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| oLIVED
' . -LIVED IN NEBRASKA
V VS A CHECKERED LIFE THAT FIB -
B NALLY ENDED VIOLENTLY.
B An Olti-Tlmo Ncbrankati One of th
HBftH - Victim * of the Cbatidlur Cyclone
flHH Mnu Who I * Well Itemotiibered
B H | by 31 any of the Prominent
Bj H l'olltlclans.
H H John Dayvnon , of Lincoln , Neb.
H H Old-time politicians around the legis *
HH ; laturc , says a World-Herald dispatch ,
HI • read the press dispatches 'from Okla-
Bj j Jioina and had the memories of twelve
years ago i-evived. The story of the
I cyclone at Chandler told of men and
women killed in the wreck , of houses
j , as burned and piled up masses of tira-
Hl ! l > crs. Jn the list of those who perished
H < S / was "John Dawson of Lincoln , Neb. "
Hj Bj j Tliat inquiry among the men who are
H fl i v now prominent in the politics of the
Hj fl ; state as to who this was met with the
HI response , " ] never heard of him , ' 'is
Ha but another illustration of the old
HI truth that a man is soon forgotten
HI after-he drops out of the running.
Hh TGn yearj * ago there was no better
EH known man among the politicians of
RS itlie fctate than John Dawson. In the
Hfij eighteenth session of the legislature he
SBj was' : ! member of the house and led the
EX lighfc.for ( Jen. John C. Co win for the
S iUnited States scnatorship. Fewer men
BAVB buve' forgotten the battles of the past ,
9 but old timers say that this was one of
V 'the most brilliant of the political
flj fighjt's of the state. In the front ranks
| HI I of the Co' .vin men was John Dowson ,
B'iY leader , who had the devoted allegiance
1 of his followers and the admiration of
B * his opponents which is the meed of
H9 dash and brilliancy.
Hf Dawson was an attorney who lived
H in Alma , and in that session he repre-
Hs | sentcd the district now represented by
H Hull upon the floor of the house. He
Hh had a large practice , and it is said he
HS got a fee out of every good case
HS for a. hundred miles around his home.
Hl He was a native of Iowa and a gradu-
Hl aU ; of the university of that state. The
HS lute T. M. Marquette said of him that
VavaH be was the brainiest man and the most
Hl ] brilliant that came up to the legisla-
Hjjt ture that year. He was an omnivorous
Hfi reader and his energy is said to have
Hff ' "been of that kind which never flagged.
Hjf Like many other men whose abili-
H | tics and opportunities have seemed to
Hl conspire to make certain their future
H § success , he failed to meet the expecta-
K Hl tions of his admirers. Habits of dissi-
HB | pation became the master of the man
H | and his business suffered. lie wandered
Kl away from his home and family and
Bf finally settled at Vancouver , in the far
Rl northwest , where his wife and children
Hgf joined him , and he attempted to re-
Rf trieve the fortunes which had waned.
H | | The history of this attempt is one that
Bf nus iac * s counterpart in the memory
M Bf of ahnost every man. Nevertheless in
R § its details there is so much of human
Hh frailty and its penalties and strength
H ° n'iman love ani ts powers to call
K the erring heart back to paths of right
f endeavor that it deserves more than a
1 passingline. .
Hf From place to place John Dawson
f wandered , trying to again get his feet
Bm BJ planted on firm ground of professional
Hf Kiiccess , and only found that life grew
H harder for him. Six months ago he
1 went from Niobrara , where he then
H2 lived , to Texas , and then to Oklahoma.
H The end of it all is that the press dis-
BfcVl patches contain a line giving his name
4 l among the list of dead. Dawson ' s
JBAb family , it is understood , are living at
gM H Montezuma. Colo. , this being one of
SaYJ places at which he attempted to get a
A Bfl foothold in business. Ten or twelve
BB H years is a short time , but it is long
H | enough for a man to be forgotten , and
H the story of John Dawson is but an
Bj added proof that the general rule is
Hj Penalty for Defacing : Coin.
B&VB Secret Service Agent Donnclla of Ne
B i braska has received from the govern-
E ment a copy of the mutilated coin act ,
Hj auicnded March 3 , which reads as fol-
H |
HS Every person who fraudulently or
K by any art. way or means , defaces , mu-
B H tilates or impairs , diminishes , falsifies ,
H scales or lightens , or causes or procures -
| cures to be fraudulently defaced , mu-
B tilatcd , impaired diminished , falsified
H scaled or lightened , or willingly aids
Hg or assists in fraudulently defacing ,
B mutilating , impairing , diminishing ,
H § falsifying , sealing or liglitening the
H ] gold or silver coins which have been or
H which may hereafter be coined at the
B& B mints of the United States , or airy for-
H cign gold or silver coins which are by
BBBj law made current or are in actual use
&V or circulation as money within the
H United States , or who passes , utters ,
H publishes , or sells , or attempts to pass ,
H utter , publish or sell , or bring into the
H i United States from any foreign place ,
H knowing- same to be defaced , muti-
Hj j lated , impaired , diminished , falsified ,
H | scaled , or * lightened , with intent to
H t defraud am * person whatsoever , or has
H. | in his possession any defaced , muti-
H \ latcd , impaired , diminished , falsified
Hj scaled , or lightened , with intent to
H | defraud any person whatsoever , shall
H be imprisoned not more than five years
Hj and fined not more than $2,000.
| Nebraska National Guard.
Hj Congressman Stark has submitted to
H _ the commissioners of pensions the
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H rules and regulations of tlie Nebraska
H national guard and pointed out section
H 3GT , which gives the services of the
H adjutant general's office without fee or
H reward to any pension-applicant within
H the s tate of Nebraska. Mr. Murphy ,
H commissioner of pensions , thought the
H section was in good form and helpful
_ H to all deserving applicants , and filed
H the book with other authorities in his
H olHcc.
H Semi : serious charges have been pre-
H ferred against the cit3 * marshal of
H Shclton and he has sent in his resigna-
B
| National Itankn of Nebraska.
B Washington dispatch : Comptroller-
B Eckles today gave out abstract of re-
B ports on the condition , March 0 of
B ninety banks in Nebraska , exclusive of
B i Omaha and' Lincoln. The principal
B items are : Loans and discounts. 511 , -
B j Ol' .t.Sl ? : due from banks , national and
m -state , S2SO.40 - } ; reserve in banks and
1 deposited with reserve agents , SG96 , -
H 14S. of which S. > : } :2lr : ! ) was in gold ; total
B resources. Sl8. < 503,3nO ; liabilities , cap-
m - - ital stock. G.275,000 ; surplus fund and
H undivided profits , 51,5(50,778 ( ; due to
H binks. national and state , S. > 80523 ; ; de-
H ( posits , S8.113. ri70. The average re-
H : -bervc held was 32.11 percent.
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PREPARING TO QUIT.
The Upper House Clearing the YTay foi
Early Final Atljournmont.
The senate on the 2d gave the first
Intimation that it was beginning tc
consider the problem of final adjourn
ment. After a feeble opposition , the
first of the big appropriation bills was
taken up in committee of J-he whole ,
Senate amendments to the general ap
propriation bill arc numerous , but thej
make but little difference in the aggre
gate of the amount carried by the
measure. One notable feature of the
session on the 2d was defeat of the bill
which had for its purpose the wiping
out of existence of the Uurlington
volunteer relief department and all
kindred organizations connected with
the management of railroads. Two
bills were introduced at the present
session directly aimed at their exist
ence. One of these bills was intro
duced by Mr. Beal of Custer and is No.
32i > on the files. It aimed directly at
the evil sought to be corrected. It
was entitled "An act to prevent assess
ment of emplo3es by their employers ,
except by the request of said employes ,
for purposes of relief and insurance ,
and to provide that such voluntary re
lief and insurance organizations shall
comply with the laws of the state re
lating to mutual insurance companies. "
It contained the following provision :
It shall be unlawful for any person , firm or
corporation , transacting business or employ
ing labor in this state to impose any assess
ment upon its employes for purposes of re
lief or insurance , except by the voluntary
request or the employes so desiring said re
lief or insurance , and it shall bo unlawful for
the said employers to retain from wages of
thnir employes any sum whatsoever , as an
assessment , or contribution , or dues , tosucli
rcliof fund or insurance , and each case of
such retention or assessment shall constitute
a separate offense.
And whenever by the voluntary act and
co-operation of such employes an association
for relief or insurance shall be organized and
maintained by dues naid in by those volun
tarily becoming members of such organiza
tion , then sucli organization shall comply
with all the legal requirements imposed by
the laws of the stale on all mutual insurance
and no regulation shall be imposed upon the
members thereof by the organization or by
the employers of such members which shall
deprive any member in good standing of all
the benefits or Insurance for which lie has
paid dues. Nor shall the fact of the creation
of , such relief fund or mutual insurance by
such employes in any manner release their
employer from any liability under the laws
of this state for personal injury or death , and
it shall be unlawful for any person , firm.com-
pany or corporation to seek to impose any
contract , regulation or agreement upon their
employes having for its result the release of
such employer from any such liability.
Supplies for State Institutions.
The awards for supplies for state in
stitutions were made by the board of
purchase and supplies on the 2d. Bids
for stationery for the Beatrice institu
tion were rejected for the reason that
. they were at the same prices in all
particulars. The proposal for meat
at the same institution was rejected ,
the same being the only one submitted
and out of proportion to other meat
bids at other institutions. Proposals
for hardware at this institution were
rejeci d because they were not suf-
fiently specific. The proposal for
drugs at the home of the friendless
was rejected , because it was the 8nly
one submitted and the board desires
competition. Proposal for flour at the
Milford soldiers " and industrial homes
was rejected , because there was but
one bid for each institution and the
board desires to let these various con
tracts under competition. New bids
have been called for , to be opened
April 15 , at 2 p. m.
Faying : Cash for the Uonds.
State Treasurer Meservc on the 2d
paid the first installment of the re
funding bonds issued in 1877. and
which fell due on the 1st. Of these
bonds 5123,000 are held by eastern par
ties , and must be paid as soon as pre
sented. One of the express companies
received a block of bonds amounting
to § 35,000 for collection. A represen
tative of the company called at the
office of the state treasurer shortly be
fore noon and presented the bonds for
payment. They were properly identi
fied and checked and the amount paid
over to the express company. Another
block of the bonds amounting to 525. -
000 will be paid at once. Treasurer
Marserve has been notified that the
balance of the bonds held in the east
have been started and are now on their
way to Lincoln. They will arrive
early in the coming week. The treas
urer has the cash in hand to meet the
demands for the entire amount held in
the east.
Will I'ay Well for Evidence.
Lincoln dispatch : Chairman George
\V. Post of the republican state central
committee has advertised a reward of
51,000 in cash for evidence which will
prove that the ballots on the constitu
tional amendments from York county
or any other county have been fraudu
lently handled or tampered with.
Following are the gains in Douglas
county on the amendments , as found
by * the recanrass commission : First
ward , 45 ; Second ward , 122 ; Third
ward 88 ; Fourth ward , 40 : Fifth ward ,
29 ; Sixth ward , 1G0 ; Seventh ward , 5)2 ) ;
Eighth ward. G3 ; Ninth ward , 58 ;
South Omaha , 234 ; Chicago. 9Clontarf : ,
1 ; East Omaha , 7 ; "West Omaha , north
precinct. 7 ; south precinct , 2 ; Jeffer
son , 0 ; McArdle , 3 ; Millard , 11 ; Platte
Valley , 12 : Union , 0 ; Waterloo , 2 ;
Florence. G : Elkhqrn , 4 ; Douglas. 5 ;
total , 1,015.
Ciff Hagev Acquitted.
Lincoln dispatch : The trial of Cliff
Ilage } * . charged with having murdered
M. F.Eyster. came to an end when the
jury brought in a verdict of acquittal.
Eyster was a resident of Chambers-
burg. Pa. , who , while on a trip across
the continent , stopped over in Lincoln
ror a few days last fall. He fell in
with Hagey and the two were together
drinking all the day of the alleged
crime. They went together to the
house of two dissolute women named
Clark.
Eyster was found just after dark ly-
ingin the rear of the Clark house ,
and in a dying condition. He never
recovered consciousness and died soon
after being taken to the station.
"Washington special : Senator Allen
will report favorable his proposed
amendment to the Indian appropria
tion bill , providing- that the secretary
of the interior shall , within sixty days
after its adoption , establish in Omaha
a warehouse for Indian supplies from
which distributions shall be made tote
to Indian tribes of the west and north
west. The proposed amendment was
considered in the meeting of the com
mittee on Indian affairs and Senator
Allen was instructed to report it as
above. It is the senator ' s intention to
review at considerable length the ad
vantages to be derived from the loca
tion of such a dejicrt at Omaha.
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ALLEN ON THE TARIPI
NEBRASKA'S SENIOR SENATOR
MAKES A SPEECH.
The Doctrine of Trotectlon Attacked
IIo Asserts that Comparatively Few
Laboring Men Favor It Trusts
and Combinations Severely
Criticised.
Nebraska's Senior Senator.
Washington dispatch : Senator Allen ,
populistof Nebraska , made a long
speech in the senate on the unconsti
tutionality of tariff taxes beyond those
requisite for revenue. Although it
was the first tariff speech the senate
has heard this session , it did not at
tract marked attention. Mr. Allen
criticised the trusts and combinations ,
which , he declared , reaped the main
advantage of tariff taxes. The sena
tors remarks were in the nature of a
legal argument showing the constitu
tional limitation of the taxing power
of congress. In the course of his
speech he said :
"We have a right' to consider the
character and occupation of the men
making the claim for protective legis
lation. They arc not the laborers
themselves those whom it is said pro
tection is to benefit but they are the
manufacturers , the bankers , the attor
neys and lobbyists , who appeal to us
in the name of the wage-earner.
There are very few of the laborers and
producers who believe that the wages
are raised substantially by a high tariff ,
and still fewer who desire that such a
tariff shall be levied on the articles of
necessary consumption of 05 per cent
of the people for their special benefit.
It is true there are occasionallj- few
wage earners , ignorant of the princi
ples underlying this , who , in consequence
quence of being repeatedly told so ,
believe prosperity is dependent in
some measure on a protective tariff ,
and they are induced by the crafty
and greedy for whom they labor to im
portune congress to protect the partic
ular branches of industry in which
they are engaged. But these men are
few indeed , and they are almost al
ways incited to such appeals by those
for whom they labor and in the inter
est of those who reap in their name
the benefit of the high protective leg
islation. "
In conclusion , the senator said : "I
place myself on the solid , impregnable
ground that under our constitution
congress does not possess power to tax
the people to enhance the private for
tunes of the few and that the full
measure of the taxing power is reached
when a tariff for revenue , with inci
dental protection , is imposed. Any
other construction would lead to con
fiscation and ineidentially to enforced
repudiation , the two worst conceivable
forms of anarchy and disorder in a
civilized state ; and such a deduction ,
when carried to its legitimate length ,
would lead to the subversion of all
order , and the rights of persons
and property. We cannot serve the
people and the money power at the
same time. Their interests are deadly
antagonistic. What is for the com
mon welfare is against the trusts and
pools. "
House Itoll Ho. 367.
This measure has passed both houses
and gone to the governor for his con
sideration and signature. It is as
follows :
1. It shall be unlawful and a mis
demeanor for any corporation organ
ized under the laws of Nebraska , or
any corporation organized under the
laws of any other state , or under the
laws of the United States , or under the
laws of any other territory or nation
and doing business in the state of Ne
braska , to give or contribute money ,
property , transportation , help or as
sistance in any manner or form to anj-
political party or to any candidate for
any civil office , or to any political or
ganization or committee or to any indi
vidual to be used or expended for
political purposes.
2. Any corporation violating any of
the provisions of this act shall forfeit
and pay a fine of 51,000 for the first
offense. All fines recovered under any
of the provisions of this act shall , when
collected , be paid into the proper
treasury of the county for the use of
the school fund ; and the corporate
authorities of any county within whose
territorial jurisdiction such line was
recovered and collected shall pay to
the complaining witness in such pros
ecution , out of the general fund of
such county an amount equal to one-
fourth of the fine actually collected ,
upon the proper application of the
party entitled to the same , in the
manner usual for the presentation of
claims against counties.
3. Upon conviction of a second or
subsequent offense the offending cor
poration shall forfeit and pay a fine of
52,000 , and the court maj' decree that
the charter of said corporation shall be
cancelled and set aside , or if chartered
in any other state or anj- territory , or
under the laws of the United States or
of any other nation , and doing busi
ness in , this state , it shall pay a like
fine for svifili offense and forfeit its
right to do business in this state , and
it is hereby made the duty of the at
torney general to proceed against the
same.
IJeeanvassing" the Vote.
The recount committee is hrtrrying
forward the work , that the result may
be known before adjournment of the
legislature. On the 29th the counties
canvassed were : Sarpy. Franklin ,
Saunders , Wayne , Keith , Sioux , Madi
son , Perkins , Scott's Bluffs , Gage ,
Dundy. Garfield , Wheeler. Blaine ,
Keya Paha. Hayes , Stanton. Thurston ,
Dakota , York , Sioux. Gosper. Webster.
An increase of 495 was shown in
Thayer county , and one precinct miss
ing. Most of the counties show an in
creased vote.
Exposition Inauguration.
The Trans-Mississippi exposition
committee held a meeting last week
and decided on Arbor day , April 22. as
the proper day on which to announce
to the world that the great exposition
is at last a certainty. It was decided
to invite Hon. W. J. Bryan , Governor
Silas. A. Holcomb , Hon. J. Sterling
Morton , the state officers , the members
of the state legislature and other
prominent men and speakers and
officials from this and other states.
Exercises of the day will be a grand
civic and military parade in the city ,
and speaking , music and other fes
tivities at the exposition grounds.
* Il11' $ ' ri , > i i , .
DIVIDING NEBRASKA.
Congressman Crecno's Hill for Two Judi
cial District * .
Washington special : A bill has been
introduced in the house by Judge
Greene to divide the state of Nebraska
into two judicial districts , to be known
as the eastern and west. .This differs
from the bill introduced by Judge
Strode in the last congress and
reintroduced in the present house , pro
viding for a division into northern and
southern districts. Judge Strode 's bill
looks to the division of the state , giv
ing each judicial district three con
gressional districts , the Second , Third
and Sixth to be the northern district ,
and the First , Third and Fifth to com
prise the southern , with terms of court
to be held in cities as now prescribed
by law. While Judge Greene's bill
seeks to Establish courts in Hastings ,
Kearney and Chadron , his division of
the proposed districts being drawn in
practically a straight line between
Nuckolls and Thayer on the south to
between Knox and Cedar on the north.
Nothing can be done with either one
of these bills in the house at this ses
sion of congress on. account of the lack
of organization of committees , there
being no judiciary committee to con
sider and report upon the bills. Judge
Strode's bill , which has been for some
time before the attention of the bar of
Nebraska , has received a large endorse
ment there of the legal fraternity ,
which will be used by Judge Strode in
urging the bill for passage.
Cultivation of Sugar lients.
The proposition of Mr. Emery and
the promoters of the beet sugar factory
to the people of Iowa is as follows :
The undersigned agrees to cultivate
acres of beets for the beet sugar
plant to be erected at Des Moines ,
Iowa , to be cultivated as the company
shall direct. That is , I agree to plant
the ground to sugar beet seed to be
furnished by the company and to usenet
not less than twelve pounds of seed to
the acre , to be planted in rows eight
een inches apart , and the beets to be
thinned to six to eight inches between
the beets. The company agrees to pay
54 a ton delivered on the cars at the
factory in Des Moines : That the
freight on beets shall not exceed 25
cents for twenty-five miles , 50 cents for
fifty miles and 75 cents up to any
point within the state for the year
1S97.
Signed
P. O. Address
If a stand is had eighteen inches be
tween the rows and s ' x to eight inches
between the beets. 35,000 plants will
stand on an acre , and one-pound beets
will thus produce seventeen and one-
half tons to the acre , the only limit
being that the company will refuse all
beets weighing over two pounds
trimmed , be cause if planted as directed
the beets will not grow to exceed one
and one-half pounds each , so that an
acre will produce at least one car load
of beets of twenty or twenty-five tons ,
worth 530 to 5100 at the factoiy. Sign
your name and postoffice and send
same to John S. Emery , Des Moines ,
as soon as possible.
When the company is oi'ganized a
contract will be mailed you to sign ,
with full instructions on how to pre
pare ground and raise beets. Nothing ,
however , will be done until contracts
are signed. Kespectfully submitted ,
Joiix S. E-MKHV.
Pure Food Bill.
The pure food bill , senate file No. 2G4 ,
by Murphy of Gage , has passed the
upper house. This bill provides that
no person shall , within this state , man
ufacture for sale , offer for sale , or sell
any article of food which is adulter
ated. The term food , as tised in the
bill includes all articles used for feeder
or drink by man. whether simple ,
mixed or compound. It shall not ap
ply , however , to mixtures or com
pounds recognized as ordinary articles
of food , if the same be distinctly
labelled as mixtures or compounds and
arc not injurious to health. Any per
son interested is empowered to secure
a sample of any article for analysis
whenever he shall tender the value of
the same. The fine for violation shall
not exceed S100 nor less than 515 , or
imprisonment in the county jail not
exceeding thirty days or both , and any
person convicted shall also pay all nec
essary costs and expenses incurred in
inspecting and analyzing such adulter
ated article.
Nebraska Ir.inri Case Decision.
Washington dispatch : In the land
contest of John D. Carter against Ar
thur M. Davidson , from the McCook
district. Nebraska. Secrctaty Bliss
modified the land commissioners' de
cision and referred it to the board of
equitable adjudication for settlement.
Davis faifed to make final proof on his
timber culture application and Carter-
made a homestead entry for the land.
Davidson contested the latter entry
and proved that he had acted in ac
cordance with the law except as to the
final proof. The secretary decided that
the entries of both eutrymen would be-
best determined by the board and
ordered the case before it.
The ease of R. C. VanCleve a letter
carrier of Lincoln , against whom
charges were filed in the postoffice de
partment , has been referred to a post-
office inspector for inspection and
report.
The IJIankct Ballot System.
At this writing the above measure is
! > eing considered in the house. The
bill provides for a blanket ballot and
for party emblems to be used on bal
lots for the greater ease of voters to
whom the present system is somewhat
unintelligible. Each party is given a
column on the ballot and whenever a
candidate is endorsed by more than
one party his name appears in the
list of each party by whom he is en
dorsed. The blanket ballot is simply
a device to enable a voter to vote a
straight ticket by one mark.
A Xcw Departure.
The Otoe county fair management
has introduced an educational depart
ment into the premium list and will
have it open to all schools and all
scholars in the county. County fair
dates are September 13 to 10 inclusive.
Winter Wheat Outlook.
Fall sown wheat is not promising
in all quarters of Nebraska. A good
deal of damage resulted from freezing
and thawing. Indications are , how
ever , that some fields , will yield good
results.
TREE PLANTING DAT.
ALL URGED TO A PROPER OB
SERVANCE.
The Governor Kntncs April 22 1 n the
Time for Planting Trees in Nebraska
Public Schools Asked to Ar
range Suitable Services for
the Occasion.
Arbor Day Proclamation.
Governor Holcomb has issued the
annual Arbor day proclamation :
Conforming to the wise custom , hav
ing its inception in Nebraska and now
grown national in its character , and to
the end that the attention of the people
of our beautiful state may be called to
the advantages to be gained by a
proper observance of the day , I hereby
proclaim and designate Thursday ,
April 22 , 1897 , as Arbor day.
I earnestly request all our citizens to
fully comply with the spirit of the law
in making this a public holiday , and
especially do I commend to the public
schools the propriety of an observance
of the day by suitable exercises and
practical lessons in tree planting , in
order that there may be inculcated in
the minds of the children of the state a
high appreciation of the pleasures , en
joyment and utility to the present Jind
future generations , of tree planting
and timber preservation. On this day
let us not forget that
"Who sows a field , or trains a flower.
Or plants a true is more tbau all.
Kor be wlio blesses most Is blest ;
And God and man shall own his worth ,
Who toils to Ieuve as his bequest.
An added beauty to the earth. "
In testimony whereof , I have here
unto subscribed my name and caused
to be affixed the great seal of the state
of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln , the capital of the
state , this 2tth ! day of March , in the
year of our Lordj one thousand , eight
hundred and ninety-seven , of the state
the thirty-first , and of the independ
ence of the United States , the one
hundreth and twenty-first.
Silas A. IIor.co.MK.
By the governor :
W. F. Poktkij , Secretary of State.
Xebraslcans at Washington.
Washington dispatches : Nebraska's
four members new to congressional
life broke themselves in quite early.
Judge Greene on Mondaj' night made
his maiden bow to "Mr. speaker. "
The new members have been the most
faithful in point of presenting them
selves to be talked at , while the older
hands have taken advantage of the
occupation of the iloor 'by the tariff
bill to catch up with accumulated cor
respondence and to dispel congested
business in the various departments.
At some of the night sessions a quarter
of the house only were in attendance.
The size of the audience during the
daily session depended largely upon
the knowledge of who would occupy
the lloor.
In the tariff discussion Judge Greene
of Nebraska showed his ability to give
and take blows with equal justice.
His speech was replete with , biblical
quotations , speaking of Cleveland "as
one who sailh of his brother , thou fool ,
shall be in danger of hell fire. " Judge
Greene was a minister at one time in
his career , and early learned to use the
bible and its apt quotations to make
stronger his natural ilow of oratory
and his knowledge of the good book
was greatly appreciated by his brethren
on the democratic side of the house.
Judge Greene acted with considerable
force and contributed a great deal of
entertainment to the tariff sideshow.
Senator Thurston today introduced a
party of Nebraskans to the president ,
the president having intimated to the
junior senator from Nebraska that he
would be pleased to receive sojourning
residents of the Antelops state today.
In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Ilalph
W. Breckenridge. Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Carroll of Omaha ; Mr. and Mrs. Michael
of Grand Island : Mrs. Bryant. ex-Con
gressman and Mrs. W. El Andrews of
Hxistings : Mr. Adolph Meyer. Mr.
Henry T. Oxnard , president of the
beet sugar interests of Nebra-ska.
Everyone seems to be getting ; in a
kick at civil service reform as it was
extended and amplified by President
Cleveland. It lias recently been much
discussed. Senator Allen made an ex
tremely lively speech in support of his
resolution respecting removals in South
Omaha , and read some correspondence
from Dr. W. S. White , formerly with
the bureau of animal industry at South
Omaha , which throws a strong light
upon the subject that White was re
moved only because of "inefficiency. " '
There has been an. exodus of Ne
braskans dtxring the past week to the
everlasting delight of Senator Thurs
ton , Strode and Mercer , but while the
personal importuning has somewhat
let up. the mails of all three of these
gentlemen continue to show little di
minution and there are just as many
people in Nebraska anxious for office
now as there was upon th& election of
Mr. MeKinley.
TaxingTelephone' Income.
The senate bill to tax incomes of
telephones is as follows : The legisla
ture shall provide such revenue as
shall be needful by levying a tax hy
valuation , so that every person and
corporation shall pay a tax in proportion
tion to his. her or it * property and
franchises , the value to be ascertained
in such manner as the legislature shall
direet and it shall have power to tax-
peddlers. auctioneers , brokers , hawk
ers , commission merchants , showmen ,
jugglers , inn keepers , liquor dealers ,
toll bridges , ferries , insurance , tele
graph and express interests or busi
ness , venders of patents in such
manner as it shall direct by general
law. uniform as to the class upon
which it operates. "
Pr.OF. J. L. McBitiKN has been ap
pointed superintendent of the Table
Rock Chautauqua for this year.
The Itobbcrs Killed Him.
Beatrice dispatch : Death has re
lieved the sufferings of David Jones ,
the wealthy bachelor who was so ter
ribly burned and bruised by masked
men about a week ago. The robbers
entered his home and demanded that
he reveal to them the hiding place of
his money. Upon being refused the\-
burned and bruised his body in a horrible
rible manner , with the above result.
He had at the time these people broke
into his house , something over S3G00
hid away in the basement. This secret
was revealed just before death. It ' •
was his refusal to give this un. tliat I
cost him his life. I
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Hunning Sore .J
' • My daughter , 0 years old , had a running sort ) - H
below her right car for throe months. I got o - H
bottle of Jlood's SoKaparillti. The ilrst bottle j H
made some Improvement , and when the third H
bottle had been taken the sore wns nicely healed. ' |
A year has passed since then and there has been r M
no return of the sorc.W. . K. Macwussok , Ax- * H
nold , Nebraska. Get onjy Hood's. M
Hood's Sarsaparilla M
Is sold by all druggets. Price. 81 ; sis for & > . M
arid < H
prompt , enielcnt
HoOaS Pi I IS easy are lu effect. 25 cents. * H
Xodost Youth. . H
Tommy I wouldn't be as stuck up M
as girls is for anything. H
* Jimmy Mo rioithor. They thinks M
thov are iust as good as boys. H
A COUNTERFEITER CAUGHT. M
The Police of Syracuse Make au Important - H
ant Capture. H
On Monday the 15th , Harold Marquiseo , of H
( Jtica , N. Y. , was arroated in Syracuse , I . H
Y. , on a warrant sworn out by the Dr. B
Williams' Medicine Co. , charging him with B H
forgery. On the 15th ofDocemborMarqtn- l H
see visited photo-engraver in Syracuse , % H
saying ho was the representative of the Dr. |
Wlllfams' Medicine Co. , and arrnugod for i' M
the making of a full net of plates for the direction - < , M
rection sheets , Inbles , etc. , of the famous \ H
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People. j B
News of this reached the homo oflice , and jj H
no time was lost in arranging for his arrest , . , H
when ho should return for the plates. Ho H
returned on the 15th and was accordingly H
arrested uud is now in jail in Syracuse M
awaiting examination. H
This arrest proves to bo an importnutoue. . H
In nddition to various plunder , such an * > M
medical books , typewriters , * rugs , etc. , - H
fouud in Marquisee's trunk when arrested , ' H
the police also found counterfeit coin' both J M
in the trunk and on his pei'bon ; mid in H
a search of his apartments nt Utiea found I 1
a complcto outfit for counterfeiting con- 1
sistiug of crucibles , bellows , nickel , lead , | H
bismuth , antimony , n small blacksmith 1
forgo , a charcoal furunee , and several 1
pluster-of-paris molds. The United States , 1
marshals want him just as soon as the Dr. H
Williams' Medicine Co. are through with H
him , and , no doubt , he will bo sentenced H
for a long period. H
In selecting Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for % j M
his cquutorfoiticg operations , he showed < J M
his knowledge of the proprietory medical 1
business : for these pills arein such great J
demand that thuy arc easily sold at uuy H
drug store in the united States. His scheme H
was to work the country druggists and selL H
his imitations at a discount of from 2 per H
cent to 5 per cent. , explaining the reduced ' H
price by the fact that ho had picked them H
up in f-mnll lots and at a discount from H
dealers who were over-stocked. By working - M
ing fast and making long jumps , ho would H
have secured ninny hundreds of dollars in j fl
a short time. The proprietors of Dr. Wil- p * |
Hums' Pink Pills are most fortunate to Jl l
have caught the rogue , before he had fair- j k
ly started , and to huvo thus kept thesa |
spurious iroods out of the market. H
He that stumbles and falls not , mends / H
his pace. \ |
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THAT Sl'LENl'IU COITKE.
Mr. Goodman , Williams County , III. , H
writes us : "From one package Salzer's J |
German Coffee Berry 1 grew 300 H
pounds of better coffee than I can buy ; > H
in stores at CO cents a pound. " H
A package of this and big seed cata- V l
logue is sent you by John A. Salzer ? M B
Seed Co. , La Crosse , Wis. , upon receipt 7 M
of 15 cents stamps and this notice , w.n. M
BuiMinx and marrying ot children are j H
great wasters. H
Ko-To-JUac for Fifty Cents. V- yB
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure , makes weak w i l
men strong , blood pure. 50c , 81. All druggists. , - - .1 * H
A man never hates a lie so much as after H
ho has been caught telling one. ' |
HALL'S I I
Vegetable Sicilian 1 J k
HAIR RB3EWER S
Beautifies and restores Gray 9 ' J k
Hair to its original color and 3 H
vitality ; prevents baidness ; s ( M
cures itching and dandruff , g ' * 'J ' |
A fine hair dressing. ! H
IT. T. Hall & Co. , Props. , X-yhua , N.IL. n * H
Sold by all Druggists. M Bfl
WILL KEEP YOU DRY. I > ' .
JS&jIt * Don't be fcoled with a mackintosh 1 253 ? , |
IcHJEF a or rubber coat. If vou uantacoatMTSK * ' HH
5SM g'I'atwillt < e-pyou dryinthehard-Bp | & jB Bj
* a ft lst stonn buy e Rsh Brand ! f * 1
SjtfO Slicker. If not for sale in your 1342 1
3KJ i town , write for catalogue to IvMVW SHU
glf jj A. J. TOWER. Boston. Mass. i * j H
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