Nebraska Newspapers

    .
Or
Calinnlra
Imrrmrl
. -. ..
jV
r "
WHOLE NUMBER 1090.
VOLUME XXI.-NUMBER 50.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, ArRIL 1,
1
'3-
a
I
! .-'
;
;
v; .as
0
o
r .
DIRECTOlll
a aJI JJUKJ?i. PraTr.
j.iLOAjjjrr,
fifSolfei,
O. ANDF-MRON
EltfiON. P. AITDKaOK.
GHklMKN. Ua$ftTBAOitZ,
JOHN J. BTJLUVAN.
JACOB
First National Bank
COLUMBUS. Ml
Report of Condition May 17, 189a
KMOtmCEfc
mS"? "? Iseeata
L'.a. bonie
Itesl a cat, f jra-tareend f.tar-..
lMiafrnzno her baaka SS.TT2.M
" U. it. Tieatnry C7.1.60
reason ban J U.aTe.aS
u.tss.s?
ot.Wl.67
t7,).e0
iuiam
(JnUl4epr.Bt. XTS H
tei:oeal bank n tot oUW Jte.... Ran tf)
OwliMWjatt . ... I8.at.al
Una depositors . Ho.l.M
giisincss ards.
T H- EH I.I AX,
DFUTCHER ADVOKAT,
Office w Colnmbna Slate Eank, Colnaibae
fTehraaka. 23
IILLIVAK & IIEEDGK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
" oT First K&tional Eank, Coin tn baa.
aWwaaaa. ic-U
T m. COOKUS,
47 and EXPRESSMAN.
light md beery hauling. Goodk hasdlaal vha
e. lleaaqnartore at J7P. Becker &Ce?eoCioe.
titoae. S3 end M. SfcaarSSU
FAU11M: A BRAPSHAW.
focrwscr f o .Fauole A JrusAcII),
BRICK MAKERS !
fiff Contractors wid bnildcre will And oar
ricU firat.cla- and .:rrrrd tt reeeoa&ble rate.
V, are also prepared to uo all Lied : brick
Turk. lajja
jy K. TURNER, & CO.,
Prcprirtore aad Pablishrraof th
CCL7HS7C ,CSj:iAi t:t tkf HZI. TAKILT .T:?2PAL
Hota.ioM.nr.iJ to nur arfdrw. for $2 00 a yr.
etncl.y a ailTaaee. I iii.t JowMal. Ai.00 a
3 fr.
TV'. A. McALLISTER. W. M. CORNELIUS
rcAaUSIS--ICiK&COft!CL.llJa
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Colcnibna. Js'ob.
RGBOYB,
iUNrrcTCMi or
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware!
Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter
ing r Specialty.
OShop en ISth atreet, Kraoae Bro.'s old
ataod on IhirtMBlh lUnU t2tf
Thas. F. Esaff. Fb&xk R. Kraft
KNAPP BROS..
Contractors and Builder.
Estimates tnrniahed oa brick and stcce v-rk
and plutering. rraa. Spacial uteatloa giten to
t!:c bal!,... mantis, etc. Bt&tain; asl
?ck polatlac old or aev brirk worir to rcpre
ernt praad !rick, a specialty. Ccrmpoadacra
aolintMl. llstercaoca girta.
'Jlluiajll KNArP BEOB..
Colnmboa, Nab.
LAND FOR SALE.
A PINE IMPROVED FARM
for anle in Shall Creok vnlley.
. near Colombns, containing ixi)
' acra of land: abont l'Jl' acrca
antlf-r cuititutfon: 10 acrea hratilr tiaiborfd. ro-
nuladrr mostly in clorpr and blue era pntur
.And hay lend; J50 fruit traea, pdea. para.
ilifiry, pinto, etc.aon. bfnng: all hinda of
ornamental trws and ahrnba; IM full-larinf
rapn tiit. The farm entlra la fencol, and di.
tldad lata ssnall Selda by fenca. Dwf llias housa
of Bren rooaif". giiaaiy. corn criba. larce hrtraa
'.able with hcj-mow. cattle bam which holda SO
ou of bay: hoc boaae: 2 wella; ranaiac wcter
Jd paivturr. 'For farther particalara inanira at
Jocru al olf.09. or adJraaa, II. &, aaxa of Joua
xxu DolnmLaa. Nabr. XkavHt
A STRAY LEAF!
DIARY.
THB
JOURNAL OFFICE
OARDa
ENVELOPES,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEAPS,
CIRCULARS,
DODGERS, ETQ
SUBSCRIBE NOW
THE COLUMBUS JOURNAL
AMH-
Xxflfn,
i;' THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE
u.
T .W Qftr Bath for a Ttar. at HM.
A JennAX. ai aekaawWltj tA.b the m
vwa and family papar IB PUUe crtnntj.xcd Tha
Aacr.caa MaKatiee ia the only bieh-claaa nna:li
ly igzie difoted entirely to AairrieaB MJr?
tn:. American Thought aad P.-, au.J ..
tl raly .lacided exponaat of American IomiIi.
l:os. It ia a good aa aay of the olJcr misT"
aiaas f cra;hiac in a year oyer I.SK pases " '
!c'crsl lit'-ratare, written by the ab!ei An""
cv: triors. It ia bwaatirnlly ilIiJtrW. a
rich it charming t--nti3uI an'i trt
.S" H' fs i;jir4iiirHt Vr,;ijL. r"
bis"- " ia;ar'i bubacripiioa to ii A-i-
- Cli '. i e9ia'ly brUliaot drf-ins th ri.
Ja-y
' Tu t-ic ..t J icaxa&U IIW, aa't T- V
aaa Macaaiaa at AW IN Wta fe Ai..
FBESH NEWS OF THE DAI.
Information Gleaned From AL
Quarters of the Universe.
HOME GR0WX SISAL.
FLORIDA RAISES IT IN LARGE
QUANTITIES.
And It la Kronb'uncait by Compateat Au
tltorfty Fully Cqual to the Yucataa Ar
Ucle The Induairy to Re DaveloVvd
Buffalo la the Xorther" Tooda.
WABKfJfCtON, D. C, March 27. Spo
clal Apcnt Dodge, of the department of
agriculture, who has just returned from
a trip to Florida, reports that the penin
sular f tate within a short titnb wiil be
ablo to furnish ss.! crass in sufficient
quantities to Vjpply the American dc
tnand. In the southern half of the state
great interest Is being taken in a recent
discovery that the native sisal prasr
which grows wild there is of the same
quality as the cultivated plant growing
In Yucatan. The latter is the kind used
for binder twine and rope, and Yucatan
Ht present is the principal supply of the
American market. The agricultural dc
parttneuft has been '.nveslipating the
matter, and samples received front
Florida produced in most respects better
twine and rope than the Yucatan
variety. The Florida variety is much
easier to handle, and It is believed that
with the samo cultivation Riven the
plant in Yucatan, it will soon prove an
Important and profitable Industry. The
name variety is grown on the neighbor
ing Bahama islands, and tho fit r. pre
pared from some of the wild p!an.s was
recently sent to London, and brought a
higher price In tho open market than the
Yucatan plant In the same staee of manu
facture. The secretary of agriculture is
very enthusiastic over the matter, and
the southern Florida planters propose to
devote themselves to some experiments
with the new industry.
THE WOOD BUFFALO.
Explorer Pike Think It la the rialna Ani
mal Acclimated.
Winnipeg, Man., March 27. W. Pike,
the English explorer, whose arrival from
the arctic circle a few days ago was chron
icled in these dispatches, says that in
company with some Indian hunters, he
found a baud of eight buffalo, of which
he killed one. He believes tho wood
buffalo to be the same as tho buffalo of
the plains, but grown a little larger on
account of having better food and less
traveling, and the color of the robe is a
little darker on account of its being less
bleached by tho sun and the winds of the
prairie. Tho Indians seem Inclined to
protect rather than destroy the wood
buffalo, only killing ono occasionally.
Their number Is unknown, and Mr.
Pike thinks that they are generally un
derestimated. They are heard of in
various parts of the vast region between
the Athabasca, Peace and Liard rivers,
a country unexplored and unknown, and
the fact that bands are often seen is fair
evidence that they exist in considerable
numbers.
BARRETT'S FORTUNE.
The Pareoue Actor Left m Competency of a
Hundred Thousand or Store.
New York, March 27. Theatrical
circles are indulging in a great deal of
speculation concerning the size of tho
fortune left behind him of Lawrence
Barrett. A prominent theatrical man
ager said to-day that on the basis of
Barrett's earnings for the past ten years,
had he practiced close economy, ho
could have acquired an estate of over
$500,000. It is doubtful, however, whether
he left behind hira.counting his real estate
and possessions of all kinds, more than
eve-third of that sum. While not by
uuy means a high liver in the generally
accepted sense of the term, he was, at
the same time, partial to luxury, and in
his tours of tho country invariably en
gaged tho highest priced apartments at
the hotels, and often entertained on a
very liberal scale. Although, moreover,
he acted on the scripture injunction of
not letting his left hand know what
his right hand did, his benefactions were
numerous and proved a heavy drain
upon his resources. There are
scores of actors in this country
who have sought assistance from
Lawrenco Barrett in time of trouble, and
have always gone away with what they
asked for and sometimes more. He was
more than liberal to hi? children, while
he maintained his wife in a condition
bordering upon absolute luxury. At one
time sho occupied an entire floor of the
Vendomo hotel in Boston, where sho en
tertained lavishly. It was said by one
of his intimate friends to-day that, out
side of his accumulated estate, Mrs. Bar
rett would receive no less than S100.000
as the proceeds of policies in first-class
insurance companies that her husband
had carried.
INSPECTION OF MEATS.
Elaborate Bulea and iteeulntlona laaned
by Secretary Kuak.
Washington, March 27. The secre
tary of agriculture has prescribed elab
orate sets of rules and regulations for the
inspection of live cattle and hogs and
carcasses under the law of August last.
Proprietors of establishments engaged in
slaughtering and packing animals the
carcasses or products of which are to be
come the subject of interstate or foreign
commerce will make application in writ
ing to tho secro ry for inspection, giv
ing detailed information in regard to
their product, etc. Tho secretary
will give each establishment an official
number, by which all its in
spected products will thereafter be
known. He will appoint an Inspector
to take charge of the work at each es
tablishment so numbered. This in
spector will examine all animals before
slaughtering and at the time of slanghter
and shall condemn any found to be dis
eased and unfit lor food. The carcasses
of cattle will be stamped with a num
bered stamp and a record sent to the de
partment at Washington. Each and
every article of food products made from
the inspected carcasses will be labeled
or marked in such a manner as the
owner of the establishment may direct
In the case of swine, in addition to th
above rules a microscopic examination
for trichinae will be required for all pro
dnrtx. Th insnector wiil issue a cer
tlficate for all carcasses or products to
be exported into foreign countries.
Bava Joined the Catholic Church.
Boston, March 27. The Pifof an
nounces this week that George Parsons
Lathrop, the author, and his wife, who
is the daughter of Nathaniel Haw
thorne, have become Roman Catholics.
They were received into the church in
New Y'ork by Rev. Alfred Young, of St.
Paul's, and were confirmed two days later
by Archbishop Corrigan.
Kcattve Foretgnere.
Wheeling, W. Va., March 27. The
Etory sent out last week of many Italians
employed on a line of new railroad be
ing constructed drilling under arms has
been verified. On the last navdav thir
was a narrow escape froui a riot, and
over 100 or tbc men were atsmiescd by
the contractors. TJw scltnicnt In the
ciayi ctntinuts.
SENATORIAL SALARIES.
The Maaaer of Payment Who Are oa the
Pay Roll Gov. HlU'a Case.
Washington, D. C, March 27. -Tho
secretary of tho senate has made up tho
roll of senators and senators elect, and
next week will send out salary checks
for the present month, tinder the law a
senator elect whose credentials have been
placed on file Is & full-fledged senator to
all intents and purposes from the date of
the commencement of the term to
which ho was elected, and en
titled to his salary from that
date. When congress Is In session
the senators aie allowed to draw money
&t their pleasure, provided, however,
that they keep within tho amount due
them. During a recess, checks are as a
rule sent to the senators every month.
There are a very few cases, however, of
senators who prefer to leave the money
In tho secretary's safe until they ask
for it. These Instances are few, as for
tho most part, the senators accept the pay
each month and receipt for it. There
aro three senators-elect, one alleged
senator-elect and two yet to be elected
senators Who will not draw any money
from the senate cash box until next De
cember. One of the first-mentioned class
is David B. Hill, senator-elect from New
York. Under the law he is not a sena
tor, because ho did not see fit to have his
credentials presented to the senate, and
his name is not, therefore, on the secre
tary's list Senator Palmer must go
without his salary for eight months also,
because he was not elected until after
the senate adjourned. This Is the case
also with Mr. Felton, of California. Mr.
Claggctt, of Idaho, who claims to be a
senator-elect, is not on tho roll, because
his credentials, not having been signed
by the proper state officials who had pre
viously signed those of Mr. Dubois, were
regarded as irregular. They were re
ceived by the senate, but were not placed
on file. Mr. Dubois is, therefore, the
junior Idaho senator, and will hence
forth, at least until tho contest is de
cided, receive the pay of that office.
There is a vacancy In the senate rep
resentatlon from Florida and Maryland.
The term of Wilkinson Call, of Florida,
expired on March 4. The legislature
will elect next month, but whatever the
result of the fight now in progress, there
wiil but one senator from the state of
tho everglades until next December. The
governor of Maryland has the privilege
of appointing a senator to succeed the
late Mr. Wilson, but will allow the scat
to remain vacant until the legislature
meets. Mr. Hill, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Fel
ton and the successor of Mr. Call, who
ever he may be, will be recognized as
senators to the extent of consideration
being given them to such recommenda
tions as they may choose to make touch
ing the public business in the depart
ments and elsewhere, but so far as legal
recognition by the senate officials Is con
cerned, they are private citizens. Mr.
Hill Is tho only ono of tho twenty-six
senators who were elected or re-elected
before the 4th of March last who did not
have his credentials presented to the
senate before adjournment.
The credentials of all the senators
since tho formation of the government
are on file in the office of the secretary
of the senate. They are so systemati
cally jacketed and marked that Secre
tary McCook can at a moment's notice
place his band on any of them. To-day
he exhibited as interesting relics of old
days, the documents certifying to tho
election of Pierce Butler as the first sen
afer from South Carolina in 1789, and of
Aaron Burr, elected in New York in
1791. Both of these sets of credentials
arc written in full on unornamented
sheets of parchment, and to them are
attached huge seals weighing half a
pound each, and having the appearance,
in their old age, ot sea biscuit rescued
from tho salt water. In these modern
days senatorial credentials arc often
filed out on blank forms, and mauy of
them arc works of art, being highly
illuminated and printed in fancy type.
Under the existing law original creden
tials of a senator can not be removed
from the files. In the early days of the
republic the rules were more lax, for in
looking over the files to-day Gen. Mc
Cook found only a receipt for the creden
tials of the second South Carolina sen
ator, the original document having been
withdrawn.
THE WOMAN'S PART.
A Beaton Lady Will Deals Vomtn'1
World' Fair BaUdlng.
Chicago, March 27. Miss Sophia G.
Hardin, of Boston, will design the
woman's world's fair building. After
spending several hours in conference
Chief of Construction Burnbam and Mrs.
Potter Palmer decided that of tho thir
teen designs submitted by competing
women architects Miss Hardin's was the
best so she wins the prize of S1,000, and
has been telegraphed to como on at once
to Chicago and prepare working draw
ings of her designs.
Miss Hardin did not have a walkaway.
The choice trembled in tho balance a
good while between her design and that
of Miss Lois L. Howe, also of Boston.
Miss Howe's sketch was accorded second
place, and the designer will get $500.
Tho third successful design was sub
mitted by a Chicago woman, Miss Laura
Hayes. She secures a prize of S250.
Miss Hayes Is Mrs. Palmer's private sec
retary. AUTOMATIC COUPLERS.
Report of the Froeras of their Introduc
tion by LeadiBg- Roada.
New York, March" 27. The En
qinccring Ncics will publish this week a
statement of the progress made in the
equipment of freight cars with auto
matic couplers and with automatic air
brakes. Railroad companies owning
over 700,000 freight cars report that they
have equipped over 99,000 of them with
such couplers, up to the first of this
year. The statement says about 15,000
freight cars are equipped with automatic
air brakes.
A loneeome Boy'a Jonraey.
Moberly, Mo., March 27. A little 5-year-old
at the depot to-day attracted
the attention of travelers, trainmen and
citizens. He came from Aurora, Neb.,
his mother having died on the train in
Nebraska and left the little fellow
alone. He had a card sewed fast to bis
overcoat, bearing the following inscrip
tion: This boy's name is George Cupi-1
nail. Ho will bo met at Vandalia, III.,
by Mrs. C. C. Perry, of Shobonier, Fay
ettc county, 111." A traveler named '
Benjamin Stenberg. of Canada, had the
little fellow in charge, and was taking
him as far as Springfield, that being
the end of his journey, where he will
turn him over to other parties. !
Death Preferable to a Loveless Union.
Hazleton, Pa., March 27. Millie
Capece, aged 26 years, committed sui
cide at her home in Foundryville, a
short distance from here, this afternoon !
by shooting herself through the heart
with a revolver. The girl's parents
wanted her to marry an aged suitor and
Millie, who was in love with a young
man, a neighbor, took the matter so .
much to heart that, in desperation, she i
took her life. i
Wlseoaala Coacresaieaal Dlatrlets.
Mtlwatjkee, March 27. The reap
portionment of the congressional dis
tricts of the state has been completed by
the democratic nembers of the committee
and submitted to the full committee.
The democrats figure that all of the tt n
tUtriott will bf democratic
NEBRASKA CONGRESS.
DAILY REPORT OF WHAT IS
BEINO DONE.
Maay Meamrea el Mara or Leaa Import
ance Balaf Introduced at the I'reient
SeaUeti el the SiiUaewer' Legislature
Afiaar Session.
Lincoln, March'20. In tho senate the
following bills were read the third time and
passed: Senate file No; 75, re'lativa to es
tates by courtesy. Senate file No. 1ST; In
corporating cities of tbo first claws with
fewer than 25,000 inhabitants and more
than 8,000. Senate file No. 217. provid
ing for the government, regulation and
winding up of tho affairs of building
associations. The day's session closed In a
deadlock on tho Newberry maximum rate
bill. i
The house spent the morning session In
committee of the whole, recommending a
number of bills for passage. In tha after
noon session houso roll 461, appropriat
ing an additional 8100,000 for the
relief of the western sufferers,
was called up for final passage. The bill
contained the emergency clause, by which
tho amount Voted would be immediately
avilablc, but as It required a two-thirds
vote the bill was not passed, the yeas being
58; nays, 38. The question then being "shall
the bill pass without the emergency clause,"
the yeas were 50; nays.37; so the bill passed
Senate files 12, 43, -.'0 and 108. bills re
ported for passage in tho morning session
were taken up and passed. Also house roll
SG, making it optional with counties
having less than 125.000 Inhabitants
whether they shall have three or five mem
bers of the board of county commissioners.
The house then weflt into committee of tho
whole to consider house bills recommended
for action by the sifting committee. Among
bills recommended for passage was house
roll b8, appropriating $34,000 for tho ex
penses of the Nebraska militia during tho
late Indian campaign was recommended for
passage. Adjourned.
Lincoln, Neb.. March 21. The house took
up the reports of the committee of the whole.
House roll 110. providing for the election of
two presidential electors from tho state at
large, and one by each congressional dis
trict, was recommended for passage. The
bill was ordered engrossed for final reading.
House roll 148. the Irrigation bill prepared
by the late irrigation convention, was called
up on final reading, but failed to pass, re
ceiving only 35 of tho necchsary 51 votes.
Lincoln, March 23. This afternoon at
5:30 o'clock the deadlock in the senate was
broken, and the reading of the Newberry
maximum rate bill was continued from
page 145, at which page it was discontinued
by the call of the houso on Friday last. The
record of proceeding whereby this was ac
complished was this: Senator Shumway
rose and said: sufficient time having
elapsed In whlh cnableus to pro
duce the missing senator (Taylors),
and believing that he cannot bo
found and does not Intend to return. I now
move you that further proceedings under
call of tho houso be dispensed with." Tho
president then called those who objected to
dispensing with tho call to rise. Immedi
ately Senators Mattes, of Otoe; Thomas, of
Cass; Christofferson, of Douglas, and Col
liu, of Gage. roo up, shouting, I ob
1ect." To enforce the rule, five senators
were required and but four had responded.
Tho chair again asked those objecting to
rise, but no ir.oro left their scats. "Four
senators having objected," said tbo chair,
"the nun. er being less than required
by the ru'e. tho objection is not sustained."
Tho motion of Senator Shumway was put
to the house and prevailed, without a dls-"
sentlng vote. The reading of the Newberry
bill was then resumed. The bill having
been read, tho chair repeated tho formal
proclamation of the bill having been read
on three separate days, etc., and
announced that It was now on Its
passage. The vote was as follows:
Yeas Heck. Brown, Day, Dysart, Hill,
Horn, Helper. Koontx, Michener, Poyntcr,
ltandall, Sanders. Schram, Shumway, Smith,
Starbuck. Stevens, Turner, Van llouscn,
Warner, Williams. Wilson, Woods 23.
Nays ChrNtoirerson, Collins, Eggleston,
Matte. Moore. Switzler, Thomas 7. Ab
sentCoulter, Shea. Taylor 3. The bill
having received a constitutional majority
was declared passed. Adjourned.
Tbc house went Into committee of tho
whole to consider bills on the general file.
Shrader moved that house roll 43'.'. the bill
providing for paying tho fees of the attor
neys and other expenses In the contest
cases be taken up. This motion was de
bated at length, aud without reach
ing a vote the committee aro-e
and tho houso adjourned till 2 p. in.
In the afternoon session an effort was made
to take up the senate bills locating normal
schools at Pierce, Aurora and Chadron. and
the bill to pay expenses of tbo contest, but
it did not succeed. Tho house then went
nto committee of the whole to consider
bills on tbe general file. A number of bills
were reporled for passage, but when the
committee aroe the houso adjourned with
out action on the report.
Lincoln, March 24. In the senate tho
committee on constitutional amendments
recommended the passage of house roll No.
5$. providing for tho election by tho people
of the members of tho board of railroad
commissioners. Senator I'oynter moved,
and the motion prevailed, that the bill bo
pa-ed to third reading. After other re
ports by committees tho following senate
files were passed: No. 91, defining
the qualifications of teachers; No. 14G,
providing for tho reports to be made
by raiiroad companies to the state auditor;
No. 204, relating to the listing of railroad
property for taxation purposes: No. 150.
setting forth the appreciation of the legis
lature of any means employed by congress
to compel the subsidy railroads to comply
with the conditions of their contracts with
the government: No. 212, requiring registrars
and county clerks to keep indebtedness rec
ords. Senate file No. 122, preventing col
lection of debts represented by fraudulent
negotiable paper, was lost. Senate
file No. IS, tho warehouse bill, was
read and passed, ayes, 21: nays. 7.
Senate file 81, Increasing tho
test of kerosene oil from 100 to 110 was
passed. Senate file 137. requir
ing corporations, firms or individuals trans
acting a banking business to make reports
of their resources and liabilities to tho au
ditor of public accounts was passed without
the emergency clause. The Omaha charter
amendment was taken up and passed, aud
tho senate adjoin ne J.
The house took the reporls from the com
mittee of the whole yesterday, and agreed
to all the recommendations of thecomtnit
inlttcc. McKesson moved that house roll
."07 and 432, the bills providing for the pay
ment of the fees in tho contest cases, bo
referred to a special committee of five to
investigate and report a bill covering tho
points in dispute. White moved that
the resolution be laid on the table.
Lost yeas, 35; nays, 55. The resolu
tion was adopted, and Speaker Elder
appointed Arnold (ind.). Gunnett (ind.).
Howe (rep.). Htath (rep.) and Moan (dem.)
as such committee. Bills on final reading
were taken up and the following passed:
Senate file 116, relating to a state board of
health and the practice of medicine; senate
file 17, providing that the lessee of school
land may purchase same; houso roll 305,
providing that no chattel mortgage pro
ceeding shall be instituted when tho loan
securetl by the mortgage contained usurious
interest. House roll 116. providing for the
choosing of presidential electors by con
gressional districts and two by the state at
large. House roll 532, appropriating $60,
000 for two wlnzs for tho asylum for the In
curable Insane at Hastings, and S15.000 for
furnishing the same. House roll 302, pro
viding that all railroads that acquire the
rizht of way shall have cars in operation
within four years, or forfeit all inter
est. House roll 276, dividing the
state into six congressional districts.
House roll 259, aprropriiting tho sum of
S24.000 to pay the militia their commissary
and stores, and 813,200 to pay the transpor
tation by rail of the Nebraska National
Guards daring the late Indian war. The
house went into committee of tbe whole to
consider bills on the general file. Without
adopting the report of the committee ot tbe
whole the house adjourned.
Lincoln, March 25. The special senate
committee appointed to investigate the ex
ecutive offices with a view to reducing ex
penses, made a long report this morning,
which was ordered printed. The report
recommends liberal appropriations for the
office of the superintendent of public In
struction and urges the necessity for a dep
uty in that dep-irtment. The senate de
clined to appoint a committer on cont r
enre relati ,g to final adjournment.
Senators S-vluler, Shumway, Koontx and
Mattes were appointed a committee to at
lead taa coaventloa In Kansas City Aarll
eUtl. AtliH ?. . Prof. DlBtoa, tf tat
agricultural oureat fiddtesd tbe body re
garding the utilization of artesIaK, wls fof
Irrigation purposes. The senate then west
into committee of the whole to consider
bills on the general file. The following bills
were recommended for passage: No. 267.
relating to the fees of jurors and grand
jurors In district courts; No. 133, regarding
the lurlsdlctlon of judges In civil cases; No,
365, defining the boundaries of Thurston
county; No. 213, establishing agricultural
experimental Station's at Culbertson and
Ogallala; No. 235, appropriating 83,509 ftfr
tho relief of Engineer Davis, who was in
jured by an explosion In one of tbo state in
stitutions; house roll No. 2d8, appropriating
82.000 for tho relief of Lavena Turner; house
roll No. 104. making eight hours a day's
labor; houso roll No. 272, relating to Cherip"
text books. The committee then arose aud
reported, and tho report was adopted with
some slight amendments. Adjourned.
The house at the morning session took up
bills on final reading. The following wero
pulsed: House roll 107. appropriating
825.00d fo'r tile orecti?n of an additional
cottage at the Institute for the feeble
minded at Beatrice. House roll 413, au
thorizing Guy A. Brown and 11. H. Wheeler
to compile and coJify the statutes.
In the afternoon the house considered
bills in committee of tho whole. Sen
ate file No. 25, by Wilson, establishing a
state normal school at Chadron, was dis
cussed at length. The bill was reported
for passage by a vote of 44 to 26. Houso
roll 519, the general appropriation bill, was
then taken up. Without completing con
sideration Ot the bill tbe house adjourned.
Lincoln. March 25. In tile senate, after
various committee reports, the houso ju
dicial apportionment bill was passed. The
house bill No 206, appropriating $50,000 for
the Nebraska exhibit at the world's fair,
was passed. The following houso rolls were
read the third tlmo and passed: No. 272.
providing for cheaper text books; No. 5:,
amending the constitution so as to enable
the election of the state railway commis
sion. Tho following relief bills were passed:
Houso rolls No. 298. appropriating $2,UC0
for Lavena Turner; No. 125. appropriating
83,500 for George W. Davit,; No. 83, the ju
dicial apportionment bill; No. 206, appro
priating 850,01)0 for the state exhibit at the
world's fair; No. 357. establishing a county
road in counties containing metropolitan
cities. This act refers solely to Douglas
county. The senate went Into committee of
the whole to consider bills on the general file.
Houso roll No, 57, requiring all corpora
tions to give notice annually.through a news
paper in tho county or counties in which the
business Is transacted, of the amount of
their indebtedness, was recommended to
pass. House rollNo. 15 received tho samo
recommendation." It provides a penalty for
the wrongful use of trade marks. After con
sideration of ono or two other bills tbe com
mittee roso and tho senate adjourned.
Tho house passed tho following bills:
Senato file 217, providing for the regulation
and winding up of the business of loan and
building association; senato file 23, relating
to tho fees of county treasurers; house roll
l'j'J. changing the time of tho school elec
tion in Omaha from April to November
with the "emergency clause:" houc roll
517, appropriating tho sum of s25,0)0
additional for salaries of members and em
ployes; houso roll 472, providing that a na
tional flag shall be placed over every school
house; house roll 234, appropriating $1,000
for the relief ot Julius Grosgeans.of Omaha,
who was permanently injtucd while acting
as a guard at the state penitentiary; house
roll 351, empowering tho statu board of
transportation to regulate and control ex
press companies; houso roll 435, authoriz
ing a private citizen to defend any action
brought against a city when the city nei
lects or refuses to do so: houe roll
326, autnorlzlug the appointment of a
police matron in cities having over
fifteen thousand inhabitants; hoa-e roll S.'O
appropriating $25,000 for the support of the
state militia. The reports of the committee
of the whole were taken np. The report on
senate file 101 establishing a normal school
at Aurora, was called up and was indefin
itely postponed. Senate tile 182 locating a
a normal school at Pierce being called up.
Mr. Jones moved that the bill be ordered to a
third reading. Carried. Senate file 25. lo
cating a normal school at Cbadioa being
reached Felton moved that it bo hide finitely
po-tponed. Lost, and the bill w.t ordered
engrossed, for final reading. Houso ad
journed. Fatal IVrtckon the Burlington ar Missouri
Sutton, Neb. March 2(5. A frightful
wreck occurred on the Burlington &
Missouri four miles east of Sutton yes
terday. Train No. 77, going west, loaded
with feeders, was overtaken and run
into by No. 1, the Uyer. No. 77 was
running at the rate of twenty-live miles
an hour, and No. 1 at tho rate of lifty
miles an hour.
The flyer had two engines, one being a
mogul, and a snow plow ahead, and con
sequently could not sec the train ahead.
The snow plow engine drove under
several of the rear cars of the freight
train, sweeping from tho under side of
them six pairs of trucks, bending up tho
steel rails as though they were lead, and
pitching sis of the cars to the right and
left. Tho last car injured scooted upon
the top of the snow plow and the engine
and stayed up there loaded with cattle.
The engineer of the front engine never
left his seat, and escaped unhurt: his
fireman also escaped by jumping out,
lighting on his head in a snow batik.
The next engine, a moirtil, was thrown
about twenty-live feet sfdewiso and fell
on its side. The engineer, John G. Rob
erts, of Plattsmouth, was instantly
killed by being caught between the en
gine and the tender. Henry Cucu, the
lircman of this engine, was in the rear
o, me M-nutrurmij, auu was w .. u
the coal and buried by it up to his hips
aim was uauij uuiura uy iuu csiapuiit
steam. He was put on board a train for
. ! an i tiA.1l KiiMiifil Ixlr tlf a i a-v rm
Omaha, but died on the way.
Nebraska's Congressional Dlatrlcta.
The congressional district bill, as cor
rected and passed by the house and in
the form in which it will undoubtedly
become a law, reads as follows:
Section 1. That, the state of Nebraska bo
and hereby N divided Into six districts of
representative- to the congress of tbe I'nited
States, ea-h of which district- shall be en
titled to elect- ono representative; and the
limits and designations shall be as herein
after provided
First District Cass. Otoe. Nemaha. Ulch-
ardson. Pawnee. Johnson and Lancaster.
Second District Sarpy, Douglas and
Washington.
Third District Kurt, Thurston. Dakota.
Dixon, Cuming, Dodsc, Colfax, Stanton,
Wayne, Cedar, Knox. Pierce, Madison,
Platte, Nance. Boone, Antelope and Mer
rick. Fourth District Saunder-. Butler, Sew
ard, Saline. Gage. Jefferson. Thayer, Fill
more. York, Polk aud Hamilton.
Firth Disti let Hall, Adam'-, Webster.
Franklin. Kearney, l'help?, II nlan. G-jsper,
Furnas, Red Willow, Frontier, Hitchcock,
Hayes. Perkins, Chaso. Dundy, Nuckolls
and Clay.
Sixth District Sioux, Scott's Bluff, Kim
ball, Dawes, Box Butte. Cheyenne, Sheri
dan, Deuel, Cherry. Grant, Arthur, Keith,
Lincoln, Mcl'herson, Ho iker. Thomas. Lo
gan, Dawson, Custer, Blaine, Brown. Keva
Faha. Kock, Loup. Holt. Garfield. Valley.
Sherman. Buffalo, Howard, Greeley. Wheeler
and Boyd.
The Jury Hang.
OMAUA,March24. At ."o'clock last eve
ningthe Warbington jury camo into court
with a disageement and wa discharged.
ThQ jnry was out seventy-eicht hours
aud took ninety-six ballots, The last
stood 8 for conviction and 4 for acquittal.
This has been about the averatr? of the
jury's opinion all through. One ballot
was 10 to 2 for conviction. Warbington
was sent back to jail to await the next
term of court. He is very nervous and
has lost the confidence that marked him
during the early days of his confinement.
Nebraska Notes.
Avery Smith, of Cedar Bluffs, shot a
wolf In his dooryard before breakfast
the other morning.
Silk, the man under arrest in Chicago
for burglary, has confes-ed to having
fired the shot which killed the Omaha
laundryman, Poor. last May.
J. J. Kinney, one of Kimball county's
late stockraisers, says that rattl.- on tho
range have suffered but little consider
ing the severe weather and that bo has
lost none thus far, with the exception of
two kllltd by wolves.
BETRAYED HIS TRUST
THE
PRESIDENT Of THE KEY
STONE IN DEFAULT.
A Milwaukee Failure Gea. Johnstea aad
Kx-Gov. Robinson Numbered Aaaoag the
Dead -lucalla and the Alliance Asala
Nuns Klse where.
Piiii-ii:i.riii., March 23. Facts Just
brought to light indicate that the trouble
with the Keystone National bank, which
closed up last week, dates considerably
bar'; of the run Inaugurated during the
linancial striiicencjcs last December. It
is now stated that President Lucas, who
died in 1SSS. owed tho bank a largo sum
of money, and that this fact was cOU-'
cealcd from several directors, although it
wa known to others.
Slow Collections Did It.
Milwaukee, .March 23. Tho Milwau
kee Bridge and Iron works, of which
Messrs. Keepers fc Hindell are the
principal stockholders, assigned this
morning. Tho liabilities of this com
pany are 200,000: assets not given, but
it is asserted that they will exceed the
liabilities. Slow collections caused tho
failure.
JOHNSTON IS DEAD.
The Fnmoua Confederate General Passer
Away.
Washington. March 23. Joseph E.
Johnson died shortly after 11 o'clock
Saturday night.
Gen. Joseph Ecclcston Johnston was born
hi K07 In Virginia, and was a descendent
by his n.other of Patrick Henry. He grad
uated at West Point in 182l. and dis
tinguished himself In the Mexicau war of
1SI0-47 On the outbreak of tho afvll war
he resigned his commission In tha regular
an.iy and was appointed major-general by
Jefferson Davis. He served under Boaure
gard at Bull Kun and Manassas. He was
beaten by McCIellan at Williamsburg, and
was severely wounded at Seven Pines, May
31, 1S62. In 1803 he was placed in com
mand of the army which was opposing
Sherman's march to tho sea-. In July. 1864.
he was superceded by Gen. J. H. Hood, but
was a'ain placed In command in February.
1SG5. On April 26 following, he surrendered
to Sherman at Durham station, N. C. He
has published a "Naratlve of Mllltory Op
erations ' directed by him. At the time of
his death ho was commissioner of railroads
under tac government.
EX-COV. ROBINSON DEAD.
A Prominent Draaocratle Politician Gob
the Way of All Flesh.
Elmira, N. Y., March 23. Ex-Gov.
Lucius IJobinson died this afternoon
after a lingering illness.
MISSISSIPPI OVERFLOW.
Brief Summary or the Southern Situation
Great Damage Done.
Ni:w Orleans, La., March 23. The
break at Ames, just above here, Is still
widening. The destruction of the tele
graph system one-half mile back of tho
river is being repaired. Another cre
vasse occurred at 8:10 this morning on
tho Concord plantation at East Carroll
Parish, La. At latest advices it was
about seventy-five feet wide. It is in a
levee averaging ten feet in height and if
not closed or the inflow in some way re
stricted the waters will partially inundate
the parishes between the Arkansas lino
and Red river, through which tho water
will return to tho Mississippi, prolong
ing the duration of the flood here and
increasing its height later. The rail
road between Vicksburg and Shreveport
will not be harmed for two or three
weeks yet. The water from the Robin
sonville crevasse in Mississippi is begin
ning to return to the river, and this, with
the back water to come later from tho
Concord crevasse, makes the levee situa
tion begin to look serious in Louisiana.
Tho Mississippi river commission has al
lotted $250,000 to bo used in protecting
thd evees. Tho commission is expected
here in a few days.
THE SAVING SONG.
Nearer My God, to Ther," la Sung; Twice
to Good Effect.
Spkingfield, O,, March 23. A panic
that came near resulting in several fatal
ities occurred last night at a religious
meeting at the Grand opera house. Miss
I?arry was overcome by the heat and
fainted. Tho house was crowded and
several rushed to her side. Some one
foolishly shouted tiro and a mad rush
for the door ensued. At this point the
choir struck up "Nearer My God, to
Thee." This had the effect of quieting
the congregation. A score or more per
sons were injured.
Tha Same Sons Ont West.
Salt Lake, Utah, March 23. Two
week's ago Rev. M. M. Lane, of St.
Paul's church, announced that he would
last night preach a sermon on "Newpa
per Men." In consequence the edifice
was filled to overflowing. At the con
clusion of the first hymn the supports of
. , bui,djng gavo way ,n tbe centcr and
t. ttnnr ,?tnthn hnm.nt.n distant
I -' ' WS a - J
of eight feet. The presence of mind of
tho newspaper men themselves saved a
panic. No one was injured, though sev
eral ladies fainted. Tho choir aided
materially in quieting tho tumult by
singing "Nearer My God to Thee," dur
ing which the audience tiled out.
HYMEN'S PEACE.
The
Wedding nine Pitta
Qnletae on
Famoua Fend.
Wheeling, W. Va.. March 23. In a
letter to the editor of the Wayne News,
bv Cant. Ans Hatfield. I Devil Ansel he
I saVs a ceueral amnesty has been declared
i j,,- famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, that
t. . c. , , ,,, ,, ,Jtlj Q,i ho
rejoices at the prospects of peace. This
letter will serve to quell all the disturb
ance as far as the Hatfield side is con
cerned, and It is thought that a like
letter has been published in Kentucky.
This state of affairs is the result of the
marriage of one of the Uatficlds to Miss
McCoy, and a tru:o and peace congress
held shortly after. The feud has been
in existence since 1873, and there have
been no less than 100 deaths among the
participants.
Advancing Education la Illinois.
Chicago, March 23. The Northwest
ern university at Evanston has an
nounced an important new departure.
It is that fifty-one full, new scholarships
will be created, corresponding with the
senatorial districts in Illinois, and tho
state senator in each district is to have
the right of nomination to the scholar
ship. The intention not only is to make
the university represent the whole state.
' but the scholarships are also to be an
acknowledgment of the debt due the
) people in return for the exemption from
i taxation of the university property. The
plan is in line with other popular steps
taken under the new administration of
President Henry Wade Rogers.
Iacoaaea Taxed With a Venceaace.
Raleigh, March 23. There is great
surprise and indignation to-day at the
discovery that tho reveue bill as passed
by the recent legislature has imposed a
tax on all incomes. Heretofore all in
comes not exceeding S1.000 were exempt
from taxation, but under the new law
incomes from whatever source derived,
and however small, must be taxed. It is
very evident that laboring people will
not stand any such legislation, and it
may bo necessary to rail an extra s-siir.
of the legislature to right a great injn
tlce done An amendment to the bill
was slapped on In the senate, and wa
overlooked by the house.
WESTERN PACKING INTERESTS.
Comparison of Business Doae at
th Leadlaa; Places.
Cincinnati, O., March. 26. Ta
Price Current says: Western packing
for the week has been 280,000 kogs.
against 235,000 the preceding week and
215.000 last year, making a total of M5,
000 since March 1, against 700.000 last
year. The leading places compare at
follows:
lSMMtt.
"aWsw
111.000
i e IrlaWAr
55?
-W.000
... ... S7.000
.. 85.000
awof
SaJTW
33.000
Chicago. ...... .... ""5 wS
Kansas City "J'S? SS
Milwaukee; 22-25
SLLouls 000
Indianapolis ... 37000 SS,p0D
Cincinnati . .
CedarKaoids. WW g.Opl
Sioux City sa.w JJ
Kebraska Cltr. 33.000 11.00C
Tha exhibit of pork packing in the
west for the vear ending March 6, 1891,
shows an increase of 1,509,000 hogs in
the winter packlug, the total being
8,173,000 head. The decrease In aver
ago weight is 11 pounds, while in lard it
la nearly 3 pounds per hog. The total
packing for summer and winter for
twelve mouths Is 17,713,000 against 13,
745,000 for the preceding year.
SHEEP IN NEW MEXICO.
wmn. - - -r-r- --z
They Bar Bees Vlctlaae of tha Extreaaaly j
Cold aad Stormy Wlater.
New York, March 26. -A great deal
of distress is reported among the cattle,
sheep and other live stock In New Mei
ico territory. Representative Frank
Hubbell has Just returned from his ranch
near the Zuni salt lakes, Socorro county,
and tells a distressing story about the
condition of the sheep. He lost In the
past few months over 30,000 head from
freezing and starvation and also reports
that the loss is gcneral'among all the
heavy sheep owners. Tho weather has
been cold and the ground covered with
snow so the sheep cannot get anything
to eat. Such weather as that of the
last two months was never experienced
before.
GRIEF FOR CATTLEMEN.
Great Excltemeat la Teiae Over the
eraor'a Order.
St. Louis. March 26. Dispatches
Irom the northern border of Texas say
there is great excitement among cattle
men, caused by tho announcement that
the governor has seut marshals to tho
Osage nation, Indian territory, to notify
stockmen that they must not allow cat
tle to graze in that reservrtlon. The
cattlemen have leased large tracts of
grazing lands in tho Osago nation at a
heavy expense, and for the last two
weeks have shipped in at least 10,000
head of cattle.
TWO DANGLED.
A Crowd Watchoa Oliver W. Straacery Die
for Harder.
Macch Chunk, Pa., March 26. The
jail was crowded this morning with peo
ple to witness the hanging of Oliver Will
iam Strangely. The crime for which he
suffered death was the murder at Weath
erly last October of Mrs. Walbert, whom
he killed during a fit of anger.
Aaother for the Keyatoao State.
WrxKESBARRE, Pa., March 26. George
Washington Moss was hanged here this
morning for tho brutal murder of his
wife last October.
Waaamaker aad tha Postal Hnbaldy.
Wasiunoton, March 26. Postmaster
General Wanamakcr has invited the
diplomatic representatives of the various
South American countries to confer with
him regarding plans for facilitating the
mail service undar the new postal sub
sidy. Ho has also bad a number of con
ferences with the representatives of the
ocean steamship lines. It has been made
clear to these gentlemen that while tho
purposo of the postmaster-general is to
be liberal to the American shipping in
terest, he will Insist upon making con
tracts that shall really be for the inter
est of tho government.
America aad Switzerland.
London, March 26. The Vienna cor
respondent of the Chronicle says tho
governments of the United States and
Switzerland have concluded a convention
by which tho two countries agree to sub
mit to arbitration any disputes which
may arise between them. President Har
rison, in returning the draft of tho con
vention agreement to Switzerland, ap
prndeda suggestion that the other nations
might adhere to the agreement by signing
and depositing a copy of the agreement in
Washington.
Advertising the Dead Beat.
New York, Marnh 26. There was an
exciting scene at tho real estate exchange
to-day when Martin F. Hatch, acting
for the Merchant Tailors' society, stood
before a crowd of several hundred promi
nent business and society men and sold
to the highest bidder thirty-five unpaid
tailor bills. These bills bore the names
of well-known New Yorkers, and those
who did not pay up before tho sale were
held up for public ridicule. The ridicul
ousness of the sale can be realized when
several bills amounting toS700 were sold
in a bunch to a Hebrew tailor for SI.
Financially Advancing Backwards.
St. Paul, Minn., March 26. The
house committee investigating the state
prison management has made a volumin
ous report. It goes back ten years on
the contract system, and finds that by
letting out contract labor at a low price
and then paying out big prices for work
to companies employing convicts, the
state paid 900,000 more than it received
from the contractors. In a discussion of
tho purchase of binding twlno ma
chinery, crooked methods are alleged
against thoso securing machinery for the
penitentiary.
The C'apta n nt Fault.
Gibkai.ter, March 26. The marine
inquiry into the loss of the Utopia de
cided that Capt. McKeague, commander
of the Utopia, was guilty of a grave er
ror of judgment in attempting to enter
the anchorage behind the. Neuvia with
out knowing that tho vessel was at an
chor, and in attempting to turn tho Uto
pia out of the anchorage across the An
son's bow
Bealy Wan Serlooaly Burt.
Cork, March 26. The injury done to
Mr. Healy's right eye by the blow he re
ceived from Mr. Dalton Is of a more se
rious nature than at first supposed. Mr.
Healy is confined to his bed and his
physicians-say that there Is a prospect
that he will remain in his room for a
month to come. It has developed that
his injuries are not confined to the dam
ace dono his eyesight. He has lost five
of his teeth.
Wily Waya of Cupid.
New York, March 26. A sensation
was created at New Brunswick, N. J.,
by the announcement that the young
widow of the late millionaire, Chris
topher Moyer, has gone to Montana and
there married Clifford Cartlett, of New
York. It is stated that Bartlett secured
a secret divorce from his wife. He is a
judge advocate-general of New York on
Gov. Hill's staff.
A Break la tha Strike.
Pittsburg, March 26. A break has
occurred in the Connellsville coke strike
by several large mines resuming work
to-day. The resumption If IP JrSf
eent. reduction Jh wages.
XSE OLD BELIABLS
Columbus State Bank
PHnt State Baak n tae fJaUeJ
PATS fflEIEST ON TIME .EWS1TS. 1
aire
MAKES LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON
Cfctaega, Mew York. as4 all
Coutriea,
BUYS GOOD NOTES
AM Behja ft OMtaasara waea they Nee tWa
OFFICERS AND DIRECTOftSi
LEAN DEE GERR A RD, President.
R. H. HENRY. Vice-President.
JOHN STAVFFER. Cashier.
M. BRU8GER. C. W. UCLST
-.
COLUMBUS, NEB.
UBAlt-
Altlwtlltl Capital of $500,000
Paii lm Capital - 90,000
official v"
.frae.
at f. at. OIXUC. Turret, ?
C A. HWM AM. Cashier.
DANIEL SCHKAaJ. Aaal Cask
TOCMOLD113
r.W fSaaMaav
J. P. aWker,
geraP.BTOayritA.
jnnaa Walk.
, Carl Bii"M,
W. A. Meillieter.
J.BearyWaila. H. M. Wlaalow.
OeoraeW.eallar, o-COW. , .
FraaiBoter. Arnold F. H. Oaalrlea.
Bary Loseke. Gerhard Loieae.
m Isakif ImiH latent allow! oa tJaa
aepealta; key aa sail eachaa a a Tatted State
aadKorepe,aad aayaa sail available aararKia.
We shall be akaaal ta recetre f w.beiea. We
ttioUj
WESTEBN CO ITAGE ORGAN
CALX. OH
A. & M.TURNER
Or . W. BIBI.BB.
TraaTealaa; (&..
MTTeani itaaaa are Jbat-clase la at ary ar-
aUKlar.aMMi
PRINCIPAL POINTS
EAST, WEST,
NORTH and SOUTH
JL.T
TJ. P. Depot, Columbus.
Uaurtt
HENRY &ASS.
UNBEBTAKER t
COFFINS AND METALLIC CA?E?.
ZSTRepniring of all kinds of .h '-
etery
Goods.
II
ctst.t.fMBa, ?ra)HAftK..
Msmw
FORTH!
MTitt
nam ..
WfrnMS xo AT,r-i
".
i : ..
s
BE"
-
j - - --.-