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? S? iar1r?wC'- 3iHi; JaJ,--: - .-3Ss8Sg.C jL- msj ' w. 5-. "-'' s ,.' rsjg. ,-JV5i, 4. 1 2 vt -'S,. . J-?' ,S" E.' s? - -1 "s- WHOLE NUMBER 1.402. VOLUME XXVIL-MTMBER 50. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. M ARCH 24, 189T. St?s-3FEHES -r (Mtanlij Jmirnm " jJ eTh.aeer " , fr . - SlM .7 ' f.- - WW? ' SEsr- - fir- 1 He " NEBRASKA, The sobs Of veterans hare organized cup t Fremont. a t I. Rice, a rich -widower of Pre Stoat, is advertising for a wife: Saowx county is receiving many ad- eUtioas to its farming' community; i It is thought the legislature may be able to adjourn by the 1st of April. I Pxbtx lines will be closely drawn ifi the election at Tecumseh this spring. ix is probable that the city council of Kearney will pass a curfew ordi- sauce. V JEaoMEH.BAUCUEY".a wealtliyrairch aaaa ia the vicinity of Stockville. died last week. I There is a good deal of uneasiness oa the -bottoms in Washington county oh accoaat-of anticipated liigh -water. '' TME flew Methodist church at Dakota JL'ity Is receiving its finishing touches aad will soon be ready for dedication. T Tttc revival that has leen in progress !aV,jBM9,avUie'iClalut. week, and tne result is that the vhnrch has re ceived quite a number of accessions. . George West, jJr.. and Fred Ciillarct. , both men of about 00 years, had a fistic e 'encounter on the street at Clarks. The .. latter sustained a badly bruised face. ' " The IJurlingttm ha commenced work on its new depot at Omaha. Its dimen sions will be sOx-'OO, and all roads that .. want to can come in. Toit?r Conway, of .!.:ii.i county. vhileT trying to escape from ail officer, was shot in tin- Wg. The charge against htm i statutory rape. , A riBK destroved a house ot ill-fame t West Point. Tin tire was of incen diary origin and is suppucti to be the '..work of one of the many yonnjf men who have been ruined by the place. The Nebraska lumber dealers asso ciation -will meet in Lincoln m March "16 and IT. !t i expected that 200 or T,00 solid buMiic.Vn men will Ik. present. ' The local lumbermen arc planning to entertain the visitor-. - LitcufieM' was thnmn into excite ment over the straugi disappearance of Mrs. Hnller. a woman of GO years, who resided for many yean- in the county. It is thought she started to her son's and became bewildered. Whii.e Mr. Zimmer, bridge tender for the Missouri Pacific at Louisville, was punching at a chunk of ice with a pike pole he last his balance and- fell head first into the water. He was not t hurt and managed to swim ashore. Tire Grant millingcompaay of L" rant. T'erkins county. Nebraska, is negotiat- ing with the towns of Cook, Talmage and Burr, for the removal of the com pany's valuable milling and elevator ,propert now at Grant to one of these points. Matt M. Ci..vii:. the jo.-,tniaster at North Platte, had hi- leg broken lelow . the knee while assisting in loading some of M. I". Keiths .stock at the stock yards. A borc kicked him, knocking him over and causing the fracture. " THE "damage suit f K. II. Kent-diet against the city of O'Neill for Slo.ooo was -tried before Judge Kinkaid. the jury returning a verdict for the plain tiff for ?."00 and costs, amounting to about 8C0O. Tim was the third trial of t, the ca&c. . Mrs. TIkxki I". Have-, residing bout live mile- wo-t f Wi-ner. com mitted suieiile by swa" lowing a large dose of Pari- green. She leaves a hus band and five children. Domestic trouble -was the cause of her self destruction. C. J. Axukiisox und 'harlea Ander son, father and son. were brought to Omaha from Oakland, charged with ' sellijg liquor -without a government license. The father was discharged, but the son will have to answer before the federal court. The committee of the Otoe county bar appointed to draft xoolutious on , ( the-death of Herman Wendell of Tal mage. reported to the court a very ' touching and appropriate series of res olutions, which will be published in -the papers of the county. . A smai.i. child of A. Whitmores. of Franklin. "J years old. was choked to . death. The mother left the room for a moment, and when she -returned the . child had got something into its throat " and was choking to death. The mother "was unable to give relief. , Rev. Jonx Axukks of the Congrega tional chureh of Long Pine was or dained as a minister of the gospel hist veek. The leading ministers of the denomination from northwestern Ne braska were present and the ceremo nies were interesting and impressive. . "A Gersiax farmer, living in Grand - Prairie township. Platte county, was examined by the commissioners, of in sanity and-adjudjied insane. He is Z'l years of age and his strange hallucina tions lead him to Jwlieve that everyone i pursuing him seeking to take his life. TliE Methodists and Congregation alists at Ainsworth have leen holding .protracted meetings for the last two months with good success. The Meth odists have added twenty-five new ' members, and the Congregationalists - twenty-eight memlers to their enroll ment. The Peru state normal students were overjoyed at the news of an appropria tion for a new dormitory. Alout 100 men and women led by Prof. Hosic and a military band, with stars and stripes streaming in the air. marched to the depot to meet the ."irto train, when Prof. ISeattte returned from the scene of conflict at the capital. Every body is delighted at the news' and it will be a great boom for the state nor mal. It was decided at the meeting of the board of managers of the Trans-Mississippi exposition last week that the site of the exposition le changed from Miller park to the old fair grounds. which is much nearer the city proper. Definite action will be taken in a few days. The bar of Fremont will give a ban qnct to Judge W. II. Munger. in honor of his elevation from an attorney to the United States circuit judgeship? HocsEroll No. 221. is a bill provid ing for the appropriation of ?J.".000 for the erection of an additional wing to the Norfolk hospital. It has been placed on general file. The 3-year-old son of Mr. Vangen. a Bohemian farmer living six miles .. south of Burwcll. was fatally burned. The child's clothing caught tire from a store and before assistance arrived the clothing was entirely burned off aad the flesh of its left arm cooked so 'that it fell off. Representative Eigumv of Long Pise who. with his wife, went to Beat rice a.short time ago to visit with Mrs. Jones, is seriously siek with an attack of erysipelas. His illness from the first has been greatly aggravated by his anxiety over certain measures Bending is the legislature. Grave doubts are expressed of his recovery. A krctk, giving his name as Ham asosd, while hunting north of Hamp tom In Hamilton county, found an 11-year-old girl herding cattle in corn stocks. He threw her down in the . and aad criminally assaulted her. Two brothers caught the villain but he afterward made his escape. READY FOfi SIGNING. THE STOCK YARDS BILL GOES THROUGH THE HOUSE; Ike Ittasare GM t the Goverasr With out Ameadattat Lower fermacfc Adheres te the Espeaitl Bitl Aateadneat TheSaUrr Ap propriation BUL, The Nebraska Aueaablr. Senate. The senate commenced the 'flfty- Acondday of the session (March L"i)by di- pensins with the readinj: of the journal of Saturday's proceedings, one of the unfailing indications that the end of the session is rapidly approaching. Petition wtre nre senttru from Grand Army of the KepuhMc jjostsat Omaha ami Xelvin. asking that the soldiers' home at Milfonl l costumed by the state The treasury vault bill, having been made a special order, was taken up. the senate polng Into committee of the -whole trith Mr. IX-ariug in the chair. The bill was taken up section by wet ion. Whrn aectfcm S wa reached HKlrandas otXemaba oKarrd. the following amendment: And provided further, that tate funds now on deposit in hanks under the provisions of the state de pository law, -where Uch banks .shall keep their IkhiiIs unimpaired and approved by the Mate lioarri. shall not lie withdrawn faster t!ian one-fonrtti of such deposit every three month.-, until the same has all been with drawn: hutthtt treasurer may: if he deem l-st, withdraw the whole or any part thereof vi anv time; so that all state moneys so de posited shall 1j wholly withdrawn within one year after this act shall liecnme a law. This ameudnieut was defeated and Mr. Dtiudas offered another witieii was agreed to without any debate. It las follows. And tipoii makins Mich ex amination ami counting, the said state board .-.hall make a tabulated statement of their findings of moneys and securities in said ault. such statement shall show the amount of such cash and sv ritlcs duly lielouging to the state, the amount found ou hand and the deficit. If any. and Hh- such statement with the smermjr of the state; ami it shall le the dm v of the governor, when any such deficit shall occur, to immediately proceed against s'ich treasurer for defaulting as the law pro-; video. Quite an extended discussion followed, at the close of which the committee voted to recommend tin bill for iwssage. The re mainder of the day. including a night ses sion. wa devoted to consideration of the Lincoln charter bill. Sexatk.-Iii ihe senate on the Kith the usual batch of petitions, askiug for the pas sage f various bills under consideration, were received and read. There were several iictltlons in favor of the soldiers home at .Milfonl. and a numlier demanding the pa sig. of the hoii bill which prohibits the at"lcal performances and all kinds of athletic games on rjunday. The senate then went in committee of the whole to consider the bill reiwaling the deficiency Judgment law. Mr. Caldwell taking the chali. When the clerk had finished the roadingof the bill. Mr. Beat offered an amendment which threw wide the door for an ainimated debate. The amend inctit was rejected by a vote of 9 to 15. Mr. Murphy then offered an amendment providing that the act should not be appli cable to and existing contracts or obliga tions or any Mtlt now pending tr any decree or judgment already rendered thereon. Mr. Heal, author of the bill, made a lengthy argument in favor of the measure. He "was followed by Mr. Muflly of Madison, who also argued for the bill. Mr. Murphy of Oage dosed the debute on his amendment. He declared that for the firt time in itshKfory Nebraska populism stood before the people stripped of Its hypocrisy. After Mr. Murphy hurt concluded, tils amendment was rejected. The committee then, by a vote of 13 to II, rose and recommended the bill to pass. The report was adopted by u ote of 17 to IX A large number of committee report were re ceived. Kills on third reading were taken up and the following was recommended to pass: Senite flic No. 210. relating to school districts in villages. After recess the senate passil No. 104. relating to the protection of fish. The anti-corporation bills pending iu the senate committer on miscellaneous corpora tions were reported and placed on the gen eral tile. Senate. 1 he seuate lias now commenced the closing rush of business, and on the 17th got through a, good deal of business. For nlu.o-t the first time In the legislative history of Nebraska the senate has delegated to a sifting committee the authority toorder bills engrossed for third reading. I'sually the practice is for the sifting committee to merely recommend bills for cither indefinite postponement or passage. The bills recom mended for passage are then placed at the head of the general file and taken up hi com mittee of thi' whole In the order in which they are reported by the sifting committee. This session, however, the sifting committee goes further and selects the bills it favors and recommends that they le engrossed for third reading. Fifteen bills were recom mended for indefinite iiostponement and twenty-one with the recommendation that they be engrossed for third reading. Amend ing sections lis. and 119 of the compiled statutes of issii. fixing the penalties for Indecent con duct and the use of indecent language in public. The proposed amendment is intended to extend the Jurisdiction of justices of the peace to cover such offenses. Kepeallng vc tion 4 and 11 of chapter xvill. compiled statues of ls.. wliirh fiv the fees of regis ters and ma-ters-iu-chaiicery. Providing that cadet graduates from Itoanc col lege at Crete, may he commissioned by the gowmor of the state. Kequiring all railroads in Nebraska to mow the weeds from their right of way each year. Giving Judges discretionary power to sen tence persons under is years of age to either the penitentiary or to the reform school. Relating to the marking and branding of livestock. Appropriating $121 to reimburse llebecca IVrkins for an excess payment on school lands. To prohibit persons or corj rat Ions from furnishing to city officer or me:nlei-sof cttj councils gas. electric light, water service telephone service or transpor tation on str -t car for less than the regular price for such Ice. To make grave-rol-blnc a felony. Senate tile No. Si. by Mr. Ileal of Custer, to authorize county treasurers to invest not to exceed percent of the sink ing fund in registered county warrants. To limit the school dlstiict ln levy in cities huvltig over r.W.vi inhabitants exclusive or school lMud iac-. To reduce the numlier of couui'Ilmeu In cities bavins less than ?JW population. To prohibit city or county offi cers from buying the warrants of their r-pcctive cities or counties. To amend the hw providing fora uniform s stem of vouch er for the disbursing otHcors'of state funds. Kcduciug the fees which may lie charged for 1'gal advertising and for the publication of delinquent ta lUts. senate. The anti-trust bill and the tribu lations of the reisninl commission occupied most of the time of the senate ou the lth. incidentally the senate agreed to pass nai ler's anti-compact insurance bill, having for its object the prevention of the practice of insurance companies agreeing to maintain rates. The senate refused .to advance to third reading without reference to a commit tee or consideration iu committee of the whole tin: house bill appropriating 3UX for the purpose ot rebuilding the dormitory at the Pern normal school. When the anti-trut bill ame up Mr. Murphr of Cage was i-alled to the chair." The bill was introduced wi Februarv "4 by Mr. Gondringof Platte. The hill 'defines trusts and conspiracies against trade, declares theni to lie unlawful, provides means for their sup pression and provides punishment for the violatiou of the proposed law. The first sec tion provides that a trust is a combination of capital, skill or acts by any person or per sons to fix the price of any "article or com modity of trade, use or merchandise, with the intent to prevent others from conducting or carrying on the same business or sell ing the same article, or a combination of capital, skill or acts by two or more persous for any or all of a num ber of purposes that are enumerated. Two amendments were introduced. dis-Tts-siou lieing bad on them for some time. Finally the committee at 11:45 rose to listen to a special message from the governor. The message was read and listened to with the closest attention. Mr. Talbot of Lancaster offered a motion for appointment of a com mittee to investigate facts set forth in the message. Mr. Ransom mo veil as an amend ment tohe foregoing that the message be referred to the conference committee of the bcuate appointed vesterdav and consisting if Senators Beat. MnU and rcltz. The special committee appointed the previous day to confer witlt a similar committee with reference to the recount of the amend ment Itallots presented their report. Mr. McGann of Boone moved that the rules be suspended and that the report be acted upouatouce. The motion was agreed to by a strictly partv vote. Mr. Beal of Custer then moved that the report of the committee be adopted. The motion provoked a discus Bion which continued during the greater part of the day. Finally the report was adopted. A motion by Talbot instructing the committer to return the ballots to the custody of tlie recount commission was tabled. The senate then listened to a brief message from the governor, recommending an amendment to the Omaha charter. The senate went into the committee, of the whole and adopted Murphy's amendment to the anti-trust bill and recommended it for pass age. The senate then adjourned. Hocsr. When the house was called toorder on the 13th the clerk read a telegram from E. J. Eames. dated Newport, announcing the death of Representative Schram. On mot ion of Clark of Lancaster the clerk of the bouse was directed to draw a voucher for the full amount of the pay for the entire session pay able to the widow of the deceased reDresenta tfve. This was adopted. Yelser latrodaced a resolution relative to the immediate pas sag of the Omaha charter bill. He had read a postal card showing-, that a Bass meeting had been called to protest agaiast the pas sage of the water works ordinance by the city council. His resolatloti was adopted. On secoed reading of bills senate ale No. 33; the stock yards regulation. Mil. was .reatL Sheldoa moved that the bill be advanced to third reading. The motion to advance was lost by yeas Sd. nays 3. Sir; Gafla, the speaker, held that the motion not having re-' cetved the necessary two-thirds votc.lt was lost. Sheldon contended that the rale did not require a two-thirds vote.- The bill wis then referred to committee on corporations. Bills ou third reading baring been taken up. bouse roll No. 68. the municipal referendum bi 1 1, was pasacd by a vote of 60 to 38. Senate file No. IX. the Omaha charter bill, was then read the third time. More properly speaking, the reading was commenced at 2:15 and con tinued through the rest of the afternoon. While this reading was In progress the mem bers were busily engaged in discussing the fate of the bill. The fact that several of the Douglas county memliers had voted against the motion to advance the stock yards bllL was used as aa argument against the charter. The measure, however, weut through by a vote of 77 to 19. Wooster offered a resolu tion which provided that the appropriations committee report the stock yards bill to the hou-e immediately after the reading of the journal. Mr. Jenkins offered an amendment which was voted down and the original res olution Was passed. The Omaha charter bill having been signed by the lieutenant gover nor, was laid on the speaker's desk, and after making' the announcement Speaker GaUn signed it; The house bavtag voted down a. motion to" adjourn peadlng the arrival of the charter bill, another motion to adjourn until to o'clock tomorrow morning was carried and the house adjounied. Hocse. The stock yards bill, senate lie No. 33, passed the house on the 16th, by a large majority. Nearly all the opponents of the measure voted for -it. Mr. Rich of Douglas moved an amendment to section IV. "provid ing that the provisions of this act shall apply to stock shipped In the state of .Nebraska." Hill spoke id opposition to this proposed amendment; and said it was introduced Tor the purpose of killing the bill. He de nounced It as class legislation. Rich's amendment was voted down by a large ma jority. Kotierts of Douglas moved an amend ment raising the price named in the bill for handling cattle:; cents a head, sheep 1 cent. Kurkcttof Lancaster pointed out what he termed a fatal defect In the bill. It was in section 1. which reads: "All stock yards which for the preceding twelve mouth, shall have uu average dally receipt of not less than 10o bead of cattle. or3"0 head of hogs, or 3W head of sheep, are hereby de elared to lie public markets." Then Clark of laueaster moved an amendment, providing a remedy for this defect. Sheldon offered a substitute for this amendment, that the com mittee now rise and report the bill for a third reading. The motion prevailed The bill then taring put upon its passage went; through by a vote or v) ton e. The speaker then auiioiiuced that, the sen ate's amendment to house roll No. ffk the Trans-MIsslssippi exposition bill, would lie presented tot he house for concurrence. The principal amendment was to section 1 Of the bill, striking out "S2XVW- and inserting lw).ft." Wooster moved to nou concur in l lie amendment. Smith moved a stilistitute that the bill lie concurred hi. This was de feated. Wooster's amendment that the house non-concur in this amendment prevailed and the clerk was instructed to notify the senate of the action of the house. The house then went Into committee of the wnolc to consider the salary appropriation bill and continued that werk until the hour of ad journment. House. The house oi the lith went at once into committee of the whole for the purpose of considering house roll No. CLV the salary appropriation bill, which was com mitted yesterday. A motion to reduce the salary of the superintendent of the institute for the blind at Nebraska City frotuROOOto $l.0n was adopted. A motion to make a like reduction in the salary of the superinten dent of the institute for the feeble-minded at Beatrice met with vigorous residence I from Zimmerman of ork and others, j The motion to cut the salary at the Beatrice Institution to fl.WO was carried. It was moved the bill be recommended to pass. Roliertson of Holt put in two amendments. th tirst of which cut out the pay of th supreme court commissioners and the second providing for ttie pay of two additional judges of the supreme court. Snyder of Sher man, Clark of Richardson and Pollard of Cas talked against the amendments. That part of the motion striking out the pay for the commission was adopted. Then Clark of Lancaster moved that the bill as amended 1h recommended for passage, which carried by a vote of 42 to 3T. and the committee arose. Wooster of Merrick moved to recom mit the bill for further amendments, which was lost and the report of the committee was adopted by the house. House roll No. VSK. Sheldon's bill to provide for the building of a wing of a building on tnc state university ground a a part of the permanent Improve ments of the college of agriculture of Ne braska and appropriatlngii),OOOthercfor. was taken up and passed by a vote of ."1 to 42. House roll No. 19H. appropriating 530.000 to rebuild the dormitory of the state normal school at I'eru. was read the third time and passed. A message was received from the senate announcing that a committee had been apjioiutcd to confer with a like commit tee from the houe as to the best method of procedure in the ballot recount matter, and asking for a like action on the part of the house. The speaker appointed as such com mittee Messr. Fcrnow of Adams. Gerdes of Richardson and Loom is of Butler. Ad journed. ' m . House. -There was an effort made in the house on the isth to dispense with reading ot the journal, but it did not prevail. Standing committees reported on a number of bills. A messenger from the governor presented te the hous the message of the execntlveofficer regarding the recount of the constitutional amendment ballots. The message was read, and at It close wa greeted with applause. Hull of Harlan moved that the message be referred to the select committee appointed last night. The motion prevailed. Thceom mlttee is composed of Fernow of Adams. Gerties of Richardson anil Loomis of Butler. The Lincoln charter bill was considered at length. Finally VoostermadcaasUbstltutu for all other motions, one referring .senate tile No. 17i! to the committee on cities and town, with instructions to report a soou a the journal i read In the morning, the house to at once go into committee of the whole on said bill, ami debate lie limited to two hours. This, motion was agreed to. Senate file No. :?!'. relating to school districts iu cities and towns, was read the third time and passed. The house resolved itself into committee of the whole with Jenkins in the chair and took up house roll No. Gi the claims appropriation bill. The only change? of importance made was in regard to mileagu of sheriffs in convening prisoners to the pen- -j Herniary ami to the industrial homes, the csjniuiittte had drawn the hill allowing .". cents jer mile. The present law provides for liiivnts per mile, and after discussion the full mileage was allowed. The bill a: amended was recommended for iasage. House roll No. l'.O. the committee substitute for Rich's real estate foreclosure law. was taken up. The principal feature of the bill is that it gives the mortgagor one year for redemption after the nine mouth's stay has lieen exhausted. Yelser offered an amend ment extending the time of redemption ti: two xears. There was lengthy discussion. Holland of Red Willow moved to amend the amendment by making the time eighteen mouth. This was accepted by Yelser in place of bis amendment, and was voted down. The section a prepared by the committee, was adopted. eceiou contained (lie clause giving the mortgagee, a Hen of one-third on all crops raised ou the premises during the j uuiu uiiunni lor rugjuH1uu lur uicimj- ment of Interest. On motion of Clark of Richardson the crop lien clause was stricken out. Hull of Harlan offered an amendment providing that when the creditor elected to bring an action on the note and attempt wa made to collect lie would thus lose the right to foreclose on the mortgage. Clark of Lan caster said that to attach such a clause would endanger the validity of the law. and Hull withdrew the amendment. Clark of Rich ardson said that at the request or friends ol the bill he would move a reconsideration ot tlie vote, striking out the crop lien clause. The motion to reconsider carried. And the bill was recommended for passage without auy amendments. Adjournment followed. MISSOURI FLOODS. The Mississippi Playlax Havoc la Xbv teslppt aad Peeslscet Cewatles. St. Loos, Mo.. March IT. In south eastern Missouri, on the Mississippi river, Birds Point is almost entirely inundated. At Caruthersville work on the levee is being kept up night and day, aad in Pemiscot county the levee is in gooC condition. At Tyler, thirteen miles below Caruthersville, there are ten families oa a sawdust pile, hairing been driven from their homes. At Cotton wood, nine miles below Carathers. the water is ia nearly all houses, both business and dwellings. At Gayoso the water is all over the town and from three inches to two feet deep in the houses. Prisoners were moved from the jail to the court house. Gayoso is the county seat of Pemiscot countv. Cripple Creek a City Kew. Cripple Cbeek, Cola, March 17. To-day the morning Times was issaed with the fall Associated Press report, received by leased wires. The Times company Las also purchased a perfect ing press aad liaotype machiaea. CONGRESS CONVENES. M'KINLEY SENDS IN HIS FIRST MESSAGE. a fcphaiee the fact that ' Deflcit aad CaUe Vpeei C Take Step te aleet It A' hat Potated State Paper-IM Oecaaieat 1a rail. McKialey te Coeavees. Wasbtsotox, March 15. PresWeai McKinlcy sent rather unexpectedly his message to Congress thisafterm as soon as both Houses had bcea ganized. It was at once read as fat lows: "To the Congress of the Unite States: Begretting the necessity which has required me to call yon togethervl feel that your assembling' ia extraac dlaarv session is Thete H a ..--t "Tevuuue ejseve, ww lhjeaei - ji . PeeTeant .. iCV -li? adispeaaahrimtifcMf, of the condition In which we'lhdtha rerenncs of the government. It is conceded that its current expenditures are greater than its receipts, and that such a condition has existed for now more than three years. "With un limited means at onr command we are presenting the remarkable spectacle of Increasing our public debt by borrow ing money to meet the ordinary out lays incident upon even an economic and prudent administration of the government. An examination of the subject discloses this -fact in every de tail and leads inevitably to the conclu sion that the revenue which allows such a condition is unjustifiable and should be corrected. The DeBclta for Four Tears. "We find by the reports of the sec retary of the treasury that the reve nues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, from all sources were $425, 803,260.22, and the expenditures for all purposes were $41. "J, 933. 900. 5. leaving on excess of receipts over expenditures of $9,015,453.00. During that fiscal year 140,570, 4-VT.93 were paid upon public debt, which was reduced since March l,1889,$250,OT0,S9O, and annual interest charge decreased S11.63.576.C0. The receipts of the government from all tources during the fiscal year ending June 20, 1893, amounted to $401,716, 501.94, and its expenditures to $459, 274,887.05, showing an excess of re ceipts over expenditures of $2,341 674.29. "Since that time the receipts of no fiscal year, and, with but few excep tions, of no month of any fiscal year, have exceeded the expenditures. The reotipU of the government from all sources during the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1894, were $372,892,498.29, and its expenditures $442,005,758.87, leaving a deficit, the first since the re sumption of specie payments, of $69 803,260.53. Notwithstanding there was a decrease of $16,709,128.78 in the ordi nary expenses of the government as compared with the previous fiscal year, its, income was still not sufficient to provide for its daily necessities, and the gold reserve in tlie treasury for the redemption of greenbacks was drawn upon to meet them. Bead Issues Adverted To. "But this did not suffice, and the government then resorted to loans to replenish the reserve. In February, 1S94, $50,000,000 in bonds were issued, and in November following a second issu 3 of $50,000,900 was deemed neces sary. The sum of $117, 171 ,795 was realized by the sale of these bonds, but the reserve was steadily decreased un til on February 8, 1895, a third sale of $02,315,400 in bonds, for S05,116,244 was announced to Congress. The receipts o the fiscal year, Juaa 30. 1895, were $390,373,203.30 and the expenditures $433,178,426.45, showing a deficit of 548,805,223.18. A further loan of $100,000,000 was negotiated by the government in February, 1896. the sale netting $111,106,246 and swel ling the aggregate of bonds is sued within three years to $262,315,400. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, the revenues of the government from all sources amountctTto $409,475, 403.73, while its expenditures were $434,673,654.49, or an excess of expend itures over receipts of $.,203,245.70. In other words, the total receipt for the three fiscal years ending June 30, 189C, were insufficient by $137,311, 729.46 to meet the total expenditures. The Situation Not Itaprovlac "Nor has this condition since im proved. For the first half of the pres ent fiscal year the receipts of the gov ernment exclusive of postal revenues were $157,30, 603.70, and its expendi tures exclusive of postal service $195, 410,000.22, or an excess of exdenditures over receipts of S37,902,396.4i. In Jan nary of this year the receipts exclusive of postal revenues were $24,316,994.05, and the expenditures exclusive of postal service 530,269,339.29 a deficit of $5,952,395.21 for the month. In February of this year the receipts exclusive of postal revenues were $24, 100,997. 3S and expenditures exclu sive of postal service $23,796,050.G6t a deficit of $4,395,059.23; or a total deficit of $186,031,530.44 for the three vears and eight months ending March 1, 1397. Not only arc we without a sur plus in the treasury.-, but with an in crease in the public debt there has been a corresponding increase in the annual interest charge from $22,99: 8S3.20 in ls'J-, the lowest of any year since iso.', to 734,357,297.00 in 1S96, or an increase of $11,493,414.40. "It may be urged that even if the revenues of the government had beea sufficient to meet all its ordinrry ex penses during the past three years,th gold reserve wpuld still have been in sufficient to meet the demands upon it and that bonds would neccssaiily hare been issued for its repletion. Be this as it may, it is clearly manifest, with out denying or affirming the correct ness of such a conclusion, -that the debt would havebcen decreased in at least the amount of the deficiency aad business confidence immeasurably strengthened throughout the country. Keveeee aad Protective Tariff. "Congress should promptly correct the existing condition. Ample rew aues must be supplied not only for the ordinary expenses of the gor eicmcnt, but for the prompt payment of liberal pensions and the liquidation of the prin cipal and interest of the public debt In raising revenue, duties should be so levied upon foreign products us to preserve the house market so far as possible to our on prodae era; to revive and increase manufac tories; to relieve and encourage agri cnltue; to increase our domestie aad forejga eoemmerccj to aid aad dertiey -vri and building, and to render to every field of useful occapa- libcral wages and adequate to which skill and industry ly entitled. necessity of the passage ox 5 which shall provide ample need not be further urged. pcrative demand of the hour is npt enactment of such a meas- to this object I earnestly rcc that Congress shall make .endeavor. other business is transacted provide sufficient revenue to ly administer the government t the contracting of further the continued disturbance of ces. William McKijfLEr. utive Mansion, March 15, 1897." EXTRA SESSION BEGUN. "fSfV. j5.rl juarp awaaehee er the nrty-nrth Cea- f&i. evees la Order. Ojox, March. .16. r-Th. .amain internet ia the assembling of the Fif ty-fifth Congress in extra session to day under President McrTinley's call, centered in the House where organiza tion and the seat lottery were the drawing cards. Great crowds were in the galleries hours before noon, but the general public had small oppor tunity to view the proceedings. The section opposite the Speaker s rostrum commonly known as the "black belt." which has a seating capacity of 300, was given up to the public. The other galleries were strictly reserved for ticket holders. The most striking feature of the scene on the floor was the number of new faces. Figures conspicuous in the shock of many a parliamentary battle, had disappeared, and instead wore new and untried men. The change in the personnel was very great By 11 o'clock the reserve galleries with the exception of those for tho diplomatic corps, and the executive were crowded. The bright costumes of the ladies gave light and color to the scene. As tho hands of the clock pointed to 12, Major McDowell, clerk of tho last House, rapped the members to order and then the Rev. Mr. Coudcn. the blind chaplain, delivered the invoca tion. The clerk then read the President's proclamation convening Congress and the roll was called. Thomas B. Reed of Maine was re elected Speaker, the vote standing: Reed, 199; Bailey of Texas, 114; Bell, Populist of Colorado, 21; Ncwlands, Silverite. Nevada, 1. The other "Republican caucus nomi nees for the various House offices were then elected. All held similar posi tions in the last House. In the Senate there was an abund ance of flowers on the desks when Mr. Hobart rapped for order, and there was an exceptionally full attendance. The public galleries were packed and the reserved galleries well filled. Tho chaplain's opening prayer invoked divine grace and blessing on the sen ators and members now about to take np the work of the extraordinary ses sion, and upon the President and Vice President. The roll call disclosed the presence of sixty-eight senators. The new sen ator from Kansas, W. A. Harris, took the oath of office. Mr. McBride of Oregon presented the credentials of Henry W. Corbett, ap pointed by the Governor of Oregon to fill the vacancy caused by the failure to elect a successor to Mr. Mitchell. The Governor's certificate was read, and Mr. McBride requested that the new senator be sworn in if there wcra no objection, but Mr. Gray of Dela ware said that unusual circumstances attended the appointment and that the credentials should be scrutinized. He moved that they be referred to the committee on' privileges and elections, and it prevailed by unanimous vote. Mr. Hoar and Mr. Cockrell were named a committee to wait on the President and inform him that Con gress was in session and ready to re ceive any communication from him, and the Senate then, at 12:20 o'clock, took a recess until 2 o'clock. SENATE REORGANIZATION Much Dependent oa Gold Democrats The Finance Committee Contest. Washisotox, March 16. The ques tion of the anti-Ilepubhcan organiza tion of the Senate plainly depends upon the attitude of the gold Demo crats, whose votes are absolutely necessary. A number of the free coin age Democrats favor ignoring entirely these Senators, but they are confronted at the outset with the statement that such action will absolutely prevent the wresting from the Republicans of tlie committee chairmanships and auy re organization of the Senate officials which would increase Democratic patronage. The reconstruction of the finance committee will be the most important act in the reorganization of the senate, provided it be found possible to effect "any reorganization whate"er. All tlie great questions upon which the issues of the late Presidential campaign were fought, and which involve party as well as. governmental policies, will be formulated by that committee. In the last congress, although nominally under the domination of the Repub licans, it was in reality controlled by the silver men, who subordinated every question of revenue to that of free coinage. Its para mount importance is well understood by the opposition, and they may be re lied upon to exercise their power to maintain their domination, if possible. In the possible reconstruction the coinage question will be the founda tion upon which the committee will rest There is no disposition to ob struct the Republicans in their efforts to formulate a tariff bill, beyond a pur pose to insist that a measure shall be formulated on conservative lines. As now constituted the committee is composed of the following senators, the names being in the order of seni ority: Morrill, Jones ot Nevada, Alli son Aldrich, Piatt, Wolcott, Harris of Tennessee, Vest, Jones of Arkansas, White and Walthall. There are two vacancies caused by the retirement of Messrs. Sherman and Voorhees. K is assumed that these will be filled by the appointment of a Republican tc succeed Sherman and a Democrat to succeed Voihees. If that course is followed the committee will stand po litically, so far as the currency ques tion is concerned, precisely as during the preceding session. The Fablic Utilities BUI Signed. Topeka, Kan., March 16. Governor Leedy has signed the public utilities bill, practically under protest He said this afternoon: "There were a nnai ber of objectionable features in it, bui there was a demand for such legisla tion, therefore I signed the bilLn it m Feraer. PaKjcah. Ky., March 16. M. Q Cope, ex-Breudent of the First Na tional bank, is missing. He forgee f 13,000 of negotiable paper, confessed resigned and left town. His bond it 'laasfla MeMthe 1, -taraulaw Tar iSlad t ea w - raw r Itttjfl ieieatal r-TrTT seaSsSaeaBri 4 '"Caec 1.ST" AMENDMENTBECOUNT IT IS RESTRAINED BY SECOND INJUNCTION. Hands of the Cemmhwlea Sow Fbnaly Tied by the Ceart Ceastitatieaality of the Law te be Tested la the DUtrlct Coert ef Lancaster County Legislature Will Fieish the Cetiet. A Second lajeactlo lueed. A dispatch to the Omaha Boe says: Judge Hall this afternoon issued second injunction restraining the mem lers of the commission charged with the duty of recounting the amendment ballots "from proceeding until the con stitutionality of tlie law creating the commission and providing for the re count can be tested in the courts. The restraining order was served upoa all members of the commission at the state house shortly before 3 o'clock, with the exception of Mr. Oberfelder, who was out of the city. The effect of this second injunction i to tie the hands of the commission, as it is constituted at present, for an indefinite length of time. Attorney Ueneral Smyth said that the constitu tionality of the law could not be tested within three months, at least. The re straining order issued this afternoon is in words following: This cause came on for hearing npon the application of the plaintiff for a temporary injunction against the de fendants. Thomas C. Monger, Charles. O. Whedon, G. M. Liuiberson and Ros oe Pound appeared as attorneys and counsel for the plaintiff and Constan linc J Smyth appeared for the de fendants. Thereupon the court, upon reading the petition and information of the plaintiff duly verified, and after hear ing arguments of counsel for the plain tiff and defendants, and for good cause shown, it is ordered that a temporary order of injunction le granted herein restraining the defendants. William E. Porter, .lovjph Oberfelder. C J. Bowlby, P. O. Hedlttnd. Frank M. Ross. George W. Hlake and J. X. Campbell, and each of them from proceeding with the counting, inspection and canvassing the votes and declaring the result of the canvass of votes cast at the elec tion on the 3d day of Xovember, IS9C. for and against aa amend ment to the constitution of the state of Nebraska 1 elating to the number of judges of the supreme court and their term of office, which amendment was submitted to a vote of the peopleof the state of Xcbraska on the said 3d day of Xovember. Ib9;, and enjoining and prohibiting them and each of them from performing any acts and ditties and exercising any powers conferred upon them under an act pro vided Feb. 27, 1S9T. by the twenty-nfth session of the legislature, entitled ''For an act to recount the ballots cast on the constitutional amendment relating to the judges of the supreme court and their term of office on Xov. 3, 1S9G, to compare said ballots, declare the re sult and fix penalty for the violation for the provisions of this act" - And the said defendants are further enjoined, each of them, and as a can vassing board, from declaring the results of the counting and canvassing if the said votes cast at said election for und against said amendment aud from handing over ond delivering to any person or persons the ballots now in their possession cast at said election, jr the abstracts, poll books or other papers and records in their custody or cither of them. And the said defend ants aud each of.thcm are commanded to keep said ballots, abstracts, poll books, records and papers in their cus tody aud under their control until further order by this court. This temporary ordrr of injunction shall continue in force and effect until the court shall have heard the question and determined the constitutionality of the act of Feb. 20. I?97. under which respondents are acting ami until the further order of the "court, upon the plaintiff executing and delivering to the clerk of the courts an undertaking in the defendants in the sum of $300, with approved sureties conditioned as required by law and service hereof noon the resnondents. South Sioux City is rejoicing that its star tough. John Reyson. is in jail across the river, and likely to serve a well-earned team in the "penitentiary. Mailman at Large in the Town. Decatur dispatch: Abe Hughs, a man who has thrice been sent to the Norfolk insane asylum in the last year and a half-came home last night car rying his valise. lie walked in. Hughs is :i dangerous man when under the influence of his iu.sane fits and since he got baek the town people are badly scared and many of them go armed. The last time lie-was captured he ds stroyed alwjut 100 worth of personal property before the officers could cap ture him. He has a wife and three little children living here. t'tah Slake an Appropriation. Salt Lake City. Utah, dispatch: The general appropriation bill paicd by the I'tah legislature today carries an appropriation of $S.oiK) for the Trans-Mississippi exposition. This amount will be largely increased by private subscription;;, many donations having already lecn promised. The mine owners of the state arc showing great interest in the. subject and promise to make a inugnih'ccnt ex hibit of the mineral resources of the state. Isaac Hupp of Boyd became violently insane as a result of religious excite ment coupled with a bad ca.se of Ia grippe. Outlook tIool for Crop. The ground is full of moisture to the top. and all the draws and lagoons are full of water, says a Juniata dispatch. Winter wheat appears to have come through without killing much and no doubtwill make a big crop. The low tcraperaturc has ab-.o prevented the fruit bud from swelling, and with a couple of weeks more of favorablo weather, an enormous fruit crop may be expected. It is expected that the Superior starch company will be reorganized with enough capital to go ahead and do business. RuililiBK Crib for Last Tear Cere- The grain dealers at Xorth Loup are preparing to profit by their past ex perience and are stocking up on cheap corn to the full capacity of their stor age room. Two large crils. capable of holding about 1;.000 bushels, were be gun a few days ago and are now nearly full of -om. One dealer had bills pre pared advertising for 2.1.000 bushels, and will have no difficulty in getting it. Xo saloon license will be applied for in South Sioux City this season, and the entire business will be turned over to irrepressible bootleggers. BALLOTS SIEZED. gergeaat-at- Ansa aud a Heuae Ceeamtttee Tttofiumlm Lincoln dispatch: The house of rep- rescutatives' is ia posaesaioa of tne ballots cast at the last Xovember elec tion en the propositions to amend the constitution of the state. At a few minutes befbr 7 on the evening of the 17th a committee of the house, with the scrgeant-at-arms od his assistant, r.tiHHwf thir war. into thr? room where the member of the canvassing board! were watching the ballot doxks, anu the committee in the name of the leg islature, took possession. The members of the board protested, and they with two guards that had lieen on watch endeavored to prevent the sergeant-at-arms and the commit tee from carrying out their purpose. The six canvassers and their two guards were powerless to prevent the others from carrying out their plana and now the ballots are locked up in t, .,. M,ai th efcite house under watdrof the" stiwsuut etrarses SemaiS assistant The resolution authorizing the seiz ure of the ballots was preseated to the iiouse by Sheldon of Dawes county and was in this form: -That the committee heretofore ap liointed to confer with a like com mittee from the senate relative to the recount of the ballots cast for the con stitutional amendment beandishereby authorized and empowered to at once proceed to the office of the secretary of jitate and in conjunction with him, the said wcrctary of state, take powtssion of and hold until further order of this house all the ballot, poll ImjoIjs, tally sheets, abstracts now in the possession of the said secretarj-. under and by virtue of 'an act to recount the ballots east on the constitutional amendment relating to the judges of the supreme court and their term of office of Novem ber r.. l$9i. to compare said ballots, declare tlie result and fix the penalty for violation of the provisions of this act, which act was passed bv the Twenty-fifth session of the legislature aud approved the -'Otli day of February. I $'.7. Sa id committee is hereby author ized, empowered and directed in case of resistance to summon to its aid the sergeant-at-anns of this house and to use all force necessary to gain posses sion and hold possession of said ballots, noil books, tally aheets and abstracts, until further order of this house." Senator Beal introduced in the sen ate a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of the senate to act with a like committee of the house to devise ways and means for carrying on the count winch had been suspended under the injunction issued by the district court judge, C. L. Hall of Lancaster county. This resolution was adopted and the lieu tenant governor appointed Senators Ifcal, Mutz and Feltz on the committee. The respective committees held a con ference which resulted in an agree ment that tlie legislature must take possession of the ballots and conduct the count. Xo other plan was consid ered practicable, for all other plans left the canvassers exposed to the in terference of the delays by the restraining orders obtained through the courts. Accordingly the poll boxes were taken possession of in the man ner before stated. Gov. Holcomb, itis said, will present to each house a bill calling for a recount by a legislative committee. He will include a call for a recount of two more amend ments, the amendment providing for the investment of the permanent school fund and another placing three railroad commissioners in the list of the elective officers. Further move ments arc looked forward to with a great deal of interest. Latek. There have been no-exciting developments over the controversy re garding recount of the constitutional amendments. Tlie ballots have re mained in the fire proof vault in the office of the secretary of state. Tlie doors of the room in which the vault is located are locked and the scrgeant-at-arms of the house or one of his deputies is con stantly on guard to ward off an an ticipated attack. There will Iw a bill introduced in the Iiouse or senate pro viding for counting the ballots and declaring the result of the election on tlie proposition to adopt amendments to the constitution. The form and substance of this bill was agreed upon in a joint caucus of the fusion incmliers of the house antl senate. The caucus had before it a draft of a bill which had been prepared to meet the suggestions contained in the governor's message. Tlie question of whether a bill or a joint resolution should be adopted was discussed at some length, and it was agreed that the latter would be best. 1 1 was agreed that the bill should provide that the ballots lc taken charge of by a joint committee of four niemWrs of the house and three members of the senate and counted. It will provide that one republican from each house may be appointed. I Here is no limit as to the waj in which the canvass Is to lie completed. It is provided thatthc act of February "0. 1SU7. be repealed and the memliers of the committee may employ as many clerks as may le necessary to do the work. On talon Pacific riaaaea. " Tlue statements of earnings and ex penses of the Union Pacific for January. 1S17. is the most encouraging monthly report that has been made by the sys tem for a long time. Every branch of the system showed a healthy increase in its earnings, and the expenses of the main line and of the Oregon short line exhibited a markfd decrease. John Sawyer of Lincoln county ha devoted a good deal of time to hunting and trapping this winter and has killed .174 muskrats. seventeen skunks, two coons, fifteen mink and several coyotes. By selling the furs he has made good wages. Alfalfa Cirowies ia raver. One of the most favorable signs of the improvement in agricultural mat ters in the vicinity juf Xbrth Platte is the remarkable change that has taken place among farmers relative to. alfalfa in the past two years. Its virtues as a forage plant are on every agricultural tongue and the better the farmer be comes acquainted with it the better it appears to be liked. The Blair Courier thus announces the redemption of a fellow citizen: "Robert Carter Is now a full-fledged man. without the demon, having ob tained a sheepskin for sobriety." Mayor Stahlhat le Sestaiaed. The supreme court has rendered a decision sustaining Stahlhut as mayor and C. W. Seymour as city attorney of Xebraska City. The decision is a re versal of the decision of the city council, which recently impeached Mayor Stahlhut after a long contest arising from a dispute overtheappoint inent of an attorney. The mayor l thus entirely vindicated. Bertha Xixon. whose father Is a blacksmith at Fullerton, is in jail at St Louis charged with murder. She has confessed to nutting poison in her victim's beer. THE OLD RSLIAMJL ColumbusStateBank (Oldest Bank in the State.) lfyliiTwIkpb AMI UteUasaBceEdHt I3HCIS JeSHT DRAFTS OX ,tmiwigyew Yarkevuel SELLS STEAMSHIP TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES And helps Its customers when theyaeedjMls . OFFICERS AM HIKECTOKS: Lkamikr Gkkuaud, Pres't. 1L II. Henkv, Vice Pres't. . M. Bruguek, Cashier. Jon.v STAurrEK, AVx. Bixnrs. COMMEROAL BANK OK COLUMBUS. NEB., HAS AX Aiannei Capital if hM in Capitol, $5M, 90, mesa: C. H. SHELDON. Pres't. U. P. B. OKHLKICB. Vice Pres. DANIEL SCHRAM. Cashier. KRANK RORER, Aset. Cash'r. DIRECT 'RS: C. 8. Sheldon. II. P. H. Orhlrich. Joxas Welch. W. A. McAlustkb. CT.u R1C5KE. .. C. Ghat. Frank Roarer. STOCKHOLDERS: SASKU. ELUS, J. UE5BT WCRDKMAX. Clark Grav. Husky Losekr. Damki. Soira. Geo. v. Gaij.kv. A. F. H. Okhmuch, J. P. Bkcker Estate, Rebecca Becker. H. M. 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