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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1900)
ARTILLERY While a. great dal Is written about artillery in theso warlike times, It Is n subject not nlwajn fully understood. Tho artillery now being used by tho Uritlsh In South Africa consists of tho twelve-pounder horse artillery gun and tho fifteen pounder field artillery gun. They are practically to the same pat tern, tho lighter gun being Bhortor In tho barrol. Homo nrtlllory Invariably co-operates with cavalry and is able to keep up with the sanio at Its fastest pace, Its gunners always being mount ed. Flold artillery, on tho other hand, co-oporatea with Infantry, nnd must bo ready to bo pushed Into action at a moment's notice. It Is only In field nnd horse artillery that tho guns aro known by tho weight of their chargo, other guns deriving their nnmo from tho dlamoter of their bore that Is, their caliber. In horso nnd field artillery the caliber Is threo Inches, both for caso shot and shrap nel. A shrapnel Is n hollow shell filled with Borne 200 bullets and a small bursting chargo sufficient to burst It nnd disperse tho bullets over a conical area. This chargo of an ounce and n half Is at tho base of tho Rhell.wlth tho bulJotB packed abovo It and round an Inner tubo reaching from tho tip of tho fl'hell to tho exploding charge. Tho bul lets aro placed In rosin to prevent their rolling nnd Interfering with accuracy of aim. Tho powder chargo projecting tho sholt Is independent and Is con tained In n silk bag to facilitate hand- Field gun ling and exactly fitting the breech of tho gun. Tho method of exploding tho shrnp nol is interesting. At Its upper end the projectile has a funnol shaped opon Ing, whence a tubo extends down to tho bursting chargo. Iu this opening Is screwed tho fuse which causes tho ex plosion in tho shell Itself. This U a gom of mechanical skill and works with clockwork accuracy. It can bo used either as a percussion fuse or a time fuse. If tho former, it will causo tho shell to burst by Impact, a neudlo In tho tip igniting tho explosive and scattering a shower of bullets and brokon shell In all directions. Percus sion fuses are used against a solid target, such as a wall or fortified houso, whllo tho time fuso Is employed . against troops In tho open with llttlo or Insignificant Intrenchment. When this is bo, a simplo manipulation of tho gunner Ignites a ring of alow burning substanco In tho shell which, nt a certain time after It has left the gun, will ignlto the oxploslvo and shower Its leaden rain on tho enemy. Tho pieces of shell nnd bullets thus set frco nnd exploding In tho nlr ro taln tho snmo velocity the shell had at bursting. It Is easy to Imaglno tho toniblo way In which such a chargo will tear up tho ranks of an cnomy. Whnt a wonderful pleco of mechanism tho tlmo fuso is will bo clear from tho fact that gunners aro nblo to detor mlno within a yard or two Just whero ii will explode, notwithstanding tho tromendouH rato at which it whistles through tho air. Caso shot Is less often used than shrapnel. It Is looked upon as the last resort of a battery threatened by in fantry or cavalry at close quarters and i3 not effective beyond a range of 000 yards. It Is made up of 300 shot packed In a case of sheet tin, which breaks into pieces when tho gun Is first fired, scattering tho bullets In all di rection!, asd aot carrying it bullets SHELLS AND In a compact nines to tho targot like the shrapael and then exploding. A third khnl of projectile, used In heavy guns, such as the 5-lnch how itzer, big naval guuB and fortress ord nances, Is the con won shell, similar to the shrapnel in appearance, but con taining no bulleta. It holds, however, a largo bursting chargo and Is of much heavier metal. It always explodes on Impact, being Ignited by n percussion cap at thcAlp. Theso shells are used for tho destruction of masonry, earth works and all solid targets. Thoy will explode after Imbedding themselves In masonry, and so not only pulverlzo tho point whero they strike, but nlbo tear up tho surrounding stono lnycrs. Their destructive power haB been greatly Increased by using lyddtto for tho bursting charge, this oxploslvo bo Ing named after tho town of Lydd In England, where the Ilrltish govern ment factories are. The machlno gun forms nn independ ent section In tho service Maxims can flro 600 rounds per mnuto. To pro vent tho bnrrel getting redhot from the friction It Is surrounded by n Jack et holding water. This heats nnd passes off In steam, ono nnd a halt pints of water being required for every 1,000 rounds fired. I.ucl.l. A famous verdict rendered many years ngo by a coroner's Jury In n caso ARTILLERY SHELLS AND THEIR of mysterious death ran thus: "Wo, tho Jury of twelve good men und true, duly Impnnolled and responsible on our consclenceB, do hereby return tho following verdict on tho domlBO of tho deceased, namoly: That said corpse came to Its death through tho abrupt ceasing of his heart to porform Its natural office, for no reason whatever discernible by man, but Bolely an act of providence." If this was not alto gether explicit, at least tho public knew there had been no foul play; but what meaning could possibly bo at tached to tho verdict which a legal magazine assures us was rendered, much moro recently, by a Missouri court? "We, tho Jury Impanelled, sworn and chnrged to Inquire Into tho insangulnity of Hczeklah Jones, do oc cur In tho affirmative." This leaves tho matter still shrouded iu mystery. Was Hczeklah, dead, an onsangulned corpse? Was ho, living, accused of homlcldo, or merely of Insnnlty? In sangulnity Is a rcsonnnt and mysteri ous multisyllable that must lcavo tho everyday Juryman In a very uncertain frame of mind. Itoynlty' Drr4 AlloHiinrn. An enterprising fashion writer tells us that before her mnrrlago tho duchess of Fife had a very smnll dress allow ance about $1,500 a year. Resides yachting and overy-day dresses and all tho usual costumes required by a girl of tho upper elnBsen, royal prlncesseo have also to wear t'ao costly and elab orate dresses which their rank de mands at tho weddings of their near relations. They rrc, however, for tunnto In having t' tores of beautiful laces, priceless furs and marvelous Jewels, all of which can bo used again and again. On the whole, It may bo assorted that a frugal prlncesa may spend ns llttlo as 1(5,000 a year on her dress, while her more wealthy and ex travagant elstnr may fiat! tier dress bills una tit to Un times that sum. THEIR USE Ago has nothing to do with the mat ter, for tho queen of Italy spends far moro than does her beautiful young daughtcr-ln-law, tho crown princess of Nnplcs. Tho empress of ItUBsln. who, moro than any other European princess, Is nblo to lndulgo hor wildest fancies, dresses with tho greatest simplicity. In tho daytime sho mostly wears tallnr-mado coats and skirts, and In tho evening favors tho purest whlto materials. Chicago Chronicle. HE CALLED HEP "MY DEAR." Hoitiftlinnr or Oth r lie Didn't Succeed i He Kipeetud. "I don't know anything moro exns poratlng than an Innttcntlvo clerk," snld n mild-mannered llttlo man on tho street car tho other night, "but unless you hnvo a certain aplomb way about you, so to speak, you might ns well endure tho cross In sllonce. Now I hnvo a friend," he continued, "who possesses Just such a gift, and, needless to Bay, ho Is nover neglected. I went Into a storo with him tho other day, and tho young woman nt tho countor where wo stopped continued convers ing calmly with another young woman in tho next department. My dear madam, said my frlond, blandly, 'I trust you will pardon mo for Intruding upon that. Important discussion, but If you--' 'What do you wish?' said tho clerk, looking startled. 'Do not be an gry,' my friend reviled; '1 know, of course, that tho occasional Interruption of customers must bo very annoying, nnd no uoubt ' Uy that time tho poor girl was In a norvous flutter, and I really felt sorry for hor. When wo went out 1 expressed surprise at tho caso with which her attention had been secured, and my friend laughed. 'O, It's no trick at all,' ho said. 'All you huve to do Is to koep yourself cool.' Noxt day I was fool enough to try tho system myself, nfter I had camped bo sldo a counter for ten minutes waiting for a largo und haughty lady to concludo a protracted conversation. 'My dear mad' I began, trying to Iml tato my friend's snng-frold. 'Sir!' ex claimed tho saleslady, wheeling on mo suddenly and freezing my blood with a ferocious glare. 'My dear,' I stnm mered, 'my dear' Itcally I could go no further. My tonguo stuck to tha roof of my mouth, nnd I could feel the sweat breaking out on my forehead. rift Qu USE. I know I must havo looked tho nlcture of holplcss Inbeclllty. 'What do you mean uy calling mo your dear and tilings into tliat?' domanded tho en raged amazon. What earthly reply could I mako? I did tho only thing posslblo I got up and sneaked out, ex pectlng every mlnuto to feel a pollco man grab mo by tho collar. So. aa said before unless you havo tho wav about you, you might as well put up with theso llttlo annoyances. Tho fac ulty of blandly bluffing one's fellow bo Ings Is something thnt can't bo r.c quired. Now Orleans Times-Demo crat. A Literary I'ntlremnn. Tho nows nt tho distressing death of Charles Ashton, tho "literary pollco man," as ho was called, will ho ro colved with gonulno rogret throughout tho wholo of Wales. Mr. Ashton was ono of thoso patient plodders so nu morous In North Waloa, whero thoi is much loss of tho rush nnd stress llfo than In tho Bouthoru portion of of thnt principality. A child of tho K 21s teddfod, ho had publlshud an hlBtorlcal work undor Its ausplcos. Hut thi dream of his llfo was to produco a com pleto and nuthorltatlvo blbllogrnphj of Welsh lltoraturo. Amid tho plctur csquo solitudes of Dlnas Mawihlwv. whoro the polIceman'B llfo ought to be n huppy one nnd tho most holnoua crlmo Is tho absenco of tho owner's nnmo from a card, Mr. Ashton tollod year In and yoar out on his task, corre sponding with scholnrs ovorywhero who woro unlntorofltod In tho vast body of Welsh lltoraturo and wore happy to help him with notes and sug gestionsLondon Mail. Oreyfai ?ntnlly to Start Tiipcr. It la rumored that the Dreyfus family vrl'A found a nowspapor in Paris, with Clomonccau as tho managing editor, and that tho name of tho new publica tion will be Truth r Justice, til How Year's Oommencemcnt a Oonvonlont Timo for Taking Stcck. ADDITIONS TO OUR ORIGINAL AREA Under Whnt l'nrty the Orpnt Hulk of Our l'oMrMloiis Uome 1'uols ou Which Ant' r.ip4iialonWt Italy for Vindica tion Tho SpnnMh Acuulilon DUruud Tho first day of tho .yor.i Is n con venient tlmo to "tnko stock." It would bo Impossible for till J nation to mako an Inventory of all Its wealth, real nnd pcrsonnl, for tho latest data of that kind are now nlno years old. Tho gala slncd 1890 Is known to bo immense, despite the crnsh of 1893 and tho weary years that ensued. We cannot evon sot down tho approximate value of tho real estate In tho United States nnd their outlying possessions; nnd per haps It will never bo practicable to get within many millions of tho stupend ous total. l)ut wo can ascertain how many Bquaro miles hnvc been added to tho comparatively small urea ot tho original thirteen states slnco expan sion began about a century ago. With out taking tho trouble to verify tho figures by cxaminntlou of official docu ments, Tho Post reproduces from tho Chicago Times-Herald tho following tnblo showing tho various additions that havo been mndo to tho original area of 809,378 square miles In tho thirteen colonics: Bq. mllea. In l?.w, MlxaU.slppI trnct W.m In 1S03, LoulMuim (met 1,23.1,450 In 1S21, Klorlda tract fiS.uw) In ISIS, Texan tract 26.r.,7S0 In ISIS. Cnllforln, Utah, Nuviuli, Arizona ami Now Mexico tracts. 5S3,G.T) lit lift, Ondmluil purclitiHO 45, CM In l.Sitf, Alanka tract In 1M, Hawaii Territory U.7IU In 1, 1'orto Hlci 3.M in law. Philippine Ui,W In WHO, Hulua and Ouum 50 Total expansion 2,'J77,S'c. The Philadelphia Record, an antl Bllvor democratic paper, copies thoso Interesting data In a recent lssuo, and comments thereon In this way: "Ot this accretion to our territory 2. 293,075 minute, nillcrt wero added hy Demo cratic administration, In HPlto nt thu iietlvo protests of oposltlon parties. Thu icmnlnhur i3,900 nUnro miles worn ac quired without tho active, dlxxcut of tho Democratic party, thotiKh under Kopub llcnn auspices). It In rather lato In tho day for tho Democracy, under tho lend ot lliyati, to run counter to a policy ett tahllHhed hy JefTeison and ho acted upon by lila democratic miccennorn an to havo trebled tho orlk'lual nroa of tho republic beforo tho purchase of Alaska In 1m!7." Tho Record IgnorcB tho great fact on which antl-expniislonlBts rely for vindication. They contend that Is a now departuro to go beyond sens and hoist our ling over provinces in tho old worlJ. They dcclnre, as all Americans did n few years ago, that our ropubw has no business with lands Inhabited by peoples who aro not cnpablo ot self government; thnt wo cannot consis tently oxerclso Bovorclgnty over prov inces that cannot ultimately bo erect ed Into states of our Union. If that argument woro nddreascd to a future contingency, It would have sorl oub weight. Drought to bear against tho accomplishment of a fent already accomplished, against tho doing of a thing already dono, It Is utterly fu tile. Whether for good or evil, for better or worse, this nation is as Indlssolubly bound to each and all of tho posses sions transferred by Spnln to our sov ereignty aa it Is to any othor part or the expansion recorded In tho nhovo table. Whether wo are glad or sorry, exultant or despondent, over tho ac quisition ol the Philippines, tho Stilus, and Clunm, thoy nro oura, and ull talk of nntl-expanslou la as Idle as tho chatter of mngplcs. Sovereignty Is not n thing thnt can ho taken ou und laid off llko hat, ccat, or trousora. It In volves responsibilities and dutlcB. All tho plans submitted by tho opponents of oxpnnBlon by the men who aro fighting against the doing of that which was Irrevocably dono by tho adoption of tho Pnrls treaty only to Illustrate tho pitiful weakness of their cnusc. Had Mr. Uryan stood with Sonntors Hoar and Halo In opposition to tho treaty, and advised hla friends in tho senate to vote against It, ho might havo been defeated, but ho would not now bo fighting IiIh own work a position In which, so far aa wo can remember tho Btory of Jef ferson's llfo nnd tlmcB, tho Idenl of Mr. Uryan never found himself. Washington Post (Ind.) Hlinre In Glilneae Trudti. Ono of the most Importnnt- factors In tho coming era of prosperity will ho tho gunrantoo of tho open door In China, mado poBslblo through tho of fortB of tho United States. It if. ex pected that a special messngo from tho president to congresB will convey full Information of tho effect of tho agreement which t.o administration will secure with tho powers to main tnln commerclnl freedom In China. Tho Bupportcrs In congress of tho admin istration's Phlllpplno policy point to this caso as an argument for retain ing control of tho nrchlpelngo. It wns urged ui tho outset of the negotia tions for tho Philippines thnt their supremo commorclnl ,nluo to tho Unit ed States would bo tin a baBo In the far ea.: for tho expansion of American commorco In all the orient. FnrHeoIng Btatcsmen foretold the coming division nf ChlncHo commorco among tho pow- erB of tho earth, and were Insistent that the United States should havo Its share. "J'rninlnir Down thn firiitvn," As a New car's present tho woolen mills of Now England granted tholr Af nnn li.i.wln 0,1 Infirnnun nf 10 nnr font I In wages. Tho yard mills took Blmllnr action. Alexnnder C'-nogle gave his em ployes a ralso ic 7.14 per cent on Jnn ury 1st. It affected 10,000 men, and made a total of 25 per cent Increase Blnco tho advent of republican pros perity. And Btlll Mr. Carnoglo Is nblo to glvo away Immense sums for tho building of libraries. Business "oxpan clon" under republican rule hn boen n great thing for him aa well as for tho country nt largo, A Vim for TrttrlolUin. Patriotism as usually estimated la ono of tho cardinal virtues. Somo ot tho most stirring strains of poetry havo been written in exemplification of It. The most unselfish heart beats that ever animated mankind havo been caused by the appreciation of Its dis interested character. If thero Ib any thing thnt the young people of Amcr lcn should bo taught, It Is tho culti vation of this Imperial virtue. And yet tho length to which devotion to party politics will drag people has been demonstrated several times In the his tory of our nation by llorco attacks up on tho constituted authorities, by un just criticism, nud far fetched surmises ns to dlro results to happen in tho future, simply for tho purposo of se curing party advantage. At tho tlmo of tho Civil war, this was partly cxcuaablo for tho reason thnt tho lifelong hnblts nnd education of tho people, founded upon what they called their property lights, wero strongly antagonistic, but It Is a mar vel that in tills dny when tho admin istration has been forced into a war by tho clamor of tho sumo Individuals who havo since been severely criticis ing It, In this day when there are no diverse Interests among the people to ho considered except tho question ns to who shall hold tho offices, In this dny when tho administration has been bo wIro and so prudent In Its actions nnd not even In n aTtlrmlsh hnVo we boen defeated In tho war with Spain, It Is surprising thnt men for tho saRo of party advantage Dhall urray them selves against nil tho plain Interests of tho government, with really ut tho bottom no excuse except that tho) wish to croato a sentiment ngnlust tho party In power for tho purpose of cn deavorolng to build up tho success ut tholr own party. Somo, It may be, who nro encrusted with tho old fogy Ism of tho pnst, cannot realize that tho United States In making Its grand growth und material prosperity, and In tho development ot Intelligence of lta cltlzonB has responsibilities to as sume, but uro so llxed In their rever ence for tho nges thnt nro pnst thnt they deliberately turn their backs upon progress nud all that it means, but to tho ordinary Amerlcnn citizen there should be nothing but rejoicing that tho Bphcro of tho United States has boon so Immeasurably enlarged. Ho should bo glad that tho flag floats ov crywhoro and Is received with rcBpcct; should ho proud thnt the Inventive genius ot America la sending forth products t'hlch control tho commorco of tho world; should bo glad Hint a divinely appointed opportunity eumo to our land to plnco Itself In tho position of wielding moro Inllucnco In the world'o u flairs, tho position to which It Is entitled by the development ol Its Ideas. Hot' forglvo tho llttlo Americana. God id ess tho patriots nud Inspire larg er patriotism iu America. They Tell the Htory. A treat truth was spoken when the Kansas City Journal exclaimed: "No brnakn la aa prosperous us Iowa, but her pcoplo aro too much blinded by Urynnlam to admit tho fact at thu polls." Tho records of mortgages filed nnd released each year In NobrnBka during thu past soven yoars ought to bo sufficient In Itself to demonstrate to tho pcoplo of that statu that It is un dor republicanism that thoy prosper. Tho record Is as follows: lulled. Itoloimeil. 1KB t3S,S17,tOJ :,II12,VT6 isu:i :ti,oi,3i,s 2fl,l78,r 1S3U :ii,ti;io,u.ii 2ii.i,o imti ai.7M.ar, i iix,un 1V.M lfl,47l,lilM 18.213.3H2 1KU7 ir.,CM,72t 22.2I5.7W IStS 21,303,855 8J,S,070 Tho Nobraflka business man, farmer or professional man who could look upon Biich a record and then vote for Rrynn Is Indeed blind. Tho flguroa speak for themBclveB, and it is very nlnln that tho return of proBporlty has struck thu pcoplo of Nebraska, It has enabled them to materially reduce their Indebtedness during tho past few yoars, and It Ib putting thorn on their feet again for a frcBh start. Ucfore 189G tho record shows that tho aggro gato amount of tho mortgages filed each year was much greater than tho nggregato releases, clearly demonstrat ing that in thoso days of hard times tho peoplo of Nebraska wero clipping deoper and deeper Into tho sunp of debt, whllo beginning with McKlnley's election tho tide turned. With tin cotnlmr of McKlnlov tho ueonlo of Ne braska began to not only mako a gooJ, living for themselves, but thoy com monccd to lay something by and soon they began paying off tholr debts. America Hnppllen Anntrnllit. Tho United States Is fast encroaching ou European trado so far as Australia Is concerned, and tho Increase In bust iiohh Is more rapid since thu occupation of tho Philippines. Tho llgurca show Ing whoro Now South Wales gets her boots and shoes nro interesting: ;,.utitrv. . 1&D7. 18S8. Itnltml Klnudom $8.V,.33 t82tl.fr United Htntua !,2) .118,23 (lermar.y lOT.KiO 82.3M Kninrn tf.lfiS 1.KS2 AiiMtrla 0,171 12.M5 Theso flguroB show tho energetic mnnnor in which Amerlcnn munufuc turers nro pushing their goods In tho Australian murkct. Tho Amerlcnn hup piles of mnchlnery uhow a Blight In 1 ereiiHo. chiefly In agricultural Implo ! menta. In printing paper, tho Import from Amorlca aro Increasing and thoso from Urcnt liiitln aro" decreasing, tho flguroB being: Country. 1SD7. 1S9B. II... I frlnmlmil t.th.i.lM Lllft.tl United HtntcH 21-9,127 377.HI tlermatiy 10,1711 2,0Ii) With tho retention of tho Philippines nnil tlm mirlv hnlltllnir nf thn NleaniLrim canal, who can foresco tho vnBt oppor tunities for American commerce In eastern waters r Demand an ICiplnnntloii. The school apportionment of "No brnaka, which undor 25 yeurs of re publican control, even counting tho dlfUBieoua year 3 of tho Hartluy-Hol- coral) rcglmo, averaged 11,01 por pupil Tho fuslonlsts have allowed the amount to drop down to 78 cents. Tho peoplo should demand an Immediate oxplaun tlow from tho great "money savers." SETTLE NEBRASKA BOUNDARY Dlrldlii); I.lno Itrttrreii Antrlope Slnto nnd Mlmiotirl to Itn i:lnhllahetl WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Attornoy General Crow of tho stato ot Missouri began nn nctlon In tho supremo court of tho United States under tho author ity of tho legislature ot Missouri, to determine thn boundary lino between Missouri nnd Nebraska, Undor tho terniH of tho Plntto purchnso, of which Nebraska Ib a part, It was stipulated that tho boundary line bctwoon Mis souri nnd Nobraskn should bo tho mlddlo of tho channel ot tho Missouri river. In 18C9 thoro was a big flood In that section nnd from 15,000 to 20,- 000 acres of land that was formerly on tho Missouri side becamo attached to Nebraska by reason of tho river changing its course. Slnco that tlmo pcoplo living on this land havo had doubts whether they lived In Nebras ka or Missouri. Friction resulted and to put n stop to constant quarrols this action Is brought. Should tho court pursue Its usual courso In boundary questions nnd especially established In tho Iowa caso, It will appoint a com missioner to Investigate tho subject, tako testimony nnd report its findings to tho court (or itn guldnnco iu tho settlement of tho question. CONTAGIOUS WISEASES OF CATTLE Tmhi Itch Itnitnrtrd In a Herd Near Mumlnnd. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 19. Govonior Poynter received a telegram from JnmcH Montague of Crawford, saying that a herd ot cattlo near Mnrshuid, belonging to .lames wood, and suffer ing from n "deadly contagious dlscaflo" woro running nt largo. Tho tolcgrnm naked that tho governor communlcato tho fact to Stato Veterinarian Potora nt once, ns tho matter was urgont and mmedlata steps requisite. It is believ ed that tho herd Is tho same ono of which complaint wns mndo from Hcmlngford sovcrnl dnys ago, and which Dr. Peters says Is Buffering from "Toxns Itch." Thla, whllo a con tagious disease, Ib not a dnngorous ono nnd can bo crudlentcd by prompt nnd rlgorotiB mcnBures. Dr. PetorB him notified tho nartlcs In question as to tho ntops necessary to atop tho spread of tho contagion. nnd docB not bollovo thuro will bo any further troublo. Srrmtary 1'iirnnn Hoport. LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 19. Secretary Robert W. Furnas has submitted thu following report to tho stato board ot agriculture: I' or Homo ronaoiiB, nn glvou In my Inst report, tho board hold no otato fair for tho year 1899, namely: As tho Greater America Exposition was hold ut Omaha ou tho sanm grounds as was held tho Trans-Mississippi Exposition for 189S, It waa doomed by tho man agers of tho board not expedient to hold a fair. Tho resources, receipts nnd oxpondl- tureB for tho yenr aro heroby BUbmlt- tcd aa part of this report: Tho total rocolptH woro: Ralanco from 1898. $115.52; npcod pennlty ro colvod, $25,95; Sale of property on Omaha fair grounds, $307.00; total re- BourccB, $778.47. Expenditures nn por list of vouchorB horowlth, $550.33. ml uiiccH on hand to date, $228,14, Treasurer Edward Mclntyro reported a balance In tho treasury of tho board ot $211.10. Nrlirimka I'loneer Dim In Clilrngo. I1ROWNVILLE, Nob., .Inn. 19. Word wns rccolvod hero of tho doath In Chicago of Mrs. A. S. Holllday, a former resident nnd old Hottloc of this place. Tho body will bo brought horo for burial. Mm. Holllday wan tho widow of tho lato Dr. A. 8. Holllday, tho pioneer physician of this place. Sho ami hor husband soparatod sovoral yearn ago, slnco which tlmo nho has lived with a daughter In Chicago, but by her dying request hor body Ib brought back to bo burled in tho town alio loved bo well. Kiplro While Nlttlnr In a Chnlr. DEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 19. Samuel C. Ryan, ono ot tho boat known roal donta of Uentrlco, died of cancor of tho stomach. Tho decoasod waa a brother of Ira L. Ryan, a well known morchnnt of this city, and had boon a resident of Iicalrlco for about ftftcon yearH. Whllo of a quiet nnd rotlrod naturo ho mado many friends among hlu acquaintances, by whom ho was unlvorsally lovod and rcBpeotcd. Tho docoasod was 5 years of ago. Ho dlod whllo sitting In a chair and nparontly without pain. Attorney Thompson Still In Jail. PONCA, Nob.. Jan. 19. R. II. Thompson, tho Emorson attornoy who wns brought to Ponca last wook on a warrant charging him with obtaining $1,500 from William II. Smlloy by falso protoiiBCB, Ib Btlll In Jail for fnlluro to furnish $1,500 bond for his appcaranco February 5. DovolopmonUt aro matur ing every day In tho alleged conspiracy ugalnst Smlloy, by which ho lost his property nnd wife, who la Btlll miss ing. Ktrnniftlmri; Crinimury Dividend. STROM8HURIJ, Nob., Jan. 19. Tho Stromaburg Creamery company has de clared a dividend for 1899 of 10 por cent. Tho company has paid out ovor $500 iu premiums, besides making somo Improvements nt tlio factory. Nearly all butter Is shipped to New Vork City. To Hnerei'd Ilnyunrd. NEBRASKA, CITY, Neb., Jan. 19. O. 1 4. Klmmel wan olectcd president of tho Otoo County National bank, to fill tho vacancy caused by tho death of Senator M. L. Hayward. Tor Draertlnir llrlilo of n Day, HASTINGS, Neb., Jan. PJ.-Orllo Mull was arrested at Concordia, Kan., to iinswor to tho chnrgo ot criminal usHuult and perjury, On Decomber 29 Mull brought Zona Couclo, a 15-yoar-old girl, whoso homo Is In Franklin county, to Hastings and procured u license und wub murrlod to hor by County Judgo Dowou. Thnt night tho couplo woro qunrtercd at ono ot tho hotols nnd tho noxt dny Mull loft tho city, desortlng his young wife. Tho complaints woro sworn out by thu gliTtt father. i