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A STEAT LEAF! A DIARY. THE JOURNAL OFFICE FOB CARDS. ENVELOPES. NOTE HEADS. BILL HEADS. CTRCTILAES. DODGEES, ETC. SUBSCEIBE NOW HI AlItlCAS MA6AZDX. J TF Qfer Both far a Year, at The 'At: ta beta haat m. Platte eossrv .and The is tae only high-class mocih- ( fll1rtn M-n r.iT rare, A-Bt'ilcaa Thoujntand rhunjma, and is the only dec Jibuti erpownr of American Lsstito licas. It is a asod. as aay at the older- anga zjaey fgrn taking inayear over LUpaeaf the choicest literature, written hy the inlr ir 1 rai i i can authors. It m beaatifaUy illustrated, aatd ia ririLwiliidMrmiaa' continued, and short, stories. No sums apprupriatw present cast be wreii taaaayear'a iiiai liBtinr to The- Aaserv an 3d rine It will, be i iiiiiaiiTTi Ta TTTIaiP itnrri tn i ai a Mmmptm Ml TheaAaqfTiinssfcL ia g . TTaav Aaaerw BamAammmtUsV SaTsalriim, ; TOOK AIL EST SIGHT. A2CZXFWZ8S E5KPT.OTE XAXXS AWAY THOUSANDS. a Gm av Gam Start Ahead ml the Aawtker Branch of the Raaway Stfliet Maw m flrliTiirn 'Tr-irri in Cwiril The biggest sensatiaii iacxprai drciei aisee the time of the fsaaw "Jim Cnm misgit'' robbery was occasioned wben it was kazaed tkat tie Pacific Express eompaay had been robbed of $33,000. Feb. 1 the City National bank of Dallas, Tex., remit ted to the Commercial bank of St. Looia $13,000 in Rold and $35,000 in bills. The gold was duly receired two days ago- The bank notified Superintendent Fuller that they held a receipt for $33,000 cur rency which was not received. The superintendent telegraphed to the agent at Dallas, who replied that there was no trace of the package there. With the reply caaaa the aetoondisg information that the money clerk at the Dal las office, a young man named A. F. Wal ton, has been missing since last Sunday night. His accounts had been looked over, but were all straight, and nothing particu larly was suspected until inquiry came from St. Louis. Then a cunning scheme was exposed. Walton had made out two receipts, one for $13,000 and one for $33, 000 an one blank. On the duplicate for warded to St. Louis, however, no mention was made of this $33,000, and consequently he was given time to get the money away. The express company has telegraphed de scription'' of the absconder everywhere and hopes to capture him. Walton came orig inally from Ionia, alien., and had worked for several express companies. He was be lieved to be of exemplary habits. The Sleeping; Car Porters' Grievaaee. The porters of the Pullman company claim to have a grievance and say the only way to secure redress is through organiza tion. There are over 1,000 of them and thev are paiu-$25 a month. Upon every run certain supplies are issued to each car, and if at the end there is any linen missing the porter is "docked." The porters allege that they haven't an oppor tunity to count what they receive before starting cor when they return before the laundry people swoop down upon them. The storekeeper's count is nnal and the porters say it ia not always correct. Thus $2 or $3 a month is taken from each man. They, will endeavor through organized ef fort to secure relief. THE COLORED MEX. They Isaac an AdtlreNX Setting Forth Their Grievances and Hardship. The colored men's convention at Wash ington elected ex-Suiator Pinchback pres ident of the national organization and issued an address to the people of the United States. Attention is called to the tact that popular elections in many states of the south arc farcical formalities, where the votes of colored men are suppressed by vio lence or neutralized by fraud, their rights denied and themselves, their wives, daugh ters, mothers and sisters are made special objects of unfriendly state legislation and compelled to travel in filthy and inferior cars. Colored American citizens convicted of petty offenses through un friendly courts are submitted, while un dergoing the sentence of said courts, to cruel and inhnman treatment. In addi tion, colored American citizens, when sus pected of having committed certain offenses and while in the custody of so-called of ficers of the law, are in many instances and as we believe, with the knowledge and through the connivance of said officers, cowardly Ivnched and murdered. Our children in many of the states are not af forded the school facilities to which they are entitled. The labor system inmost of the southern states is unjust and unfair, and colored Americans seldom, if ever, enjoy a fair or reasonable portion of the fruits of their labor. They are taxed with out representation and compelled to obey laws they have no voica in making. The address continues: "Political par ties are the instruments through which the will of the people is executed. Our pur pose is to so impress upon the public mind the justice and fairness of our claims that no political party can safely afford to ig nore them. We urge upon the colored American voters that the questions rel: t ing to the governmental administrative policy we should make secondary and sub ordinate. Without regard to the attitude of parties upon such questions we feel it our duty to support only that party and only such candidates as are known to be friendly to our cause, until all political par ties will accord to us the rights and priv ileges to which we are entitled under the constitution and laws of the land." The address favors th- Blair bill, placing federal elections under federal control and emphatically denounces the bill for the de portation of colored men. T-ost at Sea. The British steamer Thane more, which has arrived at Boston after a tempestuous voyage of eighteen days from London, brought seven shipwrecked seamen, just half the number who sailed from Sew York, Jan. 6. on board the Norwegian skip Josephine for Dantzig. The others were lost. The Josephine's cargo consisted of 5,400 barrels of petroleum. JL JjmmZ Schoeaer. The schooner Minnehaha. loadsd with crude ail consigned to the Standard Ou company at Providence, 1L.L, with hex captain and six men, is supposed to hare been lost. She left Philadelphia. Jan. 17 and some of her cargo has been pissed up at A Freach Canvas A dispatch, to LaFrance from its Mjodeut at Obock states that Somalts, in stigated by the English, attar sad a French. caravan emcrate to 'BrTT' sztd isaeMersd tfcs psjssss bdastging to it. A Boston paper says, apsacsatty os. Assstfiaexityaf tfsa Tfsilsrs af tksaeVfe- is to be arganaad in this to the sight 1, 1890, a WleamUIX tfift ZeaaXaCsV Qfc (iexatam of It m iirjaasail to fund of sat IMS htftnu 3fay 30, ta be Basaaa snv-trade whase aslxiteorlaciaitout. laah tkaraflkBee is" said to few yr although the as possible- giJCaWtlB Iaeaa? PKKTXS BY SEA. Seports of daageroBs kebergs, lying directly m. the park ef wstsm-bawnd steamskrpt, still come nvsatd tks hydro fxapkie oOoscs hare warned msrhirTS of tk rtssgwrs arfrsdiag a aorthern sage.' Cant. Evaaw, of the British ship iCneola, amvad at New York from Hamburg sad reports aavrag passed within a tew miles of a floating island of ice 700 feat high, and a mile long. The Mineola had a most thrilling experience during the passage, which, was accompanied by heavy gales and high seas. When in the vicinity of the region of ice the coal was nearly gone. After a hard struggle the captain determined that it was impossible to con tinue, and headed for Halifax. Om Jan- 28 the crew was all huddled ia the chart-room, a terrific hurricane having sweat over the ship, the barometer registering 27- Capt. Ftm said that he waa oace iav tornado in the China sea some years ago, when the velocity of the wind, registered 1 1 3 miles an hour, but it was nothing in comparison with this storm. With a full head of steam on the ship's head could not be kept within fire paints of the wind. The vessel makes 11 knots in ordinary weather, but .was driven astern while the storm contin ued. THE TBACY ITEE. Caoaed by a Lamp ExptoaiBa. The Washington firs mah"! submitted to Chief Pariah his report on the fire at Secretary Tracy's house. It is his opinion that the fire originated from the explosion of a coal oil lamp in one of the bow win dows. KeeeateU the lasinnatlnn. During services in a Virginia county church, about thirty miles from Sparta, N. C the Eev. Joseph 3. Stoke, during the course of his remarks, said: There is a man in this ccmgrecatlon who ia bo mean and rnxaithrul to bis wif a that it is a wander that God does not rain down are and brimstone upon his head and cun sumo faim. The preacher pointed his finger towards Thomas Coleman, who occupied a seat near the pulpit, and as he did so that individual jumped to bis feet to inquire if the parson meant to be personal in his remarks. No sooner was Coleman on his feet than half a dozen deacons were up demanding that he sit down. Everything was m an uproar, and an attempt was made to eject Cole man. Coleman resisted ana seizing a sock of wood lying near the stove he be gan to wield it hard and fast knocking four men to the floor and fatally wounding Jere miah Ferguson. One nun wrenched the club from Coleman and dealt him a fatal blow across the head. He then walked out of the church and has not been seen since. The riot Listed six minutes and was participated in by many of the con gregation, who used clubs as weapons. The killed were: Thomas Coleman, Jere miah Ferguson. The injured were: Ed ward Clausen, Eobert Edwards, John Peeby. Ohio Vigilantes. For several months Point township, near Chillicothe, O.. has suffered from an epidemic of crimes. It seemed impossible to apprehend, the offenders and the people grew desperate. As a last resort it was decided to hold a public meeting. Over 100 of the best citizens of the township met in the township-house at Spout Springs and with, attorneys as legal advis-. era formed what is in fact a vigilance com mittee; though it is called the Arresting Td Jailing club. It was decided to ;;o to work at once, and a dozen stalwart farmers were sworn in as special constables. When court convened the special constables were busy bringing in offenders. Hundreds were out to see the fun. The total num ber of arrests for one day was twenty-eixfar theft, disturbing schools and church ser vices, wife whipping and drunkenness. Not one escaped punishment. Some were fined, some bound over to a higher court, same were imprisoned and two sent to the Cincinnati work-house. The "Sao" Canal. Congressman Snider, of Minnesota, has recently made a pretty thorough canvass of the members of the house committee on rivers and harbors, and has arrived at the conclusion that it will be an impossibility to get the committees to report favorably far a $3,000,000 appropriation for the im provements an the Soo canal and Hay Lake channnl. Capt. Snider said: "I am of the opinion that the committee will re part favorably a big appropriation for the Soo canal, but they will insist that it be included in the regular river and harbor bill. We may not get all that is needed this session, but I know a round sum will be set aside for Soo improvements. There are too many other members of the com mitte who want appropriatioas. They will only vote to aid us if wa give them our support for their measures." The Catteaal Gaard- The National Guard association has adopted a memorial, which will be pre sented to congress, favoring the Cutcheon sea coast defense bill, the Hawley bill pro viding far appointments m the army from the national guard, and the Henderson mobilization bill, with, same amendments. Congress is asked far a m""t guard ap propriation of $1,060,000. The Curaaai's Ttriakf. Thecoroeers inquest ia the Tracy fire is closed and the jury's mdh.t m that "Jo sephine Mberel came, to her death by the burning of the Tracy residence and that thecause of the fixe k unknown and loss of life at the fire is. largely due to its tx ceptxo&slly zapal spread." TOLD rV A-3CIVCTE. BTtfae srrgTnaiea of an. oil still in. the Standard works at Lima. Ohio, Patrick Byanwae Hied, aad five ethers injured, noae of taemfatally- Xaaextaac of the oamasje by the lata rain to the Oceana et Cali FCwTax,amaisraC the.!?) ef Saarvaalad.,-sHbhed hTmsnTf east tfcsa" free la barn- Hisrrs mama wexe xaaad. in the rains- Mrs. Crowley m&aasiafrm-HDtc over 'ss has- inwita muxaasl north, of astsv saaaot be estxaaaad. erosi acpnaiaately. hast i."vry heavy- The raflraeattom Graars seas to Saaahaxgia A PEAEFUI C AIAMT1T. ASBDATGmV A Very f Was Diimarail Parttcalara. A terrible calamity visited the hold of Secretary Tracy Monday morning whereby thrae persons lost their lives and three others were badly burned. The house is a three story aad bseesaeat brick situated on I street, between Connecticut avenue and Seventeenth street, andhas recently uader- extensxve improvements. Persons the house at 7 o clock saw ftanlra issuing from the front windows aad at once raised sn alarm of fire- The fixe aad. police departments responded promptly. The premises were al most lost, so completely were they i laisnalsiT by the dense smoke,, tfcirfcwaiji by a heavy fog which was just lifting. It was soon discovered that the house was all ablaze, inside and out; that the main stairway was burned, thus cutting off communication with the sleeping apart ments on the second and third floors. Several streams of water were thrown on the flames, and every effort was made to check the fire. A scene of the wildest confusion ensued when it waa known that all the members of the family were, in the house. The firemen behaved like heroes in the emergency aad went through fire and smoke searching them in different apart ments. Mrs. Wilmerdeing, the secretary's daughter, M Miss Wilmerdeing farced their way through the blinding smoke and jumped from the second story front window. Ladders were placed for them, but in their excitement they failed to see them. .Mrs. Wilmerdeing broke her wrist and was severely injured. Her daughter was badly injured about the lower limbs, but broke ao bones. Both suffered severely from the shock. They were at once taken to the residence of Dr. Baxter near by and restoratives applied. While this scene was being enacted in front af the house the firemen were en gaged in removing other members of the family from the rear. Chief Engineer Parish found his way into Mrs. Tracy's bed room, where he found her lying on the bed overcome by smoke. With the assistance of others he carried her almost lifeless body down a ' ladder and to the house of Mrs. "Rhiem. ' She was then entirely unconscious and al- though every known effort was used it waa mposaible to save pier life, she died a few minutes after her rescue. Her body was not burned, death resulting from suffocation. Almost at the same ' time two more bodies were taken from the ; burning building. One waa that of the secretary's daughter, Miss Marie, aged j about L4, and the other was ona of the servants. The booies were burned, to a crisp, and were unrecognizable. Miss- Tracy's I body was distinguishable from the other only" by the superior texture of what remained of her stockings. The charred remains weie taken to an undertaking establishment in the vicinity, where they were joined soon after by the remains of Mrs. Tracy. Sec retary Tracy hrmHelf had a most wonderful escape. Like the others, he was over come in his sleep by the smoke, which filled the house and rendered him unconscious. He was discovered in this condition and with considerable difficulty waa removed to ona of the windows. Cries for a ladder were quickly answered I and many willing hands were raised to i assist him to the ground. He was at once I removed to a neighbor's house and was soon surrounded by phyisician?. Doc tors applied artificial means to induce res piration and succeeded, after an hour's work, in restoring him to semi-consciousness. It was then thought safe to move him to Judge Davis' house. He improved slowly from that time on and soon regained consciousness, recognizing frT"B who called to inquire in regard to his condition. Among the first of these were the president, vice president and sev eral members of the cabinet. The full extent of his terrible affliction was withneld from him for the time. His first in quiry upon recovering consaousnesa in regard to his family. Another AceoanC In another account of the fire it is stated that soon after the flames were discovered at the Tracy residence two male servants were seen to emerge from the front door and run for their lives. The fire gained headway, and although the fire department re sponded promptly, the resi dence was enveloped in flames when they arrived. Secretary and Mrs. Tracy occupied a backroom an the second floor. Mrs. Tracy it -is thought was first awakened by suffocating smoke. Secretary Tracy was at the time unconscious, aad Mrs. Tracy, with heroic devotion,-at tempted to drag the body of Secretary J Tracy to the window. In this she par tially succeeded. Half dazed and blinded by smoke, she opened the window, and just as the firemen were putting up a lad der to rescue her she leaped to the side walk. She was picked up severely injured internally and with a broken lag and taken to a neighboring house, where she died withrnan hour with e& recovering eoasdbisstess. The ladder which would have saved Mrs. Tracy's life, had she waited but a moment, was? soon placed under the window. Strang hands lifted the body of Secre tary Tracy through it and carried him to the sidewalk- lie was at first aaoaght to be dead, but when it was discovered that a spark af life jet remained, he was removed to the rseiasaee a Bancroft Davis, dose by, asafatlL o'clock was reported aaimproT-mg,thcfat.Bsrtraekehadramed am SEtnKXTAKT TKACT XIKlXISIl) TOOKAZat. eaWESsVsav eaaeawSy avasaw EeasBBaaaV XTvBbbV aaaas? BasAmaB Mar Tracy, the savxessrys - asamaear, secaraadthe third story front mesn.andmetahexxihia taas. Ttojauag laayaaaTJ hassaaattha window-eiad ia a white reee, ear haassr m am sat&amt af prayer aad her face smattawaa'awawaa- The mamas gradually asamsmalawrhLsskisstt to the aarmat at am arrjiiisiag; roessv where her JTJST TO DUST. The the Wife id of Secretary Tracy. The services over the remains of the wife aad daughter of Secretary Tracy were ap pointed far II o'clock, but long before that time the east room of the white-house waa crowded with people. .It was a most distinguished gathering, including nearly every body of prominence in Washington- Arrangements had been made for seating 300 persons, but over 300 managed to gain entrance and it is es timated that nearly 1,000 persons wera in the house. As far as possible ad mission was confined to personal and official friend of Secretary Tracy and family, and consequently very few strangers were present. A great crowd gathered outside, and it was foundneeessary to station p olicemen at the gates to keep them out. The caskets containing the dead were placed side by side directly opposite the meia corridor. The somber drapings of the casket were almost entirely concealed by flowers, and garlands and wreaths were banked against the sides of each. One particularly beautiful wreath was placed on Miss Tracy's casket by her young friends, Misses Proctor, Miller, Wana maker and Busk and the Misses Windom. Seats were arranged an three sides of the square, the open side bemg used for entrance. The mourners and presidential party were assigned seats fronting the caskets. Vice-President and Airs. Morton, who were among the earliest arrivals, were seated opposite. Near by were seated the British minister and family, the German minister, the Chinese and Coreun legations, the Brazilian minister and many other members of the diplomatic corps. Army and navy officers were pres ent in great numbers and nearly all were in full uniform. The members of the cabinet,, with the exception ef Secretary Blaine, acting as pall bearers, entered soon after 11 o'clock and took seats an the right. They were soon followed by Secretary Tracy and his sou Frank, arm in arm, and other members of the family. As soon as they were seated the choir of St. John's Episcopal church sang the J hymn, "Lead Kindly, Light." Eev. Dr. George William Douglass, rec tor of the same church, read the Episcopal burial service, and at its conclusion the choir sang "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." The scripture lesson was read by Eev. Mr. Elliott, several more hymns were sung . by the chair, and prayer concluded the services. by Dr. Douglas The president, with Secretary Tracv on his arm, first passed out of the room, and next to them came Frank Tracy, the son, who was so overcome that he had to be supported by two of the ushers. The bodies were-removed to hearses and the funeral procession was formed, the cortege moving slowly to Bock Creek cem- J-etry'waere the bodies were placed in a receiving vault to await their permanent resting place. Secretary Tracy did not go to the ceme tery, a3 it was feared that it might prove too much, for his strength. The president occupied the carriage with Frank Tracy, and a long line of carriages containing nearly all those who attended the services in tliij white house followed the remains to the cemetery. To Return to the Holy Land. About 3,000 dissatisfied Bussian He brews, who have no affiliation with their anarchist brethren who advise revolution ary methods in the hopes of bettering their condition, met in the Synagogue of the Children af Jacob at Fhiladelphio. Far three lone hours they sat shivering with their coats and hats on in the synagogue, without fire, listening to addresses made by rabbis, who tried to solve the problem of their future by advising all hands to go to Palestine and work on farms. Bev. Dr. S. Morais, the first speaker deprecated the fact ef the utter lack of unity among the Hebrews, of whom he said there were 7,000,000 now scattered over Europe and America. He urged his hearers to go to tha Holy Land at once and till the ground, and make the land of Israel smile again in verdure. Eav. V. Care eloquently favored tne colonization scheme and said that much money was needed to ship the men to Palestine. Eev. E. Klein -berg and Julius Weinberg also spoke. After the meeting waa declared adjourned about 150 of those present appended their signatures to the petition for aid after sav ing the; were willing to go to the Holy Land. ' A "Cob"m Apprehended. A young man giving the name of Charles Thatcher, and pretending to be a brother of George Thatcher, the mfnsirel and manager of that company, has been stopping at Bock Island, 111., for about a week. He presented a draft far $333 an a bank of St- Joseph, Mo., which he offered as security for a loan of 560. Beplying to a telegram, the bank said that the draft was bogus and only one of many which some cunning rascal had set afloat. Thatcher was arrested, and an examina tion of documents prove him to be Ed ward Ise, of Newark, N. J., and a noted confidence man and check operator. His family is wealthy and honored. His father, Judge Ise, died four years ago of grief at the villainy af his son. He en not now escape the penitentiary. A Deadlock-Broken. The deadlock is broken in the Montana senate. Ona motion made to consider bills from the republican house two demo crats demanded the yeas and nays. Seven republicans voted in the affirmative, the democrats natvoting- Lieut.-Gov. Each aids held that a quorum was present be cause the two democrats called far the yeas and nays, and declared the motion Tn'eJ The democrats were, dumbfounded. The senate is now considering the republican bills. Afctheceaveatias-af the state prohibi tion, psrty at Sodalm, Mo-, the committee an orgaiiizarnTn reported reenmrneflding that the state be thoiemghly organised by counties. AbcuclOfl nWegiteit,. Bspnhucan, democratic sad prohihetmm farmers and Ameetasg-aempwisi statins ml airrical turalsecietasheabeeaheidatLaBUnrrta provide refisffar saffersrs trass the faanaa eristiagm Baasssa Potacd aad Galack THE ACTS OF C0XGEES& srxcxscT ar A WEEK'S rTCBTiTirr wt astroahteed aad Tea- fas Flu nil t sy ass Saataaal Body at UvXacan. The enaxo wag sot is session. In the house the speaker directed the dork to read tha jour nal of TMterdav. Ona of the reading clerks nroceaded to da so. and when he came to the phrase yeaa and nays." etc, Mr- McXillan in terrupted, aad demanded that the rsaJtng be in foil. The soaaker ordered that it be dona. Mr. JtoKintevmoved that tha journal be ap proved, calling for the previous question on that motion. Mr. Springer movstfto adjourn. The speaker put the question, but several democrat demanded yeaa and nays. Tha democrats did nut. refrain from voting. YeM, 1.13 : navs. 128. So tha house refused. ta adjourn. Tha next atop is the procedure, was tn cell for the previous (jueHtion on Mr. HcKin Iey's motion to approve the journal, the speaker- then announced the vote yens. liiLpnays 0. Shonta of "no quorum" came from the democratic side, but the speaker paid no heed to them, declaring that the question was now os the motion that the journal of yesterday be rproveL .On the speaker acain "declarim? the question Mr. Hnlmim demanded thu yeaa and navs. The vote resulted, yeas, ICO r nays. (I, aad tha journal waa approved. Mr. Bowell called up the Smith-Jackson election case, and Mr. Crisp nutted the question of consideration. Thu speaker declined to entertain lt Mr. Crisp appealed- The speaker declined to entertain the appeal. Mr. Crisp than said that 'under protest he would proceed. Mr. Crisp offered as a substitute for the reso lutions of the majoritv of the election commit tee those of the minority, declaring Smith not elected from tho Fourtn dintrict of Wssu Vir Kmiu. and that Jncksou hail been, and waa en titled to retain his seat. He argued for the adoption of the substitute. At the close af Mr. Crisp's argument Mr. Bowell took the floor. Mr Bowell went on to discuss tho acta in the contested election case and spoke until 5:30, there beirur no longer any time rule in the house. There waa a motion to adjourn made rn the democratic sale, but It was voted down by a viva voco vote, and Mr. Farrcll proceeded with the argument in favor of Jackson's riuht to the seat. Finally, after much confusion and excitement, it waa agreed that each aide be al lowed three hours for debate on Monday ami, with that understanding, but with none as to the time of taking the vote, the house ad journed. Immediately after the reading of the journal in the United" States senate on the 3d Senator Cameron announced the recent deaths in the families of two members of the cabinet and moved on adjournment, which waa agreed to unanimously. In the house the journal was read in full as demand of the democrats, and as motion af Mr. McKinley and a call af the roll it was approved by a vote of yeas. 154 ; nays. none. The Smith Jackson contested election case waa resumed. Mr. O'Farrell. of Virginia, continued his argu ment in support of the claims of tha contests. .Mr. O'FarreU said that be did not beheva that the time hail yet come, and God grant that it mic&c never came, whenthe American people would tolerate an autocrat, whether a president or whether he was speaker of the house. Mr. Oreenhnlge. of Massachusetts, presented tho claim q of tho contestant, as did Mr. Lacey, of laws. Mr. Outhwaitt and Mr Moore axsued far the cent es tee. as did Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia. The report of the committee on elections waa adopted lt yeaa , nays, 0. Con testant Smith waa seated" by the same vote, and took the oath of office. The house far the first time had a republican quorum present. Adjourned. In tne senate on the 4th """t the bills re ported nnd placed an the calendar wera two for public buildings at Burlington, la.. ssdEaa Claire. Wis (SICO.000). Among the bills intro duced and referred was one by Senator Wol cott for the admission as a 3tatn of XewMexico and one by Senator Plumb for tho protection of tho American bison. Senator TnpiiTe presented a petition asking as appropriation of S1U0 per capita for emigrants to Liberia. Referred. Senator Plumb offered a resolution, which waa acreed to. calling on tho secretary of war to furnish copien of various reports of military of ficers in relation to affairs at Guthrie and Okla homa City since the opening and settlement of the territory. After executive session the sen ate adjourned. In the house a roll call was bad to approve tho journal, the democrats not voting. Tho teaman was consumed by dilatory proceedings. A bill to relieve the treasurer ot the United. States from. the amount now charged to him. an: I deposited with the several states, waa re ferred to the o mmitteo on ways and means. Adjourned. In the senate on the 5th only one bill was in troducedproviding for a hen an grain for binding twine furnished for the same after which the senate went into committee of tho whale far the consideration of thu prohibitory bill, whica was continued until 5 o'clock, with Senator Cam. of Beadle, in the choir. Quite a tight was engendered by motions to nx the data f taking effect and dispensing with the emer gency olause. but it won left as recommended by the i-ommittee, to tako effort May JL Ad journed. Is the house the senate bill legalizing the or ganization of civil townships of Codingcan county passed The senate memorial to con gress on pension legislation passed. The sen ate memorial relating to the soldiers' home at Hot Springs and tho senate memorial relating to the dam. on Big Stone IaXe passed. Bills in troduced To amend section 973, article 12. chapter 12. compiled Iaw3 ; to appoint one dem ocrat and one woman to athce , to protect stockbreeders . to amend section 56. chapter '23. session laws of IScl, ta amend section 4, article 13, of the constitutions to issue bonds by the state to pay the outstanding indebteiiness. At 3 o clock the honse went into qammittee or the whole, with DeWocdvin the chair, en the tem perance bill. The bill has thirty-eignt sections and only three sections were " adopted. The fact developed that tne temperance majority is thu cause is sufficiently Btracg to pass as iron clad law Adjourned. In the senate the bill authorizing the con struction of a bridge across the Detroit river at Detroit was reported back adversely from the committee on commerce. On motion of Sen ator Allison tho senate bill to amend the act of Angus L 6. 1ft, authorizing the construction of a railroad, wacos and foot-passenger bridge aero; a the Mississippi river at Burlington. Ia., waa taken from the cilendar and passed. It extends for two yearn from the passage af this act the time for beginning anil finishing the bridge and makes other chances. Thu senate then took up the bill to provide a temporary government fur Oklahoma and tho clerk con-' tinned thu reaiiing of the bill. At 2 o'clock the Oklahoma bill went over anil Senator Blurr took the floor So con tinue his speech an the educational bilL Sena tor Blair, however, yielded to Senator Scocner. on whose motion the bouse joist resolution ap propriating $73,00,1 far the reliefaf certain Chip aewn Indians at La Pamto agency is Wiscon sin was token up and passed. The educational bill was then taices up and Senator Blair re sumed his speech is its advocacy. After speak ing two hours Senator Blair yielded the floor. Thu conference report os the senate joist reso lution for the removal of obstructions to navi gation is the Missouri nverwaa presented anil agreed to. The house amendment reducing the amount from 150.0110 to 375.1X10, and inserting a praviHion for S7J.0O3 for improvements at the mouth of the Columbia river, was adoptetL After executive session adjourned until Mon dav. In the house after the usual tactics at the democrats the journal waa approved. Mr. Cannon reported the new code of rules, and it was ordered pnnred and recemmitted. The senate direct tax bill was referred to the com mittee as Judiciary. The committee as invalid pensions reported back the senate disability peTbicmbill witha substitute making tne rote of total disability ?72per month and. partial 350 per month. The bill aa amended was passed. The bill far the relief of snrnvarsof the Samass disaster passed. Bills introduced and referred. By WtTTinma, nt minoiB. direct ing the secretary of the treasury to purchase at market pnee 54.000,0000 worth of rilver bullion per month, and have it coined aa faat as pur chased into standard silver dollars. ByMr. Haves, of Iowa Far the erection of a puhlta halloing at Muscataie, la. By Mr. Stone To place bindertwme mode from sisal grass or manil'a on the free list. ByMr. Dorsey Au thorizing the issue of 300 UOO.OIW of nftyear 2 percent. United States bonds to be used ex clusively for the purpose of securing the circu lation of notional basking associations. Mr. Perkins reported, from the committee os Ismos affairs (which the house passed" after a short discussion, a bill extendisg two years the time withm whics. the Kansas City t Pacific Rail-, rord ccsrpnsy stay construct aline through the Indian territory. Adjasrsed. Is the house as the 7th the bill increasing til!; pension of Ges.Bsryea to 1D0 per month ?a pasaeiL The senate bill was passed, as thoczuxg the construction of. a bridge acros-i the Missouri river between Douglaa or Sarpy county. Xeb., and Pottawattamie comity, la. Os motion of Mr. Gear, of Pe ssyrvania, tha senate bill was passed extending far two years the time within which a. bridge across the Mis sissippi river at Burlington. Ii. (previously aa thariznai sxsybe constructed- Pending action on the bill appropriating 325.00Q for a mosu mens for Gen. Knox, at Thorn stos. Me., the house ad jcuraed until Monday. The senate was sot m. session. Neither house ot congress was in session on the 8th. A Chili C; The following instance cf unique canni balism, is given by a correspondent at Santiago, Chtlir Poo Perez, atTrmparrjm,! by a Tman boy, nnrique Bells, 7 years oldV left Valparaiso to travel an foot to Santiago- ITpon anfval at the entrance af the railroad tunnel sear San. Pedro, Perez seined the boy and undertook to eat hfrr alive- He ate the fingers aft af one hand. and ate pert of one feet east bit pieces out of the cheek.. He then commenced suck-iag-tae hsed In the meantime the boy faulted- The guard of the tunnel sur acsdPerez:nx.tbe. midst of -his feast, but eeuM not arrest him. aa helled up the mountain- The boy was fri"-! care of M sTerec has sines been captured, sxbiasia raws mtrSECs. George L. Wooleey, who f excaeeed the plant of the old Nebraska Distilling com pany, will go to New York to secure the necessery machinery for the cereal mill, into which the distilling plant will be con verted. There is no longer aay doubt about the susceritr af the deal with the trust, aad it is certain that the new nrise will be in active operation within few months. It is said that far twa sans the trust was as willing to sell as Mr. Waolseywas to buy. It waa considered the easiest way out of the pending suit against them and at the same time get off their hands a valuable piece of property in the possible event of prohibition- Mr. Woolaev savs the cereal mills will be the largest in "the United States. Another report says Mr-Woolssy intends to operate the distillery in opposition to the trust. A. Veteran Goaw. William Tyler is dead of oldage at Blue Springs. Ha was born in Pennsylvania in. 1S0L. Heessse is Iff htessn istlaO east. has been a resident of Blue Springs since that time. He was familiarly called "Pap" Tyler by everyone. He was a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars. He has been one of the judges of election and has car ried the election returns from. Blue Springs township to Beatrice foe the last twenty eight years. By his death Gage county loses one of her most respected citizens. Briefly Told. StTPEBioa is tahave a wholesale harness manufacturing house with a cash capital of $lo,UU0. Jons Hxde af Clear Creek, Custer county, has lost bia reason and ia to be sent to the Lincoln insane asylum. SirvxxTT cars will be required to trans port the machinery for the Oxnani sugar plant fromXew Orleans to Grand Island. J.D. Cog3"WETi"3 drug house at Hold rege has been closed by creditors, with liabilities of $1,200 and assets amounting to 31,M0. A compast of orphan boys from the east will arrive at Nelson February It for the purpose of finding homes with, farmers. As TUX result of a quarrel among the officers of the Bank of Commerce at Grand Island another bank will soon be started in that city backed by canital from Omaha and Sale Lake City. At a meeting of the officers of the Agri cultural association of Chase, Hayes, Bed Willow and Hitchcock counties, held at Culbertson, the following dates were agreed upon for the several counties to hold their fairs in IS'JO: Hitchcock county, third week in September; Bed Willow, forth week in September; Hayes, first week in October; Cha-ae, second week in October. Neligh township and city, totjetner with, five other surrounding townships, in a delegate meeting, pledged themselves to votebondffto G. W.Watties, a capitalist from Kansas, to put in a sugar plant there that will workup '200 tans of beets per day. Mr. Wattles has a 560,000 interest in the Medicine Lodge, San.. Sagor plant, and is to erect a factory at Neligh with a capacity as above. New fourth-class postmasters:. T-Mc-Alexander. Capay, Bock county; F. W. Tarbell. Cams. eya Paha county. WASKCfGTOS county is organizing an agricultural societv with, a capital stock of $10,000. The chief of police of Omaha has noti fied saloonkeepers that they will have to dispense with the screens in front of their bar3. The state encampment of the G. A- B. will be held in Grand Island next month. The locution for the next reunion will be fixed at that meeting- There will be a con test lax tne location almost eiiual to the scramble for the location far the state fair. A Keahset veternarian who u evideutly ambitious to be known as a scientist, claims that the prevailing disease among hogs in thu state is not cholera, but black tooth. He says this is not a theory with bim, but a demonstrated .fact, and t&at he has cured .i number of cases by simply extracting-the black teeth. THE first case of horse stealing repotted in York county for a long time occurred the other night, when some horse fancier entered the barn of J. H. C- B reenter, in Lockridce township, and stole the family driving horse, a valuable animal, together with saddle, blanket and bridle. The horse was tracked as far as Braddhaw, where all trace was lost. The Luxemburg settlement's St. Mary's church, six miles north of David City, was burned with, oil its contents. Lass, $b000; no insurance. A mrtVAiu of 330 is offered for the ar rest of B. D. Lawrence, wanted at Ne braska City for selling mortgaged property and mortgaging property not his own. The jury in the case of Charles Shep ard. on trial at Fremont far the Pulsifer murder, returned a verdict that Shepard was "guilty of murder in the first degree in the manner and form charged. Zsgxiteeb Tbeadwet.Tj with a force of ten assistants, representing a large bridge company of Kansas City, are engaged at Nebraska City in making a survey for a permanent high wagon bridge across the Missouri river. If the bridge is built it is intended to make it a combination wagon and railroad bridge, and if possible ha7e it free for wagons. The commissioner af the general land office has indorsed the senate bills to establish two additional land offices in Nebraska at Broken Bow and Alliance. The rush of candidates for these offices has begun. A provision in the will of Dr. James P. Kingsley, deceased, of near B rasing, Thayer county, provides that his body shall be cremated at St. Louis, and it was ship ped to that city for that purpose. This is probably the first cremation of the body of aNebraskan. A opossum was captured the other day while leisurely strolling through the streets of Liberty. MBS-A..LVA5 Bussrssan aid lady subject to epilepsy, was burned to death at Blue Springs. She was alone in the house at the time and fell forward into the fire, probably during a fit. When found her clothes were burned off and her body liter ally baked- S. S. McKeltet. a prominent farmer living near CozadV has become violently in sane as the result of an attack of the influ enza nd hg been taken to the Lincoln asylum. Miss "Pw Jjrssszzst, a breadwinner of York, who has sent for and paid for the tickets which, brought three of her brothers and sisters from Sweden, to York, invested in a fnarth. ticket Tuesday aad sent it so another brotaer- Wwtt.tt ftimHw(rTty gpnhr aaadsy a yossg man named Honcfrfcipi was shot, perhaps fatally, by his brother. They were walking single file when the gun. of the one ahead was accidentally discharged by the -hxTtrnuT utrfkfng- taw Tinh of a tree- Wrmnr the past sir weeks Mr. and Mrs- J- Q- Smith, of York,- have followed to the grave the remains of four grown sona and aaaghtars. COLUMBUS STATE BAM. COLUMBUS, NIB. Cash Capital - $100,000. DUlECTOnSt LEANDER GERHARD,. Prw't. GEO-W. KTJLST. Vice Pres'fc. JTJLrUS A-REET- B-.H-HEN1TZ- J. F TA3K2K, Caakier. ik er el Exca CeJIecti all raimae. 274 w VsilaBenaBssNWeissBBal aWsaaaaBBl -OF COLUMBUS, NEB., -BASA!P- AHtkorized Capital f $500,000 Paid ia Capital - 90,000 OBTICEBSr C H- SHELDOS, Pres.'t. H. P. H. OHLRICIT. 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