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o TT113 OMAHA DAILTV UMlfi : , JAXUAHV 20 , 1807. ittltutlon ntiil nlao HIP city of Iientrlee , Neb. for HIP purpose of ilpiormlnlnz Hie mot advantageous lorntlon of unit ! Sinle Normn pnhool ni thin lime niul mnke full nporl li ttio iiremlncH In lid * honornblc body Senator Murphy offered the rniolutlon a n Hiitatllute tor a resolution Introduced yen trrdny by Senator Ornlmm. Objection bclni made by Mr Mutz of Keya Pnha. the lieu tenant Rovcnior licld that the substitute , bo Ins In the form of a rmolutlon , should II over tuuler the rules. An attempt was the : made to bring up for consideration the orlg Inal resolution offered yesterday Mr. Me ( lann of Iloone made the point of older tha when the substitute proponed by the acnoto from ( IttRo bad been Inld over one day utitle the rulon , the original reaolutlon nccc 9arll : went with It. The lieutenant governor BUS Ulncd the point of order. Many of the sen * lors bolide that the ruling of the llcutonan governor will result In much confusion litho the future , for any senator may Indefinite ) : postpone a resolution by nlmpl ; offcrlnB substitute anil having i fellow senator request that the sub ntltuto llo over under the rulta It I ; contended that the proper ruling would havi been against the objection to the prcsen consideration of the sub.slltuto * Tlio lieu tenant governor admitted privately after nil Joutnincnt that ho erred In entertaining thi objection offered by Senator Mut7. A larpo number of bills wuro Introduce and read the first time. Among them was i Joint resolution Introduced by Mr Hanson of Douglas of a purely political character U was something of an elaborate document and quotes extensively from speeches inadi by John M. Thurstnu several yeats ago 01 the silver fiucotlon. The Joint iiooHitlon In structs Senator Thurntoii tooto for any am all mcaaiirra which may como up In thi Unlti-d States senate favoring free colnagi of silver. FlllTZ LOSHS A FICHIT. When the bills Introduced yesterday wen reached for a second reading , Mr Hanson led ort In a contest which hen been brewlnf for several da > a. When Senate flic No. SO by Mr , Orothan of Howard , icgulatlng stock yards , was read the second time Mr Hanson moved that It bo referred to the commlttct on miscellaneous corporation.1 ? . The motlor was seconded by Mr. 1'iltz of Thurston. The motion provoked the most anlmatct debate soj far Ihla session Mr. Mutpopu Hit of Kcja 1'aha , opposed It. IIo quotct from parliamentary law to the effect tha the author of nny bill had a right to have It referred to n friendly tommlttce. Mr. llcal , populUt of Cuator. called the at tcntlon of the senate to the fact that marl ] 100 bills had been refcricd to committees bj the lieutenant governor and that no one lint rained an objection. .Mr. Hansom defended bh motion In ar elaborate argument. He contended that al bills , according to the constitution of Nc brasUn , should be referred lo an approprlati committee Hte Insisted that a Mil to rrgu late stockyards should appropriately be re fcrred only to the committee on mlacellane ous corporation , and that to refer U to anj other committee xvca a icllcctlon upon tin senate. Mr. Grothan , populist of Howard , did not ngreo with the senator from Douglas. He said that It had been the custom for the lieutenant governor , as the presiding otllcer of the senate , to refer all hills to standing committees Two stock jarils bills bad al ready betn Introduced and refcired lo tbn committee on agriculture , and no protest had been entered. Mr. Gondrlng of Platte moved to table Hansom's resolution. Mr. Graham was willIng - Ing , ho said , to rely upon the Judgment of the presiding officer. Mr. Gonway agreed. Jlr. Murphy argued that there was not nec essarily a clOEe relationship between a Uock jard.s bill and the committee on miscella neous coiporallons lie contended that the agrlcultmat Interests of the state wcro as much Interested In the bill to regulate the stock jards as were the trcmbcrs of the com mittee on miscellaneous corporation" . Mr Fcltr of ICelth tried to stem thu tide of opposition to Kinsom'a motion by arguing that the majority In the senate was only following the precedents long since es tablished by the republicans , llo thought the republican opposition to the Hansom motion , came v. 1th very poor grnca , The > qas and najs'wrro called on Mr. Gondrlng's mutton to table the motion offered by Mr. Hansoui. Thermotlon wca agreed to , the senators voting s follows : % Ytaa : licit ) , CJiothnn. Itltchlo , UiW well , Ifaller , Mmnl. Cuniul ly , llo-ifey. Upi-rnr , Ccmunny , Medium , .Stoek- . Uumlus , Mlllil , h > lip . 1'nrrcll. Miilllj , IVntkon , noixlrlnjr , MurphyVellcrC3. . Qralmin , Mutz , Na > s Kvand , Hem ell , I.cc , I'lltz , Johnson. Itqnscm 7. rrltz. Absent DcniliiK , Ostorn. Talhot S. Tha republicans , with Hit exception of Mr Talbot of Lancaster , whose absence was noted , \oted for the motion to table. The senate then took a recess until 2 o'clock. After the recess the special order for the day , the consideration of the gov ernor's message , was deferred for one week , owing to tha fact that printed coplea of the document had not jet b.on received The bcnato then adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. HILLS ON FIHST HEADING. The new bills Introduced during the day Included the following : Senate lllo No. UJ , by Mr. McGann of Hoonu , provides : "Tho recording of an as- fflgnmcnt of u mortgage shall not In I'.jclf bu doomed notice of such alignment to the mortgagor , his heirs or pcmonal representa tives , so as to Invalidate any pajment mode by them or either of them to ths mortga ged ; provided this section shall not mean negotiable as well as ncu-ncgotlable In- atruintnts : piovldud further , that nothing herein contained shall h ; construed to ex empt the assignee of negotiable paper from recording said assignment. " Section 39 of chapter Kxlll of the complUU statutes of 1SS3 Is repealed. Senate III ? No. 01 , by Mr. Deal of Ouotpr , proposes to authorlza county treasurers to Invrat nn amount , not to exceed 75 psr cent of the blukliiK fund , In their lespectlvo coun ties In registered warra'nts ' at their face xaluo. All warrants so purchased shall bs kept In tha trcasurcr'H office until paid by thn respective funds on which they wcro drawn In th Ir regular order of " , rcj-tra- ! tlou , and no Interest shall ba added to the warrant from the tlmo of purchase to the tlmo of cancellation. Sciuto fllo No 0" ) , by Sir Dsarlng of Cass , Is a bill for an uct ui regulate the manufacture - facturo and sale of cldir. a.id to prevent ailulleriitlon , deception and fraud. Senate fllo No. DO , also Introducsd by Mr. Hearing , proposes a Hlmllar law relative to the manu facture and Bale of vinegar. Scnato Ille No. 07 , by Mr. Ujai-Ing , U n bill for' an act to prohibit the corrupt use of money and corrupt practices at elections U Is nn olahornto document , carrying every phase of election reform. Senate ( lift No. OS , by Jlr. Watson of Sa- llno , provides for the assessment of the nv- crgo amount of deposits during the period from April 1 In the > car thu property Is as sessed to the fist day of April In tha pre ceding year taken and received by each state bank or private or corporate Institution ac cepting funds on deposit , except national batiks. Senate fllo No. 99. by Jlr. Wataon. pro- vldta for the commissioning of graduate of- olllcers of thu DOHIIO college cadets. Senate tile No. 100 , by Mr Watson , provides * for n tax on state banks In order to create a fund from tbo rovcnuo thus derived for Will realize the greatest amount of good In thb iborteatttmoandat the least expense by talcing Sarsaparilla Tha One True lllood 1'urlflor. All druggists. II. Hood's Plllaurocasy to take , Most Complexion Powdoro bare a vulgar glare , but I'ozzoxi'a la a true boautlDor , xtboievliecU are 1 ailing. the purpose of paying deno ltors of Insolvcn atato hnnki and other banking Institutions. Scnato nio No. 101 , by Mr. I.eo of lloyd riroprrtcs an amendment t ) the law governlni cstntco. Senate nio No. 102 by Mr. Watson amends the law denning a legal newspaper The present law prnvliha that a legal news paper shall bn one that > ias n circulation o not less than 100 , and baa been publlshoi ntty-ttvo consecutive weeks. Senator Ora ham's bill striken out tli ntly-two weskn limit , thus mal'lng any newspaper legal tha can swear to n circulation of lUO ! coplen. ti.in rou ( jmvrv MMvi > ri'Mis Cii > * tcr CoiiniilNNloiifrM Sluice n I'roiio Klllon < the lloii-ie. LINCOLN. Jan. 19. ( Special Telegram.- ) Oroaxenor of Hamilton county sent tip U the clerk's drak a petition from the citizen ! of that county prating that the approprla tlon for the pajincut of sugar bounties bt made by the present legislature. The pC' tltlon was referred to the committee on mis. ccllaneous subjects , ns xvaa a similar pctl tlon from thr citizens of Custcr county. The following resolution was Introduce ! by Webb of Cuater Whereas , There Is n largo sinking fund 01 hanil In our treasury ; nnd Whin en M. There nro duly nnd lognl j IsHUetl wniranlH unpaid for want of funds nrd. nrd.Whercn" , T'icse ' vxnrrants nro bought bj the banks and pcalpcr.s , ami often paid foi by the very money that represents the. sink. Ing fund , which Is deposited In the banks w'heiens , Hanks nro llablo to fall niu : money bo lost , but money Invested li county warrants that must bo ptld by the county cannot ho lost , therefore , bo It Itenolveil , by the Hoard of Supervisors ol CiiHter county. In tesslon assembled , Thai wo are In favor of nnd earnestly advocate the passage of u law nuthoilzlng the countj treasurer to piy the face value of warrant : of the county out of any money belonglnp to the slnklni ? fund not already Invested in the discretion of the treasurer not to ex ceed "J per cent of such fund. The mailer was referred lo Ihe committee on wayn and means. The following bills wcro Introduced anil read for the nrst time : Uy Mcfiee house roll No 191 , to repeu' ecllons 21 , 21 , 28 and 27 of chapter Iv of the compiled .statutes of Nebraska for 1W. Hy Hlch , house roll No. lr j , to amend rcc tlon 3 of chauter x\vl , entitled , "Klectlon1 to enable persons owning taxable rral t-s- tate lo vote on bonds or a bonded Indebted ness , " and to repeal said original nectlou. Hy Illch , house roll No 1 ! 3 to provide for Iho. forcclosuro of real estate mortKHJV's nnd other llona upon mortgaged real prop erly by ncllon lu Hie dlstrlcl court , and tc icpeal sections ST. , SIO , M7. SIS f > 4 ! > . S'M , Ml , SoJ S33 , SSI , Sn. J3 i. Si7. S3S , ST.9. SCO , SGI of UK cede of civl , ) procedure and lo repeal nec tlou 2 of an act approved fubnmiy 23 , 1&75 , entitled "An act to provide for stay of ex- ecullon ami oitlers of sale , " being section No GOSS of Iho compiled stntutcs of Ni- braskn of IPO'i , and to amend section 1 ol an act entitled "An act providing for the redemption of real estate" from decrees nml Judgment Hens approved February 23 , 1S7.1 and belli , ? bcctlon No fO S of the coir , llfd "tatutc of Nebrnoka of lf'i" > , and to niieal Bald section ao now existing , nnd to amend Hectlon 1 of an act entitled "An net to amend secllon ! of clinptei Ivll of the code of civil procedure , " being section No < WV1 of the compiled ntntule of Nebraska of IS' ) . " , and lo repeal said section as now ex isting. Uy Welch , house roll No 191 , to amend sections 10 and 19. chapter vll. of the com piled ntntutrs of 1M)5 ) , and to repeat enld orlplnal Hectlon. Hy Webb , house roll No. nuthorlzlnc ; county treasurers to Inve.st an amount not to exceed "i per cent of the slnklncr fund lu tin Ir respeetlvo counties In registered warrants of the countv at their full \altie Hy Shull , house roll No. ] DO lo appro priate money to rebuild the dormitory of the State Normal , loe-Ued at Peru , Neb Hy Stebblns , hou e roll No 197 to pro mote agriculture on land under Irrigation In the stile of Nebraska and to confer in original jurisdiction on boards of county commissioners to fix rates to bo otnr cd for the use of nnninl nnd perpetual xvator lent to occunants on IniidH niider Irrigation by means of canals 01 ditches , rcserx'olrs , laterals In Irrigated dUtrlets In the state of Nebrnskn , and to repulitp the furnishing ami distribution of water for Irrigating , milling nnd domestic purposen , and to rettn- lali > and contiol persons , a soclTtlons , stock romp inles orginl cd untlor the Rcncr.il laws of the state of Nebraska for the pur pose of maintaining and opcratlnR canalp dltfhes. and laterals thereto In the state of Nebraska and proscribe life tlmo when prior vested rights may lapse ns to subse quent ownera , constructors and bulller-i of ennnls ditches and laterals ) In the atnto of Nobr.-ukn. The hou3othen _ adjourned until 10 a. m tomorrow. The hot'so was In session but a short tlmo this forenoon and adjourned until tomorrow The mjorlty element had a protracted cau cus Immediately after adjournment and de cided , by a practically unanimous vote , to pats thi bill providing for recount of the ballots cast for the constitutional amend ments , and for senators and representatives Will 11 car Affimm-nlx. LINCOLN , Jan. 19. ( Special Telegram. ) The senate committee on constitutional amendments met late this afternoon to con sider the bill providing for a recount of the xotes on the constitutional amendments. It was nnally decided that a hearing would bo granted to Mc&jrs. Neville and Klrk- palrlck and their attornej , Judge Heeso , next Tuesday afternoon. uvii * unstu.Tit OK n.viii > WIATIIIU. Children Suffer from Tin-out llnlnillcn mill Corn S | illn. NORTH LOUP , Neb , Jan. 10. ( Special ) An oxceptlcinally largo amount of Illness Is prevalent hero this winter , especially among children , but recently many adiills and aged poiQOiis have been similarly affected. The malady U usually some form of throat or bronchial dlfllcully , and Is generally attrib uted to the changeability of the weather and the abnormal moisture of the atmosphere , v.hlch has , during the entire-winter , been In a condition utterly different from that of the normal season. NEBRASKA CITY , Jan. 19. ( Special ) A sever ei'idemlc of ths grip has o.-crtakon the people of this city. Very fe.v have been able to ward off atlncka of the disease In some form. Some berlous cases are re- rortod QRAFTON. Neb. , Jan. 19. ( Sneclal. ) Farmeru are loud In complnlnt tlict con piled on the gnund Is spoiling with wet , as three-fcui .l.s of all ralssd Is thus riled , cribs having Kcna to tUcay with disuse or beou destioyod by high winds. The matter Is se- rlouu. DUNCAN , Nob. , Jan. 19. ( Special. ) Last neck's snow has mostly melted Into the ground , which Is now thoroughly soaked , [ "all sown grain ts looking well. cirr xiAiiiiir.n wiiii.n OUT ON HAIL. Itoulrlee Couple I'lenil Ctillty nml Are lloiinil Over lo lllHtrlet Conn. HEATIUCB. Neb. , Jan 19. ( Special Tele gram. ) Wallace Townsend and Mrs. Delle Davis were arrested > etcrday upon a charge of maintaining a house of prostitution. Their trial was set for tomorrow. Being unable to secure bond , Townscnd spent the night In Jail. Today they withdrew their plea of not guilty and entered one of guilty \v here upon they were placed under J200 bonds to appear In district court. In tbo meantime tbo couple secured a hccmo and ware mar ried just before noon. Townsend has fur several years had charge of a house cf pros titution located Just north of the city llmlU. Ho haa been undisturbed until a short time ago when he had a couple of girls who bad been In his cm- ploy arrested for theft and they have taken thla method of getting even with him. It Is believed that Townseud and hta wife will now take steps to get away from Beatrice. KIIIIMIV : COAVKM : A/T coianuuis. Kour Hundred DelrKaten from All I'nrlN or ( lie Stale Are Prexi-nt. COLUMBUS. Neb , , Jan. 19. ( Special Tel egram. ) Delegates to the clnvonth annual convention of the Nebrcnka State Volunteer Firemen's association have nrilvcd on uvorj train today , and representatives ol nearly every department of the state arc on the grounds tonight to the number of over -100 , The city la lu holiday clothcn and the dis play of flags and bunting reminds one forcibly of Hag day In the lain campaign. Rood cheer and music abound on every baud , Dclegatis and friends am evidently bent on having a good time. The convention was called to order tonight at & o'clock In the opera bouse , After listening to a ipcech of nolcomo by Colonel WhUmoycr , president of thu city council , and a rcaponse on behalf ol the association by President SpauliVing ol N'orfolk , the convention appointed a commit tee on credentials Mid adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. MtCIl ClIirrMSTANTlAI , ISVIDHVCI' ' Itetilien lllnl < er In . .lullMiilfliuv Kt tniilltlnn I 'up IT * from KIIIIHH * . IIOLDltlXU : , Neb , , Jan. 19 ( special Teh gram. ) On December 22 , 1S98 , 0. W. Oil moro of Blakcman , Knn. , was nhot throng the wlndo\r of hU house about 7:30 : In th evening. The ohot took effect In the fac and the doctor took out twenty-eight she and sonic wcro burled so diep that Ihcy coul not bo extracted. In spite of his sever wounds he wilt probably get well. Saturday Reuben Illnkcr of Ilcrtrand , Neb was arrested by Sheriff Knudseti , charge with the crime , Ho wus placed In Jail , peivJ Ing the- arrival of the sheriff of Kawlln county , Kansas , with requisition pa pen * . 11 demanded A hearing under the Htatuto bcfor some court In this state nnd wa.s taken be fore W. A. Oarrctt county judge , lodiy fo his preliminary hearing The evidence dc velopcd the fact that ( tinker was seen on th morning of December 21 going on horselmc from Ilcrtrand to Oxford nnd the llveryma In Oxford Identified him as having come t hla barn the night of December 21 and leav In ; ; a horse. Ho had a guncase In his ham : Ho was also Identified by Iho cmplojes o the U. fi M. who run from Orleans , Neb to Blakeman , Knn . as being a passenger o their train December 22 , 1S96 The man wh did the shooting was tracked from Illakomar Kan. , to the residence of 0. W Glllmorc three miles from town , by hla tracks In th mud , but the tracks were lost shortly aftc the nhoatlng and while the man was mak Ing hla way front the residence of Glllmore The liveryman at Oxford further tcsllfle that Illnker came after and got hi horse the 23d of December and oilier xvlt ncoses testified to having ecn Illnkcr on thread road from Oxford to Dortrand. The stal mode a strong case on circumstantial ovl deuce. The defense was In the nature of an nllbl the state using seven witnesses nnd the tie fecse three After hearing the testimony th court remanded Illnkcr to Jail , to await th requisition papers from Governor Holcomi Illnkcr and Glllmore nro slightly relatci by marriage and ate not gcol friends am have not been for some tlmo. Illnkcr ha been a resident of this county for scvora years , la a joung man and has n wife wh Is now In a xery delicate condition. KAUI.TS OKrun simTson , runv Vnllej County riirinerM lletlete In ( In Ciiniil | > ell Mclliml. NORTH LOUP , Nob. , Jan 19 ( Speclal.- ) The experience of many farmora In this xl clnlly tallies almost exactly with the state mcnts presented In the Interoillng nrllcl on Ihe "Campbell Method " appcirlng In Tin Sunday Bee. Our best farmers , probabl ; without a single exception , plico a high cstl mate on the value of the mellow surface o dust mulching nnd some of tho-so who Irlci subsoil plows for one or more seasons gixi testimony cither negative In character o cl a cntlrcl > averse to the adoption of tha method , mid state that the miLsoll plow li our soil simply bursts open the subsurfact earth nnd leave.1 the soil In coarao chunk with large Intervening cavities little bcltc : adapted to conserve moisture thin a pile o stcnes burled lo a similar deplh On Ihi other hand , while a marked difference o opinion confessedly prevails among cur farm era of apparently equal experience and nu thorlly , extraordinarily deep plowing alonj with shallow suifucc cultivation has manj jealous advocates and their experience Is al most Inxarlahly backed uo by more tbar Iho axerago crop rclurns Iho only rcliabU tcjt of success. That ndtllliotial good icsult : would follow from a moderate compactinf of the lower stratum of the soil after decj plowing had given the earth a uniform pul vcrl/atlon would seem lo be In complete harmony with advanrcd Ideas relative to Hit conservallon of moisture , ra well as with the obieivatlons of piactlcal farmers based or long experience , and the adoption of sucl methods means competency. If not ever wealth , to the farmers of upland Nebrnaka TO nvnisTAi. % unirr suo\u M\\ HiiNtliifT * Cltl/eiiN Appoint to Miilce All ArrniuvoMUMilM. HASTINGS , Jon. 19. ( Special ) At ! meeting yesterday of the local committee or arrangements for the entertainment of tin state beet sugar convention the following commlttccn wore appolnled : Committee or finance , William Brach , Jacob Fisher , W. II , Dillon. James Ilooney and George Klrby committee on opera house , W. H. Landing and J. N Lyman , committee on transporta tion and rates , Hon. F P. Olnwtcad ami Charles Dietrich ; committee- music and arrangements , J. B. Cessna , Adam Breed , B. M. Parmenter and Mark Levy ; committee on reception , G. J nvor.i , Mark Levy , W II Ferguson , Hal Main C J. Pecae. George Miller. J. R. Sims. n. Button and J. II Splcer. Charles II. Dietrich was made chair man and F. P. Olmstead secretary. It was the sense of the meeting to advertise the convention extensively and thereby secure n arge attendance. Kvery citizen U Interested and no pains will bo spared by the IlEsllnpa iicoplo to make the meeting the best Ibat ho. * ever been bold In the Hlale. llepiililloiiiis . HASTINGS , Jan. 19 ( Special ) In the court house last night the republicans of listings met to organize a republican eague. Charles Dietrich presided and lurry Haverley was sccictary. A commlt- xe consisting of Judge Fleming , Will Mc- 3rciry , Cd Francis. C. J. Button and C. C. iVIllIims was chosen to select a perma nent president nnd secretary for the league snd announce them at the next regular ucotlng , which will bo held at the court louse next Tuesday night. Judge Cessna , Rd Wilson and Adam Bleed wcie appointed i committee to ptcpaio a program foi the lext meeting. This action Is taken In view of the ac- Ivlty of the sllxerlles. tlio ItiieK Island for D WAIIOO , Neb. , Jan. 19 ( Special. ) The : aso of CO ward R. Slzer , administrator of he cstalo of Peters , lo secure damages igalnst the Rock Island Railroad company or causing the death of Pelers , came up cforo Judge Bales loday. The 'petition : alls for $5,000 damages and was brought icro on a change of venue from Lancaster : ounty The case grows out of the case if the State against G. W. Davis , who Is low nerving a llfo sentence In the pcnltcn- lary for wrecking n train In Lancaster Dimly. Iho railroad i cites on Iho defense hat the xv reck xvas caused by a third party. ISeet MIKIIP KiU'lorj for I NULIQH , Neb. , Jau. 19. ( Special. ) jClchell's opera bouse was completely flllel ast evening with an enthusiastic body of iltlztus , the occasion being a beet sugar actory meeting. A deteimlnatlon xvas iiaulfLst to obtain Iho factory and the com- ulltco which has been working on the pioj- cct reported the outlook most Nattering It s proposed to have everything completed n season to vvotk the 1897 crop of beets. Seiiteneed for Slenllntr Cliidiliiir. NEBRASKA C1TV , Jan. 19. ( Special. ) Thomas Cavanaugh and Thomas Leland , who vcro arrested on the charge of stealing some clotMng from the store of H. II. Faas , were rled In police court , found guilty and were icntonccd lo thirty ciajH In the county jail ind to pay a flno of $6,35 each , Wedding lit .Vi-lirjiHl.n Oil ; . NEBRASKA CITY. Jan. 19. ( fpectal. ) "rank Schclllnner , chief machine-fit at the 1. & M. lound hoiwo , was married thlsovcn- n g lo MUa Annlo RoJdy , ono of the cit > 'K neat popular young women. I < 'niiill > I.enteN fur Callfiiriilii. GRAFTON , Nob. . Jan. 19. ( Special. ) Mr. mil Mm Mcrrlhcw , BO.I Fred end daughter .ydla , leave tomorrow for their now homo In .ire Angolcu , Cal. Besides thssa are Philip loal and aoveral others , KIIIINIIN Inipleiiielil llenlerN Mee ( , KANSAS C1TV. Jan. 19. Five hundred nombara and nearly SOO xUltors were prcs- nt at the opening nc&Blou of the annual onvcntlon of the Western Implement Deal- > rs' auoolatlon. which wax called to ordei icro this mcmlng by President C. C. Cur io of Wellington , Organization took up tin orenoon nnd In the afternoon President ; urtlu delivered his annual addicts and 'crretary J , Hedge of Atchleon , Kan. , madi la report. The real work of thu convention vtll bo taken up tomorrow , There are tov nil subjects of Importance to bo discussed nd the couvontlon will wit adjourn till burn day. mi. i.s > SlMvo | > ii\i i ji\ \ | l. . 'Unctiiiicn I'rii ) for IteKiiliitlon of III I xe of Iliinitf CoiniiillleeH Nniueil. ClinYHNNK , jo. Jan. 19. ( Special ) - In the hnu | < o In petition was presented b Representative Bcrsman , slqncd by a nun : btr of ntockmen praylnf } for legislation reg tilatlnn the use of the open range by slice rifeers nijif fOcknien. The cltUerM of th town of Ilanna sent In a petition asking tin sheep bo prevented from graying near tha place | . Representative Warner Introduced a Join resolution citlffng upon Iho federal govern inent to rclo/trllro / the Independence- Cub ; and requestlniit the WyomliiR delegation li coagro s to support the Cameron resolutions A rooolutlon was adopted for the appointment mont of a joint committee lo examine th revision of Wjomlng laws , which has bee ; made by a revision committee of attorney dining the past two jears House bill No 1 , providing for the com plctlou of the dtate penitentiary nt Rawllna was Introduced A bill was Introduced lei Increase the pa ; of members $1 a day and decreasing tin mileage trim 20 cents to 10 cents per mile. House bill No.1 was Introduced , provldlni for the icmoval of the prisoners from tin penitentiary at Laramlo to the pcnltonliar ; at Rawllns. A bill was Introduced to provide for tin taxation of live' stock brought Into the stati for grazing purposes. Repitocntallvo Scott Introduced n bount ; act fixing the bounty on cojotcs at ? 1 amen on wolves $ .1 , the county commissioners o each county having the right to levy a llki bounty In addition to the state bounty. Representative Nlcholls Introduced a bll permitting husband and wife to testify li criminal cases where cither Is a party to thi suit. Representative Fniley Introduced a bount ] act nxlng the bounty on coyotes at ? t.GO amen on wolves ? 5 The act appropriates $23,001 to pay the bounty , and provides that tin skli.a shall become the propcrt ) of the state In the house the speaker announced thi following memberships of the several com mlUccs : | 1IcrlzoKl Scott ( e' ' Ways anil'MeansGrant , MIddnugh Wni.ier , Hall , BrumHge Thatcher118" D'LVH Gra"ser , Smith Asrlculture-D-xvldson. Phillips , Brown. iiUvi ° Stock-Scott , Brewer , Davidson Urock , Thatohcr. Corporallotis-BcrKinnn , Wllllts , Hurrllt Klectlon- * Warner Jllddaugh. rorshoy. . Mines and Mining Tldlnll , Grant , Hn'l LindM and Irrliratlon-Tliomai , Jennings Grant. Ixjwe , Smith Cottlc Scott . Athorly , McFarlalic. Libor-Graiifer. Cottle. Donrtt I odt-ial Hel.itlons Uutler , Jennings. Ncs- " ' ? aV' ' "iRhxvays-IIcrtzogr , Finch , , . Fenley , II ill , Itrock. Piliitlii ! , Mldrtaunh , Howe , Forsbey. ,1Al,1lltratlon S nlth Wnrncr Swnn on , Phllll.'s , I.owe. Iiiuulgiatlon Swnnson , Hullrr , Nepblt l.nnrossmtiit Wlllox , Granger , DoR.'olt Kiiiolliiieiit Ponley , McFuihuie , W. II Kelley , Uc'vciHie-fAtheiloy , Thomn ? , Brewer , Bur- rill. Hell Hides-Davis , Ilcrtzos. Fiiich , Hrovvii , W II. Keilpy. ' In the stcato Trc-sldent Abbott announcetl the follow tttft cpiiimlttcefl- Judlclarv Appelgnle , Hanson , Wllllim . Uelony , Cross Ways nid ; Means-GobJc , Corson , Fo\ . rducitlon Vcrbrycic , Fox , Goble , Cadv . , Cnlloway ' Public Hulldlnp-s Fox , Delony , Corson Taylor , Fo61p Public Lindsnnd Irrlffatlnn-Hniisou , Wil liams. JIcG.111. Ai/peloto Ciyler. Stoclt Itnl'lrir and Stock Livvs JIcGIll , Taylor , Williams. Cross , Picket ! Count v Affairs M > er , Goblc , Coison , A'er- brx'ck , Tavjor , Corporal Ion Cor = ou Cro-sson Foote Publlc Pr-Jntlni-MeGIll , Di-lotiv , Crosson. Railroads Goble , VorbrycSc Foote Elections Tnx-lnr , Delony , Apno'cito. Coal Mliies-WIIIInms MrGIII. Too'c. Intenial Ihipr x'emenls Coi = on , Hajison , Immlgrnllmi PlckPlt. Cioss. Mvers Gnmo and Fish l > elony , JIcGIll , Appel- . Sanitary Affairs Verbryck , Cross , Calli- redcral Relations Delony , Fox , Calla- way. Labor Cad y , Jlyer , Crosson. Minerals Cross. Cresson , Verbryck. Public Accounls Corson. Williams , Calla- xv ay. ingro sment Hanson Appclgnto Cady. Joint Printing-Appellate. McGIII. Joint Revision Hanson , Williams. ScllH ( o nil lla.Mtern Coinpiiny. C. S. Raymond , who has been In the jewelry business In this city for twenty jeara. has rold out his stock In the Karbach block , on Fifteenth and Douglas streets , to he Gorham Manufacturing company , it * Providence , R. I. The pui chasers are one of the largest Jewelry bouses In the country. A representative of the company Is now In charge of the business. It Is probable that the business xvlll bo contlifued , and possible that a wholesale branch will he added. HOHN Oels Tno VenrM. KANSAS CITY. Jan 19 George n. llosp. xvho embezzled Jl SIX ) while acting as money clerk for the Pacific l > .pre.ss company and xvho was arrested at hatou Hougo. Li. pleaded guilty today and nns sentenced to the penitentiary for two years Mellni's CiinilKIoii Improx eil. NEW YORK , Jan. 19 The condition of Mine. Melba was repoitcd todiy to bo much mproved The singer jefii'-cd to siy .vhetlier or not her Illness would necessitate icr retirement from the operatic stage for Hie lomalndcr of Iho season. Dull * for Atloiney PIEIlItn. S. D. , Jan. 19. ( Special Tele gram. ) The supreme court has set Febru ary 24 os the date of examination of appli cants for admission lo practice In the courts ] f the state. \VIATHII FOHIUMST 1011 TOII.VY. Pull * Inel > riih.iit SIlKlitlj Colder In niuitrru I'nrllon. WASHINGTON , Jan. -Forecast for Wednesday : For Nebrabka Generally fair ; north to west -Kinds ; ellt'.itly colder In eastern per tion. tion.For For Missouri Partly cloudy weather and ocnl Hhoweis ; south wind : ) ; wanner In southwestern portion , For lov.'ii Generally fair , but xvPh In creasing cloudiness , bouth to xvest winds. For Kansas Local nhowcts follow oil by clear xveather ; vxurmor In western portion ; south vvlmla , shifting to went For Siuth Unkota Generally fair ; west wlndH ; warmer in eastern tiorllon. I''or Colornilo-Mtltr ; noitli to vve'.st winds. For WyomlHfiO-Gcncrnlly fair ; slightly wnrmei ; south 'Winds. l.oeitl Heeoril. OFFICi : Cttf Tlin WEATHER niJP.EAU. OMAHA. Jan.li.r-Omiilin ! record of rainfall ind temperature compared with cor- espondlnu A.\y of the punt three years : r 1 97. 1SW ! U95 JS3J Maximum temparnturo . . 43 3.1 co 31 Minimum tomveralure. . .19 12 31 23 Aveiiago lcinrniratuiu. > . . . S2 22 4G so Rainfall . . . /J. . ! . , .00 T .00 .13 Recoiil of ( uiniStrnturo nnd prcclpiuiton at Onmlm for the day and slnco Match 1 , SStJ : ' , ' [ formal tenuK'rnt.uro for the day . 13 i\cena for tJig diy | . 17 Aecumuhitedi'\'ii''s wince March 1 . 173 s'ormnl pret limitation for the day. . .02 Inch Deficiency fnrj hp day . ( T- Inch Total precipitation Hlnco Mch. 1..MU1 IncheH jXce.tH Blnco JJiirLh 1 . 523 Inches Jellelency reP cpr. peilod , 1SOG..11 ii inches Deficiency for oor. period 1 93. . . 13 31 Inches lU-porlH Trdin bdilloiiN lit 8 p. in , _ Bevcnly-llflh ineilJIan time. _ _ rss ? s STATIONS AND (3TATU ( OP 43) ) .00 S'tTlh riuttc , tleur Laliu City , part cloudy. Iir > cnne. clear Clly , clear luron , clear clear t. LoiilH. cloudy. , ; , , , , t. I'aul , clisir , . lavinport , cloudy . lolcna , clear . CanniH Clly , clear . f , cloudy llinmrik , clear . . VIIIUlou , clear Jalv utoii , cloudy T Imllcutts truce of | > recli > ltatlon. I. A. WPJ.81I Korecait O.Tolal. SOLVING THE RATE PRIME ! Enstorn Roods May Bo Forced to Marked Reduction in Unto : . EFFECTS OF A NEW NORTH AND SOUTH LIN llnllrnml Mm llrllfxr dm ! ( In * Coin lilcllon of I'ltlihiti-K A. ( Jiilf U 111 ItcMilt In tirciil llenellt to ( lit * foil n ( r > < A prominent railway olUclal was recent ! asked by a lice tcpoitor the probable cftet on cialu tales of the opening of a new nort and south line from this tcriltory and th paitlal diversion of grain from the Atlaull seaboard lo the Gulf of Mexico. In reply h said : "Hero Is the pointer In regard to the futur of the rate matter. You know the Mloslt slppl ilvor lo a basing point , and the tovvi , wwt of thu Mlasouil river have pronortlor attly a much higher rate from New Yor than the Mississippi river towns have. . great many railroad men bellovo that th completion of the 1'lttsburg & Gulf rot and the extension of the gulf railway Inllti once Into the north \vlll bring about a re ductlon In rates from Jllsslsslppl river t MUsourl river towns to the great bcncfl of the latter. "When the now southern linn nets t shipping grain and lumber to Liverpool th mturnl problem for Its xnsauu v.111 bo t get a return haul ; that will , of COUISL , brlu tariffs to the attention of English cxportcit uho will bo urged , as the Hrltlsh vice conau In Kansas City Is urging , to sell direct t consumets In this country In place of rcl > ln on the jobbing houses lu New York. Th results will bo that a large part of the 1m porting business In New Yoik , for this traiw mlssotirl section , will be destroyed It wll not take very long for the New Yorkers t catch on , nnd the eastern railroads will nebo bo a bit slower to catch on , cither ; when the ; do they will simply have to make rates to th west to suit the clicumstanccs. "It has been on this lopothcsls that tin railroad men hereabouts , when not talUni for publication , express the belief that i loner rate to the Jllssourl river from Nov York will result from this gulf port competl lion. It seems to mo that this ! u very plausi hie. " ATCHISON ornit TO INMI < > ISi-xx ItiiiiilH mill Stn < > U ti > ri'iirlO llnliliTH. NHW YOHK , Jan 10 The terms of the propcs'tlon that has been made by the Atchl on railroad to the holders of the S per cent ginrantced gold bonds of the At lantic & I'aclflc railroad to purchase the Slfi 009,000 first moitgatjo western division bonds of the last mentioned company arc olllclilly announced as follows- The Atchl on will give B2 > A per cent of the par value of the bonds In Atchlson genei l mortgancIs carrjlng the April , ISO" , coupon , nnd fi7'6 per cciifc In Atchlson preferred stick , In nil $3,400.000 AtchUonIs , nnd $0.200,000 pro fcrred ilock The purchasers al-"o assume the net floating debt of the receivership , amountIng - Ing to about S' . OO.OOO , v 111 pay the ev penses of foreclosure and reorganization , and w ill assist the reorganization committee In obtaining control of the central division , In case thej decide not to foreclose that mort gage. In return the Atchlson receives tl.o west ern division bonds and Is to bo rcloi"ed from all liability upon the guaranteed trust bonds , the pending bults being discontinued or as signed. The Atlantic & I'aclfic committee ? will retain possession and control of the ? 2,740,000 first mortgage 6 per cent bonds of the central division nnd i eta In one-sixth of the equipment of the western division for useon the central division. MAY in : iinuLCTim \ cu \ u.vTn.s. Cut oil KiiMli-rii I.lni-H tlio Slnal fur r The sentiment among the few ofllclals now In Omaha Is that there may bo a reduction In freight totes on corn from Nebraska points to Mississippi river points of abou 3 cents per 100 pounds , but that such re ductlon will not bo seen for a few montlu > ct. If such a reduction wcro secured by the roads In the Western Traffic association fi eight ofllclals say , theio would then hi In force rates on an average 7 cents less than those of a year ago During the sum mcr corn rates vveio cut 7 cents. In No vember they v ere put half way back. It U said that no i eduction In Nebraska and Ion : . rates nt this tlms would benefit the farmer as the corn 13 said to be unmeichantable on account of the excessive moisture of the pas * month The cut by the lines east of CMIcagc la believed to bo the i > linal for a bitter rate war on grain ratt-s from the intorlor of the country to gulf and seaboard polnta. iiS > TI.MMJ ruiiicM > suun SUITS. Move ( o Ilritil < > ir tlic Dill for n I'm-lflc HllllllH rillllllllMNlllll. CHICAGO , Jan. 10 The Post's Washlng- on special sa > sThe government Is making > xtraordlnary hesto In preparing the papers n the Union Pacific foreclosure piocecdliigs Secretary Carlisle , Attorney General Har- noc and ex-Governor HmO'"y ' on behalf o ; ho government , a'lii Chalimaii Fitzgerald if the Union Paclllc reoiganlzatlon com- nlttec. and \VInslow S. Pleico. Its attorney , in the other hand are In continuous SPSOT | rho papeia will probably bo completed to- nonovv mid the formal older asked to flic ross-bllls In pending forcclosmo suits to uako the govcinment a party theicto This novo Is a slab nt the Hnntlngton sclu'ine or a commission tosettle the I'aclflc roads' nde-hlcdiicAs. A commission bill will bo le- lorted tomcnow by the house commlttc-o on 'acinc roads , but Its diancca of passing con fess nro remote. Foreclosure and the sur- Ival of the fittest Is the program bVUSTUHN li.MO. % .MAY llItA. CII OUT. IVIcphonc l.lin'H May lie Aildcd to iliu Coiii | > iui > 'H I Iijii'l' ' " " ' " ! . NDW YOHK , Jan. 10. fiver slnco the : ontract between the Western Union Tolo- ; raph company and the American Hell Telu- ) hsn companj c.\r/lrcd last fall reports bavo icon current that the telegraph company \as preparing to enter the telephone field. Missel 1 Snge , n director of the Wcatctn Jnlon , said "The Western Union will con- Inuo to Improve Its equipment and make ts business as profitable for Its stockholders is possible. No plans ha.'o been decided ipon , hut vvhoro the company sees It would 10 profitable to put In telephone ) lines It lo lulto likely It may do HO. Thcro ts no mo- mpoly In the telephone business and the iVcstcrn Union can take It up as well as in ) body without starting a war. The Wost- > rn Union owns a largo but not controlling nterest In the Hell company. " liilli' < > ttil 'i N unit Ciinl .11 1 n iI'M Confer. CHICAGO. Jan. 10. Heprceentatlvcs of the 'cnnsylvanla , Dig Four and other roada In orested In the eoft coal trafllc from I'cnn- ylvanla mines arc In confarcnco hero today tlth repre eiitatlvea of the soft coal shippers ml dealers. The object Is to arrange a ettlement of the a . coal war and da away kith the discrimination which now cxlats gainst Certain consuming centero. IlulcH AKiiliiHl Hie hiindi To. TOPHKA , Kan. , Jan. 10. In the 'case of Iranian , a bondholder In the 'KrUco and anta Ko roads , against the Santa To , the Fnlted States circuit couH overrules the lunta Fo'a motion to dlmnlsa. .Volrn mill 1'iTHiiiinln. General Agent Kuhn of the Northwestern i taking a brief trip through the otate. General and Mrs. JIundcraon started last veiling for a wcck'fl trip In tha cast. General Traveling Passenger Agent Hutch- ion of the Union Pacific has returned from u eastern trip , J. N , II. Patrick and a party of six loft Jr Now York City yesterday In a private ir of the Union Pacific. Western roada have agreed to make a rate f one nnd onp-thlrl larra for the rounl trip > r the annual western exhibition of the Na- onal Cycto Hoard of Trade , to bo hold In hlcago January 23 to 30 , Tickets will bo aid at this ratj t points within 100 miles of Chicago tnmiary 3.1 to .10 , nnd from points outnldo this rndlus January 20 to 20. Trank Stllwell , for the pint four > t nm Rup rlnt ndent of the Knnmi City union depot , died on Sunday on a tinln In Knns.-.s. TravclliitT I'AsseiiRer Agcnla Mnrlcy of the JtlchlRan Central , t'undcy of the Denver & lllo Grande nnd McNutt of the "Katy" roads nro In the city , 11. A. McAllister , land commissioner of the Union Pacific , has return ml from Wash ington , x\hero he went to malto secure the tltleo of purchasers of Union Paclllc lands Ills mission wan a r > ucct8&ful oie. Yesterday the western railroads made chrop rates for bnaiwieckcrs' cxcuislv-ns Jto.it of the roads report fairly good busi ness on thK account , nome of the travel going to western Nebraska an 1 some golnj' ojthuinl to Ailtans.13 nnd Tcxus. A Cincinnati story Is to the effect that thcio Is to bo a fourth line between Cincin nati and Chicago , to start near North Hciul nnd run direct to Hlchmond and Munclc , and thence northwest to n point on some of the trunk lines entering Chicago U Is claimed by the projectors thai the mltcagolll bo 205. which would make It the short line from Cincinnati to Chicago. The entrance Into Cincinnati will bj over tha Daltlmoie & Ohio Southwestcin MAW M'liSTIJHV IlOltMIS mTUH. Iini'jvc Tnl n I Alromly ltvpl\ for tin- IlruoKt > n Snl > i\cntn. N13W YOHK , Jan. 10 Secretary Mclntjro of the Hro3kl > n Jockey club jcstcrday re ceived thlrly-nlno entries to the various stake events for the coming season. One of thcco was a Brooklyn Handicap , the 5-josr-old horse Krro Advice , belonging lo Whltten brothers of San Tranclsco. The thlrtj-nlno entries bring the total up to "CO as comparfd with 520 for last year , Whltten brothers cntnrcd thlrty-ono of the thlrtj- nlno now horses , the otners bclns from xa- rlous western owners. H Is oxpactol todaj's mail will wind up the western entries. The llrookljn Jockey club has arra.tuod n special swcerstokcs , In which four of tbi greatest American thoroughbreds will ttiri The starters will bo the Itrookdale stablo's Hciiuital , August llclmont's Hastings. Phil Dwjcr's Hamlsprlng and Mlko Dwjcr's Hen IJrusli H Is probable tlut other horses will bo named to start. The conditions arc $2,500 added , two to start or no race. The distance will bo a ml'e nnd a half , the hoiscs will inset weight for ago and the race will be decided In the week following the running of the llrooklyn Handicap. OIT for Ilif THM Sliiuil. Quito a delegation of Omaha sportsmen will attend the second gland midwinter trap shooting tournament to be held at San An tonio , Tex. , January 15. 2fi , 27 , 28 and 20. under the auspices of that triumvirate ol southern get llcnien. J JI Geoige , Albert Steves and O. C. Gucssaz , known as the big three This shoot Is one of the blggrat ami best held In the country during thejoai the attoi'danco ' la.it winter being rcmnrkablj largo The pirty going from hero will Include cludo G. AV Loomls Goodlcy Hrucker , Fiank S. Pai melee. Will Krug , Lee Spratlln and ono or two others1. Thoj will leave via Kansas City this morning. In addi tion to the tegular puises the management adds $2.000 In cash , and there will be numerous Kcclal prizes. The midwinter trophv Is fiiild to be the most magnificent prl/o over shot for In America. There U Httlo doubt but what the Omaha contingent will sustain the enviable reputation they enJoy - Joy among the southern shots , as Messrs Parniilco and LoomLi make a team hard to down. WOIIKMI SmitNh Mori' Ui'i'ord.s. INDIANAl'OLIS , Jan 10 The fomiilc bl- cjclu litters smashed nnotbcr icconl to night. Dotty rainsvxorth cro-ised the tape three lengtlis In front of Amlf-son , lower- In ? : the distance made in St. Paul In April , I'M by Hevfii miles. The total UNtnnre for the four bouis wnu clRhty-threo miles The distance coven d tonight was forty-one mlle tight l.ins The llnlsli tonlKbt was Kainswortb. SJ nillos , AnderMoit , M miles , Haldwln , 1J miles 17 Inpi ; ChrNto'iber , K miles 17 laps , Allen , S2 niPf-s 17 lap's. lloilNllIol Olrn . POHTAGn , WIs. , Jan 19. Tno bonnplel opened today \ilth nn International mutch. The Camullans won by u Bcoro of 31 to 26 , McUilrmld of Wlnnlpepr beatlntr Ch miller or W.uipacn , Ifi to 13 , and Cameron of Hit Port.iRo boating Yv'elN of Portage , 15 to IS McUnlrinld nmi Carm-ron , the only Cana- illin rinks pn scut , will play on for the Iii- ternatlonil trophy. Klfty rinks nio entered from St. Paul Uiiluth , Chicago , Milwaukee , \VlnnIpeg and other cltle0 Sports Ilin-rvil ti-niii Clilliiiiiliiin. CHIHUAHUA , Jlev , Jan. 10. No more hull fights , pilze fights or cock fights will bo allowed to take place In this state , the legislature haxlng Issued an order prohibit ing the sport , nnd has provided a eovere penalty for the violation of the law. llfHUIIU'H ( In- nOSTON , Jan. 10. John L. Sullivan If going Into stage llfo again. A prominent manager will take him In hand and put hia or. the eastern circuit this teason , and If successful , will stud him acrc.ss the water lu tL)9 ) summer. Spurring .Mnleli In l > 'orlilililfil. MONTItn\L , Jan 19 JIajor Smith , at the Instance of the Citizens' league , has Issued on order forbidding the ten-round sparring match between Slav In and Hall , which Is eclieJnlcd for Wednesday evening at the Somer park. I'lres lit a Slay. nEATHIcn , Neb , Jan. 10 ( Special Tele gram. ) The Haptlst parsonage. Righth and Grant streets , at present unoccupied , taught flro at 7 o'clock this evening. Ii vias not burnoJ to the ground , but It la a total vvieclc Loss , $1,200 ; fully coveted by In surance A delegation of tvventj-seven fire men , lepudcntlng the four hcso coupanlos and the hook end ladder compan ) , compr.j- Ing the Heatrlco Flro department , went lo Columbus toJay to attend the annual me t- lug. The absence of the chief , several lire- men and many of the best men of the de partment was notlceablo tonight In the way the lire was handled , although Hie bojs did good work , considering thcie was no one to take the matter In charge. Fifty Years Ago. This ts the cradle In xvhlch there grew That thought of n philanthropic brain ; A remedy that would make life new I'or the multitudes that were racked with pain. Twas cargapurllla , ns madeyou know Uy Ayer , some 50 years ago. Ayer's SarsaparilSa was in its infancy half a cen tury ago. To-day it doth "bo- etrido the narrow world like a colossus. " What is the eocrot of its power ? Its euros ! The number of them I The wonder of thorn ! Imitators have fol lowed it from the beginning of its success. They are still behind - hind it. "Wearing the only modal granted to sarsaparilla in the World's Pair of 1893 , it points proudly to its record. Others imitate the remedy ; they can't imitate the record : 5.0 Years..pf Cures. l-OUTl'MS AWAITS , \ DAVOHTKH. XtiNlrnlliiti Mllllomilrp' * Xlonrj l.ook- IIIM : fur II llpliplli < lnr > . CUICAaO. Jan. 19. Alfred Ashbrook , a mllllonnlro nheop owner of Melbourne , Am- tralla , died In 1800 and left hl.s estratiKiJ daughter , IMIth , one-third of hl xast rs- inte. The heiress Is atippprfrd to bo In Chl- C.IRO or Its vicinity and detectives nio trying to nnd her. .The estate of the "sheep king. " .1.1 Ashhrook was known. Is rstlmaltd to bo x\orth at least J2 MO.OOO. Two ihughtcrs be. sides the n < l slng IMIth are the bcuoflclarlcs. In 1SSO IMIth Ashbrook , ihon IS > ears old , met and loved IMword Tounsoiul a civil en gineer. at Melbourne. After a few weeks' courtship Townsend propend nnd WR.I ac cepted by thn rjlrl Her father would not sanction the union , The Rlrl , however , mnrJ rled Townsend. The following > i > ar Townsend - ' send left .Melbourne , going to San Kranclsco , where , for a while , ho was cmplojcd on ono of the morning papers. In issii the couple went to Port Townsend. Wash , and later they drifted to Victoria. II. C. , vvht.ro Tow no- end Is said to have died of pneumonia Mrs. Townsend has moved from one plice to un- othcr , supporting herself nnd child IM best she could. Advices from Melbourne state that for two > ears she was cmplo > cd In ono of the big department stores In Chicago. That was the last heard of her. SI MAY SCHOOL WOltlvKUS COM-'nil. Proiiiliipiit Xlen from All I'nrlH of tlio Cull n ( rj In At IciiilaniM1 , LOUISVILliU , Jan. 19. The Nonscctarlau Internntloinl Field Workers , composed of Sundn ) school workers , begin their annual session this evening at the Mcmoilal Prea- bjlcrlan church. Many delegates are In , at- t.ndanco nt the mcotlrt ; , xvhlch will con tinue through Thursday afternoon. Tonight's meeting Includes a song service , dlncusslon of the general topic , "Tho Inllvldual School , " and an addrtss , "Front Une Sunday Schools , " by C. I ) Melgs , superintendent of Indiana Sunday School union. Tomorrov. ' Alfred Day , president of ths In ternational Pleld Workt'is , will address the mcotlnc Other distinguished xlsltora will bo Marlon I.iwrcncc. general secretary Ohio Sunday School association ; Hugh Coik , In- tprnal'ioml rield Workers of the Northwest ; C M. Wallico , Iowa ; I. P. Illack , secretary Intornatlmal Primary mil on , 11. r Jacobs , W. J Ilemllrolh of Missouri. S 1) ) AVeaxor of Missouri and C. J. Kephart of Pcnnsjlva- nla. _ _ Vlpltin IN St > rliiiitl > III. NnW YOHK , Jan 19 The Press says that Mine. Mclbi , who disappointed a largo audience last night by falling to appear In "I.a Traxlata. " Is seriously III Yesterday , sajs the Press , n surgical operation was per formed on Mine Mclln's throat and she may ba unable to ping again this season She caught n cold In llrooklyn last Thursday. On Sunday she was well enough to sing , but after the performance was uirnblo to speak above a whisper. roini-M Tlirntiuh I IIP Sliirtn. MlkLim , S. 1) . Jan. 19 ( Special Telegram - " * * v * " gram ) Mall Cariler Spain , Just In fiom " the south , sa > s that a farmer named Pass nilninn lost 150 sheep In the recent storm. Spiln K.IJH ho was out In the otoim two nights and narrowly escaped perishing Spitnlor NASHVIIjlii ? , Jnn. It A special from ParK Tcv. , s.tys : Mr.s Harris vvlfcofStn- xtor luh.im G Iturrls , Is not cxpteted to llvt > tliroiiKh the iilsht , nnd thn senitor Is till eonlliu'il to his loom from futiuo ! -nusod l > > hl.s rnpld Journey from Washing- ton. MENTAL EFFECTS. A Ilcnllim TfH < for ( hi ? Mlllil. There arc a number of commcndiblo tlilnga taught by so-called mind healers For In stance , "Mind Is the real being the real man , which moves the arms , leys , eyes , etc , as machines which do Hi will " Ucdy U made up entirely of what comqs. from the ground nnd air. A peculiar com pound of earth nnl water , dcllcatel > and moit deftly arranged , lo bo sure , but slmpltt earth and water nevertheless , without any force , Intelligence or motion In It , except CH It Is acted upon by the living mind Thcro seems to bo two minds lo each body , or two selves , ono which runs the so-called automatic momheio stomach heart , bowels , etc. , etc , and the other which conducts the movements of the outer members arms , etc It Is a curious ps > cholcglcal fact that when ann 11 slightly ailing a now linu of thought will quickly affect the body favorabl ) and particularly If that mental trcnil run some what as follows "I am not body" "My real self Is unseen and la Mind or Spirit which Is tin1 same as Life. Ilody being dead matcilal cannot complain to mo except as I scnsltl/o It ami permit the com plaints " If a poison can bring himself to thoroughly bcllevo thta without a a'aadow of doubt a most cuilous and healing effect In quickly felt In the body. JIany people have not a well enough train ed mind to command Just whit It Bhull or filial ! not do. but where thn mind [ 3 well In hand , so to speak the result of such mental oxciclsc Is marked and cannot bo forgotten Wo write the above knowing that It will i each the oyr of some honest searthcr after some of the now laws which are lately com ing to be known of man , and to aay that vvhlle on the subject of healthful living i "hould not be forgotten that good nourishing fond and drink arc necesj.nj nnl the un natural hublia are better loft , off than clung to If the reader hai trouble with coffee and has never ustd the food-dilnk , Poitum Cereal , It will well repay the trial Thcro la but ono genuine original P stum Cereal coffee , with n multitude of Imitations offered ct > ' Jint as good " AMLSKMUNTS. & M./r / * . i oni . iit : ! ON KjjiT , si jr ; . T\M > ami one-half hum's iniugiunt liuKiicr -EMEI.Y BANCJKBfi- Matinee xvtdnc-iinj ftnu now nn tnle , lie , CCc 7't f 1 en M.itlniD : c niul Vic I'HOP ItniNOI.DS. THE GREIGHTON - Mqrs 'I'lirciMVIH ! ( , ( iiiiinifiielnpr THURSDAY. JANUARY 21 , ROSAU L monni oH m r * A "CT.'R/r'P'Kf i " ° 'i ' " ' * * " 'o ' b.ii l/JM. JtliAVl el\i , / | nt | | ) y tllo emu o .jij KfntB now on cilu 2'ic < k 7 c IIO Jljit un imitlmoSatnulnj i * niul oik' Jun 2IS7 , Ilupl.lns' I r.n CIlKiail'ION UAI.U ' ) rs , lONIOUT , k,15 I'UOl' JOHN ItCV.NUl.DH , prcMiitiMK IMS \ ts.Miiuctinuii..s : : : : i..m n. tcr iiiul xckncu nunlilnoil StMU IM ( inJ y ; . bcliool children lOc nt niallncc ILstSPur- THEATEI I fmi.mnct.-i . M Cruwfunl , Muiumcr " n MA'IIMI : 'IODAV ar. u All SfiilH Xr a IP ujiii n < - iSi > p n.'t' " . " SJ.'P iinp.IP ii. u TONIOIIT AT 8 15 HfCl'LAIl I'lllCM HUMAN HHA'jaTS BOYD'S MKvrnn j " ' ' " I..AI Crawford , Mur. I I MlgliU OjitnliiB Tliuinlas Jnti 21 - matliieia. KXTIIAVAGANX.A CO.MPANY-In the Now , Ooriiotis ; Ope rut lu Kxtriivuemuu , "Homlrlolc Huditoii , Jr. " " 0 People , .MiiKiilllct-nt Heencry , Hi-lect Chorus of 30 16 Huropfim UaiiLirti , January 25 Jl.mciolt , lira " HOTEL MERCER COH. 1STII AMI IIOVVAIll ) , Commercial Men' * llvadquartcm. . _ 100 Jtoums JZOO per day. CO noom Wlih Until , li M I'or Day. HI'KCIAI. IIATBH UV THK MONTH. Table UnoxccllcU Ly Any Ileum of Hamo Unit. WI.MC TAVI.OH , BARKER HOTEL. / TimiTii.vni A.M ) JOMJH 1(0 rooniK , butliit , iteani hcut and all modern convenient * ! , Ituten , II (0 unj n ( K ) per day. Table uncxcullcil. Hpeclal low rate * to regular boarder * . FUANIC UlbUlTCll , tier.