Rural Advocate from Circleville, Kansas • 4

rr port, the main point at his oontentlou CONGRESSIONAL Oljf Hurot locate; Will Wipe Oat tha larplns. Niw You, Bept sore tery Wlnlon Outbraak of an Old Fead. Omaha, Bept speoial frm 'Mar- Killed by Giant rowder, fiuouui, Fa, apt. U-Bix kegs of glaat powder exploded at Bhohola Glea today with terrible results. The report of the explosion wai heard for miles around and many windows In the surrounding village were shattered.

Three men were tniUntly killed and a number ot others seriously injured, bat will recover. Doing tnat laaoa actually patented to rail, road oompaulea could aot Da takea from them beoause they tuned ont to be mla-era! lands. Mr. Hearst took a oontrary view and in- slated that mineral iaads were especially reserved by the original grant. nr.

Banaers seta mat in tne courts or Washington, California and the supreme court of tha United Bcates the era! lands bad held to mean lands oom merolally valued for mining purposes. Without considering his argument Mr. Banders yielded for an executive session, rail un win mwia nujuumeu. WashvotoM 18. -In the aanata to day Mr.

Quay offered a resolution of son row and oondoleuoe In regard to the death of Samuel J. Bandall and proceeded to address the sena'a. Meaara Barbour and Plumb also eulosrtied the dead uuukM. There were further eloquent tributes, and then, as a further mark of respeot, the sen- aujuuruvu wtj aouuay, The Hoase. WAsamaToir Bent.

8. -The house todav pasted the Joint resolution granting the uae oi a portion or tne aitea Htatts mill tary reservation at unatianooga lor a publiopark. Tbe remainder ot the day was aevoiea to tne vistriot of Columbia bill. Washington, Bept 9. The Langston venable eleotlon case was called up, but no quotum oould tie kept In tbe house and adjournment was takea without action in the matter.

WisnmoTOH, Sept 10. The programme of yesterday was repeated by the bouse on the quorum question, and oonaeauentlv adjournment was bad without any business DOlUg UUUD, Washington, Bent. 11. As Speaker Bead entcreu tne onamoer una morning he re celved a round of applause from therepub-oana and spectators in the s-alitrles. Mr.

O'Foirali of Virginia made a point ot no quorum. Tne speaker, without taking a note of the point, stated that tha question was on ordering the previous question on approving the Journal Tuesday and direotlng the olerk to call tho roll. The vote stood yeas, 87; nays. 41 No quoram. Oa motion of Mr.

Monlnley. amid domo cratlo applause, the house adjourned, WAsnNOWM, Bept. 13 In the houae this morning the ok rk proceeded, under instructions from the speaker, to oall tho roll on tho question of otderlng the previous question on the approval ot the Journal of Tuesday's proceedings. During roll oall a message was received from the senate an nounomg the paesaga of the tariff bill with amendments, and by dlreotion of the speaker it was referred to the committee on ways and means. Tbe previous aues' tloa was ordered yeas.

118: navs34 the olerk noting a quorum. The question re-ourred on approval of the lournaL The quorum aiaappearca ana a call ot the bouse wm ordered. The hundred and seventy-Ave members responded to their names, but on the sn provaior tne lournai ttese had dwindled to 148 no iorum and on motion of Mr MoKlnley we house adjourned. Waskxxqton. Sent.

13. In the house to day the Journals of Wednesday, Thursday ai.a rnaav were reaa ana approved witn out objection and the house proceeded to pay its last tributes oi respeot to the mom ory of tae late Senator Bsok of Ksntuoky. Atui addresses by Mesxrs. Breokinrldge of ITAnfnnlrv rt nnn.ll If 4 of Kentut ky, Stone of Kentucky, Blount of Georgia, Henderson of Illinois, Caruth of nentuoay. noaiiiian or Tennessee ana Hooker oi Mississippi, the house, as a fur tfcer mark of respeot to the memory of the ueoeaseo, acjournea Chloroform Fiends In Cincinnati CmonrNATi, Sept.

10. A singular state of affairs discovered yesterday evening In the bouse of Frank A. Dickinson1) Linn street, by a resolute neighbor woman, who had seen little Lois DlcklnEon, the ten-year-old daughter, In charge ot the little shop in the front room for several days, but had not seen the parents. Entering their room she found Mrs. Dloklnson on a lounge barely oonsolous, her mouth and nose a oup containing a cloth saturated with chloroform.

On a bed lay Mr. Dickinson in a similar position, but he was dead. It was developed that thero was no effort at suicide, but that these people had been in the nabit or using onioroiorm tor some time to relieve neuralgia and produce Bleep. Tbey hau been in their room two or three days taking the drug. Johnstone, the Mind Reader.

Chicago, Sept 11. Paul Alexander Johnstone, the mind reader, who oame so near dying last night after so successfully performing the feat of driving blindfolded to a hotel and pointing out a name 'secretly seleoted by a oommlttee, has about recovered. His friend and manager, W. E. Gooding, said today: "During the test Johnstone's brain is concentrated to its full extent and his pulse gets up so high that it oannot be oounted then a reaction sets in and all the blood rushes baok to the heart and stifles him.

From the moment he was taken down last night until he was revived I never for a moment stopped rubbing his limbs and kneading the flesh over his breast Otherwise the blood would have stagnated and death followed as certainly as it did in the case of Bishop. "Speaking of Bishop, I will tell you a little Incident that I don't think Is generally known. Bishop, as you remember, was endeavoring to pick out a name from a register in the Lamb's club, New York, and after four hours continuous work fell over to i he floor and remained apparently llfe-lesr. Theolub members did what they could to restore him, but of oourae their Ignorant aid was of little avail, and one after tne other they departed, finally leaving Bishop and the steward alone together. The latter notified the police shortly afterward.

This is the story told me by Mr. Maok, Bishop's father In-law. I am certain from what I have seen in Johnstone's oasethatif that man had been intelli- gently treated from the first he could ave been brought around all right His death was due to lguoranoe aided by negleot." Dnst to Dust, Milwaukee, Sept. ft Herman Frank, during a tour through Egypt some months sinoo, purchased twomummies and shipped them to Milwaukee to be plaoud In the public museum here. The mummies cost 9500 each, and to proteot the Infant mummy industry ef this country something like tlOOeaoh was added to tho value in the custom house.

The people of Cleopatra's country oould not stand the rigorous climate of Wisconsin, and when tbe casa was opened it was discovered that one mummy hud returned to dust according to the diviuo laws. Strong For Reciprocity. Naw Yokk, Bept. 9. Members of the produce exchange, especially those interested in lard, flour and provisions, had a big gathering on 'change today and officially endorsod Mr.

reolproolty W. MoOntpheon Introduced resolutions, whloh ere unanimously adopted, soliciting congress and the secretary of state to urgo such acts ot legislation or diplomatio negotiation as will insure the enlargement of foreign markets for American product, on Mr. Blaine's plans. William Cooper, junior partner of the grain firm, Mllmine, Bodman A has withdrawn from the firm. Both Mr.

Mllmine and Mr. Bodman said Mr. Ooopei's withdrawal was rolnn. tarv, and had not in any way affeoted the firm, Nesrly a lacoasafal attempt waa male hare early this momlag tosasaaainatePetecUvsJ. C.

Buses, who figured so prominently la thenotorlona Balasbarger and Henry ones murder oases In Hardin oounty, Baortly before 5 o'olook this morning Burkes was passing through the hotel offloe, when he heard a pistol shot from the outside aad at tha same ln stantalU-oellbre bullet orashsd three- the aide window and missed Burke k4 by about two Inohea The detective ran out in time to dimly see his would-be aa-aassln skulking down the alley. Be fol-fowed and fired four shots after tha mla. oreani, but none took ffaot aad the latter escaped. Burkes arrested Mirx aad John, woe in uaiirornla laat spring and brought them baok here for trial for the murder ot Henry Johns, a brother-in-law otBab-s-barger. The brothers have since then made repeated threats agalnat the deteo-tlvt's lite and this attempt is presumably barger vendetta.

It is evident tnat tha end of the feudrai warfare la not yet St Diseases Amons; Cattle. St. Iouis, Sapt new disease, tha asms of whloh is unknown to veterinary surgeons at present, has broken oat among a. a a.a tne oatue in some portions of this state. The disease was first notloed over a month ago In the Interior ot the state.

In a short time Utters began pouring la to Dr. vsquin.tae sfiate veterinarian, informing w. -mw riinuin ui tuo uiaeaae aev-eial parts of tbe state, the owners declaring the disease to be entirely new to and requesting a diagnosis The letters beoame so numerous that Dr. Paquln did make an investigation, and lound the cattle reported sick to be Battering from the one disease, an affection of tha mouth and foot Finding he could not attend to all the oases reported to his offloe, Dl pMuJn compiled a olronlar lettei wnion ne had printed and sent around to fTeryewspaper in the state, requesting the editors to nnbiish it in tu 1 iwiJ the olrpular by asking stookmen not lobe in the least alarmed, for even If it is tha tne mildest epidemic among stook known, ine death rate rarely rises to lw per oent. the only serious damage that it does oanse "in reducing the flesh and stopping the Indians Kill Each Other, Topexa, Sept two bands of Pottawattemfos, one known as tke Big Soldier band and the other as the little Soldier band, met in oeunoil In Jackson county to consider the president's order requiring them to seotlonlse, A flgnt occurred, in whloh three ot the leaders were kUJed and several others were wounded.

Horsemen Sue the Wabash. St. Louis, Sept ft Morgan owners, of tha Kentuoky stable of thoroughbred raoers, have brought salt In the olroult emrt here against the Wabash rail-road tor for death aad damage to several ot their horses by a collision ot trains at Warrenton, last June while-they were en route from Kansas City to Bt Louis. 1 1 i Willing to Wed a Dusky Bride. Pjebke, S.

Bept 11. -A recent statement by Fred Dupree, the Cheyenne Blver squaw man who is reported to be worth 100,000, that he would give some young business man 110,000 to take in marriage his half-blood daughter Swtft-aa-the-Wlnd," has brought a flood ot letters from every section of the country from those who desire the dusky maiden and the yellow 10,000. Two years ago Oarlln, a son of an ex-governor ot Lllaola, married Dupree's oldest daughter, and the old man made him Independently rich. vw anw aUUUlllA UIMtsUH ST1T Kill (inn IB IBB swiit-as-the-Wind" is said to be the finest looking Indian maid in the great reservation, but old man Dupree must alone be ooneulted in. bargaining for her hand In marriage.

He says he picked a model young man for the older one, and the man who gets "Swift-as-the-Wlnd must be of the same make up as Oarlln. Dupree la tha oldest white man in either of the Dakotas, having come here sixty years ago, and being now eighty years old, hale and hearty. His daughter has French, negro aad Indian blood flowing in her veins. A Storm Center. Chicago, Sept 11.

In spesxlng of the-weather Lieutenant Beale of the signal service said today: "Slnoe yesterday a storm center has moved into South' Dakota and Utah. It is headed for northern Mich igan. The antumn weather is behind thie Dakota storm in the shape of a good alaed-baremeter. freeslng temperature and Tbe center of the high puoneter tt oout four hundred miles north of Montana mov-ng southward. The stations on the Canadian Paolfio railroad at Calgary and Swift.

Current report this morning temperatnrea of 28 and SO degrees, with light snow. The freeslng temperature has also reached. Montana. At Helena and Fort Aisianl-bolne the thermometer recorded 29 and 80 degrees this morning." Another Misplaced Switch. Albany, Sept 11.

No trains have arrived here from New York since 7:90 tonight The explanation is given by the fact that there is a disastrous wreck at Bohodaok. sixteen miles below this city on. the New York Central. The authorities of the Central here say that an extra oollided with a freight train, owing to a misplaoed switch and a few freight oars were derailed. The press reporter learns that the- two engines, ten oars and a caboose are piled up bo as to oover the passenger traoka as well as the freight.

Two engineers, a fireman and a brakeman are killed and three cithers wounded. The wreck la on fire and is burning fiercely and traffto la delayed- Up to this hour, 11 5 p. nv, not a train has arrived from the south, THE MAKM.EIS. LtHooui, CATTLE Butchers' 18 00 a 50 Oowb 1 60 a 3 00 HOGS Fat 8 15 a 8 SO Btockors 8 25 a 8 30 SHEEP 300a48 WHEAT No. 2 spring 60 a fifr OATS-No.

8 27 a 80 RYE No. 2 25 a 87 OORN-No. 2 91 FLAXSEED 1 Cetf POTATOES, new 1 00 a 1 85 BAY-Pralrie, bulk 6 10 a 7 60 Omasa, No CATTLE 14 So a 4 40 Cows 2 0a8 25 HOGS Fa1 to heavy 8 65 a 80 Mixed 52)4 a 8 5 CmoAOo, Ili. CATTLE Prime steers S3 75 a 4 So Stookers and feeders S175a8W HOtiB-Pftoking 8 55a JT 8HEEP-Natives. Si WHEAT 1 oom Kansas Cm, Un, CATTLE-Oorii fed 85 a 4 85 Foeders 8 00 as 00 HOGS Oood to 8 65 a 8 40 MiXed.

8 60 88 annouaoed today that he would purohaae 18,000,000 of 4 per ent bonds and prepay tho Interest oa between 150,000,000 ana 163,000,000 of 6 per oents la order to relieve the stringency in the money market An order will be issued from Washington to- morrow morning giving notice that offers for the bonds to be purchased will be re. oelved at 19 o'olook noon next Wednesday. Mr, Wladom said tonight that he had named 11 000,060 as the amount of bonds to be purohaeed beoauee tho entire avail able surplus Is now 153.000.000, the treasury has outstanding offers for bonds and Inter, est amounting to 180.000.000 and the amount of 4 per oenta now asked for will require about 131,000,000. This, together with what will be required tor the prepayment ot interest on tne 6 per cents, will consume the entire available surplus. mt.

niuuow lurwer saia tnere was no doubt la his mind that tha action taken will bring satisfactory relief if the holders ot bonds are disposed to co-operate with the treasury. He sees no great danger ot serious financial trouble and it will not be the fault of the treasury department If It oomes. The offer for 4 per oenta. he says. is exceptional and is not to be rogarded as tha polloy of the administration, for with wis puroaaae, it should be made, the treat ury goes out ot the market for the purohaae ot that olasi of bonds and will hereafter apply tne concurrent surplus to wio euiuuusa ui per cents.

Its First Election. Labamii, Wyo. Sept has been praotloally suspended here today owing to the first state elections. The in teresc nas eeon intense, and so lar as Laramie is oovoerned, a full vote has been polled. Owing to the aot that the eleo tlon has been conducted for the first time under the Australian system, the count Is progressing very slowly and will probably noii oe nnisnea muon oerore morning, rom au tne country preoinu in tnis vloin Ity there are reports ot republican gains and it is estimated that the republicans have carried Albany oounty by about 400 majority.

The Australian system worked very stfsfaotorlly in Luamle, very little difficulty being experienced in instructing voters how to prepare their ballots. This is considered the banner republican oounty oi nyoming ana it is oenevea tnat tae ma jority given toaay will be above the aver age. Chinese Engage in a Deadly Riot. Ban Fbanoisco, Sept ft Yesterday a fight took place a Chinatown and two Chinese were shot The Ping King Tong society was holding religious services on Waverly plaoewhem members of the Chee Kong Tong Company Interfered. Instantly revolvers and olubs were drawn and two shots were fired and Chin Moy, of tne ring lung Tong society, waa wounded.

unineee okea to the soene trom every quarter. The Ping King Tong mon then rushed to Stafford alien, where the Chee ing tong soolety wero holding an outdoor festival, intending to retaliate by smashing idols. Another melee ensued, and a Ping King Tong man was wounded. F.ve regular polioemen were oalled. and with drawn revolvers kept the Chinese at bay.

Baok of the police stood the fighting men of the Chee Kong Tong Oompany, ready to meet expeoted attaok. The Chinese refu-ed to disperse and menaced the police until re inforoementsjarrived from Central station, A Terrible Experience. Quebec, Sept 10. The steamer Grecian left August 27 with thirty-eight passengers and a full cargo of general merchandise, On Friday, September 5, fire was discovered among the cargo in No. 1 hold, and after three hours hard work it was extinguished The hold was filled with barrels of linseed oil and bales of wool.

At 8 p. m. the same day smoke was again discovered Issuing from the same hold. Once more the crew set to work with a hose and removed the oargo to tne upper dock. 'After a good deal ot nara labor, but not before some ot the men were overoome with smoke, the fire was again subdued.

All on board felt happy onoe more and hopes for a pleasant run for the remainder of the passage were entertained by the passengers and crew In this they were disappointed, for on the morning of Sunday the 7tb, the fire broke out a fresh in the old place, Onoe more the men were mustered to meet the enemy ud with the same result, the apparent flooding ont ot the fire. The ship was coming up the gulf with passengers and orew in high spirits and thankful that they bad esoapea aanger, ana at iu o'oiooK Monday morning Father point was reached. A pilot was taken on board and the steamer oontinuedon her way to Qiebeo. At 0 olook yesterday morning the fire, wnloh seemed determined to gain the mastery over the vessel again made Its appearance, but as on former ocoassioas it waa met promptly and soon everoome. In case of accident, however, the hose was kept in readiness to meet any emergency.

Happily its servioes were not again required, and the Grecion arrived in port yesterday afternoon. How the fire originated has not been asoertalned, and the amount ot damage by it is not known. 'Wheat In the Northwest. Minneapolis, Sept 0. Figures compiled by the Northwestern Miller show the stock of wheat In private elevators here and not inoluded In the visible supply statement to be 605,000 bushels, a decrease for the week of 17,000 bushels.

Tbia leaves the stock at the terminal points having wheat as follows: Minneapolis, publlo, 3.73,50O bush-els; Minneapolis, private, Duluth, 180,577. Total. R.689,077 bushels. Decrease for the week, 879,800 bushels. The Market Beoord estimates the stook In country elevators in Mlnnesotta and the two Dakotas at 635,000 bushels, against 440,000 bushels a week ago.

This 1b a grand total in sight in the three states ot 4,274,000 bushels, a decrease of 184,830 for the week. Lamsiko, Mloh Sept ft The September orop report Issued tonight, piaoea the total yield ot wheat at bushels This Is several million bushels in excess of what was expected. Oorn will yield 68 per oent ef an averagocrop, and potatoes prebably 55 per oent. Tbe condition of the apple orop is given at 2) per oent in the southern counties, 85 in tbe oentral and 27 in the northern, the comparison being with the yield of average years. Oats will yield 6 bushols per aore.

The wool clip is given as 11,755,000 pounds. The Census Bureau a Detective Agency. Washington, Sept 13, The census bureau has shown itself to be a detective agenoy of the worst quality. A few dajs ago Commissioner Raatn sent a request to the census bureau asking that the schedules for Bio Blanco oounty, Colorado, be turned over to a speoial agent of the pension bureau for examination. lie etated in his letter that a man who was wanted for a violation of tbe pension laws was supposed to be residing in that oounty, but it baa been found impossible to locate him, and as a denier resort it bad been deolded to examine the population sohodules in the hope of finding blra.

Commissioner Porter turned the schedules over to the speoial agent and found the names of the man and his family rosidonts of a little mining town in the oounty. Ho has been arrested and Is now in custody to answer the charge preferred against him. The Senate. WaSBiMOTOk. Sent.

a. The aanata this morning agreed to ooanrm tha report ot the river and harbor bill without division, The bill now goes to the president, xne nouae out to aea apart a oertaia traot of land on whloh the bis; trees stand in California as a public park waa pawed wwuouc menu meat, The tariff 111 was taken un. the debate to be limited to thirty minutes for any ten tor on any one subtaot. After a number ot verbal amendmeata had been agreed to mi. riumo onerea an ameaament imposing a tax of 11.35 par gallon oa distilled spirits.

Hs said he offered It beosuae he believed it would be neoeeaary to have the asamonai revenue wnion wouia oe tnua provided neat the requirements of tbe government. i I I atr. uiwn ewo oppoMU me araenuuinni, beoanse the Increased tax would not apply to the whisky oa hand, whloh would be thus appreciated in prion to the amount of 85 cents per gallon, and also because it would admit by Implication that the pending bill would result In a deficit Mr. Plumb modified his amendment by making It apply to all whisky hereafter produced or withdrawn rrom bona, xne amendment was releoted yeas, 17; nays, 8 The sugar section was then taken up, the immediate qubjeot under consideration being the finanoe committee's amendment to the paragraph Imposing duties on all auarars above 18. Dutoh standard.

Mr. Sherman argued against the amend- WUUH M1U IU MTV1 UUUBQ whloh would allow all sugars under No. 16 Dutoh standard (Including Brood atialltlet ot brown sugars used largely by tne people to oome In free. The amendment was agreed to yeas, 89; nays, The next vote was on the senate amend ment to the same paragraph, Inoreasing the duty on sugar above No. 10 010 of 1 cent per pound instead of 4-10, as in the house bill.

Agreed to yeas, 29; nays, 28. The senate then took a reoes. At the evening session Mr. Carey ad dressed the senate on the reolproolty pro- Jiosltlon. Senators Allison and Oullora be-ng the prlBolpal sneakers in favor of the ame, ana senator neagan against it Washwotok, 8pt ft In the senate this morning the tar.lt bill waa taken up, the pending question being on Mr.

Gibson's amendment to reduoe the sugar tout from SO degrees by the polarlaoope to 70. This was releoted. Mr. Carlisle moved to strike out of tbe sugar seotlon all paragraphs relating- to bounty. Kelooted yeas, 23! nays 84 a party vote.

Mr Plumb offered un amendment for the appointment ot a commission of five disinterested persons to be known as tbe oua-toma oommiMlon with permanent ofUae in the city ef Washington. Agreed to yeas, 81; nays, 8 The bill was then reported to the sec ate and all tha amendments adopted In oom-mlttee of tho whole agreed to except those on wnloh separate votes woro domanded. The first was Mr. Plumb's amendment for a ouBtom commission The amendment was agreed to yeas, nays, 9. The commission la to bo composed of five disinterested porsons, to be appointed by the president by and with theadvloe and consent of tho senate, to oontlnuo in ffloe six years unless sooner removed for inefficiency, negleot of duty or malfeasanoe in rfttw.

No more than throe of them are to be from the ssme political party. The salary will be $7,000 with traveling expenses, and they are to have a clerk, eten-ographer, messenger aid snoh other oleri-oal assistance as they may require. The provisions for the duties ot tbe commissioners are lengthy and exhaustive. The bill was then given Its third reading, but action on its passage was deterred until tomorrow. Wabbhtoton, Sept 10.

In the senate today Morgan offered a resolution, which went over calling on the secretary of the Interior for a statement concerning the land claims of the Northern Pclflo; aleo a resolution embodying instructions to the senate conferees on the land forfeiture bill In relation to the lands of the Northern Paeiflo and othjr companies. Laid en the table for fntnre action. The tariff bill was then taken un. the question being on its paesuge, six hours being allowed to olose the discussion, after whloh a vote will bo taken. Hoar, referring to the reolproolty proposition, said he had voted for yesterday with some hesitation and should not have done so If he thought the soheme contained in the amendment was all that was likely to come out of entering on the poltoy.

Hoar was followed by Hleonok, Olbson. Vest, Vance, and Jones of Nevada. The vote was then taken and the bill passed yeas iv, nays av as ioiiows: Vu.a Alrlvinh Allan A I Hiann Plalv Pam eron, Casey, Chandler, Callom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, uvarts, xrye, nawiey. Hit? gins, Hlsoock, Hoar, Ingalls, Jones of Ne vada, MoMillan, Mandersoa, Mttohel. Moody, Paddock, Pierce, Piatt, Plumb, Power, Quay, Banders, Sawyer, Sherman, Snooner.

So aire. Stewart. Stookbrldrn. Teller, Washburn, Wilson of Iowa, Woloott 40. Nnys Barbour, Bate, Berry, Blackburn.

Blodgett, Butler, Carlisle, Cookrell, Coke, vaniei, auixner, uorman, uray, Harris, Hearst, Jones of Arkansas, Kenna, Morgan, Basco, Pugh, Ransom, Reagan. Tnrpie, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walthall, Wilson of Maryland 39. The following pairs were announced, the first named in each oouple being In favor of the bill: Dolph and Brown, Edmunds and George, Farwell and Payne, Hale and MoPherson, Morrill and Hampton, Btanford ana uioson, rettigrew ana uau. Aiarion movea tnat tne senate insist on its amendments to the house bill and ask for a conference. ihe motion was agreed to and Aldrioh, Hherman, Allison, Hlsoook, MoPherson, Vanoe, and Carlisle appointed as conferees on tne part oi tne senate The senate then adjourned WisHntoTON, Bept 11.

In the senate to day house bill for the sale of oertatn land for sohool purposes In the town of Pelloan, was piaoea on tne oaienaar. Tiie resolutlsn tffsred yesterday by Mr. Morgan, oalllng on the secretary of tne In terior for information as to lands of the Northern Paotno railroad and the other oomnanies whose roads were not completed within the period fixed by thd granting aot was af read to. The conference report on the railroad land grant forfeiture bill was taken up. The main proposition Is contained in the first seotlon forfeiting to the United States all lands heretofore granted any state or corporation to aid in the oonstruotlon of a railroad opposite to and coterminous with a portion of any such railroad not now completed and In operation, for the oonstruotlon or benefit of which euoh lands were granted, and all suoh lauds declared a party of tbe public domain; provided, that the aot is not to be construed as forfeiting tho right of way or station ground of any railroad oompany heretofore granted, Mr.

Morgan opposed the report as a logrolling scheme gotten up tor the benefit of land grant roads. While its first seotlon professed to be a forfeiture, all the other seotlons related to separate railroads and exempted them from the operation or else secured some pecuniary advantages. The most that could be said ot the bill was that a few small railroads whloh had not friends enough In the two houses were to be oruol-fled for the saka of glossing over and varnishing the false pretense ot a general forfeiture. Aftor speaking for over four hours Mr. Morgan yielded for a motion to adjourn.

Wabhujotoit, Sapt 12. The senate today pawed a number of bills on tho calendar and then took up the railroad land forfeiture bill. Mr. Morgan continued his argument in opposition to It; He was followed by Mr, Sanders in favor of the conference BY JOB, KAVANAGH, CIROLEVILLE, KANSAS NEBRASKA iNEWS. The Froit In Nebraska.

O'Nkill, Sept. 13. A heiivy frost last night destroyed tomato vines sod wines of all kinds throughout this and surrounding counties. Corn is damaged, but nearly all of it is out of the way of the frost. Late potato vine killed, but farmers say the potatoes are too far along Jo reoolve muo'i in-Inrr.

The only complaint made is as to now. and then a small patoh of late corn. The Interstate Temperanoe Union. The interstate temperanoe union, representing the states of Iowa. Kan-aaa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, in convention assembled in the city of Lincoln, Sept.

0, 1890, makes this deloarotion of principles: The licensing of the saloon, under whatever form of law, is at war with sound principles of public policy and hiarh. morality. The prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxioating liquors as a beverage increases all legitimate nusi' nesB. chancres waste into usefulness, revives trade, clothes the naked, feeds the huanrv and enriches the poor HaoDiness and prosperity result rem its enforcement. In proof of these points we challenge comparison be-inun tha nondition.

financial and otherwise, of license and prohibition states. We nledore ourselves to the use of liquor saloon, with its train of all evlis, from state and nation. We further pledge our sympathy and promise active support to the state of Nebraska in the contest now waging for an amendment to the constitution nrohibitinz the manufacture, sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors an a beverage. We confidently appeal to our fellow citizens to join us in tliis issue, without regard to party affiliations, and we rely upon the blessing of God in our effort to extirpate from our land this great evil of our age. All Over the Bute.

There are nine inmates in the Dawes county poor house. There are 950 pupils attending the Plattsmouth public schools. Jet Young, residing near Madison, was killed by lightning Saturday night. The village board of Hay Springs has passed an ordinance closing the at 10 p. m.

The Palisades Times has changed hands, W. T. Briokey retiring and J. W. Dyer assuming control.

The Dunbar Alliance elevator com-kaxty has been incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000. A couple of horse buyers shipped a carload of fine animals from Crete for "the Buffalo, N. market. The Custer county Republican con-Tention will be held at Broken Bow, September 12. At Norfolk Dr.

P. Schwenk was nominated on the first ballot to represent the Eleventh senatorial district. Eev. R. G.

Osborn, a graduate of Yale and Oxford, England, is to become rector of the Episcopal church at Lexington. The Whitney Champion has ceased to exist, W. L. Bailey, its editor, has purchased an interest in the Crawford Clipper. Governor Thayer and ex-Governor Furnas will attend the annual harvest home of the Wilsonville Exposition association, to be held Oct.

2 and 3. The city of Kearney has purchased the private library of W. S. Skinner, consisting of 1,500 volumes, which will form the nucleus of a free public library. Grand Island Special Cox's light infantry band of forty musicians from Iowa, is here to play a week's engagement at the beet sugar palace, Elmwood Special Martin Wegner, a prominent farmer of Otoe county, a few miles south of this city, fell from his buggy and broke both bones of his right arm.

Joe Abts, a boy about niteen years of age, was accidentally shot and fatally wounded by Albert Schram Sunday afternoon, one and a half miles east of Columbus. The boys were hunting and riding in a cart and had a gun loaded with shot lying between them. which was by some mishap discharged, part of the load striking young Abts inst above the ear, inflicting a fatal -wound. Nearly every man who builds a block in Lincoln plans to sent the uppor floors for offices. This sort of thing lias been going on for so many years that there is more orace room than any' thing else in the buildings on the principal streets, and there indications that rents will be sure to fall in the near future if the multiplication of this kind of rooms is not soon stopped.

Some of the newer block, a little way out from the business center, have been planned for living rooms in the tipper stories. Juniata Special: Tuesday morning the town of Juniata was aroused by a sensational shooting affair. Phn Allen wife, who are well known residents of this place, became involved in a family quarrel, which resulted in Mrs. Allen securing a revolver and pushing her husband through the streets, hreing twice Both shots missed their mart. Mr.

AlUn had his wife arrested' for sb Doting with intent to kill. Her preliminary he iring came off before ustice liall. SSho pleaded guilty and was over to the October term of the district court in the sum of $200. Floods In Ohio. OmoxmuTi 0., Bept Dlspatohee from northern Ohio show heavy rains At Buoy.

rut our lnohes of rainfall was reported yesterday. The Sandusky river was so high as to out off oommunloation with North Buoyrua. At Akron the rainfall disastrous. Great damage was done throughout the country and In the oity an-usual destruotion was wrought, fcorth Howard street, one of the principal boil aese streets, was fearfully washed in some Diaoes. a portion oi tae street railway was left with the ties In the air hanging by the rails.

The main sewer was exposed and the water pipes torn out. Railway travel is aimon luapeaaea. Speculation In Chicago. Ohioaoc, BepL 13 So wild has become the real estate ipeoulation in Chicago that the banks have finally refused to longer loan money on certain olatses ot real tate. This refuial particularly applies to reoentlv aubdlvlded and unimproved realty, but the announcement of the banks baa oreated quite a flurry in real estate oiroles.

Revolution In Switzerland. Bibni, Bept 11. A revolution has broken ut in the oanton of Tloino, owing to i difference of onlnion reorerdintr tha revl. irion of the constitution. Three membors of the cantonal government have been lm prisoned, one has been killed and the others hare fled, Troops have been sent to the soene.

An Insult to Our Flag. ToaoNTo.Ont, Bept 11. Whoa the in oustrlal exhibition was opened Tuesday by the earl of Aberdeen a very handsome United States flag was seen fluttering from one end of the grand stand. Upon noticing this Colonel Orey, who is brigadier general of tne Canadian militia, ordering the flag to oe taken down, this was aone amia good deal of hissing and oheerlng by those who notioed the aot As soon an Manager Hill oi the exhibition heard of the ooour- renoe he ordered the nag to be again noistea ana yesterday it was in place. Uolonel orey appeared upon ton scene boiling with rage and ordered the "flag of an alien people to be torn from the flag' staff.

This Manager Hul refused to do, claiming to be as loyal as tbe colonel, and besides he tald it was only a graoeful compliment to the American people who every rear visited the exhibition in large num bers. The Ocean Racers. Nxw York, Sept. 10. The White Btar steamer Teutonic came in the winner to day in the great ooean raoe with the Inman liner City of New York.

The Teutonic passed Davitt's Bock lightship, Queens town, at 8:11 p. n. on the 4th Instant and arrived off Bandy Hook light at 7:10 a making the run between tbe two points in nve aays. twenty noun, nitv-rour minutes, The beet previous run ot the Teutonlo be tween the same points was live days, nine teen noun, nve minutes, xne nest run ri the trip was that made yesterday. 5C9 miles.

Dividing a Texan's Millions. Washington, Sept. 11. Newspaper read. ere will reoaii tne publication three years ago of the statement that Thomas Bean died In Texas leaaing an estate worth 110, 000,000.

Bis heirs have been found in Washington ana Virginia, ana Halt oi tho estate of 800,000 acres of fine cotton lands in the counties of Orayson, Fannin and vicinity in eastern Texas will be divided among twenty-one prominent Washing. tomans, xne otner nan win go to tne Vir ginia branch of the family. A Rlcb Customs Seizure. New York, Sept 8. W.

K. Modhurst, a young Englishman, who some time ago inherited 1500,000 from his uncle, arrived in this port yesterday from Liverpool. He brougnc along witn mm nis norses, eta, Intending to remain here for some time. Today Special Agent Wilson, of the treasury department ordered a careful investigation of Hedhurst's baggage. The result is that tnere is now in tne seiaure room or tne custom house over 19,000 worth of dia monds and pearls put together in the most exquisite workmanship.

As they were all ornaments fit only for aladv's use and with monograms on them that did not correspond with his initials, tbey were promptly seised. AH Medhuret said when the seizure was made was that when the goods were sold be would be on hand to buy them. North Dakota's Desperate Situation Ellendau, N. Sept 10. This country has reached a point wherere it oannot invite Immigration, oannot retain what settlers It has and must beoome hopelessly bankrupt unless a system of irrigation bo adopted or some means be found to insure crops or give the people profitable employment.

Charity was accepted in speoial eases last winter; it will have to be bestowed much more generally next winter. The farmers have tried to raise two orops on a rainfall of about eight inches, and the rainfall ot 1SS9 and 189D. added to the snw of the intervening winter, makes less than a foot of water. Less than twelve Inches of water has fallen on these prairies slnoe May 1, lS89in whloh perlsd two crops have been harvested. This is drought in Its wont form.

It Is a drought which has ruined thousands and is driving farmers eut of the state as fast as they oan go. The man would be a fool, and worse than a fool, who would attempt to cover up the true situation. The people oan no longer be deluded with the false hopes of tne boomer. This country must have irrigation to save what iroperty has been developed and what homes have been established. Without water all is lost.

Unless wo oan get the artesian well system the land will have to be given over to stookmen, for it la worthless in the production of gralr. Tbe wheat crop of 189J, outside of the Bed Blver valley, is almost a total failure. The yield is lighter and the quality poorer than in 1889. Thresning, which Is now In progress all over the state, reveals the aot that hundreds of farmers will not got the value of their seed. The worst has not been tolc1.

Oa scores of well tilled farms In Kim and Adn townships, as well as else-wherein Dickey county, large fluids of grain were not out, and snores more have only turned out from two to four bushels of shrunken wheat to the acre. William Mock, ot Elm Township, leaves 175 nores of flax on the ground beoauee It is not worth cutting. Many cases can be olted where the grain, when threshed, did not yield enough to pay the oost of cultivation. The settlers and tbe state have got beyond the point here tney oan be Injured by unfavorable report; but they oan be benefitted by arousing public sentiment to the ooftcglon. Farmers, business men and capitalists who still have Interests to protect here, must unite in giving this semi-arid repion the muob net dod Irrigation.

What is true of Dlokey onnnty Is all th northwestern counties in bou fa inoludtng Brown and Edmunds, two of the largest and finest districts In the state..