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ARTHUR LINN, PUBLISHER

IA BOMB CHARIOT.

jHOW BOMBS ARE PICKED UP IN PARIS.

I nsso-Gcrman Treaty—There Will Be No

More Scrambling Among .Railroad

Agents to Secure the Official Route—To

Develop Alabama Gold Fields.

i How- Bombs Are Picked Up* ' PARIS spacial: The activity of the anarchists'in Paris is attracting much attention to a new institution which causes the people to fly in all direc­tions when it appears on the streets, as it does now several times daily. _ It is an official bomb chariot, and consists of a light frame, including a hooded iron seat, which protects the driver. The body of the vehicle is hung with delicate sets of springs, and there is an appliance for holding bombs, made of India rubber. An old, ambling horse draws it, always with a slow pace, the coachman being ah artilleryman, whose salary was raised this week. Suspected bombs are taken to a spot near the fortifications, where the walls are in­closed with banks of earth four feet thick.

Russo-Gerinau Treaty. ' ! BERLIN special: In the Reichstag the debate on the Russo-German com­mercial treaty was opened. Count von Mirbach, on behalf of the Conserva­tives, gave a full explanation of the reasons which had decided that party not to support the Government, con­tending that the treaty would prove an injury to the German husbandry. Baron Marschal von Bieberstein, Sec­retary of State for Foreign Affairs, op­posed the arguments of Count vonilir-tiach and declared that German manu­facturers and merchants secured under the treaty an inestimable boon. Count von Moltice opposed the treaty in the name of the Imperialists. Herr Rick-ert then urged the adoption of the , treaty, saying the entrance, ot ItussTa into a European compaercial commun-V.fofr^ould have aSO important conse­quences! -11_ pg^estimated that the treaty will tie adopted by a majority of from thirty to forty.

No Official Routes. CHICAGO special: Official routes are

to be abolished in connection with the •excursion business for which reduced rates are made over the western roads. Heretofore there has always been a scramble among the competing roads to get hold of the managing offi­cials of any excursion party, and have them declare some particular road the official route for the excursion in ques­tion. This gave that road a decided ndvantas-e on the entire business and. the advantage was frequently paid for in some way calculated to demoralize rates. It has now been decided to stop this abuse of privilege; that one fundamental condition on which re­duced rates are granted shall be that no road shall be declared the official route for any such excursion, but that all will be given a fair show competing for the business.

Alabama <>old Fields. MONTGOMERY, Ala., special: Infor­

mation has been received here that a strong company is forming in the North, aided by some very prominent Alabamians, with the purpose to work the gold mines in Coosa and Clay Counties in Alabama. Litigation over the valuable gold property in Coosa County has recently been settled and the prospect is now good for big de­velopments in that region. A number of Colorado mining experts have re­cently been quietly investigating the gold resources of Alabama, and it is upon their favorable report that the company will be formed.

liescued the Dog,

PITTEBURG special: While trying to rescue a pug dog John Lucas and Mrs. James Kennedy, living in an apart­ment house, nearly lost their lives. A lire was discovered in the cellar and the house rapidly filled with smoke. The inmates succeeded in getting out, but Mrs. Kennedy forgot her pug dog, and went back for him. She was over­came and had to be carried out by the firemen. Lucas also went in to find the dog and was found in an uncon­scious condition lying in one of the rooms.

I>roke Through the Ice. MASSILLON, Ohio, special: Kate

Betschaider and two older children named Cooper and Keiko were

'jfc'&W'Sgd while crossing the canal on the lcef^V—-kii-fcre party of children started home together froirUst, Mary's Catholic School. The " ice broke and seven boys and girls were struggling in the water. All of those drowned were girls. But one body has been re­covered.

Macka.ve's Sccnitorlum Fails.

CHICAGO special: The Mackaye Scenitorium has failed and will go into the hands of a receiver. It has not paid expenses and with the death of the originator it passes out of ex­istence. George M. Pullman is said to have lost $50,000 in the spectator-ium, Mackaye's big Worlds Fair scheme, and was one of the backers Of the scenitorium.

Itig Holler Kxplosion.

ST. PETERSBURG special: A boiler explosion in the big iron works at Alexandrowski. killed twenty-five and seriously injured ten.

Ex-Cliief •Justice of Quebec Dead. QUEBEC, Que., special: William Col­

lins Meredith, ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, is dead.

For Shorter Time Patents.

WASHINGTON special: Gen. Black proposes to amend the law in regard to patents by substituting ten years as the life of a patent instead of seven­teen years as at present. With this end in view he has introduced a bill providing that from and after the passage of the act no patent shall be issued by the authorities of the United States for a longer period than ten vears from date of issue. No reissue of any patent shall be made for a long­er period than five years from the date of expiration of the original jpatent sought to be extended.

IN THE EAST.

NEW YORK special: Bradstreet's will say: The volume of trade shows some falling off owing to the holiday, aside from which there are several favorable features. Iron and steel-prices have fallen off, steel billets re­acting from$l(i to $15.50. and Bessemer pig Iron being shaded. The recent firmness in wire and nails has disap­peared. There are improved sales of cotton goods at eastern and western cities duo to cut prices, the outcome of which in New England in some in­stances has been reducingthe wages of operatives. Print cloths are lower and the demand for woolens is as slow as heretofore. Wheat in fanner's hands on March I, 1894, indicates a total 129.000,000 bushels, compared with 204,000,000 on March 1,1893. The Gov­ernment report of wool clips shows a total of 348,000,000 pounds in 1893, com­pared with 333,000,t00 pounds the year before, last year's clip being tho heav­iest on record. The most encouraging feature of the week is a report from Chicago that while store business has fallen off, order business has increased largely, so the total volume of transac­tions in staple lines is fully equal that of a year ago.

BOSTON, Mass., special: The com­mon council has passed an order that the mayor be requested to direct the trustees of tho public library to cause the immediate removal of the objec­tionable features of the art decoration on the facade of the new Public Library Building directly over the en­trance. The art decoration referred to is a seal from a design by the artist Kenyon Cox and accepted and turned over to Mr. St. Gaudens, the sculptor, whose reproduction of the seal, which had been placed over tlie_ main en­trance of the new building, is about 4 by C feet. The principal features of it are a shield or globe in the center, with a perfectly nude male figure on each side holding a torch, while over the figures is the legend "Omni Civium,"

1 HUNTINGTON, Ind., special: A bold $1,500 robbery was committed at War­ren, this cohnty. Jacob Heaston, a wealthy horse buyer, was the victim. He drew the money from the bank for a carload of horses, intending to go away early in the morning. At about midnight he was awakened by masked men, who demanded the money. They had revolvers to enforce, the demand. Heaston produced it and gave it to the robbers, who fled. Heaston turned over in bed and went to sleep again and did not give the alarm until morn­ing. There is no clue to the robbers.

WASHINGTON special: Grosvenor's bi.ll for a National celebration at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Mili­tary Park, September 19 and 20, has been approved by the House Commit­tee on Military affairs. The arrange­ments are to be under the direction Gf the Secretary of War, who is to re­quest the participation of the Presi-aent and Congress, the Supreme Court, the heads of departments and of the Army and Navy, Governors of States and survivors of'both armies engaged in the battles.

XEVRYONI'I A FROM Guayaquil says: Ecuador has accepted Peru's proposal for an arrangement of the boundary question. This averts the threatened war.

IN THE WEST.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., special: Only one member of the ill-fated Kreager family is left. Three more, two boys and one girl, have died. The family of Charles F. Kreager consisted of eight persons, himself, his wife, and six children. Four weeks ago they ate plentifully of roast pig. It was not well cooked, and in addition to this it was permeated with those deadly par­asites known as trichinae. Doctors were summoned who thought the Kreagers had la grippe and prescribed accordingly. In the meantime trichi­nosis was making deadly inroads among the ilWated members of the family. The mother died a few days ago. The autopsy disclosed what was the matter. The father died a day later, and later Frank, aged 7, and Clara, aged 10, followed their parents to the cemetery, and now three more of the children are dead. One child^ is left, but it will probably die. Miss Ettie Sass, who is a sister of Mm Kreager and only 20 years old, ate of the diseased pig, and there is very lit­tle hope that she will recover. , 6he will make the ninth victim.

CHICAGO special: Judge, Brentano, who presided at the trial- of Prendcr-gast,«the man who assassinated Mayor Carter H. Harrison, after listening to arguments on a motion for a new trial, rendered a <ie.eis"ion overruling the mo­tion, and sentenced him to be hanged March 2;i. Before sentence was pro­nounced Prendergast delivered a long, rambling talk to the court, objecting to the plea of insanity made by his counsel,* and declaring that the only point at issue was whether he had done right in killing Harrison, and whether he was justified in committing the deed. This, he said, had not been touched on during the trial. Prendei-gast's attorney, after the sentence was pronounced, asked thirty days to pre­pare an appeal to tho higher court, which was granted.

Los ANGEL.ES, Cal., special: A big sandstorm has been raging in the valleys eastward. The worst effect occurred in the wrecking of a train on the Southern California Railroad.^ A local leaving San Bernardino at 7:30, when about 500 feet east of Kosina Station, plunged into a sand bank. The engine was derailed and turned over on its side, as did the baggage car. The rest of the cars kept the track. No one was hurt, except En­gineer Barnes of San Bernardino who was badly cut about the head, but it is thought not dangerously.

BUTTE, Mont., special: A man who claims to be the only relative of Hans von Bulow, the great German pianist who died in Cairo, Egypt, February 13, has been discovered in this city. His name is Carl von Bulow. He says he is a nephew of the dead musician, and being the only relative will come in for an estate which amounts to 8.000,000 marks. The nephew is now employed in the capacity of a bar porter in the Hotel Butte, but says he will start for Germany to claim the fortune.

SPRINGFIELD suecial: Fire started in the main shaft of the Springfield Junction Coal Mine, which promises to destroy the entire plant, entailing a loss of $100,000. Much excitement pre­vails. as it is feared the men are not all out. The mine is one of the largest in Central Illinois.

FOREIGN JOTTING3.

BUENOS AYKES special: Advices from Kio state that i'eixoto has stop ped all telegraphic communication bo tween that city and 1-Jahia. This ac tion is supposed to have been taken on account of the recent event? in Baliia.

| which have weakened the acting pres-I ident's position, it is reportedheva

j that the Government squawon" lias mutinied and that the insurgent army in the -Southern part of Brazil is ad­vancing without oppositii.n. Govern­ment troops sent to meet the army are said to have Leon seized with panic and to have lied. It is feared that tho continued depreciation of paper nuney will lead to a financial crisis. Bolivian forces have invaded the Western part of Brazil and established military post along tho unper course of the liivor Purus in the State of the Amazons. Later advices from Rio say that the Government Battery at PontoMadame has sunk the Insurgent transport Mur-curio. The boiler of the transport burst and several men aboard were killed.

LONDON special: The Times prints a long article on Arctic explorations. It says that the polar fever was damp­ened a decade ago by the disaster of the Greely expedition, but it has again broken out. It proceeds to discuss with hearty approval the proposed Stein Greenland expedition to seek de­tails as to tho fate of the young Nor­wegians, Bjorling and Kallstenius, and says that the project is worthy of seri­ous consideration. Mr. Stein should have no difficulty in getting $10,000 or $20,000 from his own wealthy com­patriots. If he proves himself worthy of confidence he will have no difficulty to find the means to continue the cam­paign.

CITY OP SALVADOR special: A bat­tle took place at Tegucigalpa between the forces commanded by General Ortiz and those of Vasquez. General Ortiz succeeded in opening a breech in the defenses of the city. The number of wounded on both sides is large, al­though it is not yet definitely known. There were ten killed. During^ the battle there was a hand-to-hand light between tho regiments of infantry. General Ortiz claims the victory and says the road to Tegucigalpa is now open. The telegrams to Amalpa, however, say the city is still in posses­sion of Nasquez,

VANCOUVER, B. C., special: A. M Beattie, Hawaiian Consul, appointed "by President Dole, has received his exequatur. In a letter accompanying it the statement is made that the rea­son it was held back so long was be­cause the department had been await­ing a settlement of affai rs in Hawaii. This shows that Lord Rosebury ha< concluded to look upon the Provisional Government as a fixture.

VIENNA special: The court before which the twelve Anarchists accused of conspiring against the life of the Emperor have been on trial} sentenced Franz Haspel to ten years rigorous imprisonment and Stofan nHahnel to eight years. The other conspirators were sentenced to two to four years and six were acquitted.

OX. i. .b li^iibiiL'XvG Iv Tl£l3 been definitely decided that the Czar will go shortly to San Remo, or to the south of France, and that he will not go to Kieff. His journey is regarded as likely to have important results, as lie may meet some of tho rulers or chief statesmen of Europe.

LONDON special: The Queen has re­turned to Windsor Castle from Os­borne, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty appeared to be more feeble than usual and was supported by an Indian at­tendant.

SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

GUAYMAS, Mexico, special: By a number of shafts which have been sunk in the valley of New Mareial it is now definitely known that Sonora is rich in anthracite coal which has been practically unknown in Mexico up to the present time. The prospecting done has been under the direction of Senor Francisco R. Garcia, with whom are associated leading capitalists of San Francisco and other northern points. It is estimated the deposits already positively known to exist rep­resent fully (j0,000,000 tons of coal. The intention is to begin mining oper­ations at once and place the coal upon the market, where it will command a high price by reason of its quality and scarcity.

HOUSTON, Tex., special: Informa­tion comes Irom the Starr County sec­tion of the state to the effect that a famine is threatened. Fifty per cent , of the stock are dead: no crops of any kind have been raised or harvested during the past year: great destitution and absolute want exist. Many' are compelled to subsist on roots, prickly pears, etc.: even half putrid llesh that has been stripped from the carcasses of dead animafs is eaten to satisfy the pangs of hunger. Many persons, especially children, have hardly suffi­cient clothing to cover their naked­ness, resources are exhausted and it is impossible to longer assist the starv­ing of fellow creatures.

KANSAS CITY, MO., special: Judge WolTord, ill the Criminal Co^i't de­clared invalid tho city ordinance against keeping dramshops and saloons open on Sunday on the ground that it conflicts with the state law. Tho de­cision is tho same as that which he made against the anti-policv ordinance. It is based on the fact that the mini­mum lino in the ordinance is greater than the minimum under the statu law.

SALTILLO, Mex., special: The bu"l fighting festivities at Moneto were, at­tended with another fatality. One of the bulls made a quick and vicious at­tack u; on Jose Barrera, the matador, and before he could evade the enraged animal he was thrown to the gi o.incl and gored to death. The other per­formers in the ring had an exciting time killing tne mad bull.

ST. LOUIS special: A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn., says: J. B. Wert, a prominent insurance man and a hith­erto leader in church circles, was shot dead by G. N. Henson, president of the Citizens' Bank and Trust Company, whoso wife Wert is alleged to have led astray.

NEW YORK special: The following is the weekly bank statement: Re­serve, increase," $231,000; loans, in­crease, $1,889,000; specie, decrease, $671,000; legal tenders, increase, $1,-5 )0,000; depo.-its, increase, $2,750,000. The banks now hold $74,Z87,000 in ex­cess of the legal requirements.

THE POULTRY SHOW:

SOUTH DAKOTA'S FIRST EXHI­BITION A SUCCESS.

•The Government Will Distribute Imple­

ments and Stock on the Reservation—

Tho Yiinkton Lands AViU Undoubtedly

Bo Thrown Open for Settlement.

The Vermillion Exhibition.

THE first annual exhibition of the South Dakota Poultry Association, which Vas held at Vermillion on Feb­ruary 13, 14. 15 and 10, was not only a success financially, but succeeded in arousing much enthusiasm amon^ the many farmers who attended for fancy bred chickens, and many coops were sold to them.

"These shows are of great benefit to the country in which they are held," said J. W.'Russel, secretary of the as­sociation, "and help to stock it with fancy bred fowls, which arc much more profitable than the ordinary scrub. They are better layers and better for table purposes."

The officers of the South Dakota As­sociation are: L. A. Larson, Lincoln, president: Joe Brockway, Vermillion, vice president; J. W. Russell, Vermil­lion, secretary, John Olson, Meckling, assistant secretary; J. C. Piersol, Vermillion, superintendent. Most of these gentlemen are well known fanciers, who have affiliated hereto­fore with the Northwestern Associa­tion.

The birds exhibited were of a high class and bore up well under the rigid scoring of Judge F. H. Shellabarger of Iowa.

SUPPLIES FOR THE INDIANS.

The Government AVill Diftt ibnte Imple­ments and Stock on the Reservation. OFFICIALS of the Indian Bureau

will make awards at Chicago for In­dian supplies, which by treaty are re­quired to be given'to the Indians on the Sioux Reservation as partial pay­ment of 11,000,000 acres of land ceded to the Government three or four years ago. This matter is of the utmost im­portance to the Indians on the Sioux Reservation, and especially those at Crow Creek Agency. These Indians will receive a greater1 portion of ben­efit in agricultural implements and cash for the lands ceded to tho Gov­ernment than the Indians at any other agency, owing to the fact that in the division of the lands still held as res­ervations the Crow Creek Sioux were given a smaller portion than the other Indians belonging to the Sioux nation. Indian Agent Treon says that since entering upon his duties as agent only six months ago he has distributed about $t!0,000 for salaries, cattle and per capita payments, and has on hand $15,000 for quarterly payment of sala­ries soon to be made. In addition to these expenditures arrangements are pending for the payment in the near futuie of $50 per capita to each male Indian over 10 years of age who has taken allotments on the Crow Creek Reservation, which will require the expenditure of nearly $26,000 aactiuon-al. Nearly the whole of the cash dis­bursements at Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agencies finds its way into the business channels of Chamberlain, add­ing greatly to the prosperity of the town. In addition to the money and annulities that have passed through Agent Treon's hands, buildings are be­ing erected at the t>vo agencies requir­ing an outlay of nearly $40,000. The Indians at Crow Creek will get the following: 944 mares, 486 wagons, 486 plows, 486 axes, 972 milch cows. 680 breeding cows, 28 yoke of oxen, 30 blooded bulls, 472 set of double har­ness, 486 hoes and 486 harrows.

THE YANKTON LANDS

Will Undoubtedly lie Thrown Open to Set­tlement This Year*

THE bill recently introduced into the United States. Senate for throwing open to settlement the rich and fertile lands of the Yankton Indian Reserva­tion will undoubtedly become a law at this session of Congress. On the 31st day of December, 1892, J. C. Adams and John J. Cole concluded an agree­ment with the Yankton Sioux Indians, by which agreement said Indians re­leased to the United States about 168,-000 acres of land, to be opened to set­tlement under the homestead and town site laws of the United States.

The bill reported by the committee provides that persons entering shall pay $3.75 per acre for the same. There are about 1,700 of these Indians and they have made .considerable progress in civilization and have all taken land in severalty and become citizens of the United States. The Indians secure $600,U00 for releasing these lands, five-sixths of the same to remain in tho treasury of the U nited States and to bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, the interest to be divided among the other Indians semi-annu­ally, and the other one-sixth of the sum mentioned will be distributed among the Indians in cash when the law takes effect. Every Indian sign­ing the treaty is also given a $20 gold eagle as a souvenir of the treaty. Half-breeds on this reservation have the same rights as full bloods.

All entries of this land will have to be made at the Land Office at Mitch­ell. Tho fertility of this land has reached the ears of hundreds outside the state, and the Land Office is already being besieged with inquiries regarding the land.

THE ARTESIAN BASIN.

prof. Todd Tells South Dakota People the 4 Limits for Good Wells.

THERE has been at different times a good deal of money spent in this State in fruitless search for artesian water, by reason of boring wells outside tho artesian basin proper. It was with a view to preventing this waste that the State Engineer of Irrigation embodied in his report a letter lrom Prof. Todd, the State Geologist, giving results of the latest and most reliable investiga­tion as to the boundaries of the arte Bian ba»in. The essential points of this report are as follows:

Frojn a study of the closed pressure of most o f the we l l s in the S ta te and a cons ide ra t ion o f the extent of the water bearing stratum, we mav lay down the eastern limit of the mai n artesian basin of Dakota ;:s given below. It agrees with all facts -which have as yet come to my knowledge. I have not yet obtained re­ports from some of the more recent drilled wells. Following the contour lino 1,700 feet above the sea the artesian limit enters the State just west of the "Head of the Coteau," in Marshall County, runs thenc* southwest to a little east of Airdo'ver. thence south by east, passing east to Raymond,' Manchester and

Howard to tho soutft 11'no o p^ota sand Tlien following the edge reil(,Uartziti-. stone, where it abuts i r lsMng: north-the limit turns l Mitchell to to Alexandria, and a little ̂ utu <« lst t0, the vicinity of Ethan, th8 soutli-the west .side of Turkej Kid_e ileal r() th(y east coiner ot Hutchinson to.int . t,onlln. pressure has greatly dV't ! ,,i soutli so that iD ues to do toward the eabt and . ot . r t;) ,),« no longer is sufficient to i«ijse .,.»iiev o« higher land. The limit.falls Yhe Mis' Cluv Creek, which it lOilows anil sour! bottom east ot lvleckhn^ p:^ ouiv to liurb.mk, where the pwssurc r. about 1,141) feet acove tUese.i. ^'J.nssourt turns west up the south sirte ol . more bottom, raising it runs \ inth Mint ha^ and more of the valley from the so; th. .<n« t;j risen so as to mrnlsh waier to toiilJ . 1 on tliu Dakota side when south of but does not raise to the o

F * t Kal l. lnnd south till it has passed alx^e

" From the east line of the area pressure rises so rapidly towaid l

th

hc

p jIjssolli-i, not only extensive areas along the Mihsmu^ Cheyenne and White Rivers mayli.m:. wells, l)Kt probably also considerable p.>n of the upland west of the Mi*»soui: i . If of pressure increases at the b/»»e V1'"wcmm tween Huron and Higmore, at Piciio it t

raisa to an altitude of. above the station. At K:i] 11 Citj it. to reach the surface by 4Uu •uet-"r}\ViHnui!. on i n >ther \v. y. localities helow ter tue tiatli meridian may obtain al l ?Aoth' ma-and likewise those below -J.4UQ on the l«Hh m riiim; those below 2AM on the HMst.. further west and also between. This is g. e only as a general rule. It is i'lle com pa rut vely narrow date, 1 he v, til«t Be Foutche. drilled since it was rst imbllslien, teems to corroborate it. But local exceptioui will doubtless be found. The w.ntei• strata is somewhat irregular in it> distilDU tion. its conductive power and its depth.

The remarkable slops In the pressiiretothe east and south we have ascribed , leakage. Other lea*s may be found w Wch vrtn change the slope as oui lined abiA e. Heie may notice an inference concerning the prot able future dimlnuition of preseuie n'om the multiplying of wells. The slope of the pita-sure, so to speak, may be compared to tJ slope of a stream in its general ®? the water escaping irom tne wells«ill be a the expense of the leaks, somewhat, as irrtga tion channels diminishes the size of a stream below the point where they tap it.

Refused to Obey the Ordinance. SOME time ago the City Council of

Garretson passed a disorderly house ordinance, and undertook to collect $50 a month from six saloons. Two of tho saloon men, H. H. Gray and James Gray, refused ro pay. They were taken before the police justice, but that individual held the ordinance to bo illegal and discharged the defend­ants. Some of the city officials of Garretson, with witnesses, went to Sioux Falls, and through their attor­ney, asked for injunctions against these two saloons, and they will probably be granted. This will create something of a row there.

Slaking War on Cattle Thieves DEPUTY UNITED STATES MAR­

SHALS ASH AND OAKES arrived in Pierre with nine Indian prisoners which they brought in from Rosebud Agency. They are charged with stealing cattle of ranchmen living near the reservation. The stealing has been going on for some time, but it is believed these wholesale arrests will-be the means of stopping it. There is said to be plenty of evidence against them.

With Thistles for Fuel. FEED R. RUSSELL of Webster has

on exhibition a patent stove for burn­ing straw, hay or Russian thistles. Mr. Russell is' very enthusiastic in praise of his stove, and on inspection of its workings his enthusiasm seems well fo'irirlffl If the stove is all that it appears the coal combine will in the near future have a mighty enemy to contend with.

lUnck Hills Stage Hold Up.

A MEXICAN and a negro held up tho Miles City stage at the Fair Grounds, two miles below Spearfish. City Mar­shal Diltz of Dead wood arrested the Mexican, who gave his name as Isa-dore. He told Marshal White that the negro had stopped at a colored set­tlement three miles this side of Spear­fish. and officers are now on his track.

Attached Hill's l'ropcrty. ATTACHMENTS were levied on all ol

Receiver Hill's property at Miller. There was strife between the county treasurer and private depositors as tc who would succeed in making the first levy, but the treasurer was first. Th6 court will now decide between the as­signees and the attaching creditors.

A South Dakota Circuit*

A PROJECT is on foot to form a rac­ing circuit to take in the cities of Bow-die, Ipswich, Eureka, Mound City and Faulkton. A meeting of horsemen will be held about March 1 to decide on purses and dates.

A ©12,000 Hour Mill Fire.

THE Mound City Flouring Mill at Eureka burned, loss $12,000; also 1,000 bushels of wheat and one car of flour.

South Dakota Notes* WHOOPING COUGH is raging at Fort

Pierre. DOUGLAS COUNTY is to sink four ar­

tesian wells at public expense. THE Bald Mountain region in the

Northern Hills,- as reported, is cov­ered with a mantle of the beautiful of the average depth of six feet.

IT is stated that work is soon to be resumed at Harney Peak. An order was placed by that company recently for a carload of candles.

A DISPATCH from Pine Ridge an­nounces the burning of the Pine Ridge Indian School. Commissioner Arm­strong of tho Indian Office says the school had a capacity for 150 pupils and was one of tho best in the service.

THE rich vein recently struck in the Rialto Mine, at Carbonate, is increas­ing in richness and the owners are feeling jubilant over tho results. It is now over eigheeen inches thick and is widening as they proceed.

VOLUNTEER Signal Stations estab­lished in remote districts last season have proven very valuable to stock dealers and ranchmen in all parts of the state. Warnings of approaching

•storms and cold waves have been sent out sufficiently early to allow ranch­men to get their herds under shelter before storms came upon them.

H. A. CARPENTER has been chosen the Meade County Vice President of the Society of Black Hills Pioneers, says the Sturgis Record. They gave him the place because he preached af­ter Preacher Smith was killed near Crook City, probed for the bullets in Wild Bill, helped hang Jack McCall, was the first white child born in the Black Hill, found the biggest nugget in tho gulch, saw Bare Butte when it was ah ant hill, built the first stamp mill west of the forks of the Cheyenne, sold flour at $250 a sack, killed three stage robbers at one shot, rode in the first train, walked from New York to Sturgis, was attorney in the first case ever tried, lost $40,000 by not owning an interest in tho Homestake Mine, and ether things of the kind.

THE NATION'S S0L0NS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE­SENTATIVES.

Onr Notional lawmakers and What Tlie

Are Doing for tlie Good of the Country

—Various Measures Proposed, Discussed,

and Acted Upon.

Doings of Congress. Tho chief event of the Senate on tlio, lOllv

occurred in executive session and was the liroiupiturto with which tlie senate con­firmed tlie Supreme Court nomination of the President, without even referring it to committee. It is fully In accordance with the traditional courtesy of the Senate that a member of that body, when nominated for n liigh public trust, sliou'd bo coniirniid with out" reference to committee; but still when contrasted with the stubborn ant nrolou"i'Cl contests that havo successively? taken place over the Hornhlower and Peck-ham nominations, the prompt confirmation, of Senator White" to tlie supreme bench came as a refreshing surprise to tho public. Tlie haste of the Senators to show courtesy to their colleague would not even permit. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, to finish his speech on the Hawaiian resolution. Daniel was speaking when the nomination was an­nounced, and after an interchange of irlanccs with his fellow Senators, he an­nounced that lie would c'jnclude his speech at a later time, and Senator Caffery moved that the Senate proceed to the considera­tion of executive business. Tlie doors were at once closed. Upon recrpenlug the doors the Senate conference, on the Oklahoma, railroad bill was agreed to. Then the Senate adjourned.

The filibuster over the silver bill in the House continued until 4 o'clock, when ait adjournment was had to give the Demo­crats an opportunity to consider the situ­ation in caucus. After t he opening Mr. Marsh of Illinois asked unanimous consent for the bill authorizing'the construction of wing dam, canal and power station in tho Des Jloities rapids of the Mississippi in Hancock County, Illinois. The bill was parsed. March at was madeaspecial order-for a tribute to the memory of O'Neill of Pennsylvania. The Committee on Invalid Pensions reported back favorably tho Tawney resolution callipg on tlie Secretary of tlie Interior for information regarding suspended pension cases; passed." Mr. Bland then moved to go into Committee of the Whole on the seigniorage bill; that the general debate bo closed or the previous, question be demanded. The Democratic and Kepublican opponents declined to vote and tho result was 171 to 4; two short of quorum. Mr. Bland moved a count of the 11011*0

The House is still deadlocked on the-Bland bill. At the opening on tho 20th the sergoant-at-aims reported that ho sent thi ty-seven telegrams to absent member-; and received fifteen replies: five-that tlicy were sick, and ten that they were on their way to Wa-hington. The others were brought before the bar of the House and. excused after giving a satisfactory expla­nation and Mr. Bland renewed his siege. The Kepubllcans and pa-tern Democrats renewed their lilibustorintr. breaking the-quorum again by not voting, the vote standing 1<I2 to 5, twelve short of a quorum. A call of tlie House was ordered 011 Bland 's motion. The call developed tlio-prosence of ~G4 members, and the vole re­curred on Bland's demand for the previc u question. The vote resulted 151 to a; 2: short of a quorum and 11 less than the pre­ceding vote. Another call of the House followed. On this call a quorum again re­appeared, "JiiO members responding. Mr. Bland then made a statement to the effect, that a quorum could not be obtained as long as committees liatj leave to,sit during tlie t,e&>ioii» of mi; .;c offered a resolution revoking leave to alt committees to sit during the sessions ot the House, except the Committee on Ap­propriations. Mr. Reed made the point ol order against tlie resolution that the action, of the House on previous occasions could not bo revoked pending proceedingstynder call. A lively skirmish occurred ovWr thu point of order, and eventually Bland with­drew ills resolution, at the same time stat­ing that unless the members of tlie com­mittees included in it attended the sessions of the House he would again"offerand press-the resolution. The vote then recurred on Bland's demand for the previous question. The vote resulted 105 to 9, within 0 votes ot a quorum. Another call of the House fol­lowed. The quorum reappeared only tc disappear again on the next roll call—Itf. to 4. When the announcement was made Bland stated that as it was evident a quo­rum could not be secured to-day. he moved an adjournment. Accordingly at 4:10 ihd House adjourned. x

, The session of the Senate on the 20tb was-devoid of special interest. Senator Dan-•iels of Virginia concluded his speech on the Hawaiian question and while supporting-warmly the course followed by the admin­istration, ho declared that now there was-nothing to do but recognize the new gov­ernment and wish it godspeed. After Sen­ator Daniels' speech the bill for additional printing office facilities was taken up and discussed in a desultory manner tho re­mainder of the day. Senator Voorhees-presented a petition signed by 4.000 citi­zens of Massachusetts in favor of the pass-ago of the new tariff Dill, and indicating that such legislation would be beneficial to Massachusetts industries. Senator Hear called attention to the fact that the peti-Vion was really a petition for protection. Senator Petl'er presented a resolution to amend the rules to provide the executive-sessions shall be held with open doors ex­cept until the President shall suggest that a matter requires secrecy or a committee of the Senate recommends that a specific-matter shall be considered behind closed doors. There was an interesting contro­versy over the selection of a man to read" the farewell address of George Washington on Washington's Birthday. Finally Sena­tor Martin of Kansas was chosen. Pending: the consideration of the bill to provide ad­ditional accommodations for the Govern­ment Printing Office, the Senato went into executive session and at 5:49 p. ni. ad­journed. •

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CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

81 B. C. Tho Roman Senate, origin­ally 100 members, afterward 200, raifol to 600 by Sylla, afterward to 9G0 by-Caesar.

1150. The name Parliament first ap­plied. to the French assemblies of state.

1173. Parliaments of Ireland began with annual meeting at Tara.

1 1205. First summons of barons by writ made by John and directod to Bishop of Salisbury.

1258. Twelve persons chosen to rep­resent the commons in the English Parliament.

1253. The Mad Parliament, an as­sembly of knights and burgesses, con­vened.

1265. Writs signed summoning knights, citizens, and burgesses to Par­liament.

1265. General representation by knights, citizens, and burgesses took place in reign of Henry III. i 1272. The word Parliament first ap­pears in the laws of England.

1290. Parliament of Paris made the chief Court of Justice in France, by Philip III.

1292. Great Parliament held in Scot­land at Scone by John Balliol.

1294. First regular English Parlia­ment held.

1302. Tho French Parliament, for­merly attending the king's person, fixed] at Paris.

1302. States' General first met in France to resist exactions of the Popo. j

1308. The English Parliamant oe-cam^a l^giglatiye body, _