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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Monday, March 60.

In the senate the committee appoint
ed to investigate charges of bribery in
connection with the gamblers bill,
which were made by the Omaha Bee,
was enlarged by the addition Of Sena-
tors Ransom and Talbot.
Bills passed: II. r. 70, appropriating
81. PAS for the relief of Burt county;
=. +. LA, providing that county judges
In counties over g $4,000 may appoint a
clerk, and giving such clerk power to
perform the duties of county Judge, ex-
cept judicial acts; Senator Talbot's
fraternal insurance bill, (after q call of
the house); Senator Murphy's pure food
bill; Senator Gondring's bill for pro-
lection of game.
In committee Of the whole the senate
recommended to tax telegraph com.
panies l per cent of gross earnings.
Adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
FARMERS U
Oas Being Organised TO Control the
Products Of the Soil.

Oas Being Organised to Control the
Products Of ths Soil.
TOLEDO, Ohio, April "A gigantic
farmers trust IL now being organized
In this country. One Of the national
organizers, registering rs p. F. Brown,
Johnstown, Pa, after being here some
days, left his papers at the Jefferson
house when he left for Columbus, and
In this manner the secret leaked out.
While here he conferred with leading
legislators, such ~ ex-Representative
Charles p. Griffin, Hon. Jonas Stan.
berry, who was placed ut the head Of
the organizatiod In this section, and
many others. Several branches were
secretly organized, and the order Ia
lancaster. Pa, and was Incorporated
under the laws Of New Jersey rs the
Agriculturists' National Protective
Association. II Is tho purpose to do
nothing this year In the way Of con-
trolling the markets, because the Or
g~aatxaeion II not yet complete. Next
year, howeve., the crops will be linn.
tied to the actual living needs of the
members Of the organization. IL the
plan Is carried out, not . dollars
worth Of farm produce of any kind
will be sold for general consumption,
After 1893 there will be erected OF
rented in each county, In such mum
bars and sc located ~ may best
and most convenient, st0rehouses II
which all products for the market will
be placed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Wednesday, March 81.

The senate today took up the Peru
normal bill, q measure appropriating
B2O, 900 for the rebuilding of a dormi-
tory. Numerous amendments to u
down the appropriation were offered,
but not agreed to, and after a debate
Of some length the bill vas recom-
mended for passage.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for u
building on the the university campus
was by agreement made the special
order for Thursday.
The senate recommended the passage
| of the fellow servant bill, to make en-
ployers liable for injuries to employees
when such injuries are caused by the
negligence Of another employee. An
other object of the bill Is to legislate
out of existence the b. s. M. relief de-
partment. The bill makes the en-
ployer liable and provides that any con.
tract, rule or regulation between such
employee and employer shall in no wise
impair or diminish ouch liability.
The bill taking the Milford indus
trial home from under control OF the
woman's associate charities and placing
II In charge Of the governor and the
board of public lands and buildings,
was also recommended for passage.
The debate in committee of the whole
on this bill was very long, several OF
the senators going into the merits Of
the bill, and making a plea to let the
home remain In the hands of the
woman's associate charities. Senator
Conoway especially entered into de
tails and gave the history OF the home
but the senate refused to indefinitely
postpone.
Governor Holcomb today approved
s. II. Al, by Senator Ransom, requir
ing street car companies to vestibuls
I their cars for the protection Of en-
! ployes.
i II. r. lit, the state script bill wa
advanced to head of general file.
ii The senate then psssed the three
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09

New York, April s.-Hugh Miller,
the firebug who was convicted Of arson
twenty-four hours after his arrest,
was sentenced to-day in the Brooklyn
county court to twenty years impris-
onment Adolph Steinberg, another
Are bug, was sentenced to ten years
imprisonment
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
France want. Nor. War ships.

PARIS, April s.-At a cabinet meet
ing the minister for the colonies, M.
Lebon, was authorized to present to
the bureau of the Chamber of Depu-
ties a bill providing for the expendi-
ture OF SIG, 900, 900 TO build war ships,
the expenditures to be spread through
ten or fifteen budgets.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Friday, April 2.

Advancement of individual or pet
measures caused the usual wrangle in
the senate this morning.
The scrip warrant bill. Ii. r. III,
was added to bills under head Of spe-
cial order.
The fellow servants bill was defeat
ed.
The bill to appropriate $780, 900 for a
state university building for school of
mechanical arts, was passed.
II. X. 254, appropriating matricula-
ton fees of state normal for use of IL
brary, passed.
A list of bills were recommended for
special order, among them being the
referendum bill and all the guarantee
bond bills. The will be considered
Monday night.
s. +. 81, taking the management Of
the industrial home at Milford out OF
the hands Of the woman's associate
charities, passed, as also did the bill
for organization of mutual hail insur
ance companies.
s. +. 1856, to abolish capital punish
ment, was defeated.
The general appropriation bill was
considered in committee of the whole
There were many committee amend
ments adding to appropriations, the
most notable one being $4,000 to the
$50, 900 for support of the national
guard.
The bill appropriating $?5, 900 for an
addition to the Norfolk asylum was ad-
vanced to third reading and the senate
adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Friday, April 2.

Several bills were advanced in the
house, after which the regular order
prevailed.
A motion to recede from the house,
amendment to s.. +. 1OS, the deficiency
Judgment bill, carried. As passed tho
bill effects existing contracts.
Bills passed were: II. Il. 81, making
chicken stealing q burglary; 2s3. plac-
ing institute for blind at Nebraska
City and deaf and dumb institute at
Omaha under control of state board Of
trustees instead Of the board of public
lands and buildings.
Mr.. Snyder Of Sherman was excused
for the balance Of the session.
After recess the claims bill passed
with emergency clause.
H. r. 463, the blanket ballot bill,
passed with emergency clause.
3. Il. 1877, to prevent persons, part
nerships, and corporations from fury
nishing to officers any gas lights, etc.,
ut n price less than Is charged other
customers for such.
II. X. 34e, the penitent:ary bill, was
passed, as were also s. +. 2O7, definin:
beneficiary societies, II. r. 334 and H.
Il. ISL.
H. r. IT'S, amending the state and
county depository law passed with
emergency clause.
At the evening session reports of
standing committees were received.
8. +. 2, to prevent insurance COM
bines, was advanced and ordered en-
CROSSED for third reading after quite q
debate.
The senate judiciary apportionment
bill was indefinitely postponed.
A motion to adjourn Wednesday AZ
ternoon next was defeated, as the Joint
committee had not yet reported.
In committee of the whole II. r. c4i,
defining a legal newspaper and provia-
ing that 1t must have been publisH.d
three months to be such, was recon-
mended for passage.
II. r. 400, appropriating $4,000 for
the Nebraska fair association al North
Platte In behalf of irrigation interests,
was postponed. N
II. X. AL provides that where a
change OF venue In q law suit Is taken.
h costs shall be taxed back to the
county from which suit was brougI 4
1t was recommended for passage. ~
IL. X. 456, to prevent combinaS
OF elevator men, was recommended rs
passage.
The committee then rose aud thu,
house adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09

WAsHINaTOS, April 3.-The monthly
statement of the public debt show,
that the debt, less cash in the treas.
ury, amounts to si,O03, 962, 900, a de.
crease for the month Of Is, 63s, 254.
This decrease Is accounted for by q
corresponding increase in the amount
of cash on hand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Tuesday, March 80.

This morning after listening TO nu-
reports of standing committees,
the house went into committee Of the
whole aud took up the evenue bill.
A few sections only were read and in
the afternoon bills on third reading oc-
cupied the attention of the house.
II. r. GIL was read for the third
time. 1t Is a concurrent resolution
introduced by the railroad committee,
providing for q commission OF three
competent persons to ask the assistance
Of the interstate commerce commission
and the board of railroad commission
ers in securing just and equitable
freight rates to the gulf and to con-
slider the ~propriety Of building IN in
terstate railroad to the Gulf of Mex
leo. The bill passed by q vote Of 65
to 5.
II. R. sac, appropriating $4,000 for
the purpose OF investigating the ac-
accounts of the various executive offices
Of the state and for the purpose of
prosecuting any officials who may be
found to have defrauded the state,
passed with the emergency clause, the
vote standing 70 to o.
II. r. 8, Mr.. Hull's bill providing for
the extinguishment of all deficiency
Judgments and providing that when a
mortgage sues on his note, he aban-
dons his mortgage security, was passed
with the exact constitutional majority
| of 81 votes. :
At the night session the house went
into the committee Of the whole and
passed favorsbly upon the blanket
ballot bill which almost received q
black eye on Monday through the OPP
position Of Messrs. Zimmerman and
Hull. Mr.. Hull experienced q change
of heart and moved to recommend the
bill favorably, which was done.
An exciting little encounter occurred
over the revenue bill, which Mr.. HUI
moved to postpone. His motion was
like touching fire to gunpowder, and
when he saw how sentiment was run
ming he said he really favored the bill
The bill is long and the members re
alize that II will consume considerable,
time, but are quite generally In favol
Of taking IL up. Nothing was done Will
II tonight, however.
Adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Rear Admiral Russell Dead.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-Rear Ad.
mirsl John II. Russell, retired, died at
his residence here to-day, after an i'll
ness Of about . month. He was born
In Frederick, Nd, In 1897, and entered
the navy as q midshipman when only
II years old.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
The Dankard Exodus.

ST.. PAUL, Mimi, April a.--Nearly
5000 Dunkards and Mennonites passed
through st. Paul to-day en- route to
their new homes In North Dskota.
This was the largest single movement
of settlers ever seen in the Northwest
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Thursday, April 4.

Preliminaries over, the house, after
refusing to advance quite a number of
bills, devoted the greater part OF tho
day to passage of measures. Among
the numerous ones passed the follow
ing are the most important: 3. +. 40.
providing for organization of mutual
hail insurance companies; H.. R. 224,
appropriating S25, 900 for q new build
ing at the Norfolk asylum; II. X. 10,
appropriating $40, 900 for permanent
improvements at the Hastings asylum.
II. r. 653, an act to validate renewal
bonds issued in Omaha, failed to pass
with the emergency clause and passed
without It, with 81 votes.
Mr.. Yeiser succeeded in advancing
s. +. 1877, prohibiting corporations or
business firms from furnishing officers
in cities or villages free any gas, cleo
trio light or other artificial light, water
or water service, transportation, etc.
The motion to advance to q third read
ing prevailed by . vote of Al to 10.
H. r. 345. preventing commission
merchants from depositing the pro-
ceeds Of a consignment in their own
name in bands and making such an act
embezzlement, was recommended for
passage. A provision was added al.
lowing merchants to deduct from re-
m~ittances, Indebtedness of consignors
to them.
II. r. 2s2, providing for a state board
OF engineers, was indefinitely post
poned.
II. X. $50, authorizes the board Of
public lands and buildings to purchase
a quarter section Of land near the
Hastings asylum for the purpose of
taking care of the sewage coming from
the asylum. The bill was recommends
ed for passage.
The committee rose and its report
was adopted.
A motion to adjourn carried, taking
precedence over a motion to take o
recess till 1870 o'clock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Receiver for che =. M. c. A.

SEDALIA, Mo, April Son the ap
plication Of the trustees Of the Young
Mems Christian Association, Judge
Longan appointed George w. Cum
mings receiver TO wind up the affair
nj the a~ssocietion,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09

senate files which gives the governor
power to appoint officers of the Kear-
ney and Geneva industrial schools and
the institute for feeble minded at
Beatrice.
Adjourned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Preach to T.x rorslgn vesssla.

PARIS, April s.-The chamber OF
deputies has adopted the port dues
bill. imposing q tax upon foreign YES
sells o 1 franc IS centimes per metric
ton U pm merchandise end upon each
.heaf ~-<AA~ mr. nAssenkar landed
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09

occupied almost entirely with reports
of standing committees. The MEM
beers made strenuous efforts TO advance
individual bills, but the house sat
down on nearly every n that was
pushed. The Douglas county deiega-
ton sought to advance to the head OF
the general file the bill permitting the
bonding of Douglas county for the ex-
position, but the opposition was too
strong.
Later on the two bills appropriating
$50, 900 and S25, 900 for permanent i'm
provements at the Hastings and Nor.
folk asylums respectively. were ad-
vanced FOR final consideration at an
early date. 49,.
Among the most important bills
passed by the house in the afternoon
was the senate deficiency Judgment
bill and the bill enlarging he powers
Of the board of transportation.
The most important action during,
the day vas taken at the evening SEES
sion in committee of the whole, when
the general event bill was post
poned. This bill was drawn up on the
plan that assessments should hereaft-
err be made at the cash value Of prop
erty, with the intent to lower the levy.
Provision was also made for county
assessors and the validity Of tax title
deeds was recognized. The list Of as
sessable property was raised from 80
items to nearly a hundred.
Opposition to the bill which was q
committee substitute for Mr.. Pollard's
revenue bill, came from some of the
leaders on the floor, who wished
changes in the general revenue law
but did not want sweeping reforms.
Mr.. Wooster moved to postpone Rnd
after an attempt had failed to RI
init the bill, first striking out alSf alter
the ~enscting clause SO tina q few
pressing changes might be.Uade in
the present system in accordance with
the governors recommendations, the
motion to postpone carried.
This motion brought forth q storm
of protests from the members which
proved useless. All the minor revenue
bills have been postponed with the
understanding that they were included
in the general revenue bill, and now
that It has gone by the board, the only
hope for relief lies in the reconsidera.
ton Of the vote by which the bill was
postponed,
The house today passed q motion for
the appointment Of a committee to con-
fer with the senate committee as to the
time for final adjournment. The COM
mittee wa not Amounted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09

The most valuable fur Is that Of the
sea otter. One thousand dollars has
been paid for q single skin Of this ami.
mul not o than two yards long by
three-quarters of n yard wide.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Fred Grant offered . Place.

WAsHINaroN, April a.-Colonel Fred
Grant Of New York. son of the late U.
Q. Grant, has been offered the position
Of assistant secretary Of war, and has
stses stion
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
Thursday. April 4.

Friends Of the state university fought
q battle in the senate today and won.
The house bill appropriating $40, 900
for q building for the school Of me-
chanical arts was recommended for pas
sage.
Bills passed we're: s. f. al, to tax
express companies; 375, to tax gross
earnings of telephone companies Il of
1 per cent; 37s, to tax gross earnings
Of telegraph companies 1 per cent; II.
II. X. 1876, Peru dormitory bill; 40, to
permit humane societies to adopt neg
lected children.
The senate by a vote Of 10 to IS re-
fused tie concu In the house amend
ment to y. +. 8, Senator Beal's def
cheney Judgment bill. The house had
amended the bill excepting existing
contrasts.
The senate then went into commit
tee Of the whole to consider the bill
appropriating $40, 900 for a building for
mechanical arts. After repeated at
tempts to cut down the appropriation
had failed the bill was favorably recon-
mended.
The Legislative committee appointed
to investigate the charge that Doodle
was used by gamblers to ecu the
PASSAGE of a bill completed its work
yesterday and reported to the senate
that the charges were not sustained. A
resolution was passed c%ensuring the
Omaha Bee, and it's editor, who caused
the charges to be made.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09

Chew your food thoroughly to break
II up so that the various digestive
fluids. Cat penetrate every part of II
MAX the food thoroughly with the 50.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS
Yaxoo Delta Almost All Under water
Five Counties Flooded.

Yaxoo Delta Almost All Under Water
Five Counties Flooded.
GREENvn.LE, Miss, April 3.-Just
when the 10000 people Of this place,
the business center Of this section Of
Mississippi, were beginning to hope
that the town would escape inunda-
ton, waters from a to the
north swept down upon the place and
soon 1t was necessary to abandon the
northern portion, Of which the popu-
lation was Over 5000. Efforts were
made to form q levee to protect tho
business section, but before anything
could be done the water had driven
the workmen back, and last night IL
was within three blocks Of the main
business street. People In the path Of
the flood had been warned in
time and, as the water came
without any rush, there was ample
time for all to escape and also
to ave most of their valuables. Boats
Of all kinds were soon in demand and
carpenters alone were prosperous. The
railroad em~bankment which shut of
the flow of water out of town was
blown up last night. The waterworks
building was made ready for Q watery
siege and q high embankment was
raised about the Planters cotton mill
In which was stored cotton seed worth
$500, 900. All night long by the aid OF
electric lights workmen by the hun
dreds worked to form embankments
about the business section, but people
In the submerged sections threaten x
destroy 1t. All railroad trains have
been abandoned.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 3 The gen
eral food situation In this section 4
somewhat better, the below
here having done their worst Tn,
feeling at Helena, Ark, and othe
points which have escaped 90 far 1
much more hopeful. The damage Il
the farming country In the Yaxoo delt
of Mississippi cannot, however, be ez
sggerated. Nearly all Of Ave prosper
Gus counties are under water an
thousands ON thousands of people NJ
homeless and In want. Among tn
towns now under water are Gunnisou
Rosedale, Perthshire, Terrene, Phalis
Riverton, Dahomey, Storm, Benoit
Beulsh, wsysids, Longwood, Refug,
saltwater, Deerson, and Australi,
The water covers territory Hfty mile
wide on the average. The river sbov
here Is falling and the worst has passet
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
LOSSES BY THE STORM
THE DEATH LIST FOOTS UP
TWELVE.

Victims Of the Tornado ~Buried-List Of
h Principal Losers Of Property-Re-
lief From All Parts of Territory
The Latest Reports.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09
LEGISLATURE
WORK ACCOMPLISHED IN
THE CLOSING HOURS

Condensed and Concise Non-Partisan
Report Of the Labors of the Nebraska
Legislature the Past week--Action Ia
ken on the Various Measures
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09

Wednesday, March 81.
The house today put In another
very busy day. The morning was
Mesa free press., 1897-04-02
AN HONORABLE RECORD.

Hon. A G.. Baker ediourned
court today sine die. This will be
the last session of Court he will
hold in the county of Yuma, his
resignation now being in the hands
of the President and his successor
will 10 doubt be appointed within
the nex' 60 days.
Judge Baker has been on the
bench for the past four years and
has saved our county hundreds o.
dollars by his prompt and able de-
clsions.
The taxpayers of Yuma county
owe him their everlasting thanks,
The Sentinel joins the taxpayers
and people in wishing him success
all the way through life.--Yuma
Mesa free press., 1897-04-02
HISTORY REroLD.

The Emperor Nero had a good
many faults, among them being
that of vanity. He had gained the
reputation of cruelty largely on ac-
count of the fact that he insisted
upon appearing in public as an
amateur actor. HIS ambition, how
ever, was to play the tiddle. before
Il arge popular audience, but for a
time no suitable opportunity Srose.
At last, in the tenth year OF his
reign, Kome was almost entirely
destroyed by fire, and the whole
population was out IN the streets.
"At last" he said, "my chance has
come" And he sailed forth Nth
his fiddle in .one hand aud all
original composition in the other.
Having seated himself on the top
of a pile Of smolderi.ly ruins, ht
struck up a nocturne in II sharps
and tive fats. But the prorle did
not seem to be pleased "Don't
look vexed," he called out. 81 an
not unfeeling, but | have always
understood that when there has
been fire the best thing that can
be done is to play OH the ruins. =
j adv.
Mesa free press., 1897-04-02

The Yuma Sentinel notes with
pleasure the improvements going
on both in and around Yuma In
the town at the present time are
being erected two business houses
Oh Main street and in other parts
OF the city the finishing touches are
being put on several handsome res
licences. The farmers in the Colo
RADIO valley are sowing a larger
area to crops than ever before and
the farmers upvthe Gila rivers-in
the vicinity of Mohawk and Palo-
mas are also putting in larg- boil :
les of the f. tile soil. The march
Of progress continues in this Sec
ton and with the development Of
our mineral wealth, which is at the
present time exceedingly active,
Yuma will be sure to become ons
of the wealthiest portions of Ari-
zona.
Mesa free press., 1897-04-02

A Boston woman who has lately
leturned from England brought
with her, among other curiositie~
collec1ed during a long residence
abroad, piece of fancy work which
was purchased at fashionable
charity bazar in London. 1t is a
knitted shawl about half a yard
square, and its color is pink. lhe
execution is indifferent, the useful
ness or the beauty of this article ls
not apparent, yet the present pos
SCISSOR values it beyond PRICE. It.
;s the handiwork of tho Queen OF
England, and sent by her to tn"
bazaar, where it was raeled for
This royal hand made shawl has a
guaranteed historette attached, and
though not signed by the Lord
Chamberlain or the Prime Minister
there is real Ooudtess, not to
mention the original owner, to
swear TO the grnuineness of the
document going with tho article.
Mesa free press., 1897-04-02

A late telegram from Jalapa
says the tobacco planters in the
State of Vera Cruz announce that
the greater part of this seasons
crop has already been purchased
by buyers for United States to-
bacco manufacturers and that there
will be shortage of the home
supply of the product. This pros
pective shortage of leaf tobacco has
already caused the lending cigar
manufacturers of Mexico to raise
the price OF cigars. A number of
tobacco buyers from New Yerk
and Tampa, Florida, are now in
Jalapa. They state that the war
in Cuba has caused their to turn
to Mexico for their supply Of to-
bacco.
Mesa free press., 1897-04-02

There is no royal road to wealth
and there is no way to shoe horse
except to nail on the shoe. So
says a blacksmith. and in proof Of
his assertion, he s.ates that while
nearly 200 patents have issued for
horseshoes aud $4,000 paid into
the patent office at Washington,
not one of the inventions has ever
been used.