Nebraska Newspapers

    THE M'COOK TKIBUNE
F. Hi. , Publisher.
McCOOK. NEB.
OVEfi THE STATE.
THE town of Clarke is in need of a
shoemaker , and it wants a good one.
DEATII is announced of Dr.Vinter -
Btccn , one of the oldest Bottlers in
Plattsmouth. t
J. E. HICKMAN of Hastings , who re
cently went to Seattle , Wash. , for his
health , is dead.
OMAHA papers predict a great boom
In business now that the prohibition
question has been disposed of.
TIIEHE are fifteen divorce cases dock
eted for trial at the next term of the
district'court in Buffalo county.
ONLY ninety-two votes were cast in
South Omaha for prohibition. The
parties that bet there would bo 200
have lost their money.
THE Standard cattle company at Ames
have nearly 7 , 000 cattle in their feedIng -
Ing yards at that place and expect soon
4to add 1,000 moro to that number.
AnncLES of incorporation have been
filed by the Omaha hydraulic-press
brick company. The capital stock is
$400,000 , divided into shares of $100.
THE planing mill of the Omaha plan
ing mill company and the coal sheds
and office of E. Moneack & Co. , in
Omaha , were entirely destroyed by fire.
Loss $10 , 000.
THE farmers' elevator plan is con
stantly gaining ground at Hooper.
About three hundred shares of stock ,
amounting to $7,500 , have already been
Bubscribed for.
THE barn , hay , grain , outhouses ,
cribs , etc. , about the barnyard of John
Browner , a farmer living two miles
northeast of Columbus , were destroyed
by fire. Loss about $2,000.
THE special election held in Beatrice
to vote upon the issue of $15,000 bonds
for the construction of a new system of
storm sewers resulted in favor of the
bonds by : i fair majority.
DETECTIVE PUATT of Denver was in
Nebraska City last week looking for a
former well-known citizen who is
wanted at the Colorado capital for
forgery. He ailed to find him.
DURING theT month of October forty-
six marriage licenses were granted by
the county judge of Lancaster county.
The revenue from the source during
the year will about pay the judge's sal
ary.
ary.S.
S. P. DEEMS arrived in Lodge Pole
recently , having driven about 15,000
sheep over the trail from Utah. He
says they have had a good trip al
though water was rather scarce. The
. sheep were taken on to Julesburg.
THE walls of the city mill at West
Point have reached the second story.
An army of workmen are pushing the
work to completion. Its front will be
ornamented with chipped brick. No
building outside of { he larger cities
has yet been built with this ornament
ation.
As HENUY OLSON was crossing the
track at Chappel his wagon was struck
by the eastbound flyer and completely
demolished. Mr. Olsen was thrown
against the signpost and perhaps fa
tally injured. Empty water barrels in
Mr. Olsen's wagon were thrown twenty
feet high.
A. W. DAY of Lincoln , the laundry-
znan , was arrested as an associate with
Kittie Harlan in firing Judge Stewart's
house in that place. Kittie confessed
to an intimacy with a man named
Frank , who induced her to fire the
buildings. Day is believed to be the
individual.
A PROPOSITION has been submitted
to the people of Ponca for the estab
lishment of a system of waterworks in
that place , and a special election was
held to adopt or reject the plan submitted -
, mitted by the city council. The elec
tion resulted in a majority of sixty-two
for the waterworks.
THE pontoon bridge , which has been
the means of advertising Nebraska
City a great deal , is no more. It is to
be taken to Atchison Kas. , Colonel
Stuart , its owner , naving sold it to a
syndicate at that citj' . A bonus of
$250 is offered to a person who will
start a cable ferry within ten days.
ONE of a series of cases brought
against August C. Uthof by the village
board of Waterloo in the name of the
state , was tried in Justice Smith's court
last week. Uthof was charged and
convicted with selling liquor on Sun
day. He was fined $100 and stands
convicted until it is paid , and was put
iiTjail.
JOHNNIE OELSON , o ? Lincoln , seven
years old , attempted to jump oh a mo
tor car and was thrown to the ground ,
the wheels passing over and badly
crushing both hands. It w'as found
necessary to amputate all the fingers
of the right hand at the knuckles and
the little and adjoining finger on the
left hand.
HAKUY HURST of Lin coin , who ran
off with Mr. Clark's wLfe and six chil
dren in that cityThas been arrested at
Cedar Bluffs and the officers there have
been notified of the fact. In addition
to the charge of criminal intimacy , a j
warrant has been sworn out for the arrest - !
rest of Hurst on the charge of running
off with mortgaged property.
THE second annual charity hall of
Lincoln will be held in the state capitol -
tel building on Thanksgiving night.
The officers chosen are : Governor John
M. Thayer , president ; A. C. Zeimer ,
vice president ; W. E. Hardy , secretary ;
C. R- Richter , executive committee ;
Joseph Boehmer , finance committee ;
3L H. Oakley , reception committee ; M.
J. Aitkin , decoration committee ; W.
IJL Hardy , music committee ; S. H. * Burn-
ham , printing committee ; A. G. Bee-
son , floor committee.
A UTSON dispatch says that a moro
hopeful feeling prevails among the
farmers as winter approaches. They
have taken an inventory of assets and
find they 'are in bettor shape to go
'through the winter than was antici
pated earlier in the season. Late flax
is yielding quite well , much has just
been cut and is now being threshed.
LAMEKTEDEN , a laborer , wus killed
at Omaha the other day by the cars on
the Missouri Pacific track. He was
walking on the track , and apparently
unconscious of the approach of the
train and stepped between the rails just
as it came up behind him. Ho was
dragged for some distance , the wheels
passing over both legs and fearfully
mangling him.
SUNDAY was an exci.ing day for sev
eral ranchmen west of town , says the
Lodge Polo Express , A prairie fire
started from the railroad in the after
noon , and burned off part of the mead
ows of H. H. Libby , W. C. Bullock
and Friend Dickinson. The united
efforts of a large force of men saved
the hay stacks and finally put out the
lire before any serious damage was
done.
L. ' P. SouxmvouTii , one of the larg
est sheep raisers in Nebraska , was in
Omaha last week. Ho has ranches all
along the Union Pacific lines in the
western part of the state. He says
that he h.s had considerable difficulty
in getting cars to carry his stock to
market , but is having less trouble now
as the company is caring for its traffic
in Nebraska very well.
TIIUEE tramps went on a clothing
raid at Kearney the other night. They
got one overcoat out of a chop house.
another from a clothing store dummy
and another overcoat , coat and minor
articles from some unknown place.
After quite a search and chase Officers
Harrison and Smith and Deputy Sheriff
Wilson caught the thieves and landed
them in jail. The stuff was in their
possession.
GOVEKNOH TIIAYEU has issued a par
don for John B. Polen , who has been
under life sentence in the penitentiary
for killing F. J. Metteer , the seducer
of Polcn's wife , . The governor says :
"In my judgment Polen has suffered
sufficient punishment. The act was
done by Polen under most aggravating
circumstances , and it is altogether
probable that most men would have
done exactly what he did under the
same conditions. "
THEHE was an exciting time in Bruce
on election day , when a bloody and
serious free-for-all took .
- - fight place.
The row started over politics and an
old family feud between two families
named Adams and Dillon. Charley
Adams was stabbed by a man named
Garrison. Moro than a dozen were
engaged in the fight , and blood flowed
freely. All the participants were ar
rested.
THE matter of two big cut offs on
the Union Pacific is being discussed at
headquarters in Omaha. The first is
the Laramie cut off , saving fifty miles ;
the second is the building direct into
Salt Lake from Evanston via Emigra
tion canyon , a saving of fifty miles. It
would cost less money to cross Weber
river at Devil's Gate and run down the
beach to Salt Lake ; but fifteen miles
would be saved by the Emigration
route.
AT present the secretaires of the
state board of transportation are busy
obeying the orders of the members of
the board to get up a new map of the
state of Nebraska. The new maps are
to be larger than the old ones , repre
senting thirteen miles to the inch.
The official plate is to be compiled
from the maps used in the engineer
ing departments of the different rail
roads , and will be ready for the pub
lishers in a few weeks. By January 1
the maps are to be ready for distribu
tion.
tion.A
A SENSATIONAL shooting affair oc
curred in Davis' drug store in Fremont
the other day when William Patterson
was shot by a young woman named
Flora Leech. Two shots were fired ,
one of them taking effect in Patter-
sou's right side , though not seriously
injuring him. Patterson's story 13
that Miss Leech and himself have been
keeping company for three or four
years , but that recently he had told
her that their relations must cease.
He did not enter complaint against tha
woman.
SEVENTEEN young bloods in Hast
ings wilVremember their pranks pru.c-
ticeu on tallowe'en for some time to
come. Information was filed against
the boys , who were hauled up before
Judge Vineyard and given the privi
lege of replacing or pay a fine. They
wouldn't agree to the first proposition
and were fined $173 and costs. A car
riage was found on the roof of the col
lege and ai tides of every description
were distributed promiscuously over
the city.
Foun convictions were made in the
district court of Merrick cojmty last
week three for burglary and one for
attempted trainwrecking. . Each of
the culprits were given five years.
One of the burglars was discharged
from the pen September 4. The out
come causes general rejoicing among
the law-abiding citizens and especially
among the merchants. During the
past two years no less than a dozen
burglaries have been committed in
stores , besides several in residences.
EUGENE CAKLAT of Kansas City
writes to the chief of police of Lincoln
concerning the identify of a man found
in the riVer near that place. Thebody
had evidently been in the water for two
or three weeks and was decaj'ed almost
beyond identification. The corpse was
that of a man somewhere between thir
ty and fifty years of age , height five
feet four inches , and weight about one
hundred and fifty pounds. A dark col
ored suit was found on the body. On
the coat was found the trademark of A.
Hurlbut , a clothier of Lincoln , show
ing that the garment had been pur
chased in that city.
VERY CLOSE CONTEST.
DUX IXDICAXIOyS ARE THAT BOYD
IB ELECTED GOVERNOR.
The Tlirefc Leading Candidates Mak
ing a Remarkably Even Race All
Republican Candidates for Congress
Defeated Prohibition Burled. Out
of Slulit Indication * that the Ma
jority AgralitKt the Amendment Will
bo Over 40,000.
Ncbrawka.
OMAHA , Nov. 5. Returns from fifty-
two counties indicate the election of
James E. Boyd by from 8,000 to 5,000
majority over Richards and Powers.
These returns include an estimate of
Douglas county , three precincts of
which are still out. The vote for
Powers is liable to be very nearly that
of Mr. Richards.
In the First district congressional
race Bryan , democrat , is elected over
Connell by 4,000 majority. The exact
vote cannot be given , as several coun
ties in the district have not reported.
In the Second" district W. A. Mc-
Keighan , alliance-democrat , is elected
over Harlan , republican.
Returns on the prohibitory amend
ment are rolling up an overwhelming
majority against prohibition. The re
turns already give a majority against
of 32,000 , and it is almost certain that
the majority will reach 40,000. This
is on the direct vote as cast for and
against prohibition. Several thousand
voters failed to vote either way , and
such votes also count aerainst the pro
hibitory amendment.
Two hundred and twenty voting pre
cincts in the Third congressional dis
trict give Dorsey 11.644 ; Thompson ,
11,026 ; Kern , 11,764. *
Fifty-four precincts outside of Doug
las county in the First congressional
district give Bryan 4,217 ; Connell ,
4,555 ; Root , 3,054.
One hqndred and seventy-three voting
ing precincts in the Second congres
sional district give McKeighan 18,270 ;
Harlan. 13,563.
Four hundred and forty-nine voting
precincts out of Douglas county give
Boyd 26,421 ; Richards , 29,803 ; Powers ,
27.25.1.
Douglas county. The entire demo
cratic senatorial and legislative ticke't
in Douglas county is elected. The pro
hibition vote is 22,024 against and 1,331
for. The result on candidates is : For
governor Richards , 6,3 2 ; Boyd , 17-
532. For congressman Connell , 7,355 ;
Bryan , 11,154. For lieutenant-gover
nor Majors , 4,848 ; Bear , 11,323. For
secretary of state Allen , 6,590 ;
Sprague , 11,264. For state treasurer
Hill , 4,814 ; Gushing , 10,854. For
state auditor Benton , 6,828 ; Wahl-
quist , 10,746. For attorney general
Hastings , 6,893 ; Higgins , 11,099.
OMAHA , Nov. 7. The Bee says :
Seventy-six counties in this state give
the following vote on governor : Rich
ards , 65,052 ; Powers , 64,873 ; Boyd.
68,945. There are thirteen counties
yet to be heard from. These gave a
vote for Harrison two years ago
of 4,810 ; Cleveland. 3,498 , making a
total of 8.308 votes. These counties
are all located in the remote western
section of the state and it is doubtful
whether they will poll as full a vote as
in the last presidential election. A
fair estimate of the total vote of these
counties would be 6,000. It is very
difficult to make any reliable -forecast
as to what these counties have done
this year for either of the three
gubernatorial candidates. The total
vote of the state will be from 205,000
to 210,000 , and the candidate who. re
ceives 70,000 votes is certain of elec
tion. Boyd is now in the lead , but
still lacks 1,055 of that number , but
the chances are that his vote will ex
ceed 70,000 , because the alliance in
the western part of the state is chiefly
made up of republicans.
Returns on the prohibitory amend
ment are rolling up an overwhelming
. majority against prohibition. The re
turns , as received up to 12 o'clock last
night , give a majority against of 3S , 602 ,
and it is almost certain that the ma
jority will reach 40,000. This is on
the direct vote as cast for and agajlnst
prohibition. Several thousand voters
failed to vote either way , and such
votes also count against the prohibitory
amendment.
In the First district congressional
race Bryan , democrat , is elected over
Connell by 5,000. The exact vote can
not be given.
In the Second district W. A. Mc
Keighan , alliance-democrat , is elected
over Harlan , republican.
In the Third district reports so far
received show Kem several lengths
ahead in the race , but it is uncertain
yet as to which of the three candi
dates has been elected , Dorsey still be
ing second and Thompson third.
LINCOLN , Neb. , "Nov.7. The figures
of the republican state committee show
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returns from all but eleven counties
and give on the gubernatorial race
these totals : BByd 69,969 , Richards
67,330 , Powers 68,234. The counties
yet to hear from , are Banner , Box
Butte , Frontier' Hayes , Hooker , Keya
Paha , Logan , McPherson , Scott's Bluff ,
Sheridan and Wheeler.
A number of counties have failed as
yefe jo report the vote on the prohibi
tion amendment , but the figures so far
received show a majority against of
36,525. This is on the direct vote as
cast for and against prohibition. Sdv-
eral thousand voters failed to vote
either way , and such votes also count
againrt the prohibitory amendment.
The Philadelphia Tested.
NEW YOKK , Nov. 5. The.new steel
cruiser , Philadelphia , bearing the blue
penant of Rear Admiral Kimberly ,
president of the naval board of.inspec-
tion , returned this morning from a
forty-eight hours' trial at sea.
The cruiser has been accepted by the
government , but this final trial trip
prescribed in the builders' contract for
the purpose of testing her sea going
qualities and discovering any latent
weakness in construction which might
have developed.
The tests were in the main satisfac
tory , although the board finds room
for improvement in a few minor de
tails.
tails.Owing to the foul condition of the
cruiser's bottom no trial of speed over
a measured course was made. The
discharge of the guns developed de
fects in three of the six-inch rifles
which will probably disable them.
NEWS SUMHIARY.
School teachers are in demand in tha
Black Hills counties.
The woolen mills at New Albany ,
Ind. , were destroyed by fire. Loss
$75,000. ,
The New York cotton exchange has
voted to abolish the certificate system
now is ogue.
THE personal rights league of Platts-
mouth held a grand jollification over
the defeat of prohibition.
A 10-cent drink caused F. C. Beck to
stab John Bowen , a waiter in a San
Francisco saloon , to .death.
Twenty bales of cotton on a plat
form at Colbert , I. T. , awaiting ship
ment were dsstroyed by fire ,
Just as he was about to be arrestec
for embezzlement , Julius Voss of Es-
terhazy , Wis. , blew out his brains.
Charles Parker , a Chicago saloon
keeper who sold his place for $2,000 ,
was robbed of the money a few hours
later. c'
Arthur Willes. aged 16 , was killed
by William White , a companion , while
the two were playing with a shotgun ,
in Chicago.
It is reported in Chicago that the
"Big Four" railroad company * has
bought up the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois line.
The provisions of the act of August
80 for the inspection of salted pork
and bacon and cattle for export goes
into effect November 10.
Bud McCoy , leader of the notorious
McCoy gang , has been killed in Logan
county , Virginia , by a man named
Dempsey of the Hatfield gang.
The stockholders of the Atchison ,
Topeka & Saota Fe railroad met at
Topeka. Kas. , and ratified the pur
chase of the Colorado Midland.
The Boston Herald's Ottawa dispatch
says the Dominion government has de
cided to reduce the rate on postage to
2 instead of 3 cents throughout Can
ada and the United States.
Two negroes confined in the city
prison at Arkansas City , Kan. , escaped
by cutting a hole in the wall with a
piece of steel given them by outsiders.
Miss Mary Adair , one of the best
known young ladies of northwest Ar
kansas , was drowned in White river
near Fayettuville recently while cross
ing the stream on horseback.
Among the 309 passengers landed
from the City of Chicago , at New York
the other day , were sixty-six carpet
weavers. They brought their looms
and tools with them and they are be
lieved to be imported by several Amer
ican carpet firms.
The body of a 16-jear-old daughter
of G. W. Hornsby , a white farmer liv
ing seven miles north of Columbia , S.
C. , was found in u field bearing signs
of a terrible struggle. The young lady
s supposed to have been ravished and
murdered. Her throat was cut from
ear to ear.
A statement issued at the treasury
department shows that during the
month of October there was a net in
crease of $924,90S in circulation , prin
cipally in coin , and a net decrease of
$10,176,527 in money and bullion in
the treasury notes in circulation is
$11,467,351.
The tariff negotiations between Ger
many and Austria have resulted in a
reduction of three marks of the duties
on rye and wheat imported from coun
tries having commercial treaties with
Germany and Austria containing the
most favored nation clause. This will
include the imports of those cereals
from the United States and exclude
those from Russia.
The secretary of war has amended
the section of the regulations provid
ing for the forfeiture of pay withheld
from soldiers so that retained money
will be forfeited for the following
causes : Desertion during the period
of enlistment , when the soldier is dis
charged under sentence of general
court martial , after completion of im
prisonment extending beyond term of
service , by order from the war depart
ment specifying forfeiture or because
of imprisonment from civil authority.
National Sank Deposits.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 6. The presi
dent of the Revere National bank of
Boston wrote Secretary Windom the
other day calling attention to the fact
that the published statement of money
on deposit with national bunks Octo
ber 31 showed an increase of $5,000-
000 since October 15 , and asking if the
department is increasing the deposits.
The secretary 'replies that the appar
ent increase in the funds placed in the
banks since the loth ult. . are subject
to the checks of United States disburs
ing officers. Instead of increasing the
deposits with the banks the depart
ment is withdrawing them as fast as it
can without injury to the commercial
interests of the country.
A NcbraMka Land Decision.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 5. Assistant
Secretary Chandler has affirmed the
decision of Commissioner Groff and
the local land officers in holding for
cancellation the homestead entry of
William Harper for the northeast quar
ter of Section 10 , township 11 , range
40 , North Platte , Neb. This entry
was cancelled on the contest of Daniel
W. Cahill on the ground of abandon
ment and failure to establish , residence.
LET US GIVE THANKS ,
A pjtocLAarAxiox xo mis EXD ur
cor. in AVER.
Farmers' Alliance People nt the Na
tional Capital Figuring Out a Great
Victory for Tlielr 1'arty What
Their National Secretary Sayw of the
Situation Adjutant General Mc-
Kcevcr ITIalccs a Ueport In Kcsard
to Army Operations.
; ; Day In Nebraska.
Governor Thayer issued his Thanks
giving proelamationy in"the following
form :
A PKOCLA3IATION.
To the People of the State of Ne
braska : The time is drawing near
when , in accordance with a most ap
propriate custom , the people are in
vited to assemble in their accustomed
places of religious worship for the pur
pose of offering up their homage and
gratitude to the ruler of the universe
for his manifold blessings.
.Now , therefore , J. John M. Thayer ,
governor of the state of Nebraska , do
issue this my proclamation designat
ing Thursday , the 27th day of the pres
ent month , in the year of our Lord.
1890 , as a day of thanksgiving and
praise to the Most High. I trust that
the people of this commonwealth will
on that day cease from their usual av
ocations , and , gathering in the sanc
tuaries , offer ifp devout thanks and
songs of praise , and invoke the con
tinuance of His blessings.
Let me most earnestly entreat all on
that day , especially to remember the
poor and needy , and to give to them of
their abundance , and thus make their
hearts glad , remembering that it is
more blessed to give than to receive.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused to be af
fixed the great seal of the state. Done
at Lincoln this 6th day of November ,
in the year of our Lord , of the state
the twenty-fourth , and of the inde
pendence of the United States the
115th.
JOIINM. TlTAYEK
By the governor : Benjamin Cow-
dery , secretary of state.
It Was a Fa 1110:1 * Victory.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 7. The farm
ers' alliance people at the national
headquarters of the organization in
this city are figuring out a great vic
tory for the farmers in the results of
the recent election. Mr. Rittenhouse ,
secretary of the organization , talked
freely with a reporter tonight , lie
said : "As the smoke clears away it
becomes more and more apparent that
the farmer's organizations have as
serted themselves. It was the first op
portunity given to show that boss rule
had come to an end. The farmers' or
ganizations desired to rebuke the party
that defeated the free coinage of silver
and framed the tariff law that imposed
greater burdens on the poor man than
on the rich. "
llittenhouse in reply to a request for
some specific statements of what had
been accomplished in the election said
he could not give all the evidence , but
the returns , he said , are sufficient to
prove his statement. In the eastern
states where the farmers' league is
strong , they and the Knights of Labor
have aided in showing this congress
that their demand for free coinage was
not an idle one. This was most nota
ble in Massachusetts and New Hamp
shire where the two organizations are
strongest. The farmers' league and
the alliance had just secured a good
foothold in New York and New Jersey
and the changes are not so startling.
( Grangers , Knights of Labor , the
League and farmers' alliance were or-
gaijized well in Pennsylvania and the
farmers and laborers gave Cornison a
rebuke of large proportions. In Ohio ,
tie said , there is no state organization
of the alliance. Indiana and Illinois
have been organized but three months.
The mutual benefit association did
much good work.
Rittenhouse called particular to the
effects in Missouri , Kansas , Nebraska ,
Wisconsin , Colorado and other states.
"Just , . " he said , "in proportion to the
unity of the organization , so has been
the cyclone. "
The reporter asked Rittenhouse if he
meant to say the farmers alliance is an
auxiliary to the democratic party.
He replied : "Not by any means.
The democratic party fought the alli
ance in South Carolina and at other
joints , but the farmers desired to re-
Duke the party in power for their reek-
ess disregard of the people's demand.
This congress was petitioned for free '
coinage from almost every alliance in
the United States. This ground swell I
does not prove that the alliance and ;
kindred organizations will support the |
democrats in 1892. If the democrats \
fail to give a greater volume of currency - |
cy they will receive the same kind of j
punishment in 1892. We are determined - \
mined , " he said , "to be felt and if this i
house ignores our petitions we will j
send to Washington a house of our i
General JIcKcever's Keport.
WASHINGTON , Nov. S. Inhisnnnu-
report , Adjutant General McKeever ,
says the desertions from the army during - j
ing the past year were 489 less in num- j
her than during the previous year , j
The heaviest proportion of loss was in [
the artillery , 11.6 per cent , the infantry - i
try losing 9.3 and the cavalry 9.7 pel-
cent , j
General McKeever recommends new
laws relative to summary courts and .
limiting court-martials sentences , and
says the adoption of a well considered ,
code of punishments for all military
offenses , except those specifically pre
scribed by the rules and articles of
war , will undoubtedly remove a great
source of irritation and discontent , re
sulting from the present equality of
punishment awarded offenses commit
ted at dilloront times and at different
posts. Progress is reported to have
been made in the establishment of the
canteen system. At present canteens
are in successful operation at sixty-
eight posts and during the six months
ended Juno 80 , 1890 , transacted a bus
iness of $474,625 , with a resulting-
profit of $88,480.
Says General McKecver : "Some mis
conception has grown up in the public-
mind , in regard to these institutions , ,
engendered no doubt by the generic-
term used as a designation. As con
ducted in the American service tlio
canteen is simply a co-operative estab
lishment , in which general business , >
under careful military supervision , is
conducted in the solo behalf of the en
listed men of the army. There can bo
no question that it contributed to the-
comfort and contentment of enlisted
men and thereby improved and
strengthened the discipline throughout
the service. "
A Kaunas City Soimutlon.
KANSAS Cur , Mo. , Nov. 5. Rallins
Bingham , son of the late General and
Mrs. Bingham , isa forger of his re
cently deceased , mother's name to the
amount of something like $20,000.
The crime was committed before
the death of Mrs. Bingham , several
months ago. and while in her last sick
ness she learned of her boy's misdeeds.
It almost broke the old hidy's heart.
and there was a thrilling deathbed
scene. She knew enough , howewsr ,
to cut the recreant son out of her will , '
leaving him only a few books , and the
remainder of a vast fortune went to a
sister. Young Bingham was thought
to be one of the wealthiest and most - * '
favored young men in the city ur. . '
the story of his' escapade and
departure from the city leaked
night. Stock speculations
cause.
Killed l r
RAPID CITIS. . D. , Nov. 6. Samuel
Faulkner of this city died yesterday
morning from a terrible gunshot
wound in the groin. He came homo
at 4 a. m. full of whisky and started
to clean out the boute with a club.
Frank Faulkner , his eighteen-year-old
son , took a shotgun to scare the old
man and in the struggle which fol
lowed the gun was discharged , inflict
ing a wound from which the old man
died. Faulkner was about fifty-four
years old , and a hard drinker and fre-
quenjtly abused his family. lie made
an anti-mortem statement declaring
that his son was innocent. The boy is
nearly crazed with grief. No arrest
was made.
slc End of a
ST. PETEISSBURG. Nov. 5. During a
circus performance here , which was at
tended by the czar and members of his
family , one of the trained horses sud
denly became vicious and made an at
tack on M. Giniselli , manager of the
circus. The horse knocked the man
down and bit him and trampled upon
him , mangling him in a terrible man
ner in full view of the spectators. The
czar and his family abruptly withdrew
from the imperial box and left the
building. A general panic among the
spectators followed and the perform
ance was closed.
What Caused Defeat.
CHICAGO , Nov. 7. Senator Far well
in an interview said : "The defeat is
owing to three things , the McKinley
bill , the farmers' alliance and the
school law. There is no u = e denying
that the people are wonderfully prej
udiced againbt the McKinley bill and
many republicans seized upon this op
portunity of showing their disapproval
of it. It will take time to get the people
ple to fully understand the McKinley
law , but when they do there will be a
landslide the other way.
John P. McCullough , agent for an
Atlanta guano house , was robbed of
$4,000 in money and $7,000 in notes at
Itiverdale , Georgia. Burglars broke
into the room where he was sleeping
and stole a , satchel containing the
notes and money. The satchel with
the notes was found later , but there is
no trace of the money or thieves.
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Kye 44 © 44
JJutter Creamery 21 < J4 5
Uutter Dairv 11 & 13
Mess Pork Per bbl 0 75 (410 75
Kggs Fresh 10 & 17
Honey , per lb. , new , comb 17 & 13
Spring Chickens per do/ 2 00 < g > 2 25
Turkeys Dressed 10 & IQ'/i
Ducks Live , per dozen 2 50 < ffi 3 00
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