W 2 THE OMAHA DAILY WEDNESDAY : . EEBUUAltV 12 , 1890. % I THE PROPOSED HOOSE ROLES ' H Onnnon Falls in nn Attempt to Out H Off DIboubbIoii t It PROS AND * CONS TILL FRIDAY t It Minority Itights null IImitations HeM - M oclvn nn Airline nt ttm llnndn M at the I'rlcnlls nun Foes B oT the New Code M limine H Washington , robll Mr Cannon or llli- H nols culled up for consideration the proposed M code of rules mid offered n resolution pro | riding that the general debate shall close at H 1 o'clock tomorrow and that after debate M under tlio live minute rule the provtous qucs < fl I tlon shall he considered as ordered at , i H o'clock tomorrow Vigorous pretests against H cutting ofT the discussion In such short | order were made by the democrats , but they H were of no offcut , and Mr Cannon demanded H the previous question The demand was ro- H Jectcd by the overwhelming vote of OS to 119 , H many republicans voting against it , H Mr Springer claimed the floor , but Mr H Cannon dccllnod to yield It Ho proposed H cither to lose the previous question or at H least to get soma Indication as to what tlnio H ibis year the gentleman on the other silo H Tfcro willing to close the debate Ho do- H innnded the yeas and nnys on bis demand H fdr the previous question , but not a suQlclont H number of members rose to enforce thts do- H mand Mr , Cannon then yielded the lloor to H Mr Sprlngor , who offered a resolution pro H ; vldlng that general debate Bhnll proceed H until adjournment tomorrow , after which | I the cede shnll bo considered under the flvo Hj rnluuto rule till 5 o'clock Friday , when thoM M j previous qucstloa shall bo cousldcrod as or- H | dprod ' 1 his resolution was adopted with M | out objection | | Mr CJrosvonor took the floor and spoke for M I the now code , in bis opinion the rights of H the minority were ended when the minority H ! expressed lis opposition to the measure , roM - M | corded votes aiulnst It and protested to the W country The proposed rules , In&toad of 1 Testing power In the speaker would pro vent | j ono-man power from ruling over the house j ns bad boon the case In the Forty-ninth and fl Fiftieth congresses , when the speaker bad H , declined to rccoynbo motions fortbo passage ; , of the tobacco tnx bill , the Hlnir educational i bill and the general pension bill Thu democrats - ! ocrats were here today to obstruct leglsln- i tlon The whole purpose of the democrats W on this lloor was to obstruct and impede the H' ' reprrscntntlvcs of the people from going for B ward wltb the misl'ioss of the people The : republican party was on the right side of the controversy The demo . cratic unrty stood as an ob- < structiouist party and nothing else The HBV proposition now niado was that the majority H ! klioultt take possession of the responsibility Hj which hnd been placed upon It by the K voles of the pcoplo of the country Ilo M know of no plans to roe the treasury If H such an attempt were rondo ho would light it HI Mr Holman characterized the proposed cede as a complete tovolution In parliament H ; nr.v procedure , and cspeciallv uutagonbod H ( the clause providing thntlODmomburs should Hi constitute a quorum in the comuiltteo of thu H . whole Ho spoke of various occasions upon H which n resort to filibustering had been of H benefit to the country , ami referred with Ht much emphnsis to the defeat of the force l , bill by the minority under the loud of liun- H ; H' ' Mr PaYBon defended the cede He re- H | viewed in some detail instunces where the H minority by dilatory tnctics had defeated the H will ol the majority The only rights which H the minority were to huvo were a lair , frco H nud full discussion nnd to offer amendments H germane to the pending propositions There H the right of the minority ended , i H Mr , Hatch made war on the report as an H entirety Ho wus opposed to the report In H tpto because it was n partisan measure , bo- K _ ajCnuso it came from the republican side of thom m * * hos p * r iirtsootln ( ; the republican party , The republicans acted well in cloctlnp Iteod H [ , speaker Today Hood represented , tnnro [ clearly end fairly than any other Hi man , the Bchomo und purpose nnd H | ( letcrminatiou of bis party A gentlonmn on < the otbor sida said the only rights of the . minority were to differ and amend , but us j ' far as the democratic minority was concerned - ; corned , one of their rights wus to protect the i imbllo treasury i Mr Fuustou suggested that the democratic H ! minority should have protected the treasury flj from u dcuiocrutic sorgpant-nt-arms , i Mr Hatch replied that if the gcntlemnn B didn't know better than to assert that any | man on the demnuratio sldu was responsible 1 for the bad actions ot a subordiuato In the H sci'geant-nt-arm's ofllcn he had better go back | Co Kunsas und stuv tnoro | Pending further dubato the house tool : a H recess until 11 o'clock tomorrow H \VASiiiNaTOX , Fcb 11. Mr Hoar Intro H tluccd a bill to prescribe In part the manner H of election of members of congress , and it H . vros referred to the committee on privileges H nnd elections It provides that in all states H of the union representatives sbull bo elected H in and for districts now prcsorlbod by law H until an apiiortlonment of roprcsentativos 1 shall bo made by congress accordiug to the 1 census to bo takeu in Ib'JO , any law of such 1 ntate to be hereafter passed to the contrary | j notwithutauding l At 1 o'clock the scnuto resumed ronsidora- i tlon of the bill to provide n temporary government - | ornment for Oklilioma The pending ques- b tioii was the nmendmont offered yostcrday 1 by Mr Plumb to comprise No-Man's-Land 1 vfithlii the limits of the proposed territory 1 After a lengthv discussion the bill went B ever till tomorrow without action on the H itmondment H The foliowlug bills passed : The senate bill H appropriating $100,000 for n publlo building 1 at Uurlinijtoii , hu , and 100,000 fur a public B building at Ucatricc , Neb The senate bill for tlife reilofof certain settlers on publlo lauds was also passed It provides for lccal- lYIug lund claims Hied during a vucanoy in B land otllces Mr Hlair then resumed bis address on the 1 educational bill , but the sonuto soon went H into executlyo session andtbon adjourned M A HOIllllltM ; STOltV H 'i'errlblr Trcntuient ot'n Foinulo Polit- B luai Uillu In Slbnrln P Nrir Yoiik , Fob 11 , An evening paper B publishes a dispatch from Paris , which | atates tbut-a cipher message has Just boon H rocotved by a liussiaa rcfugo in that city , | dated Uccombur iS , which elves tbo details B ot a hprriblo irngedy in the political prison H bt Karu , eastern Siberia Nadyda Slhlda , H ofuoblo birth and a toucher in the high B scliKl ( . ut Moscow , was found last year with B ravolutionury papers in bor possession and featcnerd to panal servitude On her ur- ivul at Kitru tbo woman soon attracted the BBBB attoution of tbo director ot the prison , who BBjl took mi early opportunity to Insult her BBBjl Mine Biblda boxed the cars ot the di- BBBjl rector , who In revenge bad her stripped and BBja flogged in the presence of all the men in the BBBja prison , Such an outrugo had not been per BBBja [ ictratcd on a woman ot rauk alnco the duj s BBBja ot Empress Catharine , and the unfortunate BBBH was so apprehensive of further shame und BBBjB torture that she committud aulcldo the same BBBB duy by poisoning herself , Several other BjBBa fomulo political prisoners , fearful of ro- BjBBB coivlug similar treatment , on bearing of tbo BjBBfl urrlblo event foliowoU her oxatnple a few BjBBb ulilqa from tbo wouiun'a political prtsou ut BBpB Kara is that occupied by male ] > olltlcal con fli vlcta , who on bearing of tbo tragedies ro- fll Tolled eu luasso The troops were called BjBBBt Aut and awful scenes followed , the shooting BBpB and lloggiug and torturing golnir on by the B wholesale Up to this lltno the ltusslan au- BBbB • . tharltk'j have been able to suppress all BBBB s news of the occurrence H The Wool Market W tiosTON , Feb 11. ( Special Telegram to H Tea HkeJ The demand for wool continues H tn.oderattt.aud Is limited by the wants of man B ufacturers Tbero is Utile chungo in the | prices from those of last week Uood Ohio flcccns hnro been selling at 31fJS3a for X nnd f $ } 31o for XX Michigan fleeces are quoted at ! ? > 330c. Nd 1 fleeces are scarca nnd llrm wltb sales of Ohio nt SSa and ot Michigan at WVtfHc Combing and delaine Hceccs nro firm with snips of No 1 combing atlRK'TSIOc , Ohio line delaine nt ar > ® 30c , and Michigan flnodclalno nt T4@3(3c ( In terri tory wool there has been a good business doing , but nt unsatisfactory prices Sales of fine were made nt fi" ( 39c , clean medium nt W : Oo nnd line medium nt Ms Oregon wool lias been dull nnd the hrIos have bron small Pulled wools have boon quiet and nro soiling at low prices Foreign wools are llrm Ho- cent large sates of Australian are reported A I'OSTAIi TKIiUGUAPH The Proponed Hchojno of Postmaster fSpiirrnl Wnnntnnker Washinotos , Fob 11. Postmaster Oon- ornl Wanamakor , before the house commlt- tee on postonlcos and jwstroads today , dls- cussed fnlly the propositlotf in bis annual report - port for the establishment by the govern ment of a Utnitod postal telegraph He sub mitted a plan providing for the leuso by tbo government for ten years of wires for carry ing on the business and for the delivery of telegrams by carriers in the llrst delivery following the receipt of the telegram Tbo scheme , ho insisted , was practical und frco from objections , Wanamaker proposes a union of the post and tolcgraph on a basis that would not in- torfcro to nny appreciable extent with unv existing rights , but offer incalculable sor7lco to certain classes not now enjoying vho use of the tolcgruph to any large degree Ho usked that ho bo directed to noun tiato and secure leased wires such as the great nowtpapers have from city to city or brokers and bankers buvo connecting tholr offices nnd different cities , that the public might com municate through their business otllces ( bostoflicos ) from city to city , or by mes sages dropped in their mull boxes The pcoplo had now , ho continued , In tholr busi ness otllces clerks who could soon learn the trick of the mnchlno , carriers who traveled over the saino streets traversed by the tote graph boys , and stamps for payment that dispenses with bookkaeplng , and all that was needed to build up the Bcrvico was the authority and wire Ho declared emphatically that such a scrvico was tbo legitimate work of the postoulco and , the peoplo.woro right in stoutly demanding tolcgraph facilities at postal stations Wana maker then stated the provisions of the bill Nothing in the net shall bo so construed as to prohibit any telegraph company from per forming general business for the public , as the same is now done Postal telegraph charges In any one stuto shall not exceed 10 cents for messages or twenty words or loss , counting the address and signatures ; " nor over S.1 cents for any distance under 1.G00 miles , nor over 50 cents for nuy gronter dlstuuco , the rates nud rules aud regulations to be pi escribed by the postmaster general 'J ho bill also provides for the establishment or u system of nostal tologrnnh money or ders at a rate not to exceed double the rata now charged in addition to the double postal telegram cbnrge uid.vt Want cliUvisijAnd An Attempt to lie op the Kx-Prcsldcnt Out of a Kaeirty New Yoiik , Feb U. LSpeelal Telegram to Ins Llju 1 An attempt was made at Inst nights mooting of the society of medical Jurisprudence to prevent the oloctlon of Grover Cleveland to honorary membership For a little while it looked as if a real con test was imminent , but ouon hostilities were averted through the tact of some of the members Cleveland was finally elected with two dissenting vqtes Cleveland was nominated , and then Lawyer John J. Delaney - noy took thn lloor and launched forth in n lirado against * the cx-prcsident and argued Bgninst his olectton on The ground that ho was unfit to belong to the nociety Delunoy said that whuu Clovcland was president of the United States ho hud appealed to him , in behalf bf u oitizen df tho.union who was im prisoned uujustl.v in a British dungeon , aud Mr , Cleveland had neglected to pay the , slightest attention to the appeal The edso reforrcd to by Delaney was that Ot Dr Thomas Gallagher , formerly a resident of Brooklyn , who a , Xow years ago visited ' in Europe , and was arrested ten days after his-nrrlvaldn London , charged with being implicated in a dynanuto plot agaiust the Hrltish government , Doluuey said that the proofs went to show that the dynamite ex plosion occurroiroither before Dr Gallagher left this country orwhllo ho was on tbo ocean Dr Qallaghcr-had been betrayed by a falsa solicitor and nroofs of his innocence bad been furnished to President Cleveland In documentary form Notwithstanding this the president hud totally lenorod the cuso After more argument a vOle was taken and Clovcland-wns elected A motion was made to have the elction doclarcd unanimous , but In order so pruvent further argumnnt on tbo cntanglemout It was ubuiidoncd CANNOT SKiU'lS TWO MASTISitS A Suit to Test the Itluht or Julian l > rriuliTinstto Hold Two Onion * . Chicago , Fob U. 1 Special Telegram to The Ueb.1 Judge Ulohnrd Prondoreast , the gcntlcmun'who has passed four years as • a democratic election reformer , will find it dlftlcult to draw the salaries of the two fat offlcos to which ho has been successfully i elected A suit to test directly the right ot Judge Prtndcrgast to hold at thu same time the office of county Judge and that ot a mem ber of the bourd of drainage trustees , was begun this rflernoou byV. . T , Burgess , the lawyer Mr liurge&s lllod n bill against JudgoProndergast.Henry Wulff county clerk and Uoorgo It Davis county treasurer , to restrain.Wulft from drawing any order nnd Davis from countorsigulng aud paying out of the trcasury-and Judge Prandci-guit from receiving any money for the salary payable to the county Judge Mr Uunress alleges that , Mr Prondergast ceased to bo county Judge February L , wlioa ho qualified as trustco , which is not a Judicial oOluo , and does not belong to the Judicial department of the government , Neuraakn , Iowa nnd Dakota Pensions WiAUixoTox , Feb U. [ Special Telegram to Tub Bfeg | Pensions granted to Nebraskans - braskans , , Original invalid John Craft , Bole Increase John Hamilton , Carried ; Andrew Freeze , Kearney ; George Hunt McCookj Thomas J. Winters , Schlckloy ; Theodore C. Noel , Falls City Edmund Mus tard , Silver Croeki George Frary , Albion ; William U. II Block , Plymouth ; Augustus L. Holbroou , Papillion ; James IC Carson , Lincoln ; James M , Demmlck , Macon , Or iginal Invalid Mary E. . widow of Fernando N. Colwoll , Kearney ; Mary C , widow of Elias Smith , Omaha Iawut Original invalid Jonathan Scott , Border Plains : Kphrlara N. Fisher , Car lisle ; John V. Colwoll , Pralrlo City ; James Flood , Cleveland ; John Sanders , Moute- auma ; Ilonry K. Knapp Orcono ; Henry L Miller , ( lurdoa Grove ; L. Co/ftnan , Lebanon Increase James Suite , Grand Itiver ; Will * lam Chulmors , Washington ; John B , Cow dry , Wiotu'lUchiinl It Iloffmun , Adol ; Jonn Wallace , Keokuk ; George Andrews , Creston ; Charles L. Miller , Lograud ; Noble W. Wood , Marshalltown ; Daniel Worloy , Columbus Junction ; Henry 11. Sturgis , Des Moines ; Ilonry U. Winnlow , Oolwoln ; Jo- souii Mueller , Dubuque ; Calvin It Jackson , Jerome ; Boriab Battels , Baxter ; William W , POwer , Pulaski ; Nathan Miller , Vernon ; Ole T. Bourgo , JJristol ; Gllllou F. Patterson , Newton ; Palmer-Crampton , Sheldon ; Peter Itouitnos , Calliope South Dakota ; Increase George F. Wll kins , Aberdceu ; Elias W. Kirkland , Mound City lbo Di'ntli lteoord jACKt > ONVHJ.B , III , Fob 1L John B. Lud- luni , special passenger agent ot tbo Missouri , Kansas and Texas , died suddenly hora this morning from heart trouble Now Vouk , Fob U. Qonoral John Wo- tor , ones a prominent military man and a distinguished member of the New York bar , dlod this morning ot heart disease , hastened by drink Richmond , Va , Fob 11. W. L. Cowardln , president ot the Virginia and Marino insur ance company , died today , agedscvonty-two. iiiiiior : Willlaiu' * Lntcut Prohibition Uniu.ix , Fob 11. Emperor William has caused an order tabo Issuud prohibiting the exhibition of iwrtraits of himself , .bis ances tors or any of us family without bis sanc tion being ubtalucd NEWS OF NEBRASKA TOWNS Two Burglars Nnbbed at Valley "Whllo Robbing a Drug Store FREMONT TO HAVE SEWERS The Itnllroml Situation nt Kearney Nctirnskn Ollj's Council Ratlllea the Provisions or Iho Now Bridge Chnrtcr Spcpdv Jusllac nt Vnltpy VAtxnr , Neb , , Fob 1L ( Special to The Bxcj About 11 o'clock Sunday night J , H , Ingram discovered two men breaking Into the drug otoro oppoBlto tbo postodlco Ho hurried homo and armed hlmsolf and , accompanied by several others , returned to thostoro The burglars wcroon the insldo , but discovered Mr Ingram nnd party and made tor the back door , which wns un- gimrdod Ono of thorn was captured , Harry Leo , a hnrncssmakcr Ho broke completely down nnd gave the name of his comrade , S. M. Davison , a brldgo carpenter A party was detailed In search of him nnd found him in bed Ho was brought ever to the store , Justlco Tngar sent for , a complaint sworn out , warrants Issued and a trial had They were bound over in the sum ot 11,000 and tnkqn to Jail on tbo 5:10 : train iTPinont moving lor Scwcragf , Fkemont , Neb , Fob 13. [ Special to Tub Bee I At a special meotlne of the city coun cil hold la3t night City Engineer Andrews rcportod the result of n preliminary survey for tbo purpose of ascertaining the best plan for a sewerage system and Its probable cost The surveys showed a natural and sufllclont fall from the west to east for the drainage and bis cftlmato was that (100,000 wlU bo sufficient to construct n system covering every street The council adopted the re port nnd decided to submit a bond proposi tion to a vote of the people Hntlroad Humors at Kearney ICnxiiNnr , Neb , Fob 11 , [ Special Telegram - gram to The Uec 1-rTbo railroad situation hero is undergoing a spirited movement led by the cappers of the 13. & M. and Missouri PaolUc E. P. Uonncll , a construction agent of Superior , has boon working the wires for the past three weeks In the interests of the Missouri Pacific Two years ago Bonnell sccurod fjj.000 In bonds for a sohoino purportiog to bo bucked by the Atchison and Santa Fo system , and let the bonds lapse , tieing up iho city When the Black Hills proposition was brought up last summer , Bonnoll's friends hero did all they could to oppose it , and brought injunction proceedings in the supreme court , the .pendancy oi which would allow the thirty dnvs to elapse in which time the ' company must begin operations or lose the bonds The proposition was withdrawn , und Bonnell was not heard ot again until it was submitted last month Telogrnms uro now coming in from Bonnell on schcdulo time in which bo promises nothing The election takes plaio on Thursday for the Black Hills bonds A telegram signed by Church Howe was received tnis evening , as follows : Your letter rccoived Mr Gould directed mo several weeks ago to consult with the pcoplo of Kearney , Gibbon and Shelton and ascer tain what assistance ttioy would pledge tbo company to extend thoAIlssouri Pacilln rail way in Nebraska from Presser to Kearney , SiclcnesB has prevented my giving my atten tion to business for the past two months I am now able to consult your people , per sonally , within tbo next two weeks , and have no doubt , if reasonable assistance is pledged , the road will bo extended the pres ent season _ „ The above was printed in tv clrculnr and .is being distributed freely tp.s ( cvoulng The feeling is hero , that the bonds will curry , . . Nlohrnrn Cclquratinsr . . , , , , , > NionnxiiA , Nub , Fob llP-Spooial [ Tele gram to Tnu Bke , ] > The proclamation open ing the Sioux reservation ulakos Niobrara the happiest towtT in northern Nebraska today All business is susoended and the re joicing universal The cannon which was In an ourly duy condemned by tho'Harney ex pedition nnd loft on the prairie to be picked up by some patriotic personhas'heap ; boom ing the good news alnco 10 o'ulock Ibis fore noon 'J he Pelican band has beeu ' playing since nonn , flags uro waving , and the old cit izens who for twolvoj'oars iinvo * been anx iously waiting the result are happy , whllo the now settlers who have waited on the bor der are getting reudy to rush overruns take possession This means to * NplTraslca the • opouing of nearly L.000,000 acres of oncellent farming land , and as Niobrara has tbo only brldgo ever the Nioorura river within reason able distunco of railroads , ll wakes it the gatowuy to this portion of the Sioux reser vation Hebron Visited Ijy Fire Hr.nnoK , Neb , Feb 11. [ Special Tele gram to The Beb.J This city was again vis ited by u disastrous Uro last night The tire started in the restaurant of James Smith at 2 a , m. , und soon sproud until halt a block was in flames and was reduced to ashes The buildings were all frames The wind was blowing a gale from the north , and within an hour nothing remaindcd but smouldering embers of what h d been six business houses und ono residence Every one , ladies included , lent , n , willing hand to stay the lira and save what waswithin the buildings The loss is estimated nt # 5,000. , Now and mora substantial buildings will probably bo erected soon inpluco of these destroyed , 'ihoilrcs that have previously visited this plaro buvo proven to bo a bonollt lostoad of otherwise as largo bricic buildings " have taken tbo place of the old ones Junketing Htilli-oaU Otllcials Beatkice , Neb , Feb 11. | Spccia ! Tele gram to Tub Beb.J Vice Prosldont S. H. II Clark ot the Missouri Pucllio system , with several officials of the Bame road , were iu the city toduy ami met hero oy appointment Superintendent Summcrfleld of the Kunsas City & Northwestern Tbo party > remained hero but a short time and started for Kansas City over the Kansas City & Beatrice road in President Clurk's private cor Iho ob- is doubtless to iospoot the line between icct lore and Kansas City , The parly will bj met about midway between tbo two cities by Goncral Manager Newman Erb of the Wy andotte Inquiry among tboso who are iren- orally regarded as in the confidence of the Wyundotto in this city icavos but little douptthat negotiations uro pending for the sale ot tbo Wyundotto to the Missouri Pa cific , und that the visit of President Clark Is quite significant of a speedy consummation of the sale , A Slock Mnn Ilnbbi > d. Beathicr , Neb , Feb , 11. [ Special Tele gram to Tub Hkb.1 A live stock man named Palmer , from Kansas City , claims to bavo been robbed of M0 nt tbo Davis House this morning Ho says ho left his wallet contain ing his money on the window In bis room , where it was subsequently found by u cham bermaid , who returned it to him Ilo claims that two twenty-dollar bills wore abstructed from it durlbg the time it was out of bis pos session Nebraska City's Now Uildco Nemuska Cur , Neb , Fob H. JSpecial Telegram to The Bee ] The city council bold a special mootlnif today and adopted a resolution ngrooing to tbo provisions ot the charter for the now combination railroad nnd wagon brldgo ever the Missouri aud further stipulated to have the bridge com pleted in two years The papers have beoa forwarded to Washington Assistance lor Soldiers * % Bbatuice , Neb , Fob II , [ SpecialTela- ( iram to Ti < Bee.1 Tirenty-threo appli cants appealed to tbo Gage county soldiers rellof commission at its meeting today tor ussistanco under tbo law creating the com mission They ranged from forty-two to seventy years ot ago Eleven were from out side tbo city Ehnc In the Ami Fbkmont , Neb , Feb 22. ISoeeUU to The Urk.I Yesterday while a number of boys living in the vicinity ot Jamestown , lb ) ) county , were out bunting Arthur Oloson was accidentally shot In his right arm by Eras mus Hanson , lhe unfortunate bays injury Is likely to result In the loss ot his arm , Lincoln Ston Protest Lincoln , Neb , , Feb 11. [ Special Telegram gram to Tub Br.E.l A number ot prominent business men and bunkers today telegraphed Scnalor Paddock protesting against the pro posed rcponl ot section 4 of the Interstate commerce law nnd asking him to use his In fluence to prevent too some KlnUlnir lUpl'Hy NhBUAsin Cirv , Neb , Fob It [ Special Telegram to TIe Bns | Young King , the victim of Murderer Sutler , is still Alive ; but sinking rapidly Themurucror Is still at largo , but oniccrs hope to run htm down tonight Wntor Bonds Ki-fontril. . PoTTKn , Neb , Fob 11. ISpecial Telegram gram to Tun Bkb.1 The Kimball county water bonds were defeated by a largo vote , Cliforl'ully Accept Hccond tlncr Siunev , Neb , Fob 10. To the Editor ot The Bbb : In reply to the communication from Children of Lake printed In your issue ot the Otb Inst , concerning the hoisting ot the American flag over tno publlo school buildings of the state we , tup pupils of tbo Sldnoy schools , wish to say through the col umns ot The Deb that wo did not wish to do the Lake school an tajustlco by claiming to have taken the load In this matter , and cheerfully ncknowlcdeo thorn as llrst Being 400 miles from Omaha , it was natural that such u ui Is take should bo made , nnd wo bopo Hint the Lake school will not look upon ui as would-bo usurpers of their honors Wo extend our congratulations and are perfectly satistlod to take second place Now , If tbero are other schools in tbo state that bavo reared aloft the emblem of our country prior to February 5 , 181)0 ) , lot them como forth and dcclaro it to tbo world Wo certainly claim the distinction of being llrst in western Nebraska , and wo hope that tbo other schools of the state may follow the uxomplcs glvon them by the Lnko school in Omaha and the public schools ot Sldnoy Purns of Siimiir Scnoot Anil Still Another TAinnunr , Neb , Teb 11. To the Editor of The Bee : I road an item In Tub Bee stntlng that a flag was raised over the Bctiool building in Sldnoy on Fcbrunry 5 , nnd the principal of the schools claimed that this was tbo first flag raised over a school bouso in Nebraska In this matter Sldnoy Is only about eight years behind Fairbury , slnco John W. Barry put up a flagstaff and raised the stars nnd stripes over the school build ing In this city while ho was principal Or , If that event is too Old to count in this cam paign , Principal C It , Atkinson nnd the pupils in Endlcott , In this county , liune out the banner ever tholr building some three months ago , and Sldnoy is only about a month behind some of the little country BChools In Jeftorsou county It mutters little tlo , however , who is first Lot all fall into liuo The idea that a spirit of reverence and love for the flag and the government should bo taught to children is tharight thought , and the school Is the right place to tuacn it . . ' Et > B. Cowles TI1K EMJCHUOAL ENGIMSUIIS Sixth Annual C/ii ' i von tlon or the N.i t ion nil Association Kassas Citt , Mo , Feb 10. | Special Telegram to The Bee " ! The sixth annual convention of tlio National Electrical Engineers gineers' nssociutiopivonvenod in this city at 10 o'clock this moruing In point of youth and strength the Convention is ono of the finest bodies ovot'itawiorod in the country Among the notables present nro Frank Sprague of the Sjwaguo Electrio licht , Charles C Jonnoy ofitho' Jonnoy light , and loon Lynch of Washington The latter is one of tno old men oftho convention , havlag represented ReeiPjlMalno | ? district in con gress from 1807 to11371 Ho is now a mem ber ot Washington Conduit comuany jEdisoa , the wizard , is not hero , but ho has sent an improved phonograph upon which ho talked an address tolh'u conventiou The electrical oxhlbitionis u line one , ' ' Occupying tbo entire Casino Tbo convention Is bolng held in the Coates operai house , and is nt trading immense crowds The question of underground wiriug was preseuted to all of the dclccatcs today , tha majority of the opinions having been for overhead wiring it good construction is secured Eflloiont wiring overhead , iboy say , is vastly bettor than any kind of underground Work The g&sses of the earth will ruin the bent insula tion yet devised , und disaster will follow This convention is by far the most important one yet hold by tbo body , both in interest anu attendance No suggestion for new oulcers or pfaco of tbo next meeting has been made , as the convention will last all week big stuna : in sight Seventj-Fivc Thousnnd Minora Will I'rolinbly.QuU Work PiTTsmmo , Pa , Fob 11. Patrick Mo Bride , ox secretary o 'f'tho Miners National Progressive union and member of the executive ' ' tive board of t u o United miners , wbo Is in the city for the purpose of making arrange mouts for the annual conference with the op erators , says that unless the operators of Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana and Illi nois sign the interstate scale the greatest coal miners strike ever seen in this country will take place Tbis will moke 75,000 miners idle As the operators of Indlsua and Illinois have virtu ally refused to go Into a conference , a strike seems probable Five Hundred Miner * Lociccd Out , ABnLAND , Pa , Feb 1L Tbo Phliadolpliia & Heading company's North Ashland col liery shut down indeilnitelv today , throwing BOO men and boys out of employment Nebraska mm Iowa Pntcnts WA8umaTO > f , Fob , 11. [ Special Telegram to The Bee | Patents were granted today as follows : Hiram Baldwin , Toledo , la , cork holder ; George G. Boyne , Fremont , Neb , lightning arrester ; George E. Fcrron , Piano , la , , holder for stick ooustlo ; Joseph L. Hacker , L. W. Colby and J. W. Hilton , Waterloo , la , water heater ; Oliver S. Hall , ussignoroteuo-half to J. M. Gray , Marion , la , electrio body battery ; Samuel D. Henry , Coon HupidB , Iu , self-ink distributor ; Atroon Hunt , Atlantic , In , draft equalizer ; George J. Keller , Oxceola , Neb , till lock , two patents ; John H. Mitcboll Bloomflold , lu , lock tor hoops , ; Andrew N.vlen , Des Molnos , In , calnmerfl for fitting watch crystal ; Willard Du.Otis , Blue Springs , . Neb , alcalntor ; Tb nojloro Ponsar , Talmnge , Neb , middlings separator ; Christian C. Schwanor , Wlatorsot , ja , bridle attach ment ; Leo C. Sharp and J , A. Gutsoh , Plattsmoutb , Neb , , car truck ; Alonzo T. Sullivan , Malcoml yb , , mouse trap A New C/tftftSiflontlon , " Des Moihes , lei , Bob 11. [ Special Telegram - gram toTiiE liEB.f The railroad commis sioners have changed the classification ot tbo Burlington , Cedur fields & Northern road from class O to class B. The change Is mnae on account of lbo iuaotused earnings of the road , ana will require it to adopt a new scliedulo of rates , -aslpg the ones which the commissioners bavo fixed for class 11 roads Defaulter nnit Aoonuiplloo Arrested Lanoastek , Pa , Kobj 11 Ellis F.Bard , the defaulting casb\er \ of1' the Lincoln National bank , and TV. . Hull , his accomplice , were arrested early this , morning and brought here Executions were issued this mornlnir against Hall , wbo has been a large dealer in coal and lumber , for ( WiUOO His liabilities will nggrogute nearly (100,000. ' Parliament ltrntemnblea Losuox , Feb 11. Parliament reassem bled today The queens speech at the oiieulng of the session was road cy commis sion Many parsons wliphiivo bad the influ enza during the recent opldomio now Ihid thomsolvcs ntllieted with a tumble Cough , Mrs A. fl Allen , wife of the editor of the Scott County Dludo , says that CiuimUeilnln's Coiisrh Homody iu a spcclflo for the uoutfh which often fol lows an uttuclc of lu { rlppc THE VISITORS FROM KANSAS What They Expoot to Accomplish It Tholr RoriuastB nro Grmitod THE RESOURCES OF THEIR STATE Tlir-y nra Fully Prcsontcd In i Mem orial to ttio TrnnR-Mtsnourl Asso ciation Yoitcrd ly's Pro ceedings In Session , With 110 delegates representing the Kan sas Immigration bureau all talking nt once und eovoral railroad men to attend a meeting of the trnns-MUsourl passenger association , a sccno partaking some of thu features ot a political convention was wllnossod in tbo rotunda , olllco nud parlors of the Millard hotel yesterday morning Iho visitors mot nt V:30 o'clock and ar ranged for a couforonco with the passenger people at 2 o'clock in board ot trade hall , The oxecuttvo committee , composed ot A. H. Ford , Kansas City ; C. P. Hufllngton , Clter- ryvalo ; S. A. Martin , Eureka ; Taylor Miller , Snhna ; G. P. Spoticor , Itussell , nnd W. E , Bolton of Grconsbury , was Instructed to present the memorial to the bureau and two or thrco of the best talkers were selected to malto tbo necessary arguments in be half ot the domauds After this the delega tion gave Its attention to the compilation nnd publication of abook lor free distribution Tlio delegates ot the Immigration bureau and the members of the trans-Missouri asso ciation met at the board of trudo rooms at U o'clock in the afternoon Chairman Buck of Winflcld , president of tbo Kansas Immigration buronu , presided , and Halo Cowley outdated as secretary ISecretary I Nupoii of the board ot trndo welcomed tbo visitors on behalf of tbo Omaha board ot trndo He apologized for not giving the visitors n reception , and ten dered the f roedom of the board of trade build ing Ho also congratulated them on their push and energy and predicted success Air Hosowatcr wus introduced and ad dressed the assembly , saying that Kansas had increased more in population than Ne braska had , which was duo perhaps , to tbo fact that Nebraska is a little farther north , but there Is no reason why the two states should not work together hnnd In hnna Ho as sured the moctinc that ho would do all in his power to further the interests of both states . Mr Hosewutcr called the attention of his hearers to the bills which are now pending in both houses ot congress , which if passed , will very materially restrict foreign - oign Immigration If these acts become operative it will result in preventing the immigration of the eastern pcoplo to the west , us there Uflll be no ono to take tholr places Mr Hosowater expressed the idea that the bills referred to are only cxoedicnts to in - crease the fees of American consuls abroad by placing a premium on their approval of an itnni'grant's ' character Ilo announced his intention of going to Washington soon aud said ho Intended doing all bo could be fore the congressional commintees to prevent - vent the passage of these bills He snip ; furlbec that the only way to All up the west is to have foreig uimmigrnnts who will lake the place of the oasturn pcoplo who are wanted in the west Chairman E. M. Buck returned thanks to the citizens for the treatment the visitors had received He said tbey had been treated ns well and as of tea as a Kansas man dared participate He also expressed their de light nnd astonishment at what they hud Been , nnd said that us their time was limllod they Would ut once proceed to business Tbo secretary wus dlicctcd to read u memorial which had been prepared Socretarv Cowley then proceeded to read the memorial , which was addressed to the passenger association The memorial llrst rcvlowed the wealth natural xesourcea , agricultural greatness und religious and commercial supremacy of the Btato , and the things which buvo brought this state of uffalra about , Tno memorial then continued as follows : Gentlemen : The Kansas immigration bu reau is an organization formed by citizens of tbo Btate Already ninety-one counties have formed auxiliary societies und uro working in harmony with und under the direction ot the state board ot directors of Immigration The object of this organization , as its name implies.is to secure an influx of population and capital to the Etato ot Kansas To be able to-accOmpllsh the objects of this move ment , n greater part of the lust half year has been devoted , by leading men in Kansas , to perfecting the organization In onler to accomplish our purpose it will be necessary to thoroughly advurtiso the at tractions of our statu ns to climate , soil and situation , so us to induce homo seekers to come aud buy our farms und cultivate thorn , to ihuuce capitalists to onen our mines , to build factories , to maintain commerce , ana , in goncral , to advance the material und social interests of the state It is also tbo piirnoso of tbis organisation to so unify the efforts put forth by the different forent localities that they sbull not antago nize each otheV , and then soond money with out profit to nny , butruther to stimulate cuch county to do all it is nblo for Itself to promotb lbo influx of capital und population Thus the whole country may bo informed as to thp resources and utlractioas of our great state in all its parts Kansas is todav blessed with a crop , the extent and magmtlcenco of which we our selves contemplate with doubt ufter the most positive proof of its existence , end which , If wo are helped by you to show to the bard worked and poorly paid farmer of the cast , will be an ovldonce so overwhelm ing to them that wo shall more tbun realize our most snnguino hopes Tills dolecatlon which represents tlio whole state of Kansas asks of you aid in the following things : 1. To help thoroughly advertise the state by printed matter , well prepared , and sent broadcast over the whole country and even into foreign lands S. In securing the cooperation of news papers , both insldo nod outside of the state , so that our people may know what we have to offer to home seekers and capitalists a. In sending agents whoso business it shall bo to go every where to personally in duce the influx of population and capital 4 , In securing for this movement an explorers plorer's ticket at one fare for the round trip r > . Wo ask for a half-faro ticket fur the immigrant und his family 0. Wo ask also lor reduced freight rates for the Immigrants ' household and moveable goods The newspapers of the state are earnest in their advocacy of this work , and the faim ers , merchants , bankers and politicians are ail doing wnat they can in tbo same direc tion Philanthropists see in it that which will beef of advantage to thousands of people now continod in too narrow limits in the east , but by the success nf tbis movement will be placed in bettor circumstances Tbis , gentlemen , is the supreme hour nnd happy opportunity for Kansas to forge to the front una place bomolf in the first rank of all the great agricultural commonwealths ; nnd we would urge that this as oclution move la hurniony of notion aud oonoord of purpose This Is the request or every citi zen of Kunsas that tbo fruits of Oils move ment may be a doubling of her population , und the beuoilU as lasting as her name , nod the propigators and cooperators la this measure will receive tbo benefits , blnssings aud protection of every loyal citizen of Kan- ess ess.Mr. . George Smith of Finney county then addressed the meeting , giving an idea of the uhmute and soil of Kansas , and suid that they bad asked the rutlroad cotupaulos to give them a reduced rate on passenger trnflle , which would cuublo people to como there und see the country and select homes for themselves He said thut the delegation was npt composed or real estnto men nud , Kunsas boomers , but was composed ot man who | md boon selected by the vunous county boards to como to this place In a body aad present the matter to thj attention of the tratuc association , The speaker Bald that the granting of the request of the delegation for a special rate would react In the interest of tbo railroad companies , and be asked that excursion rates be granted to all points in the atate Mr Smith was followed by Mr Kos Harris of Sedgwick county , wbo outlined the origin ot this movement , which was be gun because the people ot the stale realized Ibat the state was not re ceiving ; u uropvr share of the Immigration and was gradually becoming stagnuled , und they realized also that some ( xmtlvo action I wns tiocessnry They bad therefore como hero to nslc for concessions from tha railroads , and would mnko Kansas ono great immigration buronu which would result lu tilling up tha state nnd tncrenso ( ho business of the rallroitds Ho snld further that iho pcoplo of Knnsns had como to nppreclato the fact that they must got lo work or they would sulTor when brought Into competition with otbor states ; they therefore nsk the railroads to isstin explorers plorers' tickets , which will nllow pcoplo to go back and forth and see the country , nun nlso to mnko spocinl rates on household goods Colonel Poarsall ot Fort Scott addrcssod the meeting in a quiet , unassuming way , which was doubly luiprcssivo Ho review od the situation in ivnnsos aud asked the mum bora ot lbo ussociatlon If they would provide frco transportation for necnts which iho atato would send out to travel through the oust to advcrtlso tha state of Kansas and In duce pcoplo to locate on their farms aud in their cities Chairman Finloy of tbo trafllo association then made a few remarks iu reply to the gontlcmeii or the association Ho said the association realized the fact Unit lbo devel opment of the status In which the road runs means also thn development of tbo roads , but that tha Jurisdiction of the association only extended to the custom boundary of Kansas Ho assured them , however , that tha ussociatlon would do nil in its power with tbs eastern roads , lu reply to n ques tion ho said that tbo nssoclation would com muulcato with the delegation at the earliest possible moment The mumbors of the trafllo association then withdrew and the Kunsns delegation proceeded to business The sreratnry was Instructed to have 2,000,000 copies ot n book printed as an ad vertising medium , the book to coutnlti twonty-llvo pages ot stuto mutter nud ono pngo devoted to each county , urraneed lu al phabetic order and printed in minion typo , nil cony to bo hnndod in by the 25th inst It was further decided thnt noadvortlsing mut ter bo allowed in the book The sccrotury reported the amounts received - ceivod from tlio various counties for Iho ex penses of conducting the business of the cen tral olllco of tbo bureau Tlio rccoluts were nbout fOlHI and the expenditures about f 100. The report of the secretary showed that uv- oral counties had not paid their quota of tbo llrst assessment , and it was resolved that no county which had not paid the first ns sosRtncnt should bo allowed to appear In the book Mr C A. Drury of Atchison wns added to iho executive committee On motion of Mr , 3. W. Poarman of Obor- tin lbo IcgUluturo will bo momoriullral to appropriate 810,000 for immigrution pur- 1K1S08 , A resolution was passed uskinc the com missioners of each county to pay their quoin of the expenses of the bureau and to pay the county's share ot lbo advertising , After several humorous remarks und speeches which created considerable merri ment the meeting udjournel , nud the major ity of the delegates visited Tin : Bus build ing to sec the operations of thut immense es tablishment They were both surprised and dulltrhtcdnt the Hist sight of the m.igmtl- ceut building , nnd this surprise was still fur ther increased when they were shown the interior in nil its details A lurgo number of the delcgntos were newspaper tuon , nua they were greatly pleased und interested ullb the working ot the presses and thu arrange ments of the now * and storcotypiug rooni3. In the evening the ueleunlcs passed the time by visiting the various places of ninuso- mont and took the evening trams lor homo To Iti-culato Immigration WASiiiscirox , Feb 11. Senitor Chandler has prepared n bill to regulate immigration into the United States , which is a volumi nous and comprehensive measure and in tended to include the best Icatuics of tbo va rious bills now pending . IlEI < U ii ) lO GO TO UORK Colored Miners ilroughl to Wjoiniiiir By Mlsrcprr-Meiitntinu * LutAMis , Wyo , Fob 11. [ Special Telo- graiu to Tub Bee.I Too colored miners who were brought-from the cast to wont in the Union Pacificconl'mliios at Dana have refused to go to Worit Tbiiiy of them wont east this morning and the remainder of tbo 200 will follow them They are union men nnd claim that the mnttei of wnfres was _ mis represented to them by1 ono Clapson , tlio ugent who brought thorn bore , und at onetime time their attltudo toward hi in was quite threatening Tbo miners cluimod that ho promised Bo cents a ton before the coil was screened , but that the coal was screencu be fore being wolidied , und they could uveraga scarcely 51ji day Clauson denies that he promised them SU cents On tho-conditions claimed , it is said tuat the railroad pays more ut Hock Springs und Carbon thau it is willlni ; to u.ty ut Dunn Tbo white miners nearly all left thoio oa account ol dis satisfaction Many of the colored miners uro reported to be in destitute clicumstnnces It is reported hero thut the Hopkins mine nt Hock Springs has been sold to Omaha parties for 515,000. ft Canuck Hint Ottawa , Ont , , Feb II There was a riot tonight in Hull City , Just across tbo river from hero It was nn oiilargomeut of the riot of Inst week Miss Bertha Wright and her evuuiralists announced that they were going over there again tonight Hull was in a state of excitement all afternoon und about 0 o'clock ' six or seven hundred men and boys assembled The chief of police tried to harangue the mob , but could not get n hearing Alderman Wright tried to make n speech , but the crowd at tacked hlra nnd boot him ' severely The crowd soon Increased in numbers until It was over a thousand strong Men marched along snouting und singing Toward BX : ) the crowd surged in the direction of the little tlo mission hall , where they hurlnd stones at the building , smashing the windows und demolishing the wooden structure Many persons were hurt The evangelists nnd their escort left the building in a oody and marched forwaid resolutely , The mob , on pcicolving tbctn , increased their yells Mibs Wright was injured by n stone , but not seri ously Several others were cut and bruised The matter will bo brought up In parliament tomorrow Huaincfti Troubles New Yoiik , Fob 11. Lute this afternoon F. Woodruff Sa Co , oxtonslvo dealers in salt aud fish , announced that they were unable to moot their obligations The storage prop erty a year ngo was valued at $1,000,000. subject to a mortgage of $ | VX)0. ) The llrm claimed a capital ot fGDO.lKH ) . but lately bad dlfllculty in discounting iiupor The liabilities are said to be over f300,000. J'liroivn From tlio Traclc Ashland , Wt * . , Feb 11. The Ashland and Bessemer oxprcBs on the Wisconsin Central wus doruilod tbis morning near Mollcr June , tlon The express and two day coaches were thrown from the track Half a dozen pas songors bad limbs broken nnd were other wise injured , but nono'futally , , ' m Tlio CariiHKle Library Opened AM.BOiiEsr Cur , Pa „ Feb , U. The doors ot the Carnrglo 1300,000 free library were onenod to tbo publlo this afternoon and the magnificent structure inspected by thousands of people The formal dedicatory ceremony will bo hold Thursday , when it is hoped Pres ident ItarrUon ivill bo presem , , Tliey Dlado M > Assignment Hep Oak , la , Feb 1L To the Editor of The Bee Wu see by Tub Bee that A. T. Turney & Son buvo made an assignment and will settle for CO cents on tbo dollar This is a mistakp We bavo made no as signment , and can pay 100 cants on tbo dollar lar , A. T. ' 1 L'llXBV Si Sox Prohibited l > y ilin Govermurut Lisuok , Feb 11. A proclamation has been iBsuod by tbu government forbidding the hotdlng of Iho patriotic meeting which waste to huvo taken place at the oalisoum The proclamation also prohibits the contemplated patriotic procession through tbo streets of Lisbon Killed > > y a Pallluir Wall ItlCHMOND , Mo , Feb 11. Tbu morning wbjlo a number of citizens were collected In a building discussing the tire which occurod a short time before the west wall tell in , in • luully killing McDonald nnd William lc Jackson and seriously injuring Mrs Jack sou , Maoy people wurvelously escaped SCROFULA Is that Impurity of the blood which produces * > * - v unsightly lumps or spellings lu the neck ; < B whlrh causes running fiores on the arms , > H legs , or feet ; which develops ulcers in the ,4P eyes , cars , or nose , cillcn causing blindness or r h iloaf iicss ; which Is the origin ot plmptes , can / ccrousgrowthsor humors ; " mblebfastenJ lug upon the lungsrauscs consumption and ' death It Is the most otirlcnt ut all diseases , nntUcry few persons nto entirely frco from IU Ho , rBr cured lly taking Hoods Sarsaparllla , which , by the rcnmtkablo cures It has accomplished , has proven Itself lo bo ft potent and peculiar iiicdtclno for this disease It you sutler flout scrofula , try Hoods Sarsnparllla Every spring my wife nnd children hnro been troubled villi scrotal ! , my lltllo boy , thrco years old , being n , Irrilblo sultcrcr Last spring bo was ono mass of sores from bead to f ecu WcnlltookUooiVsSars.iparllla , - . nud all h.iio boon cured ot the scrotila My * > little boy Is entirely fico from bores , and all * four ot my chlhlicti look bright and h6althy. " W. H , Atukkton , l' .iKsalo City , N. J. Hoods Sarsaparilla RoldliyilldruKirlsti , tliforfS . rrcrwdonty by C. I. HOOD A CO , Apothecaries , Ixmcll , M i. ( 100 Doses Ono Dollar i ' HPOIlTiMJ The Standing ol' tlio Itrkors There was another flno crowd present at at the Coliseum Inst night and the bvkors rcsumod tholr chase ninlilst much ontlitis- lasm Bonding , Dnigley nnd Ourwlng still .Jfll hung on to each ethers wheels like grim " * ? V death nud neither can train thu slightest vantage The iluul spurt was again very ox- cltlug , Heading und deriving crossing tbo chalk line abreast , with the Minneapolis man n length or two behind Following it the standing ; Miles Laps Heading mi 5 Dlugley , nil r. deriving 131 6 Kennedy KM O „ -r Ashluger 131 0 > \ Hubbard 131 7 ShlU 127 3 Wuldron , 123 7 Eclc 113 a • J he Wheel CHib'rt Mfntlnir , The regular monthly meeting of tin Omaha Wheel club wns hold nt the club rooms last nlghU the president nnd thirty six members being present The mum busi ness of the evening was the renting of the uow club bouso corner of Cliicngo nnd Seventeenth streets , formerly occuplod by General Cliok The report of the coin mitteo was nccepted and the elegant and spacious rooms , commencing March 1 , will bo the home of the Omiiha Whocl club , it will bo ono of the most comfortable club houses in thu country , and can show up alongside ot un.v of tlio enstern club rooms ' 1 lie club will shortly give a rnco and entertainment ut the Coliseum , und Messrs Miltaurr , 'J'ownseud und Poriigo were np- poinled a committee on nrruimeinenUs Messrs GF and , Oscar Epencter and E. P. Day were elected aotivo moinbars Tlmroii-ilmieilN | , 'or Omulin i Lfmxotov Ky . Fob 11. At the boreo \ sain todnv A. N. Moore of Philudolphiu > w ' bnuirht Commoner , by Electioneer , dam Ni ss * Molly Cobb , for jotiOil Hiuhflcld & Leathers * H | of Lexington paid $5,000 for Elected 'Mc- B Henry & Williams of Independence , Ia „ pmd | Sl,77. > for the buy filly Diioclor- V iue The bay horse Black Wilkes wont SB to Adams & Vaughn , Lexlnuton , for fl.bOU , Wfudslow Wilkes , brown colt , to O. W. Piclictt , Omaha , S1 , J ,0 ; Bclinnour , hay cell , fl to B. Green , lmliohi , III , $1,3 10 ; Birrytnoru bay colt , to T. C. Cunningham , Smourncy , H la , ? 1H)3 ) ; Hinder Wilkes , Chestnut horse , j.owis Brothers , Wood Lake , KV , { yt.riJ ( ) ; IXirunoss hay mare , to Chariot * OITutt , B Oniuiiu , $ (100. ( A Trottint ; Ansuuiuuoii Enjoined j | Bitkalo , Feb 11. At n meeting of ths H bourd nf loview ut thu National Trotting as- H Bocialion the Nelson-Alcryou rase nf alleged H fraud was brought up , and nftcr arguing the V t case some time it was decided against Nol H sou , who nsiced for postnonumont Attorney M Smiley , who hnd usked that tlio charges bu U dismissed , served an Injunction on the board grunted todav by Justice Corbctt of tlio sti M preuie court 'I ho injunction will remain fl until the board can argue for its dissolution Close of ( lie CIichr lourniv .Jt L St Lofis , Mo , , Teb 11. The champion B ship tourney of the United States Chess us- " sociation dosed this afternoon Sbowalter takes lirst money , MM ) ; Pollock second , $150 ; Lipschulr third $ • . " > : Holler Inurtli , $50 , mid Bobbins fifth , iT , ' 1I1R KAIii.N , ) . . . KAItMVAU homo Bi-lliiunt SlgliiH to Ho Found nt tlio Armory The Knlendcr luiruival , under the nusmoos of Iho Young Men's Guild oi Trinity cathe dral , opened at the armory on Caoltol avc- nuo last evening in a manner which certain ly bespouks for nit unbounded buccoss Booths representing every month lo the year uro arranged in a scml-circlo nbout ' thu enclosure and both In design nnd up- pointmout have seldom boon excelled iu point of elovomc .s and artistic beauty Presiding - siding ever tbom n'lil attired In Btrikingly novel and beautiful costumes are hoiiki nf the poerlcAH bouutics of Omahu'H most bril liant Bociotv Incotiipnr.iulo musiu is fur nished by the band from thn fort , adding a hich degrooof suirit to the iiffulr , / " " ' • • No ono should miss paying a visit tothe ) Kulendar Karnival this evening A motet extended notlcoof this very decided hit will appear lu The Sunday Bun ( Tun Omenta AtipnliitiumtH Wahiiikotox , Fob 11. The president to day sent to tha sennte the following nomina tions : Herman II Natwlck , rogwtor of the land ofllcn nt Chumberluin , S. 1) , ; tVilliatn T. Lufoltotte , receiver of publlo moneys ut the same place AtklnNou lo UiiHimt Pendleton ' ' Wasiiixgtojj , Fob II Tbo house commit ten un olectloiis by a strict partj vote , dcoiilsx ) to recommend that thu house unseat'Pendle ton and seat Atkinson as representative from ' the First West Virginia district , j * , , , llie Port ColliiiH Fire Denveiu Col , Fob H. The loss by tha fire at Fort Collins yesterday is about $15,000 , Tbo heaviest loss falls on the ex tensive farming finplomont warehouse of A. H. Puttorson , which wns completely burned , ns were several adjoining buildings POWDER Absolutely Pure V Tills powdiTUim-rvArlei. \ marvel of purlt , ' * J Mremvwi and \rliol snm uos . More economical l than ; ho ordinary kinds , und cannot be sold br 3 tompuituon with the multitude of low t snort weight nlutn or nhosphats iiowdors Bull " 0" ' ' " I'Owufcii Co NlV , IW VaUSt .