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I McCOOK , - :- - :- NEBRASKA

I NEBRASKA.

9 § LomsylLT.K is in the midst of quite SH | Imilding boom-.H

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1 Thk Volunteers of America have e-sH

-I tablishcd barracks at Columbus.

Hj I Fkkmokt contains over 300 unlicensedH I dogs , which the marshal proposes toM I exterminate unless the license is paid.| ' 1 Thk board of supervisors of Nance-

connty , appointed J. W. WhitneyH| county treasurer , to fill the vacancyH caused by the death of Theodore Len-

R Neixik Rokker , a young girl work-WM

-ing at the Junction hotel , Norfolk , at-

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tempted to commit suicide by takingIB laudanum. Vigorous medical treat-HH

-roent saved iter-

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-Tiiic supreme court has adjournedBBJ until June 1 , and has not handedIHj down a decision in the case of GeorgeHi .

"W. Jlorgnn , who was convicted in theBfl district court of having killed Ida Ga-

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JMits. L. F. Deax , wife of a merchantV tailor in Central City , attempted t-on commit suicide by taking strychnine ,n Doctors succeeded in saving her. D-oU

-znestic troubles was the cause of the

nl attempt.Hb | At Modalc , Iowa , Sheriff Mencke in

H| company with Deputy Sheriff Grebe ofH §| Douglas county , caught Fred Gordon ,

Hi "*vlio stole a horse belonging to Dan C.|Hf Callahan of Cmalia. He formerlyjHf "worked for Callaha-n.HI

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Word lias been received from We-lIHjI

-lington , Kan. , that M. C. Mitchell , a

IHr| well known stock buyer of lloldregeH% and proprietor of the Mitchell hotel at| | that place , was run over by the carsHji and died after a short time-.H

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| The bank of Johnstown has had itsH I doors closed by the state bank exam*

H incr. The bank has been known forBH some time to be in a weak condition ,IB and as a consequence no deposits haveIH "been taken since Nov. 1 , 189-6.IjR

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Rev. Joirx C. GallAxdet , who has"been in charge of the St. James Episc-

oH-| pal church in Fremont since last fall ,

If I presented his resignation .at the lastHI Sunday morning service. The an¬

il 1 nouncement was a surprise to the co-nHi

-execration.

HI'' A Seward county farmer who fedH I about 1.400 head of sheep last winter*

H I told the editor of the NebraskaFarmerH i -recently , that he had realized 30 centsH i per bushel for all the corn fed to them.H He has gone for more sheep for sum-H

-J mer feeding-

.H.

• John Jones , proprietor of a hotel atIf Scribner , was brought to Fremont toIf answer to the complaint filed by a girlW I employed at his hotel , charging himl| I with being the father of her unbornH I ; child. He was bound over to the dis-H

-I trict court. Jones has a family ,

j I Alt. train and engine men runningH J between Sidney and Cheyenne have r-eI

-ceived personal letters from the super-

i intendent prohibiting them from mak-J ing purchases of butter , eggs and

H other farm produce in Sidney and car-H

-rying it with them to Cheyenne.-

A.

man named Hager , who lives a fewKi • • miles from Bloomington , was cleaningII j i liis bicycle , and was trying to see howIt i last he could make the wheels go-'I round. His hands caught in the spokes ,

I cutting one finger off , breaking anoth-l I er and badly bruising the whole hand.-

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* At a recent council meeting in Beat-Ij

-rice , a committee of five was-appointed

Ij to confer with the Chicago capitalistsI ; -who are aking for a bonus foF a sugar j

Ij cane syrup factory. It is proposed to jIj use what is known as the Paddock pas-I.

-ture water plant for the new ente-

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PrI5-5I

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X1* G B. Speice , Charles Jones and J. D.

I "Reynolds , of Columbus , each lost a va-lI

-M aiablc dog last week by poison. One

B B dog brought a bone and fell over whileI I 3cnawing it. The symptoms showedI m -that strychnine had been used. TheI dogs were all good blooded animals ,I a the curs escaping-.I

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I Wilhelm Fisiieu was arraigned inI I the district court of Otoe county forI 1 stealing a team of horses from a farmerI I near Nebraska City. He pleadedI I guilty and was sentenced to six yearsI I in the penitentiary. He is 75 yearsI 9 old , decrepit and bent with age. HeI I is said to have served several terms inI I the Kansas penitentiary for similarI offenses-.I

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At a special meeting of the board ofI *_ supervisors of Butler county to receive

I -'and consider bids for the refunding ofI the Omaha and Republican Valley rai-lI

-rroad 10 per cent , bonds issued in 1877 ,

I 1 the bonds of Butler county to theI 11 amount of SS9,000 , bearing 5 per cent.I S| semi-annual interest, to run fifteenI ] years with no option , were sold toI m Spitzer & Co. , of-Toledo , O. , at par ,

I ] plus S310 premium-.Ij

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The ' Beatrice Chautauqua programj will be placed in the hands of the peo-

pic-

in a few days. The program is an" exceptionally good one. comprising the

J. best talent in different branches the9 country affords. Rev. T. DeWitt Tal-H

-- . „ jnagc lectures on Saturday , June 19 ,

9 and preaches Sunday , the 20th. W. J.11 ' Bryan will lecture Saturday , June 2G ,

and Rev. Sam Small will lecture thesame evening and preach the day lo-wing.A

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A giri. named Rogers , a domestic inthe family of R. N. Day , a farmer liv-ing

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a mile south of Tekamah , was as-r saulted and raped by a tramp between

10 and 11 o'clock the other day. Misst, Rogers and Mrs. Day were alone on theZ place and the former had started for an* outbuilding. As she was passing.-J through some bushes the fellow sprang* - out upon her and after roughly chok-

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her accomplished his purpose. Thevictim is twenty years of age , and thedaughter of a farmer living near Craig.Her assailant is at large , but hempawaits him if caught.

' Examinations of applicants for* teachers' life diplomas will be heldI June 9 and 10 at the state superinten-

dent's-

\ office at the state house , and at-jjK the county superintendent's office at| J* liTorth Platte and the high school build-f.

-I ings at Omaha , Fremont , Hastings ,

I" I [Norfolk and Grand Island.j-

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g - Botii the Salvationists and the Amer-Volunteers have established them ¬

at Columbus.the midst of a storm at Tablethe millinery store Miss Maggie

and Elva Layman was strucklightning, filling their shop withsmoke and smell of brimstone. The

Lican were stunned.

HSHuijEFFORTS TO REDUCE THE

TARIFF RATE LOST.

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'MR. jONES HEARD FROM. )

The Arkansas Senator Stira Up a LivelyTilt Profits of the Vlate Glass

Trust Aired Senator MorganLets Go a Few Sharp

Baps at SpeakerKeecl.

Washington , May 31. The Senateresumed its work at noon to-day withits usual calm prevailing after theptormy events of yesterday. Thetarjff bill was taken up on motion of-Mr. . Aldrich and considered from thepoint reached j'esterday, paragraph100.An

agreement was reached strikingout the provision that all fluted , rolled ,

ribbed or rough plate. glass , 'whenground or otherwise obscured , shall besubject to the same rate of duty asfinished cast polished plate glass un-unsilver-

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the paragraph as to unsilveredcast polished plate glass , small size ,

Mr. Jones of Arkansas moved to re-duce

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the rate from 8 cents to 5 centsper square foot In this connectionMr. Jones declared that the increaseof duty on all classes of plate glasswas astounding. In one case , he said , ,the rate was increasad 83 per centabove the high rate of theMcKinley act , which , he asserted ,had been repudiated by the peoplebecause of its high rates. This wasan attempt to raise the price of mir-rors

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in cheap furniture for poor peo-ple

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, while the large sized glass boughtby people of wealth had its rates re-duced.

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. This was the peculiarity of I

the whole bill , as though the Senators !

in charge of the bill had in mind theold proverb : "To him who hath shallbe given , and * to him who'hath notshall be taken away , " etc. - •

When Mr. Jones referred to theenormous dividends declared by theplate'glass trust , Mr. Piatt of Connec-ticut

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stated that no dividends hadbeen declared in the .last three years.Mr. Vest of Missouri added that theentire plate glass trade , with a few tri-fling

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exceptions , was controlled by thecombine which met annually at Pitts-1burg, to fix rates , etc. Mr. Jones pre-sented

-a statement showing that the |

plate glass combination had made pro-fits

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of about'S2,500,000 in twenty-two

months , on a capital of 52000000. Mr.Quay of Pennsylvania read a letterfrom the Pittsburg Plate Glass com-pany

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, declaring that any statementsthat it was a trust combine in restraintof trade was untrue.

After a lengthy debate on the plate '

glass schedule the motion of Senator jI

Jones of Arkansas to reduca the rate j

on rough plate glass from 8 to 5 cents , '|

was defeated yeas 21 , nays 29.i

_ Senator QniJ made a motion in the ''

Senate this ailerno6n to adjourn overMonday in honor of Decoration dny. j

The motion was discussed at some |length , a number of Republicans say-ing

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they thought the tariff bill shouldbe pressed.

The Democrats supported the mo-

tion.¬

. Senator Morgan , discussing it,

said he regretted that the RepublicanHouse of Representatives was com-pelled

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to meet Monday by the auto-cratic

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ruler of that body. He said theHouse of Representatives was com-pelled

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to follow the dictates of oneman , and Congress was dishonoringitself by being subject to one man-

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TAX ON POLICIES.-

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Decision In Indiana Against the Tu.t-

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of I.tfo Insurance-.Indianapolis.

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. Ind. , May 31. JudgeAllen of the Marion circuit court to-

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granted the injunction asked forby John H. nolliday and othersagainst the state board of tax com-missioners

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and other taxing officers ,

restraining them from levying a taxon life insurance policies. The courtholds that no law has ever been passedby the legislature authorizing the tax-ation

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of life insurance policies , andthat the general law on taxation couldnot be construed to include them. Thelegislature had all taxing powers andit could not delegate such power , evenif it chose to do so.-

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Firemen's Monument.-CmcAGO

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, May 31. Next Monday thefiremen of Chicago will dedicate amonument to the firemen and citizenswho met death in the cold storagebuilding fire in the World's fair-grounds July 10 , J893. In that con-

flagration¬

fifteen men in all wereeither burned to death or so injured injumping that they died soon after ¬

wards.River Falling nt El I'aso-

.El.

Paso , Texas , May 31. The riverfell several inches last night and thewater in the flooded districts has fall-en

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off. All the destitute and sick havebeen provided for and there is no suf-fering.

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Decoration Day at Topelca.Topeka , Kan. , May 31. Memorial

Day was observed in Topeka by theusual floral decoration of graves ofdead soldiers in the forenoon and aparade and speeches in the afternoon.-Colonql

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J. U.-Gilpatrick of Leaven-worth'dclivered'an

-address.-

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Kniisas Itank in Liquidation.-St.

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. Paul. Kan. , May 31. The Bankof Osage Mission of this city has goneinto voluntary liquidation , and is pay ¬

ing off the depositors in full. Thestringency of the late banking law issaid to be the cause

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( SECRETARY GAGE SPEAKS.-

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I Addresses a Ilanqaet at Cincinnati on-

I the Tariff , and Finance.-

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J Cincinnati , May 21. The 'crowningevent of the visit of the commercialclubs of St Louis , Chicago and Roatonwas the banquet at the Clifton man-sion

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of Alexander McDonald , who washost for the Cincinnati club. LucienWulsin , president of the Cincinnati

j club , opened the speaking with an ad-dress

-| of welcome.

Secretary of the Treasury Gage wasvociferously applauded as he rose to-

speak.. He said , in beginning his re-

marks¬

, that before coming he hadcalledon the President and asked per-mission

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to say for the administrationthat there must be proper revenueraised , and there must be a sound sys-tem

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of currency established. ThePresident said : "That is exactly whatI want you to say. " ' Mr. Gage con-tinued

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"As to the great fabric now beforeCongress known as the tariff bill , Ihave nothing to say in detail. I wantto bear testimony , however , to thegood faith of those in both houses whohave that measure in charge. T.heyare fully conscious of their great re-sponsibility

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and are working faith-fully

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to discharge it. Nor do I thinkthat the opponents of these measuresare likely to oppose with willful andunjust obstructions the course of-legislation. . Protest there will bemore or less fencing for position mustbe expected , but having nowcome into contact with many of therepresentatives of the people in both.houses of Congress , I deem it my dutyto bear witness , so far as it may havevalue , to the honorable and patrioticmotives that inspire the minds of thegreat majority , whether upon one sideof the house or the other, and : Iprophesy an early result in the na-tional

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councils to which this greatcommittee question is now committed-

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make these remarks , not to de-

fend¬

a body for which I hold no com-mission

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to speak , but to correct , in onedirection if I may say , the operationof an injurious sentiment a sentimentwhich is sowing its seeds in many di-rections.

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. It is dividing classes , des-stroying unity and breeding hatred.-

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.j The one word for that is 'distrust'Faith and courage lead to conquestand victory. Distrust paralyzes anddestroys ,

! "As to the financial question , toI• which I have already referred , I must' content myself with- few words I amglad that they may be words of ass'ur-ance.

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. If any of you harbor the sus-picion

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! that the theadministration but"just now installed" into the responsi-bilities

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of' high office , has forgotten ,or is likely to forget , the mandate ofthe people whose vote in behalf ofhonest money and sound financesrang out loud and clear in No-vember

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last , put that suspicionaside. It was unjust and un-founded

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In good time and in properorder the affirmative evidences of mydeclaration will appear. The revivalof industry is near. and. with the es-tablishment

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of a revenue law sufficientto bring into the treasury an amountadequate to meet the reasonable needsof our government , and with theestablisement of our finances on asound and enduring basis , nothing nowforseen can delay the recovery of pastlosses , and the inauguration of a newforward movement along the lines ofmaterial advancement and social pro-gress.

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FRENCH BIMETALLISTS.

National llimotallle League Meets atParis Address by the Premier.

Paris , May 31. There were 400 del-egates

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present to-day at the annualmeeting of the National BimetallicLeague. Deputy Fougoirol presided.-M.

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. Threy , secretary of the League ,

read the report. It set forth that theleading event of the year was tlieelection of President McKinley , whichgave great satisfaction to bimetallists.-He

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dwelt upon the necessity of bring-ing

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the movement to a definite i ;> suebefore the expiration of Mr. Mb Kin-ley's

-term of office. The French gov-

ernment¬

had done excellent work ,

which the international negotiationswould reveal. It had persevered inseeking the co-operation of GreatBritain because the latar's participa-tion

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would disarm the'worst opponeutsand give international bimetallism apermanent and solid basis. The re-port

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added :

"The English horizon is less darkthan asserted. The presence of thuAmerican delegates in Paris maygreatly hasten a solution of thu ques-tion.

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. France and America couldeasily come to an agreement ifEngland was inclined tc a .serious/ef/ ¬

fort in favor of silver , and Germanywould follow her example. It is uponthis that the question of internationalbimetallism , therefore , depends foir itspractical solution. ' '

An elaborate banquet was given tothe delegates to the National Bimetal-lic

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league at the Hotel Continental.Senator Wolcott ,- ex-Vice PresidentStevenson and General Paine , theAmerican commissioners , occupied thescats of honor.

Premier Melinc dweltat some lengthupon the inconvenience caused byluctuations in exchange and the im-portance

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of solving this problem. Hesaid that France alone could not settlethis question. The co-operation of-ither powers was necessary , but theUnited States had brought the matteroeforo Europe in a decisive way bysending commissioners whose abilityind knowledge of the subject enabled;bem to speak with authority.-"Frunce

., under these circumstances ,"

he said , in conclusion , "will supportthe efforts of the United States for agreat cause. "

Before resuming his scat the premiergave the toast , "Tho Union of Franceand the United States and the Healthof the Most Worthy American Repre-sentatives.

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. "M. Therey read a large number of

telegrams of congratulation from for-eign

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bimetallic leagues. None of theAmerican commissioners spoke.

Kansas Woman Elected President.Dayton, O. , May31 . The Women 's

Homo and Foreign Missionary societyof the general synod of the Evangeli-cal

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Lutheran church closed its sessionshere yesterday. Mrs. A. G. Bond ofSalina , Kan. , was elected president

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RAILROAD DECISION

COMMISSIONERS' RULES ARENOT BINDING.

Iowa Supreme Conrt Jlcndvm an Import *

ant Decision It is Favorable forthe Shipper Proapect * for

Great Amount of Litigation.

Decides for the Shipper.The supreme court lias handed down

an important railroad decision , hold-ing

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that the maximum rates fixed bj'the commissioners are not necessarilyto be assumed as reasonable , and thatin the event unreasonable rates arecharged , even if it be shown that theyare the commissioners rates , the ship-per

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who is overcharged may recoverdamages in tripple the amount of theovercharge. The ease is of J. A. Barris& Co. against the C , B. & Q. railroad-.Barris

.& Co. of Council Bluffs shipped

large quantities of sand to Crestonprior to July 20 , 1893. On that date ,

the commissioners , after a hearing , de-

cided¬

that the old rate on sand , al-

though¬

it was the commissioners' rate ,was excessive and prohibitive. A lowerrate was put in and Barris & Co. suedto recover the difference between theold excessive rate and the new one.The lower court held that the rate be-

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the commissioners' schedule therecould be no recovery. The supremecourt reverses this. It holds that thecommissioners' rater are only primafacie reasonable , and that if it can beshown by evidence that the rates arcin fact excessive and prohibitive oftraffic the shipper may recover. Barris& Co. shovyed that the difference be-tween

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the rate they paid and thereasonable rate established after thehearing was 831338. The supremecourt declares that they are entitled torecover in three times this sum.

The importance of the case lies inthe fact that it sustains the right ofthe shipper to recover for overcharges , '

even if the charges were given colorbv the fact that they were within themaximum fixed by the commissioners-.It

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means that in all probability an im-mense

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amount of litigation will becommenced to recover for alleged overcharges. The commissioners say thedecision merely sustains the action ofthe legislature in refusing to give thecommissioners power to absolutely fixrates. The power to fix maximumswas given instead. The federal su-preme

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court decisions sustain the viewof the Iowa court. Appeals from therates may be taken in court , indepen-

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of the commissioners or their rates.

School Funds Increasing.The semi-annual state school appor-

tionment¬

will be paid to the variouscounties within a few days. StateSuperintendent Jackson is now atwork apportioning the amount be-tween

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counties. The total amountavailable is §30222603. There are348,538 children of school age and therate per pupil on which the apportion-ment

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is made is Si03. The total ishigher than it has been for severalyears. Not since 1892 has the amountreached S300000. Interest on salesand leases on school lands are theprincipal sources from which theschool apportionment is derived. Theincreased amount available at fchistime is considered tangible evidencethat people are paying what they owethe state. Collections have been madeby fbe proper officers without muchtrouble.

The apportionment for May , ISO. ,

amounted to §256,996 , and the rate perpupil was 70 cents. In May , 1S96 , itwas S260,410 , the rate per pupil being74 cents. In December , 1896 , itamounted to 8231,938 , and the rate perpupil was 66 cents. The decembcr ap-portionment

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for 1896 was reduced bythe loss of 824,000 which Avas in defunctstate depositories.

War at tie Hi o 1 ouso.Des Moines dispatch to the Omaha

Bee : The biggest family war everturned loose in the state house is on-.It

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began with a demand by AttorneyGeneral Remley for more commodiousquarters. He wanted part of therooms of thp adjutant general. Thatofficer announced that he had alreadytoo little room to manage a militarycampaign and protested. Then the at-torney

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general concluded that therooms of the agricultural society orrailroad commissioners would answer ,and the council ordered a hearing. Allthe officers were on hand and therewas an all-day session , which develop-ed

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into a state of open war. The coun-cil

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was convinced that the state houseis not half big enough and that thestate's business would have to stop ifany of the officers were interferedwith. The council's power to interferewith the assignment of offices wasquestioned and the matter was hungup until this could be determined.Things are so serious that one-half ofthe occupants of the capitol are not onspeaking terms with the other half.

Kansas Man Coram ts Stiic 'de.George Chain of Nortonville , Kansas ,

committed suicide at Highland inn ,

Creston , by shooting himself in thehead. He came to the hotel from At-chison.

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. He left a short notice givingthe address of his father , N. F. Chain ,Marlborough.

Judge Getts and a jury at Osceolahave been having a-tussle with thecase , State of Nebraska against CharlesSwan , who was charged with stealingharness , ne proved by Mrs. Curtis acomplete alibi , Mrs. Curtis swearingthat he was at her home at the time hewas charged with taking the harness ,and as a result Mr. B. F. Curtis hasfiled a suit for divorce , chargingadultery against Mrs. Curtis at thattime and at divers other times andplaces.

Canchtby His Footprints.Mason Citj' dispatch : The villain

who twice attempted to wreck the H-

linois-

Central flyer by placing obstruc-tions

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across the rails , each time nearlyaccomplishing his purpose , has beenrun down by Sheriff Parker , ne giveshis name as Louis E. Hyde of Fayd , la-.It

.was a neat piece of detective work

on the part of Parker , as his only cluewas the tracks made by the man'sshoes , the soles of which left peculiarmarks in the earth. He is now inFloyd county jail awaiting the actionof the September grand jury. He haiconfessed the crime. '

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NOT GUILTY.-

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Says the Jury in the Case of Har -nieyer-

.Washington'.

, May 28. Ther o wasagain the same crowd of distinguishedpersons at the Havemcyer trial thismorning. When court opened Dis-

trict¬

Attorney Davis entered upon hisreply to the motion of the defense toorder an acquittal , which Mr. Have-mcyer's

-counsel argued yesterday.-

Mr..

. Davis took up the six propositionsupon which the defense based the mo-tion

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and met them in order , thoughnot as laid down by the defense.

After the prosecution closed its argu-ment

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the judge sustained the motionof the defense and , the jury , in ac-

cordance¬

with the instructions of thecourt , returned a verdict of not guilty-

.It.

is understood by many that theacquittal of Mr. Ilavemeyer wouldcause the indictments against John * E-

.Searles.

, secretary of the refining com-pany

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, and Mr. Edwards and Mr. Shri-vcr, the newspaper mento bequashed.-Mr.

.. Davis , the district attorney, how-

ever¬

, said that the verdict in this casewould not affect the case of John E-

.Searles.

, whose trial will be proceededwith to-morrow. Mr. Davis said thatMr. Searles had directly refused to an-swer

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questions , and that his case wasin no way pax'allel with that of Mr-.Ilavcmeyer's.

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INVESTORS SWINDLED.

New Yorkers Caught for Much Money-Touched by a Vroiuotor.

New Yoiuc , May 28. The many per-sons

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who were inveigled into all sortsof schemes by Dr. G. H. Griffin , whoformerly had an office at No. 19 Broad-way

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, are mourning the loss of theirmoney and wondering what has be-come

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of the smooth-tongued promoter.-Dr.

.. Griffin left town suddenly a short

time ago , and only now is the extentof his scheminjr cominc to ltfht. Thecompanies which he orgaiizcd are toonumerous to mention. Among themwere the Nanaimo Coal Mining com-pany

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of.British Columbia , the CentralIslip Land and Improvement companyof Long Island , the Massapequa Landand Improvement company of LongIsland , the West Asbury Water com-pany

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and the Panther Mountain- Coaland Coke company of West Virginia.-

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addition to these corporate con-cerns

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lie was interested in a syndicatewhich intended to build a railroadthrough the coal fields of New Bruns-wick

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, Canada. One of the first personswhom he interested in the railroadproject was George Demetz. Mr. De-metz

-invested 810,000 in the railroad ,

and later turned over to Dr. Griffin85,000 in addition. The road wasnever built

Hardly had this deal been begun be-

fore¬

Dr. Griffin announced him-self

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as the owner of large andvaluable coal properties in BritishColumbia and organized a com-pany

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by the name of the Nan ¬

aimo Coal Mining company , ofBritish Columbia , under the laws ofWest Virginia. Stock was issued to theamount of §3,000,000aud bonds amount-ing

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to Si , 500000. Dr. Griffin waspresident of the company and severalNew Yorkers were interested finan-cially

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in the scheme. The bonds andstocks were printed in Montreal , andthe Western Loan and Trust companyof Montreal registered the bonds ofthe company and guaranteed the in-

terest¬

on them , amounting to 8180,000per year.-

Dr..

. Griffin then went to London todispose of them , but , meanwhile , thetrust company investigated in BritishColumbia and cabled to London , whichprevented his selling the bonds to in-

vestors¬

there.-As

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president of the Panther Moun-tain

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Coal and Coke company of WestVirginia Griffin received 8500,000 inbonds , which he was to dispose of in-London. . He found it difficult to sellthe bonds and obtained a loan on themof something like 851.0-

00WHISKYDRINKING WAGER.

Throe Chlcagoan Kntered the RaceOne Dead , Two Dyinjr.

Chicago , May 2S.Yesterday after-noon

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in a saloon kept by Carl Schoep-fer

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a number of men engaged in anargument as to who could drink themost whisky. Finally Jacob Conrad ,Joseph Bolum and Carl Eistebcn be-gan

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the contest. The saloonkeeper•uppiied the whisky in small beerglasses. Courad was ahead on the num-ber

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of glasses drank when he collapsedand fell to the floor. He was draggedinto a room and left lying on thelloor , while the other two drank on-.i'hey

.became unconscious in a short

time and were left lying on the floorbeside Conrad. Word was sent to thepolice , and when the\ reached theplace Conrad was dead. Bolum dyingind Ei-jteben in a critical condition.The saloonkeeper was arrested ,charged with manslaughter.-

Agrlcnlturo

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for Alaska.Washington , May 28. The secre-

tary¬

of agriculture has appointed a-board , of which B. Killen of OregonCit3% Ore. , chairman of the board ofregents of the Oregon agriculturalcollege , and Botanist Evans of thiscity , are members , to go to Alaska toinvestigate the needs of an agricultur-al

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experiment station in that terri-tory

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, and to secure data incident tothe establishment of such an institut-ion.

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June S-

.I'firciffn

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Iloaor.j for Pullman.-Chicago.

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. May 28. George M. Pull-man

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has received from Archduke Rai-ner

-two magnificent medals arid a

richly wrought diploma as testimonialsof honor and merit in founding andbuilding the most perfect town in theworld. This distinction for the sub-urb

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came as the result of an exhibi-tion

-in the International Hygienic andPharmaceutical exposition in Prague

of which the archduke was promoter !

Pulhnaifwon against the settlements •

created by the 'Krupp , gnn man ,Stumm\ the great maker of steel , aadBaron von Kinghofcr. j ,

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St. Petersbuko , May 80. An im-

portant¬

apd .far-reaching law forbidathe carrying of trade of sea in foreign\'cssels and under anybut the Russianflag between all Russian ports of theBaltic and the Black sea and the Pa-

cific¬

coast. The law will not o into ,

operation until 190-

0.ExSenator

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Call After a Joh.-

WAflHiNGTO.Y

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, May 29. Ex-SonatorCall of Florida has made a formal ap-

plication¬

for appointment as a mem-

ber¬

of the Dawes Indian commission ,

and has the indorsement of a number'-of his former colleagues in the Senate.

GIRLS ON THE BLOCK.

Auctioned to Soldiers Under the MoitrevoltingClrcumBtanceB

IIavaxa , May ail. / , ilc of Cubangirls has been reported at a smalltown in Pinar del Rio , whore there is-

a garrison with 400 troops. The sol-

diers¬

seized a pacifico camp recently ,

capturing eight men and fifteen girlsand women. Seven of the girls , l.r to20 years old , were put on the blockand sold under the most revolting cir-

cumstances¬

, and sold to the highestbidder , the soldiers sacrificing theirarms and equipments to their morofortunate fellow soldiers for cash topurchase a girl. One of the sergeantsacted as auctioneer.

Two of the prettiest girls , one 15 ,the other 17 , were sold to one man , a.mule driver. As ho had no meanssome curiosity was expressed as forwhom he was acting. It was discov-ered

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afterward that the girls were inthe quarters of Colonel Jesus delMonte and Captain Arizor , the com-

manding¬

officers of the placo.

CALHOUN AT WORK.

The Havana papers have denounced ;

this outrage , and say that the palaceofficials should put a stop to the pract-ice.

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.

It is stated among the American col-

ony¬

that United States CommissionerCalhoun has been informed of theseand similar practices , and that , muchto the worry of the Spanish officials ,he is collecting evidence upon thi.s-subject. . He has already been givensufficient evidence to prove the exist-ence

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of many horrible practices on thepart of the Spanish officers as regards-thcir

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conduct toward the Cuban wo-men.

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. The atrocities perpetrated in-

Guanabacoa under Major Fondeviellahave been verified by him as much ay-

possible. .

BURNED BY GUERRILLAS.Norma , near Santa Clara, was

burned last week by the Spanish guer-rillas

¬

because a Cuban detachment had.passed through a few days previous.The guerrillas raided the place atnight , roughly took the leading citi-zens

¬

out of their houses by bruteforce , compelling the women membersto leave also , without giving themtime to dress. They assembled themin the square and ga e them ten min-utes

¬

to pray before being shot. Thehouses were set on fire and the inhab-itants

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prevented from rescuing aoy oftheir belongings. Afterward the com-manding

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officer listened to the frenzied jpleadings of the women and children/and released most of the men. Fovf-of

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the principal residents were shot ;*

it beine alleired that thev carried in ¬

formation to the Cubans. The womenwere insulted , and several of them ,

were assaulted by troopers.I-

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1'atent Oilicc Keport.Patents have been allowed but not.

yet issued as follows :To I. T. Evans of Clive for an im-

provement¬

to his tripple v-shaped drag-harrow covered by his prior patent*..The improvements facilitate the self-adjustment of the parts as required tooperate advantageously in passing overuneven surfaces.-

To.

Bessie Larson of Unthvcn for anattachment to pole yokes to preventthe dangers incident to accidental sep-aration

¬

of the yoke from the pole whenthe vehicle to which they are hitchedis advancing. An undivided half hasbeen assigned to Dr. G. Baldwin ofthe same place.-

To.

the Rhoads and Carmean BuggyCo. of Marshalltown , assignee of A. if.Arnold , for an improvement in fourwheeled vehicles to keep the elipticsprings perpendicular and to preventthe lurching motions incident to thebody or box and persons seated there-on

¬vvhen the carriage is advancing on-

a rough road or over obstructions inthe way of the wheels.

Valuable information abont obtain ¬ing , valuing and selling patents sentfree to any address.

Printed copies of the drawings andspecifications of any United Statespatent sent upon receipt of 25 cents.Our practice is not confined to Iowa.y

Inventors in other states can have ourservice upon the same terms as Hawk-eyes.Tnoa.

. G. axd J. Ratjmi Okwig.Solicitors of Patents.

Des Moines , la. , May 26 , 1817. jV-

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