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JOHN J. SULLIVAN.
First National Bank
Statement af Omdition at the Clow of
Bonaes. September 30, 1868.
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Loans and DDcnunt3.. ....... .$ 133.511 75
U.S. Bonds- ULSRO 00
)lhrtckii mail bunds . ---. 1U.2C5 27
Real Estate. Fur uiUiir .mil PUl.u. . UJE 29
Dnn tram nihw banks .$ I5.0tU5
U.S. Treasury 675.00
CaehonHand n,MJ7.n SS.lfi? 6T
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Capital nod Snrplns 80.000 00
Undivided prentx .- . .. . .. 7.017 SW
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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
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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
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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.
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Paid ia Capital - 90,000
OBTICEBSr
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H. P. H. OHLRICIT. Vice Frea-C-
A- NEWMAN. Cashier.
DANIEL SCHBA1L Ass't Cash..
STOCKHOLDERSt
C. K. Sheldon. J. P- Becker,
Herman P. DT.Oehlrich. Tarl Kienkp.
.Tonus Wolrh. W. A- MrAlliiter.
J. Henry Wurdeman, H- 3L Wimdow,
Gi-orge W. Galley.. S. C. Grey.
Frank: Borer. Arnold F- BT. Oehlrich.
rapBankodept-ittintret allowed on tim
deposits; buy and lellexciutSKPun United State
and Europe, and buy and e-llnvailnblHswurities.
We sludl bo pltMMcd to receive jour business. Wis
solicit your patronage- tiSdeeJZ.
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WIND MILLS,
Buckeye Mower, combined, Self
Binder, wire or twine.
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