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VOL. X.

mi Our -:- -FOUR DATS ONLY,

Beginning Friday, Feb. 16th, and ends Tuesday,Feb. 20fch

During these four days we will give away free of cliarjre a pair ofRubbers with every pair of ladies', mi ses' and children's shoes sold.

Four Big Bargains in Hosiery.The greatest hosiery bargains ever offered. 35 dozen ladies' fast

black hose, never sold in this town for less than 15 cents, at this sale forSeven cents a pair.

Twenty-fiv- e dozen ladies' fast black hose, would be cheap at 20 cts.,at this sale for 10 cents a pair.

Twenty-fiv- e dozen ladies' full. regular made fast black hose, "a goodleader at some stores at 25 cents; our price for this sale 15 cts per pair.

Forty dozen boys' and misses' ribbed hose, regular made, always soldat 25 cents, at this sale 15 cents a pair.

AH our woolen hosiery for ladies and. children, worth from 25 to40 cents, take choice at twenty cents a pair.

OUR PRICES ON DRY GOODSare ahvuvs 35 per cent cheaper than you can buy elsewhere.Lonsdale bleached muslin, a yard wide, for 7i cents; unbleachedyard wide, at 4- - and 5i cents; iOO pieces of machine made linen

1 i 1 la n 11iz varus to tne piece, only ten cents per piece; a mil line or embroideryand laces just received.

Everything at reduced prices. Remember that wedon't offer you odds and ends or racket goods, fire goodsor auction goods as some stores town do; nothing butfirst quality and best makes of good. Eemember theplace.

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Grady Block. J. PIZER, Prop.WRECKER OF HIGH PRICES.

Happy Greeting to All

Davis, the Hardware an,Has just received the

Nicest Assortment 01 Lamps

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to be found in the west. Also a nice line of silver-plate- dlea ana uoiiee rots ana J ea-Kctri- es; sometmng new,combining beauty and durability. We handle the

ACOEIT STOV3S,cook and heating, for either soft or hard which wilbe sold regardless of cost for the next three weeks. Remember we carry a full line of Hardware, Stoves andTinware and would be pleased to have you call and see us

A. L. DAVIS, - - - GASH STO RE.

North Platte National Bank,

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DIKECTOltS:O. M. CAKTER,

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lowest rates.

IDDINGS,

COAL, ;

Order by telephone from Newton's Book Store.

muslin,

coal,

Dr. N. McOABE, Prop. J. E. BUSH, Manager.

NORTH PLATTE PHARMACY,Successor to J. Q. Thacker.

OSrOilTEC PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.WE AIM TO HANDLE THE BEST GRADE OF GOODS,BELL THEM AT REASONABLE PRICES, AND WARRANT

EVERYTHING AS REPRESENTED.

orders from the country and along the line of the UnionPacific Railway Solicited.

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MtthTOLD IN A FEW WORDSEVENTS OCCURRING IN ALL SECTIONS

SUMMARIZED.

The Many Happenings of Seven Days Be.duced From Columns to Lines Everything bat Facts Eliminated For OarRead era' Convenience.

Wednesday, Feb. 7.Thomas Lowry, a laborer, was killed at

ttalveston by a heavy boom, which fell onhis head.

M. V. N. Blackburn, founder and for along time editor of the National Traveler,died in lies Moines.

Nearly 500 guests attended the seventhannual dinner of the Rochester, N. Y.,chamber or commerce.

The fear of a smallpox epidemic hassubsided at Otsego, Mich., and the publicschools have reopened.

Troop K, Fifth cavalry, won the Nevadatrophy for best general average in revol--Ter, carbine and rifle firing.

Attorney Quiinhy recovered a verdictfor 1,665 against Mrs. George S. Hoyt forattorney fees at Denver, Colo.

R. M. Dickerson. wanted at Keithsburz.Ills., for obtaining money under false pretenses, was arrested at South Bend, Ind

Charles A. Ivloeb of Celina, O., suedtreorge Kroeger for $3,000 damages forpublishing an article which led to Kloeb'sdefeat.

Ihe girl who died in a Grand Rapidsnospitai proves to be a daughter of ArnoldGage of Sanlt Ste. Marie. She ran awaynve years ago.

The opening of schools at GranlsburgWis., has been postponed to April 1, ow-ing to the continued prevalence of diptheria.

An illicit whisky still has been seized onthe farm of John Laser near Bremen. Ind.Laser is a prominent farmer and was al-ways regarded as a law-abidi- citizen.

Will Marsh, assistant cashier of theBankofMinto, X. D., attempted suicideby shooting. He cannot recover. His ac-counts appear to be correct. lie is un-married.

John Eckert. has brought suit for $5,000damages against F. C. Miller ut Val-paraiso, Ind. Miller testified againstEckert on a charge of murdering AmbroseRude, of which Eckert was acquitted.Several other similar suits will be brought.

A Catholic congress, the holding ofwhich was forbidden in Naples, has beensummoned to meet in Rome Feb. 15. Thepope has ordered that the proceedingsshall be private in order not to irritate thegovernment.

Thursday, Feb. 8.Lena Wetherdl, IS years old, took her

life by poison at Oskaloosa, la.The second annual convention of Pacific

coast fire chiefs began in San Francisco.One case of smallpox has appeared at

Ottumwa, la., and caused a stampedeafter vaccine.

Captain James Gault, who commandedthe first steamboat on the Monongahelariver, is dead.

While attempting to save her3ister a heroine at Guthrie, O.T., was fatally burned.

The twentieth annual meeting of theIllinois State Dairymens! association is tobegin in Dixon Feb. 21.

Colored yeople who established a colonvin Marlboro Township, O., two years ago,have returned to Virginia.

Albert Nansker, one of the Olinhanttrain robbers, was convicted of murder inthe first degree at Newport, Ark.

Contractor Peter liarson has filed a lienfort0,000on the Nelson and Fort Shep-par- d

railroad in the state of Washington.

During the blizzard in Oklahoma Wal-ter Shaller froze to death, and a family offive are frozen so badly they cannot re-cover.

The case of Field Bros., indicted for il-legal banking, brought to Independence,la., from Black Hawk county, has beenpostponed to the March term.

The First National bank of ArkansasCity, Kan., which was placed in the handsof a receiver Jnne IS, 1893, has been per-mitted to reopen for business.

The Iowa State Plumbers' associationmetatDes Moines and elected officers.The next annual meeting will be held atBurlington.

Captain James Fleming and MateStephen Tyo of Kingston, Ont., were pre-sented with medals for bravery at thetime of the Glenora wreck in 1892.

Professor W. S. Dysinger, principal ofthe normal department of Carthage col-lege, Carthage, Ills., has resigned to enterthe Lutheran ministry.

Friday, Feb. 9.The reported case of smallpox at Keo-saupu- a,

la., proves to be a bad cold.Ten business houses at Montgomery,

Mo., burned, causing a loss of 100,000.Governor and Mrs. Altgeld left Spring-

field for Hot Springs, to be absent a week.The public schools at Galena, Ills., have

been closed owing to the prevalence ofdiphtheria.

The investigation into the killing ofCaptain Hedberg by Lieutenant Maney atFort Sheridan has begun.

The proposition to issue $200,000 in bondfor school purposes at St. Joe, Mo., car-ried by a two-third- s majority.

John Birran fell dead from excitementat Osage, la., while trying to save thehouse of John Fordham from fire.

The strike at the Cripple Creek, Colo.,gold fields has ended, the mine ownersconceding an eight-hou- r day at S3.

Chairman Breidenthal of the KansasPopulist state committee is being talkedof as a nominee for governor of that state,

The Kearney, Neb., cotton mill will begin operations as soon as needed repairscan be made, employing at least 500 operators.

Bishop Rademacher of Fort Wayne,Ind., got judgment for $500 against W. P.Bedwell, editor of the A. P. A. paper forlibel.

The striking carpenters at St. Louishave returned to work, the contractorshaving receded from their demand for areduction.

The convention of the Iowa Brick andTile association was held at Des Moines.Papers on trade subjects were read anddiscussed.

Some one put a dyuamite cartridge in akitchen stove at Huntington, Ind. It exploded, wrecking thekitchen and injuringMrs. Bishoff.

Gast.iv Gormion strangled himself at acheap lodging house in Terre Haute, Ind.He tied a rope around his neck andtwisted it with a clothes brush.

Ex-Vi- ce President Leonard of the defunct Santa Clara, Cal., bank pleaded notguilty to nine indictments for wreckingthe bank. He is out on $14,000 bail. -

Major Allen Wilson, who was slaughtered by-Kin- Lobengula, was a tall, pow- -

erful fellow of military build and bearing.Though only So years of age'he had seen 16years of hard service in South Africa.

The scientists of Mount Hamilton, Berk-e- y,Palo Alto, Oakland and SanlFrancis- -

co are waiting impatiently for a scientifi-cally correct report of the facts in connection with the meteor that passed over Cal-ifornia and fell in Nevada.

Saturday, Feb. 10.W. Lowe received a life sentence at

Hillsboro, N. D., for killing a policeman.William Metier was killed at Mount

Gilead, Uaio, by a didn't-kuowit-w-asloaded gun.

Supervisors of Livingston county, Illi-nois, voted to erect a new building on thepoor farm to cost $40,000.

NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1894.

Mrs. Catherine Harman sued Dr. J. M.Dean of Springfield, Ohio, for $10,000 forneglect in setting her broken leg.

The commissioner general of Russia atthe midwinter fair gave a reception toHarriet Hosmer, the sculptress.

Mrs. Anne Mcintosh was instantly kil-led on a grade crossing at Saginaw, Mich.It is thought to be a case of suicide.

John White and John Hayes, supposedto have committed many robberies atFreeport, Illinois, have been arrested.

George A. Miller was arrested at FortWayne, charged with beating Warsawfarmers out of 6,000 bushels of wheat.

The Kitz Implement company, whichwill employ 250 men, accepted a 550,000bonus to locate at Anderson, Indiana.

J. M. Day, former owner of the Dris-ki- llhotel, at Austin, Texas, sued M. B.

Curtis, the actor, and his wife for $2,803.A skeleton found on the beach near St.

Joseph, Michigan, is supposed to be thatof the captain or cook of the Havana,wrecked in 1SS7.

Dr. Will" Nolin, who killed John andWill Turner at Harlan Court House,Kentucky, Tuesday, has been indictedfor manslaughter.

Judge Bellinger of the United Statesdistrict court at Portland, Oregon, deniedthe motion of William Dunbar, convictedof smuggling opium, for a new trial.

Frank Harder was arrested on suspicionat Denver. He wore trousers which havebeen identified as belonging to the mur-dered Harrv Carr.

Goldmark and Conried of New York,recovered judgment for 7,803 againstJohn Kreling of the Tivoli Opera house,San Francisco, for royalties.

Fred Altenheim of Quincy, accused of iembezzling 250 from the Minnesotainrasher companv, or which he wasagent, has commenced suit for $10,000damages.

ainnday, Feb. 12.Two children were burned to death in a

house near Bonne Terre, Mo.The Transmississippi Commercial con

gress will meet Tuesday at San Francisco.C. F. Ruser, an old man, was stabbed

and killed by his son Fred at San

Charles J. Karrar, Swiss consul at j now all mencinnati, was knocked down and arrestedwhile drunk.

Receiver Mink denies that the UnionPacific will abandon the Kansas Central,as has been reported.

A sheriff and posse had a desnarate fightwith a band of horse thieves about 10miles from Abilene, Tex.

Kansas board of railway commissionershave ordered lumber rates from KansasCity to Wichita reduced.

George Williams, the murderer of JohnTerrell, was sentenced at Pittsburg to 12years in the penitentiary.

It is announced from Paris, Ills., thatCongressman A. J. Hunter is not out ofthe race for a reuomination.

Near Harrodsburg, Kv., Mrs. SamuelMilton was taken from her bed by white-capsan- d

mercilessly whipped.Prince Galitzine of Russia joined the

Salvation Army at New York and re-turns home to push the work there.

Charles Williams was convicted on twocounts and James Robinson on a singlecount of violatiou of the Kansas liquorlaw.

The trial of Bishop Bonacum at Lincoln, Neb., came to an unexpected end,when the court sustained a motion to

J. W. Argabright, a. South Omaha policeman, shot and killed William Schmelt-zic- r,

his father-in-la- at Nemaha City.Neb.

Antonio Luciano and Antonio Begidiowens sentenced to be hanged May 10 atGrenfell, Man., for the murder of a companion.

Saloonkeeper Brockman of Quincy hasbeen sued for $5,000. He sold whisky to alittle boy, who thereby made two littlegirls drunk.

George Polk and Walter Cribbs werearrested at Hartshorne, I. T., for the mur-der of Alexander Lanier at Birmingham,Ala., in October.

Tuesday, 13.John B. Lamont, father of Secretary La- -

mont, is dead.Frank Bootz died at Peoria. Ills., of

smallpox. The house been thoroughly disinfected and no epidemic is feared

The Canadian cabinet has decided tocall parliament together March 15. It has

been decided to make no change incanal tolls'for the ensuing season.

Cleveland and Detroit capitalists haveorganized a syndicate to operate extensivecoal mines at Barboursville, Ky.

At Johns, Ala., Dennis Clements andill Barge quarreled over a girl. Barge

shot and killed Clements. Deputy SheriffChat llolman blew Barge's head off witha shotgun.

The Alabama National bank and J. C,Henley have closed up Charles NewmanJr. and Co. at Birmingham, by attachmenis aggregating ?'J,uuu. The assets are510,000, consisting of a stock of men's furnishing goods.

Alimony von ueumau has gone insaneat Dubuque, la., by application to thestudy of astrology.

Plans have been perfected for the organization of the Students Art league at Dubuque, In., modeled after the famous artschool in New York.

ml r t ji nomas .Miner was louuti dead nearThompscnville, Ills. It has been reportedthat he was shot in a drunken row, butthe details are not known.

Louis Gephart kept $500 in an old chestat Huntington, Ind., being afraid ofbanks. hull he looked for it he discovered $400 had been stolen.

John McKane, a wealthy farmer of Ed-gar, Neb., was found dead in bed byneighbors. McKane was a bachelor liv-ing alone. The cause of his death is believed to have been heart trouble.

The Public Ledger appeared Mondaywith the name of George W. Childs-Drex- el

at the head of its editorial column.The case of George Woodruff, a promi-

nent farmer near Mulberry, Ind.. is at-tracting great attention among medicalmen. The last even weeks he has notslept an aggregate of an hour.

Crib Withstood the Storm.Milwaukee, Feb. 13. The crib at the

lake end of the new intake tunnel with-stood the onslaught of the great north-east storm without the slightest damage.Anxious people watched the structureduring the entire night.

Clear Weather Prevails.St. Feb. 13. Advices from all

parts of Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas andcontiguous territory are that the stormhas been replaced by clear, cold weather.Traffic is rapidly resuming its normalcondition.

Epidemic of Youthful Suicides.City of Mexico, Feb. 13. Nemours

Forge, a young Frenchman, Maria Vales-- ,co, a young girl, and Don Canalio ,Cor- -dero, a young Mexican, committedjf suicide here.

Heavy Downpour In Mississippi.Canton, Miss., Feb. 13. The heaviest

rain known here fell lastnightjqver- -flowing creeks, carrying away bridgesand doing other damage. r'

Mri.wAiTirra. Feb. 13. The Roanoke

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mmM ENTOMBEDDisastrous Cavern at t!ie Ill-fat- ed

Gaylord 3Iine Xear Wilkesharre.

BUT (ME MBTER ESCAPED.

Rescuers Working' Hard With Little Hopeof Taking the "Men Out Alive Scenes

at the Mouth of thu Slope Listof the Victims.

.w ilkesuakke, ira., b'eb. 13. An estensivo cavein occurred at GaylordBlope of Kingston Coal company,Plymouth, this morbing. Seventeenmen are entombed. Rescuers are hardat work. There is hut little hope of getting the men out alive.

Ihe Gaylord mine or slope has beencxwshiCred an ill-fat- ed collier' for morethan a year past. Only a monththere was an. extensive cavein of thesurface which covers whole roof ofthe mine. So far as can be learned theaccident today was caused by a furtheidepression of the surface.

The superintendent of the mine reportsmac only la men aro entombed, but 17are missing.

T 1 1." f i , -oi ino entombed men aregathered at the month of the slope andtheir cries of distress would move thestoutest heart. Everything is being doneto rescue the men.

List of the Missing.xne loilowmg are the names of the

men entombed: Thomas Leischon,Michael Wulsh, Peter McLaughlin, JohnArer, Dan Morgan, Joseph Ords, ThomasPicton. Thomas Jones, Richard Davis.John Mollis, James Kingdon, ThoimisMorris and Thomas Cole. Nearly allare married, with large families. It Is

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.lomi onucty, who was at work withthe entombed men, escaped with his li'.by a hairs breadth. The fall rat hi

iium mc umtM. v.iuKers iy auouc twofeet, making sort of a dividing wall be-tween him and his companions. Immediately after the roof had fallen in hpcould hear the men who were entombedgroaning, then all was silent. He ranand gave the alarm and the work ofrescue was at once begun.

THE Fill 12 IlKCOIII).Awosan .mionio Iiott'Is 7nrni-- a:n! the

Courthouse UaniaKcd.Sax Antonio, Tes., Ftb. VX Fire ata

a. in. destroyed th Lmivn.l mi.lviii-i.i- i uuteis, logjLiier wiru an theirfurnishings. The hotels adjoin eachether and were filled with gut sts, all ofwhom escaped, but mainly in their nighsattire and without baggage. The loss isplaced at 100.000. riL; "nvv courthousewas damaged $13,000 worth. Insurance,

50,000.Fireman Will Zantsinger, Ed Hargrove

and K. E. Sebastian wvro buried lieaenthfalbni debris imd seriously, ierhapsratauy, injured. Tkore is no Imowncause ror the lire, but incendiarism isthe theory. The fire began in the Centralhotel.

Until Iron WorksBath, Me., Feb. 1J. Fire destroyed

the Bath Iron works. Loss 155,ifi0;partially insured.

.Smallpox at ?tladisun.Madison, Wr:s., Feb. 13. Matkcw

Ashton. convicted of murder at Janes-vill- e,two weeks ago and brought to the

Dane count- - jail for safe keeping pend-ing a motion for a new trial, because thejail at Janesville was quarantined on account of a case of small pox was dis-covered to be suffering from the disease.Ashton has wealthy friends. The su-preme court had granted a writ of errorin his ease and he expected to be releasedon bail in a few dirys. There are thirtyprisoners in jail and it is feared allhave been exposed.

Will Fight tho Case Ilitterlj-- .Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 13. J. A.

Smith, the populist attorney of KansasCity, Kan., who was arrested Fridaynight charged with criminally libelingS. S. King, police Judge of that city inan open letter to Governor Lewelling, wasreleased on $1,000 bail. Ho has retainedMrs. Mary E. Lease, Judge D. B.Hadley,Getty & Hutchin, James Gilison andDavid McLaiu as his attorneys and willfight th case bitterly.

Also a Digamist.Davenport, Feb. 13. Recent develop-

ments show that Dr. Morey, who mar-ried a rich Scott county widowjand theneloped with her daughter, isa bigamist. He has another wife inIndiana. Officers cannot locate the run-aways.

Presidential Nominations.Washington, Feb. 13. The president

sent the following nominations to thesenate: To be superintendent of themint at Philadelphia, Eugene Townsend;to be collector of the port of Philadel-phia, John R. Read; to be naval surveyorat Philadelphia, P. Gray 3Ieck; MajorJames Gillico, quartermaster, to be lieu-tenant colonel and deputy quartermastergeneral; Captain Chase R. Barnell, assistant quartermaster, to be major and quartermaster.

Internal llcvcnue Itcceipts Increasing.Washington, Feb. 13. The receipts

from internal revenue during the first 10days of the present month aggregated

1,070.211, as against $1,314,801 duringthe corresponding period last year, a gainof $3G4,'107. This tremendous increase isregarded by treasury officials as a suresign of returning business activity,

Elk Leaving the Mountains.Lander, Wy., Feb. 13. It is esti

mated that not less than 10,000 elk havecome out from the mountains and foot-hills onto the plains between FortWashakie and the head of the Windriver to escape the deep snows.

Ellegau Sentenced to Hang.Oklahoma City, O. T., Feb. 13. The

jury m the John M. Lllegan case,charged with murder, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree and as-sessed the punishment at death.

Treasurer Armstrong Escapes.Peru, Ind., Feb. 13. Calvin E. Arm

strong, the embezzling treasurer of Tip-ton count, who was sentenced to thepenitentiary Saturday, escaped from theKokomo jail.

River Miners Strike.Pitts? una, Feb. 13. Nearly 3,000

river miners m the second, third andnin-r.- TTnvpn nf 11 n'rJnek all I fourth pools are on a itriktt against a re

nht.' She had been 24 hours ouin the I traction of ,V. cent per bushel in the min- -.tiii.

nhmtCONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Senators Quay and Teller DIscium the BondIssue Question.

Washlvotox, Feb. 6. The Hawaiiandebate conclnded Tuesday but the entireresolution was not passed because of thefailure of the Democrats to secure aqnornm when a vote was taken. Muchless opposition from the Democrats de-veloped than was at one time expected.

Washington, Feb. 6. The senate didnot come to a vote on the federal electionbill Tuesday, as was anticipated. Sev-eral senators who had not hitherto spokendesired an opportunity to be heard on themeasure and, by unanimous consent, thotime of general debate was extended.The chief event of the day was the speechof Senator Frye (Me.).

Washington. Feb. 7. The bill repeal-ing in toto all federal laws regulatingthe control of congressional elections haspassed both houses of congress and onlywaits tho signature of President Cleve-land to become a law. After severalweelffi of discussion the senate Wednesday finally came to a vote on the housebill repealing the federal election lawsand it passed by a vote of 39 ayes to 23navs.

Washington, Feb. 7. By a vote of IT- -to 57 the house Wednesday adopted thoresolution condemning Minister Stevensand sustaining tho Hawaiian policy ofMr. Cleveland.

Washington. Feb. H The right ofthe secretary to issue bonds at this timewas again the subject of controversy inthe senato Thursday. Senator Stewart'sresolution came up under the rule, andSenator Butler's motion to refer it to thejudiciary committee was the only opposition. Senator Quay took a decidedstand m iavor of (lisjwsing of the matterin open session, instead of giving it a de-cent burial by referring it to a committeefrom which it would never emerged, andintimated Senator Sherman gave to thecountry an apparent justification of Sec-retary Carlisle's action when the Ohiosenator clearly knew it to be illegal. Astrong speech was made bv SenatorTeller, in which he deprecated the de- -plorablo financial condition of the conn--try, and called upon liis Republican col-leagues to bear their fair share of the responsibility of the causes and not attemptto throw upon the Democratic party theentire burden ofdevising remedies for theimpending panic. The question went over.

The senate then resumed its old prac-tice of adjourning from Thursday untilMonday.

Washington, Feb. 8. The deadlockon Bland's silver seigniorage bill wasbroken after four hours of filibuster-ing Thursday, after which by a vote of10G to 40 the house carried Mr. Bland's:motion to going into committee of thewhole for consideration of his bill. Theeastern Democrats and the great mass ofRepublicans made a determined opposi-tion. On the final vote 10G Democratsand all the Populists voted with him,while 22 Democrats joined with tho Re-publicans in refusing to vote. It is thor

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Democrats Mr. bill tariffwere in favor an interview count, speaMng

bill, would soil) will sayopposition extent voting that the cultivation

against well willknown administration is to Idsthe bill 111 present form.

Washington, Feb. The entireday in house Friday was consumedm the debate on tho Bland seignioragebill, speakers being Messrs. Bland,

W. Stone, McKcighan, Harter, andKilgore. It is expected a vote onbill will reached Tuesday and Mr.Bland is it will nass.

Washington, Feb. 10. Todav wasset aside for eulogies upon the lifeof late Representative(Pa.), and Senator Stanford (Cal.),but on account the death ofMr. Houck (O.), that order was vacatedand the house adjourned out of respect to

memory of the dead Ohio

Washington, Feb. 12. A new turnwas given to the silver discus-sion in the house by. Mr. Bland's an-nouncement that would move at a

day to amend the pending bill sothat silver certificates would be

as fast as silver dollars were coinedwith the added authority to the secretaryof the treasury to issue the certificates inadvance of coinage if so desired.Tin's change is designed to overcome oneof the mam objections of Secretary Car-lisle to the bill. Tin's objection is sharedby many members of the house to suchn extent that the passage of the seig

niorage 0111 was 111 (lount. The changenow proposed by Bland obviates theobjections so that the passage of the

bill regarded as certain.On motion of Mr. Perkins a bill author-

izing the extension of the time for thea high wagon bridge

across the Missouri river at Sioux City-wa- spassed. On motion of Mr. Meikel-jol- m

(Neb.) a bill granting a charter tothe Pontoon Bridge com-pany to construct a bridge across theMissouri river at Sioux was passed.

Washington, Feb. 12. The Hawaiiancontroversy occupied the principal timeof the senate Monday. Senator Gray(Del.) opening his argument in defense ofthe policy of President Cleveland. Hisspeech was devoted principally to an at-tempt to prove tho complicity of Minis-ter Stevens the revolutionists. He

to

assuming andreported

ture to report to the senate the amountwheat in country March 30 last,

the total yield and the inthe country.

CONGRESSIONAL.

In House.Washington, Feb. The debate on

the Bland silver bill was re-sumed in the house. Some routinebusiness preceded The speakerbefore the house the Hawaiian messagefrom the transmitted yesterday. At the of Mr.J Borrows itwas and referred to foreignaffairs committee.

in Senate.Feb. 13. A bill was re-

ported to the senate Senator Cokeand passed, continuing in force the

act the protection of in the Po-tomac river.

Senate bill making Labor DayMonday of September a holi-

day was reported by Mr. thecommittee on education, and placed onfile, and then Senator Gray re-sumed his argument on Hawaiianresolution.

making Candies

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NEWS OF NEBRASKA.

BRIEF BUT PITHY MENTION OFHAPPENINGS OF A WEEK.

TH

NeTTs Which Tell the Story of Seven Days'Crimes and Casualties and Other Impor-tant Matters Arranged Attractively andGiven In a Few Word.

A Ulg Bankrupt Sale.Kearney, Neb., Feb. 12. The large

6tock of bankrupt goods left by the recentfrilure of E. Walker & Sons at this placewas at sheriffs sale to M. Cot-ter of St. Louis for 530,000.

WILLIAMS,

committee ina

committee

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Snow in oinaiin. hear This byOmaha, Feb. 10. A heavy snow began : 7 to C and resolution was agreed

falling at 3 a. m. and is still progress, to reported at Hadabout eight inches a level, proposition to hear counsel prevailed.

Street traffic is blocked and the rail- - Robert wouldare much hindered in moving trains, anneared the labor interests and

Policeman Murders His Fathcr-In-Ij-Omaha, Feb. 12. A special to the Bee

from Auburn, Neb., that J.Argabright, a South Omaha policeman,shot and killed his father-in-la- "WilliamSmeltzer, at a school exhibition nearNemaha City.

work.

lawyers

Charged Embezzlement. it into the house tomorrow It W3SCity, Neb., 12. Hen- - thought bv the subcommittee to pre--

ry Ranken, of the Farmers' Bent substitute for the McGannBank of was ar-- 1 in

rested charged with !'its preamble to

is placed 15,000. case that Judge Jenkins' hadwas continued, j did not want

? des in of investiga-Lincol- n,Bishop Bonacum's :Neb., Feb. trial members

Bishop Bonacum libeling Father , aSed an investigationCorbett, Spencer this

' desirable.morning to admit in evidence the circu- -lar letter suspending Corbett thepriesthood as tending show malice on

part of the prelate. de--veloped that Editor Morgan, settlin Uintah andlated the letter, a enemy of , nf Pnnr,r(1 nrwj T --1 r 1 -tne anti was m nau orucr in uiechurch because he was a Mason.

' some Delegatewm m I 1 1 Til . f .Feb. !(. The colonv of ian; a mu tne coinmmee Dywhich Count Lubienski arranged toat Neligh will begin to to its homo

oughly a of to Wil- -with Bland son or any other complications

of certain modifications of In the aftertho idthough they not of Nebraska's said: intheir to the of conclusion of the

consideration. It is also suirar beet Vv the American farmerthe opposed be salvation the

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Bonacum PhclanLincoln. Neb., Feb. 13. With the

charges against him dismissed Bishopproposes to turn the tables on on his late

Constable Spelts servedpapers on Father Phelan, who took suchan active in the prosecution, summoning him to appear before Vicar

Hartig of the Lincoln diocese Thursday, March 1, to answer charges andspecifications against him by theBishop.

DEBS ON THE DECISION.Kate Wages Will Hold In

Wyoming- Colorado.Omaha, Feb. 10. The Union Pacific

men are greatly elated over the decisionof the federal court at Denverthe of Judge Dundy EugeneDebs, of the American Railway inspeaking of the decision today,"Unless the decision reversed bv JudgeCaldwell the old rate of wages willgood in and Colorado, andam inclined to believe that Judge Caldwellwill concur in the opinion just rendered.He is recognized by all railroadan honest judge, and the railroad com-pany, knowing will most likely beslow to carr- - the case up to him.

consider this a great victoryfor employes. Our organization

hold a meeting at Cheyenne shorth-and at that time will represen-tatives of all the men on the system. We

do nothing rash, but act withgood common sense."

Mr. Delxs left this afternoon for Kan-sas City, where he will address aof railroad employes tomorrow night.

Another meeting of the employes of theroad will lie held tomorrow nightand the business of -- the havebeen invited to attend and confer with

men on the situation.

Interstate Irrigation Association.Salina, Kan., Feb. J. L.

secretary of the Interstate Irrigation as-sociation, left for Omaha, Neb., to

the of trade of that city.did not conclude his sneech. An Ane meeting tor the pnrpose ofar--esting incident of the session the ranging preliminaries for a great irriga- -

by Senator of a pe- - tion be held in Omaha nextsigned by 30,000 woolgrowers of mont.h- - The irrigation movement began

west protesting against the wool in this r and is rapidlyschedule in the new tariff bill. large proportions

Senator Pettigrew presented a resolu- - are also thetion directing the secretary of airricul- - farmers of northwestern Kansas.

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Railroad Sustained.Topeka. Feb. 14. After hear-

ing in the matter of the petitioners pray-ing that a passenger train be put on theKansas, Nebraska and Dakota railroadbetween Topeka and Fort Scott, theorder made by the board on 14,1893, that a passenger train, ortrains, lie placed said line of road,mailing a daily each way betweenthe cities ot lopeka and Scott,affirrnf.-d-.

ofClapissou, the French musical celeb-

rity, is building chateau composed en-tirely of buttocs. walls, the ceil-ings, the tho exterior, the int.

I are all ornamented with this novelelement of architecture. Buttons of everv

from the origin ofI invention to those of the

employed in theand of the walls. Everycountry has been ransacked, and some

' curious specimens have been brought tolight Those dating from theGreek empire are of the most curiousmanufacture. London Tit-Bit- s.

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TO INVESTIGATE JUDGE JENKINS.Resolution Favorablr Itcoorted by tit

House Judiciary Committee.i Washington, Feb. 13. The housej on judiciary today voted; favor of reporting to the house

for an investigation into theof District Judge Jenkins in restrainingemployes of the Northern Pacific railroadfrom The vote was toG. Senator Vilas (Wis.) appeared beforethe and urged that the ques-tion of such importance itshonld not be voted upon until counselhad been heard. In accordance withthis suggestion motion wa

to postpone the untilnext Monday and in the meantime

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several prominent for theside. The resolution reported is a snb- -stitute for the one introduced by Mr. Mc--Gann but differe little from that ongin- -

presented. It authorizes the judic-iary to proceed on the investi-gation into course.

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JudgeINDIAN LANDS IN UTAH.

Uintah and Uncompahgre Holdingslie Thrown Open to Settlement.

Washington, Feb. 13. The problemwho circu- - of the Uncompahgre

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which the Indians are to be given landsin severalty, 80 acres for each head of afamily and 40 acres each for otherdians. He proposes that the remainderof the land shall be thrown open to set-tlement by United States citizens, asettler to be allowed 160 acres at $1.23 anacre. The mineral lands and lands con-taining timber of commercial value to beexcluded from the plan and governed intheir disposition by existing laws.

The Uintahs now hold about 2,300,000acres and their neighbors, the Uncoin-pahgr- es

about 1,700,000 or about 2,800acres for each Indian.

Dilficnlties exist over the title of tho resto the lands they hold. As-

phalt deposits of great commercial valuehave recently been discovered in theirconntry so that it is very desirable forsettlement. Many settlers have --stakedclaims believing the land to be in Colo-rado or claiming to think so.

There is a difference of opinion in thecommittee over the action -- to be taken,but it is thought the matter may be set-tled by disposing of the mineral landsseparately.

Love Versus Polities.The Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria,

who has just been married to a younglieutenant, is spending her honeymoonin a residence presented by her grand-father, the emperor of Austria. Theemperor, who at first so strongly opposedtho match, as he desired the princess tobe the future empress of Austria, is re-ported to have said: "The poor childshall marry the man she loves. We havealready made sacrifices enough to politics." Vienna Letter.

Shipped His Wife as Household Goods.Atchison, Kan., Feb. 14. The nolice

took a Mrs. Franklin out of a car ofhousehold goods billed to Omaha inwhich she had been beating her wayfrom Decatjir. She had $23 and hadbeen put in the car by her husband whodid not want to pay her fare. Sho hadbeen m the car three days andnearly frozen.

was

Two Youthful Burglars.Guthrie, Feb. 14. Tool Chamns and

George Peevy, aged 11 and 12 respective-ly, are in the county jail here chargedwith breaking into a local dry goods6tore. It is believed thev are tmUtv nfmany other crimes for ther have evervappearance ofhardened criminals, desnitetheir tender years.

Cleveland Signed the BUI.u- - jrxBuuem;

has signed the federal electionsbill and it is now a law.

The Greater New Torn.Albany, Feb. lO.-- The greater New

lork bill passed in the assembly. Yeas '.04: nays, 7.

There is a ripe side to the orange aswell as to the peach. The stem half oftho orange is usually not so sweet andjuicy as tho other half, not because it re-ceives less sonshine, but possibly be-cause the juico gravitates to the lowerhalf, as the orange commonly hangs be-low its stem.

The net debt of New York city is5100,762,407. Chicago's debt is $18 --000 000; Philadelphia's $22,000;000,$30,000,000, New Orleans'$16 000.000, Cincinnati's $26,000,000,

Baltimore's 16,000,000, Washington's$20,000,000 and BrooUyn's $47ToOO

Wild tobacco has been found growingto Texas, and it is claimed that for deli2acy of perfume and strength of leaf tioplant is not surpassed by the real Ha.vrana.

DfFrom Cambridge comes this deflnitioaa popular same. ""RW.tVu.ii

pursuit of blown leather by blown hu-manity." ..