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MCCOOK , A'LB cKA ,
i EIS T SPATE.
' DonoE county will hold itsfair Sep-
' temher 24 to 27.
Mu irs are paying respects to the
children of Beatrice.
THE charity ball at Ilayes Centerr
netted $1,137.41 for the relief of the
drouth sufferers.
A FARMER near Randolph. Dan Reis.
ECU , has a live pig with eight natural
legs and six cars.
JotIN MATTHEws , an old settler of
Hamilton county , died last week of
pneumonia. aged 70 years.
'TECCMSIaI is to have four saloons
this year , as it did last. They will pay
; 1,000 each for the prvilege ] of dishing
up bug juice to citizens.
Tiu Barclay smoke consuming corn-
pang of Beatrice closed a contract last
&turday for five boilers with the Kimball -
' ball Munufacturing company of Chi-
' Cago.
Buy home-made goods and build up
Lome industries , is a good policy : Far-
rcll' 1' ire Extinguisher , made by Far-
rd)1 ) & Co. , Omaha ; Morse-Coe boots and
shoes for men , women and children.
Ax old lady living atO'Neill walked
to Plainview the other < day on her way
to Fremont , but her strength gave out
and charitable people bought her a
ticket so she could ride the rest of the
way.
way.THE
THE ] lank of Axtell resumed business -
ness last week , as had been previously
announced. The deposits were largely
E in excess of their withdrawals. The
I community generally expresses the
Utmost
AT a special election held , in Tecum-
sett in which school district No. 32 , the
h city district , submitted a bond proposition -
tion for $9,000 to build an addition to
the present high school building , the
j proposition was defeated by half a
dozen votes only.
t A uAN giving his name as James
Harrigan was run over by the westbound -
bound F. , E. & M. V. train at Leigh ,
cutting his right'leg ' off at the knee
and crushing the left one about half
way between the foot and the knee.
He died soon after.
Pius J. C. B1suor , wife of the county
. supervisor of Mayfield township , Hall.
.j I county , was suddenly taken ill , and in
an hour or two she was a corpse. Heart
1 disease was the cause. She leaves a
husband and six sons. 't'hree of the
sons live in the far west
TIII : board of trustees of the Institute -
tute for the Blind , at Nebraska City ,
will meet Monday , April 29 , to receive
and accept plans for the proposed west
i wins to the institute building , for
which an appropriation of $10,000 was
made by the last legislature.
CARLETON , the Dodge county murderer -
er , has taken his place in the peniten-
tiary. He did not appear to be cast
down at the prospect of spending the
rest of his days inside the walls of the
prison , and declared that there was
more hope than if he had been hung.
1 AN Omaha paper says the income tax
returns are piling into the revenue of-
free for the last day , and Collector
North estimates there will be about
100 , all told. The time given the
Union Pacific receivers by special dispensation -
pensation to make their returns is
play 1.
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Ax unsuccessful attempt was made to
rob the general. merchandise store of
1Cillian Brothers at Wahoo , and as the
result a young man about 20 years of
age is behind the bars of the county
jail. He is a stranger in that commu-
nity. He will have to answer to the
district court.
So tE 460 teams left the east end of
Boyd county last week for O'Neil1 after
seed. A telegram was received from
Alva Rowland of the relief commission
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to hold teams for further orders. The
58.250 state warrants have not been
sold , and no delivery of grain could be
made. S. C. SaarPle , who went to
Omaha and Lincoln with the warrants ,
wired that there was some kink in both
cases.
THERE are many large orchards being
set out around Table Rock this spring.
\otably among them is one of G .1.
Wood , of 1,500 trees , besides a large
vineyard of 1,000 vines. H. J. Chapman -
man , five miles southeast , is putting
' out 2,800 trees , 2,200 of them being of
the Ben Davisvariety. Pawnee county
is destined to become famous as a fruit
country.
' COURT convened at Rushville last
week with Judge Barlowpresiding and
John G.Nahr reporting. The docket
is exceptionally large , having six criminal -
inal and 186 civil cases The most important -
portant trial will be that of Fast
Thunder , charged with murder. As
, all the witnesses in this case are Indians -
dians the taking of testimony will be
tedious.
OXFORD ladies were much annoyed
by.an.ardent admirer of living pictures ,
who has been making a practice of
peeping into the windows of houses
late in the evening. One night the inS -
. S trader was entrapped by two citizens ,
who gave him some sound advice and
Jet him go. This Nebraska Jack the
Peeper is a husband and a father who
has borne an excellent reputation in
the town.
SOME one made an attempt to fire the
town of Oakland. As Frank Pierson
and John Danielson were going home
from church they noticed a bright light
in an empty barn belonging to Lars
Lund. It proved to be a fire built of
hay and fresh kindling wood. The in-
fiatnmable material had been placed ja
one corner of the barn and under the
manger and only the prompt discovery
and application of water saved the
i town , as the fire was located right in
the heart of a thickly settled portion.
A LtNcor.x dispatch says : The State
Relief commission still has on hand
quite a large quantity of garden seeds
received from Washington , and is in a
position to supply all demands that
may be made upon it 'the seed is in
excellent condition , fresh and adapted
to western soil and cultivation.
THE case against Officers Farly and
Warner , of Nebraska City , charged
.S with5 kidnapping an Iowa citizen last
fall , was tried ( before Judge Eaton.
" The Iotva' officials failed to establish
- : ' 'the fact that 'the officers used force in
; making .the arrest 'and bringing the
prsoner back withoutarequisition and
: , they 'were accordingly discharged.
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TIIIEVES broke into the court house
at Gandy and carried off 200 pounds of
flour and fifty pounds of meat that was
about to be distributed to the needy.
FAJuIERs at Valley have incorporated -
rated for engaging in the sale of the
sugar beet and the working up of the
product. They place their capital stock
at $5,000 , divided into shares of $30
each.
Twix brothers who were separated
years ago have just discovered each
other in Cedar County. A. L. Lund-
gren arrived from Denmark last week
and is now with his brother near Lime
Grove. The brothers were separated
when only nine weeks old and it was
not until last summer that they heard
from each other.
QUITE an amount of irritation will
be done in Keith county the present
season by means of pumps and reser-
-
voirs. Several persons -have put in
plants near Ogalalla and are equipped
for irrigating tracts of from five to fifteen -
teen and twenty acres. It is believed
that by condensed farming and the
raising of vegetables , etc. , tracts of
that size will be as profitable as larger
farms producing the ordinary crops.
Cinus SCIIEUMAN , the Seward county
man , who swallowed a sixpenny nail
some time ago , had an operation performed -
formed to remove the obstruction from
his stomach. The doctor failed to find
the nail , but he discovered that Chris'
stomach had become contracted and
had otherwise gotten out of shape. A
few cuts with a knife put the man's inwards -
wards in as good shape as ever , and he
is now on the road to recovery.
A MAN by the name of Frank Decker ,
of Stillwater , N. Y. . attempted to commit -
mit suicede at Whitman last week by
shooting himself through the right
cheek with a revolver. There are
chances for recovery. The man seems
to be demented. and did not know until
some time afterward that he had shot
himself. His relatives are on the way
from New York to take care of him.
Decker's people are reported to be in
good circumstances , and no explanation -
tion can be made.
COMMANDANT WILSON and Adjutant
IIowe of the Soldiers' home at Grand
Island register a vigorous protest
against the quality of some of the food
which contractors are furnishing the
old soldiers. These officers say that
the home is being supplied with dried
apricots that are like the old army hard
tack , more remarkable for the size of
the worms than for the flavor of the
fruit Thegoods do not comeup to the
samples , and the matter has been referred -
ferred to the board of , purchase and
supplies.
THE state board of transportation
was presented with a complaint from
fiftycitizens of Prairie Home , Lancaster
county , against the Chicago , Rock Island -
land and Pacific railroad. The com
plaint sets forth that the railroad
company has closed up the depot and
freight warehouse at that place and
refuses to do a railroad business at
Prairie Home , giving as a reason that
the commerce of that point does not
warrant it in keepinga station there.
The complaint avers that this position -
tion of the road greatly injures them
in a financial sense.
A BUTTE dispatch says : A report has
reached here that a double lynching
had occurred in South Dakota , about
four miles above the mouth of White
river and some sixty miles from Butte.
At first the story was notcredited here ,
and as yet no positive statement can be
made as to the facts , but there is certainly -
tainly some ground for believing it to
be true. The names of the men alleged -
leged to have been made away with
are Eugene Powell and Fred Chamberlain -
lain , formerly of Keya Paha county ,
who , it is claimed , have been engaged
in the stock rustling industry in that
neighborhood and were compelled to
leave.
The sheriff of Dodge county received
a telegram from the clerk of the supreme -
preme court that the governor had
commuted Charley Carleton's sentence
to imprisonment for life , and at once
conveyed the news to the prisoner. The
dispatch from Fremont recording the
intelligence says : Carleton plainly
shows the effects of his two years' con-
finement. There still remain traces of
that careless , unconcerned manner
which was so much commented upon
during his trial and at the time of his
recapture , but with the prospect before -
fore him of never again seeing the outside -
side world he begins to show a thorough -
ough appreciation of his terrible posi-
tion. He owes his life to the zeal and
indefatigable exertion of his mother.
TiE case of Paxton & Hershey against
the Farmers and Merchants Irrigation
company , involving the right of way
for an irrigation canal under construction -
tion by the Farmers & Mechanics company -
pany across the plaintiffs' lands , lying
some fifteen miles west of North Platte ,
came up for final hearing in the district -
trict court , a decision being given in
favor of the defendants. Judge Sin-
clair , in , rendering his opinion of the
merits of the case , ruled that the pro.
vision of the irrigation act granting
right of eminent domain was constitu-
tional. The right of condemnation of
right of way for irrigating ditches is
by this decision placed upon the same
basis as the condemnation of right of
way for railway lines.
GENERAL CowiN's opinion that the
Omaha charter bill had become a law
because the governor had not filed it
with his objections in the office of the
secretary of state within the time required -
quired bylaw , is creating a good deal
of discussion in the metropolis. If the
rule holds good that Sunday is to be
counted in the five days which the constitution -
stitution permits the governor to hold
bills , after the adjournment of the legislature -
islature , then there are two other vetoes -
toes which will be in the same boat
with the Omaha charter. These are
the Ricketts bill , permitting intermarriage -
riage between , whites and blacks , and
the bill permitting mutual fire insurance -
ance companies to organize and insure
property in cities and villages.
INASMUCH as no new additions were
provided by the last legislature , superintendents -
intendents of the three asylums have
been compelled to send back "many patients -
tients to the counties from whence they
came. Some time ago Superintendent
Hay of the Lincoln hospital for the insane -
sane notified county authorities that
certain patients , nineteen in all , were
incurable and not dangerous , and must
be taken away from the institution. In
some cases friends of patients refuse to
take them from the asylum. and in
others county commissioners desire to
send them to the 'asylum ' for chronic
insane at Hastings , but this is impossible -
ble owing to the crowded. condition of
that institution.
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RISE 111 T GE
SOME HIGH PRICES NOT JUSTIFIED -
FIED BY THE DEMAND.
Least Satisfactory Feature of the Trade
Situation Is the Increase in Speculative -
tive Business-Wool Production In-
creasing-Week's Failures.
New York , April 22.-R. G. Run &
Co.'s weekly report of trade says :
"In every speculative department business -
ness is growing , but this is really the
least satisfactory feature of the situa-
tion. Cotton , oil , and wheat climb
above the export price , so that the marketing -
keting of products abroad must be
checked , and money Is absorbed which
ought to be emptied in productive industry -
dustry and in distribution of products
to consumers. There Is no evidence
that cotton is in larger demand than it
was when the price was a cert lower ,
but prices have been so low for months
that an upward movement was easy
without much reason , though stocks
here and abroad are 500,000 bales larger
than they were at the same date after
the greatest crop ever produced heretofore -
fore , and spinners here and abroad
have taken about 1,600,000 bales more
than they have consumed.
"The rise tends to prevent the decrease -
crease of acreage. which is its one reasonable -
sonable excuse. Wheat has advanced
over three cents during the last week ,
and the western receipts are small ,
only 1,002,846 bushels , against 1,766S29
last year , but Atlantic ports for three
weeks of April have been only 5,666 ,
481 bushels , flour included , against
5,680,366 last year , and there is no indication -
cation that the foreign demand will increase -
crease , while the prospects for this
year's crop are considered excellent.
Western receipts are not large , and it
would be strange if they were with
prices so low but athancing. Exports
continue to indicate that the European
demand will not be particularly heavy
this season.
"Outside of speculative markets the
most important feature is the rise in the
price of beef , which is largely due to
the control of sources of supply by a
few strong corporations. There ought
to be , but apparently is not , sufficient
power in the hands of the government
to meet any such conspiracy against
the public , and the proposal of Secretary -
tary Morton to admit Mexican cattle
and cattle from Canada on easy terms
for the benefit of consumers is heartily
commended , though it is not likely to
have much influence.
"In iron and steel the situation is
rather disappointing , although the output -
put continues large , as the demand for
finished goods does not seem to in-
crease. It is still an open question
whether the consumption will support
the manufacture at the present rate ,
which is at least an eighth below the
present maximum.
"The cotton mills are encouraged by
improving prices and are fairly busy.
Sales of wool at the three chief eastern
markets have been 15,334300 pounds for i
three weeks of April , against 14,602,500
last year , which indicates that the production -
duction of goods is at present larger
than it has been at any other time for
nearly two years , and , while foreign
competition is seriously felt in some
branches , the manufacturers are making -
ing a vigorous effort to retain the home
market , even in lines which they at
one time expected to abandon.
"Failures during the last week have
been 241 in the United States , against
219 last year , and 54 in Canada , against
45 last year. "
OUTLAWS CAPTURED. .
Shots Exchanged and a Sheriff is 1'rob
ably Fatally Wounded.
Uniontown , Pa. , April 22.-The band
of outlaws which has been operating in
Fayette county and which eluded all
the posses which have beeen sent aftet
them were brought to bay at Kingwood ,
w. Va. , last night and are now safe in
the Kingswood jail. The leader , Bill
Turner , is still at large. The prisoner :
are George and William Smitley , Archi
bald Patterson and George Harvey.
They were taken only after a fierce
struggle , in which Sheriff Shaw was
probably fatally wounded. The final
combat was a hand to hand fight in
which over fifty shots were fired. Not
until the bandits were crowded into a
narrow corner and could fight no more
did they surrender. Smitley will be
held for trial on a charge of murder in
case Sheriff Shaw dies.
Williams Called Home.
New York , April 20-A special to the
Herald from Havana says : "Consul-
General Williams will leave for the
United States at once , having been
called there by Secretary of State Gres-
ham. Its thought here he will never
come back in his official capacity. It
is stated that there is danger of an increase -
crease of yellow fever in Havana. Admiral -
miral Meade's fleet of United States
cruisers is expected to reach here April
23. No fighting in the interior has been
reported. "
American Citizens Set Free.
1ashington , April 22.-The depart'
ment of state is in receipt of a dispatch
from Consul Brice at Matanzas , Cuba ,
saying the two American citizens , Jutsc
Genere and Jose M. Carabello , arrested
at that place April 6 , were released on
the 9th inst. The men were suspected
of complicity in the rebellion , and it
was owing to the American consul's
good offices their case was disposed of
favorably.
Revising South Carolina's Laws.
Columbus , S. C. , April 22.-Judge Gofl
of the United States Circuit court at
Clarksburg , W. Va. , has granted an
order restraining the supervisor of reg
istration of Richland county , S. C. , from
exercising the functions of his office
and requiring him to show cause be.
fore him in Columbia , May 15 , why the
injunction shall not be made permanent
; flay Refuse to Open Certain ports.
Pekin , April 22.-It is understood
China has refused to concede Japan's
demands in regard to opening certair
ports to foreign trade. Li Hung Chang
is still in a state of high fever from the ,
effects of his wounds.
End of Ills Life Drawing Tear.
Fairfield , Ia. , April 22.-Ex-Senator
Wilson was unconscious all day yester-
day. His physicians say he cannot live
another day. _ _ -
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MILLIONS IN A GRAB ,
Standard OIL Squeeze Will Net It 8O-
000,000.
Chicago , April 22.-The Standard 011
company is declared to be engaged now
In the most stupendous operation ever
undertaken in its career-to take from
the pockets of the American people ,
through the medium of oil , a sum of
money the Immensity of which is not
realized by the mere expression of it In
figures ; to acquire as part of Its possessions -
sions the desirable oil-producing territory -
tory of the United States east of the
Missouri river , and in so doing to constitute -
stitute itself supreme and absolute
owner of an indispensably lighting and
fuel material in this country as it is
now dictator of its distribution. There
are signs that the gigantic plan will
succeed. By the advances made so far
in the price of refined oil the Standard
has added $50,000,000 to the value of the
product it absolutely owns and will sell
to the people.
FOREIGN TRADE FALLING.
Returns for the Last Fiscal Year Shoic
a ltednctlett of 510,000,000.
Ottawa , Ont. , April 22.-Trade returns
for the year ended June 30 , 1894 , have
been issued. They show an aggregate
foreign trade of $230,618,000 , as compared -
pared with $240,270,000 in 1893 , a decrease -
crease of about $10,000,000. The exports
to the United States are said to have
been $7,000,000 less than in 1893. The
aggregate trade with the United States ,
which was $90,000,000 as far back as
1574 , amounted to only $88,000,000 last
year. The aggregate trade with Great
Britain , which was $108,000,00 in 1574 ,
was but $100,000,000 in 1574. The decline
in imports from the previous year was
$5,500,000 and the decrease in duties collected -
lected was about $2,000,000. The Canadian -
dian exports of agricultural products
fell off from $22,000,000 in 1593 to $17-
677,000 in 1894.
Representative Ilitt in Daugcr.
Washington , April 22.-The gravest
fears are entertained that Representative -
tive Robert R. Hitt of Illinois may not
live to see the setting sun. It has been
known for days that the distinguished
Illinois congressman was seriously ill ,
but as he had been confined to the
house since the adjournment of congress -
gress and had many ups and downs in
his illness it was supposed he was only
suffering from an acute attack of in-
fiammatory rheumatism.
Late last evening it became known
that Mr. Hitt had suffered a severe relapse -
lapse and that medical aid had been
summoned from New York. Friends of
the family say there is but little hope of
recovery , although the popularity of the
Illinois leader is so great and his 'loss
would be so deeply felt that all are
inclined to hope for the best.
Champion Dog Dead.
Little Rock , Ark. , April 22.-Sir Bedi-
vere , the champion St. Bernard and one
of the most famous dogs in the world ,
died at the Argyle kennels in this city
last night of gastritis. Sir Bedivere
won the trophies and first prizes at
every bench show in which he was en-
tered. He cost Capt. S. A. Pratt , his
owner , $10,000 , and was valued at
$20,000.
Arrested for Arson.
Milwaukee , Wis. , April 22.-Edward
Mereditte and Charles Nock were arrested -
rested last night charged with arson.
Wilhelmine Koeple , the complainant ,
says the men were around her barn
on the Chicago toad south of the city
Wednesday night. The barn was
burned that night and she charges the
men having set it on fire.
Tries to Kill Ills Divorced Wife.
Decatur , Ill. , April 22.-Last evening
while intoxicated William Kramer shot
his divorced wife , Mrs. Emma Bo-
gardus , at the home of her sister , Mrs.
Flora Moore , and then shot himself ,
dying in less than an hour. Mrs. Bo-
gardus is in a critical condition. Kramer
was 38 , and a son of Abram Kramer , a
leading business man.
Prince of Wales to Visit America.
New York , April 22.-In a letter received -
ceived by a gentleman prominent in
Newport society from a friend abroad ,
the Prince of Wales is quoted as having
informed the writer lie would visit the
United States during the races for the
America's cup and pass two weeks at
Newport.
Think There Will Be Bloodshed.
Lexington , Ky. , April 22.-Arguments
in the case of the commonwealth
against Dick Forman and James Roach ,
on trial at Mount Sterling for lynching
Thomas Blair , were begun yesterday.
Conservative citizens fear there will be
bloodshed after the trial is over.
Took Their Weapons from Them.
Ottumwa , Ia. , April 22.-Five hundred
miners yesterday gathered at Cincinnati -
nati , but the mayor and sheriff would
not let them enter the town. Learning
that a number of Austrians were armed
Sheriff Bray went out with deputies
and disarmed fifty of them. There may
be more trouble.
Falls Unconscious in the Street.
Ind. 22.-Ex-Gov-
Indianapolis , , April - - -
ernor Albert G. Porter , who is now 70
years old , had a stroke of apoplexy on
North Meridan street at 6 o'clock last
evening and was found unconscious on
the sidewalk. He is not thought to be
in any danger.
Florida Bank Closed.
Washington , April 22.-The comptroller -
ler of the currency has received information -
mation that the First National Bank
of Ocala , Fla. , has closed its doors. A
bank examiner has been placed in
charge. The capital of the bank is $50-
000.
Nebraska Bank Closes Its Doors.
Beaver City , Neb. , April 22.-The
Furnas County bank failed yesterday
and is now In the possession of the state
banking board. No statement of assets
and liabilities has been made.
Mexican Cattle Stopped in Kansas.
Topeka , Kan. , April 20.-The state
live stock sanitary commission yesterday -
day quarantined 2,100 head of Mex an
cattle at Summit , Cowley county. _
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CZAR WILL ENACT THE ROLE
OF BIG BROTHER.
IIIA Desire Is to Obtain an Access to
Sea Further South Than Vladivastoclc
-Will Protect the Mikado Against Eu
rope.
New York , . prll 20.-A special dis-
batch from Washington says : "Russia
was fully aware of and gives secret but
hearty approval to the conditions for
peace exacted by Japan. This is vouched
for on the very best authority in this
country. An agreement between Russia
and Japan , said to have existed from the
outbreak of the war , included a promise -
ise that Russia should have access to
the sea for its great trans-Siberian rail-
way. Every step Japan has taken is said
to have been with the knowledge and
approval of the czar , and notwithstanding -
ing misleading dispatches from St.
Petersburg as to the possibility of that
government being displeased it is maintained -
tained that should any other European
power undertake to prevent the carrying -
ing out of Japan's program Russia will
stand at Japan's back.
"China , it is asserted , will under the
conditions agreed upon throw open to
civilization over 100,000,000 square miles
of the richest territory in the empire ,
having a population of over 200,000,000 ,
now practically kept from intercourse
with the outside world. Six closed cities ,
the largest in the empire , are also
thrown open , and three great rivers , the
Yang Tse Kiang , Canton and Shanghai ,
are to be free to the commerce of the
globe. It is further said that China has
promised to consent to extensive river
and harbor improvements , including
dredging of these rivers for hundreds of
miles , so that ships of the deepest draft
can reach'unknown inland cities and
markets. " '
Another special dispatch from Washington -
ington gives an account of an interview -
view with Shinichiso Kurino , the Japanese -
anese minister. Asked what would be
the effect of the treaty upon China he
said :
"Whether China will change her policy -
icy is doubtful ; but it will probably
teach her one good thing to increase
her army and navy strength. She has
had a lesson that should not be wasted
on her. I cannot see any danger of
European opposition. A country will
hardly interfere unless it is distinctly
affected by our proposed changes. It
has no right to otherwise. "
Discussing the situation in Japan and
the new treaty with the United States
Naomoyn Hasquchi , the Japanese consul -
sul In this city , says that the present
Japanese tariff will remain in force perhaps -
haps another twelve months. It will not
be revised until treaties are completed
with all the nations , and so far compacts -
pacts have been made only with the
United States and with England.
CONFLICTING WAR TALES.
One Courier F1as It That Three Men
Laso Life in Bsttle.
Guthrie , Ok. , April 20.-There are so
many conflicting stories brought by
zourriers from Tishomingo that it is
difilcult to ascertain the truth of the
alleged Indian revolution. John Gray-
son , a trader , brings information of a
oloody battle in which three men were
shot dead and five wounded. Another
story is to the effect that the full-blood
Indians have been persuaded to take up
arms against the government by the in-
surrectionists. Fillet with firewater ,
the Indians are scouring the country ,
ransacking the homes of the quie farmers -
ers , committing outrages , and otherwise -
wise terrorizing the whole nation. Gov.
Moseley remains at Tishmongo and is
arming hundreds of men who rre rushing -
ing to the town to put down the rebel-
lion. McGill , one of the insurrectionists ,
is an old scout and was connected with
the Redpath revolution in the north-
west.
Captured by JndialIM.
Pender , Neb. , April 20.-Sheriff Mullin
left for the Winnebago reservation yesterday -
terday to arrest the Indian police. The
police g"t the best of him several miles
from here and after handcuffing him
marched him off to the agency to Capt.
Beck , the agent. At 10:30 : the sheriff
returned to Pender. He had been taken
before a justice and released on bail.
He at once secured a posse of six men
and started for the reservation , declaring -
ing his intention to arrest Agent Beck
and all his special Indian police. It is
believed the sheriff will be arrested
again.
SILVER MEN ACTIVE.
Preparing to Organize Non-Partisan
Clubs in the Nest.
Denver. , Colo. , April 20.-Govern or
McIntyre and Senator Teller are headers -
ers in a movement already started to
push the organization of non-partisan
silver clubs in the west , in accordance
with General Warner's suggestion.
Senator Teller expressed the belief
that the republican national convention
would nominate a man who would advocate -
vocate a single gold standard. He said
that the single standard men were organizing -
ganizing , no matter whether they had
formerly been republicans or democrats -
crats , and they would act in harmony
in the future. He advised the organization -
tion and concentration of silver forces
without delay.
Wants a Formal Treaty.
Washington , April 20.-Secretary
Gresham has shown himself decidedly
averse to entering upon any provisional
arrangement with Turkey to regulate
the status of naturalized American citizens -
zens who return to that country , although -
though he has been given much trouble
to extend protection to them. The reason -
son for the secretary's de.lination is
found in his desire to stop at ndthring
short of a formal treaty by which the
rights of this class of our citizens shall
be fully guaranteed.
Howgate aaiu Arrclgnen.
Washington , April 20.-Capt. How-
gate was again arraigned yeste.day on
three charges for embezzling government -
ment money. He pleaded not guilty
and was granted two weeks' time
within ' ich to withdraw the plea or
to attack the validity of the indict-
ments.
Will Appeal It , the Courts.
San Francisco , Cal. , April 2U.-Fruit
Exchaiige has protested against the dew
cision of the New York board of general
appraisers admitting all currants , save
Zante product , free of duty. It is said
the treasury will appeal to the courts
from this decision.
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LEAGUE MEETING.
Bo A Bit
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Uathering at Cletolantt ;
Political Event.
The con- ' in
Cleveland , Ohio , April 20.
ventlon of the league of republican :
clubs , t o be held here in June , wlll.be
of
the history
the biggest gathering in '
the city if not of the state. Charles F- i f e
Leach , treasurer of the committee-- ; ! e
making the arrangements , said the advices
indicate that at least
vices he received
15,000 strangers will be here. Of this ' e
number 1,000 will be delegates. Among ,
the republicans of national reputation s
who will speak at the banquet are Gov- ' t
McKinley of Ohio , Gov. Hastings of
Pennsylvania , Senator Lodge of Massa .
cliusetts , Senator Allison of Iowa , and i ;
of New York. :
Gen. Horace Porter
Chauncey , ' 1 I. Depew Is not expected , as'
he contemplates a trip to Europe about .
that time. Neither ex-President liar- ,
risen nor Thomas B. Reed will be here , ix
although they have been urgently in- ,
vited-the former being waited upon by
a committee. Colorado will send a delegation
gation to the convention. It will come--
on a special train to be known as tho" / JJ
"Solid Silver" train. 1'
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Ardmore Swept by Fire.
Ardmore , I. T. , April 20.-The main
business portion of Ardmore , for she
solid blocks , on Caddo street , north and
south of : Main street , was destroyed by"
fire aboue 3 o'clock this morning. Sixty
business houses were entirely destroyed , ; E
The loss will aggregate $600,000. The- f
United States court and jail were also-
destroyed. The prisoners were transferred -
ferred to the Baptist church. The heat
was so intense that the vault and safe
In the court house were cracked and
the court records partly destroyed. The-
Masonic temple was also burned and
families are comped in the streets. A
Mr. Neil was so badly burned in the-
face , neck and breast that he cannot
recover.
l'Llo of Skulls Iiscuvorcd.
Chilpanzingo , State of Guerrero. Mex
( co , April t0.-A sheep herder named
Antonlon Vincent has discovered a cave-I/
containing human remains near the vii- /
of Quechultenango. More than a
hundred skulls were counted plied with
the bones into one great heap not far
from the highway leading from the City
of Mexico to Acapt'lco , on the Pacific
coast. The herder's story has been corroborated - k
roborated by others whom he has guld-
ed to the cave. It is supposed the remains - ' )
mains are the ghastly souvenirs of one f I
of the numerous attacks made on tray- i
elers and whole caravans of freight-
ers. As yet no clew tvhstever has been n
developed which tends to throw light
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upon the i'
witness Doesn't Like Kentucky.
Lexington , Ky. , April 20.-The evf-
dente for the defense in the trial of
James hach and Richard Foreman at '
Mount Sterling for lynching Tom Blair
was concluded yesterday. Today the
arguments are being heard. John
Pangborn , the principal witness for the
prosecution , fearing personal violence
from the friends of the accused , left for .
his home in Georgetovrn ; 0. , and said
he intended to never come back to Ken- '
Lucky 1 , '
Miners' Strike Probably Over. t'
Philadelphia , Pa. , April 20.-President
McBride , the head of the miners' organization - t
ganization , says the starting of the-
Wheeling division of the Baltimore K
Ohio railroad at the 60 cent rate probably -
ably means the miners' strike in Pennsylvania -
sylvania is over. The agreement under
which the miners in Indiana are work. '
l
ing will expire a week from Tuesday.
It is the understanding that the wages f
of each state will be fixed irrespective- t'
of any inter-state agreement. t
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Carson Mint to lie Discontinned. - , '
Washington , April 20.-Mr. Preston ,
director of the
mint yesterday or-
drred the $550,000 in gold bullion and t ;
150,000 ounces of silver now in the
United States mint at Carson City , 1
Nev. , shipped at once to the mint at
San Francisco. The inference is that IIi I/ /
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the Carson mint will be dismantled and
itse machinery shipped to Denver for
use in the new coinage mint to be established -
tablished there.
Eastern ' esv , Jersey Forest Fires. 1
Egg Harbor , N. J. , April 20.-The
largest forest fire of the season is burning -
ing between this city and Pomenaria. A
hzucket brigade is trying to save prop- I
city. Several hundred citizens who attempted - I
tempted to fight the fire were forced to
retreat by the intense heat. A number , II-
of heifers became frightened and dashed -
through the dense pines. They were I
. ,
so severely burned they had to be killed
The 1' thus far is estimated at $14,000 , l
but the fire is stll raging. t
"SOUND" MONEY CONVENTION , i
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Anti-Silverites to Meet at Memphis , .
Tenn. , May 22.
Washington , April 20.-President
Cleveland's "sound money letter is to' i 1 ,
be followed up by an assault against i 1
the center of the free silver line3 which
will antedate the Illinois convvention.
Ararngements have been perfected for
the meeting at Memphis , Tenn. , Thursday -
day , May 23 , of a "sound" money convention - j
vention to be composed exclusively of
delegates from the southern states. It i '
is the belief of the men who are behind-
this movement that the southern people -
ple have been greatly misuiiderstood , I 1
even by their own representatives in.
congress , and that the sliver money
movement has not taken
a real hoiCl y
uopn thesouthern people. C 1
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Campos 9trers Rebels Pardon. i r
Havana , April 19.-Capt. Gen. Cam- t ,
pos issued from Santiago de Cuba a
proclamation offering pardon to all insurgents - ' , ;
surgents with the exception of the leaders - a
ers who will lay down their arms and '
surrender. He has made preparations
to immediately pursue the members of
the bands who refuse to come in under
the proclamation , and the warfare
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against them will be waged vigor ,
ously.
Vanderbilt Union Is Creditet.
New York , April
20-Society people- f
were greatly interested f
in the an- ' , " '
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nouncement of the probable
earl I
riage of Mrs. Vanderbilt to mar. i i
Belmont.
Clubmen say the alliance is
certainly ill-advised , while in one prom
inent quarter it w as said there ! '
was tea- ,
son to believe that Mr. Belmont d
an
Mrs. Vanderbilt l
were married > c
Wedges-
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day instead
of
Thursday. Prfva to
cables , it is said , were received from
London which left no reason to ' :
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qua-
tion the fact that there has been a f4
marriage. It Is felt that the -
follows too wedding i
closely upo n the heels a - - '
the divorce , . 1
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