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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1897)
kmmmmmmkwkr' IflBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm IjB M'COOK TRIBUNE. H B V. M. KIMMELL , Publisher. . IB McCOOK , NEBRASKA II REBBASKA. H M Fanny Dvkast of Cuming county has Hj H been adjudged insane. H9j Ln the neighborhood of Phillips win- km 9 | tcr wheat is looking all right. H SJ Tiik Ilyannis school has closed tcm- Hj mm porarily on account of measles. H H The Wilbur mill is shippinglarge H 'S quantities of corn meal to the south. H B Thomas Carn , of Blair , fell down a H H cellar stairway , receiving severe in- H | juries. . H H Wouic on the irrigation ditches near 'l Bayard is being pushed as rapidly as Hj H ( possible. H Scotia is now without banking fa- H B cilities of any kind , and the people H B there are greatly inconvenienced as a RS i result. | B " T'T' ovcr Nebraska come reports to Bfl tlie effect that Arbor day will be ex- HS tensively observed. HSjj Arrangements have been made for Kw u two days' shooting tournament at Bwj IMinden , April 14 and 13. B ' -There is general complaint of too Hl much wet , putting farmers much be- KH lind with their seeding. BB The school board of Niobrara have BS decided , with one exception , to make HV I an entire change of teachers for the BiC ' coming year. B'l Stephen 0. Davidson" is lingering in Bi | "the jail at David City on the charge of Bl ! perjury in connection with divorce- Hn ment proceedings. Hjlj The county board of Gage county HM Jims issued an offer of a reward of $200 jf Jor the apprehension and arrest of the Bi murderers of David Jones. 9 J. P. Lindbad , aged GO years , the 9 pioneer jeweler of Oakland , died sud- | 9 denly last week with heart failure. | V | He leaves a wife and" two children. Bl T nas been arranged to tender J. Sterling Morton an informal reception J When he reaches Omaha to mak * aa w address on exposition inauguration day. B Another attempt at incendiarism f -was made at Beatrice. The fire was B discovered in time to check the flames. H Kj One man has been arrested on sus- H picion. Hj The Grand Army boys of Chester are Hj trying to raise enough to build them a Hj Jiall , and are circulating among their. H friends and the public in general for H subscriptions. B W. G. Boston , one of the oldest set- 3 tiers of David City , stabbed himself in -the abdomen with a "Sir Knight" sabre. The wound is very serious and may prove fatal. The wife of L. M. Keene , president of the Fremont National bank , died last week after a few days' illness with peritonitis. She was 46 years of age , and highly respected. I " Theodore Friedhof , a prominent merchant of Columbus , has filed his petition in "the district court for an ab solute divorce from his wife , Mary B. JEe charges adultery. A max giving his name as Wm.Wine- ger is in jail in Seward on the charge of stealing the horses of John Brigham from the hitching rack in front of "the M. E. church at Tamora. H It is reported that the F. & E. railroad - ' B -road officials have invited several Boyd km\ \ county men to go to Omaha to confer * H with them relative to the amount of J Bf "business there is in that county for a kWmwi xailroad , in case one was built there. B | I Gage county has now thirty-three B § patients in the asylum at Lincoln , Bf ; which is more than its full quota , and HJ "two persons who should be sent there H j jiow cannot be accepted until two of R those now there can be returned home. B | Fred Brandt , a 17-year-old German H "boy who lives in the Indian creek bot- K j torus , Gage county , accidentally shot H ! "himself with a revolver. The bullet Bf went through his nose and jaw , break- Bf o out a couple of teeth , falling into a Bj vest pocket. B < John McNeil of North Loup , who B | -sold his belongings about two months ' B ago and went to California in search B j ° a better country than this , returned H last week. After traveling through B -California , Oregon and Washington he B is satisfied with Nebraska. | M. E. Roe and Park Switzler , farm- B crs lining a few miles west of Benedict , B were robbed of sets of harness and H trappings. So much of this sort of B work has been going on of late in that H vicinity that a very determined effort H will be made to run down the thieves. B A xew mutual insurance company H has "been organized in Lincoln under j j the provisions of the act of the present B j legislature permitting such companies H to insure property in cities and vil- H lages. The articles were filed in the Bi auditor ' s office and the incorporators B include the governor and several prom- Bj- inent state officers. Hj Governor Holcomb has issued a B proclamation offering the state reward B of $200 for the apprehension and con- viction of the person or persons who I murdered David Jones of Gage county. Mr. Jones was an old gentleman who m m - died of injuries inflicted by two men B who robbed him of a small sum and B tortured him to compel him to reveal B the hiding place of a large sum of B money which he was supposed to have H in the house. B I. P. Chapman , for more than twenty B years a resident of Fillmore county , K ' died last week. Four years ago last H fall he had a serious tussle with an en- H raged bull on a neighbor ' s farm , in H which he was seriously injured in the H | spine , which resulted the following B Cliristmas in paralysis of the spine , B which rendered him entirely helpless 1 for over four years. But for his iron B constitution , lie could not have sur- H vived the terrible affliction but a short H time. H A dejiexted man jumped from a H moving Union Pacific train at Wood H Hiver a few days ago , and , picking up H "his hat , ran at great speed. He imag- j ' ined detectives were after him , though ! he could give no reason what for , as lie had never done anything. Besides B "the ticket he had 8100 on his person. H The county attorney of Buffalo B county has filed a complaint against B Harry Howard , late proprietor of the B Commercial hotel at Shelton charging B him with maintaining a gambling B 3-oom' "but when an officer went to ar- B rcs Howard he was not to be found , V , I and it is claimed he got wind of the Bv - J proceedings and skipped. _ _ uf- HBf • * w- - * * HB s.3 aaa > nwiHirJp * "ii i > ' ' ' ' i'i < P wwpii u < W3gBPirgwai u VgU4 . " . ' • ' ' ' " " ' ' ' " ' " ' in * 'nil 1" ' - * ' * " • * ; ujiuu jji 11 t i "i r i ii in r 'I - t- % - - ' - " . . . 1 i 1 1 1 THEW0KK GOES ON. BUT THE LEGISLATURE IS LA BORING WITHOUT PAY. Adjournment Undoubtedly Near at Hand Though the Day Has Not Vet Been Set Bills Being Advanced and Bills Being Passed Anxious to Close Dp Legislation. The Nebraska Assembly. Senate. The senate on the 0th acted on the house bill enlarging the powers of the state board ot transportation , The measure was first killed and then resurrected and passed. The first section of the bill provides ; "That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act cause to be done or permit to be done any act , matter or thing in tills act prohibited or declared to bo un lawful , or shall omit to do any act , matter or thing in tills act required to be done , or shall fail to comply witli the order of the board within ten days from the date of a service of a copy of such order , such common carrier shall pay the state of Nebraska a penalty of not less than S" > 00 nor more than S > ,000. feuch penalty shall be recovered and suits thereon shall be brought In tlte name of Nebraska in the proper court having jurisdiction thereof in any county to or through which said rail road may run. by the attorney general or under his direction ; and the attorney bring ing sucli suit shall receive a fee ot S-V ) for each penalty recovered and collected by him and 10 per cent of the amount collected , to be paid by the state ; and such railroad shall bo liable to the person or persons Injured thereby for the full amount of damages sus tained in consequence of any sucli violations of the provisions of tills act , together with a reasonable counsel or attorney's fee to be flxea by the court in every case of recovery , which attorney's fee shall be taxed and col lected as a part of the costs in the case. " Second consideration of the bill resulted in 10 votes for and 11 against. Absent and not voting , 3. Another railroad bill taken up by tlie senate was the one introduced by Real of Custer to legislate the Burlington volunteer relief department out of existence. The bill was killed by a vote of 10 to 15. An evening session was held. 'at which time tlie senate gave consideration to the salary appropriation • bill. Strong pressure was made to raise nearly every salary included in the bill. The proceedings were almost tumultuous , the chairman being unable to keep order. The salary of the governor's private secretary was raised to $2,000 , and several other Increases were made. At 11 o'clock tlie committee rose , having com pleted less than half tlie bill. A number of house rolls were read the first time , among them being the bill to permit counties to vote bonds for tlie aid of the Trans-Missis sippi exposition. Tlie senate then adjourned. Senate. The senate on tlie 8th had under consideration tlie appropriation bills. The first motion came from Kansom , who moved that house roll No. 030 , one of the claims bills , be advanced to third reading with two amendments made by the senate committee on claims. The motion was agreed to , The bill appropriates about $75,000 for miscellane ous claims against the state , Including the expenses incurred in printing the proposed amendments to the constitution. There are 120 newspapers.interested in tills bill. The bill also includes the claims of the railroads for transportation of the Nebraska national guard , for the deficiencies of the soldiers' ome at Mil ford and for the home for the friendless located at Lincoln. Mr. Watson took advantage of a temporary lull in tlie tempest to advance house roll No. 07 , a bill making chicken stealing a penal otfense. The statement of the lieutenant governor , made from the chair , that all the widows and preachers of Lincoln were de manding the passage of this bill was suffi cient to hustle it to the front. Mr. Lee moved and was accorded the advancement of house roll No. 73 , to amend tlie irrigation laws. After recess tlie appropriation bill was taken up again and its consideration was continued until the bill was completed and recom mended for passage. Just before tlie bill was completed Mr. Spencer offered an amend ment , providing for the payment of the chicory bounty earned by the American chicory company , amounting to $17,000. The claim was rejected. Mr. Murphy had no bet ter success in his attempt to secure the in sertion of the beet sugar bounty claims. He resented them as follows : lor the Grand f sland factory for 1895. the sum of $15,871. 5 ; for 189G , the sum of $31,327.S8 ; for the Nor folk factory for 1895 , the sum of S31.195.00 ; for 1890 , the sum of $12,038.75. The claims were rejected by an equally decisive vote. There were just forty house rolls ready for final passage on the secretary's desk , and the tedious process of reading and roll call was commenced. House roll No. 011 , the general appropriation bill , was passed by unanimous vote. House roll No. 333 received 22 votes and was declared passed. House roll No. 131 passed with the emergdncy clause. House roll No. 529 was passed with the emergency clause. At 11 o'clock p. m. the senate ad journed to 8 o'clock in the morning. Senate. The senate on the 9th , like the house , devoted all its time to tlie passage of bills on third reading. Thirty-six bills were read the third time and all passed but five. Work was commenced at 9 o'clock and the monotony of tlie proceedings was broken only by the roll calls. There were many incidents during the day. Early in the forenoon Lieu tenant Governor Harris announced from the presiding officer's desk that the order of bills on third reading should cease promptly at noon , the time fixed for final adjournment. The announcement drifted through the corridors riders and reached the office of Speaker Gaffin and Governor Holcomb at about the same time. The enforcement of the order would have endangered the successof several fiarty measures , and shortly afterwards the ieutenant governor ordered the custodian of the senate to turn back the hands of the clock. The custodian turned baclv the clock until the hands pointed to 2:30. Later iu tlie day tlie clock was again turned back. The transfer switch law was one of the party measures that failed to pass. The last bill passed by the senate was the in- itative and referendum. The bill was never read in tlie senate except by its title. At 9:30 the legislative halls and corridors were thronged with people who gathered out of interest or curiosity to witness the closing proceedings. A committee consisting of Kansom , Ileal and Osbornewas sent to notify the governor that the legislature was about to adjourn and to learn whether he had any further communications to make , While the committee was absent Graham of Frontier moved that house roll No. 320 , one of the guaranty bond bills defeated in the after noon , be recalled and the vote reconsidered. The motion was lost. When the executive committee returned and reported that the governor had no further communication to make , Ransom again moved that house roll No. 330 be recalled and the vote reconsidered. Steele of Jefferson and Mutz of Keya Paha entered vigorous protests and after a spirited attack from Gondring the motion was lost. When all bills were passed nothing more was left to do but to wait for the conference com mittees on appropriation bills to reach an agreement , and the enrolling clerks to copy tliose passed. It was a settled fact that final adjournment would not be reached till the early morning hours , as conference commit tee reports were not expected before 9 o'clock. House. In the house on the Gth the sub stitute for house roll No. 457 was placed on third reading. The bill provides for the method of counties adopting township or ganization , and to divide the counties into supervisor districts , and deiningthepowers. duty and election of supervisors. Tlie bill uassed by a vote of 58 to 12. House roll No. 277 , Hullrs bill , authorizing and directing the commissioner of labor to establish and main tain a bureau of industrial statistics , and giving the commissioner or hisdeputy - the authority to enter factories , workshops and other places where hands are employed to examine Into tlie health and welfare of the employes and the hours of labor , was passed by a vote of 77 to 1. House roll No. 601 was passed. This bill , repealing sections 24-5-0 and 27 of article i of chapter Iv of the com- ftiled statutes of 1895 , relating to the tax on ive stock , to provide an indemnity fund and the disposal of tlie same. Tlie committee re port on senate file No. 375 , taxing telephone companies , was a double-header , as in the other bills of tills class. Tlie majority report , recommending that the bill be placed on gen eral file , was adopted after several unsuccess ful attempts td amend it. The vote on the adoption was 38 to 39. House roll No. 448 , an actto provide for riprapping the banks of certain streams , was passed. House roll No. 2S9 , to repeal the law authorizing the ap pointment of supreme court commissioners , failed to pass , the vote standing 41 to 30. The committee on telegraphs and telephones , to which had 'been referred senate file 251 , a bill placing the regulation of telegraph and telephone companies under the control of the state Board of transportation , handed in a majority and a minority report. The former recommended the bill for Indefinite postponement : The minority recommended the bill for third reading. There wan an animated discussion , at the close of which . - ' " • . . . , . , . XtZtWeWtK. ii i.i ni. i i i.LiiiiiW.MWMMMww. " ' " ' " " ' iW t Gaylord moved the previous question , and debate being closed , the motion to place on general file was put and lost by a vote of 37 to 31. Tlie minority report , ordering the bill to third reading , was adopted by a vote of 43 to 33. Dobson of Fillmore reported that tlie recount commission had finished its work and lie moved the appointment of a com mittee of three to confer with a like com mittee from the senato. n regard to a Joint session as provided for In the recount resolu tion. The speaker named Dobson. Koddy and Kapp as such committee. House. The first tiling In the house on the Gth was the committee report setting Frld.ty noon as the time for final adjournment. The committee further recommended that no bills shall bo passed after Thursday. A bill taken up by tlie clerk was house roll No. 578. to authorize Douglas caunty to vote $100,000 in aid of the exposition. The clerk had scarcely finished reading the title before Gaylord jumped to his feet , and demanded to know by what authority the clerk had changed the order of these bill. This , ho de clared , had been done. Woostcr reiterated all that had been said , and produced as evi dence a memorandum of the bill numbers as ho had taken them when reported by the engrossing committee. Tlie bill passed with out the emergency clause. House roll No. 203 , to regulate stock yards and fix commissions for selling live stock therein was passed by a vote of 00 to S3. nouse roll No. 107 , by Stebbins , to promote agriculture on lands under Irrigation In this state , and to confer original jurisdiction on boards of county commissioners to fix rates for the use of annual and perpetual water rents , was passed with 07 votes to its credit. House roll ISO. 275 , by Liddcll , to establish a free public cmploymentofiice in metropolitan cities of the first-class , was passed by a vote of 73 to 10. House roll No. 32 , an act to pre vent and suppress the use and sale of cigar ettes , was passed by a vote of 82 to 2. House roll No. 450 , by Kich. to create a municipal court in cities of tlie metrop olitan class , was passed by a vote of 71 to 18. House roll No. 199. Felker's bill to prevent the blacklisting of employes by guaranty bond companies , failed to pass , tlie vote be ing 30 for and 52 against. House roll No. 200. by Felker , amending the law relating to the Inspection of oils , and providing fer a higher test , passed by a vote of 90 to 0. House roll No. 503 , Hull's bill to provide for tlie payment of principal and Interest on real estate mort gages , was passed with the emergency clause by a vote of 67 to 22. Senate amendments to iiouse roll No. 342 were read. Soderman moved that tlie house refuse to concur in these amendments , and the motion prevailed. This bill contains a provision fixing the pay of sheriffs for transferring prisoners to the state penitentiary. The senate amendment raised tills pay to $5 per day and 5 cents mileage. Soderman called attention to the fact that the law already fixed the pay at $3 and mileage , and lie didn't believe It should be raised. Most of tlie members agreed with him. The bill passed. Adjourned. House. After tlie opening exercises in tha house on the 8th a messenger from the gov ernor announced that the executive had signed senate files Nos. 145,157 , 187 and house rolls Nos. 183 and 190. Senate file No. 144. to authorize the county judge in counties hav ing a population of 25,000 inhabitants was Sassed. Senate file No. 199 , to provide for the isposition of the property of dismembered school districts , and the closing up of the affairs of such districts , was passed by a vote of 81 to 1. Senate file No. 318. to provide for the making of contracts in writing between owners of land and brokers or agents em ployed to sell it , and making such contracts void unless in writing , was passed by a vote of 88 to 4. Senate file No. 320. by Gondring of Platte , to define trusts and conspiracies against trade , declaring tlie same to be un lawful and void , and providing means for the suppression of such trusts was passed. Ke- cess took place , after which the report of the conference committee , in reference to final adjournment , was read. The speaker said the report proper and the recommendation appended would bo acted upon separately. On motion of Pollard the report was adopted , fixing the time for adjournment at 12 o'clock noon on Friday. The recommendation that no bills be passed after Thursday was not concurred in. Senate file No. 240 , by Mur- phyyof Gage , to provide against the adultera tion of food and to prohibit its sale , was passed without opposition. Senate file No. 117 , to grant equal privileges to graduates of the state university , with graduates of other educational institutions within tlie statewas passed by a vote of 03 to 22. Senate file No. 305 , amending the law relating to water rights so as to require the consent of the land owner through whose property the stream or chan nel passes , was passed by a vote of 71 to 12. Senate file No. 94 , to authorize county. reas- urers to invest an amount not to exceed 75 per cent of the sinking fund in their respect ive counties , in registered warrants of the county at their face value , was passed. Sen ate file No. 0 , to amend the code of civil pro cedure in regard to juries. It provides that jurors may bo summoned upon other than the first day of a term of court , such date to be fixed by the judge. It was passed with the emergency clause , the vote being 79 to 2. Senate file No. 105 , relating to tlie protection of game , was passed with the emergency clause with only three negative votes. Senate file No. 251 , by Mr. Graham , to extend the powers of the state board of transporta tion so as to give It power and authority over charges by express companies for transporta tion , and over telephone and telegraph com panies for tlie transmission of messages by telegraph or telephone , and for rentals for telephones , and over persons engaged in the several businesses ; and to apply the powers given to said board of transportation by law over railroad companies , to all companies or owning , controlling or operating a ficrsons lines of express , telephone and tele graph , whose line or lines is or are wholly erin in part in this state , was passed. Senate file No. 41 , by Johnson of Clay , provides means by which cities and villages may acquire public parks and improve the same. The city council or board of trustees is given power to levy not to exceed 5 mills for the purpose of improving such park or public grounds. The bill passed with the emer gency clause stricken out. by a vote of 59 to 8. House. After the reading of the journal in the house on the 9th , by unanimous con sent , senate file No. 238 was advanced to third reading. A motion to advance senate file No. 250 was lost. On motion of Clark , of Lan caster , all senate files not already advanced to third reading were indefinitely postponed. The amendments to liouso roll No. 175 were concurred in. Senate file No. 193 , to protect stock from pitfalls passed. Senate file No. 292 , extending the medical course to four years was passed , receiving 01 votes. Senate tile No. 271 , giving the governor the ap pointive power of tlie reform school at Kearney passed. Senate file No. 255 provid ing a manner of counting the vote on consti tutional amendments was passed. Senate file No. 244 , Filtz Irrigation bill , was defeated by a vote of 39 to 63. Senate file No. 74 , to . prevent cruelty to children , and provide for guardians was passed with the emergency ' clause. Senate file No. 109. to provide for the j election and appointments of clerks of the district court was defeated , receiving only 48 votes. At seven minutes to twelve o'clock the clock was turned back two hours. A motion by Smith of Douglas to refer senate file No. 250 to the committee of the whole to strikeout the enacting clause was defeated and the bill passed 72 to 9. Senate file No. 238 defining the age of commitment to the peni tentiary passed. A joint resolution author izing tlie governor of Nebraska to enter into a compact with the Governor ot South Dako ta as agreed upon by a commission appointed by said governors , to fix tlie boundaries be tween said states at certain points , was passed without opposition. The house re fused to concur in the senate amendments to iiouse roll No. G15 , and a conference com mittee consisting of Clark of Klchardson , Sheldon of Dawes , and Jenkins of Jefferson , was appointed to confer with the senate com mittee on No.s G14 and 015. At 10 p. m. after a wearisome wait , the conference committo appointed to meet with the senate committee on iiouse rolls Nos. 014 and 615 , the appropria tion and salary bills , came in and reported. After some discussion and a showing that the totals in the bill were not materially larger than when the bills passed the house , the reSort - Sort of the committee was adopted. The ills were sent to the enrolling room and tlie members occupied the time making compli mentary speeches and passing resolutions. At midnight word came from the enrolling room that the two bills would not bo ready before 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning , and most of the members went home , a few staying in the hall to keep the house in continuous session. Rewards for Wilson's Murderer. Trenton , Mo. , April 10. The murj. derer of S. & . Wilson , proprietor of the Bon Ton restaurant , ' will be hunt ed down if money is an incentive. The citizens' purse of S500 , the I. O. O. F. of S100 , the Kniirhts of Pythias of S100 , and the governor's reward make a total of S900. The county court , now in session , is considering the amount it will offer. Local detectives ] are working on the case , but no develop ments have been announced. Tlu ; evi- dnnce taken at the inquest is still a secret so far as the public is concerned , j A . . iin-siiiMtfiiHimniiiiwfi iMJjlil' ' * - " * - - JWKUUU , : l • " - _ _ , | 1 1IELH0IE8M. INDIANA'S EX-SENATOR SUCCUMBS SUDDENLY. TWENTY YEARS A SENATOR Stricken With Heart Disease From Which Ho Had IiOng SnfTored His Long Public Career Briefly Sketched Was "Tho Tall Sycamore of the Wabash" In- gall's Attack. Washington , April 11. Daniel Woolscy Voorhees , United States sen ator from Indiana for twenty years" prior to March 4 last , died of rheuma tism of the heart at 5 o 'clock this morning at his home here. Mr. Voorhees had been m poor health for several years and for over two years had taken little part in the proceedings of the Senate. lie had been a constant sufferer from rheuma tism of the heart and his friends had come to expect that they might hear DANIEL W. VOORHEES. of his death suddenly. The last reports - ' ports of liim , however , were favorable , and his death , while not entirely un expected , was a shock. Up to the time of his retirement , March 4 , the "tall sycamore of the Wabash , " as he had been nicknamed years ago , had been the ranking Dem ocrat of the Senate finance committee for years and , by virtue of this po sition , liad been the nominal leader at least of his party on the floor of the Senate on tariff and financial ques tions. Mr. Voorhees' I > eng Record. Mr. Voorhees was 70 years of age last September and prior to his retire ment from public life on March 4 last , had been for many years one of the most picturesque figures in the Senate. He was born in Liberty township , Buffalo countj' , Ohio , and in his early infancy was carried by his parents to their pioneer home in the Wabash val ley of Indiana. In 1849 he gradu ated from the Indiana Asbury ( now Depauw ) university , and after study ing law began its practice in 1851. His first public office was entered upon in 1858 , when he was appointed United States district attorney of Indiana. In 1SG1 he entered Congress and served in the House of the Thirty- seventh , Thirty-eighth , Thirty-ninth , Forty-first and Forty-second Con gresses He was defeated for reelection tion to the Forty-third by reason of the nomination of Horace Greeley by the Democrats for Piesident. He was appointed United States Senator to succeed Oliver P. Morton , and took his seat November 12 , 1877. ne was assigned to the committee on finance and remained a member of that com mittee until he retired March 4. In 1878 he beat ex-President Benja min Harrison for the Senate , hav ing made the campaign on the free silver issue purely. In 1885 he was re-elected over ex-Governor Porter ter and in 1891 over ex-Governor A. P. Hovey. March 4 he was succeeded by Charles W. Fairbanks , Republican. During the last campaign , for the first time since the war , he failed to take a leading part in the work in Indiana , and it was then known , despite stren uous denials , that he was in precar ious health. One of the incidents of Mr. Voorhees' Senatorial career was his dispute with Senator Ingalls. Mr. Ingalls was speaking , when Mr. Voorhees entered the Senate chamber and interrupted the Kansan. This indirectly caused Mr. Ingalls to attack him in the bit terest language , recalling his war rec ord in detail. The thorough manner tn which the Kansan treated the story of Mr. Voorhees' life caused many to think that he had prepared himself for such an occasion and gladly taken advantage of the opportunity. Joints and Den3 Must Close. Pittsburg , Kan. , April 12. County Attorney Widby has issued orders which will close every joint or drink ing place and gambling den in Craw ford county to-night at 11 o ' clock. The joint keepers here own valuable bars and other fixtures which they pur chased during the past four years of continual open saloons. Kentucky's Costly Legislature. Frankfort , Ky. , April 11. The Kentucky Legislature has come to a show down. The state is bankrupt , and the Legislature is costing Sl,000 a aay and doing nothing. The state treasury has suspended payment en tirely. The suspension will probably have the effect of hastening an ad journment or the election of a senator. The session has accomplished practic ally nothing , except to use the state ' s money. At the regular session no revenue was provided for , and the present session seems to have avoided the objects for which it was called. I LOSS MAY BE $823,000. University of Illinois Deeply Involved In the Chicago Bank Failure. * Chicago , April 11. C. E. Churchill , cashier of the suspended Globe Savings bank , for whose arrest a warrant on a charge of embezzlement was sworn out ycsterdajr , surrendered himself to-day and furnished bonde for his appear ance. Vice President Averill surren dered himself and was immediately re leased on bonds. President Spalding is not in the city , but in a letter writ ten to a friend ho says he will return Monday. In the meantime , officers are looking for him. Developments have brought out the fact that a far greater amount of Uni versity of Illinois funds are involved in the suspension of the bank than has been supposed. Two years ago the state legislature appropriated S423,000 , of which , according to the state laws , enough was to be drawn out monthly to meet the current expenses of the university. It appears , however , that , in consideration of 25 < j per cent inter est on the funds , the university trus tees allowed Treasurer Spalding to withdraw the whole sum from the treasury. This is admitted by mem bers of the board. Thus not only are 8400,000 worth of school bonds miss ing , but S12. { ,000 in cash is tied up , a total of § 323,000. TRUST EAT TRUST. Ohio Circuit Court Refuses to Interfere In the Arbuckle-Sugar Trust Fight. Toledo , Ohio , April 11. In the Ar- buckle-Woolson injunction suit the circuit court overruled ' plaintiff's mo tion for anew trial and granted fifty days in which to file a bill of excep tions. The common pleas court some time since dissolved the injunction to restrain defense from cutting prices of coffee. * The court reviewed the facts and found that , in all proba bility , the American Sugar Refining company , or sugar trust , bought the stock of the Woolson company for the purpose of retaliating against the Ar- bucklcs for attempting to enter the sugar business. The court also finds that the company is beino1 run in the interest of the sugar trust , and not for the benefit of the Woolson company that the declines in coffee were made for the purpose of forcing losses on Arbuckle Bros , and driving them out of the sugar business. But the court holds that the plaintiffs aie not prosecuting the case in good faith for the interest of the Woolson Spice company , but to protect their greater interest as Arbuckle Bros. , coffee roasters , and , therefore , though an ordinary stockholder might have relief , the plaintiff cannot. PARIS TO BE REFORMED. Immoral Songs and the Sale of Obscene Papers anil Pictures to Be Prohibited. Paris , April 11. M. Darlin , minister of justice , announced in the chamber of deputies that he would soon submit a bill more effectually to safeguard public morality. Previous to this the minister of in struction and of the interior , replj-ing to an interpellation of Deputy Be- ranger , said that immoral songs in the Cabaros would be examined by the censor , and that orders would be given to prohibit the sale or distribution of obscene papers and pictures in public places. A GEORGIA TOTNADO. Ill-Fatcil Town of Arlington Visited Again Several Lives Lost. Atanta , Ga. , April 11. Telegrams from , Ozark , Ala. , Valdosta Crossing and the ill-fated town of Arlington , Ga. , show that this section was visited to-day by another gulf tornado In one direction , toward Ozark , where timbers were uprooted and houses blown to pieces , several persons lost their lives. Pastor Under a Clond. Chicago , April 11. Rev. R. S. Mar tin yesterday afternoon formally with drew from the pastorate of the West ern Avenue Methodist church and re signed his membership in the church at larjre. This action was , it is under stood , not voluntary with him. The real reason for this action will never be made public , if the members of the committee who have been pressing the charces against him and the officers of the Chicago conference keep faith with each other. World's Postal Congress. Washington , April 11. The post- office department has leased the old Corcoran art gallery building for the use of the International Postal con gress , which is to assemble here on May 5. It is expected that the con gress will be in session six or eight weeks. The entire building will be fitted up and furnished expressly for the occasion. Work for SOO Men. Bellaire , Ohio , April 11 At Dil- lonville and Long Run , just east of here , on the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad , the two largest coal mines were placed in operation to-day. Over SOO men were given work. The mines have not been running in full force for years. A Rebellion Put Down. San Francisco , April 11. Advices from Tahiti state that Queen Mamai , who for seven years , as ruler of the island of Raiatea. has defied the French , has surrendered , and the long standing rebellion on the islands of Raiatea and Hanheine has been put down. For Serving Oleomargarine. Dayton , O. , April 11. Colonel J. B. Thomas , governor of the Soldiers' home , was arrested charged with violating lating a state law by serving oleomar garine at that institution without dis playing a placard stating the fact It will be a test case. ' Severe Drouth In Australln. Sidney , N. S. W. , April 11. In view of the suffering from protracted drouth , the government has proclaimed that April 10 be observed as a day of humiliation and prayer for rain. COL. ELLSWORTH DEAD : / H H The Old Time Lecturer PassesAiray ! c \ J l Absolute Poverty. 4. H Atchison , Kan. , April 0. Colonel S ; . f LmmW C. Ellsworth , who had been a lecturer | f j H for thirty-threo years , died this morn'T , , H ing in poverty , not having even money 1 enough to pay his funeral expenses. H His anti-A. P. A. lectures a few years k L Lt ago attracted much attention ; Ho > M lectured for the Order of Mystic Broth * d M erhood in Kansas a year ago. but had H not been on the rostrum since last. H fall , living here in a cheap boarding- H house. , M m THE POOL BILL SIGNED. H Governor Stephens Finally Acts Favorably - H ably on the Horsebrecdcrs * Act. H St. Louis , Mo. , April 0. Governor- H Stephens , who ia in the city to-day , . H signed the horsebreeders' pool selling- A k k A bill , passed at the last session of tho- k k kW Legislature , and it will go into effect- H Wkm k The bill provides that sellers of pools Her or bookmakers on contests of skill , * * kmmW speed or power of endurance of man or / ' a k kW beast must secure license under pen- s k k ky alty of imprisonment for a year or a \ H fine of SI,000 , or both. Licenses arc to- H be issued only by the auditor of state , Jk M and are to be good only on a race H track or fair grounds. Licenses m are not to be for more than. H ninety days , and pool selling and A m bcokmaking arc only to be carried on m ken on authorized race tracks and fair H grounds. Each licence fee is fixed at. if l S2 , and there are to be no licences be- m\m\m\ \ tween Novamber 1 and April 15 of each- gp | year. No night pool selling or book- f M making is to be allowed. All funds- m from licences are to be used by the > - H state board of agriculture to improve * H the breeds of horses. M U Flood Relief to lie Soon Given. | Washington , April 9. Secretary H Alger is pushing forward the work of A M relief for flood sufferers , and in a few- H days the disbursement of rations pro- jk W vided by Congress will be begun. Today - B day the secretary was in consultation J k k kt with Colonel Gillespie , president of tho- L LW Mississippi river commission. j f Heavy RIse at lilsmnrck , N. D. H Bissiarck , N. D. , April 9. The * y H water in the Missouri river has risen ( H four feet since last night. No trains- k W have arrived here since Tuesday. * H Compulsory Education for Illinois. Mm mmU Springfield , Ills. , April 9. The- | compulsory educational bill has passed. k k kw the Senate. It compels every person , . 2 m m mW having control of a child between 7" mmW mm\ \ and 14 years of age to cause such child. H to attend some school sixteen weeks- | annually. J \ Ho Free Library for St. Louis. | St. Louis , Mo. , April 9. The meas- . 1 ure providing for a tax for a freo- H library building in St. Louis was lost ? ' kmm\m\\ \ at the polls yesterday. A two-thirds H vote was necessary. Tlie vote was 17- H 000 short of that number. H Rivera Not to Do Shot. k k k kW Washington , April 9. Secretary- , k M Sherman stated last night that he had. ) l assurances that General Rivera , the- ? k MWMWm\ \ insurgent leader , would not be exe- f H cuted , but would be treated as a prisoner - 1 oner of war. v- 9 . < k k k kwk South African Revolt. H London , April 9. Dispatches fromv > | Pretoria and Delagoa Bay say that ' 1 the whole of Gazaland is in open re- k kmmmk volt. Twenty-five thousand natives- kW kWw have rebelled against the Portuguese " 1 - government. J H IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT. H Dks Moines , April 2. Patents have H been allowed but not yet issued as H follows : To S. L. Hill , of Moulton , H Iowa , for an ingenious cylinder press- J k k kW in which the cylinder is rotated as a " A kmmmmW reciprocating bed carries form l l through under the cylinder to print H upon the paper on the form and the k kmmmW bed and form thereon returned to re- kmm\m\m\ \ eeive ink and paper while the cylinder kmm kmM remains stationary. The intermittent H rotary motion of the cylinder and the H reciprocating motion of the bed occur- H while the press is operated by the continuous - | tinuous rotary motion ofa single- - j H crank to which power is supplied by H hand. To Mrs. E. E. Young , of Red kmm k ] Oak , Iowa , for a water bag adapted to- j l enclose ice or water and close it water- H tight so it can be handled or carried l > | about without leaking. To C. E. Bech- # H tel , of Des Moines , for a manifold aut- jw 1 ographic register. Inventors in other T H states can have our services upon theX I H same terms as Hawkeycs. / kmm km Tnos. G. and J. RAtrn Okttig , kmm k ] Solicitors of Patents H LIVE iTO IK AND PRODUCE 3IARKET.- / j H Quotations From New York , Chicago St H Luais , Omaha and Elsewhere. | _ OMAHA. H IJtUtcr Creamery " kWkmwm separator "fl k > m rnSJltVeVpoVib : ; : : : : : : : : \ % H Cranberries per hbl 4 n { S , rJ * lk mm kW Lemons-Choice Messinas 1 m -1 ? ? H Honey-Fancy whitt : : * . : : : % t * ft kmrnM Onionsperbu , i'i Ht 1 I * H SwcetPotatoeZ' Orau"cs npri > ov bblV. i',0 * % 1 22 75 l mmmmmm \ H lS us-5 : : : : : : : : : : § S5S LWW Apples , bbf. ? H per , iv o nHss sr ock4kt : - km il tfe.rS--- ; ; : : : : : : : i s km Bulls j * © i 55 H Milkers and springers & : J " H stasis : . . . . . HQ i3000 - H Calves 2t' ° < © 4 00 H Heifers. . . . I > to a fcO H blockers and Feed ' erV H © * 10 H Hheep-\Vesteras. _ : i @ * H Sheep-Lambs. . . . y.y 3g 13-g H Wheat-No.2SprSIaVG0' AV rm\\\\\\ \ i'ork. „ . . . . . . 21 ( jo. 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