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\ i VOLUME XI ? . VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , MARCH 80 , 1899. NUMBER 10.
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OCCURRENCES THEREIN
FOR A WEEK.
FATAL MEMPHIS FERE
BOARDING HOUSE BLAZE RE
SULTS IN FOUR DEATHS.
The Business Outlook as Reported
by 11. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile
Agency Failures Show Marked
Decrease Other Items.
Hoarding House Fire.
In a fuc which broke out in the boarding
'house of a Mrs. Nolan , at Memphis , Tenn. ,
March 25 , four people lost their lives and
several were seriously injured.
The dead are :
MRS CIIAPIX , a widow.
ROY CIIAPIN , her son , aged 10.
CHESTER CHAPIX , aged 4.
SMITH.
The origin of the fire is not , known. It
was the second fire in the same building
during the night , and it is thought the
earlier blaze was not entirely extinguished
An unknown woman is missing and it is
feared she has perished in the llames. Th6
fire was a remarkably rapid one , and had
made considerable headway-by the time
the firemen arrived on the scene.
THE WEEK IN TRADE.
The Business World as SeenbyDuii
& Co.'ri Review.
K. G. Dun & Co's Weekly Review of
Trade says : Business is not frightened ,
either by the great capitalization of new
companies or tLe wild fluctuations in Wall
Street. Xo matter how stock operations
in Xew York may count , business else
where is large enough to warrant a won
derful expansion of industries , and that is
the thing most important to observe. In
no considerable branch has production
diminished , but in practically all it has
been increasing during the past week.
Wool is at the doubting point , with large
sales expected from the interior by tired
holders , and some concessions made to se
cure transactions in Philadelphia and
Boston , though quota'ions show only
moderate decline , and sales at the three
chief markets are almost as large as in
1892. Manufacturers make many inquir
ies , but the prospect of combination is
potent to hinder transactions. The goods
are in better demand than a year ago , but
110 large class of mills can claim to be
fully employed. The demand for
cotton goods is still strong , but this week
has not materially advanced prices.
The wheat market is just now somewhat
stronger , western receipts for the
week Icing 3,359OCO bushels , against
2,557,665 last year. Failures for the week
have been 200 in the United States , against
251 last year.
KID M'COY WINS ON POINTS.
Choynski Stays with Him Twenty
Rounds , hut was Outclassed.
With a superiority in cleverness , quick
ness and ring generalship , which was ap
parent from the first round , "Kid McCoy"
was very properly awarded the decision
over Joe Choynski at the end of the
twentieth round before the National Ath
letic Club in San Francisco March 23. It
was a very pretty fight , but it was almost
entirely in favor of the younger man. Mc
Coy AVOU and won easily. He had the fight
in his hands , and at any one of half a dozen
palpable opportunities he could have ad
ministered a decisive and knockout blow.
But he failed to follow up his advantage ,
and Choynski was declared lucky to be
able to stay the twenty rounds.
SHERMAN SAFELY MOVED.
Sick Statesman Transferred from
the Paris to the Chicago.
" John Sherman was safely moved from
the steamer Paris to quarters prepared for
him on board the cruiser Chicago at Santi
ago Friday. Sherman was carried on a
stretcher and laid on one of the boats of
the Paris while it was fast to the davits.
The boat was then lowered into the water
and taken in tow by a steam launch. Um
brellas were placed over the sick man to
prevent the sun overheating him. Sher
man was hoisted on board the Chicago in
the same manner. He was accompanied
by F. B. Wiborg , Dr. Magee and a nurse.
The start for the States was made at once.
INSURGENTS BEATEN.
York World Reports a Sweep
ing Victory for Americans.
The World printed the following Manila
cable on Saturday morning under date ol
March 24 :
"A sweeping victory over Aguinaldo's
forces has just been won by the United
States troops.
"The total American loss is estimated at
about one hundred including both the
killed and wounded.
"The Filipino loss is between three and
four hundred. "
Reunion of Rough Riders.
Arrangements are being made for a rt-
uuion to be held at Guthrie , Oklahoma , n
June next of the Rough Riders who it
in the battles about Santiago. A letter has
been received from Gov. Roosevelt of Xew
York , accepting an invitation to attend.
Famous Cocoa Maker Dead.
. The death is announced at Jerusalem of
-
" Richard Cadbury , head of the great cocoa
manufacturing firm of Cadbury Bros.
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ARKANSAS IDEA OF JUSTICE
Seven Negroes Xiynclicd Because One
Killed ri AVhite Man.
The wildest excitement prevails among
the negroes of Little River County , Ark. ,
and seven negro men have been .lynched ,
by the citizens of that section. The affair
grew out of the lynching of a negro named
General Duckett , near Richmond , in that
county , on March 21 last. On March 18 a
prominent planter named James Stockton
was murdered at his home near Rocky
Comfort by Duckett. The negro
escaped at the time ljut was captured ,
taken to the place where he had killed
Stockton , and after making a confession he
was lynched. After the lynching "it was
learned that Duckett had frequently tried
to get the negroes in the county to join
him in a race war against the whites. A
few hours after he had killed Stockton he
passed several negroes at a farm house and
told them he had killed one white man ,
and if they would follow him he would
kill more. It is now believed that the
negroes had banded for a race war.
Among those who have fallen victims to
the wrath of the whites are Edward Good
win , Dan King , Joe Jones , Ben Jones ,
Moses Jones and still another whose name
could not be obtained. The last three
named were brothers , were intimate with
the assassin of Stockton , and ityvas dis
covered that they were leading a scheme to
avenge their comrade's death. The as
sault was provoked by the unearth
ing of plots that the followers of
General Duckett had concocted , and when
the revelation was made , the citizens
began their search for the principals.l
All of the victims that have fallen before
the whites were pursued singly over the
country , and met their fate at different
times and in different localities.
TELLS OF AWFUL CRIME.
John Moore , Who Killed His Five
Babes , -Makes Signed Confession.
John Moore , the Hutchison , Kan. , mur
derer , on Thursday made a signed state
ment of his horrible crime at McPherson.
Moore murdered his five children with a
hatchet and a knife , then burned the house
over their heads , lie and his wife had
quarreled , and he claims they were about
to separate. In the statement Moore says :
"I had been feeling pretty bad for the
past two or three days. The children were
all in bed and asleep. I turned the lamp
down and went to bed. I then had one of
my worst spells and my head hurt me
awfully , and everything seemed floating
before me , and the next thing that I re
member after this was in trying to get out
of the house. I have a recollection of going
through a struggle like a dream that I half
remember. All the recoiled ion I have
about this is that I would rather see my
children dead than to leave them in the
hands of my wife's people. It was like a
dream to me that I did something to the
children , but I do not recollect using the
knife or hatchet. I loved my children and
I lived for them/ '
them"t
MAY FREE THE YOUNGERS.
Prospects of Their Getting Out of
Prison Are Bright.
The prospects of the Younger boys being
released from the Minnesota State Prison
are much brighter. The bill which permits
the parole of life prisoners after twenty
years' imprisonment , with uninterrupted
good behavior , was on March 22 defeated
in the Senate , but Thursday Senator Wil
son had the bill reconsidered , and after an
amendment was adopted requiring the ap
proval of the board of pardons of such
paroles , and by the board of prison man
agers , the bill was passed by a vote of 48 to
5. The board of pardons has heretofore
strongly opposed a pardon for the
Youngers. but their friends hope fora
more favorable disposition towards a pro
posal to parole the prisoners.
ASSEMBLY TO DISSOLVE.
Way Will Soon Be-Clear for Adjust
ment of Cuban Affairs.
Advices from Cuba to Delegate Quesada
in "Washington regarded as trustworthy ,
are to the effect that the Cuban assembly
will dissolve in a few days. This in his
judgment , will clear the way for a pacific
adjustment of affairs in Cuba.
Populist Tries Bribery.
J. C. "Wailes , Populist member of the
Territorial Assembly , has been placed
under arrest at Guthrie , Oklahoma , as a
result of the Grand Jury's investigation oJ
the Territorial Legislature. lie is accused
of having offered $75 to Senator Frank C.
Hutlo , chairman of the special committee
on revision of the Senate calendar , to ad
vance two bills in which he was interested
from Committee of the Whole to third
reading.
To Advance Wages of 5OOO.
The engineers of the Jones & Laughlin
Steel Company's mills at Pittsburg , Pa. ,
have been notified that their wages would
be advanced 10 per cent. April 16. A rep
resentative of the firm is responsible for the
statement that on that date there will be a
general advance in all departments , affect
ing fully 5,000 men.
Arms to Be Returned.
The ordnance bureau of the War De
partment has sent a circular to the Gov
ernor of each state in the union stating that
the arms and ordnance stores furnished the
volunteees during the Spanish war will be
returned to the state in kind.
Shayne Will Recover.
John T. Shayne , the millionaire furrier
and prominent Democratic politician of
Chicago , who was shot and seriously
wounded by Harry II. Hammond , is re-
ported as having good prospects for re
covery.
ASKFO TO LAY DOWN ARMS.
American Commission Issues an Ad
dress to the Filipinos.
A Manila dispatch says : The address
drafted by the American commission eni-
3odyingthe views of the President has
been made public. It'assures the Filipinos
that the intention of'the Americans is to
develop the powers of self government in
the people. It explains that the United
States has assumed international ob-
igations which it must fulfill.
The commission , it is explained , is to in
terpret the purposes and intentions of the
President towards the -natives and suggest
the establishment of a government suited
to the capacity and requirements of the
Filipinos and which will be consistent with
the interests of the United States. The
protection of the United States will not be
exercised in any spirit of tyrany or ven
geance , but , having destroyed the Spanish
power and accepted sovereignty of the
islands , the United States is bound to re
store peace in the Philippines. To this end
all the insurgents are invited to lay down
their arms. A majority of the commis
sioners are inclined toward giving the Filipinos
pines a sort of tribal or provincial local au
tonomy under a central government , which
will be military until a purely civil sys
tem has proved feasible.
ENTOMBED THIRTEEN DAYS.
Big Water Pipe Saves the Iiives of
Two Colorado Miners.
The two mine pumpers , Charles Reuss
and Burt Frey , who were imprisoned in
the Bon Air mine near Leadville , Colo. ,
about two weeks ago , were rescued Thurs
day. They show little effects of their ex
perience. They were on the 430-foot level
when a cavern near the top of the shaft cut
them off from the outer world. Fortunately -
nately , the big water pipe was not broken
by the cavein , and by blowing a hole in it
with dynamite the men were enabled to
communicate with their friends , who kept
them supplied with food while a new shaft
over 200 feet deep was sunk. The cost of
rescuing the men has been over $3,000.
POWDER MILLS BLOWN UP.
Two Men Killed and One Fatally
Hurt by a Series of Explosions.
Two men were killed Wednesday after
noon by an explosion in the Dupont
powder mills at Carney Point , X. J. The
killed are :
ISAAC LAYTOX.
CHARLES FORD.
Fatally injured :
Frank Magill.
There were five mills all blown to pieces.
The first explosion occurred in the gun
cotton room , and was followed rapidly in
succession by four others.
CAMBON TO ACT FOR SPAIN.
Frenchman to Represent Dons at
Exchange of Peace Ratifications.
The Queen Regent of Spain has signed
the decree giving Jules Cambon , French
ambassador at Washington , full power to
represent Spain at the exchange of ratifica
tions of the treaty of peace with the United
States.
Four Victims of Wood Alcohol.
James H. Dildine , a tramp , is dead at
Princeton , Ky. He had been with a party
of twenty or more tramps at Paducah , who
had obtained wood alcohol , and his is the
fourth death of the party. One is unknown.
The other two were Joseph Corn of St.
Louis and W. D. Morrison of Baltimore.
A $75OOO Stallion Killed.
The famous thoroughbred stallion Han
over was put to death by chloroform at
Lexington , Ky. , Thursday. Gangrene in
the foot made his death necessary ,
Seventy-five thousand dollars had been re
fused for him. He was the sire of a num
ber of famous racers.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Chicago Cattle , common to prime
$3.00 to $ G.OO ; hogs , shipping grades ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , fair t choice , $3.00
to $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 red , G9c to 70c ;
corn , No. 2 , 35c to 3Gc ; oats , No. 2 , 2Gc
to 27c ; rye , No. 2 , 52c to 54c ; butter ,
choice creamery , 20c to 21c ; eggs , fresh ,
lie to 13c ; potatoes , choice , GOc to G5c
per bushel.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to
$5.75 ; hogs , choice light , $2.75 to $4.00 ;
sheep , common to choice , $2.50 to $4.50 ;
wheat , No. 2 red , G7c to GOc ; corn , No. 2
white , 34c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 white , Sic
to 32c.
St. Louis Cattle , $3.50 to $6.00 ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to $4.75 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 70c to 73c ; corn , No. 2
yellow , 33c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 , 27c to 29c ;
rye , No. 2 , 55c to 57c.
Cincinnati Cattle , $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $4.25 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.50 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 71c to 73c ; corn , No. 2
mixed , 37c to 38c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 28c
to 29c ; rye , No. 2 , 58c to GOc.
Detroit Cattle , $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.50 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 71c to 72c ; corn , No. 2
yellow , 34c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 white , 31c
to 33c ; rye , 5Gc to 58c.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 72c to
73c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 34c to 36c ; oats ,
No. 2 white , 27c to 28c ; rye , No. 2 , 54c
to 5Gc ; clover seed , new , $3.45 to $3.55.
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 spring , 67c
to GSc ; corn , No. 3 , 31c to 33c ; oats , No.
2 white , 29c to 31c ; rye , No. 1 , 55c to 56c ;
barley , No. 2 , 4Gc to 47c ; pork , mess ,
$8.75 to $9.25.
Buffalo Cattle , good shipping steers ,
$3.00 to $5.75 ; hogs , common to choice ,
$3.25 to $4.25 ; sheep , fair to choice weth
ers , $3.50 to $5.00 ; lambs , common to
extra , $4.50 to $6.50.
New York Cattle , $3.25 to $5.75 ; hogs
$3.00 to $4.50 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.50
wheat , No. 2 red , 81c to 82c ; corn , No
2 , 43c to 45c ; oats , No. 2 white , 35c to
38c ; butter , creamery , 15 ? to 23c ; eggs
"Western. 14c to 15c.
STATE OE NEBRASKA
Frank M. . Dorsey , Former Ponea
Banker , Sentenced to Six Years in
Sioux Falls Penitentiary Case Ap
pealed to a Higher Court.
Dorsey Gets Six Years.
Judge Garland of South Dakota , acting
for Judge Hunger at Lincoln , on
March 21 , sentenced Frank M. Dorsey to
six years in the penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
Dorsey's counsel has appealed the case
to ( the Court of Appeals at St. Louis and
the defendant's bond has been fixed at $10-
000.
000.It Oiti is almost five years since the First Na
tional Bank of Ponca failed , which failure
resulted in the indictment of three of its
officers George W. E. Dorsey , president ;
Cashier Higgings and F. M. Dorsey , form
erly cashier and acting manager of the
bank. The president and cashier both
were tried , and both were acquitted. F.
M. Dorsey was tried once before at LinC
coin , but the jury failed to agree , and
therefore , as the Government was anxious
tlt
tlJ < press the case , it came up again before
Judge John E. Garland of the South Da
kota ' District , in the Federal Court in
Omaha. This time the jury has found Mr.
Dorsey guilty on all the thirteen counts as
charged.
The crime with which Mr. Dorsey was
convicted and now has received sentence
was fraudulent banking as set out in thir
teen different counts in the indictments
against him. He was chiefly charged with
having made false entries in the books ,
false statements to the Comptroller of the
Currency and with placing in the bank
paper signed by worthless persons and
which he knew to be worthless , but repre
senting them to be good. This last con
stituted the abstraction of moneys of the
bank and converting them to his own use.
In case his appeal should be dismissed ,
only the clemency of the President of the
United States may be thought of now for
Dorsey by those friends who have been
steadfast and true to him through all his
years of trouble , following his years of
affluence , when he was the most prominent
figure in a small town. It has been said
that every effort will be made to induce
President McKinley to consider the cuov ,
and it is hoped by Dorsey's friends that
the President either will pardon Dorsey or
commute the sentence to a short term of
imprisonment.
JESSE TOOMAN GUILTY.
Bloomingtou Jury Fixes His Penalty
at Life Imprisonment.
The jury in the case of Jesse Tooman ,
charged with the murder of J. P. Keitch-
baum on Dec. 2 last , returned a verdict at
Bloomington of guilty of murder in the
first degree , and fixed the penalty at life
imprisonment. The jury in the case of W.l
S. Cole , accused of being an accomplice ,
tried just previously , failed to agree.
Keichbaum was killed and buried in
a hog pen , the two men taking posses
sion of his property and recording a bill of
sale which was proven to be a forgery.
They accounted for Keitchbaum's absence
by saying that he had gone south for his
health. When arrested the two men were
living in Keitchbaum's house , but they had
disposed of most of his personal property.
A brother of the murdered man from Bur
lington , Iowa , was largely instrumental in
developing the facts of the killing.
INDIAN AGENT UNDER ARREST
Charge With Detaining a .Winne-
bago Without Warrant.
Howell Morgan , chief clerk at the Win-
nebago Agency , and acting agent in the
absence of Agent C. P. Mathewson , has
been arrested for arresting and detaining
for one clay without a warrant Henry Holt ,
a Winnebago Indian. Holt is said to have
made an assault on Morgan because the
latter had refused to give permission to
Henry Fench , Albert Hensley , and Henry
Holt to visit Washington , and Morgan at
once directed the police to arrest Holt and
detain him until a warrant could be ob
tained from United States Commissioner
T. L. Sloan of Pender. Mr. Morgan was
given a preliminary hearing before the
county judge , J. M. Curry , who held Mor
gan to the District Court of Thurston
County at its next term under a $300 bond.
Regimental Band Mustered In.
Adjutant General P. II. Barry has
mustered in the Second Regiment Band at
Hastings , twenty-one members answered
to roll call and were duly sworn in. As
soon as the military ceremony was finished
Gen. Barry spoke at length to the members
of the band and complimented their work
most highly. He said : ' -The part
band took in the late war was a noble -/ne ,
a credit not only to the city from which it
came , the state it represented at Chickamauga -
mauga Park , but to the nation at large. "
Smallpox at Platte Center.
A case of genuine smallpox has de
veloped in Platte Center. A woman and
her son went to Cheyenne , Wyo. , to see a
second son , who was returning from
Manila. The soldier was found to be sick
with smallpox. On the return to Platte
Center the other son immediately was at
tacked with the disease. The house is
quarantined and every precaution is teing
used to prevent the spread of the malady.
Farmers Will Use Telephones.
The Plattsmouth Telephone Company
has just received 100 feet of new cable and
two new switchboards. Within a few
weeks the company will commence extend
ing the line until each town in the county
has been reached. Many farmers , it is
said , along the line and within a few miles
of it have made arrangements to have
'phones placed in their residences.
Measles at Osmond.
Over twenty-five cases of measles are
being doctored at Osmond , Two cases
have already proved fatal.
Admitted to Practice.
Sylvester O. Campbell of Madison has
been admitted to .practice before the In
terior Department.
PLANT TREES ON THE PLAINS
Governor Anounces Arbor Day and
Advises Concerning It.
Gov. Poynter proclaimed Saturday , April
22,1899 , as Arbor Day. In part the Gov
ernor says : UI would most earnestly
call upon all our people to give it
special observance this year. Let each
school boy plant at least one tree ,
which may be a shade for his noontime of
life. Let every young man plant a tree
which may be a comfort in after years.
Let every man of middle life plant a tree ,
which may grow into a monument of his
foresight when his other work shall have
been forgotten. Let all our people give up
the day to tree planting. Plant shade
trees. Plant ornamental trees. Plant
fruit trees. Beautify the plains with trees.
Lay aside the cares of every day business
and engage in a work which shall render
our already beautiful State more beautiful
and more desirable. "
Lawyers Arrested Tor Embezzlement
A. and C. Wilson , who for the last year
have been engaged in the practice of law
at Johnson and at Hebron , have been ar
rested in the latter town. ; They are charged
with the embezzlement of several hundred
dollars , Mrs. Hickey and her son being the
complaining ( witnesses. Defendants were
held to the D'strict Court , their bonds be
ing fixed at $700 each.
Prairie Fire.
A prairie fire did considerable damage
near May wood last week , tall grass , which
is now dry , giving it a full sweep. Many
stacks of unthreshed grain and hundreds
of tons of hay were burned. Small farm
ers , it is feared , may be burned out. Mayweed -
wood , which is poorly protected , was only
saved by everyone turning out and beating
back the flames.
Real Estate in Demand.
The last year has been an active one in
Dixon County real estate. One dealer has
sold 2,000 acres alone. This item is only
one of the many sales in that county. The
prices for land range from $15 to10 per
acre.
Rules on Bartley Bond Case.
The Supreme Court has overruled the
motion for a rehearing in the Bartley bond
case and the case will have to be retried by
the District Couit of Douglas County.
Xebraska Short Notes.
The city of Hastings is again infested
with burglars.
Bloomfield is agitating the question of
building a town hall.
Xiobrara has organized a militia com
pany with 100 enrolled.
Kelby Richardson of Plymouth shot his
thumb off while cleaning his gun.
It is the intention to have the Ogalalla
creamery in operation by April 1.
Complaint is made at Burchard that there
is too much petty thieving going on.
Mrs. J. H. Reigel was killed in a run
away accident at Wahoo a few days ago.
The Methodist Church of Edgar cele
brated its twentv-sixth anniversary March
17.
Burglars robbed aSnyder hardware store
the other night of $100 worth of cutlery and
$10 in cash.
E. J. Weir of O'Neill has been arrested ,
charged with tampering with a jury in a
case involving a calf.
The carpenters and masons of Atkinson
are all busy. There is not a vacant house
or store building in the city.
School bonds in the amount of $19,000
were voted upon at Tekamah last week
and carried almost unanimously.
Two colored boys have been sentenced to
the Reform School from Xebraska City for
assault and battery upon another young
ster.
Judge Keysor of Tekamah sentenced
John Oden , convicted of burglary on two
separate counts , to ten years in the State
Penitentiary.
S. H. Graves of Kimball says that he has
lost less than fifty head of sheep from his
band of 4,000 , but he has fed a large
amount of hay and corn.
Elmer Coleman , son of Hiram Coleman ,
living six miles south of Craig , committed
suicide by hanging himself in the barn.
No apparent reason is given for the act.
The Kearney High School oratorical con
test was held a few nights since and Miss
Josie McXee will represent the school at
the district contest to be held in Geneva on
March 81.
There is a rumor afloat that the Missouri
Pacific Railroad intends to extend its line
from Presser to Wood River some time this
summer and that a survey will be made in
two or three weeks.
The executive committee of the Xorth-
east Nebraska Bankers' Association had a
meeting in Wayne recently totirrange for
the association's annual blowout , which
comes off in that city on Arbor Day.
It is announce ! that railroad improve
ments will be made at Oxford at once.
The roundhouse is to be enlarged to a
capacity of twenty stalls , the roundhouse
at Red Cloud having been ordered moved
there.
Gen. Lloyd Wheaton. who is command
ing the United States forces in the front of
Manila , is an old acquaintance of the
Greed wood Recorder editor , Gen. Wheaton
being captain in the regiment in which the
Recorder man served as first lieutenant.
Word has just been received from Oak
Hill that Phillip Deiter was accidentally
shot in the leg by his brother Charles , and
died from the effects some hours afterward.
It seems that the two brothers were about
to start on a hunting trip and as one took
down the gun , which was loaded with
buckshot , it was discharged with the above
result.
A novel way of providing for the liquida
tion of church debts has just been inaugu
rated by a Ladies' Aid Society of Stuart ,
by which the women have leased a farm
near the city and propose to receive dona
tions of seed , grain and work , hoping that
Providence may bring forth a crop that
will place the church upon a sound finan
cial basis.
The women of the Presbyterian Church
at Wayne recently held a sample sale
which netted them a handsome sum to be
applied toward paying for the $10,000
church building which is in course of con
struction. Articles of every description
donated by the business firms and manu
facturing establishments throughout the
country were offered for sale.
NEBEASKA CONGRESS
DAILY REPORT OF WHAT IS BE
ING DONE.
Pleasures of More or IJcss Import
ance Arc Being Introduced at the
Present Session of the Legislature
Gist of the Business.
Wednesday , March 22.
\'an Duseu of Douglas offered a resolit-
lion regarding the bad condition of State
House. It went over tinder the rules. Just
before the noon recess Schaal of Sarpy
offered a motion that the President of the
Senate appoint a committee of three to act
with the House committee in the investi
gation of the Supreme Court. Senator
Curric moved to take a recess till 2:30 , and
Senator Talbot to table the motion of Sen
ator Schaal. "One at a time , ' ' said the
Chair. He consulted Roberts' rules of
order to ascertain if a motion to lake a re
cess took precedence- , and decided it did.
The motion prevailed and no action on the
Schaal motion , which was really in the
shape of a resolution , was taken. II. K.
197 was passed during the afternoon. At X
o'clock Senator Van Dusen called for the
special order , the Van Dusen revenue
bill. Schaal of Sarpy insisted upon taking
up his motion to appoint a committee for
the purpose of investigating the Supreme
Court. After a parliamentary debate the
Chair ruled the special order took prece
dence. Talbot of Lancaster wanted II. R.
137 also considered , but was not successful.
Senator Prout was called to the chair. The
afternoon was spent in considering thu
revenue bill , several sections being stricken
out. The committee arose with the under
standing that it sit again from 7:30 o'clock
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until ; 9 o'clock to finish the consideration
of the bill. The evening session was spent
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in i Committee of the Whole.
After routine business had been dis
posed of , committee reports read and acted
upon the House resolved itself into Com
mittee of the Whole which consumed the
entire session of the day. The general
appropriation bill was under discussion.
Thursday , March 23.
The Lower House of the Legislature
passed the bill permanently locating the
State Fair at Lincoln. The fair at present
is at Omaha , and Douglas County members
worked hard against its passage.'r'
final vote was 5t > to 37 in favor of the b.
The bill was introduced by Representative
Weaver early in the session , but would
have died on the general file had not the
sifting committee advanced it to the front.
The bill failed to pass with the emergency
clause in it , due to the fact that a number
of members who said they were in favor of
it voted negatively because it authorized
the purchase of site without limiting the
amount to be spent for that purpose. This
amendment would have been made by
friends of the bill , but they did not take
kindly to the suggestion to send it back to
the committee of the whole , and asked
unanimous consent to amend it on third
reading. Caylor of Custer objected and
then the bill went through.
The Senate devoted itself to committee
reports. The Committee on Railroads re
ported Senate file 51 , by Talbot , providing
lhat railroads shall acquire title to the
right of way over school , university , saline
and other lands of the State by paying only
for the ground used for depots and shop
buildings , for passage was adopted. The
same committee reported for indefinite
postponement Senate file 290 , a resolution
by Spohn calling upon the State Board ot
Transportation to take such steps as are
possible to bring about the reduction of
"reight rates within the State. The rep -
< > f the committee was adopted with refei-
cnce to this bill also , after a motion to non
concur offered by Mr. Spohn had been
voted down.
Friday , March 2-t.
The bill in the Lower House of the Legis
lature permitting saloonkeepers to give
bonds in a surety company brought out a
long and exciting debate. The chief argu
ment of the men who favored it was that
it would do away with the giving of straw
bonds. One member said the bonds as now
given were , in the smaller towns at least ,
not worth the paper upon which they were
written. Mr. Clark wanted to know why ,
if the object sought was to compel saloon
keepers to give good bonds , the liquor men
svere pushing its passage and asking for
votes for it. Mr. Beverly said that in
Omaha they had about 300 saloons , and
this meant that there were about GOO men
who were compelled to go on the bonds of
saloon men. The bill passed by a vote of
50 to 37.
In the Senate eleven bills were recom
mended for indefinite postponement , and
only two revenue measures escaped the
general slaughter and went on file. These
were Senate file 266 , a bill by Talbot , pro
viding the manner in which railroad and
telegraph companies shall return property
for taxation , and Senate file 291 , by Mc-
Carger , and creating a State Board of Ap
praisers and Assessors to tax express com
panies. The bills postponed were to enact
various amendments to the laws governing
the assessment of taxes and the collection
of the same. The following bills were
passed : Senate file 1 by Xoyes , establish
ing a bird day for appropriate observance
in the schools ; Senate file 99 , by Fowler ,
providing for quarterly examinations of
applicants for appointment as teachers by
the county superintendents and requiring
ten daj's' notice by publication In counties
where a newspaper is published of the
holding of the examination ; Senate file 213 ,
fixing rates to be paid for the publication
of legal notices.
Chinese Soldiers Despised.
Soldiers are despised in China. They
belong chiefly to the coolie classes. The
German officers engaged some time
ago by the Chinese government found
that their most important task was to
overcome the soldiers' own feelings
that they were a lower order of beings
than other Chinamen.
An Exception.
Singly I tell you it's the little tilings
in this world that count !
Burkley Oh , I don't know We've
got an expert accountant Tjrt
nearly 250 Douna ° .