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A i 19 g AR LG 1 e 2 WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE 8t. Patri ‘s Day Oelebratod by Doing a Lot of Work in the House. ERIDAN AND HIS BACKERS REBUKE TO SH 1 En- I8 Passed Rosolation Disclalming an Impnt dorsement Ad: Many ¥ Jim Kyner Censured by the Co Rickett's Civil Rights 1Bl Signed, pted nmittes Lixcorx, Neb., March 17 Tele gram to Tur Bre.)-Slips of green ribbon adorned many a breast in the house of repre sentatives this morning, but that was all that indicated 1t was the day dedicated to Ircland’s patr The members were f0 0 humor for the transaction of 2ad the speaker was kept sy 48 o0 wuc- tioneer crying i sale [Special m n saint business, Resolutions culogistic of the memory of the deceased member, Mr. Farrell, were passed and it was ordered that the salary for the full term be paid to his widow The greater part of the session was de- voted to the report of standing committees. The follow [ in authority of Judge Maxwell, and | that it was now a question of veracity b tween himsolf and the speaker and he was of the apinion that he would stack up a8 well that wpect a8 would the | ing oficer s an Scored n Polnt, Soderman refrained from voting on_ the | bill, and when Oakle who was in the chair, insisted on his voting, the gentleman from Phelps declared that a precedent was osta lished the morning session that would rllow him to remain without vo This reference to the action of members of the house in refusing to vote ou his resol tion condemning the Sheridan florul trivute called forth applause Gifford picked up one of the vases of flowers, which had been on Sh an's desk and took it across the hall and deposited it on Sherman's desk, while several of the | tion in refraining from : bills were repdeted on House roll No. 145, by errick, to amend section Y98 of the Consolidated Statutes of Nebraska of 1801 indefinitely postponed House roll No. #44, by Lockner, to regulate | the manner of voting for directors at cor porate elections: indefinitely postponea. House roll No, 306, by Luikart, to amend ection 383, chapter ix, of the Consolidated Statutes of the State of Nebraska entitled “Corporations;” indefinitely postponed House roll No. by Keckley, to amend chapter lxiv. of the I laws of the state of Ncbraska of 1857, entitled “An Act 1o Provide Security to the 1’ublic Against Trrors, Omission and Defects in Abstracts of "Titles to Real Estate aud for the Use of Ab- stracts in Fyidence' and providing a penalty for the violation thercof; placed on genera file, House roll No. 412, by Rhodes, to amend of chapter vii. of the Consolidated Statutes of 1801, cutitled “Chattel Mort- gages,” and to repeal said section 815; in- definitel host poned. House roll No. tion 531 A of the Co , by Nuson, to amend sec- of Civil Procedure,and to repeal safd scction; indefinitely post poned. House roli No. 448, by Cain, to amend sec tions 8,421,452 und 3,43 of the Consolidated Statutes of 1801, and to repeal said original sections; indefini House roll iy postponed end sec- No. by Nason, to tion 72, of an act entitled an act *“Incorpor ating Metropolitan Cities,” and_defining vegulating and prescribing their dutie powers and government, approved March 30, or as subsequently amended and to re d section 72 as” heretofore existing; d on general file e file No. 13, to amend subdivision xv of section 69 of article iled Statutes of said original section Senate file i of chap xiv, aud to repeai placed on general file 48, by (¢ to amend sec 1890, tion 3,157, chapter xxxix of the Consolidated Statutes of Nebraska of 1501, relating to the duties of “itegisters of Decds™ and to re: peal said original scction and to provide a penalty for the on general file violation of this act; placed 0. 85, by Pope, legalizing the Consolidated Statutes of 1891 indefinitely postponed. Senate file No. 60, by Moore, to amend se tion 8,215, Consolidated Statutes of Nebraska of 1801 ating to notaries public; placed on general file Senate file No. 191, by Mullen, to amer, section 5,200, of the code of eivil procedure of 1891, and to repeal section 5,200, also 5,210 and 5211 as they now exist in the Consol- adated statutes Neb ka of the year of 1801 ; ordered engrossed for third reg The committee on legislative made its report that 500 of the would be sufticient. Rebuke to Sheridan, The following by Sederman: Without entering Into the merits or demerits books esolution v as introdyced of the personal encounter between She Rosewater.and Re 1S representutives of the people, do hereby express our dis- aproval of placing a floral tribute upon w meni- Ber's desk as w mark of sanction of such cos duct. This precipitated a row and members sprang to their feet for recognition, Casper did not propose to espouse other men’s quarrels, and would keep his nose out by not voting. MeKesson made a motion to table Sode man's resolution, and it was lost, The vote on the resolution rece few votes. Howe and others to refrain from voting, as the dificulty oc curred outside the legislative halls, and the request was almost unanimously complied with, Soderman, in explaining his vote, said: I know that matters pertaining to a row out- side in the corridors have no right to intrude themselves on the tten- tion of this house, but the placing of floral tributes on a member's desk for slapping his fellow man in the face is shame and disgrace 1o this legislature. We have no right allow this as lawmake our disapproval of 3! 1 insist on should show ived only a sked members to and wo should expr any such o thing. Mv. S very member voting. their colors, and not be cowardly and hide behind the pretest of not voting. He Showed His nme. While Soderman was talking he looked across the hall toward Sheridan and that worthy winced visibly. He knew that the sentiment of the respectable portion of the house condemned his method of righting his faneied grieviuces, and he quietly slid down behind the withering flowers that told him that he had at least the symvathy ef the Dorgan collusionists on the Board of Public Lands and Buildings. Just bofare the noon recess up a written apology for his ac day. It was very bricf, aud set forth the ct that, lizing that his conduct was not such as should come from the occupant of 4 public position, and had tended to cause ad Yerse comment on the entive house, and without entering into o discussion of the eauses that led to it, he desired to thus pub- licly apologize. The apology was ordered spread upon the records of the house and the noon recess was then ovdered Other Billy on Pussnge. The afternoon session was devoted to the passage of the bills. The following were passed House roll No. 278, by Lingeufelter, for the veliof of Scotts Bluff county, Nevraska, and 10 appropriate $7,465.73 to said county, by a vote of 67 to 10 House roll No. 219, by Sutton, to amend section 2,003 of the statite relating to grad g, by a'vote of 60 to 0. House roll No. 122, by Cornish, to amend section 277 of the Consohdated Statutes of Nebraska for 1801, by a vote of 6 to 3. House roli No. 146, by Sisson, to amend section 4,247 of the ( Nebrasku entitled voto of 71 to House roll No. 120, for u state board of arbitration the duties thereof, was v committee for the purpose of substituting senate file No. 42, which |»|-\\\|<h~£ for the sumo thing, and has already been passed by theNipper house, usolidated Stat “Public Pinane tes of by & by Ames, to provide und fixing ommitted to the House roll No. 101, by Watson, ‘to amend section 61 of title iv of the Code of Civil Procedure failed to secure the ne fifty-one votes, and did not pass Houso roll No. 830, by Gafiin, to repeal sec- tion 30 of chapter Ixxill, Annotated Statut of 1801 (by Wheeler) entitled al Estate” aud to legalize acknowledgements and ouths hovotofore taken and adwinistered by com- missioners of deeds, passed by a vete of 57 o 22, Howe and Gafn Disagree, A little tilt between Howe and the speaker oceurred before the roll was called. The latter called attention to the fact that when the bill was before the committee of the whole it was charged that the measure was @ viefous one and wus drawn in the interest of Omaha yaeties. It had been stated that Chief Justice Ma | declared itto be a wiofous bill. He wanted to say that he had waited on the chief justice and had been as- sured that it was not a vicious bill and that e»rl-nin purts of it, at least, ought to become 'l s put Howe on the defensive. He said he had declaved that bill to bow viclous | | H Sherman gained | suy that his ac fng was not causo he desired revenge for the ruling made | at the morning session, but because he dia | 1ot know enough about the measure to vote | on it intelligently. He insisted reover, that lie had not siapped any one in the face, and picking up the vase of How vied it and depy Vit on the chief clerk’s desk Ricketts' Civil Rights Bl | A comm was received from the governor stating that he had signed th senate bill which was substituted for Rick- | etts' civil rights and_the members ap- 1 of re o Ricketts ouse roll Watson, fon 485 dated Staty of urance companies, v day in o fthe bill u tock t members again appl recognition by the idea chair t be sil nication bill wrd 02, by Con’ o to amend s wi it was allowed to that the constitu inquired into. compi 1he bill isuring s i do business state roll No, 411 Smith_of Holt, t lands, failed to House roll No. 420, by Furnsworth, to morc definitely deseribe’ the boundary of Keya Paha county, passed by a vote of 71 to 0. by ch House roll No. 425, by Jenkins, to prohibit | the manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, giv- | ing or furnishig to any person cigarettes or the material for their composition, and to | provide u penalty for the violation of the | law, passed by & vote of 7 to 1, Vau Duyn alone voting no. For the Permanent Tuvestigation, The committee on finance, ways and means reported in favor of the passing of No. & ppropriating #10,000 to push the investigation of state institutions by a com wittee of three, consisting of K. J. Hall (dem.) of Grand Island, C. 1. Pierce (rep.) of Pawnee City and Prof. W. A. Jones (ind.) of Hustin, , siid committee to report to the governor their findings. The report was | he committee thus appointed is non- | vartisan and will continue the investigation of all state offieils and institutions after th legisluture has adjourred Lhis appropriation is not the same as tha which was set apart for the use of the gove ernor in prosecuting the thieves after the- committee has secured the evidence, ol Kyner. iced it to Col The special committee appointed to_inves- | tigate mto the conduct of Representative Ky- ner submitted the followinig report | Your committee nppointed in complinnee with a resolution of the [6th inst. to inguire into the charge that a member of (his louse so | far forzot hiniself as to insult o female eni- ploye of this howse, as well s otlier cuploy 0 report it findings, bex leave to submit | following Yourcommittee after having carcfully exam- ined several wi vihe 1hthinst. | between b and i, Mrs. N Boal- | WIS, fssis v of this house, | handed a It v special delivery | stamp and i “cents postage | due 10 James 1. Kyner, one | o ‘the representatives froni Douglas | county. Mr. Kyner reccived the letier and | demninded to know why the postage due was required; also. notielig the speeial delivery stamp, figuircd why the letter had not been ielivered sooner. Upon be informed that | it lind Len ed Within the Tust fow min- | utes, while' the assistant postmasier wa tlone in the office and hence could not leav it, e, the sald Kyner, became excitedly angry | aund dsed language both profanc and mdecent | tyd wholly unbecoming o ntlemun and ; mewber of this house, Un The language used, in the opinion of your committee was such’ that it should not bé re- id veturned the lett t for Publiea peated in this report. “Your commlttee alio finds that the follow- ing morning the said Kyner paid the 4 cents due und received the letter, Whereupon lie re- newed his angry, | i and - ind lang Applying it te th th and his assistant. Sl cont entlemanl; mduct after the D oun one of | the house, 100k up the matier i o assistant ‘postmaster. — The said Kyner then vized and threatencd the Loy, but ented from ¢ any injury to hin by Cooley, another meuiber of this house. your committee Is of the opition that the said imes Kyner should apologize in a public | nner (0 the postmaster, Mr. N. W. Ross, to t, M=, N. I Bodlware, and to the | v Eddie Fountain, who so nobly | took the part of tho lady, for his ungent | manly, ¢ and_indecent and profane | primnded by ologize. C.Van HOUSEN, ISERH BURNS, AR 1L KHODES, Committee. called forth v this i A motion to adopt the report un_overwhelming response of ayes, and a | call for those opposed did not ehicit a response. Just as the speaker was about to declare the result of the vote, Goss of Douglas secured recognition and said that it was a very serious matter. He asked con- sent of thie house to allow it to go over for one day, and it was so ordered. Another Spe 1 Inquiry, ss8 then offered the following resolution: Wher fous insinuations and charges ave been made inthe public pressand in fdavits gravely affecting the honor and reputation of certain members of this house in relation to the insurance bil known house roll No. 257; aud Whercas, 18 is proper is that the gnilty be punished dnd the fnnocent acquitted fron sus- pe the, be it Resolved, this wholo matter be stigation, t etofore uppoinicd, consisting of Mess e and Stevens, and sald_eon by - thorized Lo evidence, 10 * pUrsons nd papers and do carvy luto full force this resolution. moved Beal m 1 other aets necess and clfeet the purpost ¥ 1o of Goss tion the adoption of the resolu- on to tuble, but the amend ent was def ed The members of the | old bribery investlgating commwittee pro- tested against b auy more work forced | upon them, clai that they had done | their duty i that direction, and ought to be allowed to look after theiy own bills from this time forward, The resolution was then amended so as to allow a new committee to do the work, and it carricd by u vigorous viva voce vote, | Sheridan stane n the with an ex pression on wong .. his face thav indicated v whether ~the resolution wa wed in his divection and heavily load The speaker named Van Honsen, I nd Olson as the special commit with the senate commitice relative to final adjournment, and the house then adjourned until 10 o’clock tomorrow morning, after an unsuceessful effort had been 1 t0 carry the udjournment over until Monday. his s not | 1 Kley to confer SENATE, Masimum Kate Bill Made n Special Order INTH ot Ll R R Pl { pestect piotures of Citiag 'I'ml)!; that I\‘.ls % sbecial to Tug | €VEF been taken and is true tolife. At the LaxcoLx, Neb., March 17.—(Special to Tus | piteom of the photograph s written: * Bee The senate confined itself strictly to | Mayor George P. Bemis. Pysche regards to busiuess this forenoon. President Correll | Omaha friends. Citizen George Francis again occupied thechair. Tmmediately after | Train.” The mayor is very much pleasea roll call and the reading of the journal, Sena- | With the photograph and it occupics o promi- tor Mullen called up the report of the r roa committes on house roll No. 83, the maxim eight rate bill, and moved its | adoption. This report makes the bill a spe- cial order for Tuesday, March Senator Lobeck moved as an amendment that senate file No, 213, Stewart's maximum | rate bill. be wade & special order for the same date, He afterwards withdrew the motion. Senator Eggleston offcred an smendment | cing house roll No. 83 on the general nie. The senate declined to make this disposition of the bill Tho ayes and nays were then demanded on Mullén's motion to adopt the report of the committee, and the report was agreed to by a vote of 27 to 5. The senators who voted against the adoption of the report were Figgleston, Grabam, Hale, Mattes and | North, Reporis were received from standing com- [ mittees as follows: | Benate file No. 211, by Packwood, to pro- vide for the levy, assessment and collection | erty of the state, | gross | the Young Men's Christian association. J. E. Riley, Or: a7, THE of taxes in cases whoere an injunction has been rood agninst the levy or assessment and collection of taxes heretofore lovied and OMAHA DA nasessed, anid to de vl enfaree the la bility of raflrond ¢ i tions und thelaws | of the state In respect to such taxes was upon recommendation of the judiclary com mittee, indefinitery postponed nate file No. 210, by Scott, to provide for k of tho county court in_countics having 10,000 population, and to provide for uts for county fudges in such coun Senate file No by Scott, concerning | criminal cases in- county courts, was recor The cor tee on Judiciary reported that had carefully examined the resolutions 1 Inst week by Senator Tobeck relative payment of ¢ expenses and had (”H 1 them to be in piv r form. They were reported to the senate for further action | Some Bills Passel, i A number of house rolls were read the fivst | time. Bills were then read the third time | and passed as follows | cnate fike 10, by Smith, to amend the streot rail Hous 10 provide tion of a commandant of the Sailors home at Grand Island, Senate file Lives tha n after 85 per ¢ the 1y'S, | for the elec Soldiers and 5, by tt rrant dra providin, nt iy t levied for thé year is exhausted | and where there are ro funds in the treas- | ury for the payment of the s e, shall not be chargeable against the county. but may be collected by civil action from the connty board making the same, or any member thereof When senate iile No. 163 was reached it was discovered that the enacting clanse had been omitted. The senate went into com- | mittec of the whole and corrected the error | and the bill was again sent to the printer. The committee on municipal affairs re- [ ported a number of bills, which were placed | ou the general file A motion by Senator Tefft divecting the secretury of state to supply for the use of the senate 300 copies of the printed roster of union soldiers now living in Nebraska was | agreed to. | nator Mattes precipitated a vigorous | discussion by offering a motion direct | ting the secretary of state to notify the publisher now at work on the evidence taken in the penitentiary cruelty investigation to suspend worl until’ the find taken Iast evening could be made up. Ser tors Mattes and Tefft favored the motion and claimed that an injustice had been done to a citizen of the state (referring to Warden Mallon) in the former report. The ¢ mittee heard testimony last evening, they claimed, which would very materially change the report. Senator Hurris vigorously opposed the motion and_denounced the whole procoed- ings as an effort on the part of several mem Uers of the committee to whitewash the penitentiary officials and turn the investiga- tion into a fare The motion wi senate took a recess s upon_the evidence reed to and the lock. inally ag until 2 o’ Bills Recommendeod. Immediately _after vened Senator Mo ate go into committ the senate had con- rty moved that the sen- of the whole to con sider senate file No. 198, Senator Dysurt of- fered an amendment making the order to simply include bills on general f Seuator Gray offered an amenduient tothe | amendment providing that each senator the privileeo of calling up oue bill and,) neing it to the headof the tile. tor Tefft moved to lay the matter on the tablo and demanded o cdll of the senat “The doors were closed and after several in effectual attemp vaise the call all mo. tions and amendments were withdrawa and the senate went into committee of the whole on the general file. | Senate file No. 121, by Correll, to provide for the payment of outstanding road district warrants and to hquidate all indebtedness | agrainst road districts, was recommended for passuge. Seuate file 102, by Campbell, to tax veal estate mortgages, was indefinitely post- poned by a vote of 17 to 12 after an interest- ing and somewhat animated diseussion, Senator Everett led off with the sta that the passage of the bill would make it al- most impossible for Nebeaska farmers to borrow money from eastern money owners. Senator North said thut such & law would practically confiscate the mortgaged prop- for the owners would never nent be able to renew their loans, Senator Darner opposed the bill. He knrew tho moncy lenders would contrive to make the borrows to the interest. Nebraska would usury laws w pay the tax in addition He believed the be farmers of better off if all much y Dale, instructing Ne- presentatives in congress to vote he repeal of the Sherman silver se act, was recommended for bassago by a vote of 17 to 12 without debate. Scnate file No. 82, by Thomsen, amending the road laws, was recommended for passage without opposition and without debate | Senato file No. 09, by Packwood, authoriz- ing school districts with less than 5,000 of asscssed valuation to levy a higher rate | of tax for school purposes, was recommended for passige . Senate file No. 105, by Packwood, author izing anv owner of personal property in mak- ing up the amount of credits, for the pur poses of assessment, to deduct from the amounts the amount of all bona fide debts owing by such person, was after a desultory discussion iudefinitely postponed. Senate file No. 80, by Stewart, to pro- vide for the payment of a_bounty for the destruction of wild animals, was recom- mended for passage. rnate file No. by Dysart, proyiding for the election of presidential clectors by con- gressional districts, was recommended for passage and the committee rose, After adopting the several reports of the committee of the whole the semate ad- journed. -— PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, President Clark of the Union Pacific is confined to his hotel with a cold J.H. Mullen, a leading business man of Grand Island, in the city and called at Tue BEE office. Charles S. Bridge of the firm of Birchard, Bridge & Co., Norfolk, made TuE Bek a call yesterday. General Freight Agents Crosby and Mun- roe are on their way home from the Cali- fornia meeting, the latter by way of Port land, Major J. D. Kluetsch, Lincoln Freie Presse, yesterday. F. W. Ober, John rector Henry and ( day for Blair to att the Bee publisher of called upon Tue Hazleton, Physical Di S. Yauger, 16ft yester- nd the state mecting of The condition of General Brooke, who is confined to his house with a_severe cold, did | not appear to be much improved yesterday Dr. Bache says there are unmistakable evi- dences of pneumonia i the case, although the symptoms are not of an alarming nature Licutenant Commander Sullivan of the Central } squadron, accompanied by his wife, went through Omaha last night on the way to Washington, They paid Tue Bera very pleasant visit in company with Mr. D. J. Farrell, jr., who served in the navy under Licutenant Sullivan Mayor Bemis has received from Citizen George Francis Train a large photographic likeness of his friend. It is one of the most nent place over the desl At the Murray: W.J. Lawrence, Horton, Kau ; 8. Goldstein, St. Loui: D. Samson, H. tHoward, Des Moines; M. Simon, Neenah, Wis.: F. L. Bent, Denver; R. O. Libby Boston; O. H. Jeffries, Avoca, fa.: Ed Willey, Quincy, IL.; A.J. Wilson, Chicago; Henry Anheiser, H. D, nk Cavelli, M, Stratton, New Yor Twigg, Evans ville, Ind. At the Mercer: ", S. Cartwright, F Chicago; A. H in his private oftice. J. A. Robinson, St. Louis; ort W H, Palmer, Marshall, Belleviile, Kon.; Frank Baughman, Rock Island; J. B. Ave- line, North Platte; R. F. Kloke, West Point; 8. G. Bryan, Ashland W. Akin, Des Moin Fannie Matthows, Des Moines ; Mrs. 3. M. Slusher, Holdrege; L. Tinkel, Holyoke, Colo.; R. W. Grant, Beatrice, Cuicago, I, March 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.|-Nebraska arrivals Grand Pacife—M. L. Learned, Omaha, | Great Northern—H. Blumenth: , Fremont; H. « Sims, Omaha, Kichelieu—F, J Robertson, Miss Taylor, Kearney. Auditor- fum—C. M. Ellingwood, Lircoln, Palmer— Wmmmmnmwmw i A et My S0 DNt . e ] 1y W AN M 00 WA B ILY B 'Bquire Abingdon is Dying in New Orleans from Pneumonia. OUTCOME OF |P‘E LATE BIG FIGHT L He Canght Cold 1n Hall's Corner and tis ftun Around with No Hope of His Ag- gravated it by the"Boys New Onieaxs, La., March 17.—~George A Bird, better known as *"Squire Abingdon,” is in a very critical state and his death s ex pected at any moment Ever since the dany Mitchell and tall left the city the 'squire bas heon confined to his bed at the hotel. Daily his condition has £rown worse. At first it was believed that he was suffering from a heavy cold which h contracted when he seconded Jim Hall in his fight with Fitzsimmons, 1t developed shortly into pneumonia and high fever followed. For two days he has beon: delirious and scarcely eats any food Today Drs. Miles and ietch held u consulta but nothing wus agreed upon and they will hold another to Daily cables s sent to the ‘squir friends in England, stating every change in his condition, Mitehell has boen telographed at Buffalo and he has sent word at he will be in New Orleans M The 'squire has been unwoll for month: but never seriously il Today he had a bad turn and up to midnight he was in the same comatose condition, The ‘squire, since his arrival in this ¢ity; has been leading a life of dissipation, and since Hall's defeat he hardly went to bed until he broke down in health, A physician is nearly all the time at his bedside and the best of _attention is given the sick sportsman, There is litile hope for his recove Mitchell ¥ cars the News, Brerato, N. Y., Mareh 17— Fight Buffalo?” said Charlic Mitchell to a porter tonight, “why, my dear boy ther not a place on the fice of the earth whes would rather fight than Buffalo Mitchell and Jim Hall arrived in tonight from the west on their way to Now York. When Mitchell registered at the hotel the clerk handed him a telegram. 1t Buffalo a was from the valet of his friend, Squix Abingdon, and read Abingdon is surely dying. Three physi- at a consultut over him. You huad better cone Dmediately. Mitchell was very much depressed over the bad news, and during the rest of the evening talked of butlittle else than his sick friend, “I'm_fecling pretty blue tonight,” said Mitchell, “for t best friend I have on vth is dying and 1 am not wi him. 'Squite Abingdon 15 my beeker He is an English gentleman and has no end of money. He came over with n and I am afraid that I will have to go back without him. ‘Squire Abinzdon is a sports- man. He has a livoly interest in everything in the line of sport., He is England and the news of his regretted there. last woek in May. They are pointa a day on o «four-pock wable, twe ternoon ana ovoning £2,500 0 side to vlay Hx 19 during six days, fo - shony at Moriduy & 0 and Haydn's toy ay Proshytorian chui day ovenings, Marq . TELEGRAPIL the i BRIEES, Domestic, all the Targo citics of the country yesterday The legality of the New Jerscy ruciog, bil WL e tested in- the sup ourt of thit e The Dinmond State Steel company of Dela ware has hrougnt suit wrafnst ther Aransas Father Jutaes T. Coffey ha n appoints vicar gencral of ‘St. Louis in place of Father Brady, decensea, by Arehbishop Kentick The prospeet for the early construction the Packet Line railway aloie the Rio G from Lured, ville, Tex., 1 goot Minnesota legislature has it for the builing of WNEW ¥2,000,000 capitol on the present sit Senator T will visi Washington next fal} mecting of the democratle <oelety of that state The Grand 1otel_company Mexico I been organized in New Y ork for_the purpo of building n hotel in the City of Mexi The Apital s1ock s $600,000, of nincteen years imprisonment for kit Charles K. Goodwin at the Percival flats | New York over o year ag At ) Fnoon propl lred play Aristocracy,” v \ A miner named B purposely oxploded mine in the, Harz disteict, Germiny, He and SIN Other miners were torn to atoms. Contractor Frank Awnew has the World's fair dizectors by puitin for ST48,000 for extras in i tr the manutactarers' buildin The Union Pacific tast mail tratn, easthound, ecked at - Pledmont station, Wyo iy, Postil Clerk B, I Guy, of Chiy S killed. T y 1oss s Tight Dan Stevens, a well known locy f W shot and illed y Guoehs, o hartender, The mrder cured in wsaloon conducted by a local sport A meeting of the directors of the Northern Pacifie will he held in Now ¥ n Tuesday next to constder w plan for funding the fdoas ing debt of the company, amounting (o 87 G00,000. The jury in the case of Sam Mass lored eharzed with assaulting Mes. Elizadoth Smith at Bonham, Tex., returned o vordict assoising Iis penalty' at death, Mrs. Smith died sineo the assault The Chiinese Six companios of San Franciseo dmitted that they have counseled Chinanen 10t to comply with the resivation Law, and wl=o that 165 their infention to Cst the law's constitutionality e committec of railrond men to area World's fuir rates met yosterday in ¢ ind diseussed the subjeet; From the ta dukged in it is now thought that all hop s of the Elba Tron wor Monday. The plant his boen o d sl Iast Juns with nonanior \ The Amerlean schooner Lillian Hyatt from Chiltipec N., with e f nihozin Febraary 27, for New Orfeans Tost during A heavy noviher in the Gult of Mexico or Mirch § Crew was suved The use of (he Mi laturc yest nder i suspension of the rales, bassed thie sentte il to’ prevent bribery au corruption in elect 1 {milar in‘many TespeCts (o thie New York law 1t 15 said thata reeciver wil 1 pointed for the Eudowment socie the at Bay City, Mich. It was or- © hiuve puid i from §80 to #125 apiee J. B Patton, oils and painis: T. N. Meisner Boot and 8hos compuny, dilwaukes Knjtting | company, Eureka Pints eon WL L M How Mo Took Sick. Asked what wits the cause of Squire Abingdon's sickness, Mitchell said: *He has been troubled with a J for years. When Hall and Fiizsimmons fought he went into the ampitheatér lightly clad. He was in Hall's corner. He was ina draught | and he caught cold, but it dia not £l 1 to be anything serious and we paid no attention to it. Then it got s0 bad that he had to stay in his room. It developed into pneumonia, I guess, When [ came away he was' not very sick, but the telegram I got tonight tells me that there has been a consultation of physicians, and | am inclined to think jj is.all over with the ‘squire. He was going Lo meet ys in New York ana we were all to sail for England to- gether, “Are you going to England soon?” “It all ¢ friond’s si few days. count now on the outcome of my We were go tosail in a any event [ won't be in this There some de- want to get settled and and won't come ba until I 1. S0 you will train here?"” Confid +Oh, yes, I shall train in this country. I can't say how soon I shall come over, though. It deperids a good deal on the selection of the place for the fight In y much longer. tails of the fight 1 then I will sail ¢ come back to tra Samn it Charlie, “You and Sullivan are friends now, are younot?” “Yes, John and I have shaken hands and we are the best of friends, ful to Sullivan for what lately. 1t nas changed the feeling of the people toward me. [ know perfectly well that Americans had not much use for Charles Mitehell, but sinee the Sullivan episode [ can see thatall that is changed and that they don’t feel toward me as they did.' “How do you account for the easy defeat of Hall by Fitzsimmons? I am very grate- he has done for me “Hall was not fit by ten pounds, He was too fat. He had an idea_that if he was fat he was strong, and when he got through with the third round he was tired. I am confident that I can take Hall and train him so that he will be in condition to whip any man of his class in the world. He is u great fighter.” Mitchell would not say a word about Cor- bett. He refused to k about his own chanc He said there was going to be a fight and that all there was to it, FOUGHT AT BRAINARD. Jack Swe ney Loses to Jim MeC ¥ on a Foul n the Fifth, VaLraratso, Neb., March 17.—[Special Telegram to Tne BEe.]—This morning be- tween the hours of 5:30 and 7 in the opera house at Brainard, Jim MecCoy of South Omaha and Jack Sweeney of St. Louis met in a twenty-four foot ring, Marquis of Queensbury rules, and fought five rounds. Swecney winning by a foul. MeCoy was backed by George Robinson and Sween by Fleming, both of South Omaha. The fight was for 00 a side and the money according to the rules went to McCoy. Only about twenty-five witnessed the affair, as they did not arrive in the town until about 3 in the morning. The meeting was arranged to be at Valpa s0, and th poera house was en gaged, but the news' had spread of their comingz, and the village trustees took the matter in hand and prevented the fight going off here, 50 the party took a freight train at about 2 0'clock and whnt to Brainard Quite a number of sports were here from David City, Brainard; Lincoln and South Omaha, as well as séveral commercial men who had made it an object to get here on that date, Sparks of Sport. Bobby Caruthers hag enlist Anson’s “Old Guard” lDH year, yesterday. . 1t finally been decided that Princeton will play the University of Pennsylvunia at baso ball this s\mun-< 1 with Uncle He signed ders assc 115 he; t the Tennessee ashville yes tion sale i fetched at ter $11,900, The sale codtXides today, Winners at New Ovléns yesterday : First, Annie Golden; second, Sam Farmer; third, Bobby Burns; fourth, Beeswing; fifth, Fitz simmons Winuers at Guttenburg yesterday Pearl; second, Mary First, third, Brookdale; fourth, Detroit; fifth, Westchester; sixth, Balbriggan. There 15 a_possibility of Jack Dempsey meeting *Shadow” Maher, who ntly de- feated Danny Needham, for §1,000 a side at Butte, Mont. It is now given out that Johnny Grifiin’s backers have deposited the forfeit of t0 bind the match with George Dixon. dispute concerniug weight has been Justed Mike Mooney, who recently dickered un- siccessfully for & mateh with Juck M- " has been matched to wrestle catch- as-catch-can with Max Luttberg. Both men belong in St. Louis Frink Ives and John Roberts, the Fnglish @ iumpion* wili play & match in London the The ad- | pany and th f Milwiuke fire yosterday afterhoon. fally covered by insurance. The creditors of the Redpath Tiros rteompany, were dimazid Loss, #60,000), turing compuny of Boston, Muss, and shoes, who were burned out last Friday, have advised the company to mah issignmient, The I 1o allow the gest eroditors st sompany to control the us continue business and will exteid O new line of eredit. t suits brought by the Fdison iy nst the Boston Inean- \p company and the ( apany, have' toen seitled between the parties, decrees yesterday in the United States court to the effect that perpetual injunctions shall fssue against the defendunts, restraining them from munufacturing the incandeseent lamps in dispute. entered assoctation has hoen all the arrange nts perfe entration of bulk of sole leather in this country Into one ement.” There s little doubt but that Proctor of Boston wiil be the presi- dent. pembers of the new corporation have ated themselves together to prove the quality of leather thoy produce to lessen the expense of produciig it. For Rurglars entered tho Schroder, of Cheshire, evening, und got aw to over #4,000. A landslide on the Mour adian Pacifie, carried of the track and Snowsh men, two of whon we psidenice Enzland ay with booty of Baron yesterday mounting vin division of th way a large section ds und buried twelve o taken out dead. Lord Salisbury w 1 better health yester- | and Mr. Gladstone was so well recovered | t he drove to the House of Commons, ¢ e was received pearing in the house. t the O iley yesterday nes anville Wright, William Hobbs and i Newman, were put on trial for frauds in con- stion with the Liberator Buillding socicty. The accused pleaded not guiliy. grasasiind > i ] See the celebrated Sohmer piano at Ford & Charlton Music Co., 1508 Dodge el Death Lol New Yonk, Maveh 17.—Charles Gordon Saxe, only surviving son of the late Jonn G. Saxe, aied here last night of pneumonia. with cheers v 1 i GALENA, 111, March Daniel Harris the ldest surviv ing settler of Tllinois and a solmer of the Black Hawk war, and a vet llhm Edna Kyle Chamberlain, South Dakota, Works Like Magic Rheumatism —Internal Pains and Aches — Perfectly Cured “ I must say that Hood's Sarsaparilla works like magic. I have for two years been very seriously troubled with rheumatism, suffering Intense pains and aches, 1 tried all the re dies I could get, but all failed, until, having heard so much about Hood's Sarsaparilla, T thought I would try it. The very first bottle did me & great deal of good, and I thought I must continue. Ihavo been using Hood’s Sarsaparllla '\' ularly, and am now me well as anye: Mlss EDNA KYLE, Chamberlain, South 1 “Hood’s Pills cure liver fik, constipation, billousness, jaundice, sick headache, indigestion knu. | English | 8 nd one-elehth inch balls, eachaf. | people might doubt: ran stoamboat man, dicd this morning aged He eamo to Galena in 1823 and operated the firat line of steamers veen Galena and St Paul. Two woeks ngo he was allowed his first pension under the law pensioning soldfers of the Rla (H\\A\\\ | St Cratk - Mich Mareh 17 sneral Simon Brown, who paviicipated in soy i ngagements during the war of the re selllon cu the union side, died here, aged 81 Caught Two Wanted Me Detectives Savage and Dempsey last oven- | ted two men named Archic Hoffman Raymond, alins Knox. They are | ‘ aind are w 1 at St Cloud, | 1 of §100 was | will be notiti Tarit Reform in Canada Defoated | Orrawa, Ont., March 15—A resolution | calling for a reform of the tarift was d feated in the house—64 to 118, IS o RS (i it W PRI ST.JACOBS OIL IS AN HONEST REMEDY. IT DOES WHAT IT CAN DO. i)t IT DOES CURE, IT HAS CURED THE WORST PAIIT, AND THE PAIN STAYS CURED. AMUSEM | BOYD'S 1388 ¥, | SOTHERN, [ TN v, March 1T and 18 SATURDAY TINEE, ygfi S E. H, SOTHERN | (FIRST TIMIE HERE, IN HIS Niw THREL ACT COMEDY Sarsaparilla | Is superior to all other preparations elaiming to be blood-purifiers, First of all, because the principal ingredi- | F ent used in it is the extract of gen- | uine Hondu wsaparilla root, the CAPT. LETTARELAIR il MER'NGTON rom t')-‘ ' YCF“!" THE \TIIF., N. Y. 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No treat- | termed, by its patrons, has talen Hont s of Consumption to 1ts eredit us Dr. .'“”‘F ank amongst its ol or: compav Sihenclos, Nothing It Nature aets sodireetly | itors, and to-day stands unrivaled for and .-nm-n; ly on n.la lung mum‘(xr uos and | gpeed, comfort and sufety. Here is vx:xll um:::. ln!\.:n at.on, colls, coughs and | B np: sh Jutdily its hort line be all the seeds of Consumption as o Omaha, Council Bluffs and Chi- Dr. Schenck’s Pulmonis Syrup | When all elso falls 1t comos to tho resciv. Not until it fails, and only after fuithful trinl, When any one despond. Tt has brouzht the 1 tho 1t continue fo do it Sehonck's Practical hopeless Lo 1ifu un | health, Tt has turi despalr of ten thousand homes into joy is doing It now. It will throu :hout tne azes. 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