/ .J ] , - . . . . t ' . * e H flH999H9H9H99IK999Hn HI H H I HHRHIHHMI B 'M'COOK TRIBUNE , Hj McCOOK , NEBRASKA H ' * " H NEBRASKA. HH A free reading room has been open- 99cd at Cedar Bluffs. 99 Headquarters of the state hoard of 99 Christian missions is to be located at h Lincoln. 99 Highwaymen are .becoming quito 99 numerous in Omaha , as the cold days D9 Approach. KK Plattsmouth has a boy preacher who KSf seems to have the gift of speaking by 99 inspiration. 99 A dog at Weeping Water hunts rab- 99 liits all by itself and always brings HV 2i6me all it catches. Bfl Rev. W. Lipe , pastor of the Luther- 99an church at West Point , surprised 99 liis parishioners by tendering his res- HI jgnation. H9 James Hall , a poor man living near HI Indianola , lost a pocketbook eontain- HJg ing $110 , which the finder has so far Hn Jailed to surrender. H'w Tlie ministers of North -Platte are H speaking out in meeting against gam- H9 ' Tiling , which the Telegraph says is H9 jbcing run openly in that city. HH John Welin , a Swede farmer living B9 in Woodvilie township , Platte county , HfH was adjudged insane and taken to the Hffl asylum at Lincoln. His trouble is of Hjjfl a religious character. Hfs Mrs. Semilsky of Wilber had her 98 left hand amputated on account of a 18 "wound made by a needle penetrating 18 tne nand while she was washing some 9 111 clothes a few weeks ago. Bfjl Dr. C. M. Duncan , of North Platte , 9fjl is under bonds of $5,000 to keep the 9 § I peace , having made threats against 9 | I Lis wife. An effort is being made to 91 1 liave him treated at an inebriate hos- B | I pital. 9 § ! George Mooney , a carpenter , work- ' 9j § < ing on the building of the King Press B | ' Drill company , at Nebraska City , fell Hl from the roof , some twenty-five feet. H | -His left ankle was broken and he was Hjt considerably bruised. H | [ A Cedar county farmer named He- 9jj tiron came home full of whiskey and 9j § ] ordered his wife to get supper and Hi when she informed him that the cup- Bhf board was empty he tried to decapi- H < f tate her with a buck saw. oif Two traveling grocery fakirs giving H'l ' the names of John T. l-aicas and Boone 9 | Humbert , who were arrested in Tek- 9J' ' amah for jumping a board bill at Oak- ' 91' land , had their trial in county court 9 | | and each sentenced to a fine of § 35 9fj and costs. Bfi John Miller's hardware store at Wil- Hij "ber was entered by burglars , who 91 "were discovered while engaged in 9Jf looting the place. They escaped on Hit Jiorseback , taking some razors , spoons , 9wj 8 revolvers , cartridges and a small Hsj f amount in money. Bfj1 I Tax Commissioner Sackett of Oraa- 9f | I ha. has completed his compilation of Bp I the assessment rolls sufficiently to 9 | | . I ehow that the total assessment of the 9 M c rea * an ( Persona property for the jff' ' 1 current year will reach above $34,000 , - H | | I' 000 , as against $17,000,000 last year. 9f | The members of the Kearney fire H | | department are doing all in their pow- raf cr to raise money for the purpose of Bjg | > giving the delegates to the volunteer H § ! firemen's association , which will be Hp , held there next month , a royal en- Bffift . tertainment. The Volunteers of Amer- Hjf ! ' ' ica have reopened headquarters in Hli Kearney. E ? i Frank M. Dunlavy , a tenant farmer , Hnl i about 35 years old , unmarried , who 9 | | lias been farming about eighty acres 9 § | northwest of McCool Junction , after 9 $ i gathering his crop of corn , took a trip 91 I hack to Western Iowa last week to Bfij visit his relatives and old home. A Rfi telegram has been receiving stating H i that Tie had committeed suicide by 99j cutting his throat. HHj Sheriff H. W. Phillips , of Cuming 9S I county , with Deputj1- Sheriff Smith , of HHf Dakota City , placed William C. Ream 9)fl ! ! of Homer under arrest on a mandate | H | from the supreme court stating that 9B I the decision of District Judge Evans , 99 Si sentencing Ream to six years in the 9fj I penitentiary for cattle stealing , had HO | I hen affirmed. Ream was sentenced 99 1 Pebruary 17 , 1897 , and after serving H ix months was released on a super- HH | cedeas bond , pending a hearing of the Ds case in the supreme court. H | f Washington dispatch : State Senator K Jl. R. Talbot , who left the city this Hevening , has been in the city several Hk days working in the interest of T. P. HB jj Kennard's claim against the state of Hg I Kebraska , amounting to $28,000 , grow- HS § ing out of the Pawnee Indian claims. H Mr. Talbot is anxious to secure for his BaH client a ruling from the interior de- H B partment that the state has received BH the money that he claims. Mr. Talbot HB also put in a week in the pension bu- IWBj reau in the interest of clients in Ne- I S hraska. I B The manufacture of sugar from the BaK sugar beet which is now attracting B general interest in this country , will H ] he shovv 'n in a practical manner at the HE trans-Mississippi exposition. The deB - B partment of agriculture will be rep- H resented by the exhibit made by the H United States government. The Ne- H hraska delegation to congress will en- H deavor to secure an appropriation of H $10,000 to cover the cost of a sugar BH heet plant of the exposition grounds HB in. order to show the processes of man- BH facture of the sugar beet into a sta- Bfl pie article. The plant will be complete- BB jy equipped with approved machinery BB for grinding , bleaching and refining HpB the sugar , ready for use. All grades BB I of sugar will be made in plain sight of Bfl'I the spectattors , and the subject of BBl sugar beet growing from the time the BBl seed is planted until the crop is ma- H | tured will be exemplified. | Hl The millinery stock of Mrs. J. Arm- Hl strong , of Nebraska City , was damag- BS cd by fire , smoke and water to the ex- Bl tent of $2,000 the other evening. Par- BB tially insured. The lire is believed to Hb have originated from the explosion of H a lamp. B | B The application for space by exhibitors - hibitors in the exposition are rapidly m increasing. Over 200,000 square feet Wk of space has already been allotted. In 9 come instances applicants have dou- K hied and even trebled the number of mm feet first asked for. Not since the l • HH world's fair has there been so great a J fe demand for space at any of the sec- H g ilonal expositions held in this country. | B - • : . * " Hl j\ , „ „ „ „ , t THE NEWS IN BEIEF. ITEMfe OFINTEREST GATHERED HERE AND THERE. Condensations tlmt Embody a Good Deal of Information 'Without Requiring Mueli Space Foreign and Domestic Noway Notes on All Subjects. Monday , Doc. 13. United States Minister Hay and wife dined with the queen and slept at the Castle. Dr. Charles V Kunchlcr , a promin ent physician , died at his home in Spiingfield , Hi Dr. Kuechler was the c-orhest homocpathic phjsiciaii in 11- lirois. Fitzsimmons exhibited a telegram from his wife deyning that she had told a Milwaukee reporter she woirtd release him from his promise to i'ght Corbett. Hon. W. J. Bryan , of Nebraska is at Monterey , Mex. , on a visit. The dis tinguished American was the recip ient of high municipal , stit'j and fed eral honors. Joe Reed , a prominent lawyer of Tangipahoa , and a widely known fig ure in Florida parishes , was assassin ated. He was shot in the back at the court house at Franklinton. E. H. Winslow , president of the Metropolitan Plate Glass company , confirmed a report to the effect that rates for plate glass insurance will probably soon be cut in every state. Harry Al lends was hanged at San. Quentin ( Cal. ) penitentiary for the murder of Miss Wellberga Fielner and Vinanzi Crozetti. He tottered to the scaffold and it was necesasry to sup port him. Senator Allen , of Nebraska , has ad dressed a letter to the secretary of the interior , suggesting the advisabil ity of making an Indian exhibit at the coming Omaha exposition. Secretary Bliss has the matter under considera tion. Tuesday , Dec. 14. Eugene A. Cashman , a foreman in the street cleaning department of New York City , was arrested today on the charge of embezzling $25,000 from per sons in Nebraska. Postoffice department officials say they are not aware of the extent of the loss occasioned by the rifiins of registered pounches between New York and Philadelphia. Secretary of War Alger has granted the Northwestern Cricket association a revocable license to use Fort Omaha and the parade grounds from July 25 to 30 , during the exposition year. Judge Morton S. Bailey , populist can didate for governor in Colorado , who was defeated by Alva Adams in 1893 , has announced his purpose to act in the ! future with the democratic party. In the defense of AdolDh L. Luet- gert in his second trial one witness will swear that she saw his wife com ing from her home on the night of her supposed murder shortly after 10:30 : o'clock. At Dayton , O. , Michael Dyer was killed in a fist fight with John J. Laughlin. They were formerly mem bers of the soldiers' home. Both were over seventy years old and had been friends. At noon today Governor Stephens of Missouri commuted the death sent ence of William Williams , the Kan sas City negro who murdered a Hun garian in that city on the day of the carnival last fall , for hurrahing for Bryan. Secretary of the Navy Long has ap pointed Lieutenant Commander J. B. Adams to represent the Navy depart ment on the government board having charge of the Omaha exposition , " * \Tice Lieutenant McCormick of the navy , as signed to sea duty. Gen. Von. Boelow , of the artillery , is dead. He has been suffering from in fluenza. * Wednesday , December 1C. St. Louis will soon have a new ho tel that will cost $2,000,000. New York printers are threatening to strike for a nine hour day. George W. Vanderbiit of New York has taken out a $1,000,000 life insur ance policy. The "Bridegrooms" have drafted Elmer Horton , the star , pitcher of the Syracuse club. Officers as well as employes in te Falls River ( Mass. ) mills will suffer a cut in their wages. Five members of the president's cabinet attended the funeral of Mrs. McKinley at Canton , Ohio. Reports to the Illinois state board of Agricultural show one of the small est areas of winter wheat ever sown. The war department has been in formed of the death today at Butler , Pa. , of Col. J. C. McKee , surgeon , U. S. A. Judge Sanborn in the court of ap peals at St. Louis has granted a post ponement of the proposed sale of the Kansas Pacific railroad for sixty days. Hon. Alexander McDonald , minister to Persia under the last administra tion , and who arrived home from his post only last week , is at the point of death with pneumonia. A Rome dispatch says General Wm. F. Draper , the United States ambassador - ador to Italy , was present today at the casting of the bronze monument to General John A. Logan , which will be set up in Washington. Postmaster General Gary has amended - ed regulations so as to require that after April 1 next the bond supplied ( by letter carriers for the faithful per formance of their duties shall be that supplied by surety companies. Miss Jennie June Croly has been appointed an inspector of public schools by Mayor Strong for the term of five years. Mrs. Croly is known ' all over the United State as a writer < and worker in woman's clubs. 1 As a condition precedent to the re- j moval of the boycott against the Armour - ' mour Packing company , the three la bor unions involved have demanded ' an indemnity of $50,000 to be paid to " the union men who have been locked ' out. Other labor unions repudiate ( the demand. ] e | , \ , _ . . . * * - " * " EijJ" ? . MHHHHBBHBHBSBBiHBEHBMIHnBBHBHHRBHH9B3fHB9 B Thursday , Dee. 10. The Kansas Pacific railroad will now be sold February 15. Air. Bryan addressed the Mexican congress on the 14th. The .louse is spending a good deal of time discussins civil service. John E. Liggltt left an estate of $4,000,000 at St. Louis , made of to bacco. The threatened printers' strike in New York has been declared off temp orarily. The proposed celebration of the passing of old New York has been abandoned. Charles Flieschmann of Cincinnati died seized of $2,000,000 , which his will bequeathed evenly to his wife and three children. When the Yukon river opens next spring , Moran Bros. , of Seattle , Wash. , nave sixteen new steamers there reauy to navigate it. Senator Allen today introduced a bill to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Joseph Mc- iGraw of Lincoln. National women expect to raiss $25- 000 for a George Washington memorial building connected with the proposed National university at Washington. The senate committee on public lands has appointed Senators Carter , McBride and Mclnerney a subcommittee mittee to draft land legislation for Alaska. , Senator Mark A. Hanna laughs at all reports from Washington that his health will compel him to jto to Europe , even if he should be re-elected senator. Commander and Mrs. Booth-Tucker outlined their Arkansas valley coloni zation plan to a laree meeting at Sal vation Army headquarters in Chicago. Subscriptions to the amount of $10,000 were received before the close of the meeting. Friday , Dec. 17. Durrant's execution is now fixed for January 7. Spain's troops are said to have sur prised the insurgents and won a de cided victory. Both Durrant and his mother are now much cast down , realizing that the end is near. It has been decided that another ad vance in rubber goods of 5 per cent will be necessaray. Popuilsts in congress have decided to hold a caucus to outline their pol icies on pending questions. The directors of the. Southern rail way has declared a dividend on the prefered stock , payable January 30. The steamer Paragoud sank in the Mississippi river just above the mouth of the Red river. The loss will bo heavy. Joseph Ladue , the pioneer of the Klondike , was married on the 15th to Miss Kittie Mason , of Schuyler Falls , N. Y. Joseph Banigan , formerly of the United States Rubber comany , says . that his company will not join inter ests with the larger corporations. i Although strongly urged to do so , Governor Lee , of South Dakota , said ! he would not feel justified in expending - ; ing $40,000 for a special session of the 1 legislature. ' Mississippi and Louisiana yellow ' pine lumber manufacturers' association - ! tion passed a resolution yesterday an- ] proving the duty placed on lumber by the Dingley bill. Sir William Edward Maxwell , gov ernor and commander in ch : * f on the Gold Coast since 1895 , died at sea while off the Grand Canary Island , en route for England. It is understood to be the present in tention of the president to omit all social functions at the white house for a period of thirty days from the date of the death of his mother. The convention of business men. which met in Indiaanpolis last Janu ary and authorized the appointment of the monetary commission , will be called together again for the purpose of considering the commission's re port. Saturday , December IS. The treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece has been ratified by King Georse. At the Interior department is is said that there is no destitution at Dawson at present. There is intimation that Durrant will take his own life before he will go to the gallows. Union Pacific shops at Omaha have reduced working hours to seven hours a day and five days a week. The Bank of Perry. Kan. , was en tered by burglars , who blew open the safe with dynamite and secured § 1 , - 500. 500.Mr. Mr. Alfred Harmsworth , proprietor of the Daily London Mail , has pre sented the Windward to Lieutenant Peary. The grand jury at St. Louis has re turned an indictment charging Daly , ex-puglist , with murder in the first degree. Alphonse Daudet is dead. He was dining with his family when he was seized , with a sudden syncope and died almost immediately. The date for the national encamp- n.ent of the Grand Army of the Re public has been fixed for the week be- einnine : September 5. Among the passengers arriving yes terday on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. from : Geona were former Vice Presi dent i A. E. Stevenson and wife of Bloomington , 111. The Yost Writing . Machine Com pany has begun suit in the United States ! Court at Boston against the Williams Typewriter Company for in fringement : of patent. The grain receipts at Buffalo for the year ; will reach the enormous total of nearly i 200,000,000 bushels , as against 154,000,000 bushels in 1896 , and 105 , - 500,000 : bushels in 1S95. Louis Altraan was arrested at Nash ville on a charge of embezzling $13 , - 000 to $25,000 from the firm of Char les Rosenheim & Co. , wholesale china merchants , for whom he was con- fidental clerk. A resolution tendering the smypa- thy of the convention to the tortile workers * of the North and promising to render all possible assistance in case of a strike , was adopted by the Federation of Labor at Nashville. ifi * f E SOUNDING AN ALARM. A NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR PREDICTS TROUBLE. Ho Seeks to "Warn the tenders < > T Ills Party VrcdlctH All Kinds of Dlha'.terrt ami l'ltfalls for tlio ItepublU-aiw ir They rush Lugltilutluii In This Direc tion. Chandler as an Alarmist. WASHINGTON , Dec , 23. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire has writ ten a letter to the Washington Post , in which he says : "If the secretary of the treasury and his single gold standard associates will cease their demand for impossible currency legislation , congress will pass j the necessary appropriation bills , J probably take care of Hawaii and j ! Cuba , there will not be a serious party division during the session , and there will be an adjournment in May. Busi ness will revive , the treasury receipts will equal the expenditures , the balance - ! ance of trade will continua in our fav- I I or , and the republican party will in ' November , 1898 , elect a majority of I j the house in the Fifty-fifth congress. ! ! "On the other hand , if Secretary Gage continues to press on congress a bill , the object of which he says is : "First , to commit the country more | thoroughly to the gold sandard , and I the immediate effect of which is to j throw doubts upon the sincerity of th ? | ; president's declarations in favor of i j continued efforts to secure Limeta'l- | ism , a political turmoil will arise in j i I congress which will split the now united republicans into fragments , while it will unite and console the | j now incongruous opposition. j "It is not feasible to retire the j I i greenbacks ; there is more a probability - I ity that a bill be sent to the president j | to increase their amount. It is not j i possible to secure the passage through ; either house of a bill making the I greenbacks convertible into gold notes , or authorizinrj bonds payable in gold. The effort to do either thing will probably result in the passage of a bill for the redemption of the green backs in silver dollars , and for the payment of all United States bonds in gold or silver coin in the discretion of the president , who will be commanded to exercise his option for the advant age of the government , and not for the advantage of the creditor. With such an uproar in congress as these proceedings will create , with western congressmen embroiled there in , with presidential vetoes s threat ened by Secretary Gage under angry discussipn , it will happen that all business enterprises and funds and stocks will be disturbed , prices will fall , insolvencies will increas" , and the republicans will lose thecongressional elections in 1898. as they did in 1S90 , and beyond the hone of a favorable action in 1900. at which time , there fore a Bryanite democratic president and congress will be chosen. "Whether we are to have one of these results political safety , or the other , political destruction depends entirely upon the course to be pur sued by Secretary Gage and those who are pressing him , forward , namely , the gold standard league of New York , and the self-constituted national monetary conference. How much Secretary Gage cares for the republican party is not known. Whether President Mc Kinley. whose good faith toward bi metallism is coming to the test , will stop his secretary in his insane career is not known. It is to be hoped he will. But no political situation has been clearer than the present , to sound eyes , since the republican party began its marvelous career , forty-two years ago. These ar ° times for all things. There is a time to move and a time to keep still and now is the time to keep still. "It is simply political suicide for the republican party in this congress to affirmatively open the discussion of the money qnestion. We ought to await the progress of internatioml bi metallism , the advent of prosperity , and the filling of the treasury by the normal workings soon to be spen of the new tariff law. Shall we wait for these things or rush on to self-destruc tion ? President McKinley must de cide. Will he act for his people. r for his plutocrats ? Upon his answer will depend the events of 1S98. " Good for the Soldier's "Widoiv. WASHINGTON , D. C. Dec 20. In recent pension decision Assistant Sec retary Davis of the interior depart ment promulgates the important de cision that there shall be no limit to the time in which a widow may file an appeal in competing her husband's claim. The assistant secretary holds the question whether a soldier was entitled to a pension is not settled finally by the adverse decision of the pension bureau , but the secretary of the interior has a right to pass upon the question. The widow's right to prosecute the case to a final adjudica tion , and to appeal from the adverse action of the pension bureau , is con ceded. No just reason , says he , ap pears for limiting the time for filing such appeal by the person who suc ceeds to the rights of the original claimant. This decision overrules those of the department made in a number of cases in past years. IIi Trip Cat Short. MONTREAL , Dec. 20. Archbishop Bruchos has cut short his trip abroad and left Harve for America. Ho was to go to the Hob * Land , but it is under stood he is cominer back at the re quest of the holy se to pave the way for the papal nuncio who will be ap pointed for Canada and to look after the Manitoba school question. Seen Years for P.ilse I'ntry. SALT LAKE. Dec. 20. Seven years in prison was the verdict imposed up on Banker J. K. Bacon by Judge Mar shall of the United States court today. Bacon was last night found guilty by the jury of making false entries in his report to the comptroller of the cur rency whilp president of a national bank in this * ity. Bacon ' s prosecu tion grew out of the failure last year of the Bank of Salt Lake , i private institution of which he was president. The court afterwards granted a stay of execution , and the defendant was released on furnishing $20,000 bonds. , _ i- _ T > k _ ' 1 ' " " * " ' " BWfBBaaajani'y LL. > - . . qj . , , . , Kmma BExT trnn lMf. . , , . , r . . . . .n roT , . . wr iillwlF rl cvttMgac THE SPOILS SYSTEM. It Is Denounced by the National C'HIl Sen Iru Ileform I.t'iigut. * . CINCINNATI , Dec. 20. The Nation al Civil Service Reform league re elected Carl Schurz president by accla mation. The report of the treasurer , A. S. Friessel of New Vork , showed re ceipts of $1,47S.S2 ; balance on hand , S37G.13. The report of the committee on resolutions , which reported through its chairman , Charles G. Bonaparte of Baltimore , was adopted as follows : 1. The National Civil Service Re form league in its seventh annual meeting reminds tilts country of the j j t specific and emphatic pledges of the I last republican national convention thoroughly and honestly to endorse the present federal civil service law and to extend its operations wherever practical. The league confidently ex pects from the president und demands from every republican senator a faith ful fulfillment of this distinct and sol- onm pledge. 2. The league denounces any at- tempt on the part of republican mem- hers of either house of congress to rc- peal the law to embarrass the admin istration of any modification of its provisions except to the end that the merit system for public offices and em- ploycs may be extended and personal or partisan favoritism in their choice more thoroughly eradicated , and declares - clares it not only unpatriotic and im- wise , but a gross , shameful abu-e of the party of which no man of honor would be guilty. 3. The league recognizes in the or der of President McKinley forbidding removals in the classified sen ice un- less for good cause and after duo no- tice to the person accused a wise and just measure fully endorsed by a heightened public opinion , and it de- mands for the order a fair construc- tion and a practical enforcement with adequate punishment for any officials who may disobey or seek to evade its provisions. The Ipague respectfully urges upon the president and upon those members of his cabinet and of either house of congress who also de sire to preserve and extend the merit system of appointment in the federal service the importance of unflinching resistance to the demands cf men who wish its destruction. The least con cession to demands inspired by such motives will greatly encourage these men and increase their greedy clamor , while making resistance to such pres sure more difficult in the future. 4. The league calls attention to the fact that in those states where the party now dominant in federal gov ernment has sought intercessions of its stale conventions to qualify or evade the unequivocal utterance of its national platform as to civil service reform the results of the late election have clearly indicated the disapproval of honest and patriotic citizens. The league further recognizes with pleasure the steady and rapid growtli of sym pathy with its principles of conscien tious Americans of all classes. 5. The league indignantly stigma tizes the mendacity with which the enemies of good government and bet ter politics , both in and out of con gress , have misrepresented the practical * tical working of the merit system and their persistent renetition nf cms ? and ridiculous falsehoods , clearly and frequently exposed , as insults at once to the intelligence and conscience of the American people. 7. The league demands that the em ployes of the census bureau be select ed for merit and fitness , to be determ ined by fair , practical and thorough competitive examinations under the direction of the Civil Service commis sion. With the warning example of the last census before its eyes , it protests against any enactment which may prevent or impede such selections as involving a scandalous waste of mon ey and sacrifice of the country's inter ests. It would be better to have no census at all in 1900 than one taken by incompetent or untrustworthy ( po litical proteges selected according to the well known methods of so-called practical politics. The 'Mnnvtnry Commission Done. WASHINGTON , Dec. 20. The mon etary commission has reached the con clusion of its deliberations and Chair man Senator Edmunds declared the commission adjourned withou. . delay. The closing proceedings were interest ing. The work of going over the re port in detail was prolonged late into the night of Thursday and was not quite completed when the commission met this morning. Such changes " as were approved were finally consid ered and referred to the executive < committee and the secretaries for in corporation in the final draft. The final publication of the commission's j report will be delayed for some days I pending its completion by the secre- ' taries. A bill carrying out fully the ( - recommendations of thr > commisison 1 is also in course of preparation by a \ < sub-committee in co-operation with ] the executive committee and will be ] ready for presentation in the house ( J when congress reassembles after the < holidavs. 1 1 r- The ISoy iInnorent. . ' AKRON. O. . Dec. 20. The lawyprs of Romio Cotell , the boy who was spnunced to the penitentiary for life d ' ! jc > . .t a year . .go for killing A' .vin Sunif. ins 'fe and hired man. say the boy was wrongfully convicted. 'rhey assert that the confession was extcited from him by detectives , -ahi afi-onling to experts , were irp'swin- silble. The lawyers say they know the real murderer and have almost enough evidence to convict him. They pr-jmLso to cause his arrest soon. V/i.rkinir Time Keduecd. CHEYENND. Wyo. . Dec. 20. No tices have been posted in the Union Pacific shops at Cheyenne and Lara mie , reducing the time of the men em ployed from five to four days a week and from ± ight to seven hours a dav , taking effect immediately. In addition the employes are given a lav off of ten days during the holidays/ This is equal to a reduction of 30 ner cent in wages. The reduction is said to be caused by a falling off of business o : > the Union Pacific , equal to 40 per cent of the business done during the summer months. ' earffj3 jir JniTaiTfiiiMlliii i H 1VASIIJNOTON' XOTKS. / ' H Among the promotions made in tho"f M Treasury department recently was * . M that of C. M. C. Spooner of Iowa from / , M a $1,200 clerkship to one of $1,100. * • h , M * * H First Assistnnt Postmaster General v Heath has received the application of H Alvin Denin of Omaha for the position - | | H tion of watchman and janitor of the * H new Omaha building. , : M Representative Strode of Nebraska " H has presented a petition of the Amor- B lean Sugar Growers' society urging M consideration by congress of the Hawaiian - M waiian annexation scheme. H Representative Maxwell of Ncbras- M ka has introduced a bill appropriating M $15,000 for repairing and Increasing- M the height of rip-rap work on the H right bank of the Missouri river opposite - H posite South Sioux City , Neb. , H In the executive session of the senate - H ate a treaty between this country and H Mexico extending for a year the tife H for making the boundary Hue between H the two countries , was received and J l referred to the committee oiforeign - j H relations without being read. H The commissioner of pensions has H appointed Drs. J. W. Ilinkle , G. Me- H Culloch and E. J. Dickinson to comprise - H prise a board of examining nurgf-ons H at C'orydon , la. Dr. A. J. Chamberlain H was also appointed to a position on 1 the hoard at David City , Neb. Dr. W. H II. Britt will be appointed examining ; * ' H surgeon at Creighton , Neb. , vice Dr. H George Roberts , to bo removed. M A bill introduced by Senator Elkins H restores all the lands in the Annette V < H island , Alaska , to the public domain. y H except those in the southwestern po- * J M ninsula of the Island. The entire island - H land has been set apart for the use H of the Indians by act of congress , but H the bill sets forth that they occupy J H only this peninsula and that the other 1 portions contain valuable mineral deposits - M posits , which are given as the reason , H for the proposed legislation. H The joint committee of the house- H and senate , appointed at the extra H session to investigate and report on M untaxed alcohol for use in the arts M and medicines , will report their con- M elusions to congress. The report will H be unanimously against free alcohol H for the present , but there will be two- M reports as to the advisibality of legis- | H laticm in the future to remove the- M tax from alcohol used in the arts and H in the preparation of medicines. H The convention of business men M which met in Indianapolis last Jan- H nary and authorized the apointment H of the moni'tary commission , will he- H called together again for the purpose H of considering the commission's re- H port. The new convention will beheld - H held in Indianapolis on Tuesday. January - H uary 25. The invitation will go out , . H as before to all boards of trades , commercial - M mercial clubs , and similar organizations - H tions in all cities of the United States 1 having a population of S.000 or more. p | A special dispatch says : President • ; 1 McKinley decided today to put a " ' , / _ I quietus on tlte protests that are for- 1 initiating on the Pacific coast against m Attorney General McKenna of California - m ifornia as a justice of the supreme fl court bench , and concluded to semi in jl his nomination today. The responsibility - S bility for McKenna's future judicial . | honors will , therefore , rest with the | | a senate , and the question of his con- CS I Urination is likely to occupy the sn- * \ * M ate for many weeks. The president H is determined to stand by hi ? attorney - H ney general to the end of the light. H He will insist , it is said , that Mr. McKenna - S Kenna continue as attorney general B until the senate confirms his nomina g tion as associate justice. I The president has sent the following - lowing nominations to the senate : I Justice Joseph McKenna of Caiifor- I nia to the Tinted Staff * ? . Treasury < fl Charles G. Dawes of Illinois , to be as- jfl sociate justice of the supreme court M of the United States. Int'rior John H Yv " . Ncsbit of Pennsylvania , to bo pension - H sion agent at Pittsburg. Court of * fl Private Land Claims .Insrph R. Resrt M of Iowa , to be chief justice : William ; | W. Murray of Tennessee * Thomas C _ 9 Fuller of North Carolina , Henry C. * * il Strauss of Kansas and Wilbur F _ B Stone of Colorado , to be assoriate jus- H tires ; reappointments ; their timf s ec- H pii-p December 1. * . 1S97. Lewi * Miles. B attorney for the United States for the * 9 southern district of Iowa ; Robert V _ Cozier , attorney of the United States * 9 for the district of Idaho ; Henry C. 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