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VOLUME XXIIL-NUMBER 49.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,193.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Columbus - State - Bank J
(Oldest Bank in tha State.)
Pays Meres! on Time Deposits
AND
Hates Loans on Real Estatu
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Oaaka, Chicago, New York ami
Foreign Coamtriat.
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OFFICERS AND DIEECTOEI t
LEANDER GERRARD, Pres't.
B. H. HESRY, Tic Pres'L
JOHN STAUFFER, Caabien
M. BRUGGER, G. W. HULST.
OF-
COLUMBUS, NEB..
HAS AN-
Authorizcd Capital of $500,000
Paid in Capital - 90,00f
OFFICERS!
0. H. SHELDON, Pres't.
H. P. IL OIILRICn, Vice Pre.
C. A. NEWMAN. CashlW,
DANIEL SCHRAil, AM OaaV
TOCKHOLDERS:
C. H. Sheldon, J- T. Becker,
Herman P. H.Oehlrich, Ciirl Rienke.
.Ton-is Welch, W. A. McAllister,
J. Henry Wnrdemaa, IL M. Winslow,
fieorpe V. Galley, 8. G. Grey,
Frank liorer, Arnold F. H. Oehlriok,
Henry Loaeke, Gerhard JLoseke.
"""""Bank of deposit; interest allowed om timt
deposits; bny and sell exchange on United States
and Europe, and bny and sell available securities.
Wsj shall be pleased to receive yonr business. Wc
CJtiatt yonr patronage. 2SdecS7
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And all Kinds of Pimps.
pumps BEPAIBED ON SBOBT
KOTICE.
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COLUMBUS
Planing M01.
WehaTe Jnet opened a new mill oa M street,
opposite Schroeaers1 flonrinc mill and are pre
pared to do ALL KINDS OF WOOD WORK,
nch as
Sash,
Blinds,
Store Fronts,
Stairs,
Balusters,
Turning,
Doors,
Mouldings,
Counters.
Stair Railing,
Scroll Sawing,
Planing.
BTEEL AND IRON ROOFING AND
SIDING.
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r address,
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jolSm Colombaa. Nebraska.
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from Washington.
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tion. We advise if patentable or not, free of
charge. Onr fee not due till patent is secured.
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ences to actual clients in your state, county of
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
"Diphtheria is fatally prevalent at
O Connor.
Bennett is intlulgirg- in carpet rajr
Southern Lancaster's fair will be held
September o. G and 7.
! Kirt h will have the addit-on often
new buildings this s-prin-f.
i "We."..! Point has mudo considerable
I reduction in the occupation tax.
A party of Dnwton countv hunt-irs
burred -J-T. ducks and 'rcee in One day.
The new Rock IsiaUd depot in Lin
i coin will by i-ciuly for occupancy in
i April.
' Colonel Sam
J,-n,r editor of
News.
Low has become man
the Lincoln Evening1
The saloon at Co:dla. established in
! defiance ir the Ittw. lias been closed by
j the sheriff.
i The village of Crecley has a damage
j Nuit n hand, growing out of a defec-
tive sidewa Ik.
t The series of religions meetings closed
I in Fremont with the result of fourhun
j dred converts.
Several cases of diphtheria near
I Cheney have been cured and the epi
demic stopped.
Arthur J. Fields, a prominent and i
. promising young- man of Nebraska
, City, died last week.
The German Lutherans will soon :
I commence the erection of a new church
at Jtidgley, to cost about S2,00l).
; .1. W. Hill hus moved from Bennett
to Hampton, and will take charge of
the Christian church at thelatterplace. ,
The Poland-China association of ,
: soutwestern Nebraska is doing a good j
' work in the interest of the swine in- ,
t dustry.
I An eight-3'ear-old daughter of Thorn- '
I as Leisveld fell from a spring wagon at
1 Holland and broke both legs just above '
the knees. 4
i Key. Byron Beall will soon remove
his fainilj from Firth to Lincoln where i
; he has the pastorate of the Third Pres-
, byterian church. i
i A number of persons who moved '
j away from Lancaster county a couple
of yeai-s ago have come back this spring
i and settled there again.
Democratic editors of Nebrasku held
a meeting in Lincoln last week and dis
cussed the matter of oliiccs under the
Cleveland administration.
Mrs. .1. F. Ankrum of Steele City was
i uirown lrom a cart by a runaway horse
j and seriously injured. In falling she
' struck the corner of a barn.
Isaac Wright of Beatrice, convicted of
( obtaining money under false pretenses,
' was hist week sentenced to five years in
tne penitentiary by Judge Bush.
C. IL Meldon, of Fairburv, became
j violently insane and was taken-to the
' asylum. Ihs peculiar hallucination was
: that parties wanted to take his life.
Foot pads and thieves held high car
' nival in Lincoln the other night. A
' number of pedestrians were held up.
smong them several unprotected girls.
1 A number of benevolent ladies at
Bennett gathered at a poor family's
house one day lnbt week and with the
( aid of sewing machines soon turned out
?:.. worth of dry goods into useful arti
cles of clothing.
, Did- Vetty. who was arrested in Ne
braska City charged with embezzlement
i and jailed, has refused all food since his
I incarceration. Beyond coffee he has
: taken nothing and seems determined to
starve himself to death.
J The Bird Canning company will own
i and operate the winning factory at
jCrete. This company has already two
i factories in the state, and are known
1 to be among the best and most success
ful canners in the west.
"Word was received at Ell-horn last
week of the death at Los Angeles, Cal..
, of Mr. HenningiJoodhard.a well known
J business man of Elkhorn. Mr. Ocod-
haru was sojourning on the coast for
the benefit of his health.
Walter Moise. a Broken How saloon
keeper, is confronted by two damage
suits, one by Mrs. Win. l.lair forSX.loO.
for selling liquor to her husband after
being warned against so doing, and the
other by Mrs. Frank Decious for the
same cause.
Fred Noab of Nebraska City is in bed
with one leg parboiled from the tip of
liis tops to above the knee. He was
walking across a vat in the distillery
when a board broke and he fell into the
tub. but he managed to keep all but one
leg out of the boiling liquor.
In attempting to ford Spring creek,
which seldom carries more than a few
inches of water, Abraham Miller and
son of Custer county came very near
being drowned: but they managed to
get out and also save the horses, but
the wagon was carried away.
Frank Johnson, a South Auburn
young man of bad ways, attempted to
thrash a married woman for the crime
of complaining to his mother of his
rowdy conduct at church. In the con-
test he over-estimated his powers, and
the trouncing he received was more
thorough than the one he expected to
administer.
George Bryant, a clerk in the employ
of IL C. Cleveland, an Omaha feed store
i keeper, was given ?120 in cash by his
employer to deposit in the bank. He
went to a faro bank instead ;nd drop
ped 6S0 of the money and then returned
to his employer, told the truth and
asked forgiveness. He is now in jail on
! the charge of embezzlement.
World's Fair Commissioner Garneau
said the other day that he would be
strongly tempted to resign if the legis
lature did not grant the additional S3.",
000 appropriation for a proper exhibit.
Nebraska, he said, was far behind such
states as South Dakota and Idaho and
even with the appropriation asked it
would be diflicult to make a goodshow-
1 ing.
j J. W. Love brought suit yesterday,
says the Fremont Tribune, in county
court against Geo. W. E. Dorsey for
.,03 for aueged services and expenses
of himself and clerk in Mr. Dorsey s
behalf during the campaign of 1S1M).
The case was triM before a jury who
rendered a verdict in Mr. Love's favor
for ST5 and he was required to pay his
own costs.
Four forty-foot spans and seven seats
off of the Platte river bridge south of
Chapman went down last week. This
cuts off all travel between that place
and Hamilton county. The damage,
which was caused by moving ice. will
be fully SL.'OQ. All the spans out arc
on the Merrick county side and it will
be at least thirty days before repairing '
can be completed.
Lilly Lewis, of Omaha, the colored
courtesan on whose account Dixon
lost his life on the scaffold, wes serious- j
ly and perhaps fatally stabbed the other
day by Anna Itrown. The two women
quarreled over the question as to which '
should entertain a certain man. Anna
Hi-own grasped a knife and thrust it
twke into the Lewis woman's side,
probably fatally wounding her.
The Southern Nebraska trotting asso
ciating held a business meeting at Nel
son and arranged dates for the summer
and fall meetings as follows: Superior,
Aupiist C;'-23; Nelson, August 2y, Sep
tember I; r.dgar, beptember a-7: tjene
va., Stx-tember 19-22; Hebron, September
2G-20.
i
Frank Fowler, living two miles west
of Weeping Water, lost his barn, tliree
valuable horses and a lot of farm imple
ments by Are. In rescuing three of the
mx horses Mr. Fowler was badly burned
about the face and hands.
H. II. Foot, a switchman in the Elk
horn railroad yards at Frehlont, fell off
a moving, train last week and was in
stantly killed, lie was setling a brake
ton a flal car when the braise wheel,came
off, throwing- him to the ground. A
coroner's jury rendered a verdict in ac
cordance with the facts.
The mortgage indebtedness of Clay
county for the month of February is:
Thirty-three farm mortgages filed,
amounting to $13,213.;": fifty-four can
enled; ?47:722; ten city mortgages filed,
54,4!H); thirteen canceled. 55,501.90. Ten
of the farm mortgages filed amounting
to S1.),000, were given for part of pur
chase money.
Four one-story buildings in Humboldt
were destroyed by fire last week. The
losses are: James Weisncr, shoe shop,
loss on building, S700, no insurance;
Heditska & Hooper, carpenter shop,
loss on building. SC00: Mrs. Sacher, res
taurant, loss on building, SC00, no in
surance; M. E. Gandy, tailor shop, 50,
no insurance: E. IL Porter, restaurant,
stock and fixtures. S550, insured in the
Aetna for R300 and Continental 300.
At La Platte, Sarpy county, Ed Uury,
a Missouri Pacific employe, while at
tempting to saw a drift log in two
which was lodged against the piling of
the bridge at that place, was drowned
by the breaking of the log. Andrew
Dolard, an employe of the Uurlington
& Missouri railroad, who was working
on the Burlington & Missouri bridge,
some distance down the river, tried to
rescue him as he floated, aud was also
drowned.
There was a scene at the Callaway
depot, when the wife of a hew settler
from the timbered country joined her
husband who had come several days in
advance to get things shaped for living
in their new home. She did not em
brace him, but at a respectful distance
gave him a tongue-lashing fit for the
gods for bringing her to a treeless coun
try to die of homesickness. The patient
husband suffered in tdlence until his
loving companion ceased front sheer
exhaustion.
The democratic electors of Blooming
ton township have declared by their
1 allots that John W. Deary shall be
postmaster at Bloomington for the en
suing four years. It has now developed
that Mrs. Ida M. Haunon, widow of
Frederick A. Hannon. is a candidate for
postmistress at that place. Mrs. Han
non has evidently been seconded by an
alert politician, from the fact that she
appears in the fight mot unexpectedly
to the old timers, supported by letters
of moro or less value from Dr. Miller.
James E. Boyd. and. it is said. H. T.
Moreton aud Tobias Castor.
Ralph C. Jones, who, until the first
of the year represented a Boston crock
ery house, turned up last month in
Omaha and went among his customers,
securing cash on drafts against the Bos
ton house to the extent of 300 or more.
It turns out that Jones was discharged
at the first cf the year and that his
drafts were worthless. Before he dis
appeared from Omaha he married a
waiter girl and went with her to the
home of her parents at Fort Madison,
la. There the forger was arrested and
will be brought back to Omaha for
trial.
J. L. Archer, one of the oldest and
wealthiest citizens of Sterling, died last
week after a long and painful illness.
Deceased was born and raised in Ver
mont and emigrated to Nebraska at an
early day. before the broad prairies had
responded to the skilled touch of man.
Imbibing from his native hills a sturdy
ami hardy nature, this vast a?id com
paratively uninhabited expanse intensi
fied his energies and ambitions. With
struggles that only the pioneers of a
country know of and love to recall, he
reared a large family and surrounded
them with the comforts and luxuries
of life, most of whom survive him.
D. W. Ccok, cashier of the Beatrice Na
tional bank, showed the Lincoln Jour
nal correspondent an old, state bank bill
that was issued October 1, isr(. by the
Fontanelle bank of Bellevne. The sig
natures to the bill have been perforated
by a punch, but not entirely obliter
ated. The president was 3ohn Weare
and J. L Town, cashier. A curious
feature of the note is that it was sent
to the bank in Beatrice for collection or
redemption, by a tavings bank in
Maine. No doubt the names of the
officers will appear familiar to old-timers
who lived in the vicinity of Belle
vue. The note is well preserved and is
a good specimen of the engraver's art.
Edward Moore, on trial at Chadron
for killing Tom TaHon at Crawford last
December, was found guilty of murder
in the second degree. Moore and Tal
ton were army mates and were sworn
friends. Although both were colored
men. the white blood predominated,
and they were known as the two hand
somest fellows among the troops at
Fort K obiuson. Moore shot Talton dur
ing an altercation over a game of cards,
while intoxicated. During the trial the
prisoner broke down and shed tears
when the old tics of friendship that had
lxmnd them together were mentioned.
Judge Bartow will pronounce sentence
in a few days.
The lawyers of the Douglas county
bar have put their shoulders to the
wheel in an effort to secure the passage
of a bill now before the legislature pro
viding for the appointment of a com
mission to revise and codify the laws of
the state. The following was adopted:
That it is the unanimous sentiment of
the members of the bar of Douglascoun
ty that house roll4SL looking to the
appointment of a committee to secure
the revision of the laws of the state,
should pass and become a law; and that
Hon. John L. Webster. Hon. A. S.
Churchill and Hon. C. J. Smyth be ap
pointed a committee to present this res
olution to the legislative committee
now having the bill in charge.
Governor Crounse last week received
a document from Governor Nelson of
Minnesota, offering a reward of S500 for
the recovery of ?damie Schwartz, the
five-year-old daughter of Malentine
Schwartz of St Paul, who was kidnap
ped June 18. 1802. The parents being
unable to further continue the search,
the legislatme of Minnesota offers the
reward. When stolen the child was of
medium height and weight for her age.
had dark, rosy complexion, dark brown
hair, large dark eyes with very long
lashes, had a birth mark in the form of
a small red blotch about the size of a
finger nail on the back of the neek in
the edge of her hair, and had a habit of
rolling her eyes up when spoken to.
A Niobrara dispatch 6ays: The gorge
in the Niobrara river gave way last
night and the freshet took out four
spans of the large bridge across the
river here. A large number of bridges
on the creeks have gone out and Knox ,
county will lose about 10,000 as a re
sult. The Missouri river is partly open ,
here for skiffs. The bridge across the
Platte river just south of town was car
ried away by ice gorging against it.
Loss about 84,000 to Dodge county. The
river rose about six feet, flooding all
the low ground and running over the
Union Pacific railway track, but doing
bat little damage to the track. A large
barn belonging to J. CLulcs burned last
week, three horses and one cow being
consumed by tire. Losa, $1,000.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE NEBRAS
KA SEN ATE AND HOUSE.
A. Jtecoftlof Some of the Measures Passed
J In The ilbusc and Senate Since the Last
I heport Active Work. Now that the
Time for Adjournment is Rapidly Ap-
1 , .
proaclung Bills Recommended for
Passage and ItilU Indefinitely Post
poned The Siftittg Process i.oe tTor-
i ward Miscellaneous Legislative News
I nnd Notes.
Nebraska Legislature.
Senate. In the senate on the 11th
the Omaha charter occupied the entire
time in the forenoon. When the report
came up Babcock moved that it be
adopted sind the charter advanced to
the third reading. This motion was
opposed by the independents, ard Dy
sjirt took the floor and uncovered the
plans of the populists. He stated that
the maximum rate bill had heed passed
bj' the llduse and was ready to come to
the senate. The independents had no
abjections to the Omaha charter, but
they would insist that after the charter
measure the maximum rate bill should
receive consideration. If one was to be
advanced to third reading without ac
tion of the committee of the whole the
other should be treated in the same
way. At a few minutes before noon a
vote was reached. Twenty-six sena
tors voted to advance the charter to a
third reading, while but four or five of
the independents held to their previ
ously adopted policy. The senate then
adjourned until Monday.
House. In the house on the 11th
the reading of the journal was dis
pensed with, and a large number was
excused until Monday. Among bills
considered were the following: No.
130. by Itieketts, to provide that all per
sons shall be entitled to the same civil
rights, to punish all bersoris for viola
tion of its provisions, to repeal sections
I v
31 1 and .Us. known as chapter vni.
Civil Bights, consolidated statutes of
Nebraska of 1801. as heretofore exist
ing, and to vepeal all aits and parts of
acts inconsistent with the provisions of
this act. The committee voted to stll
stitute senate file No. 34 for the bill, a
it contained the same provisions. No.
82. by Crane, to amend section 323 of the
code of civil procedure, being section
IS 14 of the consolidated statute.1; of Ne
braska, and to repeal said original sec
tion. The bill was recommended to
pass. Merrick offered a resolution di
recting the committee on public lands
and buildings to visit the Institute for
the Feeble Minded at Beatrice to as
certain whether or not that institution
was in need of more land. The resolu
tion was adopted after having been
amended by Keckley so as to instruct
the committ-e to employ an expert ac
countant and stenographer and take ev
idence in regard to how the appropria
tion of two years ago had been ex
expended. The house appropriated .".0
to be used in purchasing two flags to be
draped behind the speaker's desk. One
of the flags is to be the national color,
and the other the standard of Nebraska.
Senate. In the senate on the 13th,
scon after assembling, the general ap
propriation bill was taken up. Senator
Moore offered an amendment to the ap
propriation for the state penitentiary,
giving that institution ?10.:"n for sew
erage, general repairs, furniture. The
amendment came in the form of an
itemized statement, but objection being
made he accepted an amendmentgiving
the institution 10,000 in a lump for
general repairs. Adopted. Senator
Campbell offered an amendment strik
ing out the appropriations for main
taining electric bell system, telephones,
speaking tubes, delivering convicts on
court orders, stationery and printing,
and photographing convicts. The ap
propriation was small, all the items
altogether amounting to 330. The
motion was not agreed to. The soldiers'
and sailors' home at Grand Island came
in for a slight increase, amounting to
but i").-i0. The institute for the feeble
minded at Beatrice was not forgotten
in the general distribution. The item
of maintenance and employes' wages
was raised from 4.".,000 to G5,000. Other
items were swelled to the amount of
7.700.
Hocse. In the house on the 13th re
ports were received from the standing
committees on the following bills:
House roll No. 335, to amend the con
solidated statutes with the recommend
ation that it be passed as amended;
house roll No. 55, to assist the state
library and the state historical society,
was recommended as a substitute for
house roll No. 150; house roll No. 532.
to amend the insurance laws, wasplaced
on general file: house roll No. 287. to
make policies of life and endowment in
surance nonforfeitable, was recom
mended to pass; house roll 497, provid
ing for a holidaj to be known as
Benevolence day," was indefinitely
postponed: lioube roll 504. to amend the
oil inspection laws, was indefinite
postponed. The veto of the governor
of house roll 72 was sustained by 42 to
34. This was "an aet to amend section
220 of chapter iii of the consolidated
statutes of Nebraska b providing for
an additional judge in the Twelfth ju
dicial district.' House roll No. 404, to
provide for the investigation and exam
ination into the accounts, proceedings,
vouchers, expenditures and all busi
ness connected with state institution,
was reported for passage. House roll
No. 403. a bill for an act granting a
lnmnty of 100 to each officer and mem
ber who enlisted and served in the First
and Second regiments of Nebraska vol
unteers, and who has been honorably
discharged therefrom, and in case of
death of such persons, to their widows
aud orphans, and providing for the pay
ment of the same out of the state treas
ury, and prohibiting the payment or ex
action of attornej's' fees for the prose
cution of such claims, and providing a
punishment for the violation of thisact.
was indefinitely postponed. House roll
No. 450, to amend the act to incorpor
ate cities of the first class and to pro
vide for the construction of viaducts,
was recommended for passage.
Senate. In the senate on the 14th
house roll No. 33, the house committee
maximum rate bill, was read the sec
ond time and referred to the committee
on railroads: senate file No. 104, amend
ing the irrigation laws was read the
third time and passed: senate file No.
252 was read the third time and passed.
It does away with insurance on the
state capital building. Senate file No.
Oti was read tha third time and passed.
It increases the limit of time in which
a civil action may be commenced from
five to ten years. Senate file No. 22G.
by Lowley. to prohibit prize fighting,
was alto passed. Senate file No. 45.
requiring registers of deeds to keep a
record of mortgaged indebtedness, was
read the third time and placed on its
passage. It received a constitutional
majority and was declared passed. "The
senate went into committeof the whole
with Senator Mattes in the chair for
the consideration of the general appro
priation bill. When the miscellaneous
ltuaas were read the committee added
several large sums. The experimental
stations at Culbertson and Otfallalh
were given SI 3,000. The expense of
reapprasing the state school .lands Was
provided fdrbyahapprupritU?m of S10.- ,
000. Other large items were increased!.
and the grand tdtal of appropriations
for the Deaf at Omaha was not forgot
ten. A new building was voted at a
epst of SSO.OOO. while S7,000 was appro
priated for repairs on the old. The ap
propriation for employes' wages vvaS
raised 1.300, living expenses increased
by 4,000, fuel and lights 1.000 and for
a new fence 1.000. The report of the
committee was adopted in the face of a
good deal of opposition.
House. In the house on the 14th the
following bills were passed: House roll
No. 113. by Oakley, to provide for tlie
education, support, illruhtcfnnc?, pro
lection and detention of minors, by a
vote of 69 to 3. For draining or pro
tecting Marsh, swamp Or ixttUai land?
in tile state of Nebraska, and to rep -al
ail act entitled -Ati t'et to proviHe for
draining swamp lands in the" s'at o'f
Nebraska," approved Februaiy 28, 1881,
and to provide a method to assess ben
efits and award the damages, if any.
arising therefrom, by a vote of (50 to 1.
To appropriate money to employ coun
sel to assist in prosecuting certain state
cases. To provide for the security add
payment of rebate vouchers, or certifi
cates issued by incorporated companies,
trnst,associat:ons, firms and individuals.
To provide that all pel'iolis shall be en
titled to the same civil rights, to punish
nil perfons for th violation .Of its pro'
isions, lo. repeal sections 3l7 aild S18;
known as chapter viii, civil rights, con
solidated statutes of Nebraska of 1391,
as heretofore existing and to repeal all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this act by a vote of 72
to 0. The house then went into com
mittee of the whole, with Schappel in
the chair, to take up house roll No. 111.
by WatsoU to provide for the punish
ment of 'nurdcr in the lLst degree, and
to abolish the penalty of death. Mc
Kesson moved t j substitute for it sen
ate file No. 14, b- Mcore, leaving the
death penalty to the discretion of a
jury, and a hot discission was on at
once. The motion to substitute was
lott and the house bill was recom
mended tor passage. The bill It) pro
vide for a siate ltoard of arbitration was
recommended for pas age.
Senate In the senate on the 15th
the Omaha charter bill with amend
ments was considered. II icqtllred one
hour and thirty-five minutes to read the
bill. It was placed on its passage and
received thirty-two votes and the pres
ident declared it passed with the emer
gency clause. A number of house rolls
were read the first ;ind seend times
and referred toapprdpriate committees,
among then! senate file No. 227. by
Lowley. amending the criminal code.
It gives justices Of tlie peace jurisdic
tion in many cases of infraction of
criminal law now conferred upon coun
ty judges. Senate file No. 227. by Low
ley, also amending the criminal code in
the same manner. Senator Stewart
brought out his resolution providing
for daily sesions to commence at 0
9 o'clock in the moraine. Senator Gra
ham met it with a motion to lay the
resolution on the table. The senate re
fused to have it that way. and the mo
tion to table was lost. The resolution
was then placed on its passage: but as
it made a change in the standing miles
of th" senate it failed to receive a two
thirds majority and was declared lost.
Senator Gray precipitated discussion On
the employes question by offering a
resolution to the effect that if employes
had been allowed pay for Sunday work
the amount should be deducted from
the amount yet due them. After an
other half hour spent in fruitless dis
cussion the who'.e matter was laid on
the table. This was the fifty-second
day of tlie session as far as the senate
was concerned, and it was given up
largely lo routine work. The commit
tees are digesting bills at a lively rate,
and a large proportion of the measures
introduced during the first forty days
of the session have either been placed
on the general file or indefinitely post
poned. House. In the house on the 15th a
resolution was introduced that a com
mittee of five be appointed by the
speaker, whose duty it shall be to im
mediately prepare such resolutions and
take such other steps as may be proper
for the pupose of instituting proceed
ings of impeachment against all state
officials and ex-state officials shown by
reports to be guilty of malfeasance or
negligence sufficient to warrant prose
cuting. The resolution went ocr for
one day. The following bills were re
commended to pass: A bill for an act
to provide clerks and assistants for the
county clerks in counties having over
25,000 inhabitants and providing for
same; a bill ior an act to amend chapter
44 of the statutes of Nebraska entitled
'Public Instruction;"' a bill for an act
to enlarge and define the duties of cer
tain members of the faculty of the state
university: a bill for an aet for the re
lief of Scott's Bluff county, Nebraska,
and to appropriate 7,497.73 to said
countv: a bill for an act to amend
sections 370t. 3721 and 3722 of sub
division 14 of chapter 44 of the consoli
dated statutes of Nebraska, aud to re
peal the original sections amended.
An act to pres- ribe the mode of pa3'
nient of obligations to be paid in money.
A bill for an act to regulate the duty of
persons in charge of steam engines pro
pelled on the Ifghways of this state
wholly or in part by steam power, and
to provide a penalty for the violation of
the same. A bill for an act to amend
section 2f3. relating to grading, and
sub-division 03 of section 2(504, chapter
35, of the consolidated statutes of Ne
braska of 1891. and to repeal said sec
tions so amended. V bill for an act to
amend sections 2009. 2012. 3(550, of sub
division 19, and 30 of section 2004 of
Cobbey's consolidated statutes of Ne
braska of 1S94, and to repeal said orig
inal sections so amended.
Senate. In the senate on the 10th,
the committee on finance, ways and
means reported the salary appropria
tion bill with the recommendation that
it pass as amended. After the doors
were opened the senate went into com
mittee of the whole on the general file.
Senate file No. 97. amending the code
of civil procedure, was recommended
for passage. Senate file No. 101, by
Eggleston, lo prevent cruelty to ani
mals, provoked a lively debate. Sena
tor Lowley opposed the bill with all the
force of Seward county eloquence, and
Senators Correll. Babcock and North
championed tlie bill. The committee
voted to recommend the bill for pass
age. Senate fi'e No. 15. by Moore, rt g
ulating the manner in which city funds
may be deposited in national or state
state banks, was recommended for pass
age. Senate file No. 210. amending the
law governing street railway compan
ies, was recommended for passage. The
senate immediately went into commit
tee of the whole to t,uj-'ider senate file
No. 73 with Mullen in tin. chair The
bill under consider ticnr. avire whole
sale li p.. ji de-.lert to take o rt a license
Liidtr the present law u who esalenrrn
can suppK dealers through an agent
and thus csvaputhe payment of whole
iw miscellaneous licius was sweneu iu
357fi3, as. against 40J5,OtJO,as the bill ,
came from the liouse. The Institution.
salers' license. Under the proposed law
the agent for such companies must take
out both a retailer's and wholesaler's
license. The bill Wan recommended.
House. In the house the following
tills passed: Ta amend sections 3,706,
3,721 and 3,722 of subdivision xiv. of
chapter xliv. of the consolidated stat
uceS tJ Kybraska and to repeal the
original sections Sttend.-dto provide
clerks and assistants for trie" eounty
clerksin counties having over 25,000
inhabitants and providing for same, by
i t-ntn nf 59 to II: to crivc A. J. Arnold
an honorable ifceharpe and pay Tori
three months sendee; to fculr'rift nd
define the duties of certain members Of
the faculty of the state university: to
appropriate certain moneys known as
the -Morrill fund," received by the
Mate treasurer under an act of congress
of tht United StatiM, approved August
30.1S'l0; tO nulenii section 323 of the
c6de Uf civil jh-ocednre being section
1.8 14 of the consUliditltl statutes of
Nebraska and to repeal said dfig
inal section: legalizing the pay
iiieill anil allowance of fees to county
trbjsttrers iri counti't?') tinder township
organization, bv a vote df 3ti I02i: to
ah-el'd Scctlod 532 of the compiled
statutes of lS9l of ri,ral.-j bein a
part of chapter xxi. entitled 'Gaining
Betting and Lotteiies," and for the re
peal of said original section. Stevens
call up his reso.ution calling for the
appropriation of money to employ coun
sel tU assist iii recovering the money
lost to tlie state by reason ot tilt Capi
tal National bank failure. A long dis
cussion ensued, and the resolution was
hbt aild wed iri cOine" properly before the
house, the mOtioh tt) take tip heing
vdted ddwn by a vote of 30 io4'J. IlOuse
roll. No. .530, be Irwin, tS prevent de
ception iri the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarine; placetf'on gcSertll Hie;
house roll No. 25, to amend section 3,
110 of the consolidated statutes of Ne
braska: placed on general file.
SEVEN MEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Caught Between Twrt Prairie' Pliei In
KtiiisSS ivltli NJ Meant of Esrjlpe.
Sai.ina, Ivas., Mareii IS: Only
meagre reports can be secured from the
prairie fires which have been raging in
Western Kansas for tlie last two days.
Yesterday news was received from
Russell County that seven persons were
caught, between the two fires and per
isilet. .There hrfraeS are
WILLIAM BAILET.
DAVID HUTCHINSON.
ALBERT MOOKE.
A. M'DONALD.
Mr. LEFEVRE.
TWO UNKNOWNS.
Bailey war fearfully burned . about
the abdomen and breast ahd iiid in
awful agony. The men were all farm
ers and had been out feeding their
stock. The prairie fire had been seen
approaching in the distance and the
unfortunates had made for an open
space vher they hoped thev might be
able to" fighl Off . file tprretit of fire.
Quickly getting to work they l--red
the ground for several yards around
them, and, as best the could, dug a
trench around the space. Their ef
forts, however, were futile, for as the
enemy approached the wind !tros.ei and
changing just as it reached their trail i
cordon, whirled around in one awful
torrent and scorched the poor victims j
o death before they had hardly real
ized their danger. The bodies were
found yesterday morning, all but i
Bailey having died apparently soon
after being stru"k by the gale of fire.
Reports of damage with loss of life are
rife, but confirmation of them is im
possible. BUSINESS MEN FOR CONSULS.
Mr. Clc-e'autf's idea of Extending Trade
with Neighbor Republics.
Washington, March 17. President
Cleveland has decided upon a line of
policy to he pursued in the appoint
ment of consuls which is expected to
materially expand the trade of the
United Slates with foriegn countries,
especially with South and Central
American republics. His policy is to
select men for appointment to consul
ships who have exceptional business
qualifications and possesses sufficient
trade instinct to recognize an outlet
for American merchandise and the
ability to aid in working up a market
for the products of American manufac
tories and farms.
The President said that of -course
political reasons cannot be entirely
ignored in the selection of consuls, but
that particular stress will be laid upon
the business abilities of the men whose
names are presented to him. Presi
dent Cleveland has indicated his adop-1
tion of this policy to several Congress
men lately, and especially to one New
York member whose constitutents are
interested in the increase of the vol
ume of foreign trade. It is understood,
therefore, that for the principal com
mercial ports and centers of trade the
selection of consuls will be based
largely upon their commercial fitness
and "political reasons" will apply in
other cases.
FRAUDS ON THE PENSION ROLL
Gen. SIncum Would Like t Kc:nlj the
Deoerters and Com.ty-.Iiimpcrn.
Brooklyn, X. Y.. March 17. Gen.
IIenr3 W.Slocum was interviewed upon
the subject of the recent dispatch from
Washington which intimated that he
would have been offered the position
of Commissioner of Pensions if he had
been physically able to perform the
duties of that office. The General
said:
4,If I was twenty j-ears younger I
would be glad to accept the position,
but at raj age I do not feel calle 1 upon
to take such heavv work upon myself
as would be rejuircd b3 am man who ,
successfully administers that ollice. A
young man could take hold of it and ,
make a reputation for himself.
"1 hat pension roll is a fraudulent
roll. There is no mistake "aliout that.
There are deserte -s and bounty-jumpers
on it, and other men who were
never in the arny at all. I would like
to go through it and find out the
names that should not be on the books
at all. It can be done as easily as j
turning your hand over, but it would i
involve a great deal of labor." '
FOR SUNDAY OPENING-
Representative Mitchell Intrndnco a '
Bill to Effect the Desired Result.
Springfield, 111., March 17. Repre
sentative Mitchell has a bill before the
House which aims to secure Sunday
opening of the World's Fair. It pro-j
vides that all fairs and expositions held
within tlie State shall, if the directors
so desire, be kept open on the Sabbath
for exhibition purposes alone. No ma- '
chinery shall be run or any merchan
dise sold. The bill was prepared by ,1. K.
Dohney, a Chicago attorney, in behalf '
of several labor unions, and was re
ferred to the committee on the Colum
bian Exposition. Accompanying the
bill is a resolution which denies any in
tention of running counter to the com
mands of Congress, but affirms that the
Columbian Exposition is an Illinois
corporation and therefore should come ,
under the State laws. The bill can
hardly pass, for the reason that no '
county fair in the State is kept open on
Sunday, and all attempts to change i
the existing custom or mkeit poss-ble
votfireet a change. .oiild meet with
general opposition, although it might
open a way for a. Sunday World's Fair j
MttLIONAHtES' W0EK
FACTORIES FOR THE WEST
SUPERIOR WATER POWER -A
NEBRASKA TOWN HAS
UNEXCELLED ADVAN
TAGES A Platte RUer Waterfall of Fifty
Three ?ee Electricity for "Light
Labor and lriddstrie Cheap
est and Vest.
Th'e lifrgest steam dredging machine
Xn the West has jftst leen purchased by
the Gothenbcrg Water Power and Inj
vestment Company.
This company is the promoter and
owner of the canal and power plant at
Gothenbcrg, Neb. It is composed of
Chicago and Milwaukee millionaires,
who are abreast of the timc on scien
tific mechanics. They quickly recog
nized the new and almost inestimable
table given to water powers by the in
vention and developments in electricity.-
The successful experiment of
tfafismUtlng from the falls at Lauffen,
108 miles, to Frif ilkfort-on-the-Main hi
1391. demonstrated id them that a
water power had more value than a
coal mine or a great forest for it is ab
solutely inexhaustible and practically
inexpensive
They at once excavated a canal,
taking water from the Platte TiWer and
teie miles ueiow ..
:il
the rltcr ith a net fall of 53 feet.
The great dredger just purchased is
ib' be used in enlarging the canal to 100
feet in wi'tilli ami to a depth of 15 feeL
Eminent engineers say that the
Gothenburg water power can thus ha
increased to twenty times its present
capacity,
Mills, elevators, factories, illumina
ting plants lio'.v enjoy cheaper power
there thari at any plfl'-'d which has not
water ptfwer in the West. Among the
projects now in Soiiteiriplation at Goth
enburg are an electric tanllCfy, electric
plowing, electric heating, electric pho
tographing and electric cooking and
baking. It is possible in that new city
of 1,500 people, located 250 miles west
of Oulaiia n the Union Pacific Rail
road, to buy electfic power by the
hour, by the horse power or by the
year. The rush of manufacturers to
Gothenburg to take advontage of the
Offf of free power is surprising. The
success of this place Is a striking illus
tration of what nicy be done by a com
pany with ample money, no indebted
ness of any kind, and who intend to
develop their advantages and not boon?
their pltcc. Cuas. L. Woutuam.
A CITY OF STATUES.
Dartlioldl's Latest Triumphs Id e Added
to the St. Louis Collection Tho
Lucas Ship.
St. Lot-IK. Mo.-. March 11. Barthol
in's great statue of Washington and
Jefferson, which h:.s been mrtdV f"rSt.
Louis, will be exhibited at the World'd
Fair this summer and brought here in
the fall. Since the war, St. Louis has
stolen all the fame of Baltimore as a
city of monuments. Forest Park iia
the statues of Frank P. Blair and Ed
ward Bates. Lafayette Park has the
6tatnes of Washington and Thomas II.
Benton, in Tower Grore Tark are the
statues of Shakespeare, Columbus and
Alexander von Humboldt, in Lyon
Park is a statue of Gen. Lyon and in
Benton Tark a statue of Frederick
Hccker, the hero of the Ger
man revolution of 1848. Down
town, at the corner of Twelfth
and OliveStreet.standsa statue of Gen.
Grant, the last one that has been put
up in the city. Several of these
statues are of heroic size, nnd all
arc made by noted sculptors.
There seems no longer any doubt as
lo the success of the Lucas Ship enter
prise, wL'jh involves the running of
specially constructed steamers from St.
Louis to Mexico and other Spanish
American points. The patent under
which the ships are to be constructed
involves the building of a vessel which
can ply on the Mississippi even at low
water, but which can cross the ocean
safely. In main respects it resembles
the plan so succcssfnJ'y adopted in
ocean racers of the City of Paris type,
and experts are of the opinion that the
necessary variations to enable the ship
to nly on the river at low wsitr will
iiol impair the ettieience. Tin succc---ful
establishment of this line of steam
ers will revolutionize trade to a great
extent and will result in a large in
crease in business between St. Louis
and intermediate points with the Gulf
ports. A large quantity of stosk has
been placed in SL Louis, Chicago and
other cities and active work on the first
ship is about to commence.
For years it has ben the custom in
St. Louis for the Sons of the Fatherland
to celebrate German Day some time in
April by a street parade and the pub
lie feast afterwards in one of the large
beer-gardens of the city. Last year
there was a pageant that rivalled that
of the Veiled Prophet in magnificence,
a succession of tableaus illustrating
the progress of German ideas in this
country. There were forty thousand
people in line, men and youths. This
year there will le no parade, ("erman
society which has charge of the ar
rangements has determined to spend
all its money and ideas assisting tho
local committee which is preparing the
Columbian allegorical procession for
September. At that time the city will
be crowded with visitors from the four
corners of the earth, who have come to
see the Exposition and the Veiled
Prophet, and a spectacle like the Ger
man costume parade will have a hun
dred sight-seers then to one now.
Ir. McGlynn Will io to Rot:!?.
New YoRK.March 15. The statement
is made that immediately after Easter
Dr. McOlynn will comply with the one
condition attached to his return to the
Roman Catholic Church and visit
Rome. He will be accompanied by
Dr. BurtselL
Harper's .Magazine for March will
contain .several illustrated articles of
more than ordinary value. Amonr
these there will be a comprehensive and
timely article on Slavery and the Slave
Trade in Afri -a." by Henry M. Stanley,
with several striking illustration bv
Frederic IJeininj-ton; a paper on thr
famous palace and monastery of "The
Escur.'al." by the late Theodore Child,
with numerous illustrations): an attract
ive and (praphic description of Florida
' Oar Own l.iviera" bv Julian Ralph,
illustrated by "W. T. Smedley: and the
first of a series of article on '-'Washing-ton
So.-ieu ." by Henrj Loomis Nel
son. with appropriate illustration:, bv
C. S. Keinhart.
-THE-
First National Bank
COJ-XJKIOtJQ. NEB.
DmECTORSl
A. ANDERSON, Proe't.
J. H. GALLEY. Vice Pree't.
O.T.ROEX.Owhier.
C. E. EARLY. A't Cuaitft
G. ANDERSON, P.ANDERSON.
JACOB GRE1SEN. . HENRY EAGATZ,
JAMES O. REEDEK.
5tate-aeat ef Condltioa at the Close of
Busiaess Sept. 80, 18.12.
XEsocrtcxs.
' .osc anil Discount
IJi-il Esiatf.Furniiure and Fix
tS19.063.93
turt'x lo.tui k
0. S. Bond 15.51000
Uun fnm U. S. Treiwurer. $ (575.00
Dn- -rom other batik r.s.K'.0 13
L'a-b. on ban J -S. 23.03 87.9C3.18
f3W.0S3.88
LIABILITIES.
CiipitM Stock paid in
Surplus Fund ............
TJiilivilt-d profits.....
Circulation ........
Deposits ............. ........
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. 3.X.00
.. 3,S3S 62
.. 13 .;00 UO
.. 232 719 90
t310,OS3 53
justness ards.
J .H. KII.IAIV,
DEUTCHER ADVOKAT,
Offico over Colnrnbae State Bank, Colombo,
Nebraska. "
A
ALI1EKT & UKEDSR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ollice over First National Bank, Colnmboa,
Nebraska. S0-"
V. A. MCALLISTER. W. M. CORNELIUS.
if
cALUNTKK CORK KM U
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Colnmbas, Neb.
A. WILCOX,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Cor. Eletenth & North Sts.. COLUMWJS. NEB.
ey-ColIections aepecialty. Prompt and care
ful alteation i-iven to tho oottlement of estate
iu the county court by exroutors, administrators
and guardians. Will practice in all tho coarta
of tliis ktate and of South Dakota. Refers, by
M.TuntJ3io. to the First National Bank.
Cjaly-y
E. T. ALLEN, M. D.,
Eye - and - Ear - Surgeon,
Secretary Nebraska Stat Board
of Health.
500 Kajioe Block. OMAHA, NEB
ngtf
E.CBOYD,
MASUFACTOItlUl OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware!
Job-Work, 006115 and Guttering-
a Specialty.
Shop en NebnU: Avenue, two doora north
of llttumusfon's.
l. E. SEAEL,
raopniETon ok the
ESenfli St. Toisorial Parlor.
The Finest in The City.
tSTThe only shop on the Suuth Sid. Colum
bus. Nebraska. 0cUy
L. C. VOSS, M. D.f
HonioBGpatliic Physician
OSice over ari'-r itir- S'H.-iniist in chronic
d ?--!. Careful ateutijii pvcu to general
prnct -.
A STRAY LEAF!
A
DIARY.
the
JOURNAL OFFICE
FOB
CARDS, ENVELOPES.
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
CIRCULARS,
DODGERS, ETC.
LOUIS SCHREI8ER.
All kinds t Repairiig done ei
Short Notice. Baggies, Wag
ons, etc., nade to erder,
and all work Guar
anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A
Wood Mowers, Eeapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-binders the
best made.
1 Shop on Olive Street. Columbus, Neb.,
four doors south of Borowiak's.
HENRY GASS,
Collins : and : Metallic : Cases !
ZSTRejmiring of all kinds of Uphol
t;ry Goods.
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