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r M aufl i MHMb it MJJPJLL k w577P I i i f in Last Week But One of Present Session of Congress CLOSING RUSH ALREADY ON r Mneh Ilunlnnn Vet Itelnalus ll Ills ITOm1 OfledlooH on Wr Tai ttedun tlon Hill Contlnues Annata Will DeTote Its Time to Appropriation lllll Washington Fob III Delrguto Wil cox of 1 law all yowtorduy scored ii dis tinct triumph In securing u unanimous vote of house coiiiiiilttiM on elections No 1 eonllrinlng IiIh right to a scut In tho house of representatives and holding lint tin charges Med against Mm wore not sulllelent to wurriint his roinovii Chairman Taylor was an thnrlzcd to make ttio iomH to Unit effect which will bo submitted in about n wit After tbo mooting Mr Taylor ex plained tbo general considerations Tvhlch bad Influenced tbo decision of tbo committee Tbo case wan con lilcrcd not so much In Its tecbiilcal as peet Itut rntber on broail in numls nil tbo elroiiniHtnncrH coiiiIIUoiih and sur roundings applicable to Hawaii as mm of our hiHiilnr possessions being taken Into consideration Ah a delegate from a now territory It won not felt tlmt be should Ixi met with tbo sumo strict construction re quired In sustaining thq right of a rep resentntlve In congress to IiIh Heat an tbo delegate hnH only limited powers and Ib little more tban an or wit As to tbo charges of treason tbo letters placed In evidence wore written prior to tbo organic net maklnir Hnwnll a ter ritory and tlioro was no disposition to K0 Into these prior Issues Whatever may be the technical Irregularity of tbo i election tlioro was the saving fact that an n perfect machinery of election was established and a ballot box regularly provided practically every one partici pated In tbo voting and the will of the people was expressed And on broad political grounds aid Taylor we felt that the people of these limular possessions should i atund that they were not to be mot by mere technical objections which won deprive thoin of representation Washington Fob HI That the op- position to the shipping bill In the ate will not permit a vote to bo taken on the mciiHiiro at the present session was made clear during tbo closing hours of yesterdays session For sev eral days It has been evident that It would bo dllllcult to gain unanimous consent to take a vote on the measure- fout not until late yesterday was the t rank admission made that a vote could not be bad During the few hours consideration of the bill Teller an nounced his Intention to prevent a vote this session In an Impassioned speech he said bo would not consent to a vote and It must be apparent that no voto could be had The statement by the Colorado senator elicited a sharp re icponse from Aldrlch who Insisted that despite the declaration of Teller tbo business of the senate would proceed In accordance with the wishes of the ma jority Tellers statement also drew the lire of Chandler who assorted that the position of the opposition was pre posterous Ilanna replied to Teller In a forceful speech in the course of rrhlch be became Impassioned In his denunciation of the methods employed by the opposition to defeat the tire The advocates of the bill he said were honestly endeavoring to advance the best Interests of the country and he resented the Insinuations against their honesty of purpose PASSES AGRICULTURAL BILL Senate Amends It by atlon for Seeds ami Seed Distribution Washington Feb 10 The senate yesterday passed the agricultural up iPropriatlon bill and considered the nipping bill Mr Perkins of Cali fornia addressed the senate He fav ored an amended bill and had many objections to the bill us reported An -amendment Increasing the appropria tion for seeds and seed distribution from 170000 to 270000 wuh agreed to Iter J J Dolllver of Fort Dodge In the venerable father of Senator Dolllver pronounced the Invocation at the opening of tbo senate A resolution authorizing the Indian committee of the seunte during the recess of congress to visit Indian vations and Indian schools was adopted Fillliuilur Couaume Time of Home Washington Feb 10 Under tbo leadership of Mr Cannon chairman of the appropriation committee a long filibuster consumed the time of the house yesterday Mr Cannon desired the bouse to proceed with tbo huudry civil appropriation but was caught napping by the Democrats who de ired to devote the day to the consid eration of private claims It was the hist day under the rules which coulil bo devoted to claims at this congress and notices had been sont out Thurs day asking tbo Democrats to be In their seats yesterday As a result Mr Cannon was outwitted but he kept up tbe light nil day forcing roll calls for three hours and later filibustering In committee of tbe whole ami winding op ny making the point of no ouorum against two small bills favorably acted npon in committee The net result was mt the whole day was wasted SATURDAY Washington Feb 18 Tbe last week but one of tbo preseut session of con tress will be an exceedingly busy one In tbe house Much business lemalns to be disposed of and the invariable crowding which characterizes tha clos ing hours of a congress has begun al ready The appropriation bills so far as tbe house is concerned urn in tniny good shape The last of them tbo general dcllcloncy bill will follow on tbe heels of the sundry civil bill which In about half completed Those bills and conference rejmrts will ho given the right of way over anything else All other matters some of thum of great Importance relatively but not of Imperative necessity to 1 pnssed wilt hnve to take their chances in tho final rush Hanker Henderson In almost constantly besieged by memlierH Im portuning him In the Interest of vari ous measure He In keeping every thing clear for the great bills and let ting the drifUwood of legislation Into the current only when It will not Im pede progress of things which must pans congress before March t There aro many knotty problems to be solved In connection with the appro priation bills over differences between the two houses and many good sized rows are promised The ultimata fate of the river and harbor bill will probably doMnd upon how heavily It Is loaded when It comes back from the senate The biggest tight lietween tho two houses from present appear- ancos la likely to occur over tho war revenue reduction act Tho somite conferees seem determined at pres ent to force tho senate substitute or al low tho bill to fall Hut the houso con ferees nre standing Inn mid an many memtMrn of the houso hnve then backs up the Impression prevails that tho houso will support their con ferees and If It does the senate In tho end may be eonielled to ylold To day In susiHHislon day and the bill ap propriating 5000000 for the St Louis cxosltloti will be put on Its passage A motion to suspend the rules will cut off opportunity for nmoudnient and no doubt In entertained that thin bill will command the two thirds necessary to secure Its passage upon a motion to suspend tbe rules The program with reference to this nnd other measures however may lie materially modified If It becomes certain before March 4 that an extra session Is to bo called Appropriation IIIIU In Senate Washington Feb 18 Tbe sonata will devote practically all of Its time during the preseut week to appropria tion bills The postolllce tlon bill will probably be taken up to- duy upon convening though it may give place to the diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill The amount of time to be consumed In discussing those measures will depend largely upon the determination which may be reached wltb reforeuce to the ship sub sidy bill So long as the Democrats feel that tho subsidy bill is to he pressed In case of u lull they will in sist upon debating all measures pre sented The bill making appropria tions for fortltlcntlon will also receive attention during the week and It Is exacted that the conference roiort upon the Indian bill will bo considered The army bill probably will be re ported late in the week but not in time to be debated before the begin ning of next week There is some talk of tho renewal of night sessions but it is not prob able that they will be again under taken until the closing days of the ses sion EXTRA SESSION SURE President Mvys He Will Summon Congress Must Take Cam of Cutis Washington Feb 18 Tho president told senators who called upon him Saturday that congress would be called In oxtra session us soon us the Cubiui constitution was received The president has seldom been known to talk so freely wltb mem bers of congress and other public men on any question he had In contempla tion us he now talks with them con cerning an extra session of congress He has not as yet Indicated a time when he should expect congress to meet and this he is not expected to do until tho Cuban constitutional conven tion shall complete Its work Tho prediction Is general that In case an extra session is called It will extend well Into tho summer It 1b not believed that Its deliber ations could be confined to Cuba but that the Philippine question the anti trust bill and the subsidy bill if that should fail to be disposed of at the present session would all come In for a share of attention MONDAY Washington Feb 10 The bill to authorize the holding of tbe Interna tional exposition in celebration of tbo centennial anniversary of tbo Louisi ana purchase ut St Louis lu 1003 und appropriating 5000000 therefor passed the house under suspension of the rules 101 to 11 The opposition was hoiKlessly in the minority und tbo struggle over the bill wus brief The question of closing the exposition on Sunday was uot mentioned during the debute The bill to define the wopj con spiracy lu the Sherman untl trubt luw to avoid the possibility of Its be ing held applicable to lubor organiza tions was defeated by almost a two thirds vote on uccount of two amend ments which the judiciary committee placed on the bill and which were op posed by tho labor organizations Tbo Buudry civil bill was under con sideration lute lu tbe day and Can nou took occasion to make a detailed statement of the expenditures of tbo present congress Ho was led to tbts be said by many criticisms of tbe reck less extruvagunco of this congress The Bltuutiou be said was quite bad enough without exaggerating it Ho figured that the appropriations would total 001158559 exclusive of the sinking fund requirement of 53000 000 against 057150802 for the cur rent year In tho course of bis re marks ho tired some hot shots at the minority for prating of economy nml not helping to uphold the bands of himself and others when they were trying to keep appropriations down THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22 MK1 TUESDAY Washington Fob 20 lly the em phatic vote of 1H to VI the scnato yes terday rejected tho conference report on the military academy appropriation bill This action came at the conclu sion of spirited debute upon the pro vision against hazing Inserted In tho report by the conference committee of the two branches of congress Discus sion of the provision occupied tho greater part of the session ami tho report of the conferees was rejected because it wan regarded by 0 largo majority of tho senate as too drastic nml while no Instructions could bn given tbe conferees by tho senate It was understood Hint to secure favor able action by tbe nennte a modlllcd provision as to the penalty for hazing would have to be presented and agreed iiMii by bo conferees Knrly In the dny Dqboe Ky deliv ered his announced speech upon tho Nicaragua canal Ho reviewed at length the proceedings which led up to the present situation and strongly advocated the construction of tha wnierway oy rne united States An effort was made to obtain consid eration of the bill reviving the grada of vice admiral of the nnvy for thn benellt of Roar Admirals Sampson and Schley but It was unavailing Washington Feb 20 The house pent the day upon tbe sundry civil appropriation bill and reached the 0th page There are 135 page- lu the bill Tho feature of tho day was the do bate upon the question of national Irrigation of arid lands In the west Cannon predicted that If the scheme were entered upon it would cost more than 750000000 la the next 50 years Cannon reported the last of tho gen eral appropriation bills the dcilclency Hltt chairman of the committee on foreign relations reported back the resolution of Inquiry Introduced by Naphon Mass and It was adopted The resolution Is as follows Uvnolved That the secretary of tho treas ury lie requested to In form tho houso If our ports or witters huve been used for the exportation of horses mules and other supplies for use In South Africa and If so to what extent ami whut steps have beea taken to prevent the samp nlso tho num ber of horses nnd mules that huvo been shipped since the hrclunlng of the war In South Africa tn the preseut time kIvIiir the shipments from each port and tho dates WEDNESDAY Washington Feb 21 The Iioum finally passed the sundry civil appro priation bill yesterday and entered upon consideration of the general de ficiency tho last of the general appro priation bills Lentz furnished the sensation of the day He used a news paper paragraph recounting the death of a federal judge Charles Lyland in New Mexico who had been a member of the legislature which elected Sen ator Hannn as a text for charging that a judicial place had been given Lyland lu return for his vote for nonator This called forth a rebuke from Can non who declared that bravo men fought the living and only ghouls rav ished the tombs of the deud Grosve nor attempted to reply nnd tho two Ohloans were nnxlous for the fray but Cannon would not permit lie thought if dirty linen was to be washed the gentlemen should hire a hull Later Lontz made a second on slaught of a more sensational charac ter and brought down upon himself the whole Republican side of the house In some remarks about a paragraph In the bill for payments for the appre hension of deserters Lentz made tbe startling charge that soldiers in the Philippines had buried a native alive and bud then beheaded him and he read a letter written he said by a soldier lu the Philippines saying that he und bis companions while on an expedition were ordered to shoot every man and beast they found Lentz said If these things were truo the soldiers were justified In desert ing Qannon Mnhou Grosvenor and Moody amid warm applause strongly rebuked Lentz Cannon declared that If Lentz were in the Philippines he would be tried by court martial and shot Mahon thought Lentz romarks were revamps of the copperhead speeches of -10 years ago and Moody read the words of Lincoln that the man who encourages a soldier to de sert Is worse than the deserter lotttofflce Hill In benute Washington Feb 21 The senate spent the day on the postollice appro priation bill making boine progress but not completing It Ilutlers amendment proposing u reduction of about 0 per cent hi the pay for the railway postal service was defeated 18 to 51 ufter a debate in which Depew unswered llut lers criticisms on the large protits made by American roads Luto in the day a sharp controversy on the pneumatic tube question wus precipi tated by an uuiemlment offered by Mason extending that service to Chi cago and one by Vest extending It to St Louis Halo severely criticised those promotlug tbo system referr ing to a Job and lobby When he made u point of order that a commit tee bud not passed on tho amendment tbo advocates of tho extension quickly circulated a cull for a meeting of the committee on postofllees and the ses sion closed with Wolcotts humorous announcement of the couimltteo meet ing In responso to the imperative de mauds made on him State Departments Aiisner Washington Feb 21 The answer of the state department to the house resolution calling for a statement of Its reasons for allowing United States ports to be used for forwarding Amer ican horses and other supplies to the British army In South Africa a priv ilege not enjoyed by tbe Boers will point to the well established section of International law warranting ueu trnl nations lu selling supplies to bel ligerents though these supplies may properly bo seized by a belligerent It nlso will be shown that no ohstnclo wns Interposed by the United States government to the purchnse of homes and mules by the Boors who presum ably did not do so becnttso they were unable to land them In South Africa OPPOSES SHIPPING BILL Henalor lettiu Thinks It Ought Not t He laaned Washington Feb 10 Nearly tho whole of yesterdays session of tno senate wan devoted to consideration ot tho postofUcc appropriation bill So far as committee amendments to tho measure ure concerned the bill prac tically was completed although tho amendment appropriating 500000 for an extension of the pneumatic tuba service remains undisposed of Pettus delivered a speech lu oppo sition to the ship subsidy bill Tho quaint humor with which the address wan replete nnd his unique arraign ment of Democrats who supported the measure attracted unusual attention Just before adjournment tbo confer ence report on the military academy appropriation bill was laid before the senate Daniel made a vigorous at tack upon the provision which debars a cadet convicted of hazing from ever holding n commission in the army nnvy or marine corps The bill Is still pending FOR GRADE OF VICE ADMIRAL Senator Hale Introduces Hill for Promo tion of Hampson and Hcliley Washington Feb 10 Senator Hale chairman of the senate committee on naval affairs yesterday Introduced a bill for the revival of the grade of vice admiral In the uuvy and authorizing the president to appoint two rear ad mirals to that otllce Tho bill Is in the Interest of Admirals Sampson and Schley and is Intended to aid In solv ing tbe problem of their promotion as well as the promotion of other officers who served with them lu the Spanish war Senntor Hale Introduced a Joint res olution of thanks to Admiral Sump son In accordance with the presidents recommendation Senator McComns Introduced a bill and resolution similar to that of Sen ator Hale but the McComas bill pro vides thnt the men to be made vice ad mirals shall be selected from those who participated In the naval battle off Santlngo His resolution extend ing the tbnnks of congress names Schley and places him before Samp son THOMPSON TAKES JUMP Goal Up to Forty In the Republican Sena torial Caucus Indications of a Break In tho Deadlock Lincoln Feb 20 Tbe Ave ballots taken in the Republican senatorial caucus last night were without result but substantial gains were made by D E Thompson and Edward Rose water the former running up his total to 40 and the hitter to 10 votes Nine men refused to cuter the caucus Sen ator Steele one of the bolters sald he looked for uu early break in the dead lock The fifth ballot resulted Thompson 40 Meiklojohu 25 Currie 14 Bosc water 10 Hinsbnw 9 Martin 6 Kiukaid 5 Crounse 0 Ilurlan 3 In joint session Tuesday Currie was the chief loser to MeikleJohn who went up to 33 Thompson also gained one getting back to 35 The other changes were unimportant Tho vote Ballots 22 23 24 25 28 27 Allen 50 51 02 45 35 28 Bergr 3 6 5 S C 2 Crounse 0 7 4 4 5 S Currie 10 20 18 18 12 11 Dietrich 1 l Halncr 5 4 4 4 5 B Harlan 1 2 2 2 2 2 Hitchcock 21 51 45 10 23 Hlnshnw 14 14 14 18 10 13 narrluKtou 1 41 Klnkold 4 4 4 4 4 5 MeikleJohn 30 31 31 29 28 33 Morlan 1 1 1 1 1 1 Martin 0 8 10 0 8 7 Rosewnter 1ft 15 15 15 15 10 Ransom s Thompson I K 34 33 33 30 20 33 Thompson W II 0 7 57 7 23 11 DISPOSING OF THE BILLS Senate and House Hotli Get Down to Bail net Uouie Favors Hide Bill Lincoln Feb 20 The senate after listening to bills on first and second reading took up bills on third reud Ing and passed a number Tuesday Among the bills pnssed was an act re straining mnle animals from running at large and nnotber defining vagrants and providing a penalty for vagrancy In committee of the whole the house Tuesday recommended Senator Van Bosklrks hide inspection bill for puss age as amended by tbe senate Ham iltons bill to admit hydropathic heal ers to practico under the state medical laws was overwhelmingly defeated Hamilton and Gishwlller being the only members who voted In Its favor South Omaha Charter Lincoln Feb 20 The house com mittee on cities and towns yesterday had under consideration the proposed charter for South Omaha Introduced by Representative Wilcox Arguments were beard but the committee decided to tuke no uctlon on tbo measure or any of the numerous amendments un til Thursday afternoon A delegation headed by Councilman Johnston was here from South Omaha Thero was little opposition to tbe moasuro as n whole but on the proposition to allow nil present city otllclals to hold over oplulou wus widely divided i In Iruuiout Next Year Lincoln Feb 21 Tho county com missioners und supervisors held two sessions yesterday and admitted a number of new members to the asso ciation Considerable attention Is given to legislation affecting county boards It was decided to bold the next annual meeting lu Fremont CATTLEMENS BILL PASSES Antl Clieok Ktnolntlon Diet In Nebraska LecUlature Lincoln Fed 21 Tho house yester day passed Van Bosklrks hide In spection bill and several measures af fecting supreme court procedure among them that Introduced by Mc Carthy ut the request of tho State Bar association The senate devoted an hour to the discussion of a resolution Introduced by Llddell requesting thnt all corpora tions within the state pay their em ployes In cash once a week and do nway with the check system The resolution aimed specifically at the South Omaha packing houses but It was objected to on the ground thnt this body could do nothing more than make such request and a discussion of such n resolution wus wasting the time of the senate A motion by Ran som to ntlspend the rules and have the resolution engrossed for third rend ing was lost The labor committee reported for postponement senate file 140 nu act establishing a board of examining en gineers DENIED BY ROOSEVELT Bays Hutitlnjr Stories nave Itrcn Creation of Correspondent Drains Colorado Springs Colo Feb 18 Governor Roosevelt Is In Colorado Springs tbe guest of P B Stewart Governor Roosevelt Is much annoyed over the bulr ralslng stories that have been circulated concerning his hunting experiences To a representative of the Associated Press he gave the fol lowing statement No correspondent of any nowspnper was within 40 miles of where I was hunting at any time during the five weeks 1 was out Tbe sensational stories such as those describing nd ventures with bears and wolves 7ere deliberate and willful fabrications We did not sec a bear or wolf on the entire trip Aside from lynx and smaller game our hunting was con fined to hunting the socalled mountain lions or panthers I got 12 of them I never enjoyed a holiday more DECLARES IT WAS A FAKE Waterloo Kdltor Unburdens nis Mlud Re garding Pat Crowe Yarn Waterloo lu Feb 18 Editor I Van Metre of tbe Waterloo Tribune whose purported interview with Pat Crowe and confession from him In re gard to the Cudahy kidnaping case has gone broadcast over the country today declared the whole matter a hoax In his explanation of the story Van Metre states that the day before tho publication of his weekly paper found him without enough matter to fill his columns and that believing It would not be tnken seriously he wrote and published the Pat Crowe yarn Put Poison In His Coffee Topeka Kan Feb 18 Sheriff Cook yesterday arrested Mrs Maggie Cum mins and her 14-year-old daughter Edna on a warrant issued in Jeffer son county charging them with the murder of John Cummins a quarry man divorced husband of Mrs Cum mins Tho daughter is charged with putting poison in the coffee drank by the father which resulted In bis im mediate death Mrs Cummins Is charged with Instigating the crime The body was exhu aed and the stom ach removed and subjected to a chem ical analysis Two Killed at a Danse Williamsburg Ky Feb 18 A trag edy occurred at a dance at Jellico last night as the result of an old grudge between two mluers named Struuk and Surgeher The two men were dancing One of them accidentally jostled the other and a quarrel re sulted Strunk flred atSurgener the ball passing entirely through his body and killing a boyjinmed Martin who was directly behind him Surgener fell without a moan being killed In stantly Strunk was arrested Goulds Coming West New York Feb 18 George J Gould and Mrs Gould his two elder Bons and tils two young daughters will leave their home at Lakewood N J todny for a railroad trip over the various systems In which Mr Gould is Interested The journey will be from 10000 to 12000 miles In length nnd will last about a month The Goulds will go first to St Louis nnd after thnt will travel over tbe va rious roads In the west nnd southwest Danish Antilles Deal is Off London Feb 18 The Danish gov ernment says tho Copenhagen corre spondent of the Dally Mall has sua denly broken off all dealings with tho United States regarding the sale of the Danish West ludlcs This Is due to n satisfactory offer mndo by the Danish East Asian Steamship company io as sist and In the future administer tbo Islands The American government has been notified as to this decision Urst Snow In Fifty Years Mexico City Feb 18 Yesterday snow fell In this city nnd In tho valley of Mexico Xlie ground belntf cov eren iin snow in tno nigner suburos Where treos and tropical plants were beautifu with white a mantle greatly aroused the curiosity of tho people and fronted much excitement Snow hud not fallen In this city before for ueurlj half a century Ilobbcr Tap a Dank Safe Grand Island Neb Feb 1U A small state bank at Phillips seven miles east of here wns robbed Friday night Four robbers broke down tbo door wltn a sledge hammer and completely wrecked tho safe securing between 1000 and 1500 Some of the money wns so bndly defaced and torn that one could not tell Its denomination Citi zens were uroused and a few shots fired but there Is no clue whatever to Idt ntJfy any of the gang niitiiMi Kansas Saloon Wrecker Un- able to Give Peace Bond JUDGE SPOILS HER PIANS Announres That She Will Resume Her Crusade Immediately Open Uer Heleaie Which U Not Considered Likely for Some Time Topeka Kan Feb 19 Mrs Nation Is now In the county jail as a result of her trial on n peace warrant before Judgo Hazen The warrant wan worn to by tho Moescr Cold Storagu company whose plant Mrs Nation en tered Sunday morning Mrs Nation acted as her own attorney lu tbo trial Judge Hazen placed her under 2000 bond to keep the pence and ordered her to appear before him at the next term of court Mrs Na tion refused to give the bond and said she would go to Jail She Is now de tained In the hospital room of tho county Jail where she will probably remain for some time In tbo city court yesterday argu ments were given In the case brought against Mrs Nation by tbe proprietors of the wrecked Sennte saloon Judge McCabe said he would take the matter under advisement until Thurs day morning It Is not likely that Mrs Nation will be able to give bond because she de clares that she will resume her smash ing crusnde against tbe Joints Imme diately upon her release Her friends hnve been nd vised that Judge Hazen will order her relense only on promise to send her to her home at Medicine Lodge Judge Hazen placed Chi Mc Donnld Mrs Itose Crist and Miss Madeline Southard under pence bonds The Judgo delivered a scathing ad dress to the three Nation lieutenants ne expressed the opinion that Mrs Nation Is Insane nnd said those per sons who encourage her methods of reform ought to be ashamed of them selves Somewhat of a sensation wns pro duced In the snloon wreckers camp when It became known that three of their members had been put under bond nnd that others were to be sued for malicious trespass Interesting developments are looked for Issues More Ultimatums Winfleld Kan Feb 19 A printed circular signed Determined Women warning the Winfleld Commercial club has been Issued It says that men meet at the club to drink gamble and hold liquor carnival and closes If these things are not stopped the den of vice will be demolished and you may prosecute your mothers wives and daughters If you choose The saloon keepers have stored their goods at their houses and say they will defend them with their lives TROOPS IN COURT HOUSE Soldiers Guarding nail Frampton at Ne braska City Nebraska City Neb Feb 19 At 11 oclock last night on an order from Governor Dietrich company C of tho Nebraska Natlonul Guard was marched to the court house nnd sta tioned in the corridor of the Juil to pre vent the lynching of Hall Frampton tbe negro who Sunday night mur dered his stepdaughter Ella Clark There had been some excitement dur ing tbe day but the presence of troops has apparently quieted the mob spirit Lincoln Feb 19 A message from Nebraska City at 1 oclock this morn ing says all is quiet with the troops guarding the Jail Governor Dietrich denies thnt he ordered out th6 troops and says whoever did so acted without authority Shot by Honolulu Kdltor San Francisco Feb 19 Advices from Honolulu state that Edwin S Gill editor of the Republican shot and seriously wounded Mortimer H Stevens a member of tbe staff of the Advertiser in the ofllce of the Repub lican Stevens called at the office of Gills paper with a complaint about an article Gill hud published concerning some women who wore stopping at tbo Hawaiian hotel nnd to ask that no more be said on the subject The In terview led to high words Gill was struck by Stevens and he drew a re volver and shot Stevens In the leg In flicting a dnngerous flesh wound Commend Harlows Plan Indiannpolls Feb 10 Senator Bar low who introduced in the Indiana legislature the bill legalizing saloon smashing says he Is receiving hun dreds of letters from Kansas Ne braska Illinois and other western states commending the Idea and many are asking for copies of the bill to be Introduced In the legislatures of their own states Senntor Barlow says he will fight for tho bill and will insist on Its passing as It aimed at Uio correction of an evil In a practical way To Test Ferret Law Des Moines Feb 19 Sult has been begun by the heirs of ex Ghief Justlco Day In this county to test the tar ferret law under which the estate has been nssessed on about 13000 worth of property which had not been ns sessed previous to the death of Judge Day The heirs resisted assessment in tbe courts nnd were beaten but have now attacked the law on Its con stitutional features Convicted of Wnter Theft Chicago Feb 10 Ilarry Iloore su perintendent of tho Continental Pack ing and Provision company was found guilty of stealing 187000 gallons of water from the city mains In the stock yards for theuse of the packing com pan with which he U connected i V