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The negative voters were:
4 llison, blackburn,
Blair, Chandler,
Dawes, Dixon.
Dolph. George,
Hampton, Hoar,
Mitchell, Moody,
Platt. Plumb.
Sanders,
The committee OF the whole then aros
and reported the bill TO the senate.
The vote on the naval review amend :
ment resulted; ayes "a noes %. SO the
provision remains Ia the bill. The OIL
was then passed--i3 to IA.
The negative votes we're;
Barbour Berry,
Blackburn, Cockrell,
George, Hampton,
Morgan, Pugh,
Reagan Vance,
Vest, Walthall.
The committee OF conference on the
disagreeins votes was appointed.
MIR. Dawes offered resolution which
was agreed to, calling ON the secretary OF
the interior tor information as to the oc,.
cupation OF any portion of the Capital
Grnndc and La Jolli reservations in
California for bitches and fumes.
The senate then adjourned.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-12-13
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Two HoTCHKIss guns have been
shipped from Fort Monroe, Va. to Fort
Mead, ). ID.
AUYssISIA has annullcd treaty with
Italy, and u war between the two cOun-
tries is imminent.
IT is said that the immense Oliver iron
and steel mills at PitLsDurg will close,
throwing B. 900 men out -nf- empIoy ymGnt
THE Kittle & Co. linsecd oil works In
San Francisco have been destroyed by
fire. Loss, about 5000, 900; insurance,
SlOO, 600.
++fs magnificent new Pulitzer buftt-
ing, the future home Of the New York
World, was formally opened with u full
dress reception.
THE New York Press has a special
from San Francisco intimating that the
Arkel exploring expedition in Alaska
has possibly been lost.
EAsTLASn, FOWLER & Co, wholesale
Crockery and glassware dealers Of San
Francisco, have failed. Liabilities,
sl92, 900; assets, S53, 3,G0O.
MOLDING and picture frame manu-
facturcrS of the country met in Chicago
and have formed permanent organiza-
ton for mutual benefit"
ARRANGEMENTS are being made where
by Barker Bros, Il Co, the Philadelphia
bankers who failed recently, will be-
given an extension ofa year.
POSTMASTER ED ARMsTEAp. OF New
Decatur, Ala, has skipped tho town.
He H. about 81, 900 short In his accounts
with the postoflice department.
NJ. Stelp I'm Reynosa, Mexico, last Au-
gust, has boon sentenced by the Mexican
authorities to six years imprisonment.
TuE students at the Baltimore univer-
sity hospital guyed Radford T.. Chapman,
a superstitious colored patient, about
dissecting him, until he became hope
lessly insane.
THERE Is great suffering among the
striking miners families at Monogan, w.
Va. Unless the strikers surrender. 1000
persons will be evicted from the COM
panys houses.
The international committee has Sc
lected May TO 10 as the date Of the
twenty-ninth international convention
OF the Young Mems Christian association
az Kansas City.
THE board of bishops of the Methodist
| church north arc en- session ln Indiana
polls revising the church discipline and
| framing a churek constitution. The ses-
/ sions are secret
The representatives of thS> barb wire
/ manufacturers Of the United States, who
| have been In secret session in Chicago,
have adjourned sine die without eemplet-
/ Ing the proposed trust
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Evidence Submitted in the
Grinnell Case To Show That
He Was Insane.
DR.. Russell Indicted by the Grand
Jury and Is Now Behind
Iron Bars.
Yankton Proposes To License Her
Liquor Msn--News From
Nebraska

DUBUQUE, Dee. l2.-In the Grinnell
trial In progress at Elkader, the defense
yesterday introduced DIR. Weight, Of
New Hampton, who testified that he had
treated Grinncn for nervousness before
the shooting. He thought GriEnell was
insane. DIR. w. A. Paul, of McGreg0r.
testified that he treated Grinnell for
thirty days before the shooting, and that
he was greatly excited and apparently
insane. Judge Noble, Of McGregnr, tes-
tilted that few days before the shoot
ing, Grinnell told him he could not be-
lieye the stories about Mrs Grinnell The
Judge told him he feared they were true
He thought GTinnell insane.
In rebuttal the state introduced W. A.
Sloan and Robert Lindsay, who swore
that few days before the murder Grin
nell wanted his insurance policies
changed from his wife To his son. They
saw nothing irrational about his actions.
Dr. Clark, of MCGregOr, saw Grinncll
Immediately after the shooting and also
the next day, but did not think him
irrational or insane. Defense introduced
fifteen or twenty letters from Cornell To
Mrs. GTinncll, protesting his love and
urging her 10 stick by him and leave
her husband.
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PIERRE, Dec. l2.-Some doubt existing
as TO the payment OF state warrants,
State Treasurer Smith requested an
opinion on the matter, the following be-
ing Attorn6 y-General DOllard's reply:
''RespOnding To your request for the
opinion Of this Office as to the operation
OF sections 50, 1871, 1873 and 1874, com
piled laws, ! will say that sections 50 and
1871 construed together clearly provide
that all warrants on the state treasurer
must be paid in the order Of their pre-
sentation. That the apparent effect Of
sections 1873 and 1874, viewed IN the
light of that part Of section 1871 which
excludes warrants issued prior to Jan. /,
1873, from payment In the order of their
presentation and the legal effect thereof,
Is 10 give such warrants. priority accord
ing 10 the registration only, although
they have been presented aud Endorsed
not paid for want of funds, entitle the
holder 10 notice by mail OF the fact when
funds are i'm the treasury to pay the
same"
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drunkenness h much more frequent
There II no revenue received from the
sale of liquors and taxes have been in
creased to meet the deficiency caused
thereby. Thousands Of dollars are sent
To other states every month to purchase
liquor. IL II now proposed t0 retain .
portion Of this money In Yankton by re-
opening the two large brewcries that
have been idle since May and also ~
tax the liquor dealers Public senti-
ment II strongly In favor of this course,
viewing the situation from business
standDolnt
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THRILLiNo SEA STORY.


pisfE.ADEIPHIA. Dec. l2.--Information
has reached this city OF the loss of the
british steamship Wcsthurne, In the
BLACK sea. Only four OF tho ships crew,
consisting Of twenty-five, were saved,
and They are wrecks OF humanity pros
trated by suffering in the hospital at
Odessa
The Westburne. an ordinary ramp
steamship, left Thcodosia, southeast OF
Crimea, Nov. "a, laden with linseed,
bound W Dunlirk and thence To Philia-
delphia, with general cargo. On the
evening OF her departure a gale, pecu-
liar a. the Black sea alone, arose. The
weather grew so Intensely cold that the
mon were frozen To death in lifc-like
postlare ut the wheel or wherever
their duty called them. Every sea
that swept over the vessel froze to
her, making her sluggish and So heavy
that She refused to ride the waves aud
became unmanapeable. When the water
gained entrance To the hold the cargo
began 10 swell and bust open the decks
fore and aft as though powder had eN-
ploded in her interior. About midnight,
although only few hours out of port,
the vessel began To go down. The sail
ors were frozen as hard az iron. With
all the crew that still held fast TO their
lives Capt. Remington put out In small
boat and headed her back to Theodosia,
distant then some fifty miles. During
the early morning the men died of ono
by one until on reaching Theodos!a the
following night the number was reduced
10 eight subsequently, four more died
while undergoing medical treatment,
leaving but four survivors.
The commander of the Wcstburnc II
we'll known to shippers OF Philadelphia.
He is proStrated by his suifcrings and
the death OF his brother.
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Changing Union Pacific. M ethod..

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l2.-The first
effect Of Jay GOuld's acquisition Of the
Union Pacific road felt in this city was
letter from the general freight agent
Of the company 10 the Philadelphia con-
tracing agent, received yesterday, in
structing him tO close up his Office
Dec. 81 and report In New York
for duty. The Union Pacica has
maintained an expensive Office here
for years and now rents fine suite Of
rooms In the Built building, where scy-
cral clerks and soliciting agents are en-
Ployed. The lease will be given up and
the employees transferred To other cities.
The abolition of this Office Is in pursu-
ance Of Gould's plan, which will be un-
doubtcdly adopted at the presidents
meeting. for restoring harmony
aud establishing uniformity OF
rates among western lines. Instead
Of separate and expensive
organization of soliciting agents for
each western road In every eastern city,
there will be but one commissioner In
Chicago. All business originating in
Philadelphia designed for western points
will be- forwarded by whatever line the
Philadelphia asub-commkSsioners may se-
iect. lie will take care, OF course, TO
divide the business equitably among the
roads In the association. There VIII
therefore be- no occasion for the services
of any soliciting agents.
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WIcHITA, Kan, Dec. l2.-The follow
ing dispatch was sent from here last
night To Chief Mayes;
TAHLEQUAH. lad. T.. D,.c. t2.--I wilt sce
Williamson and Blair's twenty million for
the strip and so hftccn million better. /
hold royal flush. Send deed and abstract
TO Wichita National bank
lsigned. A. ". LEVY.
Levy II acting for a company organ
izcd here within the last few days that
Is In earnest about the purchase OF the
Cherokee strip. II ia not known posi-
lively whether they were acting entirely
on their own judgement and capital.
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THE BASEBALL WAR.
spaIding says Everything Is settled Ex-
cent In Boston and Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, Dec. l2.--It Is learned
to-day that John 7. Bush and A. &.
spaldinR visited this city on Saturday
last and held d conference with the Of
iicials of the Cleveland club, regarding
the settlement OF the baseball troubles
with Al. Johnson. The Cleveland peo-
plo gave Spaiding to understand that
they could not come to any understand
Ing with johnson. Spalding will accord
ingly recommend 10 the executive board,
when II meets again, that negotiations
with johnson be- discontinued. Spalding
gave the Cleveland officials 70 under
stand that matters had been virtually
settled In the cities interested except
Boston and Cleveland. The Philadel-
phia brotherhood club will bo admitted
"a tho association Ia succeed the Ath-
letIcs. No players will be engaged or
negotiated with until after another joint
meeting Of the league and association
mas been held.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-12-13

Desperate Battle In which a Hra~~
- -Atnttrr- -srrrr- ter t,ffrnrtnrA-Frttr.

Desperate Battle In which a Bra~~
Mother sWrcr Ftsr 6fsprinKT LITE
George Wharton, OF Brown countv,
Ohio, tells blood-curdling snake
story. Mrs. William HuxellY. living
In a log cabin. was making soap IN
back yard. having kissed her little
six-months babe TO sleep in the cradle.
Presently the baby screamed. and she
and she rushed in and was hOr-
ror-stricken to find hideous black
snake Of enormous size trying 10 sWaL
low the child. 1t had ingulfed. the
hanu and had swallowed 1t up to tho
arm. pit and was writhing In its con
tOrtiOns and efforts TO make further
progress. Grasping the. hldeOus rep
tlle in the middle it seemed TO relax
its hold and dis+5fge the cnild's arm
and then turned upon the mother.
She dashed IL tO the hoOr and In her
wild frenzy stamped 1t 10 death 10
proved TO be of the black racer species
seven feet two inches long. and meas
uring six and ouU-falf inches in cir
cumference The babe lived and tho
only Inconvenience ii suffered from its
terrible experience was that its arm
and hand were blistered as IL scaldea
in hot water
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Disastrous Fire at Mar.Aali,o~n.

MARsHALLTowN, Dec. l2.-This city
had "a close call from a very disastrous
fire yesterday afternoon. The fire Was
discovered In a portion OF the Fremont
house located in the busiAess center of
the city. About 3 O'Clock when the fire
department arrived, the whole structure
seemed ablaze. Being densely filled with
smoke the firemen could not locate the
fire and they were compelled to fiood the
building. The flames were subdued by
O'Clock. The loss by fire Is compare
lively small but the damage by water
and smoke Is large. The hOtel II sit
uated on the upper noors over the post
Office and three large stores. Archie
Cox Is the lessee of the house. The
building Is damaged probably 81, 900 and
about the same on the furniture. BTOm-
ley, Ingledue Il Co.'S geo, 900 stock of
boots and shoes Is almost ruined by
the water. +. A. Sterns' large clothing
stock IL badly drenched and Andrews Il
Hoyt, groeers, suffer small loss. All
the above are amply Insured. The lire
originated in the hotel basement, cause
unknown. A high wind prevailed and
the loss would have been terrible had the
flames gotten beyond control.
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Preferred 10 BE Hanged.

SHERBR0oKE, Qua., Dec. i1.%-William
Wallace blanchard was hanged here this
morning for the murder of Charles A.
Calkins In November, 1889. Blanchard
was tramp. lie became acquainted
with Calkins and one evening they had
a carous6 In the latters house, during
which blanchard produced a revolver
and boasted Of his proficiency with the
weapon. Calkins demonstrated aud q
scuflic ensued in wich the weapon was
discharged and Calkins was instantly
killed. At the trial il came out in evi-
dcncc that there was no premeditatiOn
Of the deed, but blanchard asked that
he be- hanged rather than be sentenced
To Imprisonment for life.
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DAKOTA NEWS.


Sioux FALLS Dec. l2.-Thc grand
Jury is stIll in session examining into tho
SchefFcr- Bissell affair at Valley Springs.
Seven witnesses were examined In all
Drs. WoOdworth, OF Valley Springs, and
Tufts, of Sioux Falls, appeared before
the jury and testified as 10 the results
Of a pOstmortem examination. DIR.
Tufts declared that he was formerly OF
the opinion that SCheffer had died from
an overdose Of vegetable poison, and
presumably morphine This adds an
other link tO the chain OF evidence gath
eTing about DIR. Bissell, as he stated at
the inquest that he never gave SCheffer
morphine internally, but by the aid Of
hypOdermic injection. The doctor was
arrested last evening at Valley Springs
and brought to Sioux Falls, and is now
In the county jail The grand jury in
dicted him yesterday for manslaughter
In the second degree. He refuses 80 say
anything to the reporters except that he
is innocent Of the charges made against
him. The law provides that a physi-
clan under The InTuenCc OF liquor who
administers poison 10 person and
such person dies from the effects Of poi
son thcIphysician Is guilty Of manslaugh-
ter and shall for said crime be sentenced
Ia the penitcntiary not more than four
years nor less than two.
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NEBRASKA NEWS
LIttIe Boy Accidentally Killed yyhIis ss
Play.

Rtay.
LINCOLN, Nnb., Dec. la-In a dark
eaed room In small house at second
and J streets yesterday lay the crushed
and utangled remains OF little Paul
Schultz. Paul was aged about . years,
and yesterday afternoon left school at
the accustomed hour for his home, ac-
companici by several companions.
When they reached the Darlington
crossing at Fourth and j stTcets, they
found il blocked by the switching train
consisting of three cars and an engine.
The boys were playfully endeayoring to
find out who would reach homs
first. and young Paul thought
To get ahead OF them by run
ing underneath the cars. He started
10 crawl under when the train started.
The wheels did not catch ham, but his
body was caught by the break beams
aud he was rolled and crushed for d
short distance, when the frantic cries of
his playmates caused the engineer to
halt the train. The crushed little body
was tendsrly detached from the beams.
around which his clothing was tightly
wound, and ne was taken To his homo
only d few blocks away. He was still
breathing. although terribly crushed,
and doctors were quickly summoned
He lived until $50 o'clock Ia the morn
ing. when death came % his relief. The
accident happened about ten minutes
after o'clock, and no blame appears to
rest on the trainmen
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bureau Of AnInaaI Imaustry.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The annual
report Of the bureau of animal industry
says: With the ultimate object In view Of
discovering some method of preventing
disease In swine the bureau endeayored
To produce artilicially 4 drug which
would have the same composition and
effect as bacterial products. These re-
searches have been In the main success
full, and the report claims that sub
stance has been produced which not only
resembles the bacterial product OF the
hog cholera germ In composition but
which has quite the same power of con
fcrring immunity from disease.
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TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. l2.--At Il confer
encc between the governor, the railroad
commissioners and representatives Of
railroad companies yesterday, plan for
affOrding relief 10 the needy residents Of
western Kansas was agreed upon. The
railroads are To transfer, free Of charge,
all relief subscribed. Kansas will -taka
care of her own sufferers. Donated aid
will in all eases be- consigned to one aid
commissioner in cash county, who will
report weekly 10 the board OF railroad
atsssf fffis=iotfeFs- account Uf tthr
amount and character of all supplies re-
ceived and disbursed, giving the name
and rosidenCe Of each beneficiary.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-12-13

At the hremen's convention at DetrOn
Mr.. H. l. Luikln explained a schc
for extinguishnR fires that merits con
sideration. The plan Is to place electric
buttons in every room In building, thN
pressing Of which will set In action aH
electric motor, which In turn operates
pump, opening At the same time any
valve desired In the piping arrangement
At convenient points sets of swit'hes
controlling the entire apparatus ma bo
placed.
In case OF FIRE In thsater the exits
and lobbies may be Oiled with streams
OF water, making the escape OF the Pro
pie possible though there oe hrc all
around them. The great advantage 81
this system Is tho complete and almost
instantaneous control Of great masses
OF water, and the power 10 iocalize TIM
discharge, thus preventing unnecessary
damage By water. - Fhtl0detphaa Reo0rd
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Air snip Men a. Put s5,ooo,ooo Into a
Plant.

CHICAGO, Dec. l2.-At yesterdays
meeting of the directors OF the Mt. Car
moi Aeronautic company officers were
elected, and-it was decided TO invest So
600. 900 Immediately In plant and build
ing for the construction Of air ships. u.
g. Pennington, president Of the company
and inventor Of the air ship, said snip
was already finished, and experiments
with large models Of IL had already
uroyeu successful. The machine Is 10
feet long aud 2s wide, and II h said, can
cover 900 miles an hour The ship will
shortly leave Mt. Carmel and sail 90 st.
fouls, thence to Chicago, and go from
there 20 New York.
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Pistols and FistIeuns in Order an oEia
homa.

homa.
GUTHRIE, O. T., Dec. i2.--One Of the
liyeliest days of what has been an ex-
tremeiy lively session OF tho oklahoma
legislature was that of Thursday. While
Brown, of Oklahoma, was discussing the
burning question of Oklahoma politics
the capitol question: point OF order
was raised by Brown, OF Logan. Brown,
of Oklahoma, resented the interruption In
language more forcible than choice.
Brown, OF Logan, Immediately pulled his
revolver and started for Brown, Of Okla
homa, but had not taken two steps
before he was disarmed by his friends
aud forced back into his seat. Brown,
OF Oklahoma, In the meantime stood In
the middle of the aisle with drawn re-
yolver, shouting for his antagonist to
come ON. The speaker of the house
called the sergeant-at-arms and directed
him and his assistant 10 seat Brown.
by clever flank movement they
took the angry senator unawares,
wrenched the revolver from
his grasp, and seizing him by
the throat essayed 10 force him into his
seat One blow from Browns fist sent
tho assistant to the floor, and then a
tussle began with the sergeant-at-arms,
which was interrupted by the rush OF a
hundred lobbyists, who were not going
to see their champion worsted. The OPP
ponents OF the lobby rushed to the as
sistance OF the scrgeant-at-arms, and for
ten minutes the senate chamber was
given over to the bowling, struggling
mob, In which senators and lobbyists
were indiscriminately mixed. The chair
finally restored order. But little busi-
ness was transacted during the remain
der of the day. aud the council finally
nd djOurncd.
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LISCoLS, Ncb., Dec. l2.-LincOln IL
now furnishing an average Of one at
tempted suicide per day. The attempted
sclf-muriCr of Pearl Dennis "Wednesday
aud that Of Peter Keaton a day or two
before have been followed with the at
tempted self-destruction Of Miss frankie
Chumpley yesterday. frankie used
morphine. but after taking the drug re-
pented and sent for a doctor, who only
after the greatest efforts managed to
save her life. A love affair Is said tO be-
the cause Of the young lady's rashness.
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ORCHARD, Neb., Dec. Especial:
The hardware firm Of Schincfelt Il Hop
per have disposed OF their stock Of
goods, the purchaser being Vim. Miller,
Of Ewing. The transfer was made Tues
day nf this week.
Two additional general stores will be
opened here in ahc near iuture. The
arrangements are all completed for the
bnIldings
Our lumber dealer, Mr.. n. G.. Moore,
received a ear Of lumber this week, the
net weight OF which was 400 pounds.
This Is the heaviest car load on record
In this neck Of the prairie Freight
charges were Si15.2o. Who can beat It,
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BEATRICE, Neb., Dec l2.-T. c.
Pointer, aged IS years, was found dead
on the banks of Cedar creek, one milo
north OF Rockford, this county, last
night Coroner Wells was summoned
and the verdict of tho jury was that the
deceased came 10 his death from heart
disease. Pointers home was In rockford
He leaves wife and young child In In
-ti4s-+tt circumstances.
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MURDERED IN ST. PAUL.
Patrick RsEan Kills His wife In Cold
Blood.


ST. PAUL, Dec. l2.-Patrick Rcgan,
Of 1T. Paul. murdered his wife yesterday
afternoon at 1880 o'clock at their home,
corner Of Lexington avenue and Kent
street. He fred three shots at her with
fatal effect The two had been married
for a number of years, but for some time
back they had been separated.
Rcgan, has been away from homo for
quito time on the Pacific coast. lie
left Tacoma about week ago for 81.
Paul, arriving la 81. Paul ON Friday.
The two had not been getting along well,
it Is supposed, since Regan returned,
but whatever the cause, he determined
70 kin his wife In cold blood and did IL.
There was an uneontirmed rumor late la
Tho Afternoon That he had also Killed his
little child. Regan was caught soon
after the terrible crime and Is now con-
fined In the county jail In st., Paul Do
trt@=t4e- -tFeHA+as- -XgaEc- ~ the -hotInm nL
the murder. The woman died instantly.
Regan has confessed.