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VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
FIRED ON BY SPANISH
AMERICAN SCHOONER BOARDED
AND SEARCHED
Brutal Murder Near Tallmadge Ohio
of Man and Wife and Probahly Fa
tal Injury of Two Daughters and
Hired Man Kidnappers Fail
Fired on By Spanish
A special to the New York World from
Kingston Jamaica says The American
schooner William Todd of Calais Me
has arrived here from Mobile Ala and
reports that she was fired upon and
boarded and searched by a Spanish gun
boat six miles south of the Island of Pines
The first intimation that the Todd had
that she was to be interfered with was
a shot across her bows Upon this she
promptly displayed her American colors
and kept on her way assuming that that
was sufficient but when three more shots
followed in quick succession she hove to
as quickly as possible A boat then put
off from the Spaniard and she was soon
alongside the American schooner A
Spanish officer with a file of marines came
aboard and announced his purpose of
searching the schooner for contraband of
war The schooners captain protested
and assured the Spaniard that she carried
nothing of the sort but the officer still in
sisted on making a search The Ameri
can skipper of course offered no physi
cal resistence and the search was made
As a matter of fact the schooner had
only a clearly legal cargo and the Spanish
offioer soon convinced himself of it Then
he took his departure and the schooner
proceeded on her way
MYSTERIOUS OHIO CRIME
Masked
Man Butchers a Family
near Tallmadge
At a late hour Saturday night a masked
man entered the farm house of Alvm M
Stone near Tallmadge a few miles from
Akron Ohio and in the brief space of
half an hour committed a horrible
butchery When he took his departure
Stone and his wife both aged people
were lying dead in bed horribly muti
lated and Ira Stillson the hired man and
Emma Stone the eldest of three daugh
ters were unconscious from blows dealt
by the murderer He cut oft one of Stones
ears slashed him across the face and
stabbed him in the back He then laid
Mrs Stones cheek open with the kuife
After satisfying his fiendish desires down
stairs he proceeded to the room of Still
son upstairs The hired man heard the
intruder for he had arisen when he was
dealt a stunning blow on the head Kex
the murderer turned his attention to
Emma Stone who slept in a room by
herself When he entered her room she
screamed That awakened the other
two girls who slept across the hall
Hattie Stone arose to go to her sisters
assistance but as she entered the latters
room she was felled to the floor by a blow
on the head but was not rendered un
conscious Regaining her feet she ran to
her own room and locked the door
Throwing a bed quilt about her she leaped
from the window and rau through tha
rain and mud to the nearest neighbors a
quarter of a mile away After he had
struck Hattie down the murderer returned
to Emmas room and struck her on the
head leaving her unconscious Then he
trjed the door to tho room in which Hattie
had left her younger sister Flora when
she jumped from the window Finding the
door locked he battered it down Finding
only Flora in the room he asked where
the other girl was When told that she
had gone for help he hastily left the house
and made his escape
Hattie with the blood streaming from
the wound in her head managed to reach
the neighbors house told her story and
then fainted After she had been put to
bed the neighbors calling for help went
to the Stone house There the evidence
of the butchery was discovered It is
feared that Stillson at least will die
while the chances for the recovery of the
two girls is very small
Fears She Has Foundered
The steamship Volusia is now eigit
days overdue at New York from Kings
ton Jamaica and shipping men fear she
has foundered at sea She carried a crew
of fifteen men and a cargo of fruit It is
believed the Yolusia went down in one of
the heavy gales that have prevailed on
the south Atlantio recently
Michigan Orators Win
The first intercollegiate debate between
the universities of Michigan and Chicago
resulted in favor of the former The
judges were out only a few minutes and
their markings gave Michigan the victory
with 85 points to Chicagos 27
Whitcomb Riley III
James Whitcomb Riley was prostrated
at Indianapolis by an acute attack of
brain fever For several hours it was
feared his illness would result fatally but
the crisis has passed and there is a reason
ably fair chance of recovery
Shot His Wife and Suicided
Fred Gorrel a molder of West Colum
bus Ohio aged 21 shot his wife who is
but 17 and then stood before a mirror and
cut his own throat with a razor Gorrel
died but his wife will recover
Groom Is 80 and the Bride 18
C J Wood aged 90 and Miss Maggie
Barger aged 18 were married at Greens
burg Ind recently It was Woods sixth
marriage and he urged a reduction of the
license fee as he had been such a good
customer and he also said he might come
again
More Troops for Cuba
A special to the New York World from
Havana says another army corps it has
been decided is to bo sent here from
Rnain in May It will consist of 20000
OLD BAY STATE FOR REED
Massachusetts Republicans Solid for
the Maine Man
A larger and more enthusiastic body of
prominent Republicans has seldom met
at a state convention in Boston than was
gathered at Music Hall in that city to
elect four delegates at large and their al
ternates to attend the national convention
at St Louis Of 2202 delegates entitled
to seats in the convention 1151 were in
attendance full of enthusiasm for Hon
Thomas B Reed as candidate for Presi
dent of the United States Every dele
gate had in his buttonhole a Reed button
bearing a picture of the man with a back
ground of the national colors and every
imc the name of tho Maine statesman
was mentioned cheers burst forth from
he throats of the vast crowd that filled
ttie convention hall Nor were the dele
gates much more enthusiastic than the
scores of ladies who occupied seats in the
first gallery While men applauded and
sheered the women waived their scarfs
and handkerchiefs The hall was almost
completely lined with red white and blue
bunting punctuated by groups of flags
WARLIKE PREPARATIONS
Transvaal Seems to Bo Looking for
a Row with England
A Pretoria dispatch to the London
Times says The situation is serious
President Krueger has concluded a new
offensive and defensive alliance with the
Orange Free State The Transvaal wants
ts indepence gauranteed by England in
connection with the other powers
The Boers are arming in the Orange
Free State and in Capo Colony The
large influx of Germans has been drafted
into the police force and the artillery
Dr W J Leeds Secretary of the State of
Transvaal who has been for some time in
Germany has used the secret service
money largely to encourage immigration
from Germany The Free State aud
Af rikund bund has offered to support the
Boers
England says the times will do
nothing by way of guarantee or other
wise to give any other power the right to
interfere with the South African repub
lic
TROUBLE IS BREWING
Philadelphia Street Car Men Likely
to Again Go Out on a Strike
The street railway situation in Phila
delphia has again become serious and it
was by the bare margin of two votes that
the central board of the Amalgamated
Association defeated absolution that the
lines of the Philadelphia Rail Traction
Company be tied up again A committee
of the central board had an all days ses
sion lately at which it is said a number
Df witnesses were examined and affidavits
presented which showed that the company
had done but little toward settling the
difficulties and that men were still being
discharged for apparently no other reason
Uian that they were members of the Amal
gamated Association
Struck By a Train
Six men who had worked their way
into the freight yards of the Central rail
road of Elizabeth N J were run into by
a train which was being shifted from one
track to another An effort was made to
3top the train but a coupling pin broke
and several cars sped along the siding
Two of the men were killed one probably
fatally injured two others slightly and
the other is supposed to have escaped al
together He has not been seen since
however Three of them had been to
Philadelphia looking for employment and
failing to find it were returning home
when they met the others and they
traveled together until the accident
Will be Held in St Louis
Miss Frances E Willard author
izes tho statement that the national
convention of the W C T U for
1896 will be held at St Louis almost
without a doubt The matter was
discussed at a conference held in the
rooms of the association at Chicago and
while eaoh of the other cities had claims
Which the mauagers recognized the sen
timent in favor of St Louis was practi
cally unanimous The convention will be
held in September or October
To Buy the O and St L
It is understood that the Burlington peo
ple people have about completed a deal
for the purchase of the Omaha and St
Louis which extends from Council Bhiffs
Iowa to Pattonsburg Mo where it inter
sects the Wabash The Omaha and St
Louis is an independent line and taps
some of the best country in northern Mis
souri and southern Iowa tributary to the
Burlington
Fatal Explosion
By an explosion in the Nickerson
Spence grease extracting works at New
ark N J two wen were killed and two
badly burned The fire resulting from
the explosion did several thousand dollars
worth of damage It is not known what
caused the explosion but it is supposed
that it was from naptha which is used ex
tensively in the works
Brig Gen Casey Dead
Brig Gen Thomas Lincoln Casey re
tired for many years chief engineer of
the United States army dropped dead in
the Congressional library at Washington
He was designated by Congress to take
charge of the construction of the new
library opposite the capitol and was in
pursuit of this duty when stricken
Saw His Wife Burn Alive
The wife of J J Bowman while en
deavoring to extinguish a fire in their
home at Hennessey Oklahoma fell
through the rafters hung head downward
and roasted alive before the eyes of her
husband who was unable to help her
Hyppolyte Reported Dead
The Haytien Bank at Paris has received
news that President Hyppolyte had died
of apoplexy The Haytien Legation has
no news on the subject
Treasury Gold Loss
The National treasury lost on Wednes
day 318500 in gold coin which leaves
the true amount of the reserve at 121844-
473
Short of 10000
The Midway Ky Deposit Bank one of
the best institutions in that state is in
trouble and W M Ship cashier and C
W Stone bookkeeper have been dis
charged pending an examination of the
troubles The bank is capitalized at 75
000 There have been suspicions of crook
edness for a long time and it has devel
oped that there is an alleged shortage
which it is believed will foot up 10000
DUN COS REVIEW
The Business World as Seen for the
1 Past Weak
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review ot
Trade says No important change has
occurred in the general tone of business
during the week and if trade in some re
spects looks worse in other respects it
looks better Some failures of maun itude
have occurred which caused much appre
hension and unwillingness to lend among
bankers aud there have baen somemhat
less favorable features in the dry goods
market but in iron and steel conditions
are slightly improved and in boots and
shoes considerably more hopeful
The labor controversies mainly in the
clothing trade still cause much interrup
tion in that business Foreign trade is a
little more satisfactory
Wheat has gained a point but corn and
cotton remain unchanged Receipts of
wheat at western points continue surpris
ingly large for a most favorable season
and make it hard to believe that the crop
for 1895 was as small as estimates repre
sent it for such receipts amounted during
the past week to 2901724 bushels against
1819432 last year and for four weeks of
March have been 11884205 against 7474
S61 last year There has been a slight in
crease iu Atlantic exports this week but
in four weeks exports flour included as
Wheat were 5288119 bushels against
0488109 last year
In the dry goods market the latest indi
cations do not warrant the expectation
that the mills will continue full produc
tion throughout the season The demand
for woolen dress goods is the best feature
of the wool market but the operations of
clothiers are hindered not only by the
prevalent strikes but by the slackness of
immediate demand The sales of wool
have fallen to less than half a weeks con
sumption A striking feature this week
was a sale of 140000 pounds of American
wool for shipment to England
FLOGGED BY WOMEN
An Old Resident of Bertrand
Neb
Terribly Punished
H H Wiley an old resident of Bert
rand Neb was warned to leave town on
account of his having made indecent pro
posals to the 7-year-old daughter of A
M Hill While preparing to leave Wilej
was arrested and while in the charge ol
Constable Clayton a band of women led
by the girls mother ordered the officer
at the point of a revolver to give up the
prisoner with threats to blow his head oil
if resistance was made A rope was
placed around the prisoners neck hi
hands were tied and covered by a revolver
he was marched out on the main street
and in full view of his wife who is an in
valid and the children he was thrashed
until blood streamed from his hands and
face At this juncture Constable Sand
strom acting under advice of citizens
ordered the women to desist Wiley was
given two hours to leave town which he
did starting in a wagon for Iowa taking
his family except his wife who is being
cared for by neighbors Wiley was at
one time justice of the peace there and
has some city property
Handicap Clara Barton
A Constantinople dispatch says The
council of ministers has decided that Miss
Clara Barton can only work in conjunc
tion with the local Turkish commission
ers in the distribution of relief and car
only use their lists of destitute Armenians
An Irade to this effect is expected
Outbreak Is Serious
A dispatch from Constantinople says
The outbreak at Kiliz is more serious
than supposed The town is surrounded
by troops and no one can leave or enter
The officials at Bitlis are preventing the
American missionaries from distributing
aid
A One Fare Rate
The trans Missouri roads have decideCi
upon a rate of one fare for the round trip
for the annual G A R encampment ir
St Paul instead of a rate of one cent per
mile as authorized by the roads of the
Western Passenger Association
Object of the United States
The Liberal published at Madrid
Spain says The acts of the United
States however cleverly disguised in form
have as their ultimate goal the object of
adding another star to its flag by the an
nexation of Cuba
Milwaukee Banker Dead
James G Flint president of the Com
mercial Bank and one of the
wealthiest and most prominent business
men of Milwaukee is dead at Chihuahua
Mexico where he went some time ago for
his health
Wont Annex Corea
It is stated on good authority at St
Petersburg that Russia does not intend to
annex Corea but considers it a duty to
guarantte tho independence of Corea
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle Stockers and feed
ers 800 to 300 Hogs Prices ranging
from 355 to 360 Grain Wheat 48c
to 50c corn 10c to 19c oats 14c to 15c
rye 20c to 25c hay 450 to 500 but
ter 15c to 16b eggs 7c
Chicago Cattle Beef steers 325 to
400 stockers and feeders 275 to 385
Hogs Prices ranging from 360 to 410
Grain Wheat No 2 spring 01c to 62c
No 2 red 65c to 65Kc corn No 2 28c to
28c oats No 2 18c rye No 2 35c
llax No 1 90c timothy 330
Kansas City Cattle Beef steers 300
to 415 stockers and feeders 250 to
380 Hogs Prices ranging from 340
to 370 Sheep 350 to 420
South Omaha Cattle Beef steers 32f
to 390r stockers aud feeders 275 U
370 Hogs Prices ranging from 35L
to 3G5
St Paul Cattle Beef steers 300 ta
380 stockers and feeders 285 to 827
Hogs Prices ranging from 200 to 375
Minneapolis Grain Wheat March
58c May 58c July o0c No 1 hare
on track 57c No 1 Northern 58c
MUJDER AND SUICIDE
1USBAND SHOOTS HIS WIFE
AND THEN HIMSELF
they Were Alone ii
Bodies Found by
turned froni Play
Notes
the House The
a Little Son Re-
-Nebraska News
Murder and Suicide
William Hartmn of Omaha shot and
silled his wife Saturday some time be
ween 2 and 9 oclock p m He then shot
nd killed himself within ten feetof where
he body of his wife lay The crime was
u obably due in part to despondency
nd partly to jealousy
Shortly after 9 oclock the two little
ihildrdn of Hartman Walter and Clara
iged 7 and 5 respectively returned to
heir home after a play with a neighbors
jhildren Walter passed through a base
nent door in the rear of the house and up
he stairs to the main floor in order to get
i light for his sister and to see if any one
as home A few moments later he
ushed back and said that there was some
hing the matter with his papa He had
ihook him and had tried to awaken him
out he had not replied He was afraid
hat he was dead Hejiad not seen his
oiother anywhere
The children hurried to the house of a
Mr Eden and informed him of the matter
and he telephoned to the police Officer
Kirk came and found Hartman lying in
She middle room of the cottage which
contained but three rooms near a door
hat leads into a small room In a small
sloset that opened oft the room in which
Hartman was foundthe officer discovered
what he first took to be a bundle of dark
jlothes A closer scrutiny however de
eloped the fact that it was the body of a
woman doubled up with the knees almost
touching the chin face downward It
was the body of Mrs Hartman
Professors and Pupils Fight
Some two weeks since the pupils as
risted by the professors presented to the
public at Gordon the war- drama Down
u Dixie the proceeds of which were to
zo toward establishing a school library
In the selection of the books however
he professors presumed to have full con
srol This led to serious dissensions
fvhich culminated in a free fight between
professors and pupils Warrants were at
mce issued for four of the principal
jffenders and they were brought before
Judge Buleys court where they were
promptly fined 5 each and costs with the
asual attachments The case was at once
appealed to the district court and the boys
leclare the end is not yet
Sustains a Terrible Fall
A fisherman living in Iowa just below
mil across the river from Plattsmouth
eanie over and after getting a good sized
Jag aboard started home afoot He crossed
the river on the big B M brige by giv
ing the watchman the slip When just
icross the water and over terra firm a he
lost his balance and fell to the frozen
jarth fifty one feet below lighting
jquarely upon his feet After laying for
iwhile he gathered himself together and
crawled for over half a mile to his home
where he now lies in a critical condition
tvith no bones broken but terribly shaken
ip
Captain Jack Crawford at Cozad
Captain Jack Crawfords appearance at
Cozad Tuesday night was a rare treat
The members of Lindsey post Grand
Army of the Republic met him at the
rain and escorted him to their headquar
ters where the captain entertained them
for an hour in his inimitable style The
captain during the afternoon visited
tho irrigation ditches in that vicinity and
be grew most enthusiastic over the pros
pect and possibilities of irrigation there
Captain Crawford is personally interested
in practical irrigation himself iu his New
Mexico home
Angry Woman Uses a Revolver
Edith Burge of Pierce loaded up a 38
caliber bull dog revolver and called on
Mrs Chris Cordes and drove her from her
house She shot but no one was hit
Mrs Burge was arrested and taken into
court She asked that her hearing be
postoned until later in the day Judge
McDonald placed her in charge of Officer
Goff but Goff reported at the time set for
her appearance without the female stat
ing that she must have skipped It is un
derstood that she procured a team and
was spirited out of town
Bound Over for a Hundup
The preliminary hearing of the case of
the state against George Kingen and Wil
liam Winninger was held at York before
County Judge Wildman A hard fight
was put up by the attorneys for the de
fense but nevertheless they were bound
over in the sum of 500 each Their crime
was that of forcing one John Miller of
York to sign a note of 20 when he was
in a compromising position using a
ouble barrelled shot gun as a persuader
Failedto Impeach Hiatt
The Custer County board of supervisors
has been engaged trying the impeachment
case against H H Hiatt county superin
tendent The complaint was filed by J
H Brown ex county treasurer The de
cision of the board was reached and its
members stood four for acquittal and three
for conviction The complaint accused
Hiatt of returning false vouchers for clerk
hire in order to draw the amount set apart
for assistance in his office
Hunter Drowned in the Platte
Lavene Burmood aged 17 was drowned
in the Platte River six miles east of Shel
don He was hunting on a sand bar and
an ice gorge broke above him The river
rose suddenly and in attempting to reach
the mainland he was drowned in plain
sight of his brother who was on the
shore
Sell Large Property Interests
The stock held by the estate of the late
Frederick Beyschlag of Nebraska City
will be sold at public sale March 28
This consists of the greater part of the
cereal mills stock and stock in the Dul
lenty Plow Works
Fire at Inavale
The postoffice and a stock of general
merchandise owned by W J Yance at
Inavale was recently burned The post
office fixtures and mail were saved with
the exception of about 25 worth of
stamps The origin of the fire is un
known but is supposed to have been due
to a defective flue
Lexingtons New Opera House
The opera house company stock has all
been subscribed at Lexington and work
will commence at once upon a briek
structure 50x125 with a seating capacity
of 1500 - -
ONE OF THE MUDDYS CAPER
Chunk of Nemaha County Set Across
the River by a Cut Off
A controversy has arisen between thb
residents of Nemaha County and those of
Atchison County Missouri regarding the
ownership of about 1500 acres of land
which was originally and probably now
is a portion of the state of Nebraska A
portion of Island Precinct Nemaha
County is bounded by the Missouri River
which makes a large horse shoe curve at
this point some fifteen miles in length
Included in this curve is the disputftl ter
ritory It appears that the river has
opened a new channel by shooting across
the narrow portion of the neck of this
land and in fact cutting off a large por
tion of the bottom lands leaving the resi
dents to be taxed by two states Where
the old boundary line was established ami
which was in the mid lie of the Missouri
all is now dry land The latter state is
claiming all the territory east of the new
channel cut since 1SS0 as property of
that state It is being claimed as swamp
land and offered lor sale by Missouri Ne
maha County people have filed a protest
with Gov Holcomb and ask that proper
steps be taken to adjust the difference of
opinion existing regarding this territory
The county attorney of Nemaha County
has advised the Governor of the condition
of affairs The Governor has not yet sig
nified what course he will pursue in the
premises but he thinks that a boundary
commission may be appointed to settle
the controversy
Fixed the Responsibility
Attooney J W Edgerton who has em
ployed by the county board of Hall Coun
ty to advise it in the matter of the respon
sibility of the deposit in the badly de
funct Bank of Commerce of Grand Island
has filed a lengthy opinion with the board
in which he holds that there can be
no question as to the liability of Treas
urer Thomssen on his official bond The
law requires that he shall discharge all
other duties now or hereafter required of
his office by law The law demands that
he shall require all depositories to give
bonds for the safekeeping and payment of
the county deposits This he neglected to
do Hall County must therefore look to
Treasurer Thomssen and his bondsmen
for the money lost by the failure of the
Bank of Commerce The amount is 25
000
Hunters Hurt by Accident
ChcTjea Kanueth was seriously injureu
by the discharge of a gun in the hands of
Sam Clendenning while out hunting near
Beemer the whole load lodging in the
knee
T J McNeil a young man from Cedar
ville Kan who has been stopping with
the family of William Hucks near Elm
Creek and hunting on the river met with
a severe accident while cleaning his gun
One of the barrels was discharged tearing
away most of the forearm
D Heath a young man of Falls City
accidentally shot himself with a 22 calibei
rifle while riding in a wagon Heath went
to shift the gun and struck it against the
side of the wagon discharging it the
bullet entering his arm about halfway
between the wrist and elbow
Gold in Garfield County
There is a good deal of talk going on ai
Ord and in Burwell over the alleged dis
covery of gold in the hills east of the lat
ter place Several Ord people who have
been residents of Garfield County declare
that they have seen gold in sand taken
from wells One Garfield County farmer
has sent a specimen of gold bearing sand
to a friend who is a practical assayer
and the report is that the specimen sent
contains 1338 gold to the ton
Swallows Carbolic Acid
Mrs August Fuclis who resides across
the river from Fremont in Saunders
County committed suicide by taking a
dose of cirbolic acide Her face and
mouth were badly burned and she evi
dently suffered intensely before death
came No cause for the act is known
but there is no doubt but what the fatal
dose was taken with suicidal intent
Greeley Center Votes Bonds
The canvass of the vote of Greeley Cen
ter on the election to vote funding bonds
has been completed The proposition was
to vote 30000 funding bonds payable in
twenty years bearing 4 per cent inter
est This vote was the lightest cast in ten
years yet the proposition carried by more
than a four fifths majority
Nebraska Loses an Educator
Prof J E Hicks who for the past six
teen years has been one of the leading
educators of this state as principal of the
high school of Fort Calhoun and in
structor in county institutes left this
week to take the superintendency of a
school iu Iowa
Farmers Son Seriously Injured
While in the field at work the
son of W H Wheelan a prosperous
farmer six miles north of Hemingford
was kicked in the face by one of his
horses When found he was lying under
the horses feet and unconscious
Surrendered Xty His Bondsmen
The bondsmen of D W Riesland or
Sutton who was bound over to the dis
trict court on the charge of forgery in the
snm of 500 have notified the authorities
rhat they wish to be released and the
sheriff jailed Riesland
Sixteen -Year-Old Boy Arrested
Jesse Lydy was placed under arrest at
Alliance at the request of his mother Mrs
D L Goodwin He is 16 years old and
will probably be sent to he reform school
at Kearney for incorrigibility
Jail Bird Escapes
Ora Cochran a prisoner from Gering
confined at Sidney for safe keeping broke
jail by cutting through the roof He had
been allowed free access to the corridor
by the sheriff
Ferry Boat Broke Loose
The ferry boat at Decatur broke loose
from its moorings and went down the
river The proprietors sent men after it
and after much hard work it was cap
tured
Nebraska News Notes
District court is in session at
ton
Orville France of Fairbury was con
victed of stealing chickens
Oglalla ice men are filling their ice
houses The ice is about five inches thick
The cornet band of Grafton gave a
grand concert and burlesque entertain
ment
T J Hollister of Pawnee City is suffer
ing with two broken ribs from being
kicked by a horse
The Independent Order of Good Temp
lars banqueted the delegates to the -Bloom
convention
An Omaha man is in Grafton buying
horses for the St Louis market paying
from 20 to 50 per uesd
SENATE AND HOUSE
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS
Proceedings of the Senate and Houso
of Representatives Measures of Im
portance Discussed and Acted Upon
Gist of the Business
Daily Report of the Work
The House on the 25th took up the naval appro
priation bill The bill carries 31011034 2408
t3S more than tho currant law and authorizes
our new battleships and fifteen torpedo boats
he cost of which complete will be almost 35
500000 During the day Mr Boutelle and Mr
Wheeler continued their altercation of the day
before over tho record of the Democrats on the
bill to retire Gen Grant The other incident ol
the day arose in connection with an attack made
by Mr Cannon chairman of the Appropriations
Committee on the naval officers detailed at the
naval observatory Mr Bartlett Democrat ot
New York rose to a question of privilege to deny
j statement that he had furnished a campaign
jircular used by Mr Sulzer Democrat of New
iork a few days ago in an attack upon Mr Gib
on Itepublican of Tennessee and denounced the
charge as a libel a id a lie
Tho first reference to the adjournment of Con
gress came in the Senate on the 25th in a formal
resolution offered by Senator Piatt proposing
that adjournment be taken on May 22 Senator
Piatt said his purpose was to call attention at
jliis time to the desirability of an early adjourn
ment The resolution was referred to tho Ap
propriations Committee as any determination
as to adjournment must bo depended upon tho
condition of appropriation bills The adoption
of a resolution allowing ex President Harrison
to receive decorations from Spain and BrazS
was postponed by an objection from Senator
Allen Populist of Nebraska During tho day
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire proposed
an amendment prohibiting the United States or
any state from giving any recognition or finan
cial aid to any church or religious institution
Most of tho day was spent on the legislative ap
propriation bill which is not yet completed
The naval appropriation bill was passed bj
tho House on tho 2Gtli without substantia
amendment An effort was made by the advo
cates of a larger increase of tho navy than was
authorized by the bill to increase tho number ol
battleships from four to six but the House by a
large majority stood by the recommendation o
the committee The bill as passed carries 31
611034 and authorizes tho construction of foui
battleships and fifteen torpedo boats the total
cost of which will be in the neighborhood of 35
300000 Mr Heatwole of Minnesota Introduced
a resolution providing for a non partisan com
mission consisting of nino experts in politica
economy and banking for aiding Congress in it
deliberations in banking and currency matters
Several minor bills were passed and at 1 oclocJ
the House went into committee of the whole am
resumed consideration of the naval appropria
tlon bill Mr Boutelle closed the general debati
in favor of abiding by the judgment of the Xaviif
Committee Tho bill would be the largest au
thorization of ships in the history of tho countrj
and would tax our capacities to tho utmost Ifi
conclusion Mr Boutelle expressed the hope thai
the Hauley amendment to increase the numbei
of battleships from four to six would bo voted
down The vote was then taken on the amend
ment and on a rising vote it was defeated 32 tc
134 A number of inconsequental amendment
were voted down and tho bill was passed Mr
Cannon chairman of the Appropriation Commit
tee reported the sundry civil bill and gave
notice that he would call it up on tho 27th Then
at 510 tho House adjourned
The Senate on the 2Gth spent most of the daj
on the legislative appropriation bill but did not
complete it owing to Senator Shermans motion
to strike out the proposition for a change from
fees to salaries for United States attorneys and
marshals Senator Morrill of Vermont intro
duced a joint resolution appointing Bernard 11
Green to succeed Gen Casey as engineer in
charge of the construction of the congressional
library which was adopted A joint resolution
was adopted allowing ex President Harrison to
accept decorations from Brazil and Spam The
joint resolution was passed providing for tho ap
pointment of a commission under the Secretary
of War for the preliminary survey with plans l
specifications and approximate estimates of tho
sost thereof for tho construction of a ship canal
of approved width and depth from the lower
shoro of Lake Michigan to the Wabash River
und for the further investigation of tho practica
bility of the construction of such a waterway
Senator White reported favorably from the Com
mittee on Territories the bill admitting Arizona
to statehood A bill was passed granting the
Duluth and North Dakota IJailroad Company
right of way through certain Indian reservations
m Minnesota At 530 the Senate adjourned
The Appropriation Committee attempted ta
take up the sundry civil appropriation bill in tha
House on tho 27th but tho members who were
interested in bills on the private calendar de
feated them by a vote of 147 to 77 The members
of the Appropriation Committee do not view
their defeat as tho result of opposition to the ap
propriation bill Members from the north who
are interested in pension legislation aud those
from the south who are interested in war claim
have been chaffing for some time over the in
ability to proceed with the work on the private
calendar On a sort of combination the Appro
priation Committee was defeated The victory
however was completely barren so far as the
southern men were concerned as after the
House went Into committee the republicans
forced a motion to pass over all claims on the
calendar The southern men retaliated by fili
bustering against tho pension bills so that tho
net result was less than a half a dozen bills
passed Quite a number of private pension biila
were favorably acted upon at tho night session
At 1030 the House adjourned until Monday
The Senate on the 27th indulged in an acrimo
nious political debate which developed much per
sonal and party feeling and brought on two
sharp personal exchanges between Senators Hill
and Elkins and betwpen Senators Brlce and
Elkins The controversy arose over Senator
Hills motion to strike from the pending appro
priation bill the proposed change of date for tho
assembling of the New Mexico Legislature from
December to May At the close of the debato
tho Senate passed the legislative appropriation
bill carrying 21500000 Aside from providing
the usual appropriation tho bill Is Important in
effecting a reform of the system of compensation
for United States district attorneys and United
States marshals salaries being substituted for
fees The Senate adjourned until Monday
The editor of the London Sporting
Time3 has discovered in a little old
church of East Sutton in Kent an in
teresting monument to the second -wife
of Lawrence Washington a forefather
of George Washington The monument
proves Washingtons descent from the
founder of Ballol College at Oxford
and the brother of John Baliol King
of Scotland This little Kentish church
is said to be one of the most ancient
and beautiful in England a gem of
ecclesiastical architecture
in South Africa coal is 100 a ton
There are 1500 different species of
nakes in the world
Japan has a written history extend-
ing over 2500 years
The famous pianist PaderewskI gets
5250000 for 100 concerts x
The tea crop of the world is estK
mated as 450000000 pounds
For over 1200 miles the Nile does not
receive a single tributary stream
The 15000 set of china in use at the
White House contains 500 pieces
The street accidents of London
amount to about 3500 a year nearly
ten a day
xrnr own neart ana not other men-
opinions forms our true honor
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