Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 7, 1893, Page 2

WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE | Monotany of the Joint Convention Varied by a “Oall of the Houso." SEVEN REPUBLICANS ~ WERE ABSENT Bro Compelled to Vote—No It Time of the lly Spent Leglslating, ght 1o and ange In the I House Energetic Neb., Feb, 6,—[Special Telegram | After a protracted session re of th legis- convention ctual a1 I tscons to Tur Bee. | sulting from a call lative joint ballot for senator then adjourned The republi their caucus to their seats in the the senate filed in the licutenant go eall the roll absentees being Kessler, Lockne Watson at Joint convention, and it was score of republicans. The again called under the formal call, and the | absentees were announced the chair directed | the sergeant-at-arms to close the doors. | An was inaugu- | ated wmong the the | chair felt called upon to sta if | one wanted to get out it would well them not to stand upon the ovder of th going, but go at once, as the doors were not to be cpened except by written order of the | president, 1 That sufticed to ¢ )0 Or more curious spectators, to » the chances of a siege, the still further which had seem ir ful house, t i 10 this afternoon and barely returned from se when s had ho 1 shortly after 2 o'clo rnor ordered the clerk to 195 | Kioke n and Wilson. demanded a call of backed when Thoere esent, the (& N ; Lobeck the by a roll exodus immediately ctators, and s that ! iny or | for | 'ar the floor and lobby of abou whose curiosity was not intense enough them to Ihe dir result erowding of the fngly been crowded to before. was galleries, th st capucity Warrants for the Absentees, At once made out they v Warrants were several absentees ing handed to the the much wanted r room and passed which the chair at onec ‘The chair censured and hi for admitting the mem bers and instructed them to admit else without an order and to bring absentees before the bar of the Nason stated that very ill at his home in that he be excused for ordered, as the Warrants for placed in the and while sergeant-at-arms theirseats amid cheerin suppressed the sergeant-at-ar \ssistants joint convention Senator Clarl Omaha and the day. It tions was moved was 8o wiis 1o obj and Lockner wer of Sergeant-at-Arms Alley of thy he took his de parture with Dungan of the house following closely at his heels. Kloke hands senate and ergeant-at-Arms Reer Kyner began singing *“Marching Georgia,” and entertained the crowa the sergeants maeched the members up to the bar of tion Kloke was first presented. In making the announcement the ofticer introduced him Lockner, but the house howled and the cor- rection was made. When the president in quired what disposition be made of him, Dysart moved that he be fined . Watson woved that he be excused and the motion provailed. wckner had dodged the officer and taken Hhis seat, but was discovered und towed up 0 the bar, when he also excused. Watson moved to dispense with a further | call of the conyention, but ns a precantionary measuve before doing so the chair ordered ol call to ascertain if all were present, as some of the members hud been temporarily excused by the chair. It revealed the ab- sence of Senator Campbell. Barry moved a call of the house in order that the missing independent might be found, body was still Brought in the ants. Through until two missing the Joint conyen as | but was intormed that the under call, The sergeant-n Senator Campbell and “invite not to urrest him. He was soon in his s and further proceedings under the call we dispensed with. The reading of the journal was likewise dismissed and the roll call or- dered to vote on senator, The Same Old Story. The result of the ballot was identically the me as that of Saturday, every vote being yecorded as on the former ballot—Allen, 65, Thurston, 61; Morton, 3; Boyd, 2. Watson moved to adjourn and the motion prevailed. Gaftin demanded roll call on the adjournment. The chair asked the house if it wanted the ayes and noes, and when a | chorus of noes went up he promptly declared the joint convention adjourned. IN TIE HOUSE, cted to find him in, but L. arms was d ops Run Things to Sult Themselves aifa bay. Linoony. Neb., Feb. 6,—[Special Telegram | to Tue Bee]—The house plunged headlong into a parliamentary skirmish jmmediately after assembling this morn iug. McKesson moved the suspension of the reading of the journal. To this Kruse bjected, and the speaker ordered the clerk to proceed McKesson requested the speaker 1o state upon what rule he based his vuling, and re- newed his otion Rhodes arose to a poiut of order and shortly quoted the constitution, the statutes, Cush s manual and the blue book, and talked until finally Watson shut him off by raising another voint of order. He asserted that when the speaker took his oath of office he sworc to be fairand just to all parties. He nsisted that it was the duty of the chair to make a ruling on his point of order at onc Some oue on the otherside retorted that at one time, four years ago, when Watson was he took three days in which to de cide a point of order Watson denied the soft impeachment, and created a sensation by declarimz that inas much us the speaker dill not propose to give them a rling he called the republican mem- bers of the house to meet in the supreme purt room for a confe Casper demanded house. but Oukley, McKesson and others laughed sur- donically and started for the door, Outvoted the It Casper shouted: *Well dure. " 1f you fellows want to_help boost a | bug democrat into the United States I guess we fellows can stand it." speaker then ruled that the reading of | journal could be suspended by a vote of fifty-one members. The roll ¢ the mo. tion Lo suspend was ordered und it was lost by a vole of 5 to 40, The reading proceeded while the republicans gradually slid out of | eats and passed from the hall sper then demanded a roll call to uscer- | tuin whether or not a constitutional major ~auedty was present. The roll call revealed th presence of fifty-four members, all inde pendents and democrats. The mijority then | rolled up its sleeves and went to work | Hnd o Lot of Fun. Reports of standing committees were | sented and the calendar was loaded down with the weight of forty or fifty additional | bills. The independents also procecded to have a little fun'on the side at the expense of the absentees | florst offered a vesolution providing that all bills relating to the payment of a bounty | to growers and consumers of sugar beets b indetinitely postponed. It was carried with | # shout und the announcement of the result wis groeted with a laugh. | I'hen Felton sent up a resolution instruct- ing 1he Nebraska representatives iu congress | 1. voie ugainst the repeal of the Sherman | | publicans. go anead if you | capitol wit | the prey | tution | was then taken on the ame | University, passed without objection, except | sum of §1,500 wa At chorus of | Ay Other republican bills killed were house roll 122, by Cornish, of Lancaster, providing | that no person shall be sdmitted to practice in the courts of the stat unless f two years he has studied in the office of o prac ticing attorney, and shall pass a satisfactory examination, efc: house roll 87, by Kaup, re lating to the printing of the proposed con stitutional amendments; house roll 149, by Lockner, providing for the issuingof a cer- | tificate by county clerks in evidence of the satisfaction of a morteage and providing for a penalty for the neglect to procure the same: house roll 39, by Lynch, to provide for | the improvement and maintenance of public \ 1t was adopted by a mighty roads. Horst offered a_resolution provi the committee now investigating the perma- | nent school fund be granted authority to d termine whether the uninvested part of the | moneys had been or is deposited. The reso lution was agreed t The senate appeared and the two boc went into joint con ntion on the eleetion of | United v | New Bills, were ¢ that Some M in their seats to order at3 The regular order of Eighty-two members when the hou o'clock this afternoon busin was taken up, and the following bills introduced and read for the first time By Felton—To create a county loan and abstract oftice, By Khea—Providing that counties may re- peal township organization By Goss of Douglas—2 relating to summons. By Goss of Douglas—Authorizing the state treasurer to pay a reward of £10,000 for the discovery of coal within the state of Nebraska By Irwin demnity comy By Kyner cities, By Grifith—To purchase lands for the Hospital for the Tusanc at Hastings. By Robinson—To submit an amendment to the constitution providing that the legisl ture snall provide for the free instruction common schools of all versons between ages of 6 and 21 By Robiuson of county super years By Ricketts to marriages By I rt—For the Carscallen By Brockman—For the clerk in the oftices of coun ties having a population o To Revise the Constitution. Mr. Howe 1 bill to 4 commission the bil B was ending the law ) rezulate guarantee and in nies, o promote the supply of gas in in | the Ixtending the term of office itendents from two to four law -Amending the relating relief of Mary J. ppointment of a judies - coun- over 16,000, for The onstitution oduced ) revis: is as follows it en Nebraska Seetion 1 enpowered ted by the legislature of s hat the governor 1 directed to of commissioners composed one from cach of the th rtios that polled the highest vof delection, whose duty it v revision' of the ISt hereby board threo it * holitieal 1t the | il be fon of this 7 i | commissioners shall meet at the in one week from the date of their appointment, and shall elect one of their num- | ber s president and one of thelr nuube seeretary Sec. 3. Tt shall be the duty of safd commis- sloners to prepare such dments to the constitution as muy bo dee desiruble present the sume o the legislature within divys from and after the commissi been organized See. 4. The considerat 15 shall thereay iven prec ling befo s, and such amendments us sh approvalof three-fifths of the mer ach of the two houses shill be sub- mitted for popular ratification at the election to he held in November, 1804 Sec. b, The submission of the propo: ston of the constitution shall be upon scpurate ballots to he designated “constitutional amend- st ballots.” See. 6. The commissioners hereln created y appoint one stenographer to assist in ration of the revision of the consti- m tution, mission f rapher and To defray the expenses of the com- riés of con v, the sum of 0 any funds spriite oxlsts for the 't shall take FeUs, AN emerge 1 of this law, this acklod Approprintions Again. The house then went into committee of the whole, with Jensen in the chair, to con- sider the general aporopriation biil The first division taken up was the appro- priation for the Institute for the Deaf at Omaha. Nason offered several amendments to increase the amount appropriatey for the care of the inmates. He spoke vigorously as to the needs of the institution, but his arguments fell into ears as deaf us those of the inmates of the institution whose cause he was championing, and the bill stood as it came from the hands of the committee, The contest of the afternoon came ovi the attempt of the members of the house to increase the appropriation for board, fuel and cloching for the inmates of the indus- trial home at Milford. Burns led the fight, being abl sted by Cornish. The latter declared that the management of the insti- had not been consulted as to the needs of the home and that the committee on ways and means did not know whether it was dealing fairly or not. Plea for Unfortunate Girls, Burns made the speech of the afternoon. Ho pictured the distress of the unfortunate girls sent to that institution by their nec sities. ~ These unfortunates, he asserted, were the victims of the perfidy and heart- lessness of man. It was nothing more than fair and right, he maintained, that the girls who went to that home should be properly cared for. Stevens took advantage of attack the present system of government He declarved that if the American system of government compels girls to sell_their souls for bread the system should be abolished. Burns vetorted that it was not the vicions girl that went to the home. but the innocent and confiding who had been the victims of misplaced confidence, Dobson pointed to the home as one of the fruits of modern civilization, Alluding to the statement in the report to the effect that the number of girls in the institution had in creased m two years from thirty-four to seventy-four, he wanted to know what the world *vas coming to and insisted that some. thing should be done with the Jibertines who were responsible for the ruin of so many trusting females. Russin as an Carpenter defended the increased appro- priation. F aimed that even uncivilized Russia did a great deal for this class of un fortunates, and thought that enlightened Nebraska could do as much Rhodes awrain read from the statutes, and wanted to know why the printed rveports of the institution were not on the members desks. He asked the clerk to read another portion of the statutes. “Read it yourself,” was the injunction of the speaker pro tem, and the gentleman from Vailey proceedod to enlighten the house from the word laid down in the stat utes in such case made and provided asper asserted that too many erocodile tears were being shed over the poor unfor- tunate girls who were supposed to be at the institution. He knew of instances, he said, where girls were taken from the High school and sent away ostensibly on a visit, but in reality to go to Milford in order that they might conceal the evidence of their shame No one was shedding uny tears over these girls unless it was some broken down old sport who had managed to be elected to the legislature. his brought Burns to his feet with a cital of the passage of seripture which sug gests to the guilty man that he sh, he first | dornic, or words to that effect.” s he vote | iments und they e defeated by a vote of 3 to 4. Ordered the Bill grossed. The appropriations for the Soldiers and Sutlors Home, the State Board of Transport- atiou, the 1%sh commission, and the State Ixampl we of the Soldiers Home the | dded for repairs and iw- The appropriation for the y was lumped instead of item- that in the case provements. State universit ized Under the head of mises of & s added for State Historica) society Ider wanted to raise the appropriation for the Fish commission. He thought the legislature needed all the fish it could get It ueeded them for brain food, he said, and the members laughed unsuccessful attempt was made by ufelter to tack on the inevitable appro priation of 815000 for the payment of bount for the destruction of wild animals, but it did not go. The commitice rose and the house ordered he bill engrossed Casper mtroduced and had read for the lancous the sum the support of the | totr | making the number necessary toa choice | 185 the debate to | ¥ | commission last night | regulating the saluries of poli | report the estimated expense of the police | fire fund, but it will take nearly | amendment will be sent back to the relief THE OMAHA first time the appropriation bill, appropriat ing the sum of #6000 for the incidental ex- penses of the present session of the legisla ture. The house then adjourned Too Busy to Work. LixcoLy, Neb., Feb, 6,—[Special Telegram to TurBer. ) —The senate made no attempt nsact business this morning and im mediately after roll call and prayer took a recess until 11:4; Immediately after joint convention senate adjourned until 10 o’clock tomorrow. SOUTH DAKOTA AT THE FAIR, Likely to Be Reduced Be- low the Estimates. Prenie, 8. D., Feb. 6.—[Spe to Tue Bee.|—The fight over fair proved to be more interes thing which had preceded it. Berkman tried to reduce the appropriation to 3,000, but got_ouly one vote for his proposition During the discussion in the senate com mittee of the whole Senator Star made an cloquent plea for the fair, and was ably sec onded by Burt, Fountain, Bennett and Ken- | nedy. Crill, the independent leader, gave a | ¢ and exeited talk, in which he as usual | declared the people to be too poor to pay this extra tax, and charged the republicans with lobbying hard for the benefit of real estate wen. He wanted to reduce the sum to | #25,000 and leave out dairying and other ex- | tious and state buildings Every time Crill speaks Burt of Huron is sure to suil into him with cutting sarcasm, and he did 5o on this bill, even going to the verge of unparlismentary language. He wanted a specimen of the independent politi cian made & part of the exhibit At Starr's request Mrs. i of the womans' board, was invited to ad- dréess the senate, and made a dignified, but very effective, plea. Brookway of Minne- hahia was chairman of the committoe, and, without much regard to parliamenta; usages, but with good common sense, he compellod the senate to vote by roll call, and thus fixed the amount at $0,000. The resolution failed to get more than twenty-six votes, three short of o quorum, and the vote 00 was the same: It began to look dubious for the fair bill, but Foote of Brule suggested a_compromise of #63,000, and it was accepted. Burling's ndment was to give the ladies 10,000, for that form the bill passed. The | final vote stood 31 to 11 All the democrats, twenty-eignt republi cans and two independents voted for the ap vropriation, while six republicans and four independents voted-against it. ‘The question comes up in the house Wednesday, and the indications are that a compromise’ meas will be made on about 60,000, the World's ng than any nie, president IEY CANNOT AGRE Wyoming Democrats Unable to Decide on a United States Senatof Cueyesse, Wyo., Feb, 6.—The fight for the United States scnatorship is growing in intensity and is stirring up such bad feeling in democratic rauks that the election of publican or a deadlock to the end of the ses sion are among the possibilities, On Satu 1 of the twenty-one democrs sed in ¢ dany ninete members ag ueus to vote solidly tor three ballots for A. L. New, W. H. Holliday, George T. Beck and 8. . Corn in ovder to give the populists an opportunity to join with them in electing any one of the four. Eighteen of tne democrats have adhered to the caucus. Theother declines, as he claims underhunded measures have been used by W to accomplish his election. Two bal lots have been taken since the arrangement, New receiving eighteen votes on each one, the populists_voting for oue of their own meil; William Brown. The New forces have succeeded in_ getting Russell, a republican member from Uinta county, to leave town, but twenty-four votes. If the populists fail to come to New's sup- vort on tomorrow’s ballot, and the democrats wive Holli y Co and Beck the same chance they have given New, the problem will be solved, possibly on Welnesday's bul- lot. If New's supporters, however, fail to meet the first three, the deadlock will con- tinue, or the populists will turn to the re- publicans. All Falled to Elect Ser BisMAkck, N. D., Feb. 6. members were absent from the jol today. The ballot for United States senator resulted: Lamb, 17; Williams, 12; Roach, ; Anderson, 8; Ningman, 6; Palmer, 3; others scattering. Cueyesse, Wyo., Feb, 6. for United States senator Kilpatrick, 21; others choice. HELENA, Mont., Feb, 6.—The joint ballot for United Stat enator resulted: Sanders, 24; Clark, 16; Dixon, 12 The Jjoint ballot resulted: New, scattering. No Almed at the Hoopskirts Fraxkrorr, Ky., Feb. 6.—Representative Peuke introauced & bill in the house today entitled: “An act to prevent the sale, manufacture and wearing of hoopskirts, ' When the house was able to get its breath again there was a motion to refer the bill to committee on religion and morals, which motion was carried Equal » Toreka, Kan., Feb. 6.—The senate, in committee of the whole, reported favorably upon a senate resolution, which submits to the voters of the state an amendme coustitution providing for e jual suffrage. The resolution will doubtless pass the house 0. FIRE AND POLICE MATTERS. missioners Meet and Try nct Consid- erable Business of Interest, Twenty applicants for the position of tele- phone operator at the fire and police alarm | headquarters wer mined by the police John D. Petty was appointed to the position, Ofticer Burrows was on the carpet charged with drinking while on duty and was sus- pended for fifteen days. ‘The protested liquor license case against Morin, Sherman aventue and Locust street, was heard and a decision deferred for one weelk in order to get the testimony in shape. Police ofticers lost 103 days last month on unt of illness and annual leaves. James P. Hunsen, special policeman on Cuming street, resigned. Then there was a long discussion regard- | ing the Kyner bill now before the legislature » ofticers. The | bill provides that a patrolman’s pay shall | be less than #5 and not more than 885, per month and that in consideration of his raise in pay the oficers are to forfeit all witness fees in court. Every member of the bourd expres himself as being opposed to the passage of the bill, as it would decrease the num- ber of men at least three and pos sibly five, unless, of course, some mea ures were taken to increase the polic fund. Mr. Coburn thought it all wrong to cut off witness fees and said that it didn't amount to much anyway and that the police were entitled to such little perquisites. A protest from the board will be sent to the house of representatives and to the senate and the commissioners will use all their influence to defeat the proposed 1 | lation | annual report of the commission to | or and city council was read. In this epartment for the coming ye $100,000 and §12 A r was fixed at )0 for the fire dey nent, balance of #9585 was left over in the all of that mount to pay for the water tower and got it in shape for service. The nced of n- sed fire apparatus was mentioned and down town engine house was recommended, also the purchase of two new steamers At a recent meeting of the Police Relief ssociation that body asked permission to graduate its scale of death premiums rang ing from $400 for one years service to 500 for from four to five years: service, Th committee to which the matter was referred sported an amendment to the section scal- ing the benefit from #200 to $600. This association for its opinio - Current Topie Club, The question discussed at last evening's weeting of the Current Topic club was worthy of a much larger audience than that present in their rooms in the Young Men's Christian Association building. The subject under consideration was “How Far the State Should Provide Higher Education.” H. I Day took the position that the state should DAIL | company left yesterday for California, to be | John Gordc | William Gillman, La Salle ) | | M g {UE DAY, not only extend ;tim, scope of higher educn tion, but should éxtend financial assistance as well. The opfiesite was discussed by Mr. 8. R. Rush. Owing to the unavoidable ab- | sence of Dr. Duryen, Prof. Lewlis prosided. | Mr. Lewis conpenged that it was the province of the stdteth foster and encourage higher education and thereby wean men way from the anarchistic tendencies of the times § Labor unions w.re all very the spirit of anarchy noti bo crushed by merg Y BEE well, but | ble ‘was not to | tganization among the laboring classes. Fduation was what was required. 1If the stat¥ does not educate and support higher education and teach people how to govern themselves the result will be anything but pleasant. to contemplate. D). C. Dleaver took 1ssue with the speaker with reference to his remarks on anarchy Mr, Rush pr. conted the negative side of the question in a forcible manmer and the ch briefly summed up the arguments rather ad- versely to Mr, Day. The next subject for consideration will'be “Is it Advisable to An nex the Hawaiian Islands.” PADDOCK TAKEN UP M FIRST PAGE. | pectator afs May. 186 afte remaining a , from September, 1862, until during which time he fought the battles of his country, chiefly with red ink, he found an opportunity to corral £00, by again sub- mitting to the ordeal, and on May 16, 1863, he re-enlisted on bounty at Camp Butler and was mustered in_three days later as a pri vate in company M, Sixteenth regiment, 11li nois velunteer cavalry for three years Went with a Critter C Ho realized that if he served out his term of enlistment it was havaly probable that h regiment would remain in_oue place durir the entire time, and as he was constitu tionally opposed to physical exertion, he thouglit it would be well to have a horse to take the place of nature's means of locomo- tion, hence his choice of the cavalry branch of the service. His company remained dur- ing the scveral months of the sum mer in comfortable quarters in the north, wh Grant was battering awny Vicksburg, and Meade was giving battle royal to General Lee and his at_Gettysburg, In December, 1863 y M was ordered to Cumberland Gap, Ky. The very first time that Paul was sent ol with a sqilad on a foraging tour in the neighborhood he encountered a pany of rebels, He promptly threw up his hands and was captured December 11, 1863, al though every other member of his’ squad re turned to camp. Paul was taken to Rich mond and there kept in prison_until parole day, returning to his company December 1564, and was finally mustered ouy of servic us a'sergeant August 1, 1565, His S be a | cond Hand Glory. thus scen that in battle nd that time that he encountered he capitulated on demand unwllling to fight and spent his prison_in preference to facing gers of life in the field. His stories are borrowed from veter: 1s are not of the *tin soldier” order and his valued service is the production of his own imagination, and yet he became com- mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, { How did he manage to get there with such | a slim fighting recovd ? | 1t came through his connection as a Union Pacitie stri he road wanted to have the national encampmentt carried as far west | as possible over its line. The organization had not reached its presént magnitude, while the east had had it'up to that time and con- 1it to the west.” THe roads centered on 15 the most plnt téol to carry out thei wishes and no one Wil dbny that he vendered | them eflicient servide.! He took the encamp-. | ment to San Francied and lateron he pulled successfully for Deyer i the same connec- tion ¢ It never will he was the first the enemy He was | time in | the dan mpfire ans whose He Threatened 1t will also be rembitbe red that As Postmaster Genoral . Gres bounc from his position of ;mail sack hustler at Omaha for neglect of duty in running around 10.do political worke g the bohest. of the ralroids. He thfsdteed Gresham with the displeasure of the Grand Army of the Republi at’ valiant soldicr replied with scorn that a vetoran who had left a leg o the fleld of battle had nothing to fear from a warrior of the Vanderyoort stamp. Such is the individual who is courting the votes of the members of the legislature who were faithful soldiers of the union on many battlefield in the south, and who parti pated in many a_ bloody confiict. _Vander- voort is soliciting their favor by living over again for their benefit the warfare that he has ever waged with his patriotic jaw. b s WEATHER FORECASTS. esham, Rising Temperature is Promised the State for Today. Wasmyaro, D. C., Feb. 6.—For Ne- raska—Fair; northerly winds; low, but slowly rising temperature during the even- outh Dakota—Generally fair; varia- ble winds: slowly rising temperature. For Towa—Continued cold; fair; northerly winds; warmer in western portion by Tues- day evening. Local Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAILA, Feb. 6.—Omaha record of temperature and rainfall compared with corresponding day of past four years: 1893, 62 *142 1892 1891, 1890 342 402 852 820 180 229 © 295 285 | Maximum temperature Minimuu temperature, temperature,. 4102 Precipitation .. e 0L 0400 .00 Statement showing the condition of tem- perature and precipitation at Omaha for the nd since March 1, 1592 1 temperature. v for the d: ney since wal precipitation for the day Deficiency since March 1.0 * below zero. 44 inches Reports from Other Polnts at 8 p. m. STATIONS. £up 30 oamw avdmag, “xuR Kearney Chieago . St Louls St Paul. Davenport Knnsas City Denver.......... Halt Lake City .. Rapid City Holenn.... Calgary Bismarck Qu’ Appelle. Minnedosa Bt. Vincent Chieyenue. Miles Clty Galvest below Cloudy Cloudiess. Cloudless Partcloud Cioudless, Cloudless T Cloudiess. 18 My fnot repgreod. wae E. Hust, Loeal Forecast Oficial, RABEAT vl Firemen Kept Moving. Five alarms of firewere turned iu between | 4 and 10 o'clock p. m. yésterday, @An overheated stdve 'in Dr. Bowers resi- dence 2315 Burt street, caused a damage of §15. wo small cot ts W ges at Thirty-first and Webster str re dgmaged by fire and water about <) A false alarm from Twenticth and Cass’ streets was turned in just after this Two alarms from I fpriyfourth and Cuming streets came in 1o 1 ater on. Fire in the Missouri Pacitic trestld \vas the This | blaze, so the railroad’ bfficials say, was put out before the apparatus arrived. Trafic was not delayed use. s PERS INAL PARAGEAPHS, Mr. Fred Pickens of the Grant Paving Mr. A. L. Strang, formerly of Omaha, but now o resident of La Porte, Tex., city. Ho says that there has never in _the history.of the state of Texas been such a | rush of northern peaple to that part of the union as there has been this winte He thinks there are remarkably fine openings down there for cnergetic business men from the north £ Cuicaao, ., Feb. 6. -[Special Telegram ue Bee Nebraska arrivals Gireat A. Joslyn, Charles Ke orthern—George nedy, Omuha. Palmer—Ray Nye and wife, Omwaha homas Swobe R. 8. Fleming, Chicago 1l i Hein sheimer, Glenwood, la.; J. J. Sullivan, Co- lumbus; J. W. Love, Fromont; G. F¥. Burr and sister, York; J. W. Lyuch, Columbus, | absent a month or wore, | | | in the At the Merc | wer | & « | doing his man at ouce, | sion knocked him to the floor with h | ¥.0Box 13, wrookiyn N. ¥ BRUARY 7, e S FOUGHT LIKE - WHIRLWINDS Griffin and Murphy Out a Terrific Pace in Their Little Matoh, ENTIRELY TOO HOT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN His Sclence Was Good at Long Range, but o Braintree Hoy Made the Work After s Own Plans and Won a Great Battle, CoNEY IstAND, N. Y., Feb. § stormy weather Despite th there was o large and thusiastic crowd of sporting men assembled at the Coney Island Atnletic club tonight With men like Johnny Grifin of Braintree M and Australian Billy Murphy fighting for the featherweight championship and a purse of #4,000, it would take a pretty stift rain thoroughbred s it addition to this finish fight there was o twenty-round between Kid Hogan of B New York It was half past 8 o' pai i to keep the home. In cont Dolly st sklyn and Lyons of before Sf scrappers hopped on the stage. Doliy Lyons and Kid Hogan. Th to fight for a purse of £1,000, the winner take 2800 and the loser 200, The boys weighed afternoon the first They v were [ ck 8 o'clock in Lyons tipped the scales at and Hogan at 115 pounds even The fight was hot from start to finish Hogan being very scientific, but Lyons was the stronger and the 143 in at sent his opponent to the floor several times. There plenty of blood and honors were easy most of the time. At theendof the twenticth round the battle was awarded to Lyons, which met with favor. Co There was only a slight tween the conelision of th the beginning of the second Billy Murphy of panied by "his seconds, Mart Charley Horan and A, F. M “Snapper’ Garrison as time The of Johnny Griftin we wmy Carroll, Phil nway and Jack MeGee, with John M Grath of Boston as ti Johnny hardt was the refere. Murphy wore white trunks and black belt and Grifiin had u red tights and the American flagas a belt Grifin was the favorite in the betting, but Murphy had an excellent following Round 1—Murphy started in, bent but Griftin landed a hard loft, which drove Murphy back, The round was of the hurricane order, and it was plain that Griffin had more science, but ion Murphy hit it was for keeps. Murphy rushed Griflin to the ropes, covering his mouth with his hand. Grifiin_pursued his old tactics of not going back a step, only when Murphy forced his left and got a hard vight for his pains Round 2.—Griftin forced and_the liveliest kind of strugghng followed. They went in-fighting constantly and the punching was of the liveliest kind.. Murphy, in one of the rushes, knocked Griffin clean through the ropes with his shoulder and onanother ocea body ily and like gladiators like hail ned it Up for the Antipodean. was ming of the Big Event, be- and fight intermission first fight nd finish New Zealand was ac hy, with upon Both men fought ray their blows landing on éach other w Round 3—Murphy led, Griftin countered a | bard left, forcing Murphy to his knees. | When he got up the Braintree lad began pounding him, but got a stinging left in the nose, which started the blood. The fight was ' bulldog-like during the balance of the round. They elinched and punched while locked together and did everything but kick and bite. At the rate they were fighting they could not last ten rounds. Grifin tried to throw Murphy, but the ropes saved him from possible fonl. Murphy, instead of tighting squarely. would run his head into Grifin’s chest. Grifin stopped that by a pretuy uppercut. Murphy was bleeding from the nose. Round 4—The game was a trifle hot for Murphy, and he adopted shifty tactics, only closing in when he go good opening. Grif- fin had to force the fighting, and in one of his mad rushes he brought his face in con- tact with Murphy's head. Murphy was very clever at long rang. but Griftin was aware of that fact and forced the fighting for all he knew how. Round 5—Gi Murphy some ter- rific jabs and had him groggy. forcing him to the floor several times; Murphy had only one hand on wh howas his right, but ntree was not in its way. Murphy was groggy. He would take b] ter blow square in the face and wait for an opportunity to get in his right. The round was not fair fighting, Murphy continually fouling with his head. When time was called the Australian was about *‘done up.” Too H for Mr. Murphy. Round 6—The men lost no time in_getting to work, and it was smash, bang with both hands all through the round, Murphy laying for a knockiout blow with his right, but in doing o he received many left hand upper- cuts that made him bleed profusely. He had his nose knocked all_out of shape and wi pounded so hard that he was quite groggy at the call of time, and had the round lasted much longer he would have been out. it W the most rapid kind of fighting, and it could not possibly last long at such a terrific rate. Murphy linded a dozen or more right hand swings on the side of Griftin's head, but without effect, while the uppercuts and straight rights Griin delivered fairly mowed Murphy to the floor. Round 7—Murphy started in. to do some vy work, but Griffin met nim with a hard left on the mouth nded on his nose with his right. They came together like mad bulls and Murphy forced Grifiin to the | floor. When he arose Murphy went at_him swinging his arms like windmills. Th rushed at h other like demons, when Griftin shot out his left, which settled 1 the pit of Murphy's stomach. Down he went, groaning, completely knocked out. When Murphy was carried to his chair he fell off and was held in position until he recovered his senses. When the knockout blow was received the round had lasted fifteen seconds, b Golng at Guttenburg. New Youx, Feb. 6.—Today’s races at Gut- | tenburg were run in fog and mud. i Virst five-cighthsof u mile: Misery (3 to 1) won, Tramp (6 to 1) second, Seabright 3 to 1) third, Tine: 1:03, Second rice, four and alalf furlongs - ator (7 o 5 won, Red Tom (3 to 1) second, Pris- (11 t0 5) third, Time: 554 race, half mile: Blosson (9 to 20) won 1, Elite (15 to 1) third; rths of a mile: Fir oud, Fourth race, threo-fou (110 2) won, Panhandle, 9 to 2) e hatton(30 t rd. Time: J:15, Fifth race, one and one-sixteenth Juck Rose (3 to 10) won, Runaway Second, Luura 8. (15 10 1) ihird. Time Headlight also ran. Sixth race, six and wich (2t0 b)' won, Roso Di Miss Hello (6 to 1) third. 4 a half furlongs: Green- ¢ (410 1) second, me: 1:24'3 Feb. 6.— Weather | attendance good were the La., fast Forest King wvorites. st race, selling, four and a b srt O'NOIL (4 10 1) won, to 2) third. Time i¢ furlongs: Judge (12t 1) secon ird. Tin New Onu pleasant ; Borealis winning Fir 1 only | If furlongs i (12t01) | M Socond race, BIlL (11 to ) we Horace Leland (7'to 1) ¢ Third race, selling, § to 1) won, Maud (4 to 1 i dead heat for the plac Fourth race, selling, seven furl (even) won, Miss Perkins (6 to 0) s (30 to 1) third. Thue: 1:28% Fifth race, handicap, seven and a half fur- longs: Forest King (7 to ) won, Henry Weayer (1510 1) second, Bret Harto (10 10'1) third Time: 1:373. i it Will Wina U INviaxavouss, Ind., Feb The house today, by vote a of 73 to 1, passed abill which | aims at suppressing tae Roby race track The bill prohibits racing on any track during the four winter months, and 8lso prohibits racing on any track more than sixty days. | Roby is just over the Llinois state 1 nd | the legislation is aimed at the track recently | ) 1) ran : Horealis | ond, Pigeon | $45 a Week With $200. | second Referonces from pectas 1603 free, C. D. seconds | established there by Chicago racemen, who had looked for security the after having been prohibited from raciug at Chicago. KILLED BY HIS BROTHER. Fatal Aceldent Noar Lincoln Caused by Hoys Foolldg with Guns. | Usivensity Prace, Neb., Feb, 6. —[Special | Telogram to Tk Brr.)—At 4 o'clock yoster | day afternoon an 18-yearold boy, Lemon, shot his 16-year-old brother the abdomen. The victim s dying condition today. It s ‘didn't know loaded" The boys were cleaning guns at their her Tn the absence ot the older one from the room, the younger placed a cartridge in his wun and then on his return snapped his own in his face. The other, apprehending no | danger ‘whatever, dischirged his weapon oint blauk at his brother, with the above result namod through in a another it was FOLSOM ESTATE LITIGATION, Lewis Benodiot's Petiti ¥ r Quickly. KaMAn, Neb,, | SpeciatTel to Tue Bre]—The Folsom estate came before C. T, Dickinson court of Burt county upon the petition filed by Lewis Benedict the exad which he claimed &0 per year for ox vices rendered during the wid for traveling exper orge E. Pritchettappear and J. H. McCutloch for the estate heirs to the estate filed an answer « any improper conduct on the part of Mr Reed as oxecutor, and stated that nothing had been done without their approval from year to year. othing was developed at the trial with reference to the charge made in the petition to the effect that certain sums of money per taining to the profits derived from the busi- uess of the estate had been appropriated by Mr. Reed. The defense did not call a single witness. Upon tho cross-examination of Mr. Benediet he admitted that he had re ed and approved from year to year a full ount of every transaction It was also developed that Benedict filod this large claim after he had co-executor in final account and haa wked for a dfstribution of the property The plaintiff's claim for extra services wi not allowed found him en titled to a balanec traveling expenses unounting to decroed. The judge also ¢ the ite distributed excopt 000, income of which s to to the support of the widow ne nsation Disp, b, 6, ram matter in the county term of ten yo nting to 3605, for the plaintify The nying e bined with his | of and 3 the 0 Sensatio Feb, ite at Grant. Graut, Neb., ) | to T Bre,]—( | here Sunday by the Special Te ram 4 sensation was created sudden disappearance of Jessie Seaton, a 19-year-old danghter of well to-do parents of this place Sunday morning It was learned that in the night she had procured a livery rig had secured a mun to drive _her north the Union Pacifie. Charles Keyes and Al exander, who were sent after her learned at Ogalalia that she had bought a ticket to | Boulder, Colo., with privilege of stopover at Denver,” No trace of her has yet been found, | Her parents inxious to find her, and have notified the police to_search for he She is about five feet, five inches tall, slim gray eyes, very narrow and protrucing chin, | she was missing and to Wil Charles € Hastinas, Neb., meron's Funeral, Feb. 6.—[Special gram to Tue Bee.]—The funeral of the late Charles Cameron, president of the city ouncil, was conducted from the family resi- dence at 10 o'clock the bitterly cold Mr. Cameron's fri Tele: this morning. Despite weather a large number of s testificd their regard by attending_short services at the house, in charge of Rev. Willlam Lucas of St Marks Episcopal eliurch The Hastings lodge of Masons conducted the services at Park Vi The pall bear associates in the council. n and daughter did not attend the services, acting on the advice of a physician, the former being threatened with brain fever. Fremont Rovival Services, Frevoxt, Neb., Feb. 6.—[Special to Tz Bee.]—Union hall was filled to its capacity, even standing room being at a premium, lust evening at the opening exer- cises of the union gospel meotings being con- ducted by the Willsons, the evang The Wilsons have very fine voice oughly under control. With no apparent ef- fort they rise to a flood of melody and then fall to almost a whisper without losing auy of their sweetness. Ther repertoire is al- most wholly from the songs of P. P. Bliss. His text was “Ye Must Be Born Again.™ He is a very able and earnest speaker. At theclose of the exercises their duughter sang, **Ye Must Be Born Again,” her father joining in_the chorus. The choir consisted of avout 200 voice Tue par- last b. 6.—[Special to L] — Calvin Crane was totally zed while sitting at the diuner table Her recovery is doubtful Ed Frazier sold to Christian & Rose thirty- eight hogs that weighed 1,58 1bs. and re- ceived for them the snug sum of $1,004.2 A quiet wedding took place at the home of C. B. Barbee last week. The contracting parties were Charles Storms of Illinois and Miss Della Barbee of this city. The wedding was strictly private. Elder C. A. Huyck ofticiated. v He HexpersoyN, Neb,, Tne Bee]—J. J. Hanns merchandise firm of this pl in removing their large stock from th present quarters into the fine new store Boom. [Special to Co., a general e, are engaged ! yet know the cause of the | likely to mak | Stock utmost | s room recently prepared for them in the Mod- ern Woodmen structure Lots in this village are being sold almost every day to parties who purpose erceting business houses and dwellings as soon as the weather will permit. Duvid Clty Court News. Davin Crry, Neb., Feb. 6,.—[Spec Ber. ] —District court convened this morning, al to Te Hon Robert Wheeler presiding. The ninety-six_cases, including seven divorc cases, on the civil and four on the criminal docket i b x-Senutor Taylor I Trcumsen, Neb., Feb, [Special to Tur Brr.]—Hon. Frank Taylor, ex-senator from Johnson county, got his right hand seriously crushed in a corn sheller yester Lovis, Mo The postofiice at village of New Madison, IIL, burglarized Saturday night and §1,000 worth of registered mail and postage stumps stolen, and £500 worth of je y of Crondy Bros. in the same building. The” burglary ‘was com mitted some time during Suturday night and was not discovered until Sunday morning. 3T the was - $ 1 -2 (9 Lot of Corsets clude all satin subscribers, P ROWE, OUEENSLAND'S GREAT FLOOD It is Now Thonght That the Loss of Lify Will Bo Very Great. MARY RIVER FULL OF FLOATING CORPSES 4 Wreeks of Homes and the of Anlmals Strew its b - ifoloss Carcasses Banks—Hels- Tho De- to Get, s Heavy 1, talls Har Sinxey, Feb, Yest Queensland, twenty-five perished in the floods. is lon river i which o, Ay at Tpswich, Bris Hwh 1o have feared that s the swol from bane, twe and it loss of lifo is 1 a horrible by th human beings and with wrockage, from stench arisoes, of s entan doubtless bodies of led caused great number Brisuase, Feb, The he water s rising lower districts submerged In the lower main street it s twenty foot and th tents are almost a total | 18 the flood came on so rapidly that only a small part of the sto be removed. Men are at work 2 to save the contents of th s before the water rises to th I'he Brisbane river bridge wa away last night. Ali the inhabit crowding to the higher part of th In consequence of the interrupt rai way and telegraphic communic only ity information about the disasters in other parts of Queensland is obtainable At Marydough. thirty persons have been drowned.” Most of the town is under water The Mary river bridge, the largest in the colony, has been carrvied away The town has heen deserted by two-thinds of its inhab itants ‘Tiaro, another town on the under water At 4 o'clock th Brisbane isolated f h i steadily in it are completely portions of the 1 boats v or forty tryi stor vopt LS are city n of Mar s morning the wat i nowever, and littl by towns. The Many bodies s whicl n ] hous SARCORIS IS DEAD, Man Who Married Dies 8 pyrighted 1893 by James Gordon Ieb. 6.—[New York He Ui Bee, | —News of th Charles Sartc int's danughte d Abused Nelllo Grant ddenty It nnett.| id Cabla teath husband of arrived in intorest in LONDON Special to of General G Algeron is N much lic London today and excited American circles. Mr. Sartoris died at Capri on February I saw Mrs, Sartoris today. She could add but little to the bare news, as she does not death of the man s0 much sorrow. It is ot difference in her mode of lon, ate hier any She will continue to live in Lon the education of her who brought life. tending to dven. Stock Business. James Gordoi Bennett New York He Ber wias Londg [Copyrighted 15 Loxnox, Feb. 6, Special to Tur exchange a1 by ] ald Cable the Funds Ivanced Business v quiet wore firm, and Indian rupee pape with silver under news of a favorable na ture. ‘The ( orthern report and the bright weather caused many home railway securities to harden, but the disappointinig Northwestern dividend acted as a damper and_ caused an immediate declioe in stocks which had previously been dvancing. The foreign department has been firm. Argentine issues moved fractionally upward, the advance in the gold premium’ having no effect. The also improvement in some Eur urities. While Americans were extremely quiet, at the same time the tendency has been good and in a few instances an im- provement of one-cighth to one-fourth was established. Mexi Iroads have been well supported. The mining market was firm. Nitrates are better. Canadians, how- ever, were utterly neglected, but Canadian Pacificand Grand Trunk thivd preference leave off one-cighth better, The money market was easy in view of the payment of the treasury bills falliug due in about two weeks time. For three months baunk bills the discount rate was a shade under 19 per cent, while for call loans one-half to three- fourths of 1 per cent was charged. - A DIVORCE. Cheyenue Soc plo Airing Thelr T Dies in the Courts, Dexver, Colo.,, Feb, 6. —~A special from Cheyenne, Wyo., to the Republican says: There was quite a scandal here in November t when Henry Harrington and his wife parted. They had been married the March befor Harrington is a wealthy clothing dealer and owner of large ranch property. he bride was Alicia Tomlinson, a divorced man, and Harrington lost caste in church on account of her pre- alliance. In_ addition to a lux- us home, with o husband many vs her senior, the handsome woman found two very interesting little givls, the daugh- ters of Harrington's first wife. A divorce petition will be filed in the morning here by Mrs. Alicin Harrington's attorney, It is in five counts, among which are attempts to kill, eruelty, cte. Heavy alimony is de- manded Mrs. Harril Mrs. E. N young adventurer, York, who married Mr consideration. Harrington's tion will be highly sensational naming some co-respondents. on ve pu- ith her friend, from _the ton is living latety divoreed Charles A. White, of New . Nugle for a money counter-peti- porliaps Capturod After M Ye SeNGFIELD, Mo., Feb, 6.—C. It who, while under sentence of death, escaped from the Lawrcnce county jail by shooting the jailer six years ago, was brought buck from Portland, Ore., in irons this morning, and is iu Juil at Mount Vernon. Since his escape he has been in Alaska, until two years ugo, when he went to Portland, where fie marricd, under the name of Rose, a young an worth £0,000 - Pumps Working Ag accident to the high p Florence has been repaired and ever is now in working order. A new cylinde nead has been put in and the pumps were started yesterday afternoon. arte w sure pump at thing T 1000 Corsets. Being the accumulation of ODD SIZES and makes, during the season. On sale in our corset department on 2nd floor, at prices that will clear the counters. F (D () C Lot of Corsets was Toc. s ZOC 1y ot taruts ws $1.60 and $1.75, was $2.00. $3, §360 and $4.60 Those selling at $1.25 in- and the best French goods. THE MORSIE DRY GOODS CO.