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sistant chief clerks of the house obtained an old Iowa schedule from a fried who kindly volunteered to furnish it to him. Hallock gave the antiquated schedule to Newberry, who fathered the big bill. Whether Hallock's friend was merely a practical joker or a representative of the railroads, is unknown, but it is very certain that the bill would have been reported back to the house for passage, had not Moan of Dakota nipped the scheme in the bud. The railroad committee met last night and decided upon a railroad bill after shelving Newberry's corpse. This bill adopts the Iowa schedule of 1890, cutting down the present Nebraska freight rates about 60 percent. The bill is very conservative, however, and provides that companies which operate branch lines in the state may commence action in the district court to show, if possible, that their lines are not earning a reasonable interest on the money invested. If this showing be made to the satisfaction of the court, the court may decree to order the board of transportation to raise the rate on such branch line, provided, however, that the rate so raised shall not exceed the rate as now in vogue in Nebraska. This provision will affect only the Union Pacific, Burlington & Missouri and other roads operating branch lines, but it will not affect the main lines of the Union Pacific, Burlington & Missouri or any other road. The committee believes that this law will prevent eastern and western roads from putting up rates, and at the same time will have the effect of encouraging the operation of branch lines in the state. The bill further provides that new roads built in Nebraska shall be exempt from the provisions of the act for a period of five years from the date of their construction. The committee has agreed upon these provisions, a new bill will be a reduction of 75 percent in rates from that offered by Newberry and which came so near passing.

Special Parent report.

Patents granted by the United States patent office for the week ending Jan. 27, 1891, as reported by the Howard Bros. & Co. Solicitors of patents, corner Seventh and E streets, N. W., Washington, D. C. Copies of any United States patent can be obtained for 25 cents each at the above office.

To Citizens of the United States - Patents and designs, 352; trade-marks and labels, 17.

To citizens of foreign countries - Patents and designs, 29; trade-marks and labels, 2.

TO RESIDENTS OF NEBRASKA.

Lenord L. Frost, Barada, car-coupling.

Issac M. Grubb, Glenville, comb frame for bee-hives.

SATURDAY

Licensed to marry: Chas. H. Smith, 27, and Lillie Williams, Lincoln; John P. Christopher, 22, and Gettie Phillips, 20, Panama; Joseph C. Lowes, 23, of Barnston, Neb, and Iva Lamb, 23, Marysville, Kas.

Judge Stewart was engaged today in hearing more of the fight over the stock of goods owned by D. Neimann, late of Hickman, which is being waged by several Omaha creditors against Mary Cluster, the woman in possession.

The story told by Waters, the charlatan, in Judge Brown's court yesterday afternoon, was very salacious. Detective Pound arrested the man four years ago, when he was living near the gas works, for a similar offense, but the matter was compromised.

Deputy Sheriff Hoagland's name will be handed down to posterity along with that of the boy who averted a flood in Holland by holding his thumb to a leak in a dyke. Thursday the crowd surging through the corridors of the court house broke off a chandelier. Mr. Hoagland noticed the leak, and realizing the serious consequences which might ensue rushed out, and holding his thumb over the leak checked the flow of gas until the meter was shut off.

Bail is Refused.

Ast stated yesterday Judge Houston discharged Walstrom from custody, and held Mrs. Sheedy and McFarland to the district court. The attorneys for defendants asked that the court fix and amount for which bail would be accepted, but the court postponed a decision until this morning. At 10 o'clock he gave his decision refusing to admit either of the defendants to bail, and issued a mittimus for their commitment to the county jail.

The scenes at the court room yesterday afternoon were rather exciting, especially when Father Walsh was on the stand. The passages-at-arms between the reverend gentleman and Attorney Strode was rather exciting, and considerable ill feeling was shown to exist between the two. Mr. Strode asserted that Father Walsh's reluctance to visit Mrs. Sheedy as requested by her was because he was afraid to meet an innocent woman face to face alone, after what he had testified to before the coroner's jury. This declamation drew forth applause from some of the femine members of the audience.

It is said that Father Walsh claims that he is the victim of a conspiracy, by reason of which he was deposed from the priesthood. When he accompanied Bishop Bonacum to the jail to see Mrs. Sheedy last Monday evening, there were present besides those three Mr. Strode and Jailor Langdon. Mrs. Sheedy is said to have told the bishop that on one of his visits to her Father Walsh made improper proposals to her and also spoke disparagingly of the bishop. Father Walsh protested that what she told was untrue, but the bishop turned to him and gave a scathing rebuke, ordering him to pack up his effects and leave his house that night. The indignation of the accused father was great, and he is said to have then and there denounced it as a foul conspiracy between Mrs. Sheedy and her lawyer.

Colonel Philpott's address yesterday afternoon on his motion to discharge McFarland was in bulgar parlance a daisy. The colonel seemed to be impressed with the idea that his client was innocent. That the confession obtained from him was simply a fragment of the colored fellow's imagination, called into because he thought a mob was going to hang him, and he might as well tell the police some story or another. TheColonel said in closing: "I stand here and have the right to demand that you discharge Monday McFarland. It is wrong that you should, even for a moment, recognize the testimony as competent. It is wrong that McFarland should be restrained longer of his rights. I therefore ask that you discharge Monday McFarland." And the colonel looked as though he really expected the court to side with him.

Attorney Stearns made the plea for Mrs. Sheedy's discharge. He thought the court erred in admitting the testimony. He also thought that the confession itself was frail and with so little mreit that his honor would well hesitate and pause before he committed a person like Mrs. Sheedy to a dungeon cell and put the stigma of felon upon her, which would plast her life forever. He characterized it as assassinating character upon superficial evidence. He thought it the bounden duty of the court to turn these people loose. You do not prejudice the state; you do not waive any rights of the state by so doing, but by doing otherwise you confer a great and lasting injustice on this defendant.

It is understood that the indictment against Mrs. Sheedy will be quashed if the analysis of the stomach shows no signs of poison. The prosecution claim that they have not yet showed all the testimony they have, but gave only enough as they thought would secure the binding over of defendants.

The Senate-Afternoon Session.

The senate went into committee of the whole and recommended the following bills for passage:

By Beck - Requiring railroads to maintain crossings on all highways.

By dysart - To enable owners of land to associate, issue bonds and borrow money thereon.

By brown - Authorizing supervisors in countless under township organization to divide any township into two or more election districts.

A letter was received from the secretary of state stating that there were but fifteen copies of the statutes of 1889 in print, and that it would take two weeks to fill the balance of the senate's order.

Senator Switzler raised the point that if the book was out of print it might cost a large sum to get the other eighteen copies. He therefore moved that the secretary enquire as to the probable cost before having the order filled, and report to the senate.

The House - Yesterday Afternoon.

The house convened again at 4 o'clock. When bills were called up on second reading, Stevens, independent, of Furnas, moved to indefinitely postpone house roll 249 which provided that the ballots cast at the last election for and against the proposed prohibitory amendment be recounted. Mr. White of Cass here presented a petition from citizens of Weeping Water asking for the passage of this bill. The roll was called for.

The motion to indefinitely postpone was carried by a vot of 31 to 12.

Those who vote against the postponement were: Arnold, independent, of Saline; Heath, republican, of Sheridan; Henry, independent, of Holt; Modle, independent, of Red Willow; Mullen, independent of Holt; Rehan, independent of Dixon; Scott, independent, of Dixon; Soderman, independent of phelps; Taylor, independent, of Butler; Waldron, independent, of Adams; Williams, independent, of Franklin; Williams, independent, of Gage.

Concurrent resolution No. 6, fixing the date of the contest, was read and adopted by 84 yeas and 18 nays.

A petition was presented from citizens of unorganized territory in the Keya Paha region for the organization of a new county, to be known as Boyd county. It referred to the committee on counties and county boundaries.

At 5:30 o'clock McKesson of Lancaster moved to go into committee of the whole to consider the appropriation of $75,000 for the expenses of the legislature. Someone moved to adjourn, but this was voted down and the house became the committee of the whole. Herman of Saline was called to the chair and house roll 80, appropriating $75,000 for the expenses of the legislature, was considered. At 5:40 the committee of the whole reported to the house with the recommendation that the bill do pass. It required but ten minutes for the house to pass a bill appropriating money for themselves, but twenty days were consumed in passing a measure appropriating relief to the sufferers of western Nebraska. And then after discharging the patriotic duty of providing for itself, the honorable, the house of representatives of the state of Nebraska, melted away toward well-laden supper tables.

The Senate - Morning Session.

Committee on judiciary recommended that S. F. 59 to amend the criminal code be indefinitely postponed. The report laid over one day same order in reference to S. F. 41, relating to eligibility of district judges.

S. F. 43, to amend the criminal code was recommended to pass general file.

S. F. 43, was reported from committee on insane to pass general file. It is to amend the insane law of the state.

S. F. 53, to protect parties furnishing seed wheat was recommended for indefinite postponement. Report went over for one day.

Similar report and order on S. F. 66, creating lien in favor of landlords.

S. F. 64, in reference to revenue was recommended to passage, general file.

The resolution of yesterday providing for the discharge of pages was laid on the table.

Kountz moved to have a committee appointed on fish and game. The motion went over one day.

Dysert moved that all the clerks and employes enrolled above the number of sixty six be discharged. It went over under the rule.

An effort was made to change the rule that favorable reports of committees on bills be changed so that the bills go on the general file without laying over one day. The motion did not prevail.

Switzer offered a resolution declaring that it was the sense of the senate that an erroneous impression had gone abroad that the present legislature intended to make very stringent laws against financial interests; that this legislature intended to pass very stringent laws, and to correct this impression he wanted it stated under the hand of the secretary of the senate and furnished the Associated press that the senate deemed it unwise to pass a law intending the time of mortgages in foreclosure

sistant chief clerks of the house obtained an old Iowa schedule from a fried who kindly volunteered to furnish it to him. Hallock gave the antiquated schedule to Newberry, who fathered the big bill. Whether Hallock's friend was merely a practical joker or a representative of the railroads, is unknown, but it is very certain that the bill would have been reported back to the house for passage, had not Moan of Dakota nipped the scheme in the bud. The railroad committee met last night and decided upon a railroad bill after shelving Newberry's corpse. This bill adopts the Iowa schedule of 1890, cutting down the present Nebraska freight rates about 60 percent. The bill is very conservative, however, and provides that companies which operate branch lines in the state may commence action in the district court to show, if possible, that their lines are not earning a reasonable interest on the money invested. If this showing be made to the satisfaction of the court, the court may decree to order the board of transportation to raise the rate on such branch line, provided, however, that the rate so raised shall not exceed the rate as now in vogue in Nebraska. This provision will affect only the Union Pacific, Burlington & Missouri and other roads operating branch lines, but it will not affect the main lines of the Union Pacific, Burlington & Missouri or any other road. The committee believes that this law will prevent eastern and western roads from putting up rates, and at the same time will have the effect of encouraging the operation of branch lines in the state. The bill further provides that new roads built in Nebraska shall be exempt from the provisions of the act for a period of five years from the date of their construction. The committee has agreed upon these provisions, a new bill will be a reduction of 75 percent in rates from that offered by Newberry and which came so near passing.

Special Parent report.

Patents granted by the United States patent office for the week ending Jan. 27, 1891, as reported by the Howard Bros. & Co. Solicitors of patents, corner Seventh and E streets, N. W., Washington, D. C. Copies of any United States patent can be obtained for 25 cents each at the above office.

To Citizens of the United States - Patents and designs, 352; trade-marks and labels, 17.

To citizens of foreign countries - Patents and designs, 29; trade-marks and labels, 2.

TO RESIDENTS OF NEBRASKA.

Lenord L. Frost, Barada, car-coupling.

Issac M. Grubb, Glenville, comb frame for bee-hives.

SATURDAY

Licensed to marry: Chas. H. Smith, 27, and Lillie Williams, Lincoln; John P. Christopher, 22, and Gettie Phillips, 20, Panama; Joseph C. Lowes, 23, of Barnston, Neb, and Iva Lamb, 23, Marysville, Kas.

Judge Stewart was engaged today in hearing more of the fight over the stock of goods owned by D. Neimann, late of Hickman, which is being waged by several Omaha creditors against Mary Cluster, the woman in possession.

The story told by Waters, the charlatan, in Judge Brown's court yesterday afternoon, was very salacious. Detective Pound arrested the man four years ago, when he was living near the gas works, for a similar offense, but the matter was compromised.

Deputy Sheriff Hoagland's name will be handed down to posterity along with that of the boy who averted a flood in Holland by holding his thumb to a leak in a dyke. Thursday the crowd surging through the corridors of the court house broke off a chandelier. Mr. Hoagland noticed the leak, and realizing the serious consequences which might ensue rushed out, and holding his thumb over the leak checked the flow of gas until the meter was shut off.

Bail is Refused.

Ast stated yesterday Judge Houston discharged Walstrom from custody, and held Mrs. Sheedy and McFarland to the district court. The attorneys for defendants asked that the court fix and amount for which bail would be accepted, but the court postponed a decision until this morning. At 10 o'clock he gave his decision refusing to admit either of the defendants to bail, and issued a mittimus for their commitment to the county jail.

The scenes at the court room yesterday afternoon were rather exciting, especially when Father Walsh was on the stand. The passages-at-arms between the reverend gentleman and Attorney Strode was rather exciting, and considerable ill feeling was shown to exist between the two. Mr. Strode asserted that Father Walsh's reluctance to visit Mrs. Sheedy as requested by her was because he was afraid to meet an innocent woman face to face alone, after what he had testified to before the coroner's jury. This declamation drew forth applause from some of the femine members of the audience.

It is said that Father Walsh claims that he is the victim of a conspiracy, by reason of which he was deposed from the priesthood. When he accompanied Bishop Bonacum to the jail to see Mrs. Sheedy last Monday evening, there were present besides those three Mr. Strode and Jailor Langdon. Mrs. Sheedy is said to have told the bishop that on one of his visits to her Father Walsh made improper proposals to her and also spoke disparagingly of the bishop. Father Walsh protested that what she told was untrue, but the bishop turned to him and gave a scathing rebuke, ordering him to pack up his effects and leave his house that night. The indignation of the accused father was great, and he is said to have then and there denounced it as a foul conspiracy between Mrs. Sheedy and her lawyer.

Colonel Philpott's address yesterday afternoon on his motion to discharge McFarland was in bulgar parlance a daisy. The colonel seemed to be impressed with the idea that his client was innocent. That the confession obtained from him was simply a fragment of the colored fellow's imagination, called into because he thought a mob was going to hang him, and he might as well tell the police some story or another. TheColonel said in closing: "I stand here and have the right to demand that you discharge Monday McFarland. It is wrong that you should, even for a moment, recognize the testimony as competent. It is wrong that McFarland should be restrained longer of his rights. I therefore ask that you discharge Monday McFarland." And the colonel looked as though he really expected the court to side with him.

Attorney Stearns made the plea for Mrs. Sheedy's discharge. He thought the court erred in admitting the testimony. He also thought that the confession itself was frail and with so little mreit that his honor would well hesitate and pause before he committed a person like Mrs. Sheedy to a dungeon cell and put the stigma of felon upon her, which would plast her life forever. He characterized it as assassinating character upon superficial evidence. He thought it the bounden duty of the court to turn these people loose. You do not prejudice the state; you do not waive any rights of the state by so doing, but by doing otherwise you confer a great and lasting injustice on this defendant.

It is understood that the indictment against Mrs. Sheedy will be quashed if the analysis of the stomach shows no signs of poison. The prosecution claim that they have not yet showed all the testimony they have, but gave only enough as they thought would secure the binding over of defendants.

The Senate-Afternoon Session.

The senate went into committee of the whole and recommended the following bills for passage:

By Beck - Requiring railroads to maintain crossings on all highways.

By dysart - To enable owners of land to associate, issue bonds and borrow money thereon.

By brown - Authorizing supervisors in countless under township organization to divide any township into two or more election districts.

A letter was received from the secretary of state stating that there were but fifteen copies of the statutes of 1889 in print, and that it would take two weeks to fill the balance of the senate's order.

Senator Switzler raised the point that if the book was out of print it might cost a large sum to get the other eighteen copies. He therefore moved that the secretary enquire as to the probable cost before having the order filled, and report to the senate.

The House - Yesterday Afternoon.

The house convened again at 4 o'clock. When bills were called up on second reading, Stevens, independent, of Furnas, moved to indefinitely postpone house roll 249 which provided that the ballots cast at the last election for and against the proposed prohibitory amendment be recounted. Mr. White of Cass here presented a petition from citizens of Weeping Water asking for the passage of this bill. The roll was called for.

The motion to indefinitely postpone was carried by a vot of 31 to 12.

Those who vote against the postponement were: Arnold, independent, of Saline; Heath, republican, of Sheridan; Henry, independent, of Holt; Modle, independent, of Red Willow; Mullen, independent of Holt; Rehan, independent of Dixon; Scott, independent, of Dixon; Soderman, independent of phelps; Taylor, independent, of Butler; Waldron, independent, of Adams; Williams, independent, of Franklin; Williams, independent, of Gage.

Concurrent resolution No. 6, fixing the date of the contest, was read and adopted by 84 yeas and 18 nays.

A petition was presented from citizens of unorganized territory in the Keya Paha region for the organization of a new county, to be known as Boyd county. It referred to the committee on counties and county boundaries.

At 5:30 o'clock McKesson of Lancaster moved to go into committee of the whole to consider the appropriation of $75,000 for the expenses of the legislature. Someone moved to adjourn, but this was voted down and the house became the committee of the whole. Herman of Saline was called to the chair and house roll 80, appropriating $75,000 for the expenses of the legislature, was considered. At 5:40 the committee of the whole reported to the house with the recommendation that the bill do pass. It required but ten minutes for the house to pass a bill appropriating money for themselves, but twenty days were consumed in passing a measure appropriating relief to the sufferers of western Nebraska. And then after discharging the patriotic duty of providing for itself, the honorable, the house of representatives of the state of Nebraska, melted away toward well-laden supper tables.

The Senate - Morning Session.

Committee on judiciary recommended that S. F. 59 to amend the criminal code be indefinitely postponed. The report laid over one day same order in reference to S. F. 41, relating to eligibility of district judges.

S. F. 43, to amend the criminal code was recommended to pass general file.

S. F. 43, was reported from committee on insane to pass general file. It is to amend the insane law of the state.

S. F. 53, to protect parties furnishing seed wheat was recommended for indefinite postponement. Report went over for one day.

Similar report and order on S. F. 66, creating lien in favor of landlords.

S. F. 64, in reference to revenue was recommended to passage, general file.

The resolution of yesterday providing for the discharge of pages was laid on the table.

Kountz moved to have a committee appointed on fish and game. The motion went over one day.

Dysert moved that all the clerks and employes enrolled above the number of sixty six be discharged. It went over under the rule.

An effort was made to change the rule that favorable reports of committees on bills be changed so that the bills go on the general file without laying over one day. The motion did not prevail.

Switzer offered a resolution declaring that it was the sense of the senate that an erroneous impression had gone abroad that the present legislature intended to make very stringent laws against financial interests; that this legislature intended to pass very stringent laws, and to correct this impression he wanted it stated under the hand of the secretary of the senate and furnished the Associated press that the senate deemed it unwise to pass a law intending the time of mortgages in foreclosure