln usi-d ( fl
it it was divided into three compart- WW
ments. It was entered by a. door in / ) , m
the corner , which opened into : t narrow - / ;
row passageway , extending the entire M
length of the car along one side. a
From this pissnge.vay doors opened v f % . J
into each one of the three private rooms. * ; * A
The room in one end of the car was 'Km
considerable- larger than the other- . . / ' M
and was furnished with a large sot a j 1
and reclining chairs. Tin : small rooms , /I /
were also provided with sofa and re- ' I
dining chairs , although somewhat in- fl
ferior to those in the largo room.
This larger compartment constituted
President Lincoln ' s office and study. M
and is where he entertained his guests
and transacted business with oltieial.s mm
of the govcrnraant and generals of the /7
army. The sofa is a comli.iation affair ' ( A
and was made of unusual length to *
accomodate the elongated form of the jM
president. It was used as a sofu or
lounge during the day and at night flj
could be adjusted into a double bfd.
The car was considered in that day a . M
triumph of the car builder ' s art. Tin. * M
walls of each of the compartment-
were padded with rich , corded cri.tw.n V
silk upholstery , reaching half way to M
the ceiling , and the frieze of the pmsl-
dent's room was decorated with painted - '
ed panels of the coats-of-arms of the r 9 *
different states of the Union. The car H
was iron-clad , armor being set in brfll
tween the inner and outer walls , rendering -
dering it bullet-proof. This added 9M
considerably to its weight , so much so flj
that its builders thought it necessary M
to mount it on six-wheeled trucks. M
Just after the close of the war the Jfl
government put a great amount of its AW
railway material that had been used in MM
the prosecution of the war into the B
hands of an auction firm in Cincinnati. - H
and among it was the Lincoln car. M
Sidney Dillon , who was then at the M
head of the Union Pacific affairs , was f
directly responsible for its purchase. Mm
For a iong time after its arrivsil in H
Omaha the ear was a great curiosity. Mm
both on account of Itb connection with M
the martyr president and also for the , M
reason that it was then considered the ' , MM
finest railway coach thathad ever been * - " H
constructed , and many thousands of ' mM
people visited the shops for the purpose - M
pose of seeing it. M
Late in 181)2 a party of men from
New York sent an agent to Omaha * . M
with a view of negotiating' a purchase M
of the car , intending- exhibit it at M
the world's fair. Satisfactory terms afl
with the Union Pacific people could not ym\ \
be made , however , and the projei-t 1v.11 / M
abandoned. The agent desired to have M
proof of the authenticity of the ear m\ \
from the railway oflirials. and Mr. I. 1 Jfl
II. Congdon. for many years master / H
mechanic of the Union Pacific railway. fl
in a lengthy letter on the subject to / fl
Mr. E. L. Lomax. general passenger ' m\ \
agent of the road , said : WM
The famous car was brought to Mm
Omaha in 18GG. and was purchased for fl
the Union Pacific by T. C. Durant. A
Sidney Dillon manifested gTeat interest - H
est in the car in tiie early days of the H
road. I was in charge of the Joeoaio'VJH '
tive department of the Ureal Western H
Kailroad of Illinois , at Springcld. dm-- fl
ing the war. and was there at the time fl
President Lincoln ' s remains were fl
brought there. The car had been used H
as the funeral ear and stood in the fl
railroad yards during the time that fl
Lincoln ' s body lay in state at the cap- fl
itol building , and we had an opportnfl
nityof examining it closely. I rememfl
her identifying it : ts the same carfl
when it came here in 1SG6. When first fl
brought to Omaha it was nscd as a ' B
private car by the directors , but on J m\\
account of its extreme weight end the 4H
manner in which it was mounted , it ( S
rode so poorly that they soon abandoned - \ % M
doned it. I have been over the road v. ith H
Mr. Dillon in the Lincoln cur , and heard * .i H
him speak of it as being the one that the m\
president used during the war , and in WM
which his remains were brought to fl
Springfield. Mr. S. IL 11. Clark , now
president of the Union Pacific , stated fl
to me a good many years ago that Mr. fl
Dillon desired some of the furniture of r , fl
the car taken out and sent to New fl
YTork , and I see that his request was Am
carried out. * tM
The car was built as nearly as pos- k
siblc to suit Mr. Lincoln's idea and fl
was so peculiar in construction as tc fl
give it individual characteristics. fl
This famous old car will fonn cenfl
tral figure of the transportation exfl
hibit of the Trans-Mississippi and Infl
ternational exposition of 18'J3 at W
Omaha.
u
Two Columbus
youths ran awav
from home , but were nabbed at Orand !
Island and sent back to their sorrow
ing parents.
The Columbian Ucll.
The Columbian bell which sounded
its prophetic note at the opening of /
the parliament of religions at Chicago
during the Columbian exposition is to '
be taken to Jerusalem to
sound a note ± *
of praise at the close of the nineteenth f '
century of the Christian era. The M *
unique proposition is raaiie lhat th , - ,
bell shall be taken to the Holy Land
and on Christmas eve , 1S09 , connected
f Wire With a" Parts ol
ChrUt
Christendom , so that the 1000th an
niversary of the birth of Christ shall
be celebrated by all the world at Sr
same instant.
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