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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 17, 1897.
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ISBEASKA NEWS.
Blair will organize a military com
pany. A teaehers" Institute -will be held at
Mason City 3Iarch 12.
Fred 31111s of Angler has captured
even coyotes this winter in traps.
Politics is exciting many towns
where elections are soon to "be held.
The exhibit of goods manufactured
in Fremont proved, a grand success.
The Custer county medical society
will "meet in Broken Bow on the 10th.
E- C. Usher, who has lived in Fre
mont thirty-nine years, died last week.
" The Nebraska delegation to the in
augural ceremonies at Washington was
ttmalL
The soldiers at Tort Niobrara are
issuing1 a paper called the 3Iilitary
Hcrald.
The principal of the Ogalalla schools
is convalcsing from a severe case of
. illness.
' Grain men at Allen have filled all
tJie cribs and have stopped buying- for
the present. . ., ,- -
More than 100.000 bushels of corn is
in the crib at Farcam. and more is
coming- daily.
. A chicory company has been organ
ized at Schuyler. A'great many shares
have been taken.
Old hunters say that wolves have
multiplied in Burt county since the re
peal of the local bounty.
Major C .' is holding a great revival
l Mcr - Up to this writing there
.i over 300 conversions.
"Ion. John C Was ton of Nebraska
City received SlO.000 in settlement of
the loss to his residence by fire.
A sufficient sum has been sub-cribed
to secure the Swedish Methodists of
Kecne a comfortable church building.
Mr. Osborne and Mrs. Pressnalle.
-both well on toward three score and
ten. were wedded at Allen last week.
1 A young man by the name of Jim
. Mjller of Rulo, attempted to fire one of
the largest buildings of that town.
He was arrested, examined and pro
nounced insane and taken to the
asylum.
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the secretary of state of the Ne
braska Irrigation association, with
headquarters at Lexington. The in
corporators number 100 and have no
capital stock.
The house two miles north of Beat
rice, used as a sporting house until the
proprietor. Wallace Townsend, and
his wife were sent to jail for five
months a few weeks ago, was destroy
ed by fire at an early hour the ether
evening-.
The other side of the supposed case
f bigamy lately brought to light at
Silver rreck is revealed by a letter
from Edgar Geyer.the man in the case,
to W. M. Hutt,in which he claims that
the Indiana woman, who claims to be
his wife., is an importer.
At o meeting of the business men's
fraternity of York steps were taken
toward the securing- of a chicory factory
at that place. Considerable discussion
.was engaged in. resulting in creating
:i very favorable impression on the
minds of York business men.
In :i saloon broil at Blair a man
named McManigal shoved his fist
through a. large plate glass window,
eulting- an artery and several other
f-evere gashes in his hand. The wounds
Wed freely and physicians were some
lime in stopping- the loss of blood,
which left McManigal in a very weak
condition.
George Collett. residing ten miles
north of Beatrice, was killed in a run
away accident. Collett and a German
named George Shoneberger. the latter
considerably under the influence of
liquor, left the city early in the even
ing for home. Collett was found dead
under his wrecked buggy and his
friend near hj badly hurt
Washington dispatch: Today Senator
Thurston escorted a party of Nebras
kans to the white house and preseuted
them to President McKinley. The
party consisted of Messrs. W. E.
I'eebles of Pender. Church Howe of
Auburn, Frank W. Collins of Lincoln.
General Bills of Fairbury and Henry
T. Oxnard of Grand Island.
C. 'A. Zcigenhanc of Ellis had a nar
row escape from death at Beatrice.
While at work in the Bock Island
yards he fell in front of a line of
freight cars being backed towards him.
s As He had no time to get off the track
he clutched the brakebeam as the first
ear struck him ;and managed to hold
on until thenars had been stopped.
His back was badly injured and his
wrist dislocated.
A tabulated statement has been is-su-jtby
the South Omaha stock yards
Sy"fjany shoeing the origin of live
stock received for the months January
and Felruary of this year. Nebraska
Iliads the list with 25,666 catil. 91.9."l
,' 'hers and 23.776 sheep. Iowa sect 4,349
' cattle. 15.020 hogs and 4.S sheep to
i this market. From Wyoming- came
1.72-thead of cattle and 10.1TS sheep.
Utah sent 1.360 head of cattle and 3S0
sheep.
The department of exhibits of the
Trans-Mississippi exposition has re
ceived assurances from the gencal
manager of the Union Pacili railroad
.that the "historical old car which the
remains of the martyred president.
Abraham Lincoln, on the sad journey
to its last resting- pL'ee at Springfield.
HL. will be turned over to the exposi
tion authorities for exhibition purposes.
It is proposed to make this old car a
central feature"in the transportation
. section of the exposition.
Hon. O. M. Kent lias returned to
"Broken Bow from Washington. He
will socn take up his residence in Col
orado. The Grand Island factory has con
tnted for over 3.000 aeres of sugar
beets, to be delivered at the factory at
S4 per ton.
Considerable interest is being- mani
fested in real estate in Garfield county.
The purchase of a part of the Fort
lIarUaff reservation by the A-. D. Cat
tle company and their recent purchase
of a herd of cattle has aroused curios
ity as to their future plans. It is
thought they will evcntnally purchase
more land and put in a large ranch.
Rev. Hammer, who does prison work
thromrhout the United States, has
"beenholding a series of successful re-
ligious meetings at Murray.
The report set going: that Cudahy
and Swift, the biar boutli Omaha pack
ers, will concentrate their interests at
St. Joseph, latks foundation.
The Baptist church society of Far
nam has commenced the erection of a
house of worship of liberal dimensions,
viewed from the standpoint of a com
paratively new society, boasting but a
few members. Nearly all the mechan
ics in the vicinity have volunteered a
certain portion of labor and. the eost of
erection, will Imj comparatively smalL
The Warren live stock company is
. feeding' sheep at Dancan this winter.
. J. ILHarringion.. foreman ut the
company;, left Iat week for South
Omaha with, a shipment. This is the
5csk3 shipment of sbeep from that
Pkv to SoytlrOmahw ? "
HAD TOTES TO SPARS.
STOCK YARDS BILL PASSES THE
SENATE.
Debate Shut Cff by the Roles Tb
feasors Called Cp and Seat Through
Wlxhoat Any Preliminaries
SUseeUaacotM News of In
terest. The Nebraska Assembly.
Sjomte. As soou as the preliminary work
Lao been cleared away in the senate on the
3th Mr. Grothan of Howard moved that a
siftinjj concjittee of seven members be ap
pointed by the lieutenant governor. Little
or no opposition vras manifested from any
part of the senate chamber, as it was well
understood that the matter had been thor
oughly canvassed and that a majority had
been secured in advance. The lieutenant
governor ruled that a two-thirds majority
would be required to authorize the appoint
ment of a slftins committee as well as to
overrule a report of that committee after it
was aDDointed. The motion was out to the
senate without discussion and was apparently'
adopted nnnlf)ifcIr, no voice being h rd
la the negative. The lieutenant governor
appointed as the sUtinz committee senators
Grothan. of Howard, ilntz at Keya Paha.
Dund&s of Nemaha, McGann of Boone. Beal
of Custer. Watson of Saline and Uailer of
Washington. The order of bills on third
readin? was then reached, and the first one
out of the box was the stockyards bill. It was
placed on its passajw at oucc and no further
discussion was permitted under the rales.
The bill was passed by a vote of 3 to 7.
The Judiciary committre reported sixteen
bills for pasaffc and they wens ordered to
the general tile: About a dozen petition-
were sent up asking for the continued main
tenance of the Milford soIdierV home; the
raisins of the age of consent to IS years, and
Ei a Winj the law applicable to boys as
well as to girls, also petitions favorimr the
abolishment of the denciency Judzment law.
In committee of the whole a number of bills
were recommended to pass. Senate file No.
219. bv Lee. a bill for an act to provide for
the administration of the state penitentiary
and the government thereof, anu of the pris
oners therein, and to repeal chapter so of the
compiled statutes of lw5, was considered.
The bill was read without amendment or in
terruption until the thirty-sUth chapter was
reached. This section relates to the
fees to be allowed to sheriffs from the
county jails to the penitentiary. The bill
allows the sheriff S3 per day ana neces3ry
expenses. It also allows 51 per day for nec
essary assistants, provided that when there
is but one prisoner no pay for assistant shall
be allowed. After some discussion the bill
was recommended for passage.
sexate. The 10th was Lincoln's day in the
senate, the charter bill bein;r under consider
ation. The proceedings therefore were mainly
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of local interest. Coas'deration of the char
ter continued all day with nothing to break
the monotony of the preceedlncs until about
' 1 o'clock in the afternoon. At that time the
section of the charter was reached which
proposes to jrtve the city council power to
purchase an electric llht plant by subnltrins
a proposition so to do to a vote of the people,
but also gives the council authority to con
struct such a plant without submitting the
proposition to a vote. Senator Talbot spoke
visororslv and at length azainst the pro-vi-ion.
He submitted an amendment, which,
after discussion, was voted down. The- com-
' mittee then arose. Schaal of Surny offered a
resolution providlnz for a committee to in
vestigate the charzes of bribery preferred by
D. E-Thompson. president of the Lincoln ras
company. The resolution was tabled and the
senate then adjourned.
Sexate. The senate on the 11th. by
, unanimous consent, advanced the Trans
Jlississippl exposition bill to the head of the
tteneral file. It therefore stands third on the
list of bills which will be considered in turn.
The Lincoln charter and the treasury vault
bills, both special ordrrs fnr tne 12th, will
be completed in a day or two. The senate
went into committee of the whola immedi
ately to resume consideration of the Lincoln
charter. This bill occupied the attention of
tho senate for the entire day, and it was not
. until ti:J0 that the bljr document was finished.
1 Only once was anything approaching deter
mined opcosition shown, the entire day being
consnmed with the readinz of the bill line
for line, this belnz insisted upon by tne Lan
caster county senator. The only section
seriously contested wa the provision for a
fire and police commission, "out the section
was retained. The senate voted down a
proposition to submit the charter to a ote of
th- people of Lincoln and recommended the
, bit' to pass. The senate then adjourned.
) HocsrJ-On the tth it was 11 o'clock before
1 a sufneient number of members had gathered
to do business. Petitions from Pawnee and
Joimson counties, favoring the Initiati"e and
referendum, one from Weeping ater in fa
vor of the soldiers" and sailors home at
Milford. and a number against it were
read bv the chief clerk. The stand
ing committee reported favorably on
a goodly number of measures. Mr.
Uerling of Adams moved that as the house
i had waited a great deal of time over house
I roll No 0. Yelser's Initiative and referen
dum 'oilL that the house meet Wednevlay
and Thursday evenings. Pollard moved an
amendment that the bill be made a special
or-'er for Wednesday evening. Tills was lost.
The question recurred on the original motion
of Cerling, that the house meet Wednesday
ard Tnursday evenings and it prevailea.
A receas was taken till evening, when the
hoa-vs went into committee of the whole to
consider bills on general file. House roll No.
8a. by Yelser, the initiative and referendum
' measure, was first in order and Sheldon, in
' the chair, announced that it would first be
I considered. Then Sheldon invited Clark of
Lancaster to the chair, and took the floor to
speak on certain amendments. Discussion
took place, participated in by Sheldon.
, kurkett. Ysiser and others. Mr. Shull
took up the cause of the bill advocating It
. at seme lensth. Pollard moved that the
committee of the whole report tliis bill for
indefinite postponement. Gaylord raised the
point of order that this motion had once
, cecu voted down and could not again be
raised. Then Pollard withdrew his motion.
I saying It made no difference which question
wai put first, to postpone or to recommend
for passage. The bill, by a vote of 52 to 2.
I was recommended for passaze as amended.
The committee of the whole rose and re
j rotted. Jenkins moved that the report of
, tk committee on house roll No. 6 be non-
cencurred in and, that It be recommended
fse indefinite petponment. On this the ayes
and nays were demanded with the result of
24. aavr3, not voting li. The bill was
then engrosed for third reading and the
house adjourned.
HorSE. On the opening of the session of
the Louse on the Sth- the forty-seventh day,
Hull moved that the house go intocommittec
of the whole to consider bills on the general
file. This prevailed and Gaylord was invited
to the chair. House roll No. 3i7. by Gaffin.
was firfct considered. The bill is for an act
jo prohibit corporations from contributing
money to influence or control elections. The
bill was recommended to pass. In the after
noon Speaker Gaffln announced the regular
order to be bills on third reading. House roll
No. W, by Sheldou. was first of the list. This
is a bill to amend -cctlon 126 of chapter xvi
of the compiled statutes of Nebraska of ISIj.
relative to flung of articles of Incorporation
and repealing all sections and all acts and
parts of acts in conflict and regulating the
ees of the office of secretary of state. The
Mil passed. Senate file No. 102. the bill de
tains a legal newspaper, was called up and
put upon its passage. The bill failed to pass
with the emergency clause, receiving bat 31
votes to 33 against- It was then put upon its
passaze without the unergvney clause and
tailea to pass bv vote of 7 to 31. House
roll No. IS. by HnlL prortdes for an act to
regulate the manufacture and sale of .vine
gar, to prevent deception and fraud therein,
and to provide pwnaltie for violation of the
act. Tns bill was pasted by a vote of 73 to 3.
Hoase roll No. 333. by Wheeler, provide for
the payment by counties of the premium on
bonds of county treasurers where such bonds
are executed by a surety company authorized
by the laws of Nebraska to execute such
bonds. It is provided that such premium
l shall not exceed cne-ialf of 1 per cent per
annua -of the penalty stated in the bond.
This Is one of a eriei of bills on the same
line. It elicited a prolonged discussion. It
was recommended to pass. House roll No.
354. ov Wheeler, providins for the payment of
premiums on the gucrahty lxmd of state
treasurers was also recommended to pass.
House. Appropriations for the state uni-Terslty-and
state normal school met with
sturdy opposition from the fuslenists in the
-hoase on the 10th, By a scant majority
the two university items of 530.0CU for the
mechanic school of arts, and $20.(XX) for the
state dairr building, were recommended for
passage. The -surety bond" bills, providing
for bonding state treasurers by corporations.
were recommended to pass by votes which
. were far fr a being unanimous. The follow
big bills were recommended to go on general
file: Regulating the fees cf electric light
companies. Providing for a representation
of Nebraska products at the Tennessee Cea
TeanlaL exposition at Nashville. May to No
vember, 13SI7. To proTldo for an additional
wing for the Norfolk hosnital for insane and
appropriating 523.CW. The following were
recommended to passr House roll No. -163. by,
Looois. to promote the Independence of
voters at elections. Reuse roll No. 377. by
Hull, pro-riding- for the protection of em
ployees In factories from fire. Senate file No.
235, by Kanw.m. relating to submission of
constitutional amendments. House roll No
3C3.by Sbeidoa. nrovicingior the erection of a
wing of a building upon the university
grounds, as a part of the permanent improve
ments of the college of agriculture and the
mcchasicarv. and to appropriate po.OCO for
the purpose, was engrossed lor thiro. readiEg-
CTrtt
shall in no one year exceed 25 mills. anA In
the cities of the first class bavin? over 25J0
Inhabitants the tax shall not exceed. 1 BUlht
upon all the taxable property of the district
The bill was recommended to pass. House
roll No. 209, by Wlmberly, to apply theMcr
fil fund In aid of the Industrial college of the
nniversity of Nebraska, was reaommended
for passage. Hous roll No. 233. by Zimmer
man, consolidates into a single fund money
collected for various purposes from student
of the university of Nebraska and to appro
priate them to specific purposes. It was
recommended far passage.
Hocse. The house on the 11th commenced1
work en the first of the big appropriation
bills the one carrying the general expense
accounts of the state oQcers. state boards
and state institutions. The bill contains no
salaries. The length ot the present session
may be guessed at with a little comparison.
Two year ago the bill was reported from
the committee on finance, ways and means
on February 26. This year the bill was re-
?jrted by that committee on February 27;
wo years ago tire bill was read the second
time on February 27 and referred to tho com
mittee on wavs and means where It was held
until March 11. This year the bill was read
the second time and sent to the general file
on March 1 At the session two years ago the
bill was taken up for consideration by the
committee of the whole for the first time oa
3Iarch 12. This session the bill was taken up
by the committee of the whole on March 11 .
Here the parallel ends. It will be seen that
so far the house is but one day ahead of the
session of two years ago os the sasge- bUL
Two years agojJw hUl;W -wirt aaSenr
to the senate on March 18. -where it was held
until April 3. Little opposition was
made to the bill under considera
tion, most of the sections being passed
without amendment or discussion.
A tabulated statement of appropriations
shows the total for each board and institu
tion, as agreed to by the house. It i noticed
that one of the largest items of saving has
been made in the amount appropriated for
the maintenance of the convicts in the state
penitentiary. The saving is made possible
by the new svstem of managing the stato
penitentiary. "The money derived from leas
ing the labor of the convicts Is now applied
toward their maintenance. A determined
effort was made to striku out the entire
appropriation for the state fish commission.
Wooatcr of .Merrick led the opposition, he
declaring that it would be a good policy to
let the fish remain where they are in the
hatcheries and -hatch by themselves" for
two vears. Young of Cass and Shull of
Nemaha supported the efforts of Mr. Wooster.
Without dehnlte action the house adjourned.
morOSED GRADUATED TZE EILI-
Sheldon's bill, house roll No. 479. which has
been ordered to be engrossed foratbird read
ing, seems to be quite a popular measure
amonz the members of the house of all par
ties. It provides for a graduated system of
fees in the ofiiee of the secretary of state,
especially applicable to corporations. The
second section provides that corporations for
works of internal improvements, mining.
manufacturing and all organisations incor
porated for profit, other than mutual in
surance companies. loan and investment
companies and banking institutions, shall
file articles of Incorporation with the secre
tary of state and shall pav the follow
ing fees: For articles of Incorporation,
domestic or foreign, for the first S1C0,
000 or fraction thereof. S10; for recording
each additional $1.0)0 a charge of 10 cents
per S1.G0O. and 10 cents for each 100 words.
Corporations formed for religious, benevo
lent or literary purposes, secret societies,
etc-shall file articles, and fees for filing
shall be 52 for filing anrt 10 cents for each 100
words for recording. Fees for services of the
secretary of state not enumerated above
shall be: Filing certificate cf increase of
capital -tocir, ? for each 1.000 and 10 cents
for each 100 words of recording; filing certifi
cate of decrease of capital stock. &: filing
articles of decree cf court changing thu
name of any Incorporation. S3; filing amend
ments to any article cf incorporation. 53:
miscellaneous commissions. 2J0: notarial
commission-.. 53; trade mark. 55. Affixing
the great seal of the state ot Nebraska, where
the "total charge is less than 3, a fee of ?1
shall be charged.
IJryCTIOS- UESTH-UXISC THE COOT.
Judge Hall of the district court in and for
Lancaster county on the Ilth issued a tem
porary injunction, restraining the recount
commission from proceeding further with the
work of recanvassing the ballots cast for the
constitutional amendment relating to the
judges of the supreme court. The injunction
Is made returnable Monday. March 13. It
was issued upon petition of T. C. Munger.
attorney for Lancaster county, who com
menced the proceedings after being otEclally
ordered to do so bv the court. Last Week ex
Attorney General Churchill requested County
Attorney Mnngcr to commence action, bai
that ofceial declined to do so ou his own
responsibiiitv. This afternoon G.M. Lambert
son and C O- Whecdon of Lincoln filed a
petition in Judge Hall's court, requesting the
court to is-uc an order against secretary ol
State Porter and the other slv members of
the recounting commission, on the grounds
that thev were unlawfully exercising the
yowerso? a pretended board ot canvassers,
adze Hull issued the order ami County
Attorney Munger commence! the Injunction
proceeding-, at once.
DEAD UNDER HIS WAGON.
Sfcanouite Fsraer Prolwibly Murdered
for His 3Ioney.
Newton. Kan., March 12 Late yes
terday afternoon a Bussian Mennonite
fanner named Harms, left the little
town of Mound Eidge, in McPherson
county, and twenty miles from New
ton. He was riding ia his farm wagon,
which contained a plow. Several
hours later he was found dead
on the road, which forms the
dividing- line between Harvey
and McPherson counties. His body
was stretched under the bed of his
wagon and the plow he had been haul
inrr rested upon it. Over the right
temple a long, deep gash had been in
flicted. All the circumstances ot trie
case have led to the conclusion that
the tragedy was a murder rather than
the result of an accident. The most
plausible cause that has yet been given
is robbery. The man was wealthy
and sometimes carried money in quite
large quantities. This fact was well
known.
Slow Wltli Appointments.
Washctgtos", March 1J. There will
be no breaking down of the civil ser
vice rules under the present adminis
tration, and only such appointments
as are absolutely required by the exi
gencies of the" service will be an
nounced for several weeks. The ad
journment of the Senate yesterday
until next Monday was due to an in
timation that no nominations would
be sent in until the beginning of next
week.
The FopolAtioa of Hawaii.
WAsno-GTO-v March 11. Ellis Mills.
United States consul general at Hono
lulu, has furnished the state depart
ment with the results of a census just
taken in Hawaii, showing a total popu
lation of 109,020. The Hawaiians head
the list with 31,019; Japanese next
with 24.407: Chinese third with 21,016,
and the Portuguese fourth with 15,191.
Those par Hawaiians number 6,433:
Americans. J1.056; British. 2.250: Ger
mans, 1,432.
Intliaa A-at Asks for Troops.
Washe-gtos, March ll. Agent
Eandlett of the Uintah and Ouray In
dian agency telegraphed to-day that
there were fifteen men who"had made
locations on the lands of the Uncom
paghre reserve, that they had refused
to leave, and there vrouid be trouble
unless the troops were .sent to eiect
them This is.in line with a dispatch
last week, on the strength of which
Secretary Bliss asked for troops.
"o 1tbm Ceasonbip Joss Yet.
Albaxjt. N. Y., March lL Senator
Lamy received the press censorship
bill, drawn at Buffalo, and expressed
his disapproval of it by immediately
returning it to the person who sent it
to him. whose name, however, he de
clined to divulge. The bill provides
for a general press censorship.
James C Blaine's Bratber Dead.
WxsHErGToy, March U. Eobert G.
Blaine, a brother of the late James G
Blaine, died last night at his residence
in this city. He was 63 years of age
and leaves a widow and six children.
Mr. Blaine has resided here for anum
br of years aad for some time warrm
plytd i an -"-Jcxiti-- woscitji
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Washington special to the.
Bee: Senator Thurston today tw
less than ttventv Nebraska ctl
who are applicants for positioms
the new administration. All the
inrhe was besieged with candidates.
ana-wnen ne leit ior tne repaovu.
senatorial caucus, called at 2 o'clock: ta
determine the future action of tlftfc
party so far as reorganization andJB-c
lr.t-0? i'1 nntl tlinrnTwrMr wnoat?t
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Tt bis troubles liaveonlvconiHieeelHTkton Special: The present
Understanding that the Ieislatre
Nebraska pasicd a resolution directu
i.: ai t,; h ti,. 1mwI
ture for distribution, he stated
"" -y "-". Tt.r-v" r .. ,ttz?i
the Icsrislature would have to
resolutions to senators and represea'
lives in accoru wiia uic triiw-ip-j
the party dominating- Nebraska
present. "That he would coatume
send seeds to people of the state, u
spective of party, who Might Beed",ai
Now that Washington is settled
down to quietness a great exodus of
Nebraskans is noticed. Many of the
inauguration visitois from the Ante
lope state left late last night and many
more left today, some going to New
York, while others are hurrying-homeward
as rapidly as trains can carry
them.
It is generally understood that out
of courtesy to his colleague Senator
Thurston will permit Senator Allen to
name the postmaster at Madison, Neb.,
Allen's home town. Senator Allea to
day endcrced for this position Seth J.
Amett, a well known republican of
that place.
It is now Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson and ex-Secretary Morton.
There was little formality in the
ehange of cabinet officials. Secretary
Wilson having met previously the
chiefs of division. Secretary Morton
refrained from making a speech and
Mr. Wilson quietly took the chair va
cated by his predecessor. Mr. Morton
will not leave for Nebraska for- some
little time, as his sister is slowly con
valescing from a severe attack of
pneumonia.
Senator Allen stated that if the re
publicans in the house could hold
8273,CC0 in the sundry civil bill for the
Trans-Mississippi exposition he would
see to it tliat the senate appropriated
that amount. That his first duty would
be to look after exposition matters, so
tliat the amount might be made imme
hately available.
.Tohn G. Elliot of Tyndall, chairman
of the republican state central com
mittee of South Dakota, is here. A- B.
blitfredge of Sioux Falls, member of
the national committee from South
D.ilcatn, is ill and unable to be here at
this time and Mr. Elliott will repre
sent him and will remain for some
time looking affcr patronage to be
given to the state of South Dakota.
Gen. Amassa Cobb is stopping at the
army and navy club, where he holds
informal receptions every night with
bis old army friends.
Marriage and Dixorce Lavs.
There are several bills in. the legis
lature aif eeting our marriage and di
vorce laws. Senate file No. 65, by
Howell, voids marriage between uncle
and niecemnd ncphewand auntT" Jest
what tne object to be gacneu is, unless
it is to release some property that has.
been tied up by such marriages, is not
discernible, because if the near rela
tionship were the objectionable feature,
it would suSce to prohibit marriages
within that degree. Yeiser has a bill,
too. that empowers the court on appli
cation of cither one of the parties to
declare a common law marriage of
persons who have cohabited. Another
bill on this subject is senate file No.
l."3. by Murphy, requiring county at
torneys to defend all divorce suits
where judgment appears to be going
by default, or in which collusive inac
tion is manifest on the part of defend
ant. "
Salaries Parable Qaartarly.
Atto.-ney General Smyth gave an
opinion, on request of State Auditor
Cornell, relating to the time of pay
ment of deputies and clerks employed
in the different state departments.
Hitherto it has been the custon of the
auditor to pay the deputies in the
offices of the secretary of state and
superintendent of public instruction
monthly. Accordingly their vouchers
were made out and presented for the
first months of the time during which
the nexv deputies had been employed.
All other officers, deputies and clerks
had been paid quarterly. The attorney
general says in his opinion that the
pay of the deputies named is due quar
terly, and not monthly, as has been
the custom heretofore.
A. Winning For Sarrew
Edward L. Sayre, title examiner of
the Union Pacific, has been notified
that the secretary of the interior has
denied a hearing to Joseph P. Losee on
a land case. The land is a quarter
section across the Burlington tracks
at Havelock and was pre-empted bv
Mr. Saver April 16. 1SU1. Losee had
homestaaded the land in 1S76, but his
application was canceled because it
was on the Burlington right of way.
ero Boy Denied School Privileges.
-"Billyh Martin, a little negro hoy,
under the protection and living in the
home of Jacob Nye, a white, man, has
been denied the right of educational
advantages by the school board of
Decatur. The board has not as yet
given any valid reason why it cannot
accept 'BiUyr as a pupil "qualified to
attend the Decatur schools, only that
he is a negro.
lawyer Alleged Eaibezzlers.
Judge Robinson adjourned an unim
portant term of district court at Neligh.
Information was filed against two at
torneys for embezzlement. The eases
will be heard at the next term of court.
Minors aad Savings Baaka.
Senate file 2To. 211. bv Deai-mo- al
lows savings banks to pay out mosey
deposited with them on order or check
by minors. In aH other transactions
minors are subject to the control of
their parents or guardians. If tftT bill
were to pass it would place savings
banks in a position to throw all re
sponsibility for accounts with, minors
upon the depositors. It is a serious
question whether minors should be
placed here on the same footing- as
adults. The bill is still held by the
committee on banks and currency.
lauenu.iety fustpoaed. I
In the lower house of the legislature '
the bill providing for the punishment
of bribery or use of monev, intoxicat
ing drinks, cigars or bribes of any
kind, either directly to influence any
elector giving his vote, or use any
means to influence any employer in
giving his vote, and "declaring the
office vacant when it is proven that
such improper influences have been
used, wss indefinitely postponed. r
Governor Holcomb has honored a
requisition from Governor Drake of
Iowa, for the return to Cedar ttapyft of
Joe Zbanek, who 13 -wanted tfeera fori
tha arinM of t ductfoa. I
THE YAEUE OF C0EN.
WHEN DOES IT BECOME PROFIT-
' ABLE AS FUEL?
KsyrXse&t Bciag Made to Deter
Matter ytowkn Who
At akiag OMcm rayiag Ar
ts Scaatar Tbars-
Itens of lBteresb
Crw TS. Co'
f !' ' of S0"1 d lts- Pnce
f J 5?cn speculation as to
I rU ralne. There is such a diver-
a
siir opinion as to the actual knowl-
wkjfr.iregardiBg the profitableness of
ra instead of coal that it
desirable to conduct a compar-
that would show the relative
power of the two materials.
it woald pay to raise corn for
tMsarrestigatibn.Tjut the interests of
the large number of people living in
the region of cheap corn call for the
determination of" its most profitable
use after it is upon the market. From
investigation it is stated that if a cer
tain quality of coal were selling at
less than S6.30 and corn were bringing
12 cents, it would not pay to burn com,
while coal must sell as low as S3.41 per
ton to be as cheap fuel as .corn at 10
cents a bushel. A very complete and
thorough investigation of this subject
is being conducted at the university.
It was thought desirable, however, to
publish the results already obtained,
although they were based upon the
performance of but one quality of coal.
This coal is well known and largely
used in the state.
All those from Nebraska seeking
office are paying devoted attention to
Senator Thurston, who is expected
to land on easy street republicans en
titled to recognition. Senator Thurs
ton is doing his very best. He is
anxious to show his strength with the
administration and he is likely to do it
in naming the marshal, district attor
ney and collector of internal revenue
when the proper time comes, as well
as by naming all the postmasters in
the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth dis
tricts. Senator Thurston stands right
in line with Major McKinley. The
two republican representatives, who
have bean ignored up to date, will
probably be shunted aside in the future
so far as matters of patronage are con
cerned outside of their districts- Ap
plications for office from sections of the
s-ate not in First and Second districts
snonld be sent to Senator Thurston,
who ia devoting his earnest attention
to the attempt to secure proper recog
nition for Nebraska republicans who
have done good work for the party.
A Scrap In the Senate.
During discussion of the penitentiary
bul in the senate the usual serenity of
that august body was disturbed by a
fracas at the senate gate and a rush of
senators and employes to the scene of
action. Is was observed that Senator
Farrell of Merrick county and C. J.
"Bowlby of the Crete Democrat were the
combatants. The belligerents were
parted before serious damage was done
to neither ?artv,TAg . difficulty grew
'ux-of an objectionable article pub
lished in Mr. Bowlbys paper, of which
the following is an extract: "Why is
it that the state senate should be
looked to for any dirtv work needed
by the lobbyists? "5 This re
port was signed by Caldwell of
Nuckolls, republican, and two pops,
Johnson of Clay and Farrell of Mer
rick. There is nothing strange about
the actions of republican members
of the committee, but the two pops
who pretend to represent the men
who produce 10-cent corn and S'i a ton
hay. to make such recommendation,
one can come to no other conclusion
than that they have been -seen by Bill
Paxton and Babcock who are ever
present lobbying against a reduction
of the charges. Johnson of Clay is a
twin of Sam Elder of that county and
Farrell is a deformed ignoramus whose
'double' probably was never before
seen in the state senate. Sen
ator Dearing of Cass and one or two
populists voted against the indefinite
postponement of the minority report
and thus helped the republicans to
give it consideration when the bill is
reached on general file. There are
some queer acting senators in the legis
lature this winter, and they can be
depended upon to fly the track when
they are most needed to pass bills
favorable to the people they represent,
and they are not republicans either.
It is queer that we can hardly find
men who, when sent to the legislature,
have the courage and honesty to carry
out the wishes of their constituents."
A Judge Taken to Task.
A Beatrice dispatch says that tht
recent decision of Judge Stull, holding
that township taxes voted and assessed
by the township electors are to be
added to the taxes assessed by county
authorities in determining "whether
county authorities have assessed taxes
in excess of the limit of 13 mills on the
dollar valuation, imposed on ''county
authorities" by the state constitution.
grows more unpopular the more it is
known and the better it is understood,
and is creating consternation among
the eighteen counties in the state hav
ing township organization. This de
cision was contrary to the judgment of
the numerous distinguished attorneys
who heard the case argued, as well as
to the uniform construction which has
been placed on the law in Gage and
many other counties in the state where
township organization has been
adopted, and letters are being received
almost daily inquiring if the decLsion
was not reported wrong. It has intro
duced great uncertainty and confusion
into the finances of the county and
should it stand, threatens, if it does
not destroy, the town ip system.
Thoaspaen Denounce-, th Lobby.
D. E. Thompson, president of the
Lincoln gas companv. addressed an
open letter to the senate making the
direct charge that members of the
lobby have offered to deliver enough
votes to defeat the Lincoln charter,
provided a certain sum of money was
paid. He offers to furnish full proofs.
An investigation is likely to be made.
For Selling Whlky to Indian.
Decatur dispatch: The deputy U. S.
marshal for this district, from Omaha,
came up yesterday and served warrants
of arrest on Joseph Halsted and Dan
Adair. The men are indicted for illicit
pedlingof whisky. I
Maxwell i caTe for Wasbiagtoe. j
Hon. Samuel Maxwell, says a Fre- '
toot dispatch, left this morning for
Washington to assume his duties as a
member of congress. His son, Jacob
Maxwell, who was his stenographer
during-the latter part of his term as
judge of the supreme eourt. accom
panied him as secretary. The judge's
family will remain at their home in
Platte township.
The horse market is getting better in
and around Ainsworth. The farmers
are in need of more horses than they
have. This is cnesign that, the farm
ers expect something bettr for fti
fat1rvAi.wnrth Stajr-Kcport'tV i
NEBRASKA SEEKERS.
Saas Wkt AT After PoUUcal Ptaeea
May Ce laf r.
The special Washington correspond
ent of the Lincoln Journal is keeping
Nebraskans duly posted regarding
movements at the national capital and
especially so in reference to" political
matters." He wires that the president
proposes to take his time to send in
nominations to the senate, and had no
use for that body for a few days prior
to the assembling of the extra session.
The Nebraska appointments arc still
hanging fire. It seems reasonably
certain that Nebraska will receive not
more than one or two of the consular
appointments and that it Li improbable
whether any Nebraskan wiH be elected
for office among the assistant secre
taries as attorney-general or solicitor
general. Mr. Collins believes himself abso
lutely secure of a foreign appointment.
His indicated wish is Switzerland.
Governor Thayer wanted the Mexican
missioav-fcaE found himself out of the
race because it had already been
promised to Powell Clayton. C E.
Atkinson is still in the city and is be
ing vigorously pushed for a position
equally good. He has not yet received
assurance that his desire will be grati
fied. Bud Lindsey has already left for
home. His- ambition was the recorder
ship of deeds of the District of Colum
bia. There are a hundred applications
for the position and no assurance that
it will be filled for weeks to come.
When the nomination is tent in Ne
braska will not be at the front. There
is every indication that nominations to
office will be slow.
Officials appointed under President
Cleveland's almini-tration will be per
mitted to serve out their full term.
This will apply to all offices, both -in
Washington and the respective states.
The first appointment in Nebraska will
be that of U. S. Marshal, for which a
number, of Senator Thurston's friends,
including Jim Allen and Ben Goodall.
are contending. It is understood that
it has been tendered to George Thum
ruell of Grand Island by Senator
Thurston. Other federal appointments
will wait the expiration of the term of
commission.
None of the representatives except
Judge W. L. Greene, have arrived in
the city. Judge Greene has been'de
voting'his time to familiarizing him
self with the various departments and
to gaining points which will be of
value in his work when the session
opens. His family Is with him and
have taken rooms on Third street.
Judge Maxwell, Judge Stark and Mr.
Sutherland are expected here at the
close of the week.
Mast Have Better Cora Rates.
Secretaries of the state board of
transportation have decided to take np
the question of the reasonableness of
local rates on corn. The question was
placed before them yesterday, says the
Lincoln Journal, on complaint of a
Lancaster county farmer, L. L. Hile,
who filed a formal petition charging
all the roads in the state with accepting
and charging unreasonable local rates
and asking the board to require the
roads to answer and that after due
hearing and investigation an order be
issued requiring the roads to desLst
from violating the act regulating rail
roads. - The board notified the roads to
answer within ten days. The petition
of Mr. Hile is dated March -
The secretaries recently requested
railroad managers to give reduced
through rates on corn and as a basis
for the request stated that many farm
ers in the state were burning corn be
cause it did not pay to ship. The
board further informed the managers
tliat it was not the wish of the board
to reduce local rates. Managers of the
roads deferred action for the reason
that a meeting of railroad men was to
be held at Chicago and it was expected
that the question of making a special
rate on corn would come up for con
sideration. This proposed meeting
was not held and now the board of
transportation proposes to investigate
the local rates with a view of making
a reduction. It is understood that the
secretaries were instrumental in get
ting the complainant to file his petition.
Good Bre to Morton.
Washington dispatch: J. Sterling
Morton, the retiring secretary of agri
culture, was tendered a farewell re
ception at the Ebbitt house by the
officials and clerks from the depart
ment of agriculture. The reception
lasted two hours and during tliat time
nearly all the officials in the depart
ment called to give Mr. Morton a final
hand shake and say farewell. Many
of them were accompanied by their
wives and other ladies.
The new secretary of agriculture.
Mr. Wilson cf Iowa, was present, as
were also Mr. Dabney. the assistant
secretary, and Mr. Bingham of Ohio,
who. it is said, is slated for Mr. Dab
neys place. There were about 500
callers. During the evening a cold
collation was served in the dining
room of the hotel.
Imprisonment for Lire.
Auburn dispatch: The case of the
state of Nebraska against J. W. Arga
bright was given to the jury at the
end of a long trial and after being out
four hours, they brought in a verdict
of murder in the first degree, and fixed
the punishment at imprisonment for
life. Judge Letton was very careful in
all of his rulings, and although the
ease was ably conducted on both sides,
the chances for getting this case re
veraed on error are very small. The
defendant was heard to remark just
before the dose of the trial, that he
was getting a fair show this time,
something he did not get at the first
trial. The first trial of this case oc
curred two years age, and resulted in
a verdict of manslaughter and ten
years imprisonment.
E. C. Usher, who has lived ia Fre
mont thirty-nine years, died last week.
Will Be a ebrakaa.
Collector of Internal Eevenue North
in talking about the application of C.
N. Boardman of South Dakota for the
position of collector says that in his
opinion it is not likely that the col
lector will be picked from any state
but Nebraska. The Nebraska district
comprises Nebraska and the two Da
kotas, but this state contributes from
SO to 90 per cent of the revenue receipts
which usually do not fall below 51,000,
000 per annum. Last year they were
only 5627,000. but it is already certain
that this year they will amount to
about a million and a quarter.
Colonisiac Forbidden.
House roll No. 170. Coffin's bill pro
viding for imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for a term of from one to
three years of any person not a resi
dent of this state who shall vote in the
state, and for the punishment of any
person who shall procure aid or assist
in bringing such person or persons into
the state for the purpose of voting,
has been recommended for passage
and will doubtless become a law. .
Hon. O. M. Kent has returned to J
Broken. Bow- from Washington. He I
wiH S0OTI take up hi residence fn Col- j
QTsdo. J
i
PIACES IN NEBBASKA
HOW WILL POLITICAL PLUMS BE
DIVIDED?
PoclUeas Not ta Be Clrea Out Hurriedly
T& TecalUr Condition of Affairs
i. Nebraska Seaater Tfcarstoa'a
Attitude Coagreatea ta
Be Coasolted W;tb.
Nebraska Not Forgotten.
The special Washington correspond
ent of the Lincoln Journal telegraphs!
that Senator Thurston already has a
worried look. He proposes to do the
best he can. but is quite willing to
postpone the critical decision until the
last moment. Postponement Is to be
the order of the day in the matter of
appointments to office. This is the
word which coaes. from the white
house.fteaaytT ,
thae t vuuuMti appbevboMs. Sae&
offices as expire by limitation of tenure
will be promptly filled. Others wiH be
carefully considered. It will be found,
in the case of a large number ot the
most prominent offices of national and
not of purely state importance, that
the president has already made his
selections. Most of the prominent
foreign appointments have already
been wiped off the slate. A large
number of those offices in the depart
ments at Washington not covered by
the civil service rules have been prom
ised in advance of the inauguration.
With respect to others President Mc
Kinley proposes to be guided by the
advice of the republican senators and
representatives from the various states.
Senator Thurston will be the controll
ing force in Nebraska if Representa
tives Strode and Mercer make no ob
jection, as they possibly will not.
Should they decide that as the rep
resentatives in the popular branch
of the government chosen by the
republican party in their districts
to voice republican sentiment at
Washington, they arc entitled to
a hearing and consideration in matters
of republican appointments, an issue
might be raised which would embar
rass the president in his determination
of matters relating to appointments in
our state.
In other states the delegations have
been called together to determine upon
questions of patronage and the views
of representatives have been given con
sideration by the senators. The par
ticular condition of affairs in Nebraska
by which an anti-administration state
ticket was selected last November and
a majority of the delegation in the
house, with one of the senators in
opposition, renders the situation a
peculiarly interesting one. In case the
two republican representatives should
demand a share of the state patronage
it would compel President McKinley to
make a decision which would be ex
tremely disagreeable to himself.
There are indications that Judge Strode
and Representative Mercer are not in
clined to concede the entire patronage
of the state, outside of the post offices
in their districts, to Senator Thurston.
It is quite possible that they will ask
of the senator that their views upon
certain matters shall be given consid
eration and that in the absence of sach
consideration the matter will be laid
before the president. It is believed
that Senator Thurston does not pro
pose to ignore his two republican col
leagues in the Nebraska delegation
and-that he will yield something of the
patronage wftich he is supposed to
absolutely control in deference to their
wishes and to their belief that the in
terests of the party and the size of the
Nebraska delegation in the house of
the next congress will be conserved by
such concession.
Inspector of Beer aad Liquor.
Among bills introduced and one
which its friends claim Ls sure to meet
with popular approval is that provid
ing for a state inspector of beer, wine
and other alcoholic liquors. The bill
provides that the governor shall ap
point a state inspector and this chief
inspector may appoint five deputies,
whose duty it shall be to inspect all
wines, beers and distilled liquors. A
scientific formula has been prepared,
showing what are to be regarded a
suitable liquors for consumption, and
when a package is found that does not
come up to the reqvirements it is to be
branded as inspected. A penalty is
provided for any dealer selling or hav
ing in his possession any package of
liquor which has not been branded or
marked "approved" by the inspector
or his deputy.
Divorce Case Proves SensatienaL
Columbus has been enjoying some
sensational scandals. One in particular
was the divorce case of Josephine
Barnum vs. George E. Barnum. Mrs.
Barnum sues for divorce and alimony
after having been married to the de
fendant about one year. At the time
of her marriage she claimed to be a
widow, her former spouse having died.
Mr. Barnum took a trip to Stark
county. Illinois, and resurrected, it is
claimed, not only one. but two of her
former husbands and brought one of
them. George W. Smith, back to testify
against his wife. It is needless to say
that Josephine has lost her interest ia
the alimony case and also the affec
tions of husband No. 3.
Missionaries Retarn.
Messrs. Webster, Chase. Poppleton
Palmer. Wattles and Hitchcock, com
prising the committee that started out
three weeks ago to visit the legisla
tures of the western states in the in
terest of the Trans - 3Iississippi
exposition, have returned. The party
traveled ii.000 miles, met with seven
legislatures in joint session and con
ferred with the two houses of the
others apart. The members of the
delegation say that the tour was be
yond all question one of great profit to
the exposition enterprise.
Major Ctarksoa's Toar.
3raj. T. S- Clarkson, commander-in-chief
of the G. A. R.. left last weekfor
a series of official visits- to the South
and Pacific coast. His itinerary is laid
out as follows: Nashville, TennT. March
S; Cullman. .Via.. March 10: Birming
ham. Ala.. March 11: Montgomery,
Ala.. March 12; Fitzgerald. Ga., March
13; New Orleans. La.. March 15; Riv
erside. Cal., March 22; Los Angeles,
CaL. 3Iarch 23; San Francisco. Cal.,
March 27; Portland. Ore., March 30;
Tacoma. Wash., March 31; Helena,
Mont. April 3; Salt Lake City, Utah,
Aprils.
Trane-Mi Ixtppi Bill.
The Trans-3Iississippi exposition bill
has been given the final touch in the
house, and it will now g to the senate
for action. When. the. amendment pro
posed by Speaker Gaxfin was adopted
the original title did not conform to
the bill as It passed, and it became nec
essary to amend this title at the time
of third reading and passage. It was
then necessary to send the bill back to
the engrossing room to have the title
properly engrossed. The eh-vrmr.r: of
the committee on engrossed and. en
rolled bills now reports the titfa prop-
LINCOLN'S CAR.
He Tkat Wa
In aa obscure cotmer of the yards of
the UakmPacite car shop in Omaha,
in a dilapidated aad abandoned condi
tion, stands a truly historic relic known
as the "Lincoln" ear. Its sides are
cracked aad weather-beaten, aad the
glass ia its windows aad the ferasa rail
ings oa its platforms are loag- ago
gome. All the compartments aatL
sumptuous interior furaisaiaga and
deeoratioas have been removed, and it
stands like a barren, decaying hulk of
its once proad self. From it former
prominent association with President
Lincoln, both during the later yearn of
his life and then after death, it would
seem that the ear deserves a better
fate thaa to rot in aeglect aad obscur
ity. This car was built specially for
Mr. Liacate in the United State ; mil i
taryear'naiprat.TexaMrTrrVi. Tit
1H. by 1L P. Larasoa. master ear
builderl and was certainly one of the
handsomest private railway coaches of
itsd.iys. It was. used by the presideut
repeatedly in his visits to the array of
the Potomic down iu Virginia and al
to New York and Philadelphia.
The Lincoln car L forty-two feet
long by eight and one-half feet wide,
and during t"e time Mr. Lincoln itsetl
it it wa divided into three compart
ments. It was entored by- a door in
the corner, which opened into a nar
row passageway, extending the entire
length of the car along one side..
From this passageway dMrs opened
intucach one of the three private iwm.
Xhe room in one end of the car was
considerably larger than the others.
and was furnished with a large sofa
and reclining chairs- The small room
warealvj provided with sofa aad re
clining chairs, although somewhat in
ferior io those in the large room.
This larger compartment constituted
President Lincoln's office and study,
and is where he entertained his gueU
and transacted business with utEsrwb.
Df the governmant and general of the
arav. The sofa is a com i nation affair
and" was made of unusual length tt
accomodate the elongated form of the
president. It was used as a sofa or
lounge during the day and at night
conld be adjusted into a double bed.
The car was considered in that day a
triumph of the car builders art. The
walls" of each of the eomtmrtrant-.
were padded with rich, eorl.tl eriiuvm
ulk upholstery, reaching half way to
..he ceiling, and the frie of the presi
dent's room was decorated with point
ed panels of the coats-oi-arms of the
liferent states of the Union. The car
.vas iron-clad, armor being set in be-twe-'U
the inner and outer walls, rer.
.Ln'nw ?t bnllet-nroof. This added
consiaerablv to its weight, so much so
hat it3 builders thought it necessary
:o mount it on six-wheeled trucks.
Just after the close of the war the
government put a great amount of io.
railwav material that had been used In
the prosecution of the war into the
hands of an auction firm in Cincinnati,
and among it was the Lincoln car.
Sidney Dillon, who was then at the
head of the Union Pacific affair?, was
directly responsible for its purenae.
For a long time after its arrival in
Omaha the car was a great curiosity,
both on account of it connection with
the martyr president and also for the
reason that it wa- then considered the
finest railway coach that had ever been
constructedand many thousands of
people visited the shops for the pur
pose of seeing it.
Lute in ISU2 a party of men frotu
New York sent an agent to Omaha .
with a view of negotiating a purehase
of the car. intending to exhibit it at
-he world's fair. Satisfactory terms
with the Union Pacific people could not
be made, however, and the project wa-
abandoned. The agent desired tohavr
proof of the authenticity of the car
from the railway officials, and Mr. L
H. Congdon, for many years master
mechanic of the Union Pacific railway,
ia a lengthy letter on the subject to
Mr. E. L. Lomax, general passenger
agent of the road, said:
The famous car was brought to
Omaha in 156C. and was purchased for
the Union Pacific byT. C. Durant.
Sidney Dillon manifested great inter
est in the car in the early days of thr
road. I was in charge of the Iocomt
tive department of the Great Western
Railroad of Illinois, at Springeld. dur
ing the war. and was there at the t!mr
President Lincoln's remains were
brought there. The car had been used
as the funeral car and stood in tht
railroad yards during the time that
Lincoln's body lay instate at the Cap
itol building, and we had an opportu
nity of examining it closely. I remem
ber identifying it as the same ear
when it came here in 1SW. When irt
brought to Omaha it was used as a
private car by the directors, but oh
account of its extreme weight and the
manner in which it was mounted, it
rode so poorly that they soon aban
donedit. I have been over" the road with
Mr. Dillon in the Lincoln car. and heard
him speak of it as being the one that the
president used during the war, and in
which his remains were brought to
Springfield. Mr. S. II. H. Clark, now
president of the Union Pacific, stated
to me a good many years ago that 3lr.
Dillon desired some of the furniture ot
the car taken out .and sent to New
York, and I see that his request wa
carried out.
The car was built as nearly as pos
sible to suit 3rr. Lincoln's idea and
was so peculiar in construction as to
give it individual characteristics.
This famous old car will lorm a cen
tral figure of the transportation ex
hibit of the Trans-SIissIssippi and In
ternational exposition of 1508. at
Omaha.
Two Columbus youths rau awa
from home, but were nabbed at Grand
Island and sent back to their sorrow
ing parent
Tne Colombian Bell.
The Columbian bell which sounded
its prophetic note at the opening of
the parliament of religions at Chlcagc
durinar the Columbian exposition is tr
be taken to Jerusalem tosofinda not
of praise at the close of the nineteenth
century of the Christiaa era. The
unique proposition- ii made that the
ball shall be taken to the Holy Land,
and oa Christmas eve, 1399, connected
by cable aad wire with all parts at
Christendom, so that the 1300th an
arversary of the birth of Christ shal S
be celebrated by all the world at th-
instant.
WmmmA an exception.
This law of compensation, my
bov," grumbled Uncle Allen Sparks,
"doesn't run through everything. Now
there's my neighbor Shawcross. He's
as lean as a scarecrow and I we!g?s '
over 200 pounds. His health Is just
as good as mine, he eajoys life full;.
au well as I do. we're worth about the
same amount of xaoaey. and it only
costs aim half as much to buy a suit o:
clothes aa it costs me. And they lat
aim twin as long, blame himr aided
Uaelt AUta, ia the toae of an injured
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