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ohmbn J - r- "..- : i . . H- VOLOtE XX.-NCMBER 51. COLtfttBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1890. WHOLE NUMBER 1039. m 0iirnit v Tl. r- if : M c. -, TOTlECTOlfSJi A. ANDERSON, Prcs'r. J. H. GALLEY, Vice Pres'r, O.T.ROEN.CMUmt Or. AXDERHOS. P. ANDERSON. JACOB UKEISEN. HENRY RAGATZ, JOHN J. SULLIVAN. First National Bank COLUMBUS. NEB. Statement of Condition at ths Close cf Easiness September S , 1839. BESOUBCE3. I lonnsncd Discounts TJ. H. I5ond Oiltr Mocks and bonds Jtrsd Itato, Furniture and I'iztnrrs " U.S. Treasury . C73.0J Crib on Hand 17.407.12- $ 193.S11 75 lO.T.-M t.) 10.255 27 11,822 S3 33,1 C3 07 $ 2C7,V.8 07 LIABILITIES. .""ajiital nndSnrplns $ EO.ttX) 01 VndirM.-d pr;ii: 7,017 Sl Na1iK:l Knnk uo'.ru outstanding .... l::,TTfl (r) ItediM-ounts 22.J20 n DuaDsjxjsitori .'... 1lltSb8 Vi $ Cr,7,G2S 07 Apr'Ji-'Vjtf Business (Cards. DEUTCIIER ADYOKAT, Ofiico orer Columbus Stato llank, Columbus, Nebraska. 2a s UsM.&va: & e:b:e:i:r, .1 TTORNEYS A T LA W, OHiro- over First National lnnk, Colnmbu, Jtebrsdn. 60-tf 11. i.. kosmi i:i: COVXTY SURVEYOR. K37""P.irties dpsirinj; pnrvcjinR dono can ro. dross me nt Colurubut", Nob., or call at my oflic in Court House. SmajW-y T .1. CRinER, CO. SUP'T PC1JLIC SCHOOLS. I will bo in my oflico in tlm Conrt Honeo. the third Saturday of each month for 1h oxuminn tionof npplictintM for tracliprt. certificates, and for tbo transaction of other school business. l"jani8 T K. COOK ITS, DRA Y and EXPRESSMAN. Light and Iionvy hnulinc Goods handled with cam. liondqunrtpre nt J. P. Hccker & Co.'a office. Telephone. 33 and 34. 22maSitf rAUHLE & HRADSHAW. (i'ticrcanor to l-'iiullc cf- Rushcll), 3BRICK MAKERS ! KEfContrnctors and bnilders will find our brick first-class and offered at reasonable) rat. Wn are also prepared to do all kinds of brick work. 16mHy6m yj K. 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We offer botli for LUX A DEATHLY SILENCE, THAT IS WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS EX. ISTtXG AT SING MING. Precaution IVIiicli Veritablj Kntoiub tlie Lltlnir Victims Not a Sound of the Busy World fur Tliose Condemned 1o Die. Sing Stuff's Solitude. Lawyer Heiuselmau lias filed vith Clerk Sparks, of the general sessions, notice of appeal in tbe case of James J. Slocnm, ouce a well kuown professional base ball player, who was convicted of murder in tbe first dtgtee in beatitig bis wife, Ellen Slocnm, to death with an ax, and sen tenced by Jndge Martine to die by elec tricity. "I visited my client, Slocum," said Lawyer Heinselman, "in tbe execu tive chamber at Sing Sing. I have bad a large professional experi ences in places of penal confinement, but nothing that I have ever seen approaches in its awe-inspiring attribntes this terrible prison. It is a one-story granite building, about fifty feet eqnare, disconnected with all other parts of the building, except by the deadly wiro that connects it with the dynamite shed. The granite walls are five feet thick, I am told, and certainly appear to be. There are three iron doors, one within one another, ut the end of tho death chamber, facing tho river. The keepers's seat is within the third floor. At the futthor end of the chamber, facing the keeper's teat, are four cells. Tho walls between the cells are of granite, and two feet thick. The inmates of the cells are always under the keeper's eye. Owing to the thickness of tho walls and of the three 'doors not a sound of the world outside is audible. It is a veritable living tomb. When a lawyer or priest or minis ter sees one of the condemned men, a heavy green baize curtain is dropped over the doors of the other cells so that the in mates cannot see the face of the visitor or hear his voice. It is a teirible ordeal, and it seems almost incredible to me that they can retain their reason until the hour of execution arrives." Starch Makers l-'orm a Trust. The latest thing in trusts is the National Starch Manufacturing company. It has been organized under the laws of the state of Kentucky, and already controls twenty one of the starch manufactories of this conntry. The common stock of the con cern is placed at $"J,tK)0,000. Hiram Dur- yea, of tbe Glencove Manufacturing com pany, is at the bead of tbe company, and William F. Piel, of the Piel Starch com pany of Indianapolis, is vice president. Horace K. Thnrbsr and Chester W. Chapin are among its directors. Mr. Chapin is credited with being the organizer of the scheme several months ago. Options were obtained by bim on nearly all the starch manufactories, the only exception of moment being the Kingsford company. A meeting of the proprietors of the factories was held last week at tho Fifth Avenue hotel, and arranged that the National Starch com pany should take full possession of tbe twenty-one factories. The proprietors, who have sold out, are taking their pay partly in cash and partly in the stock of the new concern. In a few instances the owners have been paid entirely in cash. It is said that tbe price of 6larch to the con sumer will be ad -need but little. A fair dividend will be in ide, it is paid, in the saving of the expense of distribution a'.oue. lustcad of a dozn agencies for a mauy concerns iu cities like New York and Phil adelphia Here will be but one in a:h city. The main office of the company will be in New York. The fixed charges are $800,000 a year, and the companies ore believed to be making 1,400,000 a year. The yearly product of glucoFC made by tbe Glencove Starch company is49,00n,00D poends. Wanted to Swallow IIi- Money. Elon Uootb, an old bachelor worth $100,000 and noted for bis shiewdness and selfishness, died on Sunday at Newton. Conn., at the age of 79 years. He came to Newton fifteen years ago and lived alone in the cheapest manner. He said that it cost too much to kep a Wife and that children were a nuisance and an extrava gant expense. Every dollar earned was hoarded and invested with the sole idea' of amassing a fortuue. The toarsest food and scantiest garb were good enough, aud, although working at ordinary day wages, he kept addiDg to bis bank ac count. Previous to bis death be had been troubled with heart diseas?, but his last sickness with bronchitis was ouly of a few days' duration. When a doctor was called and it was said that be must d:e very soon, Booth expressed a wish that he might swallow every dollar that he had amassed and leave none of it for others to squan der. It is said that Mr. Booth visited Bridgeport three times only, and that he went to New York only once. He took passage on tbe old steamer Ninirod, run by Captain John Brooks, and, as the fare was $1 each way, he walked back from New iork to Newton, a distance of over seventy-five miles, bringing a set of cheap mason's tools, which be found in a pawn shop. Another White Captive. Last fall at Medicine Hat, Man., a band of Cree Indians who were selling buffalo horns and curiosities had with them a little white girl about 8 years old with blue eyes and flaxen hair, and rather prepossessing features. Inquiry elicted no satisfactory information concerning their right of pos session, or of her antecedents beyond tbe casual statement that the Indians had adopted or picked ber np somewhere. This may have been tbe same little girl about whom 60 much has already been said, but judging from what has already been published, people her inclined to the opinion that the Medicine Hat girl is an other victim to Indian captivity. Hundreds of Students Arretted. Count Delianoff, minister of public, in struction, has refused to receive the peti tion recently preparf d by the students of the university asking for a reduc tion of tbe entrance fees, the un restricted admission of Jews and tbe equality of male and female students. Three hundred excited university students thereupon assembled, intending to march to the ministry of public instruction, but the police intervened and arrested 17o of them. Three hundred students .of the technological institute aud many pupils of the 6chool of forestry and tbe academy of medicine have been arrested for taking part in the seditious meetings. A Wealthy Shoplifter. Among the dispatches of Wednesday was one from Philadelphia, giving an ac count of the arrest in that city of Miss Mary Bebecca Shipley on tha charge of shoplifting $700 worth of goods. A corre spondent at Staunton, Vt., telegraphs as fellows: " The arrest of Mis? Shipley created the greatest surprise here. She is a respected lady, a church member, and has a fortune. The history of Miss Shipley's life is an un usual one. She was boru in Baltimore of German parents. "W hen she was a child r ber mother and father separated and sbe was taken charge of by -friends w tbe west. When she grew larger these friends took her to Baltimore, where she learned the millinery business. She was employed by a Staunton firm and remained there until 1875, when her parents, who had come together again, traced her to Staunton. She went to Baltimore to see them, and, strange to say, on the day she attired there, or the day afterwards, both of the old people died. Their fortune, amounting to $35,000, fell to her. She returned to Staunton and determined to repair the early neglect to her education and went to school for one season at one of the colleges. The position of a grown woman pupil, however, among school chil dren did not prove to be pleasant, and she left at the end of tbe session. Since then she has lived comfortably on tbe interest of her money, which had .been judiciously invested for her by her former employer. Her friends here aro deeply interested in her case. Her grandmother, whom she is visiting m Philadelphia, is a lady of large wealth. Friends think that she has be come demented," Western Fork racking. The Cincinnati Price Current says: There is a fair supply of hogs being mar keted, varying but little in comparison with a year ago. Tbe week's packing in the west has been 180,000 hogs, against 170,000 for the corresponding period last year. The total from March 1 is 880,000, against 830,000 last year. Following are comparisons for p'aces mentioned: Place. 1890. 1S99. Chicago 335,000 05,000 Kansas City 110,000 14.",C00 Omaha 71,000 81,000 Sioux City, Ia 47.000 :w,G00 St. Louis 40.000 VC.C00 Cedar Rapids :17.000 ati.OOO Indianapolis 34,000 45.000 Milwaukee 32.000 38,000 Cincinnati 31,003 2u,000 Nebraska City, Neb .... 14.000 1-J.000 All other 130,000 130,000 Driven to the House Tops. J. J. Hogan, of the Memphis Commer cial, has arrived at St. Louis from the flooded district along the Mississippi river, liogan says that in Caeonia circle, Desha county, Ark., comprising 20,000 acres, the inhabitants numbering between 2,000 and 3,000 people, whites and negroes., are in a destitute condition. Many are flooded out of their homes and are living on the house tops. Live stock not drowned maintains a precarious existence with the wretched owners on the roofs aud elsewhere. From Helena the entire Mississippi delta country, reaching from Yicksbnrg west to Shreveport and down to New Orleans, seemed likely to be inundated. All the people who realize the true situation are moving into other regions. The Situation Growing Worse. A Greenville, Miss., special says: The levee north of the city gave way yesterday despite the efforts of tbe people, and the water poured iu npou the city, which al ways before had been above the level of tbe Mississippi at its greatest height. The flood is a tremendous one and the volume of water pouring in from thiee breaks above the city is spreading out in all di rections, inundating plantation after plan tation, which in the flood of 1882 were Above water. It is estimated by engineers that tbe largest part of the city will be flooded. It is greatly feared'the heavy wind and rain now prevailing will cause levees to give way in new places. Tbe water from tbe Austin will inundate a large section of country in Sunflower and Yazoo counties. No lives are reported lost and no actual suffering is anticipated. Two white men and a negro, while cross ing the river in a Bkiff, were drowned by the boat capsizing. Many slight casual ties have resulted from skiffs coming in contact with wire fences and other hidden obstructions. Tbe town of Skipwith has been swept out of sight by tbe waters from a big cre vasse at tbe south end of Lake Washing ton. Only one residence remains, that of J. A. Boot. The water is from 4 to 10 feet deep in tbe stores. Efforts to rescue stocks of goods proved futile and danger ous, and in consequence were abandoned. So sudden was tbe inundation that no one had more than time to make a hasty run for the intact portion of the dyke north of tbe crevasse. Few saved even a full suit of clothes. Circus People in Distress. A detailed report of the wrecking of the circus steamer City of St. Paul at Island No. 8, twenty miles below here, by Thurs day evening's tornado, has just been re ceived. Tbe crew and the wild beasts saved from the wreck are in distress. Only the stern of the boat is visible and it rests on the bank. The cabin was carried away by the storm and a cage of tigers and several trained dogs were lost. The rest of tbe animals and circus paraphernalia were saved. The crew, consisting of twenty three people, six of whom are women, are encamped on a sawdust mound about a quarter of an acre in dimensions, which is the only spot above tho flood line in sight for miles around. The women are in a small hut but tbe men have been without shelter for three days and nights in rain aud cold. They have run short of provis ions and the wild beasts have become ravenously hungry. The boat and cirens are owned by George Edwards and were boand for St. Paul. Presbyterians Who Would Revise the Con fession. The committee of the Cleveland presby tery has prepared a report on the revision of the confession of faith, recommending several radical and startling changes. The tommittee recommends the exclusion of the statement of "sovereign, eternal and unconditional reprobation of any of God's creatures:' approves a clear expression of belief that nono dying in in fancy 6hall eternally perish; disclaims tbe certain damnation of all the heathen world as part of the faith; desires, the elimination cf the mention of Roman Catholics us necessarily idolatrous, and advocates tbe striking out of the assertion that the Pope of Borne is the anti-Christ. The committee recommends that the love of God and the missionary duty of the church be emphasized in the confession, and the adoption, in co-operation with other churches of a short creed and is. in favor of not displaying the confession, re vised or unrevised. I.ot in a Storm. Edward Happy, the son of a rich Lonis v He, Ky., merchant, who has been visiting on tbe Big Horn, has been lost in the mountains three weeks and is believed to have perished in a storm. His horse, with blankets and saddle, was found by a search ing party Saturday, twenty miles from the road on which Happy was traveling. Accident on the W abash. As the south-bound Omba fast mail on the Wabash road was rounding a sharp euro near St. Charles, Mo., tbe train was derail -d, five cars going into the ditch. Nobody was killed, but several of the pas sengers were more or less injured and all of ihem well shaken np. A Son Suspected. Jerome Baker, aged CO, was found dead in bis home near Homer, N. Y., with h:6 throat cut fiom-ear to ear, the head being almost severed from the body. Charles, hi6 son, was arrested on suspicion of hav ing committed the deed. FLOODS IX THE SOUTH. The Waters StlU Rising in Mississippi No Danger to Human Life Feared. A dispatch received from Rolling Forks, Miss., at a late hour last night says: "The water in Deer creek has risen 4 feet within the last thirty-six hours and ia now run ning over its banks and is still rising at the rate of half an inch per hour. Every foot of dry land in Boiling Forks will be tinder water before morning; A passenger train front Memphis; due here last night, did not arrive till this morning, and could go no further. After remaining here for several hours it was turned around and ordered back to Le land. The train men say it is impossible to get back there, because the track has floated off its bed. A special from Koso dale, Miss., says: The new levee at Catfish creek broke this morning and the water is now rushing through A gap GOO feet wide. By adding to this the volnme of water from breaks lower down, the back country will be inundated and the diffi culties will probably be increased. Tbe most of the plantations inundated are al ready nore or less flooded by breaks lower down. Many of tbe best estates in the country will, however, be flooded to a very considerable depth. It is believed that precautions have been taken to pro tect stock, and that no human life is endangered. A .MISSING KOIILEMAX. Iord Itoyle, Tor Whom There Is an Earl dom at Home, Has Disappeared. Lord Boyle, whose mysterious disap pearance on the western ranches of Alberta is reported by cable from London, was well known in the Canadian northwest. He represented the MacLeod district in tha legislature and was looked upon as one of its most shining lights. At the last elections he retired from tbe house and suddenly disappeared, sinco which time there has been no trace of his whereabouts. It was at first supposed his lordship had gone to a mining camp near by, but all inquiries among miners failed to give his friends any clue. Since tho an nouncement of the death of theeirlof Shannon and the succession of young Boyle to bis father's title and enormous estates in England, search has been re newed, and Hon. Henry Boyle left London yesterday for Canada to assist tbe detect ives in working up their ca6e. As tbe young lord was known to have a large sum of money on his person at the time of his disappearance, there are fears of foul play, and tbe impression prevails that Boyle has met a similar fate to Benwell. the young Englishman re cently murdered at Woodstock, Ontario. A telegram from MacLeod last night says Lord Bojle went west from there to British Columbia. He suddenly disap peared and has never been heard from since. He is supposed to have gone to Alaska. Some of his friends still believe him alive and perhaps in some remote part of the northwest. Another theory is that he may have started for England by tbe way of India, and may now be somewhere in the east. TWO MAXY LITIGANTS. The United States Supreme Court in a Dilemma for Which Relief Is Demanded. Edward Otis Hinkley, secretary of the American Bar association, has forwarded tc congress petitions from several thou sand lawyers residing in twenty four states and territories urging the enactment of some measure of relief for tbe supreme court in view of its alarming condition. Tbe court is now about two years behind with its work as docketed and is rapidly losing ground. Pigeons as Messengers. Gen. Cameron, royal engineer, com mander of the royal military college at Kingston, Oit., is organizing a system of messenger pigeon stations throughout Canada. He proposes that the Canadian cruisers utilize the pigeons by having sta tions along the coast, and thus communi cating news of poachers and fishing vessels. They might also give notice of their where abouts without putting into port. The practical object in view is to supplement facilities for the rapid transmission of messages afforded by telegraph lines, in peace to act as feeders to thoso lines, in war to act as feeders or substitutes. He proposes a chain of twenty-six stations from Windsor, N. S., to Halifax. N. S. Risinarck Writing His Memoirs. Bismarck is compiling a memoir for pub lication which will comprise the last twenty -five years of bis life. SHOUT BITS OF XEWS. A bond of $3,000,000 has been given in Pitt6burg bv Milton L. Mevers. onarciinn of Theodore L. Hostetter, son of the late Dr. Hostetter. The new woolen manufacturers' asso ciation, to endeavor to secure a change in the tarriff, has completed its organization at Boston, and will be called the Wool Consumers' association. A dense fog prevails on tbe Irish coast, and it is presumed that the steamer City of Paris, which is overdue two days, is proceeding direct to Liverpool without touching at Queenstown. The Paris Ttmp has advices from Da homey that Col. Terrillon attacked tho native forces and dislodged them from their positions on the river Oneme. Ibe native losses were heavy. Hamilton Shidy, whose record of em ploye in tho Milwaukee postoffice was in cidentally one of tbe features of the rccsnt congressional civil service investigation, has been dismissed from his clerkship in the census office. Lv Paris, Tex., the Central hotel was de stroyed by fire. The guests all escaped in their night clothes except William Alridge, a young farmer, who was suffocated and his body burned almost to a crisp. THE MARKETS. Sioux City IJve Stock. Hogs Estimated receipts, 900; official yesterday, 1 ;070. Market active and strone Quotations: ight, 4.00M.07'..; mixed 4 vk ItH.lO: heavy. 4.07.s.n. Cattle Estimated receipts, 500; official yes terday. 6C0; shipments. 1.1MJ. .Market i ctive aid firm. Quotation! : Batchers steers, prime, 3.75 ""l400" edinm to good, $3.45 a 3.75; feeders, choice 900 to 1,100 pounds. $2.95 3.2.1 ; medium to good, $2.7". 2.9J; stockers. choice. i75 3.00; medium to good, $2 50 "2.70; inferior. 2.ijtf2.4j; cows, extra choice, $J,75-3 00 medium to good, 2.50'y.70; common to infer ior. 1.90 2-t'"; ennners. 75c sfl.75; earlinc4. choice. S'.C5v2.S0; common, S2.40-'.'GO ; bulls choice, 82.3550; common, l.C5i2,5; calves fi.50J.t5'. ' Sooth Omaha "Live Stock. "Hogs Estimated receipts, i5j0. Official yesterday, i',225. Market opened higher, selbnc atlors.irMi5. b Cattle -Estimated receipts. 1.3X). OJicial yesterday, S5H. Market opened stronger. Chicago Live) Stock. Hogs Receipt'. .OjO. Market actixe and firm at tub formsr prices; light. 84.1S4.35; heavy packing and ship ing. $4.25 u 4. I7A. Cattle Receipts. 15.UW. Varket st?ady to strone; beeves anl s:eers, S3.4oft5.05; stockers and feeders. SZboa&SO; Texas C2t:ls, 2.j0is 0.ifJ tlveB, 3.75 ?? 6.00; weitara corn-fed, 4.50 5.60: TAeMB M CA.MC (a Now York Produce. Wheat Ma.rl:ttf flirlx-ffiv ffm..i vi.. May. IH-A&Kc. """' Provisions Pork unchanged. Lard steady att5 50. Butter slow and v.eak; western, b ', Oc Eggs easy; ostein, Is5 13c, ' ' TILE ACTS OF (50N(xllESS; SUCCINCT SUMMARY OP A WEEK'S LEGISLATIVE WORK. I Bills and Resolutions Introduced and Top ics DUciiFsed by the XaUUual IfcHly of Lair Makers: Iu the senate on the 3ist tbe house amendments to tho senate bill for a ptiblic building at Atchison, Kan.; were disagreed to and a conference asked. Senator Rea gan then addressed the Eenate on the bill for tho issue of treasury notes on deposits of silver bullion. The dependent pen sion bill was then taken np, the first question being on Senator Plumb's amendment removing the limita tions as to arrears of pensions. Senator Fry o regretted that the amendment was be fore the senate There was danger of overleaping iu the matter of pensions; When Mr. Cleveland began to veto the pension bills not only the democratic party ratified what he did, but many busi ness men of the republican party, too. He warned the senators that they were im periling the truest interests of t lie soldiers and creating a prejudice against the pen sion. After discussion Senator Plumb's amendment was rejected yeas, 9; nays, 40. The yeas were Sen ators Aliison, luga'ls, Mandersod, Mitchell, Plumb, Quay, Sher man, Tnrpie aud Voorhees. An amend ment by Senator Call to include those who served in Iudian wars prior to 1870 was re jected. Au amendment by Si nator Vest providing that the money to meet the ap prop'riatiou under tbe bill be raised by an income tax was laid on the table. An amendment bv Senator Plumb to pay a pension of ?S per month to all who served ninety days in the late war who are C2 rears old, or as thev attain that age, was rejected by a vote o"f 10 to 39. The bill then passed yeas, 42; nays, 12. Ad journed. In the house on the 31st a resolution was adopted calling on the secretary of stato for information showing what changes have been made by foiegn countries since 1879 iu the duty on imported breadstuff's aud tv hat laws have been enacted or regulations matlo in such countries since that date, ob structing, prohibiting or in any manner in terfering with the importation or sale of such articles. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, presented tbe conference report on the ur gent deficiency bill and it was agreed to. The only amendment remaining iu dispute was the one appropriating $20,001) to en able the secretary of agriculture to locate artesian wells. Further conference was ordered. A bill passed depriving tho United States judges of authority to give an opinion on the question of facts. The house then went into committee of the whole on the army appropriation bill. After unimportant action the committee rose and reported the bill to the house. Tho action of the committee in ad pting an amendment providing that no intoxicat ing liquors be sold in canteens was re versed by the house. The bill then passed. Mr. Springer introduced a joint resolution to retire N. P. Banks, with the rank of major-general. Referred. Adjourned. In the senate on the 1st the house bill authorizing the Mississippi river commis sion to purchase or hire such boats as may be immediately necessary to rescue the inhabitants of the overflowed districts, and to use the boats for that purpose was laid before tho senate and passed im mediately. Among the bills reported from commjttees and placed on the calendar was one directing the secretary of agriculture to cause to be made all necessary field ex aminations, surveys and experiments with reference to irrigation by overflow waters between 97 degrees west longitude and tb.9 foot hills of the Rocky mountains. An executive session was held, after which tho senate adjourned. -In the house on tbe 1st a resolution was adopted, recitiDg that it is alleged by the attorney-general that in mauy United States district courts tbe practice of sus pending Eenteuces after conviction in crim inal cases prevails without warrant of laws, and that in some parts of the conntry United States district attorneys, mar-dials and deputies and United States commis sioners have been guilty of mal-adminis-tration and corruption in office, and directing the committee on judiciary to inquire into the ex tent, cause and effect of 6nch illegal prac tice. On motion of Mr. Payson, of Illi noisthe senate bill was passed creating the office of surveyor-general in North nnd South Dakota. The bill passed exempt ing from tbe. provisions of the law re quiring steamers to carry life lines on all craft plying in inland waters of tbe United States. The bill passed authorizing tbe construction of a bridge across the Iowa river at or near Wapello, la.; also the bill transfer ring from Galena, 111., to Dubuque. Ia., tbe office of inspectors of hulls and boil ers. Ibc'honse then went into committee of the whole. Mr. Payson, of Illinois, in the chair, on tbe fortification appropria tion bill. On motion of Mr. Cheadle, and after some argument, an amend ment was udopted providing thut the board created to inquire into the facilities for producing steel forg ings for high power gnus shall also extend their inquiries to tbe Indianapolis arsenal. Tho committee then rose aud the bill passed without division, the amount nn piopxiated being $4,521,078. Thenational zoological park bill, providiug for a jia-k in the District of Columbia, passed. The death of Representative Wilier was an nounced, aud tho house adjourned. In the senate on the 2d tha conference lepoit on the urgent deticiencv bill was preseuted and agreed to. The senate then proceeded to consideration of the Montaua election cases. Senator Hoar stated tbe case on tbe part of the majority of the committee, the whole matter turning upon the question whether the one set of delegates who voted with tbe twenty-five republican delegates for Saun ders and Powers were legally elected from Silver Bow county, or whether the other set (who voted with -the twenty-four demo crats for Clark and Mogiuuis) were legally elected delegates. Senator Gray, repre senting the minority of the co'mtcittee, made a statement in support of tbe claim that Clark and Maginnis were entitled to seats. Without action the senate, after receiving tbe announcement of the death of Representative Wilber, adjourned. In the bouse on the 2d the bill passed ameodiug the act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled on waters coterminous to the United States and the Dominion of Can ada. The bill authorizing tbe construc tion of a bridge and approaches at New Ytrk city across the Hudson river, to regu late commerce over such bridge between the states of New York and New Jersey and to establish such bridge as a military and post road, passed. The Idaho admis sion bill was taken up. This was dis cussed at length and without action went over. Adjourned. In the senate on the 3d Senator Blair, at his own request, was excused from further service on the committee on public lands, and Senator Tettigrew was appointed in his place. The senate bill passed to enable the secretary of ine treasury to gather authentic laforraation as to the present condition and preservation of the fnr sealing interests of the government m the region of Alaska as compared with its condition in 1870; also full information as to tbe impending e--linctionof tbe sea otter industry. Ujon the announcement by the vice-president of his intended absence for sevetal days Sen ntor Ingalls was elected to fill the chair and took his strat. Thb senate bill aopropriat ing $75,000 for a public building at Aurora, 111., passed. After executive session ad jonrument was taken. In the bona- on the 3d on motion of Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, from the committee on foreign affairs, tbe senate .concurrent reso lution as agreed to, requesting the presi-d-ui to myto from timo to time, as seemed fct. liegotiati iih with fverv government with which lie V i l Slates" mav h.ive diplomat's r 1 .'it s t t;, end that any 3igrret:te or dispute, ajisbg bgfweea the governments w'" icif c"diltloi be adjrwtf tl by diplomacy may be reftfred Jo" srt.itrJujn.. The bill was" passed amending the' af ti des of war so rts to ptb'vide that whou pnri ishment on a conviction1 for a military of-, fc so is left with a cor.rt-martial th ptiu Uhmentin time of peace shall not bo In excess of the limit piescribedlby the presi dent. Also the senite bill amending tbe articles of War eo as to provide that no pers'ch shall l6 tried or punished by court-mart ial for deseititm in time of peace committed more than td years before arraignment, ,nnles the' pt rstfu shall in the meantime' hate abeuted k melf ' from tbe United States- Tec house rj snmed consideration ot the Idaho aumis siou bill. After discussion, tbe bill teenr rirg ou the passage of the b 11, the demo crats refrained from vdHrj. One of the readiug clerks was busily engaged in noting down the names of Jerrio" crats present and refusing to vote. The democrats say they intend to make this a test case an I have the omts pass upon the constitutionality of the rules allowing thespeaker .td cdtlut a quorum. It bad been intended to make bue of the con tested election cases a test Case; but as this could be done only by a suit for salary brought iu the court of claims, this cotinJa was abau loued nnd the present action de cided upon. The bill passed yeas, 129; nays, 1 (Mr. Buckalew), ths speaker count inga quorum. Adjourned. The senate was not in session on tbe 4th. After tho reading of the journal the house on the lth proceeded to considera tion of the various privute pension bills. Private pension bills to the number of five were then passed. The house then went into Committee of tbe whole on the private calendar, after which it adjourned until evening. At the evening session thirty private pension bills were passed. Ad jonrned. In the senate on the ath tbe house bill to provide for town sita entries of laud in Oklahoma was taken from tho calendar, amended by the insertiou of a proviso thai certificates meutioned therein shall not be tnken as evidence in favor of any person claiming lots who entered them iu viola tion cf tho com maud of tbo president's proclamation, and it was passed. Amoug the senate bills passed weie the following: Appropriating SSt'.OlO for an Indian industrial school at Frandiean, S. D.; to provide for the disposal of the interest on tha YirgiLlus fund; to authorize the secre tary of tho treasury aud the proper ac counting officers to reinstate, settle and pay to tho owners of private dies tbe bal ance of tbe commissions due them aud ap propriating $350,000; appiopriating $500, 000 for an additional nre-pioof building for the National museum; providing for tho inspection of meats for exportation; prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles ot food or drink and authorizing the president to make a proclamation in certain cases and for it her purposes; to authorize and direct the secretary of war to place ou file in tbe war department tho names of the officers and members of the Frontier guards (under James H.Lane), mustered into vo.unteer military service of the United State j the 16th day of April, 1861, aud to issue dis charges to tbe same; to amend section 1754, revised statutes (as to the preference of honorably discharged 'soldiers in ap pointment to civil tffice); to authorize tbe Dulutb, Red Wing t Southern railroad to construct a bridge acioss tbe Mississispi river at or near the city of Red Wing, Minn., nnd establish it as a post road; for the appointment of an assistant general superintendent and chief clerk of the rail way mail service (house bill). After a shoit executive session private bills on (he calendar were taken up and 113 bills passod in just one hour. Among them was oue givius a pension of $100 a month to the widow of Gen. John F. Uartranft. Ad journed. In the house on the 5th a bill passed araei-ding the articles of war so as to pro vide that in times of peace general courts martial for the trial of commissioned officeis shall be appoiuted only by the president, the general commanding officer, or the general officer commanding tho mil itary division, and that judge advocates nmit not lo present at an deliberations of courts-martial in close session. Tbe biJl passed granting right-of-way through tbo Fort Pembina military reser vation to the Dnluth t Manitoba Railroad company. Also tho bill providing that in tlmo of pea-e all enlisted men charged with offenses now cognizable by garrison or regimental court martial shall, within twenty- four hours after their arrest, be brought Lefore a summary court, which ehall con sist of tbe line officer second in rank nt tbo post or station or in o mm aud ot tho alleged offender, who shall hear and de termine the case, and when satisfied of the guilt of the accused person, adjudge the punishment to be inflicted. The acensed may object to the heariug of the summary court aud demand a trial by court-martial, which demand shall be granted by right. Also the bill pissed incieasing to eleven tbe membership of the boarJ of managers of tbe national home for disabled volunteer soldier's and making the following appoint ments: Edmund N. Morrill, of Kansas, for tho unexpired term of office of John A. Martin, deceased; Alfred L. Pear son, of Pennsylvania, for the unexpired term of office ot John F. Hartrauft, de censed, and Wm. B. Franklin, of Connect icut, John C. Black, of Illinois; Augusta B. Faruham. of Maine, aud George W. Steele, of f udiana, for terms of office, commencing Ap.il 21, 1890, to fill vacan cies occasioned by tbeexpiration of termi of office aud bv the increase provided hereby. Also tbe bill passed providing that in mak ing appointments to the army from civil life the president shall give precedence to graduates of West Point, who have been honorably discharged: to meritorious mem bers of the national guard and to deserving graduates of institutions of learning hav ing army officers detailed as instructors. On motion of Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, the bill passed for the erection of a public building at Aurora, III., to coat $75,000. At 3 o'clock public business was suspended and the house proceeded to pay tribute to the memory of Newtrn W. Nnttlng, of New York." After eulogistic addresses by Messrs. Payne, Baker, Grosvenor, Peters and Henderson, of Illinois, the house, as a mark of respect to tbe memory of the de ceased, adjourned. Hate Kegun a New Vendetta. Hostilities on the bloody ground made notorious by the Hatfield-McCoy feud have broken out afresh and another victim has been added to tbe long list of lives which have already been sacrificed in this vendetta. Information comes from Logan court house, W. Va., that Jerry Hatfield and M. C. Lee, an adherent of the McCoy faction, met in a public house. Both immediately drew revolvers .and began to blaze away at each other. The fusilade continued until their ammunition was ex hausted. Hatfield dropped dead on tbe floor. Lee, flourishing his revolver and threatening to kill everybody who tried to stop him, then went to the nearest stable, compelled the owner to saddle a horse and galloped across the state line into Ken tucky. Jerry Hatfield was a cousin of "Devil Anse." The tragedy has caused much excitement in .Logan Court House and more bloodshed is feared. Don I'edro's Serious Illness. The illness from which Dom Pedro, the deposed emperor of Bnztl, is suffering, his assumed a critical phase. He was in s comatose state during the greater part of yesterday, and his condition was so serious that it waa consider d necessity to admin ister the last sacraments of tbe church. The prince of Wales, who has just arrived at Cannes, has paid a 'visit to Dom Pedro. The crusaders excitement at Farming ton, Mo., is still at rever hea. The two rcre.ked saloons v.ll not I e rsopene 1. 'I be woin&n destroje t fiftv-fivs barrels and eleies case of beer. THE NEBRASKA COLLECTION. The Ausouat Due ths State from Publfc Land. Senate? PadJocfc ha beea busily em ployed in stirring dp tha interior and treas ury tftfjfcTtrflents for statement of the amounts due Nebraska on account of tbe sales of public land?. He has received a tabulated statement from the land office" which contains figures of interest to the state. The most important item is that which shows there is due Nebraska $224,-" S2S, being 5 per Cent, of the sales ot lands previously unaccounted for. The comp troller of the treasury in announcing the correctness of this statement, says: "Of tie above amount only $111,443 is now n nibble for payment and has been certi fied! to tho state. The remain der will faj reported to cngress for a special nppfopriatioifc" A re view of the figures shows' that from February, 1856. to June, 1889", the total proceeds of sales of public lands in Ne braska amounted to 8,260,471, of which $1,179,992 ouly was- for Indian lands. During that parlod the smallest safes oc curred in ths year ending June, 1S87, when only $10,632 worth of lands were disposed of, and tbe largest leu years later, when $1,361,424 poured into the treasury from Nebraska soil. Nearly $6,Q0(000 of tbe $8,000,000 were sold sinco July, 1881. Ju other words three-fonrtbs of the total amount of sales in Nebraska have been made in less than nine years past. No moro pregnant commentary could be made upon the growth of the state, its rapid settlement and the probabilities of tho coraiug census enumeration. The 5 per centum net under tbe laws ef tbe Ne braska enabling act was .made retroactive so as to include all sales of land prior to her admission. By this fortunate and ex ceptional clause $10,600 in lonnd numbers accrued to tbe state, "the per cent, on $218,000 woith of sales. The stimulus ol statehood and the building of the Union Pac'fia road in the next three years raised tbe amount to $1,700,000. From 1871 to 1881 the sales steadily decreased, whec they leaped to the figures above quoted. LaBt year they dropped $400,000 to $961, 000, and are likely to be still further de creased during the present fiscal year. A l'rairie Fire In Nebraska thus ireat Damage. It is reported that tha recent prairie fire north of Paxton did great damage to tie Germati colony that recently settled in Ar thur county. They were Ignorant as to tbe rapidity of a prairie fire and were slow iu making preparations to fight it, and in con sequence Charles Kraft lost everything he had, his clothes catching fire and himself badly burned. His wife and two children made a narrow escape, Mrs. Kraft becom ing bewildered aud wandering away, but was rescued. A German from North Platto was so seriously burned that his life is now despaired of. A Serious April Fool Joke. A iather serious April fool joke was played near Ltwreuce. As the Rnrlington 4 Missouri passenger train was ronndiug a curve near that place down brakes were whistled, the engine reversed and the train brought to a sudden halt by a red flag placed upon tbe track In the hand of a dummy. The engineer was greatly alarmed, but could not stop the train until tho stuffed man had been run oer. Gleanings Irani All Quarters. A GrmiAS Lutheran church to cost $5,000 is to be erected four miles north of Arlingon. While the aged fathrof M. W. Case, of Brazil Mills, was castigating his canine the dog flew upon bim and bit bis face in a terrible manner. Serious results are feared. The 9-year-old son of G. W. Mason, liviog at Dillier, while playing witn other children in a slaughter-house, fell into a boiling reservoir and was literally cooked, dying within a few hours. Isaac Kerfoot, who has been confiued in the Nebraska City jiil for attempting tc kill a neighbor, has been released by the county commissioners because of the . tremo destitutiou of bis family, they con sidering it better to liberate bim tban to support tbe entire family. A St. Jon emigrant tried tosmugle his grown-up son through to Beukelman by stowing him iu a freight car under u pile of goods. The ruse worked all right until the end of the route was reached, when the man in hiding was pulled out by the heels and compelled to pay chair car fare. The west end brakemen never sleep. Rev. Cooi'EY, who has been much abused for his actions in soliciting aid for the alleged destitute in western Nebraska, has been in a measure vindicated by the citizens of Potter. They beg of the public the privilege of bearing any reproach that may attach to Rev. Cooler, as he was authorized by a committee of citizens. During the recent storm Mrs. Fred Mubeltnire, living near Winside, wtw struck by lightning, stripping every shred of clothing, even her shoes, from her body and burning ber terribly, from tbe effects of which she died before morning. Tbe bouse and contents were burned, the fatbei and five children escaping in their night clothes. The Platte river at Louisville is to be bridged. Cetkai City has about fifty cases of measles. Contract has been let to build a new flouring mill at Calloway. Niobrara is certain of better railway facilities inside of six months. York has raised tbe necessary amount of money to secure the location of the or phans' home. Jake McKnight, a young man of Sut. too, is among the missing, no one know ing his destination. The Noble sewing machino factory at Weeping Water will soon commence oper tions. A mad dog at Hebron bit u number of canines and the marshal shot the chief of fender and nineteen others. Hooper is putting in a system of water works. Clara Carlson, a Swedish girl ol Edgar, has drawn $5,000 in a lottery. Her first act after receiving the money was tc buy a farm and send for ber family living in the old country. W. B. Nelson, living near Trenton, has a curiosity in the shape of a three-legged calf. It is said to be perfect in every par ticular, with the exception of being minu the left fore leg. The Loup county fair will be held at Taylor this fall. It is estimated that the population of Nebraska is 1,400,000. Fiftt stacks of hay were destroyed near Talmage by a spark from a locomotive. L. L. Benbow, a conductor oa tbe electric motor line at Omaha. hs a mad stone which has been in tbe possession of bis family for 100 years. A OOLOHT of Russians, consisting of nine families, or abont fifty men women and children, have left Jausen for Mon tana. It to k seven fr l.'ht c-i".- to tru i.--port their lJ7e R'.ock. jntcb'Cer aid pro visions. THE OLD RELIABLE Columbus State Bank mv va (Oldest Stato Bank in the State.) PAYS INTEREST ON TIME IEP0S1TS, AND MAKES LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON Omaha, Chicago, New York, and a'l Voreign Couttrios. SEIXS STEAMSHIP TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES And Helps Its Customers when they Need Help, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: LEAKI&En GERHARD. President. G. W. TIULST, Vl:e-l'resident. JOHN STAUFFER, Cashier. JULIUS A. BEEP. K. H. HENRY. 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