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THE STATE CAPITAL
WHAT THE NEBRASKA LEGISLA
TURE IS DOING
France T Ransom Is President of the
Senate ami Tames Caflin or Saun
ders County Was Elected Speaker
of the House
Legislature in Session
The start of business in the scnato was
accomplished in a very few nionuMifs at
Lincoln on Tuesday Lieutenant Gover
nor Moore called the members to order
and Senator Unwell r Douglas moved
the election of 1 It Hunter of Omaha as
secretary pro torn 1raycr was offered by
Kcv II T Dais of Lincoln On motion
of McGann ofloone a committee of five
on credentials was appointed The only
notice of contest was filed by John Jeffcoat
of Douglas who formally announced
through the committee that he would like
to occupy the chair now warmed by Sen
ator Evans of Omaha A committee then
escorted Chief lust ice Post to the senate
chamber and the oath of office was ad
ministered to the senators
Proceeding with the permanent organ
ization IJowell of Douglas acting as sec
retary of the fusion caucus nominated
Senator Frank T Hansom for president
The Republicans placed no candidates for
places in nomination and refrained from
voting throughout the work of organizing
the senate
The following permanent officers were
then elected Secretary AV M Schwind
of Lincoln first assistant secretary II A
Edwards of Grand Island second assistant
secretary IT GSrewart of Dawes County
The remaining officers and employes were
elected in a body
Senator Howell then moved the appoint
nient of the following list of officers and
employcs 13ooklceeper X A Greenfield
Chaplain Jiev F T Chatburn
John S Conlin assistant
D II Burke postmaster
Laura M Forbes assistant postmaster T
J J3utler doorkeeper Charles JNownes
assistant doorkeeper W G Willby chief
enrolling clerk G M Petty assistant en
rolling clerk G D Chadderdon clerk of
the committee of the whole W M Clary
custodian of the senate A Y Lichen
janitor J P Kelly mail carrier J J
Swoboda custodam of the cloak room P
E Xealon file clerk J B Donovan
night watchmen Cyrus Lindell and II S
Kloke file holder F M Johnson proof
reader C V Sherman door keeper in the
gallerj F M Whittekar bill clerk G G
Seay fireman A Li Rossiter
The list was a long one and it did not re
ceive full official approval until after a pro
test by Senator Ritchie of Butler County
who moved as an amendment that the po
sition of assistant postmaster and assistant
doorkeeper be abolished
On the roll call Senator Ritchies amend
ment was voted down Senator Dundas of
Xemaha joined with his Butler County col
league in support of the amendment and
Senator Beal of Broken Bow voted aye on
the first call but after a brief conference
with a fellow member changed his mind
and voted with the majority The eight
Republican senators voted for the amend
ment The amendment was lost by a vote
of ft to 11
j Deputy Secretary of State Evans then ad
ministerecTthe oath of office to President
Ransom and his brother officers of the sen
ate The secretary was instructed to offi
cially notify the house of representatives
that the senate had been legally organized
and was ready to transact business Ad
journed
The house was called to order at noon by
Secretary of State J A Piper with F A
Harrison first assistant clerk of the
Twenty fourth session at the clerks desk
Divine invocation was offered by Rev C C
Mailey bf David City The secretary of
state then announced that the next in order
was the election of chief clerk pro tern On
motion of Sheldon of Dawes Frank D
Eager the caucus nominee for chief clerk
was elected clerk pro tern by acclamation
Gerdes of Richardson nominated Ralph
A Clark of the same county for speaker
pro tern Wooster of Merrick seconded the
nomination There was no voice against
aim and Clark was escorted to the chair by
Gerdes and Wooster On motion of llull
3f Harlan a committee of five on creden
tials was appointed by Speaker Pro Tern
Clark
Crow of Douglas moved that the house
rules of the twenty fourth session be tem
porarily adopted until new one could be
provided The motion prevailed
On motion of Hull the roll was called
and wlien named members presented their
credentials to the committee
Then Rich of Douglas moved a recess
until 3 oclock which prevailed
It was 845 before Speaker Clark con
vened the body Clerk Eager called the
roil The speaker instructed the clerk to
mark the committee on credentials and
Gafiln and Rich as present Hull from
the committee on credentials reported
eleven members as not having yet present
ed their credentials These delinquents
were instructed by the speaker to report to
committee in the speakers room Finally
Hull informed the speaker that the com
mittee on credentials was ready to report
and the names of the members were read
b3 Loomis of Butler the list covering the
sixty seven representative districts in the
state with the exceptions of McGee of
Antelope Prince of Madison Henderson
of York and Straub of Cass and Otoe The
latters name had been omitted in the read
ing of the names but he said that lie had
handed in his credentials and should not
have been passed The committee was in
structed by the speaker to adjust the mat
ter
On motion of Crow of Douglas the re
port of the committee on credentials as
amended was receh ed and adopted
Chief Justice Post was then escorted to
the chamber and administered the oath to
the members of the house
The house then proceeded to perfect its
organization and Sheldon of Dawes placed
Tames N Gaffin of Saunders in nomina
tion for speaker On the part of the re
publicans Jenkins of Jefferson named
George L Rouse of Hall County the cau
cus nominee as the republican candidate
for speaker The vote Gaffin 63
House 29
On taking the chair the speaker said that
on assuming the gavel he did not do it as a
ruler but as a servant He should try to
be just fair and firm To the best of his
ability he would try to preserve as good
order as possible and this could only be
done by co operation of the members Ad
journed
Wednesday
The house was opened by prayer on the
6th by Chaplain elect Mailey After some
routine business Sheldon from the com
jmittec on credentials reported that there
were still several members who had not
handed in their credentials This matter
jwas adjusted and the house prodeeded to
complete the organization which it left un-
finished the evening previous
It was moved that a committee wait on
Chief Justice Post and escert him to the
hall for the purpose of swearing in the
new officers Pollard of Cass said he be
lieved the speaker was fully empowered to
administer all oaths and believed it would
be a good thing to do away with the ser
vices of the chief justice altogether
Speaker Gaffin demurred at this suggestion
and said it would be a grave breach of
precedent and one not warranted by the
situation He then appointed as a com
mittee to wait on the chief justice Crow
Jenkins and Hull
On their return Crow moved that the
house now proceed to elect the officers
selected by the caucus by acclamation and
it was done This resulted in the selection
of Frank D Eager chief clerk U E Fos
ter first assistant A WBarnhart second
assistant L A Belcher
John C llammang doorkeeper It was
contended that until the enrolling and en
grossing clerks had been elected there
could be no perfect organization of the
house and this was admitted But no
names were selected at this session and the
house proceeded to elect Rev C C Mailey
of David City chaplain and Ralph E Par
sons postmaster
Speaker Gaffin was then authorized to
name all other ollicrrs and clerks of the
house
Speaker Gaffin at this point announced
that the chief justice was then in his room
and prepared to swear in all the new offi
cers A recess of ten minutes was taken
forthispurpose After returning to the
hall a motion to adjourn to 4 p m carried
The house got together again at 415 p
m and the following were elected clerks
Charles G Wallace Dawson County en
rolling clerk John L Cleaver Richard
son County engrossing clerk The house
was now declared duly organized A reso
lution was sent to the clerk by Clark of
Lancaster asking that the American Hag
be kept Hying from the state house and the
resolution was adopted
A committeee of three was appointed to
notify the senate that the house was now
organized and ready for business
Burkett moved that the committee on
supplies be named by the speaker This
was side tracked by a motion that the
house must proceeed to canvass the vote
and that until this was done no other
business could be transacted
After some further talking on the sub
ject the house adjourned uutil 10 a m
Thursday
Thursday
The senate had no particular reason for
assembling Thursday but a pro forma ses
sion seemed to be necessary All members
were present for the first time this session
Mr Muffley of Madison being the last to
take the oath A committee consisting of
Representatives Sheldon Rich and Clark
appeared at the bar of the senate and an
nounced that the house had been duly or
ganized and was ready for business The
most important work of the brief session
was the appointment of a committee of
seven senators to make up the list of stand
ing committees of the senate An unusual
feature of the forenoons deliberations
was the adoption of a resolution
having for its object a determination
to locate the senate property turned over
to the secretary of state at the end of tle
session two years ago A resolution wes
offered by Mr Sykes and went over under
the rules directing the secretary of the
senate to furnish the reporters of the daily
newspapers with tpyewritten copies of all
resolutions bill titles and needful station
ery for their use
The hour for the joint convention of the
two houses was fixed for 1 oclock and the
senate took a recess until that hour After
the joint convention to canvas the votes the
senate again convened and Lieut Gov
Harris was escorted to the chamber and
addressed the members at some length at
the conclusion of which adjournment was
taken
Speaker Gaffins gavel fell promptly at
10 oclock on Thursday At roll call
ninety four members of the house re
sponded to their names During this the
first reading of the house journal Secre
tary Schwind appeared on the floor and
announced that the senate was now per
manently organized and ready for busi
ness The first two days of the house ses
sion have been carried on the journal as
one day the house not having perfected
its organization until Wednesday after
noon
Jenkins of Jefferson moved that the
speaker be allowed a private clerk and
page and that the speaker appoint them
Wooster of Merrick moved that a commit
tee of three to act with a committee of two
from tiie senate be appointed to wait on the
governor and inform him that the
two houses were now ready to receive any
message he might be ready to communi
cate The motion prevailed Clark of
Lancaster moved that a committee of three
be appointed to canvass the vote for state
officers with a like committee from the
senate which prevailed The speaker an
nounced the following appointments En
rolling clerk Charjes Wallace of Dawson
engrossing clerk J L Kjefer of Richard
son second engrossing clerk Charles
F Yost of Buffalo third engross
ing clerk A J Webb of Douglass
head janitor Joy Aackler of Kcya Paha
second janitor W S Leiter of Seward
fourth janitor T Harrington of Douglass
assistant sergeant-at-arms James Xoe of
Dodge custodam of the house Albert
Berry of Wayne custodain of the cloak
room D Cosgrove Douglass timekeeper
E W Craue of Lincoln fireman II B
Schneringer of Custer night watch W
F Maddox of Hamilton custodian of the
water closet M McGee of Sarpy
Wooster from the committee to arrange
with the senate committee for an hour in
which to canvass the vote reported that the
conference had been held and the hour
fixed at 1 oclock p m in the hall of rep
resentatives The report of the committee
was adopted and the house adjourned until
1 p m
After the joint session a number of mo
tions and resolutions of very little import
ance were offered and adjournment was
taken to the following day
Friday
Lieutenant Governor Harris presided at
the brief session of the senate Friday morn
ing No attempt was made to transact
business beyond the adoption of a resolu
tion directing the secretary of state to fur
nish all supplies needed by the officers and
members of the senate upon requisition
Mr Fritz of Thurston moved that the sen
ate adjourn until Tuesday afternoon at 2
oclock His motion was amended by
Mulz of Keya Paha making the hour 10
oclock Monday forenoon The amend
ment was lost on a tie vote The original
motion was voted down Then the sen
ators agreed to a motion made by McGann
of Boone under which an adjournnjent
wastaken until Monday afternoon at 2
oclock
Ninety eight members responded to roll
call on Friday morning Clark of Richard
son was called to the chair by the speaker
and the house journal was read by First
Assistant Clerk Foster Hull of Harlan
moved that when the house ad journ the
time be fixed at 2 p m Monday This was
carried and Jones of Gage moved that the
house authorize the printing of 500 copies
of the governors message On this motion
a division was called for and the speaker
requested the clerk to call the roll The
result of the roll call showed 82 ayes 52
nays and the motion was lost Billings of
Cherry then moved that two copies of the
message be furnished each member of the
house but the motion failed of a second
Webb of Custer moved that a committee of
three be appointed to act with a like com
mittee from the seiiate on joint rules The
speaker said that he should appoint a com
mittee on rules but that the motion was
properly before the house and would be
acted upon The motion was carried
Speaker Gaffin announced the following
appointments selected by the caucus
Fourth assistant clerk G W Phillips
Platte County typewriter Miss Virginia
Phillips Douglas assistant postmaster
Laura M Lucas Douglas first bill clqrk
L D Marks Hall proofreader Mary Fair
brother Douglas assistant proofreader to
be named Monday enrolling and engross
ing clerks Edward Westering Clay Liz
zie Stevens Adams Katie Neville Otoe
Lena Bower Cuming Arthur Frantz
Saline copy holder Jesse Pflug Fillmore
assistant copyholder Anna Clegg Rich
ardson sixth janitor Li R Chaney Rich
ardson stenographer to be filled Monday
assistant nightwatchman Henry Taylor
Furnas secretary Ralph Clark type
writer chief clerk Sadie Striker
engrossing and enrolling clerks D
A Way of Douglas C Wilson of
Platte J M Whisinand of Thayer
D W Murray of Fillmore mail
carrier Daniel Burkhard Adams assistant
doorkeeper Charles Bivens Johnson as
sistant bill clerk H F Wasmund Sheri
dan assistant custodian of cloak room L
S Bruno Merrick janitor of the house
John Vandeberg Frontier pages Oscar
Phelps of Dundy Willie Smith of Richard
son Fred Schreninger of York James
Boyd of Hamilton W F Wright of
Lancaster was the choice of the caucus
for bookkeeper in the chief clerks office
subject to the appointment of the silver
democrats The following named persons
are the democratic caucus nominees for
pages and were appointed by the speaker
Willie Cunningham of Saline Louis Ed
wards of Richardson Willie Hensley of
Platte R Black of Hall and Harvey Gros
venor of Hamilton The house then ad
journed to meet at 2 p m Monday
LUMBER FOR A LUNCH
The Porcupine Enjoys Anything so
Lone as Its Salted
You wouldnt have to skirmish
around much to git feed enough to fat
ten a Hemlock Belt porcupine on say
in that jou wanted to fatten one said
an old Potter County Pennsylvania
woodsman Jest sprinkle salt over a
stick of cordwood or a sawlog for that
matter an hell eat up the whole busi
ness an enjoy it same as you would a
hunk o mince pie Why them critters
is so fond o salt that if you should salt
the four sides of your hunting shanty
from the ground to the roof theyd eat
it down over your head and not leave
a splinter to mark where it stood They
dont mind a man or twenty men if
theres a salt barrel or a barrel thats
had salt pork in it anywhere In camp
and theyll fight like littledevils to get
at it as long as one- of em is alive
Look at the time me and Bill Bent
was campin over at Tater creek in
Newcoms lumber shanty One night
we was woke up by somethin trampin
over us an I knowed in a minute it
was porcupines
Lay still Bill says I till they git
over for if you rise up theyll make
a pincushion out o you
So we laid still till moren twenty
porcupines had walked over us They
came from all directions and got in
the shanty through some big cracks
on the sides
Its that old pork barrel in the cor
ner that theyre after says I but as
we didnt care to have the tarned quill
drivers foolin round there all night
we went at em with our axes and fit
em till we killed every one Next day
we battened up all the cracks in the
shanty Another drove o porcupines
come along next night and findin no
place to get in begun to chaw their
way in Bill got up an was fur mow
in em all down agin but I told him
to let em alone
Lets jest see what theyll do any
how says I
I wouldnt dast tell you how short a
time it took fer them salt crazy por
cupines to chaw holes in that shanty
big enough to let em in but if you
should guess ten minutes youd be too
high They come a ruttlin in an I
poked up the fire sos we could see
what they was goin to do They didnt
pay no more attention to me an Bill
than If we hadnt been there but
scrambled over to the corner where the
empty pork barrel was an sot to work
at it In less than an hour they had
eat the barrel up staves hoops an
all an then turned to an chawed up a
couple o boards near the barl a lot
o brine bavin been spilled on em some
time Then the drove scampered out
o the shanty same as they came in ex
cept that they took with em a tolable
good sized load o lumber they had
lunched on
Augusta Chronicle Georgia can
raise better hogs and cattle than the
West better turnips than Nova Scotia
and at least equals Maryland in terra
pin and oysters Her fish supply is
superb along the coast and in the wa
ter courses of the inland Experts
say that she has a gold belt superior
to that of the Pacific States Her pos
sum and taters cannot be surpassed
Her peaches do not challenge those of
California or Delaware but easily
take first rank and if her Indian peach
were revived there would be no kind
of comparison Texas raises more cot
ton but Texas is nowhere in manu
facture of the fabric in rivalry with
Georgia We regret to say that Geor
gia is delinquent in
one thing she ap
parently prefers to patronize products
away from home when her own home
industries are just as good and can be
had at better rates
Queen Anne of England wassored
faced from her love of brandy that her
not too respectful subjects called her
Brandy Nan
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BACK AT WASHINGTON
CONGRESS AGAIN RESUMES ITS
LABORS
Senate Joins with the House in Op
posing Death Penalty for Certain
Criniea Uouae Is Interested in the
Loud Postal Bill
The Rontine Work
After its two weeks recess Congress
has again assembled
The Senate Tuesday passed the House
bill abolishing the death penalty in a
large number of cases The measure is
in the line of recent State laws abolishing
capital punishment and applies tho same
principle to offenses although
the change is not extended to a total
abolition of the death penalty
The House entered upon its work im
mediately after reassembling Tuesday by
taking up the Loud bill to amend the laws
relating to second class mail matter The
whole day was devoted to general debate
on the measure under a special order
Mr Loud Cal the author of the bill
was its champion on the floor and Mr
Quigg N Y had charge of the opposi
tion
In the Senate Wednesday Cuba was
the subject of a speech by Mr Call The
House bill was passed to provide for the
appointment by brevet of active or re
tired officers of the United States army
The bill providing free homesteads for
bona fide settlers on public lands ac
quired from the Indians was taken up
and debated at length The joint reso
lution requesting the British Government
to pardon Mrs Florence Maybrick was
indefinitely postponed The Loud bill
to amend the law relating to second
class mail matter was passed by the
House after two days of debate The
most important provision of the bill de
nies the serial publications admission to
the mails at 1 cent per pound rates
The Pacific Railroad funding bill came
up Thursday in the House under a special
order which allows two days for general
debate and one day for amendments and
debate under the five minute rule A
huge map of the roads with their feed
ers was hung up There were only
four speakers Mr Powers of Vermont
the chairman of the Pacific Railroad
Committee who opened with an exhaust
ive two hour argument in support of the
bill Mr Hubbard of Missorui the minor
ity member of the committee who has
charge of the opposition and Messrs
Grow of Pennsylvania and Bell of Tex
as who spoke respectively for and
against the measure The Senate had a
long and busy session passing a number
of billa on the calendar including sev
eral amendments to the law of navigation
and also the bill authorizing the Presi
dent to reappoint to the navy Commander
Quackenbush whose case has occasioned
much controversy The Senate adjourned
until Monday
OPPOSE FRKE LANDS
Government Should Not Buy Farms
to Give Away
A minority of the Senate Committee
on Indian Affairs is decidedly opposed to
free lands for settlers The report op
poses the bill on the general grounds of
the vast expense its adoption wouiaen
tail upon the government Commencing
with the year 1889 the government has
purchased 33252540 acres of land from
the Indians agreeing to pay 25261937
for it besides 3000000 set apart as a
trust fund for the benefit of the Indians
of the Great Sioux reservation If
says the report all the land already
opened to settlement upon Indian reser
vations heretofore ceded shall be taken
up the sum to be paid therefor bj
settlers will be 3535300G8G This bill
proposes to release the settlers from the
payment of this sum
The report calls attention to the fact
that it was provided in the acts bearing
upon those settlements with the different
tribes of Indians that settlers should pay
sufficient for the lands to reimburse the
government for the money paid the In
dians Several million acres of land are
embraced in these pending agreements
The bill as it passed the House applied
only to lands in Oklahoma but by the
amendments made by the Senate com
mittee the provisions of the bill are ex-
tended to all ceded Indian lands the
amount being more than three times that
contemplated in the bill as it passed the
House All the lands on the Indian res
ervation thus opened for settlement have
been paid for by the government before
the opening of the same except in the
case of the Cherokee outlet where pay
ment was to be made in installments and
the sum of 49SO000 still remains un
paid and in the case of the Great Sioux
Chippewa and Colville reservations
where the Indians are to be paid as the
government shall receive money from the
settlers upon disposal of the lands
Another amendment proposed to the
bill in effect requires that the government
shall upon releasing the settlers from
payment of their obligations pay the In
dians for these lands the sum per acre
which by law is now to be paid by the
settlers If says the report this
amendment shall be adopted and the bill
pass the government would be called
upon to pay in the future including the
amount not yet due in the Cherokee out
let purchase a sum approximating 15
000000
The report calls attention to the fact
that negotiations are in progress for the
acquisition of other Indian lands which
are being conducted upon the policy that
the government -shall be reimbursed for
its outlays
Telegraphic Brevities
Vivian St Martin the famous geog
rapher is dead at Paris
Willie Maud Hall and an infant sons
and daughters of Jesse Goodman were
killed outright in a train wreck at Moor
inghouse La
The Cardinal Archbishop Sanfeliel of
Naples is dead He was born in 1S34
and was created a cardinal at the consis
tory of March 24 18S4
Grace Vaughn the actress at present
with A Bunch of Keys company has
filed a suit for divorce in Chicago against
Andrew Rawsou Jennings son of the
Cleveland Standard Oil magnate The
charges contained in the complaint are
sensational Jh
Ouray and San Miguel Counties Color
ado are on the verge of a miners strike
that may surpass the one now in progress
in Leadville The cause is the importa
tion of non union miners from Missouri
into the Virginius mine and- Revenue tun
nel situated about nine miles west of
Ouray
CHARLES H BELL
The Busy Chairman of the McRlnlcy
Inauciiration Committee
Charles H Bell the chairman of the
General Mclvinley Inauguration Commit
tee is not so well known in political as
he is in financial circles His name sug
gests the telephone and appropriately for
Chairman Bell is a cousin of Alexander
Graham Bell the inventor Charles H
Bell was in fact the man who organized
the telephone service in England and
opened all the exchanges in that country
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fcflAKXES II BELL
His father David Charles Bell now of
Georgetown was once professor of
I tt I llf AnntllMA TlllLl TTninnHHliM TO- a
1131 1 lUCiaiUlU III J UU11U U11IVC1311 JLUtt
chairman of the Inauguration Committee
was educated in the Irish capital and in
1873 immigrated to Canada and studied
banking with the Imperial Bank at To
ronto It was in 1S80 that he went
abroad in the telephone interest and hav
ing safely launched the big enterprise in
England he returned to the United
States to engage iu the banking business
At present Mr Bell is the president of
the American Security Trust Company
He is one of the leading citizens of Wash
ington and it is in this capacity that he
is connected with the management of th
inauguration of the new President
Reckless Banking Methods
It appears that the Illinois National
Bank was carrying too many sons-in-law
New York Press
The officials of Chicagos wrecked bank
were daring financiers when it came to
risking other peoples money Washing
ton Post
It is bad banking that has wrecked the
National Bank of Illinois No bank has
resources enough to hold out against the
consequences of recklessness in making
loans Portland Oregonian
It appears that the directors of the Illi
nois National Bank of Chicago did not
know anything about the business of the
bank except what the officers chose to tell
them Louisville Commercial i
The managers of the Chicago bank ap
pear to have been governed by the morals
of the highwayman They used and
abused the bank to further schemes of
spoliation Memphis Commercial Appeal
It is now in evidence that the directors
of the National Bank of Illinois succeed
ed for some time in covering up the un
safe nature of a portion of their loans
from the scrutiny of the examiner
Rocky Mountain News
The further investigation in the matter
of the failure of the National Bank of Illi
nois is pushed the more it becomes evi
dent that the institution was managed
by officials who are little if any better
than common thieves Peoria Journal
Unhappily some of the Illinois Nation
als irregularities seem to have evaded
the bank examiner at the time of his in
spection of its accounts which raises a
suspicion that bank examinations do not
always examine St Louis Globe-Democrat
The history of how the National Bank
of Illinois in Chicago was wrecked as
narrated by a friend of Vice President
Hammond recalls the days when the
black flag with its skull and crossbones
was floating free in the winds of the
Spanish main New York Journal
For twenty years hardly one bank has
disastrously failed without flagrant and
long continued misconduct on the part of
its officers which even a tolerably honest
and alert supervision would have discov
ered and arrested in time to avert the
catastrophe New York World
National banks are bound by every rule
of honesty and good faith to observe the
restrictions which keep them within the
limits of safety Any tale of selfish move
ments of street railway monopolies as a
justification for going over these bound
is entirely beside the mark Pittsburg
Dispatch
Tronblea in Spain
Twenty thousand more Spanish troops
are to be sent to Suba Spain must have
been very thickly populated once Cleve
land Leader
That Spanish crisis that has been ex
pected for several days must be held
somewhere for unpaid postage Detroit
Free Press
Spain might learn something to its ad
vantage if it would ask Lord Salisbury
how he gets along with Uncle Sam
Syracuse Post
It is true that Mr Weyler has been ex
pensive But Spain cannot complain that
he has not given her a great many victo
ries for her money Washington Star
Gen Weyler has gone to the front with
a good descriptive writer and a telegraph
operator and we may expect to have the
battles of our war of secession served
over in embroidered Spanish Memphis
Commercial Appeal
Told in a Few Uines
Commander J C Morong has ben
ordered to the Mare Island navy yard as
senior member of the inspection board
The Standard Cordage Company at
Boston started up aft a shut down of
nearly three years This will give em
ployment to 40 imnds
The shipment of grain from Baltimore
toTforeign ports during the month of De
cember were by far the largest in the his
tory of that port seventy six steamers
clearing carrying full or part cargoes of
grain
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE W
Governor Silas A Holcomb
Lieutenant Governor James K Harris
Secretary of Stato w F Porter
Treasurer INMeserve
Auditor John F Cornell
Com Laiulsand Hulhlingi Jacob V Wolfe
Attorney leneral ConstantlneJ Smvth
Supt Public Instruction W K Jackson
f i A Haillev Scoiia
I O W KaleymKed Cloud
Regents University - J Shos Kawllns Wakefld
Chas Weston Hay 8p
III LUooIri Oraialbi
IC II Morrill Lincoln
COITCKKSSIONAL
Senators Win V Allen Madison John M
Thurston Omaha
Representatives First Dlsti let JessoU Strode
Lincoln Second D H Meiccr Omaha Third
Goo I Meiklejohn Fiillerton Fourth E J Hai
nr Aurora Fifth Win K Andrews Hastings
Sith O M Jvcm Broken How
JUDICIAL
Supreme Court T I Xorval Chief Justice
Harrison and Polk associates
nVtt fvui District M p Klnkald
O ill W H Westover Kuslivilfe
LEGISLATIVE
representative Fifty second District OP
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Senator Fourteenth District Otto Mutz
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LAND OFFICE
Register C R Glover Longpine Receiver J
A I ike Newport
COUNTY
Treasurer o P Crabb
Jjerk Geo Elliott
Sheriff Amos Strong
Judge w 11 Towne
County Attorney F M Walcott
County Superintendent Lillian Stoner
Surveyor chas Talt
Coroner a Lewis
Max vlertel
Commissioners - W AFaiker
i P Sullivan
PRECINCT
Overseers o Highways R nansen and J Ra
Constable R Towne
Justices of the Peace John Dunn and J M
Canim
Assessor John Dunn
VILLAGE
Town Board E Sparks proslflent C H Cor
nell treasurer T C Hornby clerk D 3 Ludwl
and PF Simons
Marshal and Water Commissioner Henry
Razey
A01Dstrct 0 1 F M Walcott president
M V Nicholson treasurer J C Pettijohn secre
tary W S Jackson G P Crabb and J T Kealey
SOCIETIES
Imp O RSM
Sitting Bull Tribe No 22 Improved Order of
Red Men meets every second and fourth Friday
evening of each month at Davenports Half
Visiting brethren are fraternally Invited to be
present at the councils of the tribe
J H Skaks F M Makch
Chief of Records Sachem
A P A M
Minnekadusa Lodge No 192 A F A M
meets In regular communication Saturday even
ing en or before the full moon In each month
members of the order in good and regular stand
ing cordially and fraternally Invited to attend
J T KzblIt W M
W W Thompson Secy
O E S
Northern Star Chapter No 59 Order of tke
Eastern Star meets ou second and fourth Tues-
day evenings of each month In Hornby hall
W W THOMPSON Magoie WUflft
Secretary Worthy Matt on
A O TJ TV
Valentine Lodge No 70 A O U Wt meets
on l st and 3rd Mondays of each month
J C Pettijohn Rec O W Hahjt M W
D OF H
Valentine Lodge No Degree of Honor
holds regular meetings first and third Wednes
day evenings of each month
M Christensen Mrs J C Pkttijobn
Recorder Chief of Honor
I 67o F
Valentine Lodge No 205 I O O F meets
every Thursday evening Visiting brothers cord
tally nvited toatteud our meetings
D H Thurston Frank Beatton
Secretary Noble Grand
G A E
Col Wood Pest No 208 Department of Ne
braska regular meeting 2d and 4th Saturdays of
each month at 2 d m sharp Comrads from
other Posts are cordially Invited to attend
J W TccrcKit Joir Dukx
Adjutant Commander
MlvT A
Valentine Camp No 1751 Modern Woodmen of
America meets second and fourth Wednesday
evenings of each month ut Davenports Hall
Visiting neighbors cordially invited to attend
W S Jackson W E Hat
Clerk Venerable Counsel
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Cherry Lodge No 169 Knights of Pythias meets
every Tuesday evening atDavenpwts Hall
WSJACKBON EPSPBKRJS
K of It and S Chancellor Commander
Arrival and Departure or Malls
Mall east and west closes at 8 p m
Rosebud leaves at 800 a m dally except Sun
day and arrives at 5C0 p m
Simeon Kennedy and Oasis leaves
at 700 a m Mondays Wednesdays and Fri
days and arrives at 700 p m Tuesdays Thurs
days and Saturdays
Ft Niobrara leaves daily at7 00 a m and
500 p m arrives at 930a msmd 730 pm
Kewanee and Sparks arrives Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays at 500 pm and
leavs Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays af
7a a m
General delivery open from760 a m to 700
p m General delivery open on Sundays from
8 to 10 a m Lock boxes opendaily form tf a
i to 800 p ra
W EHALEY Postmaster
PRQFESSIOHAL AND BUSINESS CARDS
JD CLARKE
Attorney-at-Law
Allklnds of legal business promptly attended to
Valentine Nebraska
J C DWYER
Physician and Surgeon
Omce at C R Watsons Drug Store PrompS
attention given to all professional calls
Valentine - Nebraska
Teachers Examination
The regular monthly Teachers
Examination will be held the
third Saturday of each month
at my office in the Court House
LILLIAN STONER
Supt of Schools
PFSIMONS
PROPRITOR OF
DRAY LINE NO
Satisfaction guaranteed
Seasonable charges
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