Nebraska Newspapers

    HE OMAHA. DAILY PEE : SUNDAY. JANUAHY 21 , 1802-S1XTKKN
ifi iiivi IMP inn //ITTAXT AH ? T
KhARMiVS BIG IOT10N MILL
Coming of t r ; ; It5 Wheels Will
Move Joyously Anticipated.
GREATNESS OF THE MIDWAY CITY CLEAR
Krpiexentiilhn nnd Comrrvnthc Mm Tnllt
ol the I'n t , I'renent and I'ill lire of thn
\Voinlrrlnlly KnerKetle Plnco
About the Ciition .Mill.
KrAiivnr , Neb. , Jon. 2.'J. | Spcclol Tele-
Kram to Tun UKK. J About lot ) business men
banqueted this evening at the Midway. The
object of the gathering was lo celebrate the
beginning of a manufacturing era In r-entral
Nebraska , the cotton mill which will soon bo
placed In operation bclne the main tonic for
conMik'ratlon. It Is Intended by tbo citizens
of Kearney to celebrate the starling of the
null on the grandest scale of anything In the
history of central Nebraska.
The representative men of this city are
allvo to the Interests of every now enterprise
that may looito hero r.tul the royal welcome
accorded the cotton Industry this ovoulng
will linger long In happy memory of the par
ticipants of the banquet.
At ! ) o'clock tbo Invited pucsts were seated
about the banquet table and cx-Maror C. II.
Finch , lOJStmaslur , took the company In
chargo. The tables were arranged diagon
ally throughout Iho dining rooms , nnd a
small army of waiters attended tbo wants of
the banqueters. Six delicious courses
were served nnd social chat chnici ) awny dull
care until 11 o'cloclc , when the toasts wcro
proposed and responded to.
Trent Them Deeently.
' Kallrbndi" was responded to by Mr. J.
L , Keck , who cnllod attention to Iho general
demand for more lailroads In Nebraska.
These cannot bo gotten by bonuses alone ;
business Is what gels them. Whim the busi
ness of a community requires greater
facilities the railroad companies will furnish
them. Kind words go n long way with rail
road men. Potty opposition may nnnoy and
inooiu'cnlcnco railroads , but. it never induces
them to grant favors nor to glvo accommoda
tions beyond what nro absolutely called for.
The people should not hcsltato to demand their
rlghls , but they should never forgot the rail
roads' rights. Ho thought Iho sentiment
so ndvcrso to railroads in Nebraska at
tirciont that no extension of existing lines
would bo m ado nor construction of
now ones until such time as there
was a change in popular sentiment. The
railroads have the bust of the situation. If
Kcnrnuy'.i business warrants it , there will
bo nn Increase In the local facilities for trans
portation. Ho thlnlcs thuB. it M. may be
extended to a junction with the Black Hills
line at or near Kavcnna , and that the Kear
ney & Black Hills road may bo continued to
Mlndcn. Ho clo.tcd by denouncing Iho rep
resentations of the demagogues wbo assume
to speak for the farmers and have created
strong suspicions in the minds ot eastern
people , rcllcctlngon the probity of Nebraska.
"We are loyal to the principles of our coun
try , " ho said. "Tho majority rules ; honest ,
good faith ami Integrity are cardinal prin
ciples , and wo grant to all the rights wo de
mand ourselves. "
Her Future Growth.
. "Kearney in 1000" fell to the lot of M. A.
Brown , who In strong colors painted tbo
V. . . glory of the city that Is to bo.
"Hero is or was , " ho said , "tbq great
American desert. Hero is Kearney. Hero
will bo the city , strong In the individuality
of Its people , rich In the diversity el Us in
dustries nnd powerful because animated by
an undaunted spirit of progress that will
enter upon the coming century with five
times her present population of 10.000 neople.
"In a few WCOKS the 15.000 spindles of the
Kearney cotton mill will bo In motion In
11)00 ) Kearney looms will bo fed by 50,000
spindles.
"Now establishments
our young manufacturing
ments are but dots upon the map of the city
in 1000 they will form nn unbroken chain
from our eastern to ou'r western limits. The
water power of today , daring In its inception
nnd remarkable In Its development , will have
been so multiplied in 1000 that it will bo the
wonder of a continent.
"In tbo old days all roads led to Rome. In
1000 all Nebraska roads will lead to Kearney
and our railroad system will symbolize a
myriad of spokes in a gigantic wheel of com
merce of which Koarncy shall bo the buo. "
TholrXohlo Struggle1 * .
Hon. R. C. Moore handled "Tho Cotton
Mill and the State. " Some reminiscent re
marks on the early sirucglos and abldlm ;
faith of Iho founders of Kearney's greatness
the projectors of tbo canal were indulged
nnd ihon ho snowed how tbo realization of
that dream had solved the problem of fuel.
The establishment of manufactories at Kear
ney is now possible , for now the "no fuel"
bugaboo no longer exists. Water power Is
the mnglo which has dispelled this. Kearney
has the water power sufficient to drive the
wheels of any manufacturing institution that
may bo located thoro.
Some say the building of a cotton mill at
Kearney is only In furtherance of a real es
tate boom. Such should como and gaze upon
the walls of thu building , a mighty pile of
masonry 110x400 feet ou the ground , with
basement walls seven feet thick , Its
great wheel house and bulkheads costing
thousands on thousands of dollars , the hun
dred and more car loads of machinery now In
place , the f > 00 men who will bo there when
Iho water Is turned on and the thousands of
bplndlcs go whirring around , and say that It
is only nn adjunct of a boom. The raw mater
ial can bo Ehtnped to Kearney lor loss than
It costs to Fall Hlvor , Mass. Tbo demand
for cotton goods in tbo west Is far greater
than a do/en mills tbo HI/O of Kearney's can
supply. Wo nro among the consumers.
Kearney can employ labor nearly as cheap ,
and with her other superior facilities can
cotnpoto with all other mills. Tno entire
stnto of Nebraska Is Interested In seeing
tnls enterprise carried on successfully.
Wo expect to send a largo sbaro of our man
ufactured goods to Omaha. Wo expect to
tay to the citizens of Omaha : " \Vouru with
you In your plan for patronizing homo manu
facturing Industries , " and In tlio plan of
reciprocity for homo products. Wo say to
Grand Island and Norfolk : "You help soil
our cotton goods , wo will help sell your
xiigar , " and to Omaha : "Patronize our
cotton mill , wo will patronize your Jobbers , "
and the entire state of Nebraska will bo
greatly benefited by tbo cotton mill within
Its borders.
A tribute to the tireless energy of the men
who have pushed this enterprise to success
closed Mr , Moore's address.
Then mid Xotr.
K C. Calkins , in response to the toast ,
"Kearney from Us Infancy , " said thora Is
little resemblance between thu city which
wo are now proud to call our homo and Iho
Insignificant village which occupied this Mto
in 1ST' . ' ill. As tbo babe In its mother's arms
gives little tncnsuro of genius of Its man
hood , so the primitive hamlet which strag
gled over tno raw and wind-swript prnlrlo
nineteen years ago gave little promise of Its
future growth and prosperity. But there is
' in the Infant the soul which determines
whether Ins achievements In manhood shall
bo ( front or tmull. So In cltlos there Is the
rbaraotor of the men who build them , the
yenms that marks for proprois or decay.
The hearts of men who lived in those ono
nnd two-roumod cottages were bravo and en.
terprUIng , and they tooK generous measures
for the fiuuro of their adopted homo. For
tune turned her face away at tbo outset , and
from the start tboy learned the lesson that
they could and must make thu conditions
which brought prosperity. Sometimes vic
torious and oftou ulsastrous , but always
bravo and hopeful they commenced tha work
thbt has made us what wo aro. And so that
spirit shall survive. Wo shall pass from
achievements great to tluiso greater , aud Iho
Kearney of nineteen years bunco will bo as
fur from us In material achievements as wo
lira from Kearney in its Infancy.
Sill.M ! Till Midnight.
The banqueters deserted the hall at mid-
nlirutr enthused with good cheer lor the bus.
inuss protpccts of tbo city the coming season ,
The Midway hotel and its forces are up to
Ibo standard of the best in the country. Bo-
l\\ficu eact toast popular choruses were
ivuv , wm.s : AND now.
( ienetU of ( hi ) KiiterniUit and IU
ineiit to Dule.
The Idea of butldluu- cotton mill In Ne
braska wai couvulvud Deut two yean ego
by Mr. H. U. Watson , nn enterprising and
influential citizen , formerly of Greenfield.
Mas * . Ho divulged his observations to it
number of cotton manufacturers ot New
Hupland , among whom were the Cumnock
brothers , operating mills nt Lowell , South ,
Hftdloy , Chlcopce and Holyoko. Mass. ;
' " " ' H. I. , and Henderson ,
'
Ky'avatiaeM , nu .
tht * location wcro carefully considered and.
resulted In favor Qf Kc-ArAuy , pioviucd her
citizens would do their share toward estab
lishing tbo big undertaking. With n spirit
of pluck nnd procro ? ? which has nt nil times
cbnraclomod U-oclly , t.ho magnificent bonus
of fci" > 0,000 In lands and cash was raised
within twenty-five days.
Tbca began the work of organizing n
strong company of men experienced In the
manufacture of cotton. The result wa * that
n company with "A OOO paid-up capital was
organized. For a long time tbero ? ccmcd to
bo a lull In the enterprise , but this delay was
not felt among the projectors In Now F.ng-
land , The details were being cured for as
rapidly as was consistent with good busl-
110JS.
110JS.Tho cotton mill Is now erected nnd Kear
ney congratulates herself and the state on
having the crcatcst manufacturing Industry
In Nebraska.
DotullsoftliK ItnlldlllKH.
The buildings are located In tbo northwest
pnrt of West Kearney , near Kcho lake , nnd
about eno mile west of the central part of the
city. All tbi ) buildings nro of brick , nnd
massive In all details. The main building Is
lOSxlOJ feet ; two stories high , built suffi
ciently strong to carry another story whenever -
over tlio enterprise demands increased facili
ties. The buildings In connection are : A
boiler room , fiOx4 ( ? feet ; an engine room flOx
70 feet ; a fan room'JTxlU feet , nnd n three-
storv lower ICU''T feet nt the top of which is
n tank connected wltg n system of automatic
sprinklers extending to all parts of the
building. Three rows of strong pillars nro
ranged the entire length ot both stories of
tbo main building , which makes It strong
enough to support the Immense amount of
machinery necessary to equip the mill.
Motive power Is furnished by an SUO-horso
power turbine water wheel connected with
the bulkhead nbout r > 00 fuel distant , clvlng a
fall of forty feet. The penstock forming the
connection is an immense steel tube nine feet
in diameter. A natural waste way or tall
race U found In a deep ravine leading to the
Platte river. In the same room with the
wheel Is nu engine of the latest improved
pattern of equal power , to bo used In case of
accident to the water wheel.
Already there are seventy car loads of ma
chinery In the mill and eighty more are
enroutooriii the shops undergoing. comple
tion * The equipment of tlio mill throughout
Is equal to thu best hi the country , for It was
designed by cotton mill onsrators who have
had years of successful experience in Now
England antttho south.
Tlio class of goods to be manufactured Is n
superior quality of unbleached muslins from
II1 to 10-1 of a yard m width , and the
capacity will nvcraeo'JO.OOO yards dally. It
is estimated that ) , " ) ! ) persons will bo om-
nloyod from the start , and already enough
applications from skilled laborers in the east
nro in Iho hands of the manager to fill the
quota of help needed. The Cotlon Mill com
pany has built Hftv snug coltaees near uy ,
for the accommodation of employes , which
gives the surroundings the appearance of a
manufacturing suburb.
I Hirst Ion of freight ItnloH ,
It has been said that ono of the principal
hindrances to the success of the mill would
bo the matter ot laying down the riw
material , on the basis of rates furnished New
England manufacturers. TbU has been fully
investigated , and it is an assured fact that
cotton bales can bo laid down at the mill
much cheaper than at nny other northern
factory. Then again , Kearney is in the cen
tral portion of the country , and the matter
01 freight from the east will be saved , mak
ing a great saving.
The gentlemen Interested In the enterprise
are well known in the business world i.s suc
cessful men of affairs. They have counted
the cost and figured their profit direct from
the business In which they have grown
wealthy.
Mr. Wnltor Cumnock , the manager of the
mill , has carefully studied tbo outlook for the'
profitable disposal of the output of the mill.
Ho asserts that three-eighths of the product
will find sale in the local markets , that is ,
wllhln acompavalively small radius. And
that as Iho mill will make a class of goods
which will find a ready market ho anticipates
oven better results from the Kearney mill
than from tbo successful mill at Henderson ,
K.V. , which ho has Just left.
What the industry means today is that
conservative manufacturers have ventured
on a project which will mark a now era in
manufacturing in tbo west , nnd especially at
Kearney , where a magnificent water oower
places the cost of manufacturing ou a basis
with the east.
It Is expected that tha spindles will begin
to whirr early In March as tno Intervening
time will bo taken up in setting ttio machin
ery.
ery.Tho second annual meeting of the stock
holders was hold December no at Young's
hotel in Boston , and the following board of
directors wore elected : Stophnn Janks , Pawtucket -
tucket , H. I. ; James McMulIen , Blddoford ,
Mo. ; Jaromn Marble. Worcester , Mass. ; G.
W. Cumuock. Woonsockot , H. I. ; Walter
Cumnock , Kearney , Nob. ; Everett White
and J. J. Murdock of Leiccslcr. .Mass. The
officers of the company nro : Stephen .Ionics ,
Pawtucket , K. I. , president ; Everett White ,
Loicestpr , Mas ? . , secretary and treasurer ,
aud Walter Cumnock ol Kearney agent r.nd
resident manager.
Mr. M , Cummings of Holyoke , Mass. , is
the contractor on the buildings , and the sub
contractors are K. Hlbbard nnd W. T. Scott
of Kearney. Workmen from Kearney have
been employed the past year on tbo build
ings , and tbo benefit lo the citybas , been felt
bv all classes of trade. As an illustration ,
7,000,000 of Kearney bricks were used in tbo
structures.
' When the mill is put In operation a gen
eral Invitation will bo sent to tlio business
men of Nebraska to bo present and help ccls-
brato the occasion ,
How Wiiiiiiiniilier Worhx ,
Julia Iliuvtliorn in Now York World :
To ( , 'ivo nu idea of what the postollieo
growth luiH boon sinuo it was sturtcil
under old Samuel Os rood n. hundred
nnd odd years ego , it is enouph to say
tlmt in 1789 2 000 letters were nested in
a day , Avhorcas now 8,000 letters nro
posted every minute of the twenty-four
hours.
Mr. Wtinnmnkcr's olllco is u large ,
light , pleasant room , which nny ono ap
parently may enter nnd loll his business
to the postmaster Konoral , who hears it
ixll , gives Ills niiawor briclly and frankly ,
though courteously. "Kvorybody thinks
lie Dun run the posloHleo , " Buys Mr ,
WnnniimUor.
"I have plenty of suggestions ; nmny
of them are unavailable , but now and
then J got u good one , and Htmh nro
worth waiting for. " Ho is in his olllco
by 8 o'clock , an hour before the clerks
appear. That hour hn is nt liberty to
Bpund ever his private correspondence.
Thou como the .subordinate ollicors to
COIlRlllt Witll llillli
"Ho gives to every one tlio responsi
bility of liiH position , his theory being
tlmt the more you trust a man the more
trustworthy ho becomes. Hut ho llrot
selects the man in question with giont
euro , nnd his instinct in this important
matter IH very seldom nt fault.
At 10 o'clock the procession ot con-
irrossmon and people in general bugins to
stream in mid lasts until lunch timeat
I. Only on Tuesdays and ThurHtlavs nt
11:30 : the postmaster general gottfinto
the department hack and is driven to
cabinet meeting ,
Hy ; i , in any case , ho is haul ; In hia
olllco and stays tlioro until past 7.
Sometimes lie u rives out with the presi
dent or some other lending man and
they enjoy thu air in the environs , nnd
1 suppose discuss the situation quietly.
The lust two hours of his olllco dnv
nro spent In considering projects nnd
improvements , nnd nro often the most
prolific of the whole nine.
A Ilangor ( Me , ) , man mid there was no
soprano at his church oa a recent Sunday
When an explanation was asked ho says
that "Saturday night the toprano had a
dream In which an an gel appeared and told
ber that the lord wanted her to sin ? antbaia
No. & 0 on Sunday.
"ribD cot mad , and said the wouldn't bo
bostcd by anybody , aud to she stayed away
from church. "
HIS WAR RECORD WAS SOUND
Why John Shnifojr Did Not Servo His Full
Term.
%
SENTENCE WAS REDUCED BY HALF
Numerously Signed IVtltlntu Were I'rc-
xeiiteil In the rrlMiner'A Itcluilf lly Some
of Nebraska's Kent Cltlrom Lin
coln Nru t nf Interest.
Ltxroi.v , Nob. , Jan. 23. fSpeclal to Tuc
HEI : . ] John Shaffer , the man who was re
leased from the State penitentiary Thursday ,
and whose arrival nt his former homo at
Mlndcn created so much surprise anil Indig
nation , was not pardoned by Governor
Thayer , as hai boon alleged. Shaffer was
originally sentenced for ton years for the
crime of murder. Two yean no Governor
Thayer received a numerously signed petition
from the members of Shaffer's old war regi
ment , the Fifth Wisconsin artillery. No
attention was paid to the matter at the time.
A year later , on December IM , ISO. ) , the gov
ernor received a second petition , backed by
a number of IcttoH , one from Chief Justice
Cobb , In which the Judcoasliod that the case
bo given the most thorough consideration.
After duo rollectlon Governor Thayer com
muted Shrtder's sentence to live years' Im
prisonment.
Shaffer Is (10 ( years old and has a largo
family dependent upon him for support.
Slnco his incarceration his wife has become
hopelessly insane , leaving a family of chil
dren uncarod for. SnafTor's ' war record , too ,
was a good one. lie enlisted at the begin
ning of tlio war and served with honor to
himself and his regiment until peace was
declared. Ills conduct ut the battle of Stone
Hiver was especially heroic , ns in that action
he deloudod his gun sh lohanded and
alone after his comrades had fled In n panic ,
and navel it from being spiked by the enemy.
Ills term of imprisonment ended Thursday
and ho returned at once to bis family richer
than ho was when ho entered the peniten
tiary. After his sentence had boon com-
mutcd ho was nxamiucd by the pension
board and when his case was finally passed
upon ho received $1'JOJ back pension and an
award of $ . ' 0 per mouth. At his rcquo.it
Warden Hopkins deposited $1,000 in the Cap
ital National bank of thU city. The balance
of the money , together with his monthly pen
sion.has been sent , to his family. When ho
loft the penitentiary ho received from the
warncn $ lt"i : | , that being the amount stand
ing to his credit nt the bank.
Superintendent ( ouclyN Condition.
A. 1C. Gotidy , state superintendent of public
instruction , has been lying dangerously ill at
the residence of his father-in-law , three miles
from 1'cru. In this stale. Two weeks ago
Mr. Goudy lost his little daughter by dlpth-
thoria. The death of the child fell upon him
with crushing force and ho was taken 111 u
few days after the funeral with nervous
prostration complicated with a chronic throat
and lung trouble. Ills condition was consid
ered quite serious a day or two ago , but today
bo is reported to be much better and his
friends hope to have him removed to this city
next week.
State Treasurer Hill has been cpnflnod to
bis residence on L street for nearly a week
past with n severe attack of grip. Ho hopes
to bo able to bo at nis ilesic next week.
Adjutant General Cole was in his oflico
yesterday ana today for the llrst time for
several weeks. Ho has boon quite sick at his
home at Junlata.
.More I'uetH from the Keeordx.
County Clerk MeCullom of Snward county
today forwarded to the bureau of industrial
statistics the mortgage indebtedness record
of that county. The figures for the past
seven mouths are interesting , oven though
the record is not as favorable us those from
other counties. Farm mortgages filed , 'J1S ,
amounting to24r > , .VJ4.'J ! < ; released , 2S4 ,
amounting to &HS,410.ir3 ; chattel mortgages
filed , 7i : , amounting to fJS'.uSli.OT ; released ,
US5 , amounting to J 105,1 TO.I1. ) . Mr. MeCullom
says that during the past year not ever GO
per cent of the chattel mortgages have boon
released when paid.
After speaking of sheriffs' deeds , of which
there wcro only four entered for foreclosure
upon farm property and two upon chattels
for the entire seven months , Mr. MeCullom
says : "Unfortunately the record of ipdobtea-
ness stands against' , but the farmers are
none the poorer. Farmers in this locality
are holding their grains and were they called
upon today they could haul In enough live
stock and cereals to wipe out every dollar of
indebtedness in the county. "
Complaint . \Kraliit the lEork iHhiiul.
Henry J" . Gartner of May berry , 1'awnoo
county , Neb. , called at the state house today
and renewed a complaint against the Chicago
cage , Kansas & Nebraska railroad , a branch
of the Uuok Island system. His original case
was made August 18 , ISOO. at which time ho
complained that the railroad referred to bad
failed to provide adequate facilities
for passenger traffic at n certain point on
the road in which a largo number
of residents of Pawnee county were directly
interested. The Hoard of transportation in
vestigated the matter nnd discovered that nt
the point referred to in the complaint there
was a spur or siding. On January 14. 1891 ,
the board made a decision to the effect that
the railroad company should stop nit of its
trains at the spur when they wore llacrgcd ,
with the exception of the cannon ball or
llyer. . Mr. Gartner now alleges that the
railroad has ceased to comply with the order
and asks that ttio railroad company bo com
pelled to do so. .
< ios li > at the State House.
Attorney General Hastings wont to Crete
today to spend Sunday.
ICdltor K Ci. Simmons of the Howard Ko-
porter was a state house visitor.
Two cases were filed with the clerk of the
supreme court this afternoon. Union vs.
I-ovy comes up from Douglas county on a
writ of error. The case of the Hannibal
Fire Insurance company vs. A. J. Gustlu was
filed from Buffalo county.
Ur. William Wells of York called ou bis
friend , Captain lieardsoly , the official
stenographer of the Hoard of Transnortation.
Will iJdlworth , secretary of tlio State
Board of Transportation , wont tol'eoria , III. ,
on business toduy.
Kx-Lloutcnant GovernorSbodd of Ashland
was a caller at tbo state house today.
Owing to Iho presence of several cases of
diphtheria at the state penitentiary that in
stitution was quarantined today.
.Milling la Transit lluxluesh.
Secretary Nuson of the Omaha Board of
Trade was at the state house today consult
ing with members of thoStato Board of
Transportation with reference to pushing the
fight for the concessions asked by the grain
men of Omaha. Mr. Nason reports that no
stone will bo left unturned to accomplish
this purpose. To soctim those concessions
means the Ufa of the gram inspection busi
ness in this state. Letters have baen re
ceived from prominent officials of the North
western and Burlington .systems at Chicago
stating that the matter is under considera
tion and a decision In some shape will be ar
rived at In a very short time.
Aunt her Ttilnu I'aetory.
A company has been organUod with head
quarters at Bancroft , Neb. , fur the purpose
of engaging in the manufacture of binder
twine , J , U Kcil Is secretary of the com
pany , which has a canltul stock of $10,000.
The now company Is a Nobraslca enterprise ,
tbo stockholders all being members of the
farmers alliance In Hurt. Washington and
Dodge counties. They claim that by rais
ing th"raw material and then turning it Into
the manufactured article themselves they
will secure all thu benefits.
ItiiUIng I'miiU hy tin ; Aere.
The executive committee of thastato alli
ance held a business session In this city last
evening at which it was decided to cdopt the
"aero plan" In raising funds for the coming
campaign , The nlan Is simply this : The
members of the alliance In ovtry county are
avVcd to pledge themselves to give tbo pro
ducts of ono aero of land to tbo alilanco
cause. The money talsud by this scheme , It
Is asserted , will bo used for "educational
work" or put * into tbo "campaign fund" as
tbo donor may choose ,
HIIKHI- Heel * In Hot Untie.
The Box Butte County Best Sugar assocl
ation U the llrst to bo organized under the
plan adopted ut the recent best sugar con
vention held in this city. 1U officers are ;
President , ( J , W , Clark ; vlco president , A.
Sherwood ; vccretury , II. W. Axtoll ; treas
urer. J. T , I'lnlcerton. Mr. N'asou of tbo ex
ecutive committee of the bt&.o Rktoclutlon ro-
colvedtho official notification of the Box
Uutto oreanlzatlon.today. Ho savs the work
of organizing thoio , ctutity associations will
bo pushed vigorously iMs sprlnr and ho ox-
pCcMaa thQ rcsuj ) j ; < ll begin to show tno
: omlng fail , , , ,
SUM Mf Her Howty.
A case somuwhaUoui pf the usunl run was
lied in the district 'court this afternoon.
The petitioner Is n "yoithg Bohemian woman
latncd Frcdlo Clonslty who has been a bride
but two months apd the defendants are her
parents , Simon and , Rachel Madowrlck.
Last November Fre'dlq marrlod her present
husband , much nifalh/t her will , and she
only consented , slip says , upon her parents
signing n written ftjueeaient to pay her a
dowry of * < MO in cash. , The only condition
to the agreement jvas that the payment of
the $000 was to bo dofarrcd until a certain
piece of prouorty pn 1 street could bo dis
posed of , Frodlo has compiled with hoi-
part of the agreement and having found a
cash purchaser for the property 111 question ,
seeks to compel her parents to pay her the
amount agreed upon ,
Appointed ,
At the request of the projdont of the asso
ciation , Mr. A. J. Sawyer of Lincoln , Gov
ernor Thayer today appointed the following
delegates to the convention of the stnlo di
vision of the Boys nnd Girls National Homo
and Kmploymont association , to bo held In
Lincoln January 2-1 nndit \ : Chancellor
James II. Canilcld. Chancellor C. F. Creiph-
ton , Chancellor D. 1 { . Oungan , Hov. Mr.
Clark , city mission , Omaha ; Mrs. CtarK , su
perintendent of the Open Door. Omaha ; llev.
C.V. . Savacc , Omaha ; Uov. W. 1C. Beans ,
Omaha ; II. T. Clarke , Omaha ; Hov. C. W.
McConncll , Ashland ; 1C. M. Hill , Beatrice :
lotiu T. Mntlalieu. ICearnov ; Hov. W. F.
Klnglund , Hastings ; Hon. A. II. Weir , Liu-
coin ; Hev. P. W. Howe , Lincoln ,
City Teueher. * ' Institute ,
The city teachers' institute was held In the
High school building today and n most Inter
est Inc session was enjoyed by those present.
The main topic under discussion was "Frco
Coinage , " and the subjact was divided Into
different branches as follows : "Bullion , "
"Tho Buzzard Dollar,1' "Origin of the Silver
Question , " nnd Biir.ctnlism is Mouometal-
ism. " ISach branch of the subject was
handled Intelligently. Miss Unhum told of n
visit to the Omaha public schools , confining
herself principally to tbo primary depart
ment. Mrs. King gave a brief account of a
recent visit to the Omaha high school. The
institute closed with a pcncrnl discussion on
"Educational Work1 In which nearly all of
the teachers participated.
NehrimUu On.irleiI'entpiiliiry. .
The comtniUccp having In charge the de
tails of the program for the celebration of
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the admis
sion of Nebraska into the union has selected
Wednesday and Thursdav , May ' . ' . " > and id ! as
the dates for the celebration. Wednesday
will bo devoted to the presentation of a lit
erary program while Thursday wltl'bo given
up To n general demonstration In which an
elaborate parade will form the principal fea
ture.
I'rum the Tollee loel < et >
Mrs Mahow , a domestic employed at
Paine's ' , boarding house was bound over to
the district court in the sum of $100. She is
accused of stealing a gold ivatch. Inasmuch
ns the watch was found sewed In the lining
of her hat she will undoubtedly bo convicted.
Ed Cassldy was fined $1 and costs for his
assault ou Evcrton Schlegel. The young
lany referred to in this case was Miss Nellie
Cassldy , a sister of the defendant , and the
action ot young Schlegel in persisting in his
attentions to her aualnst the wishes of her
family led to thu assault.
Ilcnrv Heggalia was committed to tbo re
form school ror the theft of a pair of over
shoes and other misdemeanor.
Dennis Hammqnd , the gambler under
arrest for vagrancy , was taken before Justice
Borgclt this afternoon. Ho secured n change
of venue to Justice Foxwortby's court nnd
the case was continued until next Thursday.
Odd * : iud ICiuN.
A slight bla/.o was started in a clothing
store at 1010 O stroef , by a quantity of cot
ton goods coming in contact with n gas jet.
Damage only nominal.
The Heck Island surveyors have completed
their wont In AntelQpo valley and will next
Monday commence work in the west part of
the city.
The Garten institute for the treatment of
dipsomania by the plM-hlorldo of gold pro
cess opened toduyvith several patients al
ready in hand. '
Kcv. William Kirkus of Baltimore has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver the bac-
calaureat address at the university com
mencement next Juno. Washington Gladden -
don will deliver the charter day address.
Constable Mallory experienced a little ex
citement in atteitiDtlng to servo u writ of at
tachment on Mrs. Mary Brunbridgp , on
Eighth and A streets. The woman assailed
him vigorously with her tongue , while her
son attempted to thrash him. The constable
secured the goods ho was after only when ho
drew his pocket artillery and threatened to
declare war.
Mrs. Chancellor Canfield It convalescent
after a serious illness.
Charlie Davis , a 12-year-old boy living in
Denton precinct , was today sent to the re
form school by Judge T.ansmgo.
Mrs. Mamie Bailey today commenced a
suit lor n divorce from her husbund on the
grounds of non-support.
Postoftleo Inspector John Stocn of U'ahoo
was in tbo city on official business today.
W. H. Dech. state lecturer of the Farmers
alliance , held a consultation with the leaders
of the independent party in this rity today.
Owing to the prevalence ot diphtheria at
the state penitentiary Elder llowo will not
hold his regular services tomorrow. Visitors
will govern themselves accordingly.
STRIKES FROM THE SHOULDER.
A Voting Woman \Vliosn I'Kt Is u Terror lo
Tormentor * .
Miss Louise Ferroll is the latest ac
quisition in the pugilistic line that
Mucomb , 111. , can boast of. Her latest
encounter was in the postolllco one even
ing recently. Tlio lobby was jammed
full , ns usual , and Louise , followed by
an escort of jeering small boys , pushed
her way into tlio crowd. . A young man
made some Blighting remark about
her now bonnet or her now
Worth garment , and Louise promptly
knocked the insultcr down. The crowd ,
which contained many women , shouted
nnd formed a ring. Tlio woinon wore
not at all averse to witnessing a llstlc
engagement between one of their sisters
and a member of the stronger sex , and
they procsod eagerly forward to got in a
better position. Tlio battle was , like
the female pugilist , short and decisive.
Two or three well directed right-handers
laid the young man low , bleeding from
several wounds on his face. When the
poor chap recovered sulllciontly ho
crawled away. A litter reached Louise's
ear. . It came from some one just behind
her. She whirled around and caught
another youth jn the net of guying hor.
A good slx.cu li t , followed by the girl's
strong arm , Unshod through the air and
another moinbor of the masculine gender
dor fell to tlio floor ; ' . This hardly satis
lied the inu8culiii''young lady's thirst for
bright rod gorg. ! . .JA third victim sue-
cumbed to lior.iiisiiiiiito fury. The po
lice made no .inUirfo-onco . and Louise
smilingly plckod up her hat and scat
tered pieces of clothing nnd walked
proudly away.
This is by no moans Miss Forroll's
fli'tat battle. She , mid a row with a man
on the street a few weeks ago and fee-
voroly pounded him. Lust week at the
Williams liousi'where she Is employed
as dishwasher , sl/a.bucaino / angorud at
remarks a couple , , of sister employe : )
made , and she thii < iw them both out of
the window. The girls swore out war
rants , and Louisa was arrested and lined
about i")0. Then she has had several
minor 'Vcrans1' that liuvo made her a
perfect bugaooo among the female , pop
ulation of the city. Many Indies who
fear that fche has same peculiar
grievance against them will walk
half a mile to avoid passing her on the
street The polka are either terrorized
by tlio girl's ferocious actions or have
given her up as a hopeless case ono beyond -
yond all power of reform for they
scarcely ever moleht her ,
The only complexion powder in the world
thills without vulgarity , without Injury to
the user , nnd without doubt a beauuller , is
VottonVt.
CLAIMS OF A FREMONT MAN
Probable Heir to a Large Portion of New
York Oity.
ARRANGING TO SECURE HIS WEALTH
Ant-lent IteeoriN Snululii TliU
Vlllfi > nNTIIti > In tin * Vn l I'roperly In-
lerels llo\v the ll eo\ery Win
'
Nuui Note .
xT , Neb. , .Inn. 2ft : ; Spcral ! to'l'm :
llKC.1 D. M. Kilwnrd ! > ot this city was
greatly surprised last evening on Ilia re
cclpt of Intelligence which loads him to be
llovo tlmt ho la n probable heir to n largo
uinountor real estate on Mnuhnttnn island
unit upon which the city of New York now
stands.
The Information Mine to him through n
Unnclly , Wales , newspaper ilateil January
0 , mulnlottor received from his wife who Is
now nt that place , both of which wcro re
ceived by Mr. Kdwr.rds ycstcrdny. The
founuatlon for this rcimirkublo story Is that
In JTitO one Hobort Kdwards , the great
grandfather of Mr. ICiiwards , emigrated
from Llnndonci'lrnt1 , Wales , to America. In
the course of u few years nftor his arrival
Hobort lidwnrits bccaino the owner of a
tract of forty acres of lanil on Manli.ttbin
Island. ThU land wn low , wet uml marshy ,
nnd It was boupht at a low price. Ho leased
it to the llrltlsh government and on It the
city of Now Yorlc was afterwards built. Sub-
oqtioutly came the outbreak of the war of
inUepomlenco and later the recognition of the
Indnpondenco of America by Great llrltaln ,
when the lease was made over to the I'nitoa
States government. This Instrument , an Is
customnry , ran for nlnoty-nlno years , and
therefore only expired a fnw years URO. By
the expiration of this lease and the showing
of the Identity ot the descendants and the
tracing of these Important documents back to
the original owner , the family of Mr. Kd-
wards propose to claim the property which Is
now estimated to bo worth the I'abuluus sum
of MoO.UOO.OOO.
Corroboratlnc the belief of the present
claimants'of this coloisal fortune It may bo
said Unit Uuiilcl Edwards of Llanelly , u
brother of the Fremont man , has a family
bible , the llrst entry in which shows that ho
to whom the entry refers must have corre
sponded exactly In BRO with , tlio Robert
Edwards who emigrated to America In
n.0 ! from IjlandctiKelrno. The existence of
this old bible la well known to Mr. Edwards
of this city , to whom In his early days at
homo it was n familiar object.
With this point of be lt'iimpr , Daniel Ed-
wurds has already commenced prosecuting
researches amonq the baptisms and the reg
isters of the old Welsh district whore the
Edwardsos have lived for generations. The
private information which came to the Fre
mont brother yesterday was that this work
is Dcinc pushed systematically and that the
aid of relatives in America has occn invoked.
One of these lives in Brooklyn , another or
two In Ohio and a brother , William , nt Mil
waukee.
Mr. Edwards manifests no particular
elation over this startling announcement
which , If true , makes him one of the richest
men in the whole world. Ho expresses him
self by saying that some one must have
owned the property in question and that ho
may bo 'descendant ot that person , and
that if the statements are true It is alto
gether probaolo that ho Is such descendant.
It is u peculiar coincidence that Mr.
Edwards is ono of n number of claimants
against the city of London on similar
grounds , the euso now being in chancery.
fiiiurillni ; < iranl Ishiml'rf Interests.
GUAM ) ISLAND , Nob. , Jan. 23. ( Special
Telegram to Tin : BCD. J At a rouslnir meet
ing of about 15J of the leading citizens to
night , resolutions were passed expressing
thanks to Senator Paddock for Introducing
a bill for the erection of a $30,000 public
building here , and on account of the com
mercial Importance of the city sugrgestlnc an
increase to the amount of $10,001) ) ; also that
the now management of the St. Joseph &
"
Urand Island" railroad bo respectfully re
quested to put on an additional mail train
to leave St. Joseph at such an hour as to bring
it to Hastings after the departure of the fast.
13. & M. mall for the west , enabling this vi
cinity to receive eastern dallies ana Roncral
mail at an earlier hour than at present. The
secretary of the meeting was also authorised
to confer with the Hock Island otllcluls in
order to ascertain whether the road could
not be induced to nxtend their road through
the city. Other vital matters were also dis
cussed. The meeting adjourned with gen
eral cheers.
Ken-aril of mi Unfaithful Wile.
STEII. | : CITV , Nob. , Jan. 23. | Special Tele
gram to Tin : Bcn.j Last night about ' . )
o'clock A. J. Campbell returned to bis homo
unexpectedly and found his brother , William
S. Campbell , usurping hU plnco bcsltlo tils
wife. Ho quietly provided himself with an
ax handle and gave William an unmerciful
thrashing , then turned his attention to his
wife , kicking her out In the snow , and
politely , but llrmly , insisting that she should
leave for good. The female In the case ,
Annie Campbell , is a line looking woman of
" . : > . WilllMu Campbell is from Kockford , III. ,
\vhcro rumor says ho has a wile and live
children. Ho and the woman disappeared
during ttio night , leaving her child , n little
girl 4 years old. The husband started after
thorn this morning , expecting to capture such
Daggugo as ho could lind and arrest them if
possible.
Klijiilni-il Ilin nilleiillM.
GUANO ISLAND , Nob. , Jan. 23.Special [
Telegram to Tin : UKK. ] This afternoon In
the district court. Judge Harrison issued an
injunction enjoining the county cleric nnd
county treasurer from issuing and paying
certain warrants In the sum total of $1,000 , ,
which wcro ordered paid as damages for the
opening of what is known as the Stulloy
road , The action of the board 1 * hold to be
Illocal , since the warrants ore ordered from
the county general fund , whereas Washing
ton township , wherein the road Is situated ,
must , according to the letter , pay the costs.
Moliniru'H ArleNliui Well.
Nioiw.uu , Nob. , Dan. 211. [ Special to TUB
BIE. : ] The cap rock of the artesian will
was reached yesterday nt a depth of 5SO feet
nnd three foot farther was drilled , when the
How began to increase so rapidly that the
casing was put down to that depth , lly to
night it is expected the required pressure
and How will bo reached , The water Is very
soft , free from sulphur nnd Hews out at a
temperature of TO0. The well Is nn olgbt-
Inch bore and the largest in the state.
Slimn U'ut Not I'm/i'ii ,
Di.un , Net ) . , Jan. 2. ! . l.Spaeial Telegram
to Tin : Iiii. : j The report In the World
Herald of January 2i , dated Pierre , S. I ) , ,
stating that Sloan , the Fontanollo murderer ,
had been found frozen to death and fully
Idontlllod , Is u mistake. Sheriff Ilarriman
received a telegram from Hen Auh , sheriff of
Hughes county , South Dakota , stating that
the whole thing was fulse. Nothing of the
kind had happened up there.
Narrouly Kneiipril Drill h ,
Ili.i i : iSrni.Nfls , Nob. , Jan. 2. ! , [ Special to
Tin : HIB.J : Last night at the JJ. & M , crossIng -
Ing between this city and Wymoro Mr.
Ituvlns , a farm hand , while crossing ihu
track with a team was struck by the Omaha
express. Ills wagon wui broken to pieces
and ho was lodged on the pilot , where ho
stuck until the train was stopped. The
horses escaped ,
Arretteil lor Aixliirtiiij ; a Child.
NKIIIUSKA ( Jnv , Neb , , Jan. 2.1) ) . ( Special
Telegram to TilK HEK.JV. . S. Alyoa w §
arrested and lodged In jail this morning
charged with abdtfcting a il-yenr-olil girl
near Plattsmoutb. Ho had the girl In his
possession when arrested and was on his
Way to St. Joseph.
Injured liy it Vleloiu Home.
Nr.r.vus ( juov i : , Nub. , Jan. ' ) , - ( Special to
Tin : HIT.Gu | Eckhart , living six inllus
east of this place , mot with a lerlous acci
dent by a fructlouH homo today , which ro
suited In his losing two linger * on hli ritfht
hand and bump uthorwUo badly bruised.
PrrliTrrcl Hie Fiertuul dlrl ,
( iiuMi IM. M ) , Nob. , Jan. i'l ( Special to
Tins UKU.J Gun Kuuhn of Ihh ruy u wanted
Miner badly , llo has suddenly dlsnpuoared '
with Mary Smahck , a servant girl , who
made her homo with Mr. nmt Mrs. Kocnn.
The guilty pair is supposed to bnvo pone onst.
The truant husband was about . ' feel Slnchos
tall , of dnrtt complexion , had n small mus
tneho , welched nbout ISO pounds nnd were
n orown suit of clolbes.
Nelinishw' * I lentil Hull ,
Demur , Nob. , Jan. ffil. [ Special
to Tun Uii.l : : Mr * , .loo Huchnimn , n
pioneer of this city , died suddenly last even
ing of hear , failure , aged ( > 5. The deceased
was the mother of Mrs. John Owver nnd tbo
Uuchnnnn brothers of this city.
Openi llntitnMte l'nri'lin eil.
NimuKt : CITV , Nob. , Jan. S.'t.Special (
toTnr. lUn. : 1John 1 C. Watson today pur
chased a site for Iho new opera house.
GEHINOIPAT1EST
IrovTist rii ruoM rin r rvun.l
make , " ho .said. "It would bo n very dig-
nllled dcnituid lor the government to make.
If the governmentlm $ nu ultlnmtum to propound -
pound to Chill , let it do it , and not let It de
pend In nny souse uiiou whether I'lilll is m
a hurry to answer. That would bo like the
thrc.it of a man to spank n rhlld if ho did not
douilm was told within three minutes.
That would not do for L'ovcrnmonts. Oh ,
no ; there Is nothing In the report. If this
government 1ms nn ultimatum It will make
It nnd not let It depend on hurried answer.1
In rop'y to a suggestion that a peaceful
solution would result , Senator Morgan said :
" 1 never have had any doubt about It. I
have not put wur paint ou slneo It started. I
think In the end our relations with Chili
will bn strenijthonoil and our nroipeeU for
"
their trade "made bolter and brighter than
they are now. "
\nlnrol the Xiitlniml ( iimril.
There was considerable gossip ou the
streets tonight in to how this country could
Increase Its lighting strength in the event of
trouble with Chili , and especially with refer
ence to the employment of the iiatlo.il guard
of the slates. The president can call out
the entire imtlonnl guard to repel invasion ,
and he may do Iho sumo thing to .suppress in
surrection , tbo only exception being the
militia of Iho disturbed state ; but when the
sorylco to bo rendered Is in other lands , then
it would bo necessary to call for volunteers ,
and , of course , all such from the iv.nhs of tbo
national guard would rocelvo prefer
enco. In that cnso they would have
to leave the national guard aud
enlist In the rogulnr army. Senator
Hawley , chairman of the senate military
committee , has had several talks on the sub
ject with Secretary Hlkins and Adjutant
General IColtou with a view to scouring
remedial legislation if necessary. A proml
nont ofllcer of the National guard of the Uls-
triol of Columbia , who lias made a study of
the matter , summed it up In the following
words : Should there bo war with Chill or
any other power the value of the National
guard would at once bo appreciated. In
round number j there nro IIO.UJO men , nnd at
least 30 per cent of these would volunteer
for services abroad. This would moitn that
an expeditionary force would oo composed
largely of men who have received stifllciout
training to admit of their being put in the
Held at once.
t'ses They Could lt 1'nl To ,
But the national guards' usefulness would
Dy no mentis end at that , point , Tno demand
for volunteer ! would bring to the front a
vast amount of raw material , requiring more
ttmn u little work to put them in shape for
duty. Camps of rondowous and instruction
would have to bo organized and ono of these
campj would naturally bo located In this
city. There nro at least WO men hero wbo
could bo used as drill instructors. They
would bo the best men for such wont. Na
tional guards , of course , would bo the best
men to use In instructing recruits. They
could do this work moro thoroughly and rap
idly and satisfactorily than oftlcers of
rogulnr armv , they understand the civilian
temper nnd know how to bnndlo it. Army
ottlcoM have no experience nowadays with
bodies of green men. Hecrults are sand
wiched In between old solcicrs , aud as they
are comparatively few they are soon ab
sorbed. No responsible man desires war ,
but should there oo ono the national guard
may bo depended upon to do ils utmost. "
Senator Cameron , chairman of tlio senate
naval committee , which is taking deep inter
est in naval proprratlons , had u conlcronco
with Secretary Tracy at the department
today , and , it is said , expressed hU Individ
ual approval of expenditure ; ) Incurred bv thu
department jn its preparations for a naval
demonstration.
FOOT ETHICS.
lion * Shoes Inillenle Chiiraeter They May
Inilleiile Vanity mul Other Oualilles.
Look at the feet , for instance , of the
row of school girls on the front sottco in
a recitation room , beginning appropri
ately r.t the foot of the class , suggested
n writer in nn exchange.
The foot of the last nnd lowest girl nro
short , clumsy , and crowded into Krcnoh
kid boots with painfully narrow , toes
so narrow tlmt the owner can not keep
her feet still , but shifts thorn uneasily
from ono position to another in n vain
attempt to find ono that will bo com
fortable. It is not dillicult to imagine
why their owner holds no bettor rank ;
dull and vain girls do not usually lend
their classes.
Her next neighbor , too , wears shabby
kill boots with high heels trodden to ono
side , ana she must have forgotten her
overshoes this morning , for nor boots
nro wet through.
A little further up the line n daintily
formed and elegantly shod foot tups tlio
tlio floor so nervously one feels mire its
possessor does not know her ICBPOII IIB
she ought nnd is wondering what ques
tion she will pi'osontly have to nnswer.
Her neighbor's foot , Inrgo , well formed
nnd comfortably clad , rest ( Irmly and
serenely on thu lloor nnd suggest no such
mental nnxioty.
( Jlnncing further up the row Iho o
encounters nn interesting variety ; stout
boots , thin bools , shnbby boots , showy
boots , high heels , low heels , no heels ,
stuniny feel , Blender feet , trim foot ,
buncfiy feet.
Tlioro is n girl with Bqunro-tot-'d num
ber Mixes nnd n girl with shiny patent -
leather tipped threes. There is n pall
et purplish worn bron/o dancing shoes
party llnory being used up nt Kchool.
Thorp is n pair of laced boots , witli
trailing shoestrings , nnd n pair of button
boots with hourly half the buttons gone ,
raid n goodly proportion of the remain
der hanging by n thread.
There is n piir : of elaborate tnn-ol-
orod slippers , with ribbon bows , whoso
owner must have worn rubber boot Hand
brought her flllppors in a parcel. 'I'lioro
Is n pair of conspicuously patuhcd bootH
upon shapely feet , which are placed
well forward , with no mean nttumpt to
hide the patches In the shadow of n
skirt.
Country ( ilrlx In Town ,
If you who read this nro a brown conn
try Inss , nnd should lind Hint your fate
loads you to thu city , carry with you nli
that you hiivo lucrned in the years of
childhood nnd maidenhood on tlio old
farm , writes Maud Howe In n good
article on "Country Mnids nnd City
Wives" In the February Ladles'Homo
Journal , You will need it nil In the
fovorlsh city ; the memory of hky nnd
unliuid , the binell of the clover , thu hum
of the bees , the tauto of the now milk ,
the bi'outh of thu kino , the strength
which milking nnd butter making have
glvei ) yon , the knowledge of natiiru'H
HccrotH ; which I line lunvoH out first ,
which ouk Is last H I ripped of 1th follatru ,
whuro the ground HJUUTOW hides her
nest , whim the lilnckbcrrioti nro 111 to
make into jiiml Hrlng the Hltnplo ,
healthy habits o ( early rUing , of oiinr-
getlo work , of out-door oxorolHo lo your
city homo , for you will ncod ( hum now
moro than ever boforo. They will help
you In gaining nn undorslanulin , ' nf thu
bout things city llfu can glvo you , llio
broader uxporlonco of moil and liliuu ,
tlio love of art , thu apjirc-lnMno ( lit.
ornluroNo nmttur how riili son n -
' " '
bucomo , ntvor bu
T1ICRSTOX COUNTY'S ' PROTEST
Omaha ami Winnokigo Indians Will Pft
Mora Taxes , . - Ifl
. rnl
HILLS 'INITIAL ' PRESIDENTIAL DOOM
.ending Dcinocr.illi' t'oiiRrrMtiirn Imltnl
tottenil u lliiiiiict ; | lo the N'en Yolk
Aoplninl lnth.it ( 'lly Interest
ing \ thmlp.
WAMIIXOTOV nrainr or inn HSR , 1
Mil Fontrnr.Nni STUUKV , f
WASHINGTON' , U. IX , Jan. ' , ' : ! , )
\V. K. IVobloj of Condor wai at thD lu
terlor department and presented his propo' fa
tlon for government aid In the w.iy of tl *
amount of tux whleh should bo paid
Tnurston county upu tha landi owned b >
the Oiunh.i aud Wlnnoungo Indian * In that
bailiwick. Assistant Secretary Chnmllor
heard the statement ot the ease nnd Mated
that undoubtedly It was JuU and that if the
federal government oxpoulod Thurstoii
county to do anytuliij ; lorlbo Indian * located
within her jurisdiction soinoba.ly ought to
contribute toward the expense which the
county has to bear oa account of the Indians.
.Sliuvj tbo land of tha Indian < , and the In *
dlans thomscU'03 , rccolvo the usual and nil
thn benefits from the county , taxes should bo
p.itd upon the real as well as the personal
property of the Indiana.
Sciiiiior 1'itdduck will introduce the bill
next week , which Is to tnnkn provision for
piiylnij tuxes upon thu land * held by the
Indians within Thurslon counly.
IIIMV. Initial llooin.
Nearly every democrat of consequence in
congress received nn Invitation today to af-
tend bnniuot | to Senator David U. Hill In
Now York ou February 'M. U is to bo given
by tbo Mnnhallan club.and Is here roiMriioil
ai the Inllinl boom of the wily politician for
the iire.sldontlal nomination. It is not proba
ble that there will bo much attoivlaucn from
members of congress ; especially is this true
slnco Senator Hill and his political confreres ,
Senators ( lorman umllince , "buncoed" about
a dozen democratic cities which tried to get
the democratic national convention the other
day.
Timber Culture foulest.
Assistant Secretary Chandler today , in
deciding the timber eulUiru contest of Alox-
nnder Jncobsou ngalnst Corllandt Wood ,
from Huron , S. 1) . , says this , which is ol
general Interest in stales and territories
whom there nro nubile lands :
"While the withdrawal of a contest will
not preclude tbo government from examining *
into tbo testimony In the case and determin
ing whether tho.claimant has compiled with ,
Iho law , yet In view of the fact that ho has
still to make llnnl proof , ami the counsel for
contestant In his loiter withdrawing the
contest having stated that ho believes from
subsequent Inquiries and knowledge that tha
said Crrtlnndt Weed tins substantially com
plied with Iho requirements of thu timber
en H uro laws up lo Iho present time , thb
ontrv ot Wood may bo allowed to stand sub *
Jeet to his compliance with thu law. "
Mlic'eltiineoiiH ,
S. II. lilroa of Walertowu , S. U , disburs
ing onicer for tlio Wuhpoion and Sls-sctou
Indians , is in the city , to romnln sometlimi
on official business. During his stay ho will
submit a report upon his work up to date
nnd receive Instructions upon some points in
doubt.
( ioorpo Slosson , editor of the News at Ab
erdeen , S. L ) . , arrived today. Mr. Slosson
said Aberdeen was never in us prosperous
condition as at present , contrary to nu Im
pression In fionm localities , growing out of
the recent winding up of the Northwestern
National brink in that city. He says the
bank will pay every ono interested in full
without delay a-jd retire from business in
good credit ; that Iho men who were operat
ing it simply voted to io into voluntary
liquidation and that thn incident had no im
pression whatever upon local business , nnd
caused no surprise. ,
The South Uakoti delegation in congress
has recommended the appointment of Frank :
Lllhbridgc of Pierre as agent of the Indians
nt the Choyomio Hivor agency in place of
I'nlmor , resigned. '
Ex-Councilman Jim Stophcnson of Omaha
is looking at the sights hero. ' ,
H. S. Williams of Wyoming , la. , is at tbo
Howard.
Senator Paddock has written a letter to
the second assist nut. postmaster general ask
ing that mail service bo nt once established
on thn newly completed B. & M. railroad bd-
tweoti Culbortson and Waunota. This ho
does at the request of a number of cou-
stltuonts directly interested. The new line
is thirty-two mlles m length. P. S. II. '
NI\VS : roil THU AIIMV.
Chungex of u liy : In thn Kogiihir Senior- .
Depart menial Order * .
WASHINGTON , U. C. , Jan. ! > : ! . Special
Telegram to TUB Buc.J The following army
orders were Issued today :
Second Lioulonant Kdgnr Baldwin , corps
of engineers , is assigned to a vacancy of
second lieutenant in lint corps lo dale from
December M , 1HUI , vlco. Jervuy , promoted ,
with his present date of rank , Juno I'-1,18UO.
Thu following named ofllccrs will bo relieved
from recruiting dhty on the dates sot oppo
site their respective names by the superin
tendent of the rocruiling service , and will
then proceed to join their respective regi
ments : First Lieutenant James N. Allison ,
Second cavalry , May 1-1 ; First Lieutenant
Heel S. Bishop , Fifth- cavalry , April 10 ;
First Lieutenant John II. ( Jurduur , Ninth
cavulrv , March ; Second Lieutenant ( jcorgo
S. Curiwrlght , T.vonty-lonrth infantry ,
March 1'J. Major Jaino.s W. Scully , iniartor-
innslor , will proceed from Atlanta , ( In , , to
the Port Hudson , Lu. , National cotnutory on
public business connected with the quarter
master's department and will , uiiou the
completion thereof , return to his proper sta
tion.
i.THU t.iiivit rin/.i > .
Boston has a waiters alliance.
Chicago Iris JIU.OW unemployed.
Labor bureaus nrj In twenty-eight states.
Now York lamplighters struck ngnliibt n
reduction and Italians look their places ,
Boston wallow object to iilllilatlng witli
the American Federation of Labor.
Building Constructor ] ' assembly , Knights
of Labor , How York , lias1,000 , members.
AtMunicn , Spain , fi.OlO tcxtllo workers
won a Htrike for the discharge of non union
men.
men.The
The police contlscalcd the funds of tha
mlner.3 union ut Suarbruockor. ( jornmny.
but f J.OUO was smuggled ever ibo French
frontier.
Hebrew mechanics are entering tbo Held
of labor In competition with thu building
trades unions of Now York , They have no
union and work long hours for little money.
The coal Industry furnishes employment
toiiOO.OOO persons , to whom fllu.uOO.OOJ | s
pnlu In wairoj , and Iho capital invested Is ev
tlmated at M.V,000,1IOO ) , '
The Central Labor union of Cleveland has
mada puiicn with the ICiilghtH nf Labor , anil
the unions nnd ICnlghts of Labor locnl in-
hcmblloi nf that city now iTcoKiiUo cucu
other's cards and work In harmony.
The Sacramento Ilco shares profits wit a
employes ,
In hl.s Inaugural address ( iovornor Mi- !
Klnloy of Ohio Hinted that tharu are nearly
so.ooo ponoiif , employed by the railroad )
within the H.nlts ol that stale , '
SlulMIc * .
Thi'ulilof of the human of HtatUticn at
Washington reports that during the
oluvon months muling December j , ISO ] ,
the Immigration lo thU country WIIH
.VU,07 , IIH compimiil with NH.HIKi ilnrliii , '
the BIIIIIO period of tlm priu'edlng war ,
n gnln nf IJ.'I.VIII ; or olio-sixth. To tliiH
increase Hu slu mid I'olaiid rontrlhulo
Kl.OOd , Italy ( l.OOtl , ami AtutrhMfniignry
7OUO. Thorii IH a cotiBldunibli ) IIMTDIWI
from Ctormany nnd Hcuiidliiuvla , n Might
ono from Ireland , nnd u duon'u < > from
Kngland nnd HuoUuml ,
A company hut IMUII ornnnUtfcl with nnan
lUluf $1,000,000 lo UiluMUh In l'rwnoliil. ] ! |
u Lomplolu uluotrki' rmluuy i > iim.
( 'hi. ago IMC
pianl.