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VOLUME XXXI.-NUMBER 49.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA.iWEDNESDAY. MARCH 13.-1901.
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. HOUSE. By a vote of 52 to 12 the
bouse in committee of the whole on
the 5th recommended passage of Mc-
Carthy's bill to authorize the appoint
ment of a supreme court commission.
An amendment was attached .requir
ing the court to select five of the com
missioners from the political party
casting a majority of the votes at the
last-general election and four from
other parties. There was very little
opposition to the bill in general, but
on McCarthy's amendment the mem
bers were divided strictly on party
lines. Under the order of third read
ing several bills were takn up and
speedily disposed of. The South Om
aha charter, introduced by Wilcox,
was first on the list and, as amended
by the committee on cities and towns,
the measure was passed, with an emer
gency clause, by a vote of 69 to 6.
Mullen had an amendment to the tax
ation feature of the bill, but it was
leclared out of order beacuse the bill
had been announced by unanimous
consent of the house. By unanimous
otu the house passed Vandegrift's
bill to reimburse Sherman county for
610 expended for care and treatment
of smallpox cases, and Warner's meas
ure to reimburse the German Evan
gelical church for $500 expended for a
building site in this city. At the close
of yesterday's session Whitmore had
an "amendment to change the name
"supreme court commissioner" to "su
preme court referee." When the bill
tas again brought up in committee of
the whole today Mr. Whitmore with
drew the amendment, saying that he
would oppose the entire measure on
constitutional grounds. The amend
ment introduced by McCarthy pro
voked a discussion that lasted nearly
'all the afternoon. Loomis of Dodge,
a warm supporter of the bill, thought
the selection of the commissioners
should be left entirely with the su
preme court.
HOUSE The house on the 4th rec
ommended for passage the bill provid
ing for a system of free public travel
Ins libraries and made some headway
on the supreme court commission bill.
Consideration of the latter measure
will be resumed tomorrow. Reports
of standing committees, recommend
ing the passage of the following meas
ures, were read and adopted: For re
lief of the village of Pender, for
$214.50 expended for care and treat
mfctn of smallpox patients. To reduce
express rate3 for transportation of
. commodities, goods or merchandise
between points in Nebraska to 85 per
cent of the rates fixed and charged
for like service on January 1, 1901.
To authorize the State Board of Pur
chase and Supplies to contract for sup
plies for three months to one year
for state institutions. To appropri
ate $23,009 for the erection en state
house grounds of a monument in mem
ory of Abraham Lincoln and to Ne
braska volunteer soldiers of late wars.
Relating to the government of ceme
tery associations. To regulate the
jnanufacture and sale of lard. To ad"
mit veterans of Spanish-American war
and the Philippine insurrection to
the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, un
der rules and regulations governing
these institutions. Relating to con
struction and repair of sidewalks and
grading of streets in cities of the
metropolitan class; to prevent con
struction of wooden sidewalks and re
pair of wooden sidewalks that have
deteriorated 50 per cent of their orig
inal value. To create a commission
" f entomology and to authorise quar
antine, treatment and destruction of
Infected trees or plants and to appro
priate $1,000.
HOUSE. A motion by Taylor of
Curtis in the house on the 2nd for the
aDDointment of a conference commit
tee to fix the time for final adjourn
ment of the legislature, was defeated
- by a viva voce vote, after Taylor had
. spoken in support of the motion and
. Sprecher of Colfax in opposition
thereto. In committee of the whole
two bills were recommended for pass
age: House roll 26C, by Fuller, pro
viding that religious societies must be
Incorporated to have their property
exempted from taxation, and senate
file 11, by Pitney, to prevent the
spread of contagious and infectious
diseases. House roll 216. by Warner,
' to reimburse the German Lutheran
church in the sum of $500 for the
money paid the state for its site, was
recommended to be indorsed for a
third reading. House roll 200, by
Vandegrift, tp appropriate $510.14 for
the relief of Sherman county, to re-
' imburse said county f o taxes collected
in excess, was recommended for pass
age. House rolj 247, by Harris, to al
low the State Dairy association to
meet annually at such time and place
fis its' board of managers may desig
nate, was recommended for indefinite
postponement Senate file 171, by Mil
ler, identical with the foregoing, was
recommended for passage.
HOUSE. The appolntement of a
sifting committee of seven by the
speaker was authorized by a unani
mous vote of the house on the 1st
Most of the time of the session of the
house was consumed in consideration
of the Evens' game and fish bill
house roll 13S in committee of the
whole. The bill was finally recom
mended for passage, a hard fight on
the quail question being compromised
jjy amending the bill so as to pn.
hlbit the shotting gf' quail until No
vember 1. 1903, the open season there
after to be November 1" to November
30. The following bills pere placed
on general file on recommendation of
standing committees: House roll '409,
fry Miskell, io "increase the "salary" of
the secretary qf the state banking
board to $2,000, and that of his clerk
to $1,500. House' roll 294, by Jouve-
- nat, requiring state bank receivers to
render reports to the state banking
board, and making the removal pf
such receivers mandatory when re
quested by the board. House roll 1,
by Mocketttp provide free "instruc
tion at the nearest high school for
gradutes qf ' grammar of district
scb"opl8. Hpuse'roll M, by'Fowier, to
provide free attendance at public high
schools of non-resident pupils. House
, roll M5, T)y Towler, creating the oMce
et state health inspector aad' provid
ing for the organization of nnty
of health, to prevent the spread
c contagious diseases, was discussed
at considerable length. The bill pro
rides a salary of 11,800 a year for the
state inspector and leaves the com
pensation of the county inspector to
the liberality of the county board.
This provision was combated by Dr.
Gawne, of Merrick, who wanted to
provide for a specific compensation
for the "county doctor," who, he said,
would be compelled to do work just
as dangerous and unpleasant as that
of the state omcer. He moved the
adoption of an amendment allowing
the county phyiscian $10 a trip and
50 cents a mile for quarantining con
tagious diseases. The motion was de
feated. HOUSE. Twenty-nine more bills
were placed on the general file at the
morning session of the house on the
28th, two of them over the heads of
standing committees, which recom
mended their indefinite postponement
Of these latter one was house roll
107, by Waring, to suppress bucket
shops and gambling on futures, which
had been referred to the committee on
judlciary,-aad the other was house roll
108, by Hiwxby, requiring telephone
companies to mow the weeds for a
space of twelve feet in circumference
around the base of each telephone pole
in August of each year. The following
bills passed: House roll 4, appropriat
ing $75,000 for a fire proof wing to the
Hastings asylum. House roll 184, to
provide for the education of pupils in
schools outside the district of their
residence. The house then went into
joint convention, and on emerging
therefrom recessed until 2:30 p. m.
House roll 13S, by Evans, providing
for a state game and fish commission
was considered. This is the bill in
dorsed by the State Fish and Game
society. It names the governor game
and fish commissioner, authorizes the
appointment of two deputies at a sal
ary of $1,200 a year, with expenses not
exceeding $500 a-year, and of three ad
ditional deputies at a salary of $75
per month, with expenses not exceed
ing $300 a year. The bill was not def
initely disposed of.
HOUSE. In the house on the 27th
five bills were passed, as follows:
House roll 205, by Boyd, to authorize
district bchool boards to prescribe
grades and courses of study. Yeas 72,
nays none. House roll 226, by Fow
ler, for the protections of own
ers of stallions, jacks and bulls.
Yeas 52, nays 34. House roll 176, by
Lane, to permit the transfer of insane
convicts to insane asylums. Yeas 86,
nays 1. House roll 227, by Hawxby, to
provide for the organization, govern
ment and maintenance of rural high
schools. Yeas 77, nays 7. House roll
221, by Fowler, to enable pupils to at
tend school in an adjoining district if
a half mile nearer their residence than
their own school. Yeas 81, nays 1.
Representative Fowler's bill to eaable
county treasurers to give tax deeds,
which has met with strong opposition
ever since itx, introduction, but which
was nevertheless pushed along clear
to its third reading, was put on its
passage and defeated by the decisive
vote of 30 yeas and 68 nays. After the
huge grist of bills introduced yester
1ay had been put through a second
reading the house at 4 o'clock ad
journed. The senatorial vote resulted
as follows; Thompson, 38; Currie,
16; Meiklejohn, 22; Rosewater, 4;
Hinshaw, 4; Martin, 2; Crounse 5;
Harlan, 4; Young, 2; scattering, 2.
SENATE. The bill to create two
new normal schools was again taken
up. Its opponents gained a point
when they secured an amendment by
the narrow vote of 15 to 14. But this
-was in committee of the whole, while
Senator Trompen, a supporter of the
measure, was in the chair and not vot
ing. The amendment adopted pro
vides that the schools shall be located
in the Fifth and Sixth congressional
districts by the board of public lands
and buildings, instead of the normal
board. It was proposed by Senator
Young, who, together with others op
posed to the measure, have a number
of amendments to offer later. Senator
Crounse pleaded for economy and read
from figures given him by Senator
Arnds, which showed that with this
$100,000 appropriation there will prob
ably be a deficit of $415,000 at the
end of the next biennlum. He ap
pealed to the republicans to oppose the
measure as a matter of party principle,
if for no other reason. Senator Arenas
also spoke again the bill, quoting
freely from the statistics estimating
tbe incoming and expenditures, of the
state for the next two years. He, too,
wanted economy. He could "see "no de
mand for even one school, much less
two. Senator Olesen also spoke in op
position tp the measure. He declared
that every member of the senate, re
gardless of politics, should by his
oice and vote announce that the peo
ple's money shalll not be frittered
away. The matter was not disposed
cf when the senate adjourned.
SENATE On the 4th senate file No.
61, Van Boskirk's bill providing for a
state veterinarian, was recommended
for passage with but a few dissenting;
votes. Senator Trompen's bill propos
ing to, increase the fees of the office
of sheriff, senate file 123, was recom
mended for indefinite postponement
The senate went into committee of
the whole with Senator Martin in the
chair to take up the state normal
schools bill, house roll 37, out of its
regular order. Its consideration oc
cupied the entire time of the afternoon
session. Senator Harlsn was against
the proposed appropriations and quot
ed fures to show that the state was
already paying over. $500,000 "a year
for educational purposes. "Why place
these schools in the Fifth r.nd Sixth
districts, said the senator from York)
"where the population is annually de
creasing and where they have no rail
road facilities tp speak of? Wljy not
consider the' Fourth district?" Sen
ator Miller, who lives in Buffalo coun
ty, spoke In favor of the bill. He
thought the western part of the state
should be recognized. Senator Har
lan sent up an amendment which cut
out of the bill all reference tp districts
and which would leave the board free
to 'locate'. them 'at any' point in the
state should the bill pass. He had
been accused, be said, of being sus
picions qf the action, of he )ccatng
board. The amendment was,' lost Af
ter further discussion the measure
went oyer.
SENATE. A wave "of anger swept
over the' senate on the '2nd' culminat
ing'In"seyeral wordy encounters, 'dur
ing wnlch Ransom of Douglas gate 'no
tice that he would "ask for a time for
the trial of 'Owens" of Dawson for
words' used on the loor of the senate,
and at one time President Steele or
dered the' loor cleared of All but
members of the senate. All this tnr
moil grew owt of a report' signed by
three members of the judiciary com
mittee recoaueeailng' the indefinite
Bosbnessent t senate tie No. lS.'a
bill by Martin to lx the salary of the
clerk of the supreme court at $2,500 a
year, and' to require all fees to be
turned into the state treasury. Mr.
Martin privately declared his intention
of testing the right of the clerk to
retain the fees of his office. Regardless
of the disposition of this bill, he said
he would bring a suit to test the con
stitutional provision which fixes the
clerk's salary at $1,500. a year. He
said he placed the salary In the bill at.
$2,500 knowing that $1,000 of it would
be unconstitutional, but hoping that
the clerk and all future clerks would
be willing to accept it without ques-
i tioning the constitutionality of a law
both fixing the salary at that figure
and requiring all fees to be turned Into
recommended for passage. It Is 'to
the state treasury. This was Mr. Mar
tin's reply when some one spoke of
testing the constitutionality of his bill
if it became a law. The senate ad
journed until Monday without taking
action on the report
SENATE. IN the senate on the
1st the bill appropriating $75,000 for.
the purpose of building a gymnasium
at the State Normal school at Peru
was passed. It Is house roll No. 111,.
by Armstrong. Senator Ergars bill'
for punishment for blackmail, extor-j
tion and kindred felonies was indefi
nitely postponed. It was senate file
No. 95. House roll No. 55, by Fowler,
excuse candidates for offices less than
county and city offices from filing
primary election expense accounts."
House roll No. 117, by Fowler, pro
viding a method for submitting to
voters proposed constitutional amend
ments, was recommended for indefi
nite postponement Senate file No.
186, by Paschal, was recommitted for
further hearing. It Is to provide that
cities may take up unused portions'
of street railway tracks, switches or
other appliances. Senate file No. 127,
by Currie, was indefinitely postponed.
It is to provide for appointment of
county attorneys on occasions when
needed in counties of less than 2.000
inhabitants. A similar measure has
passed the house and is pending in
the senate. Senate file No. 69, by
Martin, to shorten the time during
which appeals may be taken In cer
tain civil cases, was indefinitely post
poned. House roll No. 230 is on the
same subject and will probably be
passed by the senate.
SENATE. The senate on the 28th
passed house roll 56, by Miskel. pro
viding for a towns road fund and a
district road fund. Senator Campbell
was the only one voting nay. The fol
lowing were ordered to the general
file: House row 6. by Mockett, relat
ing to the pay of county commission
ers. House roll 52, by Dahlsten, pro
viding for appointment of county at
torneys by the board in counties hav
ing less than 3,000 inhabitants. Sen
ate file 114, by Currie, to raise the
salaries of comptroller, police judge,
clerk and city prosecutor of Omaha.
The clerk of the house was announced
and stated that the lower house had
concurred in the senate amendmnts to
house rolls 3 and 8. It had also passed
house rolls 4 and 184 and the senate
was asked to concur in the same. Sen
ate file 134, by Martin, on request pro
viding punishment for destruction of
ballots or, election booths so long as
they may be valuable for evidence, was
then recommended for passage. The
senate then resolved itself into com
mittee of the whole with Senator
O'Neill in the chair for consideration
of bills on general file. Senate file 271,
by Ransom, relating to publication of
proposed constitutional amendments.
After adoption of an amendment pro-
posed by Senator Young and another
by Senator Currie it was recommended
for passage by unanimous vote.
SENATE. The senate on the 27th
turned down the report of the commit
tee on education recommending that
the bill proposing to take the annual
tax levy from the school board pf
Omaha and place it with the city coun
cil be indefinitely postponed, and In
stead ordared it to the general file.
The bill relating to compulsory educa
tion recommended by the legislative
committee pf the state teachers' asso
ciation was" ordered to the general
file. It is senate file 231, by McCar
gar. The clerk of the house announced
passage of house rolls 150, 206 and 223
-and asked the senate to concur In the
same. Senate file 269, by Trompen, on
request relating to purchase or lease
of an appropriate school site by school
boards,' was Indefinitely postponed.
Senate file 711, by Ransom, providing
for publication of proposed amend
ments tP the constitution was also
placed on general file. It was recom
mended for indefinite postponement
but Ransom and Miller made a fight
that saved it temporarily, at least'
Senator Edgar was the only one to
speak ' for postponement Oleson,
O'Neill and Young each favored send
ing it to the general file that discus
sion in committee of the whole might
be permitted. Young said, though,
that he intends voting against the
measure at that time.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The only feature of the balloting for
United States senator on the 2nd was
the appearance of N. Q. Jackson of
Neligh'in the list "He received the
votes which were cast the day before
for Wethereld and In addition those of
Jouvenat Oleson and Cuming, Smith
berger and Swanson. The position of
none of the leaders except Meiklejohn
were canged by the switches. The
were changed by the switches. The
Currie,' 13; "ttfetricV 2; Harrington,
4; Hainer. 1: Harlan, 2; Hinshaw. 11;
Hitchcock, 29rKInkaio, 2; Martin, 4;
Meiklejohn,' 30; 'Rosewater, 14; Jack
son," N. D., 5; ' Thompson, "D. E., 36;
Thompson, W. H., 17.
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Some complications are apt to arise
out of the penitentiary fire. A resolu
tion was adopted in the house asking
the State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings to employ a competent ar
chitect at once to examine the walls
of the burned building and submit an
immediate 'report as to their condition
whether available for rebuilding, and
an approximate estimate of the cost
of reconstruction. It is certain an ef
fort will be made to retain the peni
tentiary at its present location, the
principal factors enlisted to that end
being the convict labor contractors.
" .
M. F. Harrington of O'Neill todaj?
made an argument before the house
committee "on railroads, having under
consideration senate' file '166, Senator
Weber's' bill, cutting freight 'rates on
certain commodities' from '10, 'to 15
per 'cen. 'Cattle, hogs, horses, lum
ber.' coal and hay are the. principal
commodities affected. This reduction
Is en the rates which were In force
December, 1889. Mr. Harrington dis
cussed the decision of the supreme
court on the maximum freight law
and contended that the decision was
the' only one' that could be rendered
upon the facts that were presented to
ta court, bat argued that that decision
did not prevent the legislative power
from pssslig a bUi rediclng rates.
NATI0NSA1ALAR1D
Buna's Course in Ifanchuria BomM
United States and England.
I0TH DECIIE TO ACT AT ONCE
Aatbauadon Ar. Iastracted to Ascertala
to. Seatlvcat of Other Propos t.
Startle (th. Czar with a Unltd aad
If eaaclag Frost.
LONDON, March 9. A crisis has
arisen in far eastern affairs, which in
the opinion of the British government
is graver almost than the troubles
which originally turned the eyes of the
world to the Orient In this crisis, se
cret negotiations are going on between
the United States and Great Britain
with a view to thwarting what both
governments appear to consider a de
termined attempt on the part of Russia,
to plant herself permanently in one oi
the richest tracts of the Chinese em
pire. The conference held Wednesday be
tween United States Ambassador
Choate and Lord Lansdowne, the for
eign secretary, had nothing to do' with
the Nicaraguan canal affair. To quote
from a British official, "the Nicarag
uan controversy is a minor matter
compared with the present situation."
What Mr. Choate did was to receive
from Lord Lansdown an important
message declaring that Great Britain
was not satisfied with Russia's declar
ation regarding Manchuria as delivered
to Sir Charles Stewart Scott, British
ambassador at St. Petersburg, by Count
Lamsdorf, and asking the United States
if they were prepared to take joint ac
tion of such a decisive nature that
Russia would have no alternative but
to recede from her position.
Almost simultaneously, the United
States government Instructed the va
rious ambassadors to take similar
steps.
The answer of Secretary Hay has ap
parently not yet been received In Lon
don, although the fact that almost con
current instructions were issued from
Washington Is taken here to be a suf
ficient guaranty that Russia's action
in Manchuria will not be tolerated by
the United States.
Japan is relied upon to act in line
with Great Britain and the United
States. Germany, despite the compact,
Is regarded as rather doubtful, owing
to Emperor William's friendship for
tbe czar. France, of course, will side
with her ally.
The significance of the present phase
can only be appreciated by. those cog
nizant of the lethargic attitude of the
British government hitherto regarding
Russian action In China. Within the
last few days all this has changed.
What, a week or two ago, was pro
nounced only in line with Russia's
usual policy is now termed a "grave
and serious state of affairs."
Lord Lansdowne Is using every effort
to bring the powers into line in order
to present Russia such a menacing
front that without any ambiguity re
garding temporary or other occupa- J
tion, she may give up all designs upon
Manchuria.
What prompts the British Foreign
office to take such an alarmist view of
circumstances usually looked upon as
fatalistic sequences is the apprehension
that Russia, having held her own in
spite of the protest of the ministers
of the powers to the Chinese govern
ment, and having put herself on record
in the reply to Sir Charles Scott as
determined on at least a temporary
occupation of Manchuria, will refuse
ta back down. That she must do so,
Lord Lansdowne considers vital, both
for the future of China and for the
continued existence of the concert
powers.
Count Lamsdorf's reply to Sir
Charles Scott Is considered quite un
satisfactory. "If such excuses are accepted by the
powers," said a British official last
evening to a representative of the As
sociated Press, "there will be nothing
to prevent the immediate partition of
China, for with almost exactly the
same verbiage any European power
could justify the accupation of other
provinces."
Will Hariri the Nebraska.
WASHINGTON, March 9. Mr.
Payson, representing the Moran Bros,
of Seattle, Wash., today signed at the
navy department the contract for the
construction by that firm of the bat
tleship Nebraska.
HARRISON A VERY SICK MAN,
Closest Friend Much Alarmed on Ac
count of HI AdTaneed Ac.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., March 9
Ev-President Benjamin Harrison is a
very sick man and his c'osest friends
are alarmed. His condition is more
serious than is generally believed,
However, Dr. Henry Jameson, the
family physician, s3id toi'gt tint
there was no immediate danger, and,
in fact he was not at all alarmed, he
said, zs to the outrome. Asked if the
age of General Harrison would not
weigh very mu h against h's recovery,
the doctor said such would naturally
be tbe cae to a certain extent, but
he declined to discuss the matter fur
ther than to say that he was-not at all
alarmed over the condition of the pa
tient General Harrison is troub'ed with a
complication of grip and intercostal
neuralgia, and there is some fear th-t
this will develop Into pneumonia.
ConOraMtloas by the Seaate.
WASHINGTON, March 9. The sen
ate confirmed the following nomina
tions: Thomas Wcthington, attorney
for the southern district of Illinois;
J. Otis Humphrey, district judge for
the southern district of Illinois; James
L. Mcintosh, jr., receiver of public
moneys at Sidney, Neb. The senate
also confirmed all of the nominations
sent to it by the president today, ex
cept the members of the board of vis
itors to the naval observatory.
iBvestlsate Henip Combine.
WASHINGTON, March 9. The sea
ate committee on miliary affairs de
cided upon the appointment of a sub
committee to investigate the charges
gainst Lieutenant Colcnel H. O. S.
Heistand, made in the Pettigrew re:
olution. That resolution recites tha(
Heistand has been accused cf being at
the head of a combination of-gqvern:
pent office holders to control the hemp
output of the Philippines.' The com
mittee will go Into the question very
thoroughly.
CUIAN CRISIS IS TASSED
Xethlar la the Nature of aa Vprtolag
Feared Aay Laager.
HAVANA, March 8. The Cuban
constitutional convention met in secret
-session this afternoon for a formal dis
cussion of the Piatt amendment The
conservative element scored a victory.
It was decided to continue the sessions-
of the convention and to refer
the amendment to the spe:ial commit
tee on relations, with instructions to
onng m a report
Twenty-nine delegates were present,
Senor Llorete and General Rivera being
the only absentee?. General Sansuilly
favored dissolving the convention and
returning the amendment without dis
cussion. The other delegates were
unanimously in favor of continuing
the sessions asd of sending some an
swer to ths executive department
The argument turned on the ques
tion whether the convention had power
to adopt a scheme of relations that
would be binding upon the future re
public. Last week a. maioritv if tho
delegates opposed this view. Today
senor Nunez, representing the conser
vatives, argued that tbe delegates were
empowered to call for the convention
to establish permanent relations with
the 'United States, and ought not to
attempt to shirk this duty. General
Sanguilly contended that the intention
of the original call was annulled by
Governor General-Wood's instructions
at the opening of the convention, when
delegates were asked to give only an
opinion. The radical e'ement did not
flock to General Sanguilly, as had
been expected, and the convention's
action in refrring the question to the
special committee on relations shows
a willingness to recede from the for
mer attitude.
It is evident that mnnv cf th del
egates still hope the amendment will
be changed, but there is no bittter
feeling now apparent It is doubtful
whether the convention will ever agree
to accept the amendment, but the con
servatives maintain that the willing
ness of the. radicals to discuss and, if
necessary, to send a committee to
Washington, gives a more hopeful as
pect to conditions which weie growing
strained.
BENJAMIN HARRISON IS ILL
PhTsiciaa Declines to Say Whether Grip
Is the Only Trouble.
CHICAGO, March 8. A special to
the Times-Herald from Indianapolis,
Ind. says: General Benjamin Harri
son is very sick at his residence on
North Delaware street. His physician
lefuses to discuss his case without per
mission from the family and this was
refused by Mrs. Harrison this evening.
She said the eeneral is suffering from
the grip, but his condition was not
considered alarming. When asked if
the patient was suffering from any
complication of his disease, and par
ticularly as to bronchial affection, Dr.
Henry Jameson, who was with General
Harrison for more than an hour this
evening, refused to answer.
Jade Ted ford Will Not Resign.
CRESTON, March 9. Judge W. H.
Tedford in a letter to the Advertiser
asks the editor to deny the report cir
culated by a Des Moines paper that
he intended to resign. Judge Tedford
says he has had no thought Sf resign
ing and that the state of his health
is not so critcal that he considers his
retirement necessary. In. Union coun
ty Judgo Telford is very popular and
the news that he will not resign is
received with satisfaction.
Roekbill Ordered to Bay.
WASHINGTON, March 7. The en
actment of the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bill has placed at
the disposal of tbe State department
a sum of money for the acquisition by
purchase of legation premises for the
United States legation at Pekin.
Therefore, Secretary Hay has instruct
ed Special Commissioner Rockhill that
he is permitted to proceed Immediate
ly to consummate the purchase of a
suitable tract of land.
Wins Against Mrs Nation.
TOPEKA, Kan., March 7. Several
months ago Mrs. Carrie Nation, in a
street speech at Medicine Lodge, stat
ed that Samuel Griffin, county attor
ney of Barber county, was granting
the saloon keepers of Kiowa immunity
from prosecution for money consider
ation. "They are giving $15 a month," she
is quoted as saying, "and I have wit
nesses to prove it."
Qneitlon Allen's Presence.
WASHINGTON, March 7. Senator
Allen's name is still carried on the
rolls as a senator from Nebraska and
it is understood that it wiU be until
the Nebraska legislature elects or ad
journs. There is some contention that
his anointment expired on March 4,
but the authorities hold otherwise.
Death for Kidnaping:.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 7.
The house tonight passed the senate
bill punishing kidnaping for ransom
at death or not less than five years in
the penitentiary. The bill was amend?
ed In the house and goes back to the
senate for concurrence before going
to the governor to. become a law.
The Population of Alaska.
WASHINGTON, March 7. The to
tal population of Alaska in 1900, as
shown by the returns of the twelfth
census, is 63,592, as against 32,052 for
1890. This is an increase in ten years
of 31,540, or 98.4 per cent.
There are two cities in the territory
which have a population of over 2,000,
namely, Nome City, 12,486 and Skag
way City, 3t117..
Iowa Man Dropped S3.000.
. ONAWA, March 9. Advices from
California state that Dr. W. W. Ord
way, who now spends the winters in
California, but who has lived "in" Mo
nona county for over forty years, and
is the largest 'land owner in the'equn?
ty, his wealth being estimated at from
?300,000 to $500,000, has just dropped
$3,000 to 'a couple o cofice men
in Los Angeles.
Horse Smothered to Death.
CLINTON, March 9 E. A. Haney,
who removed to this county from
Woodbury county, lost four fine farm
horses in a peculiar manner,. He
shipped his goods to IteWir in a caK
and arrived there in the evening, hut
too late to unload. ' About 10 o'lrkj
he wen t the car an$ found bis five
horses apparently all right The next
mbr'ajpg he went to the car and found
four of them dead and the fifth in a
bad condition. Tbe living horse was
wet with sweat and the bodies of the
others showed that they had been In
the same condition. "'
WE BE LI FOR. LI
Fruk Dimsmore Most Fay the Penalty
for His Odessa Grime.
SUPREME COURT RULES ON CASE
Ob. f tbe Most Seasatl.aal Harder
Trials la the Stat.'s Aaaals Mrs.
Laa. 8I1U la Jail at Kearney Other
Nebraska Hatters.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 9. Frank
L. Dinsmore must pay his debt to so
ciety for disobeying its laws by forfei
ture of his life.
This was the ruling of the supreme
court when it affirmed the judgment
of the district court of Buffalo county.
Dinsmore was found guilty there of
murdering Fred Laue at Odessa and
sentenced by Judge Sullivan to haag
by the neck until dead. There are
two possibilities yet before the con
demned man. One is that the court
may grant a reheariag,before the ex
piration of forty days and then reverse
itself, and the others is exercise of the
pardoning power by Governor Die
trich. Neither offers much hope.
Never in the history of the state
has there been a murder trial that at
tracted so much attention as did that
of Dinsmore. The man's relatives, re
spectable, well-to-do people, hire! the
most able counsel obtainable to defend
him, and the county attorney im
pressed W. D. Oldham, then deputy
attorney general of the state, into ser
vice to assist in the prosecution. The
case was bitterly fought and newspa
pers the United States over devoted
column after column to the sensational
testimony.
One of the peculiar circumstances
was that Mr. and Mrs. Dinsmore, who
had been married less than a year,
lived on the ground floor of the resi
dence occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Laue.
On the same night Laue was found
dead in his bed from bullet wounds
and Mrs. Dinsmore was found dead
below, .from poisoning.
The theory of the state was that
Dinsmore had killed Laue, and on this
charge he was prosecuted. Mrs. Laue
was the most damaging witness
against him. The evidence showed
that Jllicit relations had existed be
tween the defendant and Mrs. Laue,
long before he brought his wife to live
there. It was claimed that he mur
dered Laue and that Mrs. Dinsmore
was gotten out of the way, that Dins
more and Mrs. Laue might cont'nue
their relations without fear of detec
tion. An attempt was made by news
paper correspondents at the time to
show that Mrs. Laue was under Dins
raore's hypnotic power, despite the
fact that there was nothing in the ev
idence on the point Dinsmore did not
take the stand injiis own behalf.
When the sentence of the court had
been pronounced he was brought to
Lincoln and placed in the penitentiary
for safe keeping. He rests there to
day, protesting, 'as he has ever since
his arrest that he is innocent but in
sisting that he has no' idea who com
mitted the crime.
The date set by the district court
for the execution was last July, but a
stay was granted by the supreme C3urt,
which tribunal must now set ano'her
date. The time has not yet bean de
termined. It cannot be within forty
days. Mrs. Laue is still in jail at
Kearney.
gardnerTmFTconvict.
another of the Mea Who Killed Hoau
Zaha Gets His Sentence.
FREMONT, Neb., March 9. Edward
Gardner, one of the convicted murder
ers of Herman Zahn, has been sent
enced to imprisonment for life. ''Have
you anything to say why sentence
should not be pronounced upon you?"
asked Judge Grlmlscn. "No, sir," was
his reply, in a voice indicating deep
emotion.
In delivering the sentence, the Judge
referred to the atrocity of the crime
and the part which the evidence
showed Gardner took in it, stepping
over the bodv of Zahn lying on the
floor in the agonies of death, and with
his loaded revolver holding the men
In the saloon off while the robbery
was being completed; the shooting at
others as he made his escape from the
building. All this showed that he was
equally guilty with his associate,
Rhea, who fired the fatal shot.
In conclusion, the judge said: "You
can consider yourself very fortuna'e
that your life does not pay the penalty
of your crime. The sentence of the
court is that you be confined in the
state penitentiary during your natural
life, no part of the time to be in sol
itary confinement"
Father Ranins'i Donation.
WEST POINT, Neb., March 9. Rev.
Joseph Ruesing, head priest of the lo
cal St Mary's Catholic church, gave
assurance of a donation of $15,000 to
be applied toward the erection of an
old folks' home and hospital in West
Point, making one stlpu'ation. that the
city donate ten acres of land on which
to rear the building.
Hoppers Hatch and Freeze.
FARNAM, Neb., March 9. The eggs
of grashsoppers in this vicinity w.re
hatched out by the recent warm weath
er and when it turned bitter cold the
young hoppers were frozen. The ther
mometer a one time registered 78
degrees. The apprehension of the
farmers as to the hopper plngue next
summer are thereby relieved.
Fir. Remains a Mystery.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 9. "The
origin of the penitentiary flre
is uncertain, and may never be
known," said Deputy Warden Bowers.
"It was doubtless caused by electric
Ugh wires or a defective flue, whieh,
wo cannot say. We cannot even lo
cate exactly the room where it started,
but it was doubtless in one of the
several rooms between the guards'
sleeping apartments and the wardens'
roojn in the main building. For my
part, I place no credence in tbe theory
that convicts started the fire."
Catiaaer Shoot Zllauelf.
OMAHA, March 8L M, L, Ware, a
Union, Pacific engineer, attempted to
commit suicide in the Linton block,
by shooting himself in the head with
a revolver, he bullet penetrated the
sknVl and then glanced downward, de
stroying the sight of the left eye.
Ware was later taken to the Presby
terian hospital. For the past tq
weeks Ware has been drinking heav
ily and it is thqijgh,t that his mind
was temporarily unbalanced.
Egypt exported last year CS.0M tana
J of sngar.
Canto. Sharp ateply.
Several Invitations of a .more or lets
farcical nature have been sent to Mrs.
Carrie Nation regarding a New York
visitation. The latest was a sugges
tion that she try her hand at reform
ing the Four Hundred, reference being
made to the burlesque saloon smash
ing act at Senator Clarke's valentine
ball. She replied, "The society people
of New York probably need reforma-
tion as badly as any class of people
in America, not excepting saioonkeep
ers. If they want to burlesque me
when I am trying to'save men's souls
I do not care. Tley had better employ
their time driving vice out of their
own city'
What WIU the GUI. Get?
An Englishman who recently died
had three children, one son end two
daughters, and he mentioned all of
them in his will. The first clause Is, "1
leave my piano to Mary Elizabeth
when Arthurhas done with it." The
other clause is, "To Susan Jane she
may take whatever Arthur wishes ta
give her." There is no doubt of Ar
thur's standing in the document, but
the pointed question is raised, "Are
Mary Elizabeth and Susan Jane bene
ficiaries under the will?"
AFTER ENRTCEN YEARS.
Mia. Daty, .f Hlcalaad, Iowa, iNtwtl
to Health A Mlracaloas Case Her
Hashaad I. Cnd of Bright.
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Highland, la., March 4. (Special.)
Friends of Mrs. W. H. Doty are very
much pleased to notice the wonderful
improvement In her condition. For
eighteen years she has been a sufferer
from rheumatism, and the torture she
baa endured during this time Is past
all description. Mrs. Doty tells the
following story:
"I have suffered for the past eighteen
years with Kidney Trouble and Rheu
matism. I have tried doctors, patent
medicines, plasters, liniments, electric
treatments, and nothing did me any
good. I had nearly lost all faith in
anything, when I sent for six boxes of
Dodd's Kidney Pills. I said to my hus
band I expect that it was some more
money thrown away, but when I had
taken them a week I could see that
they were helping me. The lameness
I had suffered with for so long is near
ly all gone. It is not a quarter as bad
as It was. For years I had to wear
a warm bandage around my forehead
to prevent the pain. Since using the
Pills I have been able to remove this
altogether.
"I cannot find words to express my
heartfelt thanks to Dodd's Kidney Pills
for their wonderful cure of my case.
My husband has suffered from Kidney
Trouble for years. Last spring a doc
tor said he had Blight's Disease, and
treated him, but he received no benefit
and he kept growing thinner and
weaker all the time. When I got Dodd's
Kidney Pills he commenced taking
four a day. He has taken them three
months and is ' nearly well. His
strength is Increased, and the improve
ment in his case is almost miraculous.
Dodd's Kidney Pills have certainly
been a God send to us."
It is just cases like those of Mr. and
Mrs. Doty that have made Dodd's Kid
ney Pills so very popular In Iowa.
They are 60c a box, six boxes for
12.50. Buy them from your local drug
gist If you can. If he cannot supply
you, send to the Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo. N. Y.
Coasas.Bdabl. Crasade.
Under the headline, "Bounce the
Blabbers," a Cedar Rapids paper
makes vigorous protest against the
chatterers who disturb theater and
lecture audiences. It offers a reward
of $5 to the first usher who will "go
after such Idiots in the proper man
ner," and refers to one of them as
having a mouth that "would be a
profitable enterprise if turned into a
windmill."
The prominence achieved by Garfield
Tea as a blood purifier has not been
equaled by another remedy; an im
provement In the complexion can be
seen after a few days' use.
We only profit in the measure we
have ennobled self.
FlTSPtawaeat!yCiiTCd. ifogfa ornrrocawno
ant dsy '. of Dr. KUaa's Orcmt Krrre Mom
Smd tor FSMBK SS.ee trial bottle sjHt timxto.
lav B. U. Kixca. LfcL.ni ArcaSC. railailateaH.Fa,
Genuineness needs neither introduc
tion nor laudations.
Try Graja-Ot Try Grala-Ot
Ask your Grocer to-day to show yoa a
package of GRAIN-O. the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
dolt All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has
that rich seal browa of Mocha or Jara, bat
it is made from pare grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without dia.
treat. tbe price of coffee. 15cand25cte
pwpaokage- Sold by all grocers.
It is from our failure we gain our
greatest strength.
Mrs. Wlaslow. Soothing- Syrap.
Tor children teethlos. Mfteat the g-ami, reduces tv
auaSfaia.eans wuacouc zjcdocu
Without obedience there is no vir
tue or strength.
Plso'a Cure for Consumption is an infallible
awdiciae for coughs and colds. N. W. Saxcxi
Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900.
The amount of the United States
traesurer's bond is $150,000.
All goods are alike to PUTNAM
FADELESS DYES, as they color all
fibers at one boiling.
The first law against Sunday labor
in Indiana was passed in 1817.
TO CURE A COLD IK OXTS DAT.
Take IjAxativb Bromo Quisntx Tablets. ATI
drunrists refund tbe money if it fails to core.
& W. Grove's signature is on the box. 85c.
It is bad to lean against a falling
wall.
Dregs have their use, but don't store them in
your stomach. Beeman's Pepsin Gum aids tbe
natural (oroes to perform their functions.
A wise man is more ready to obtain
the opinion of others than to parade
his own.
For frost-bite, chilblains, sore and
lame Joints, stiffness of mascles, try
Wizard Oil. It won't disappoint you.
Better the child cry than the moth
er sigh.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 Cents. All nrhar 10-rpnt atarrh nn.
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran-
icvu or lauaey reiunaea.
The man who has
la still a child.
no aim In life
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