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Legislative Notes
The Xebrnskn Assembly.
Pexate. In tlie senate on tlie 291b stanriU
In; commilccs reported several bl.Vj to be
tiaaaed. N'liilorMutz' ludicial rcdistrlctlnz
Mil was read a third time ami passed. Senate ;
fllelVo. Ill, K-tiatorTalliots hill authorizing
county jtid&'s to designate .1 county clerk to
sign asid issue irritt ami to grant 'and .issue
marriage licenses, was read a third time and
IMssvd. Senate lilc No. 2!J. Senator Murphy's
pure food bill, was read a third time and
passed. Tlicgoxcrnnr Informed the senate
that Ik had signed house roll No. 18 a hill
loHUthnrlretlienfnVlalsof Buffalo county to
Issue warrants lo pay for the killlurof sqnlr
ivis ami other obnoxious anima's. Also that
he had surncd house roll No. ill. a bill to mo
tect wild came. Senate Hie Ni. MA. Scnstefj
imnn;r inn lornro.cctinjr who. game, was
read the thinl time. The president of the
sonaie Mm-o ikium" ron o. nc the r-asteni
Star hill, and house roll No. IK. the Fort
Kniidall land bill. Mouse roll No. 3K7
was reKrted correctly enj:rs.scd. Senate
file N,o. 3r. by Talbot, a bill for an act
deliniiiK fraternal I enenVIary societies,
onlers or associations, and regulating the
' ame. and to reM'.-il an act entitled "An act
toewmpt certain mw'I vx'ieticsaiid associ
ations fiiun the requirements of chajiter It! of
tin-C'iiii,ilri statutes, lo deliuc the duties.
, iNiurcrs anil obligations of such societies and
assiM-iatiotis. ami to provide penalties1 for the
ioi.iiiou.tlier-or." approved March 3(1. itn7.
was re.id a third time and. M-udiug the rote.
Senator Talbot moved a call of the house.
1'poii raisins the call, l In- absentees lieing
called, the bill passed with the emergency
clause.
. S:xtk. The senate on the :th sciit an
other il.iy In ittutiue work. When thesen-
. ate was icady for vtoiI, it st:irtel olT by ad
vancing house roll No. 3J.I lo third reading;.
. Ifousu 'mils Nos. :m. ::i:t.::i I. :!.:& and 2J.
V wcrv nqmrleil from standing committees to
which they h.nl Itccn refeired and placed tin
general lile. The bills have already passed
. the hofise and are for the purists' of amend
ing the code of civil procedure. Three bills
were read the third time and passed, as fol
lows: House roll No. :. a pro forma bill
lllrectlng the stale treasurer to pay over to
tlie Ixi.ird of regents of the university of Ne-
hraska tlie biennial accumulation of the
Morrill fund et apart by congress for the
Item-lit of colleges of agriculture and nie
cluiuic arts. House roll No. 217. by Mr. Gaftin.
to prohibit corporations fioin contributing
money or means to inlliieuce orcontrol dec
tions. This bill, which now goes to the gov
ernor for disapproval. Is designed to present
ihe intliieuce of corporations in state, county
or municipal elections and is drastic in its
provisions. The governor's private secretary
wasrcccivisl. He announced that the chief
executive had received and approved house
lolls No. tTV, KC :iihI IT., anil senate Hie No.
-7. House roll No. HO was then taken up for
, consideration; but the hour of noon having
arrived Tec-ss was taken until 2 o'clock.
After recess the consideration of the hill was
resumed. It was recommended for passage.
The anti-pass bill was taken tin. It is as fol
lows: Thnt hereafter it shall lie unlawful
for anv railroad company lo give a pass or
carry free any passenger in the state of N'e
. .braska. ami It is hereby declared unlawful
for any mt-.oii to accept a pass from any
railro.nl conip toy in tlie statu of Nebraska;
provided, that nothing in this a-t shall lie
construed to prohibit any common carrier
from giving free I nnisiKiVl.it ion to its own
oflicervor cmjiloycs. or to prevent the officers
of any railrMd'compiny or companies from
exchangiag pisses or ticUi'ts with other rail
road companies for their officer and em
ployes. There M, a ion; debate, at the
close of which it was recommended that the
( bill p.iss Mr. tlniham then moved that sen
ate lile No. "s le made a sp'-cial order for to
morrow at I oVIock. The bill provides for a
reduction of railm.nl passenger rates to 2
cents ficr mile. The motion was lost. Ad
journed. Sen tk. The senate on the 31st mafic an
earnest effort to clear away the large aeeu-
, Tutilatlon of business on the general Hie. Toe
day was commenced with the usual attempt
to ad.o!( e f.ivorite bills for immediate con-
fcidcration McU.mn moved tint senate file
No. 2.i lie made .i special order for tomorrow
luoruiugat JO o'clock. The motion was tabled.
Senate tile No M, is a bill designed to place
the Industrial boms for fallen women at Mil
ford tnid r the control of the Ik cm I of public
lauds and buildings, with the appointment
-of the officers and employes of tlie institution
ested in the governor of tlie state. There
was considerable discussion on the bill, at
the conclusion of nhiih Mr. Ransom moved
that the committee rise ami report the hill
back to tlie senate, with the recommendation
"tli.it it do p.iss. The motion was agreed to.
i yr. Kaiisom moved that senate flies Nos.3fl.
270. 271. le ordered engrossed for third read
ing. 'Ihe three bills, taken together, place
the appointments of tlie vuierintendents of
the Industrial schools at (ieneva and
Kearney and the institute for the feeble
mlnded'at i tea trice in the bands of the gov-
' ernor. The motion was agretd to and
the senate look tlie r.stial midday recess.
After recess Mr. Howell then moved that
senate tile No. CM. introduced by Messrs.
Kaiisom. Howell and -lelTcoat at the request
of the gov ei nor. Tor "an act to validate re
newal Imnds issued by cities of tlie aietro
tiolitau class." In adv ani'ed to third reading.
I'he matter went over one day. The senate
then went into committee of the whole to
tiuish consideration of the bills bunched to
gether bv the action of the 1 ody in the morn
- ing session. Mr. Ititchic resumed the chair
and the first bill taken up was senate ti a No.
2!. The bill is entitled "an act to extend
;iml regulate the liability ot employes to
inakecom;cnsatiou for pergonal injuries re
ceived by their cmploves in their service.
and to prev cut t he making or enforcement of
ontractsorngrcemciits limiting or impair
ing such liabllit v." It strikes at the xolun
teer relief depart meiits organized by railroad
companies doing business in the state. The
bill was recommended for passage. Senate
- tiles Nos.2t?'. 270 and 271 were placed on third
reading a:td passed. Tliev provide that the
governor shall ap;xiut the superintendents
- of tlie institute for tlie feeble minded at
Beatrice, the industrial school for I kits at
Kearney and the industrial school for girls
at fiencva. At present these officer are ap
itointcd by the board of public imids and
liuildlngs."
Skxatk. The forenoon vssiou of the sen
ate on tie-1st was put in passing bills, most
them senate files winch lnvc jet to run the
gauntlet of the houe. Some quick work
will lie nec-ss:iry to secure action in tlie
lower legislative branch as adjournment is
near at baud. The anti-pass bill, which has
lieen roervisl for final action until the clos
ing days or the session, was brought up for
third reading, hut was sent hack to the com- '
. initteirfor amendment. The senate refused
to concur in the house amendments to the
Mil alxillshing deficiency judgments
The house insisted upon a clause providing
that the new law shall not apply to existing
contracts. The senate rejects t He provision.
The bill taxing tlie earnings of express, tele
phone and telegraph companies passed by a
x-oteof 17 to 2. Senate file No. X.". providing
" for the taxation of leleplione companies
propones a tax of one-half of I per cent on
f;ross earnings of "all such companies. The
illl Was passed by a vote of 17 to. "i. Senate
file No. 37s. taxing (he telegraph companies
1 percent on gross earnings, was passed by a
xote of 17 in .. The anti-corporation bills
haiittg Ken disposed of. the next taken up
was senate tile No. 2J. introduced by Mr.
Mill of ICeva I'.iha. providing a systematic
iiU'thod for. making road overseers re
turns tt the county "treasurer. It was
jiasscd bv the rcuuislte majorltv. House
roll No. Iy. appropriating $.naj for -a
new dormitory building at the state normal
. school at I'eru. waspasstnl without theemer
gencyclaiise. House amendments to the de
ficiency judgment bill were not concurred in.
Nf further proceedings with reference to the
bilk-were taken and unless a conference com
iute -is 'asked for the measure will have
failed to- become a law. Mr. Talbot moved
that Ilie innate go into committee of the"
whole to take up the consideration of house
roll No. 128. the bill appropriating ?.(W for
the erection of a wing of a building on the
University eampu-. sjdd building to become
apart of the permanent improvements of
the college of agriculture and mechanic arts.
A numlier of amendments offered were re
jected, and the bill was finally recommended
to pass as it came from the liouse.
HocsE. in the house on the 30th. when
r bills for third reading were taken up. boose
roll No. Oil. the concurrent resolution pro
viding for the appointment ot a commission
to inquire into and report on the building of
a north and south railroad was passed.
House roll No. .!!. providing for the Invest!-
patlon of the statv offices, was recommitted.
Another liill covering tlie same subject was
passed. House roll No. 230. providing for the
consolidation into one fund of all the money
collected from the students ottbe state uai-x-ersity,
was passed. House roll No. 432, was
passed. This bill provides that a receiver
may lie appointed by the supreme court, or
by the judge of either iu the following cases:
Hrst -In an actio by a vendor to xacate a
fraudulent purchase of property, or by a
creditor to subject any property or fand to
his claim, or lietween partners or others
jo;ntly owning or interested la any property
or fund, on the application of any party to
the suit, when the property or fand is In
danger of being lost, removed or BarWrially
Injured. Second In an action for tlA fore
closure of a mortgage, when the mottjraKed
property is in danger of being lost, reaored
jr materially injured; or Is probably lull
dent to discharge the mortgage debt: pro
vided that no receiver shall txaMOlBted
e-uuder this second clause where the property
jadgmeatar decree to carry .ihe simc into
execution, or to dispose of the property a(
carding to the decree or judgment or to pre
Serve it during the pendency- of ah appeal;
Foarth-Ih aircases provided for by special
sUtates. Fifth-Id all cases where receivers
hare heretofore beH appottted.. Mr the
tuages 01 coarts of cqtiltYt'IIotM roll No. 3,
Bir the relief Of Henry Drews, was passed,
ottse roll No. SH, proylding for an appropri
ation of tlMm to defray tlie expenses Of in
Testigatlng the executive offices of the, state
aad the state htoUtatkMK. was passed with
the emergency clause. Senate file No. 99,
providing forcommlssionlnggraduatcaSccrs
nf Doase college of cadet Was passed.? Sen-;
ate ale No. Sae, providing that the olluuty
cossmissioBers Of Hitchcock county may ap
ply MW of the Calbertson jrngatlba fund
On payment df bonds as they mature, was
passed. House roll No. ft, the Halt bill M
abolish deaciedcy judgments, was passed
without the emergency clause. Four bills
which bad been Introduced to provide. char
ters for Omaha and Lincoln were indefinitely
postponed, the favored ones bavin: jJieady
been passed. House roll No. 42, thsjilll to
regulate the course of procedure in appeals
by railroad companies from order of the
board of transportation and to enlarge the
powers of the board or transportation, was
recommitted for amendment. ..
Horse On tbe opening of the house scs-
(don on the 31st Mr. Yeiser moved that tint
rules be amended wherein a two-thirds vote
is necessary to "action and that fifty-one
vvtes he declared sagleJenU, The " motion did
not. prevail. 4Handin commmeesraaorted
a lines nnmiiu nf s4lUte-4hc general Hie,"
and others for indelnlte postponement. The
wit n tue recommendation mat iney ne en
same committees reported a number of bills
grossed for third reading. Bills on third
reading were taken up and placed on pass
age. Senate file No. 168, Beat's deficiency
judgment bill passed. House roll No. 267. by
Caffin. to prohibit corporations from contrlli
utingjnoney to campaign funds, had been
amended bv the senate, and the house con
curred In- the amendments. House roll No.
42. extending the powers of the state lioard
of transportation, received fi xotes, with 21
against it, and failed to pass with the emer
gency clause. Senate file No. 78, allowing
pupils to attend school in a nearer district,
and providing that they shall thereafter lie
enumerated in the district nearest thcr resi
dence was passed by a xote of 7 to I.
senate file No. 14-". requiring railroads to mow
their right-of-way twice a year, lietween the
1Mb day of July and the lMh of August of
each year, was pHsscd. The deficiency judg
ment bill as passed by the house Is as fol
lows: Sec. 1. That section numbered W"
and Ml of the code of civil procedure of the
state of Nebraska be and the same are hereby
repealed. Sec 2. That section numlicrcd 81s
of the s;de of civil procedure of" thc,state of
Nebraska.. which reads as follows: "After
such petition shall Ins filed, while the same la
pending. aucTaftcr a decree rendered there
on, no proceedings whatever shall lie had at
law for tlie recovery of the debt secured by
the mortgage or any part thereof, unless
authorized by the court;" shall le amended
to read as follows: "After such petition
shall lie filed, while the same Is pending, and
after a decree rendered thereon, no proceed
ings whatever shall lie had at law for the re
covery of the debt secured by the mortgage
or anv part. Providing that nothing in this
act shall be construed as affecting existing
contracts." Sec 3. All acts and parts of
acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
House. The first work of the house on lira
1st was to advance senate file No.- 40 to third
reading. It is the bill to authorize the organ
ization of mutual insurance companies. An
attempt made to advance liouse roll No.
XEk the bill to enable colleges, universities
and normal schools to grant state certificate
did not prevail. Under regular order of bus
iness bills on third reading were taken up.
Senate file No. 187. to provide, for a "system of
uniform vouchers for the disbursement of
slate funds was passed by a xote of 78 to 0.
Senate file No. : Ik setting apart 210 acres of
land in Lancaster county for the use of the
hospital for the insane: was passed by a xote
of 77 to 0. House roll No. ti a bill to euablu
irrigation districts that have no outstanding
indebtedness to discontinue their organiza
tion, was passed by a xote of 77 to I. Ilotisu
roll No.22, appropriating?..!) to build an
addition to the Norfolk asylum, was passed
with the emergency clause, receiiing lb otes
to IX House roli No. 3.VS. a claim of ?57 for
four men in ltcd Willow county, who had
paid the above amount rent on school laud,
without having lieen granted lease for the
same, was passed. House roll No. IN by
ITerling. to provide for building a Mandpipe
and an additional wing to the asylum at
Hastings, and approprlating&O.OOO to defray
such expense, was passed with the cr.icrgcney
clause. House roll No. WJI. by Sheldon of
Itawcs. providing for drawing and empanel
ling juries in the trial of original actions in
the supreme court, and providing fees of tin)
Jurors, was passed. House roll No. i"iVs to
amend the Omaha charter in regard to issu
ing bonds, and validate such bonds as have
already lieen Issued, was passed with
the emergency clause stricken ot: Sen
ate file No. 10. to authorize tliu or
ganization of mtitua' hail insurance com
panies, was passed by a xote of Nl to I. The
bill provides that any numlier of iersous. not
less than 100. residing in the state, who own
collectively. i-t less than ."i.000 acres of grain,
may form an ?oorporatetl company for mu
tual protection against hail. The bill also
provides for.the character and manner ot
conducting such companies. Standing com
mittees reported several bills to the general
file, and killed a few by indefinite postpone
ment. Senate file No. 351. providing that
liodiesof inmates who die In state iustitu
tion, and are unclaimed, shall he turned
over to medical colleges, was ordered Iv
third reading. The house then adjourned.
MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
Crevasse After Crevasse la the Levees-
Taoasaads Homeless.
Urkkxvili.e, Miss., March "31. It is
estimated that 3,000 families have lieen
driven from their homes by floods from
crevasses in the levees about here and
in Arkansas and the worst is yet to
come. No lives have been lost, but
there were many narrow escapes.
Hundreds of animals have perished
and thousands of people are destitute.
Ten thousand men are at work alone;
the levees, but they are not .successful
in their labors, as many breaks show.
Ureenville. Rosedale, Stoneville,
Areola, and :n fact all the delta towns
south of Kosedale to Yicksburg xvill
undoubtedly be tinder water soon.
The greatest excitement prevails all
along the line, The tJreeenville levees
are still holding, but are getting-'
mushy. Thousands of men linevthe
embankments north and south of here
and are working day and-night All
business is suspended and the people
are fighting, for their lives
Greenville lies in the center of a
crescent, surrounded on two sides by
the river and is twelve feet below the
level of the embankments. Should
the huge ridge give wayhere the loss
of life and property will be enormous.
The levee at Mounds'landing, twenty
miles north of here, has broken. It is
said that this break will fill Greenville
with water.
PLEA FOR BALD KNOBBERS.
Trial Jaag-e Habbard Asks the Governor
to Par4oa Two Convicts.
sptuxoriKLii. Mo., March 3". H. D.
Hubbard, who tried the Bald .Knob
bers, has written to Governor Stephens
asking for a pardon for -Amos Jones
and William Stanley, two Bald Knob
bers who in 1S3S were, on a plea of
guilty, sentenced to twenty-one years
in the penitentiary for the part they
took in the Green-Edens murders'in
187 and for which John Mathews and
Bill aad DaTe. Walker, were hanged in
Ozark, s i ' " f I " ...
Twe Miners Blown te Pieces.
WkbCitt, Ma, Tarch 31. ATior
rible accident occurred at Derraott &
Gsmaing's mine, at Oronogo, three
Btiles aorth of here, which cost Ben
Brewer and Lon Gunning their lives,
both being lirerally torn to pieces.
They were miners, and while thawing
oat a box of -dynamite it exploded,
with the above result. Each -leaves .
widow and several children.
A Heavy Brewery Tax in Xoaisvllle.
Louisville, Ky., Apr il- 1. To
avoid a threatened 'beer xvar. at the
suggestion of the local brewers, all
breweries and brewery agents will be
taxed 81,500 each annually. By this
aaeansit is hoped to drive out the
branches of St. Louis, Milwaukee aad
other oatsidc breweries.
Fraltless Bteatoskv. Uatlots.
Fbabkvojkt, Ky., March 31. On the
sixth joiat ballot Hanter received GO
otea, BlaekVara 43, Davie 12, Boyle 7,
Stoaa 1. Ntnenary to choice, 63. Foax
wUU win Witt wittaat ahuf.
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TAEIFF BItiL PISSED.
AND
GOES INTO
ONCE.
The Measure Passes the House by
Large Majority Amendment Giving
Immediate Effect to New Unties
Agreed to After Debate
tFbo Voted for the Bill
Teat Through by a Ulg Majority.
WasUixgtox, April 2. With this
morning the duties imposed by the
Dinglej- tariff bill went in force and
the present law is a thing of the past,
if tho last amendment attached to the
bill before its passage in .the Houss
yesterday, fixing to-day as the day on
which its provisions shall go Into ef
fect, hhcmldfljc in the bill when it is
finally enacted and shouldjbs held to
balngal Jix-the .courts,. nf t. .
The Republican victory was com
plete. The3' presented an unbroken
front to the opposition. All the ru
mors that dissatisfaction with particu
lar schedules of the bill might lead
come of them to break over the party
traces proved absolutely unfounded.
On the other hand, five . Democrats,
pne more than was anticipated, braved
thejtartv whip and gave the bill the
approval of their .votes.
Democrats are interested
jn the sugar schedule,
from Louisiana and two
These five
particularly
Three came
from Texas.
One Populist, Mr.
Iiatna, voted for the
Howard of Ala
bill. Twenty-one
other members of what is denomi
nated "the opposition," consisting of
Populists, fusionists and silveritcs, de
clined to record themselves cither for
or against the measure.
' The vote on the final passage of the
bill stood: Ayes, 20.1; nays, 122; pres
ent and not xoling, 21; a majority
of 83.
Speaker Reed added to the dramatic
nature of the climax of this ten days'
struggle in the House by directing the
clerk to call his name at the end of the
roll call, recording his vote for the
hill.
After the amendment fixing to-day
as the date .on which this bill should
tfo into effect had been adopted, against
the protests of the Democrats, who
contended that it was retroactive and,
therefore, unconstitutional. three hours
were taken tin with short speeches,
most of which xvcre made for the bene
fit of the-gallericsand the constituents
of the speakers. The Democrats had
yielded the question of a long debate
over the Grosvenor amendment in
the hope that enough progress might
lie made with the bill to permit the
House to reach the sugar schedule,
but only two pages were read, leaving
140 unconsidered in committee of the
whole. The motion to recommit xvith
instructions to amend the bill so as to
suspend the duties on articles con
trolled by the trusts, upon which they
based the principal hope of breaking
through the Republican ranks, failed
of its purpose.' Every Republican
voted against it.w Therewas a great
demonstraliou on the floor and in the
galleries when the bill was finally de
clared passed.
The vote on the amendment fixing
April 1 as the date on which the bill
was lo go into effect xvas taken and it
was adopted. l."0 to 120.
Tlie bill xvas then passed. Fi7c
Democrats Messrs. Meyer, Broussard
and Davcy, of Louisiana, and Kleburg
and Slayden, of Texas, x-oted with the
ma jot ity.
One of the features of the closing
hour of the debate was a brief speech
by Mr. White, Republican, of North
Carolina, the only colored man in the
liouse, in commendation of the bill.
In the name of 9,000,00'J of his race. 110
per cent of whom were laborers, he
indorsed the bill.
Nominations to the Senate.
Washington-, April 2. The presi
dent to-day sent the following noniin
.ations to the Senate:
Andrew I). White of New York, to
be ambassador extraordinary and
."plenipotentiary to Germany.
William F. Draper of Massachusetts,
to be ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to Italy.
: Chandler Hale of Maine, to be secre
tary of the embassy of the United
States at Rome, Italy! "
Samuel L. Gracey of Massachusetts,
to be consul at Fit Chan, China.
Anson lturlingamc Johnson of Colo
rado, to be consul at Amboy instead of
Fu i. Chan. China, as originally ga
zetted. Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio, to
be commissioner of patents.
Oliver L. Spaulding of Michigan and
William IS. Howell of 'New Jersey, to
lie assistant secretaries of the treas
ury. Captain Robert Craig of the signal
corps, to be major.
TO ADVANCE POOL CASE.
The Federal Supreme Court Urged to
Hear the Joint Traffic Case Soon.
Washington, April .'. In the
United States supreme court this
morning Solicitor General Conrad, act
ing for the government, entered a
motion to advance on the docket the
suit against the Joint Traffic associa
tion, comprising the principal trunk
lines of the country. "
James Carter appeared for the traffic
association- He announced concur
rence in-the motion to advance, saying
that "his" clients" were very anxious lo1
have the case heard- before adjourn
ment for the summer.
The court announced through the
chief justice that the motion would be
taken under advisement.
A bowling Green Bank Closed.
Bowling Gbken, Mo., April 2. State
Bank -Inspector Austin has closed the
Citizens' bank.of this place. It is sol
vent, and will probably be opened for,
business within sixty days. The causa
of the trouble is that owing to the
hard times it is impossible to collect.
Jearnal a:rl Advertiser Unite.
Nev York, April 2. The New York
Journal and the New York Advertiser
have consolidated under the, name the
New York Journal and .Advertiser,
abandoned the United Press and will
hereafter be a member of the Associat
ed Press
Fatal Lamp Explosion.
.Newton. Knn... April 2. As the re
sult of the explosion late last night of
a gasoline lamp, Mrs. Ada Myers was
fatally burned at her home in this city
and her hnsband, who attempted to
rescue her, had his hands so seriously
burned that amputation may be neces
sary. Fred Grant Called to Wasntncten,
IxTew York, April 2. Colonel Fred D.
Grant, member of the board of police
commissioners of this city has been
summoned to Washington. He was
United States minister to Austria dnr
ins the Harriaoa adauaistratioa.
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BODIES RECOVERED
srentT-Three Thns Far rnnaa ha
1 Caaantef ltalae
Chandler, Okla., April-5. Twefei
three dead bodies have so far been-w,
covered from what was before Taesr
day night a prosperous towa, aad
scores of injured areander thw care, at
physicians, who have coate here
.all parts of Oklahoma'. The "property
losses arc estimated at $500,000.
Very little search of the rains has
yet been made, and it Is Jeared that
the death rate xvill be considerably in
creased. Court had opcBed Taesday-
morntng, and there were asaay stran
gers in attendance at the tiate, aad it
is impossible to ascertain whether: all
of these escaped. ..
The tornado did its terrible -work in
less than ten minutes. Only Hoffman
& Charles' store and Scblazelsaalooa
in the -four blocks ef the busiaesseec;
tion were left Intact, and.a few.
iHgs-aaftrstiesrHnlnpanjfennl
caped destruction.
Dr. Wolcott, one of whose eyes had
been destroyed by the storm, worked
all Tuesday night until he literally,
fell from cxhaus Von. Many of the injured-were
not cared for until yester
day afternoon.
Most of the houses in Chandler wcro
frame and were crushed like egg
shells. All persons who. succeeded in
reaching storm caves were not hurt.
Judge Dale and his court assistants
from Guthrie barely saved themselves
by running into a cave just as the
houses began to fall.
The tornado had scarcely passed be
fore flames caused by overturned
stoves licgan to break out in several'
places and these added greatly to the
horror of the situation and probably
caused a number of deaths.
Great alarm is felt for other interior
parts of Oklahoma. Chandler is forty
five miles from Guthrie, with which it
is connected by telephone, the wires
of which went down Tuesday night.
It is known that the tornado passed
up the Kickapoo valley and many
houses were destroyed there, but as
far as is known no lives were lost.
There is no reliable trace of the tor
nado north of Chandler.
CRETES BOMBARDED.
Driven From Their Position bv the For
elgn Warships Resisted Desperately,
Caxea, Crete. April 2. The insur
gents, by a bold stroke, occupied the
hill on the south side of Suda bay last
evening. They were promptly shelled
by the l'ritish, Russian and Austrian
warships. At daybreak the firing was
resumed and the Cretans were driven
from their positions. As soon as the
firing ceased they made another at
tempt to recover the ground and the
warships promptly resumed the firing,
which xxras very heavy for several
hours. During the cannonade three
Turks were killed and five xvounded.
When the Crctnns began the attack
Colonel lior proposed to the admirals
that they should land a mixed force
of 500 men to drive, the insurgents
from the position that they accupicd
behind a strong xx-ali along a ravine.
The Austrian and French admirals
xvcre opposed to taking the offensive
and they decided to confine their ac
tion to bombarding. By S o'clock in
the morning the engagement was in
full blast. The Turkish guns in Fort
Is.elin could take only a small part in
the firing, as most of them were di
rected seaward, but a Turkish frigate
shelled the insurgents freelv, thouffh"
with little effect
An hour later the foreign men of
war signaled their intention to bom
bard. The Groziastichy fired first,
then II. M. S. Ardent and finally the
Austrian gunboat Tiger. Each vessel
fired in its turn, aiming chiefly at the
Greek flair which was hoisted above
the stone xvall. The Ardent ceased
firing by 9:30, but the Groziastichy,
ranging close in shore, by degrees
pounded down the wall, yard by yard,
every shot telling. In spite of the
heavy cannonade the Cretans held
their ground stoutly.
NOMINATIONS READY.
The
rreileat Expected to Soon
Fill
Places of Vnrlons Kinds.
Washington, April 2. A large num
ber of nominations are said to have
been decided upon and the President
is expected to break his record xvith in
the next few days in the matter of ap
pointments. The consular positions, it is stated,
will not be taken up fore more than a
month. Probably a third of the visit
ing office seekers at the national capi
tal are applicants for positions in the
consular service, and a large propor
tion of the visits of Senators and Rep
resentatives to the White house, which
take up so -much of the President's
time, are made to urge the claims of.
constituents or friends for appoint
ments abroad.
Senate Confirms Them AIL
Washington-, April 2. The Senate,
in executive session, confirmed the fol
lowing nominations: Joseph L. Itris
tow of Kansas to be fourth assistant
postmaster general; Henry Clay Evans
of Tennessee to be commissioner of
pensions; Thomas Ryan of Topcka,
Kaa., to be first assistant secretary of
the interior: Frank W. Palmer 4f Illi
nois to be public printer.
A Villain Destroyed.
Guthrie, Okla., April-2. A messen
ger from southwest of Chandler says
that many farm houses were demol
ished there, a number of -people in
jured and two killed. The little vil
lage of Parkland, is reported com
pletely destroyed, xvith many injured.
The Northwest Blizzard.
Omaha, Xeb.. April S. The. severe
snowstorm, accompanied by high wind,
amounting, in fact, to a veritable
blizzard, that has been raging
in Western Nebraska, Kansas, Wyom
ing and Colorado since yesterday noon
has had the effect of. com
pletely stopping all traffic in that sec
tion of the country of three Omaha
railroads the Burlington, the Union
Pacific and the. Rock Island. In ad
dition the great' quantity of rain that
has fallen in Eastern Nebraska during
the past forty-eight hours has' swollen
the streams and seriously increased
the danger of a disastrous flood.
lee Has Xot Been Becalled.
Washington, April 2. It is said at
the State department that no successor
.has been selected to take General Lee's
place as consul general at Havana;
that he has not been cabled a leave of
absence to take effect on April 15, and
finally that there has been no chansre
i in the status of the consul general
WUl Try to Knn the Bloekadn.
Larnica, Island of Cypress, April 3.
The Greek steamer Elene has em
barked a number of Cypress volunteers
and Greek reserves for the island of
Crete. She will try to ran the Meek
ada of that island.
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LIFE
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ef the Elements.
Okla., April 1. A tor-
swept through the very center
anllerTa thriving town of 1,500
VVawnii v uciukh last uigui.
the deaths of at least 30 and
ly.. 50 people, and injuries to
125 others, wrecking tho best
ainearhouses and generally laying
vaBttsf.she place.
J?Si tJ
yprfBroKC.out in various places in
a d4ti feared Jaat inaay-
of the victims of the wind were burned
to ashes before the succeeding heavy
rainfall quenched the ilamcs.
Twenty-three dead bodies had been
recovered from the debris this morn
ing, and as many arc unaccounted for
it is feared that the death list xvill ag
gregate fifty, xx-hile at least a dozen of
the injured will undoubtedly succumb.
In one wrecked building fiv. injured
people were burned to death, and at
another place the charred bodies of
three children were recox-ercd.
Twenty-Three Itodlcs Found.
The dead so far as known now arc:
MR. AND MRS. JOHN WOODMAN.
MR?. HENRY ?HTCHEI.L.
MRS. THOMAS SMITH.
ATTORNEY JOHN DAWSON of Lincoln.
Nsb.. burned to death.
F. DEMOFP.
EMMA DRESSEXGEK.
D. C. JOHNSON AND WIFE.
MRS. PHILIP JOHNSON AND CHILD.
Thexvifeof DR. LEE..
A. W. KELLER AND WIFE.
UNKNOWN WOMAN AND 11 A BY.
FIVE UNKNOWN CHILDREN.
JAMES WOODYARD AND WIFE of Eldo
rado. Kan., who xvcre visiting in Chandler.
The following are fatally injured:
Arthur Jewett
Peggie Johnson.
Mrs. Emery Foster and baby.
Mrs. Frank McCall.
D. C Gooding.
Maggie Reaves.
Andrew Asher and xvife.
Mrs. Cullum.
Jennie WooJworth.
The little daughter of Jamc3 WootlrarJ.
Among the injured are:
Samuel Illghtower.
Deputy Marshal John McCartney.
The Ulam sisters.
Clerk of Conrt F. A. Ni black and father.
George Herring.
Samuel Williamson.
Patrick Doolan.
The son of James Wosdyard.
A Night of Deep MUery.
Only two buildings in the town were
not damaged the Mitchell hotel and
the Rock Island store. Fuliy three
fourths of the structures were de
stroyed, causing losses placed at hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
The night in Chandler was one of in
describable terror. With many of its
inhabitants dead or dying, and the re
mainder too badly injured or unable
from fright or because of the darkness
to render assistance no order pre-x-ailed.
Rain poured down in a tor
rent. The injured in many cases tin
availingly cried for help and lay in the
wrecks of their homes till dax-light
made it possible for them to help them
selves, or xvhea aid from surrounding
towns arrived.
The fires in many of the wrecks
burned themselves out. and several
were still smouldering when morning
broke. The hcax-y rain, however,
quenched many of the fires.
No Warning to the People.
The tornado struck Chandler with
out warning about o o'clock last even
ing, and its work of carnage began be
fore the inhabitants realized what xvas
upon them, and hardly any means of
escape xvas leftsopen. Tearing through
the business district, stores xvere
hurled right and left, lifted high into
the air and tossed in every direction.
The court house, in which Chief Jus
tice Dale xx-as holding court, xx-as taken
off its foundation and the building
nearly crushed. Passing on into the
residence district, the wind swept
away dwelling after dwelling, and
rushing into the open country finally
spent itself.
The trail the storm left was one of
wreck and ruin most complete. Houses
rested on their tops and streets xvcre
made unrecognizable by having been
piled high xvith debris. Then came the
fires from overturned stox-es, and final
ly the downpour of rain.
With the first realization of their
predicament over, the uninjured, and
able bodied found themselves from
fright and confusion xvell nigh as help
less to render aid as their more un
fortunate neighbors. Finally when
an effort to send for outside aid xx as
made, it was found that all communi
cation with the outside world had
been cut off, the telephone office being
among the buildings destroyed. It
xx-as several hours before communica
tion xvith Guthrie was secured. A
brief idea of the nature of the devast
ation xvrought, together with an, ap
peal for aid, liad been sent the neigh
boring city, when the xvirc snapped
and Chandler was again cut off. In
the meantime, however, a train bear
ing physicians and others left for the
scene. The wire came up later and
further appeals for aid met prompt
response and additional recruitintr
parties were sent out as the extent of
the damage-became known.
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NEELY IN CONTROL.
The
Leavenworth Standard Changes
Hands In Very Short Order.
Leavenworth Kan., April 1.
Charles E. Lobdell of Lane county, at
noon to-day closed the deal xvitli Mrs.
Sarah B. Lynch, postmaster, for her
one-half interest-in the Evening Stand
ard, and a few minutes later sold out
to United States Marshal S. Neely,
xvho already owned a one-sixth inter
est This gives- Dr. Neely a controlling
interest, and Hereafter he xvill direct
the policy of the Standard, which will
remain Democratic.
Yeans; Befnses to Be Ousted.
"Fulton, Mb., April 1. Dr.- D. II.
VouBg, a member cf the board of man
agers of the state insane asylum at
this city, is much opposed to the ap
pointment of Dr. Combs as superin
tendent of the asylum. For this reason
Governor Stephens has asked Dr.
Young to resign,- but the doctor re
fuses to do so.
Chicago Tanners Strike.
Chicago, April 1. Fifteen hun
dred asea employed by the different
tanneries in the city xvent on a strike
jrnaterdajr for an eight-hour day. .
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DISASTER IN SIGHT.
BanaessMi nf
laeaa Vaster Watea
GrKKSvTLLC, Miss., April I.'
are now foar breaks oa tha MiBsiBssffa
front, hoarly Bearing tkeff fevasBjnV
ing torrents into this fertile valley,
and the entire Yawo-M iasiasimsi delta
from Australia laadlagr BBthtB Vkke
burg xvill be oversowed, naaei
affected ia forawr years xvill -be
water ia two days.
Thousands of live stock are drowa?
ing, and in soase instances the Beaia'
people have elose calls fot their Uvea.
Thensaads of load boaad 'bssbIs
were can-gat betweea the three Bell ver
county breaks, and bb coamaaieatieB
can be had with theas. BefesM seat
ing into the eity front the coaatry this'
side of the Moaad 'break repert assay
families ia peril a the other aide e
the crevasse 'as there is ealj.-etaea
BBlk.ef eesABtnr 'IsnWeaavanBBhBi:
Stead's, aad it is seat to Impossible for
all to escape.
Two hundred and fifty towns aad
villages will be nnder water ia three
days, and thousands upon thousands of
families xvill be homeless. Every lake
and stream is filled with bodies of
drowned animals, many thoasaads of
horses, mules and cattle having been
sxvept away.
Natchez, Miss., April 1. The
critical time xvith the levees in this
locality is now coming rapidly. For
the last two weeks the water has been
r sing steadily at the rate of half a
foot dailj-, until the stage now is 46.55,
two and one-half feet above the daager
line. The water is over the banks all
along the Louisiana front and is com
ing up high against the levees.
Wasihngtox, A fill 1. The Presi
dent has signed the 'Senate joint reso
lution making an appropriation -of
$-.'50,000 immediately available for the
protection of life and property from
the floods in the Mississippi river.
TREATY VOTES.
Foralter and Hoar Restriction Adopted
ChL'ton's and Morgan's Bejecte.
Wasihngtox, April 1. At the be
ginning of the executive session of the
Senate to-day Mr. Hoar's amendment
to the arbitration treaty, intended to
meet the objections urged in the recent
debate against the agreement, was
adopted.
The Chilton amendment xvas laid on
the table, and an amendment by Sen
ator Morgan to the arbitration treaty,
providing that all disputes subject to
the treaty should be settled by diplo
matic negotiations instead of by con
tention, was defeated.
The Senate adopted an amendment,
offered by Mr. Foraker. providing for
a separate tribunal for each ' case
which might arise under the treaty.
Under the amendment a tribunal can
not be continuous.
PERU DEFIES UNCLE SAM.
Demnnd for the Betenae ef aa Assert
a Sai:br'PosuiVolr Btefnsml. "
Lima. Peru, April 1. The issue
raised betxvren Pern and the United
States xvith respect to the imprison
ment of Ramsey, the American sailor,
is becoming a serious matter. The
Peruvian government refnses to ac
cede to the demand of United States
Minister McKenzie to set Ramsay at
liberty immediately.
To Go Into Effect nt Once.
Washington. April 1. Chairmac
Dingley and his colleagues of the ways
and means committee will attempt to
have the duties imposed by the new
tariff bill go into effect before the bill
becomes a law-. This novel and much
discussed policy was definitely resolved
upon at a meeting of the Republican
members of the committee held last
night. The committee instructed Mr.
Grosvenor to offer the amendment to
day in the House. It was adopted
by a vote of 150 to 120.
The Jfeat Ambassadors.
Washington, April 1. The belief
is expressed that the President desires
to send the nominations of the ambas
sadors to Germany and Italy to the
Senate at the same time. Ex-Representative
Draper of Massachusetts,
who is oelieved to have been decided
upon for. Italy, xvas at the White house
in conference with the President, pre
sumably about this matter, anS it is
supposed his nomination and that of
Andrew D. White will go to the Senate
presently. - '
Gen.' Smith to Bo Transferred.
Washington, April 1. Gen. Smith, '
governor 'of the Soldiers Home at
Leavenworth. Kan., is to be trans
ferred. This is the decision that has
been practically reached by the Board
of Governors of the Soldiers' Homes of
the United-States. . He will probably
be sent to the California Soldiers'
Home, and Gen. Barrett, who is the
head of the home, ordered to Leaven
worth. A 8U Pnnl Bank Cnsaler Indicted.
St. Paui.. Minn.w April 1. The
grand jury has returned aa indictment
against William Dawson,- jr., cashier
of the faded Bank of MiBBesota,
charging nim with falsifyiag the
records of the bank in charging an
item of 8100,000 against the Fort
Dearborn National bank of Chicago
when, in fact, that bank owed the
Bank of Minnesota nothing. .
le Gets "Notice.-
Washington, April 1. General
Fitzhugh Lee, consul general at -Ha-x-ana.
has been notified by cable that
his services xvill not be needed after
April 15.
TARIFF UNLAWFUL,
Senator Allen ef Kehmska 8 Declares
In a Speech.
Washington April 1. Senator Al
len, Populist, of Nebraska, made a
speech in the Senate on the unconsti
tutionality of tariff taxes beyond those
requisite for revenue. Mr. Allen se
verely criticised the trusts and combi
nations which, he declared, reaped the
main advantage of tariff taxes. The
Senator's remarks were ia the aatare
of a legal argument showing the con
stitutional limitations of the taxing
poxver of Congress.
The Text Hnek BMI Shjaed.
Jefferson Crrr, Ma, April i.
Governor Stephens this morning sined
the bill passed by the last geaeral
assembly, which provides for the es
tablishment of a uniform system of
text books in the public schools of the
state. ' v
A BlsT Cnsllsh Bnnh-fcnsnenne.
London, April 1. A long estab
lished banking hoase at Weymouth,
one of the oldest- financial institatioas
in Dorsetshire, has saspeaded pay
raent, with liabilities ameaatiaf ta
12,580,00
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NEBRASKA ALL RIGHT
1 CONGRESSMAN STARK , VISITS
NATIVE STATE.
BaeariliM ataae)
learned That Is...
Worth TeUHiB The
Western Man to
Betted Vmsv
M-TIi
ff Kebrasksv
Washiasrtoa saecial to the Omaha
Wecld-Heraki: CoBgressuaan Stark of
Searaiiha saent,a week, or ten days in
hmasJtivB state, Connecticut, where he
passed the early years of his boyhood
life. He west west at aa early day,
aad had not visited Jib old-time friend
iavBsaay years, bawjtc bad foraottesr
tuna na nis rcccwus nw vri.j w.u
ob evenr hand. HSf had not been at
I lianas lean? before the sneers of esse erf.
"J was shown a lot of western securi
ties," said the Ncbraskan, "a number
of them from Nebraska, and 1 xvant to
say that .Nebraska securities stand
high. I got interested iu the matter
aad visited Nexv Haven and several
other toxvns, and fonnd everywhere the
same thing.
"It is a popular thing lo say out
west," he continued, "that the savings
banks of Connecticut are bursting with
money. Now, while that may lc true,
it struck me in an entirely new light
when I was informed that the laxx-s of
Connecticut arc so framed that very
little leeway is allowed to the savings
banks to do business outside of the
state.
"Under the laxvs of the state the
money of a savings bank cannot lie in
vested in real estate mortgages outside
of Connecticut, so that even if so in
clined no investments of this kind can
can be legally made in Nebraska.
"Moreover, a savings bank is not
allowed to buy a debenture bond, and
cannot invest its funds in outside
municipal securities, except in cities of
a certain class.
"In Nebraska, for instance, Omaha
and Lincoln are the only cities coming
within the excepted limitations. The
banks are not allowed to buy the
bonds of any other municipality in the
state.
"So the savings bunks may be burst
ing xvith money, as popularly claimed,
but there is' no ontlet for it, and the
western investments are made by indi
viduals, not the incorporated institu
tions. I was somewhat surprised to
find out these facts, and I think" it
would "interest the people of Nebraska
to know them.
"The Connecticut moneyed men."
continued the Nebraska man. "hax-u
suddenly axvakened to a new concep
tion of the conditions under which they
have been laboring in the past. They
have found by long experience that
the old-time xvestern man is all right:
the old settler is to be relied upon and
trusted. The loan and trust companies
that have been going to the xvall xvcre
manned and officered, nine times out
of ten, by new men from the east xvho
never understood xvestern matters and
men."
irtaH KMS Im llaialM.
Tile headquarters of the sovereign
camp ot the Woodmen of the World
xvill remain in Omaha for the next two
years at least. This was decided upon
at the recent St. Louis meeting of that
body. The local head officers are con
siderably elated over the matter, inas
much as there xvas a decided sentiment
in favor of the removal of the offices to
some more central point.
Sovereign Clerk Yates, one of the
officers in attendance at the St. Louis
meeting, was decidedly jubilant at the
defeat of the movement to remove the
headquarters. He said that the re
moval of the offices xvould lie quite a
serious bloxx to the business interests
of Omaha. All the literature and no
tices sent out are dated from Omaha,
and consequently that city gains a
great amount of advertising in that
way. All the money for assessments
comes into the offices and is disbursed
through them. Mt of this money is
moving continually, but yet the offices
continually retain a balance of some
$30,000 in a local bank. This incoming
and outgoing monc3'. however, is in
cluded in the bank clearings. The
sovereign clerk estimates that the
order xvill add 81.000,000 to the clear
ings this year.
Abolition of Civil Servlcs.
Washington dispatch: Senator Allen
lias introduced a bill for the ulolitiii
of the present system of civil service
examination ami providing that com
petitive examinations should be held
by the various heads of departments
and questions propounded to appli
cants concerning matters winch arc to
be covered by the tiflicc'Yor which the
application is made. Thtlscnator se
cured the passage of a resolution call
ing upon the war department- -t
inform the senate as to the amount of
money expended by the United States
bv and through contracts made by tlie
Missouri river commission since its or
ganization, and full information as to
contracts now on hand.
Sticks to the .Milrord Home.
Mr. Sykes from the senate committer
on soldiers homes, presented the, fol
lowing report which vcas agreed " to:
Your committee on soldiers' homes
to which was referred four petitions
from citizens and old soldiers of Ne
braska'begs leave to report that it has
had the same under consideration and
it would recommend that the same lie
not made a part of tho record, but that
the xvishes of the petitioners le
granted and the soldiers' home at Mil
ford be maintained.
A Syracuse resident by the name of
McNeil in a fit of coughing spit up a
"needle. It appeared to come from his
xvindpipc and he is now wondering
how it came there.
Graveyard Ghonls.
Columbus dispatch: The grave of
Mrs. Fugard, wife of F. E. Fugard. has
lieen broken into and the ImmIv left ly
ing on top of tiecoftin. The casket
was secured by locks xvhen placed in
Columbus cemetery, and as these could
not be forced the glass xvas broken.
The grave of Mrs. James Frazicr, xvho
died about a month ago, xvas also tam
pered with. Neither of the Itodics
were taken. This is the second occur
rence of the kind in the year. Evi
dently some insane person has a mania
for desecrating the dead.
Woman Soffrng-e Xot Wanted.
The senate by a decisive vote on the
24th refused to give further considera
tion to the proposal to extend the right
of suffrage to women. The matter
came up in the form of a recommenda
tion from the sifting committee that
senate file No. 48, the bill granting
municipal suffrage to women, be made
a special order. The senate by a vote
of 15 to 13 refused to adopt the recom
mendation of the sifting committee. It
reqaired a two-thirds-vote to adopt the
report aad consequently tfc motion
vraa lost:
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