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M'COOK TRIBUNE.
j V. M. KIAIMKLL , I'ubllsher.
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McCOOK , - : - - : - NEBRASKA
nebeask !
Wiiimno Watkh will have two sa
loons this year.
Howaicd Rai.kv of Crete was very
"badly injured in a runaway.
; TinIWcCook hand has been engaged-
to make music for the state fair.
Two fatal eases of black diphtheria
are reported in .Pawnee countv , near
| Table Rock.
Fkanic Ditxi.ai' fell down an elevator
! " hlutft in a ( J rand Island business house
; and was instantly killed.
A l'ooit man looked for work for
months and finally found it last week
in Seward. The first day one of his
lingers was amputated by a buzz saw.
Coi.r.Mitus is afllicted with an epi
demic of measles. New eases are
reported daily. And out of one school
a I room alone twenty-one pupils are
\ 6 down.
I A okaxakv on the farm of A. P.
is Shephard , six miles north of Fremont ,
m "was burned. About GOO bushels of
wheat and L'OO bushels of outs , belong-
I ang to Homer Merrill , the tenant , were
| 9 | "burned.
J ffi Tin : body of Andrew Anderson was
| M found Moating on the Gothenburg lake.
f M The deceased was born near Stock-
j m liolm. Sweden , and was 78 years old ,
jh and rather childish in disposition. The
II drowning is reported as accidental.
1 \v is denied at the state house that
U the legislative examining committee is
I making any discoveries in the auditor ' s
I oflice. Ex-Auditor Aloore says the re-
I E port was started for the purpose of
; I prejudicing his cases now in the
i courts.
! } Iatt Bksch. a Bellwood farmer , had
> ' eight hogs stolen on as many different
nights , lie watched his hog yard one
I night armed with a shot gun. The
' thieves came , but his aim was poor
] and he did no more than frighten
them away.
1 ' > i Hikam Smoki : , who has been feeding
!
! a flock of sheep at Hattle Creek the
j , past winter , had eighty-three of them
| | killed last week by dogs , lie has se-
I cured the services of Attorney Kilburn
J and will iiroseeute the owners of the
ij dogs if they can be found.
W Tiik crop acreage along the irriga-
1 tion ditches in Lincoln county this
< i jf season will be unusually large , wheat
{ ! and corn being the principal crop.
IX "Wheat at present promises a more
R abundant yield than at any time since
the ditches were completed.
S | Two tramps were arrested in the
181 railroad yards at Beatrice and they an-
S | swer closely the descriptions of the
isy chaps who robbed the postoffice at
| | Ames. The authorities have been wired
iJH and the suspects will be held until an
mm officer arrives to identify them.
' Wai.t Powell , a farmer , was found
B on the IJ. & aI. right of way near
H ( Siltner shot in the mouth and nearly
H dead. Opinion differs as to whether it
B ; is an attempted suicide or murder.
K Powell is a pioneer resident of Ilamil-
* m ton county. The coroner"is investigating -
ing the ease.
K IJuiigi.aks entered jiIvohn ' .s general
jX store at Aurora and robbed the money
H drawer of S3 or 54 in change and ear-
K ricd away some clothing. They evi-
jH dently took fright before completing
H their work , as they had dropped a
B Imndle of clothing at the door. There
H is no trace of the robbers.
Wb A caiu.oat ) of corn of G.IO bushels
w was shipped from Pawnee City to New
9 York City , where it " ill be loaded into
B a steamer and taken to the starving
; B people of India. This is only the first
IB move on the part of citizens of Pawnee
county to assist in relieving the suffer-
, B ing humanity of India.
'M ' P. P. aIokgaxthalll a traveling
ISj liquor salesman , who tried to force an
jE entrance into the house of Mrs. Olaf
jj Olson at llartington. was arrested at
M "Wayne and brought before .Judge
| | "Weed of llartington. Morganthalli
II pleaded guilty and paid fine and costs ,
8 which amounted to § 00.
M Tin : body of Leonard Ouy. drowned
m in the Elkhorn river on the 4th of this
| month , was recovered about ir > 0 feet
§ from where it fell in. His clothes had
p caught in a fallen tree and the body
§ was held under water. Some of the
1 searchers took a notion to shake this
' I tree , which released the body.
] I At Arcadia the other day when Mrs.
| E. JI ill lighted the gasoline stove to
' prepare supper , the stove and tank
I which feeds it became enveloped in
] ilames. Mr. Hill was present , and
' with remarkable presence of mind
] wrenched the tank from its supports
; and threw it into the street. He then
j threw out the stove. Mr. Hills hands
j were slightly burned , but the house
I was saved.
| Oxk of Uncle Sam ' s large naval guns
passed through Columbus westbound
last week and attracted much atten
tion while in the nion I'acific yards
for about an hour. It was a ten-inch
"breech-loading rifle of the telescope
pattern , was thirty-two feet long and
was transported on a .specially built
1 ilntear supported by eight pairs of
. trucks. The gun throws a projectile
| wcighHu "Of ) pounds a distance of
seven miles.
| A Wasiii.no io.y dispatch say ' the lands
comprising the abandoned Fort Ran-
i dull military reservation in the O'Neill
! land oflice district in Nebraska will
f.hortly be appraised preparatory to
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7 . > eing opened to settlement. Tlie reservation -
ervation includes about : t. . ( ) ) ) acres in
Nebraska and something like 00.000
acres in South Dakota. In the latter ]
the state has one year in which to ,
select lands for educational purposes. '
I nt.il that is completed the appraisement
and of the 1
ment opening lands will
not take place. '
The postoftiee at Arapahoe was ;
"broken into last week by burglars , i
Tliey entered through a window in the 3
rear of the lmilding. drilled through :
the safe , broke the combination and .
secured about-10 in silver. There is )
aio clue , but it. is supposed to be the
work of tramps. > 1
Sam Davis , the fake advance agent '
for Ringling Uros. circus , who J
swindled some Nebraska City mer
chants and left with one of Ixn'i Uros. '
horses and buggy and was captured in '
Shenandoah , la. , had his hearing be
fore Judge Eaton and was bound over *
to the district court on the charge of 1
Jiorse stealing in the sum of § 800. (
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10 llHf 8 MEMORY.
PHILADELPHIA'S MONU
MENT UNVEILED.
PRESIDENT OFFICIATES.
Mr. McKlnloy rays Tribute by Act and
Word to the First Chief aiaRlstr.ito
of the Nation Tlio 1'arado and
Ceremonies in Fnlrmount
1'arlc 20,000 lllcyclcj
in the Varado.
Pinr.ADKr.i'niA , May 17. The mem
ory of George Washington was hon
ored here to-day at Fairmount park in
monumental bronze and 'the cord
which released the flags which veiled
the figure of the first ruler of the re
public was drawn by its latest execu
tive while , surrounding him , were men
in whose veins runs the blood of those
first patriots who battled shoulder to
shoulder with "Washington and with
him made possible the scene enacted
to-day a scene conceived end planned
by those very comrades in arms and
completed by their sons in peace.
Major "William "Wayne , president of
the Cincinnatiwho formalh- presented
the monument to the cit } ' , traces his
lineage straight to "Mad" Anthony
"Wayne , and William W. Porter , the
orator of the day , is a grandson of
David liittenhouse Porter , twice gov
ernor of Pennsylvania and a great
grandson of General Andrew Porter ,
who was on Washington ' s staff in the
revolution.
At sunrise cannon from the batter
ies of the United States troops camped
in Fairmount park aroused the city ,
and soon steady streams of people be
gan to move toward the Green street
entrance to the park where the monument
ment stands. The decorations through
out the city were lavishand decorated
stands were erected all along the line
of the parade.
The ceremonies proper began at
noon , when the parade moved from
Inroad and Spruce streets , under command -
mand of Major General Snowden , and
at the park passed in review before the
President.
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S TRIBUTE ,
The unveiling ceremony was impressively - I
pressively simple. Dishop Whittaker '
opened with prayer and Major "Wayne ! I i
followed with an appropriate address. i
Then came the unveiling by President
McKinley , marked by the national sa
lute of twenty-one guns by the artil
lery and by the foreign and American i
war vessels in the Delaware. This conI I .
eluded , President McKinley spoke as '
follows : , '
"Fellow Citizens : There i- a peculiar - j
liar and tender sentiment conueeted j i
with this memorial. It expresses not
only the gratitude and reverence of
the living , but is a testimonial of affec
tion and homage from the dead. The
comrades of Washington projected this j
monument Their love inspired it. j
Their contributions helped to build it. j
Past and present share in its complc- [ 1
tion and future generation. will profit
by its lessons. To participate in the
dedication of such a monument is a
rare and precious privilege. livery
monument to Washington is a tribute
to patriotism. Every shaft and statue j
to his memory help to inculcate love of J ;
country , encourage loyalty and estabj j 1
lish a better citizenship. God blesses I
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every undertaking which revives patriotism - j |
riotism and rebukes the indifferent ! I
and lawless. J
"A critical study of "Washington ' s i
career only enhances our estimation '
of his vast and varied abilities As J :
commander-in-chief of the colonial armies - j
mies from thu beginning of the war to ! i
the proclamation ot peace , as president j j
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ofwthe convention which framed the j !
constitution of tlu > United States , and [
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as the first President of the United \
States under that constitution , "Wash- \
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ington has a distinction nVering from j j
that of all other illustrious Americans. ! |
No other name bears or can bear such
a relation to the government. Not
only by his military genius his pa
tience , his sagacity , his courage and
his skill was our national independ
ence won , but he helped in largest
measure to draft the chart by which
the nation was guided , and he was the |
first chosen of the people to put in motion - !
tion the new government. His was
not" the boldness of martial display or I
the charm of captivating oratory , but j
his calm and steady judgment won
men's support and commanded their j
confidence , by appealing to their best I
and noblest aspirations. J
WASHINGTON'S CHAKACTEU. j
"And withal Washington was ever
so modest that at no time in his career
did ' his personality seem in the least
intrusive. He was above the temptations -
tions of power. He spurned the sug
gested . crown. He would have no
honor which the people did not be
stow. An interesting fact and one
which 1 love to recall is that the only
time Washington formally addressed
the constitutional convention during
all its sessions over which he presided j |
in this cithe appealed for a larger • ;
representation of the people in the ,
national House of Representatives.
and his appeal was instantly heeded , j
Thus he was over keenly watcufui of i ]
tli' rights of the people in whose . ' '
hands was the destiny of , , ur governj j '
inent then and now. | '
"Masterful as were hi. inilitay j
campaigns , iiis civil administration
commandi etjual admiration His ;
foresight was marvelous , his conecp- ' \
tion of the philosophy of government. ; ]
his insistence upon the necessity of | ]
education , morality and enlightened j .
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citizenship to the progress and perma-
nance of the republic cannot be con
templated even at this period without
.filling us with astonishment at the
breadth of his comprehension and the
scope of his vision. His was no nar
row view of government. The imme
diate present was not his sole concern ,
but our future good his constant
theme of study. He blazed the path
of liberty. He laid the foundation
upon which we have grown from weak
and scattered colonial governments tea
a united republic whose domains and
power , as well as whose liberty and
freedom have become the admiration
of the world. Distance and ime have
not detracted from the fame and
force of his achievements or diminished
the grandeur of his life and work.
Great deeds do not stop in their
growth , and those of Washington will
expand in influence in all the centuries
to follow.
TJEQUEST TO CIVILIZATION.
"The bequest Washington has made
to civilization is rich beyond computa
tion. The obligations under which ho
has placed mankind are sacred and
commanding. The responsibility ho
has left for the American people to
preserve and perfect what he accom-
I j plished is exacting and solemn. Let
us rejoice in every new evidence that
the people realize what they enjoy and
cherish with affection the illustrious
heroes of revolutionary story whose
valor and sacrifices made us a nation.
They live in us and their memory will
help us keep the covenant entered into
for the maintenance of the freest gov
ernment on earth.
"The nation and the name of Wash
ington are insepai'able. One is linked
indissolubly with the other. Uoth arc
glorious , both triumphant. Washing
ton lives and will live because of what
; he did for the exaltation of man , the
enthronement of conscience and the
establishment of a government which
recognizes all the governed. And so ,
too , will the nation live victorious over
all obstacles , adhering to the immortal
.principles which Washington taught
and Lincoln sustained. " '
The oration was delivered by Mr.
Porter. The formal presentation of
the memorial by the society to the
city was made by Major Wayne to
Mayor Warwick , with short addresses
j j ' by both , and then the mayor trans-
I ferred it to the Fairmount park com-
I mission , which body exercises juris-
j j ! diction over the great pleasure ground.
! The night was devoted to various
j j \ phases of celebration apart from the
j I dinner to the President. The wheelmen -
j men ' s parade , with nearPy 20,000 in
{ i line , was the nrincinal feature.
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APRIL'S GREAT IMPORTS.
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They Were TO I'er Cent Larger Than
Those of a Year Ago.
Washington , May 17. The April
comparative statement of foreign trade
issued oy the bureau of statistics
shows : Merchandise , domestic ex-
ports. S7G , 170,997 , increase as compared
with April. 1S9G , 0.775,000 ; imports ,
3101,305.101 , of whicn nearly 5u per
cent was free of duty. Compared w ith
April , 1S9G , there was an increase in
dutiable imports of over § 20,000,000
and of over § 22,000.000 in non-dutiable
merchandise. The imports last month
were 70 per cent larger than in April ,
1S9G.
For the ten months the exports of
domestic merchandise exceeded those
of the same period of 1S9G by over
5151,000,1)00. ) The imports of merchan -
disc during the last ten months , how
ever , were over SGG.000,000 less than
for the same period last year. The
total exports for ten months amount
to $1)01) 10. > ,4-ii and the imports , $000-
105,411.
The amount of gold exported during
April was S(5ii29,419 ( , and the imports
S018,452. During the last ten months
the excess of gold imports over the ex-
ports was SSS2,10G. ; ! : :
The exports of silver during April
amounted to 54,390,695 , and the imports -
ports S5s7,121. For the last ten months
the exports of silver exceeded the im-
ports by 542,313,092.
General Forsytho ISetlres.
Washington , May 17. Major General -
eral .rames 1J. Forsythe , commanding
the Department of California , was
placed on the retired list yesterday ,
on his own application. He was con-
firmed in his present rank Thursda3' .
The nomination of his successor as
major general will go to the Senate
Monday , and it is the common under
standing that Brigadier General Hliss ,
commanding the Department of Texas ,
wiil receive the nomination.
Hold Kootlosrsins ; .
Fort Scott , Kan , May 17. C. E.
Carroll of Fulton , Kan. , was arrested
last evening , charged with bootleg
ging whisky at the door of the court
house office of Countj' Attorney Shepard -
ard , who recently closed the saloons
here.
For .Slaying His Son.
Sf.dai.ia , .Mo. , May 17. Eddie Brink ,
the 14-year-old son of W. N. Brink , a
well-known Kansas Seventh Day Adventist -
ventist , was shot and killed yesterday
morning on Muddy creek , west of
town. The circumstances of the killing - ,
ing were so suspicious that the father -
of ( the boy was arrested and lodged in \
jail , pendiug an investigation. Brink
for a number of years resided at Louis
ville , Kan. , three miles north of Wa-
mego. where .he was engaged in the ;
hotel and butcher business. 1
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Vow Xail and Wire Trunt. i
I'lrrsuria ; . 1'a. . May 17. Manufac- '
furors of wire nails , wire and rods are
about to lorm a grand combination to
control the market for all three pro
ducts. Jf the new combination is a go ,
it will practically drive out all competition - ,
petition in the manufacture of wire
nails. All the linns who were in the
nail pool have.sjgnifiod their willingness - ]
ness to cnti r 'the new combination <
More lloiinr for 3Ir. Dai Is. . !
Wanimor , . May 17. Assistant ,
Secretary < • ! iIk Interior Webster Das - ]
\s ! iia- > been ; nvjcd by the local G. A. f
15. organizations of Washington lode- '
liver the Vnmori-tl day address at \
Arlington. tlc ; . ) ; comet cry.
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DE. FALI/S TROUBLES
TEXT OF THE * FORMAL PRE
SENTMENT GIVEN OUT.
Commlndloiier "Wolf Appears as the Com
plainant Ineompetcnoy , Innubordl-
natlnn and DUresppctfuI Conduct
Alleged , With .Speclllcatlons
Set Forth.
Ferbln Minded Trmtlrut * Dinleult .r.
The board of public lands and build
ings has allowed the public to iuspeet
.lie charges brought against Dr. C. I * .
j all for misconduct as superintendent
of the institute for feeble minded at
Beatrice. They read as follows :
Lincoln. Mav " > To the Hoard of Public
Lands and Hulldliigs of t lie State of Nebras
ka : Gentlemen I hereby clisirire Dr. ( ' . V.
Kail , superintendent of the Nebraska insti
tute for feeble minded youth , with Incompe
tency , insubordination and disrespectful
conduct and malfeasance in oniec. Further
specifying wherein he has been guilty of the
same. 1 would slate the following :
Incompetency : I. The said ( ' . I * Fall has
shown himself unable and incompetent as
superintendent of said institute to conduct
the same in a suitable and satisfactory man
ner , and has shown himself unable to coi.iuet
Mie said institute in such manner as to pro
mote harmony among the employes theieof.
'J. He has shown himself incompetent to
properly care for thochildion placed in said
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Institut 'ion and under his care and as a icmiIi
\r.o of said childion have UM their live- ,
ivhile he lias been in charge of the said insti
tution.
Insubordination. 1. The said C. V. Fall as
superintendent or said institution has failed
mid refused to comply wilh the orders and
directions of the boa id of puiilic lands and
buildings in the following particulars.i / :
( a ) .M. .1. Kennedy of Norfolk was designated
by said boaid on Fob. 1U , 1K 7. as a night
watchman for said institution , but the said
tJ. I' . Fall has failed and refused to permit
the said M..I. Kennedy to enter upon his
work , ( b ) Fied Allen of Butler county
was on February 1 . ts' .lT , selected
by the said boaid as supervisor
in said institution , but the said ( ' . V. Fa. :
soon thereafter leduced the said Fied Allen
to a position as attendant , at a less salrr >
than that of supervisor and placed in saiC
institution as supervisor a citizen of Gler.-
wood , la. , all without , the knowledge or con
sent of said boaid. ( c ) The board of public
lauds and buildings on February 1L' . 1M > 7
wdor. 'd that t he steward in said institution
3houId keep the books theieof , but the sab ?
C. I' . Fall , in violation of said order , refused
* o permit t he steward to keep said books , bul
without , the knowledge or consent of tin.
board cf public lands and buildings employed
II. Bush to act as bookkeeper for said institu
tion , ( d ) On Mav 5. 1W > 7. said C. I' . Fall re
fused to permit C. W. l'helps. who has there
tofore been duly chosen by said board a ?
steward for said institution , to enter saifi
building for the purpose of performing Ills
duties as such stowaid. ( o ) On t lie 5th day
May , lS' .i- . the said C. IV Fall refused to per
mit J. V. Wolfe , chairman of the board of
lands and buildings , to enter said
Suhliu
uildiug or to go through the same L * . his
official capacity , but attempted to e\clccli
him therefrom.
Disrespect fill conduct : 1. On May . : ? ? :
the said C. 1' . Fall did attempt to exclude C.
V. Wolfe , chairman of the board of public
lands and buildings , fiom said Institution ,
and did cause , incite.and permit the other
employes and attendants at sueh institution
to use disrespectful language toward V. W.
Phelps. II. A. Givens and .1. V. Wolfe , chair
man of the said board of public lands and
buildings. I further charRC tJuit t' ' < > con
duct of snid t' . I\ Fall , while .superintendent
Of said institution , has been such as to bring
Baid institution into disgrace and disrepute ,
and has been contrary ft ) and against the
best interests of said institution.it- > inmates
and the state of NeW'ska. .1. V. Woi.ke.
lloasts of Her Nebraska Homo.
Washington special to the Lincoln
douinal : For several yeiK. st Cen.
Jj. W. Colby of JJeatrice. Nebraska , has
been protecting and supporting at his
home in this city the little Indian girl ,
Zintka Lanuni. whom the general is
reported to have taken from its dead
mother ' s arms on the battlefield of
Wounded Knee. This was in the clos
ing days of September , seven years
ago , and the Indian child has since
Chat time been cared for by General
and Mrs. Colby , as if she was their own
child. "Lost JJird , " ' which is Zintka ' s
name rendered into English , seems to
enjoy living in Washington , although
her restless Indian spirit lias not j t
Cettled down to eastern methods am
eastern manners. She plays w ith the
children of the neighborhood on the
street and in the house , but despite the
warnings snd admonitions of .Mrs.
Colby , is not always choice in the se
lection of her companions. Ziutka.
being of a dark complexion naturaUy ,
perhaps , sees no crime in the dusky
skins of the darkey children , who are
almost as numerous in Washington as
the whites. Jt is Mrs. Collw ' s constant
care to guard her from association
with children with whom she should
not associate and to aid her and in
struct her in the rules of propriety.
Mrs. Colby being a prominent educa
tor and editor of the Woman ' s Tribuc ? ,
) s well able to instruct children in the
A'ay they should go and is doing her
best for little Miss Lanuni. Xintka is
quite popular w ith the boys and girls
of her acquaintance , to all of wkon
she frequently boasts of her home ii
Nebraska , which , she sometimes says ,
she likes better than Washington.
She is a very reserved child and sel
dom speaks unless first addressed , and
then only in short sentences. Decause
if her peculiar ways , romantic history
? nd of the fact that she is a full
blooded Indian , she is one of the at
tractions of her neighborhood.
The Doctor Found Cudgeons.
Seward Ulade : "Dr. " Monroe , the
"Quaker " ' tapeworm tamer , came to
grief in York , and lit out for greener
fields. The minions of the law got
after him for practicing medicine with
out ' the required authority of law. He
carried ' au'ay a good healthy "wad"of
"boodle " ' from York , as ho did from
David City and Seward. Nearly every
community i has run the gauntlet of the
washing machine fiend , the patent
sickle i sharpener , the well auger , fence
machines ' , and other fakes too numer
ous ' to mention , and yet a kind provi
dence permits us to live. How
thankful we ought to be with all our
willingness to bite at every fraud that
comes this way. that the fool-killer
has boon too busy elsewhere to make
us a visit.
The Burlington railroad has em
ployed from l. )0 to I7. > men at Teeum-
seh for the past two weeks , putting
the road in passing condition after the
Hood. It will be be quite a while before -
fore the bed will be again made sub
stantial.
Hank at Kradsliaw Close * .
The other morning as the businc-i *
men and citizens appeared on tln-
fitreet their attention was drawn to a
placard tacked to the door of the
Jlradshaw bank beaming notice to
the effect that the institution was in '
the hands of the state banking board.
Particulars at this time are unattain
able , but as the concern has always
been conducted in a careful and con
servative manner it is believed that
the assets will equal the liabilities '
Hard times and poor collections ar
TPjpjiosed to be the cause. '
THE UNION PACIFIC.
Nothing Certain an to When the Ittmil
Will lie Sold.
General Solicitor Kelly of the I'liion
Pacific system will return within the
next few days from New York City ,
says the Omaha Bee. where he has
been engaged for a month in legal
matters connected with the foreclosure
of the government's lien on the U. I\
railway. Considerable testimony has
boon taken in regard to the interests
involved in the foreclosure before
• Judge Cornish , special master in
Chancery for the Union Pacific Bccciv
erships.
In regard to the time of the actual
foreclosure sale , there have been all
kinds of conjectures. Guesses on the
date ranging all the way from May 10 ,
next Monday , until .January next , have
been made and printed. It was a Bos
ton publication that started the story
about the sale ' s being set for May 10.
and cited Mcssers. Mink and Amos as
authority for the statement. It is evi
dent now that the report was a pure
canard , and was directed at the time
by those familiar with nion i'acific
matters.
Said a man who is in a position to
judge of the progress that is being
made toward foreclosure to a Bee re
porter : "In my opinion it's a goo 'd ,
safe bet that I ho foreclosure of the
Union I'acific railway will not take
place this year. But my opinion is no
better than yours or that of any one
else. It's all a matter of conjecture
and one man ' s guess is as gooil as an
other. Every few days a statement
setting the time of the sale is pub
lished , but as a matter of fact there is
not a man under heaven who can tell
when the foreclosure will take place.
"I understand that Master-in-Chnn-
cery Cornish has been in New York
taking testimony from holders of vari
ous liens against the Union I'aoific
other than that of the government's. .
Now , after all that testimony has been
taken , its going to be some time before
the master will give his report on the
cases to the court. Even if these re
ports were accepted by all parties con-
concerned and at once confirmed by
the federal courts it would take a
month or more , but it is pretty well
understood that there will be no pro
tests from the holders of certain lions.
It is natural in a case like this , where
their intererts might be adversely
affected , that there should arise objec
tions. These disagreements w ill cause
more delay and even after that there
are a half dozen legal processes neces
sary before the sale can take place , in
cluding the advertising of the sale for
sixty days.
"That's the reason I seriously doubt
if there Avill be any foreclosure this
3ear. Put one guess is as good as an
other. There are even those who are
almost willing to wager that the fore
closure sale of the Union Pacific rail
way will never take place at all. The
receivership may. they argue , be ter
minated within a. year , or possibly
somewhat loss time , but the road will
be operated by the owners in the way
they think the most profitable. If any
man tolls you when the foreclosure "
proceedings will be terminated , you
may politely tell him he is mistaken ,
for there is no one. absolutely none ,
who can do anything more than hazard
a guess on it. There are as many legal
points in the foreclosure proceedings
as there are points to a pineapple , and it
will take some time to solve them all.
That's why 1 say one guess is as good
as another. "
lleet Sugar Interest.
Washington dispatch : The beet
sugar interests are hero in full force ,
represented by Henry T. Oxnard of
Nebraska , and are working for the
abrogation of the reciprocity treaty
with Hawaii , which admits Hawaiian
sugar free into this con try and thus
competes with domestic grown sugars.
Mr. Oxnard. who is one of the shrewd
est managers in the sugar interests in
Washington , is strongly opposed to any
annexation of Hawaii , because it is a
sugar-producing country , whose pro
ducts might come in competition with
those grown on our soil. For the same
reason he is working vigorously to
secure an amendment to the tariff
which would defeat the free admission
of sugar under existing treaties. Mr.
Oxnard printed a long and interesting
statement in the 1'ost a fc-w days ago
showing that the treaty was a lopsided
arrangement by which Hawaii received
most of the advantages and the United
States all of the disadvantages. He is
very confident that when the tariff
bill is reported from the finance com
mittee that the Hawaiian treaty will
be one of the subjects discussed and
that enough republican members of
the senate will be found to secure its
abrogation.
Mr. Oxnard is indefatigable in inter
viewing senators and representatives
and has spent the greatest part of the
winter in working upon the sugar
schedule. Ho is known as an expert
and with his assistant. E. Ham. for
merly Beprescntative Laird's private
secretary and private messenger for
Senator Manderson. lias prepared and
printed many of the ablest arguments
and pamphlets presented to th" house
and senate in favor of the high duty
upon sugars and proper protection for
American re fineries.
IIonor for an Kx-Nohraskaii.
1'ort Townsend ( Wash. * dispatch :
Private advices from Washington indi
cate that C. > . .lolmson of Alaska will
be the next governor of the district.
He was sent from Nebraska to Alaska
during Harrison ' s administration to
fill the position of United .states at
torney for Alaska , and is very popular.
.Joseph Herrod of North l'latte lias
lost several head of cattle > n his farm
south of town by a disease which ap
pears in the shape of running sort's on '
the hind logs , followed by a dropping
off of the hoofs and later l y the death
of the animal. j
A a\orabt * Indication.
The mortgage record in Buffalo ,
, the Kearney Hub.
county says is not i
what it used to be. Formerly the re
cord showed principally filings and few
released , but now the order is reversed (
and the releases exceed the tilings h\- • '
aliotit four to one. During the month
of April the actual "farm releases ex- ,
recded the new filings by more than <
thirteen thousand dollar * , and during '
tile same period the actual releases f '
mortgagoson city property exceeded
the now filing by about twelve thousand I
dollars. In the matter of chattel !
mortgages the proportion of release& ]
is still greater. t :
mes = aseMMWMMMm
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Croat Decrease In Immlcratlon. & H
Washington , May 15. The returns. T H
received by the immigration bureau1 H
during "tlie'last several months show : t < | B
marked falling off in the number of | M
arrivals. During the nine months J. - Wended
ended March 31 , there were 142,041 , uh j\M \
compared with :209 , : iO for the J& * $ M
period in ISM. During April tK. ne „ f W
crease at New York alone was 1J,4h : > , jM
and during the first eleven days in the V
present month 10,800. Commissioner
General Stump estimates that the decrease - W
crease for the entire country during |
the fiscal year ending June 30 will not. M
be less than 93.000. M
TO SAVE DURANT. ,1
s-ciiHutlonaal Allldnvit or n Convict of
S'au OtifMitin I'riHon. V
San Fkancisco , Cal. , May lo. Theodore - B
odore Durrant , under death sentence. | H
for the Emanuel Baptist church intir- B
tiers , through his attorneys , asked jM
Governor Pudd to-day to pardon him-
on the ground that the real murderer j J
of Blanche Lament had at last eon- < U
fessed his crime. J
The lawyers declare they have not fl
been hoaxed , nor is it their purpose to fl
impose upon the executive. They insist - H
sist that in John Kosenberg , a convict J M
in San Quentin prison , they have found J
the man who is guilty of at least ono- k
of the Emanuel Baptist church mur- * M
Rosenberg has made a sworn confession - J
fession before a notary publio and in / > J
the presence of several witnesses that J ? A
he killed Blanche Lament at the instigation - ?
gation of a stranger and in considera- \JF
tion of the payment of S700 for his I
work.
Bosenberg is a Russian sailor. He
arrived here on a sailing vessel from *
Hamburg , Germany , during the last h
week of March , JS05 , or on the first W'
day of April. He is now serving a
term for horse stealing.
EX-SENATOR COKE DEAD.
An Kt-Covcrnor and for Three Terms /
aiembor of the Upper JIoiko. J
Waco , Texas , May 15. Senator j
Richard Coke died at i : . " ( ) o ' clock this J
morning. His body will lie in statu M
until Sunday morning , when a state M
funeral will be held.
Richard Coke was born at Williams- / |
burg , Va. . March 13 , IS O. He was /
educated at William and Mary college , '
and was admitted to the bar when 21.
In 1S50 lie came to Waco and had lived
here since. He entered the Confeder
ate service as a private and became a <
captain. In June , IbOtJ , he was-
appointed a district judge , and M\ \
was elected judge of the su- |
pre me court Jjy the Democratic J
party the following year. After * B
r
having held the position one year he , ) ' 1
was removed by General Sheridan "as J
an impediment to reconstruction. " In jM
ls73 h'j was "Sectcd governor of Texas 4H
by a majority of IOL' ,000. He resigned ' B
in 1377 , after having- been elected to
the United States Senate , to succeed M
Morgan C. Hariil'on. Republican. He ' J
was re-elected in ISf. 'S and m 1SSD. In 1
lM r he was succeeded by Senator / 'j
Chilton. * ? J
Thought without purpose is like seed'r > fl
spilled upon the ground. H
The Teb-plione Monopoly. M
The patent issued to E. Berliner of 1
Washington. D. C. Nov. 17. " ! > L for M
seventeen years , is the sul > ject of much ifl
litigation and newspaper comment. M
The application was filed .June 4 , lb77.
and consequently was pending in the 1
T. Is. patent oflice fourteen years. The m
law allowed two years for the applicant - M
cant to reply to adverse action of o.v 9
aminer and this in a measure accounts 1
for the interval between the date of MM
filing the application and granting-the |
patent. MM
The present rules lin.it action by the fl
applicants to six months in place of
two years as heretofore allowed.
The validity of the Berliner patent fl
has been sustained by the highest A
tribunal that has jurisdVtion and the
claims are generic and broadly cover MM
essential features of the Boll telephone MM
that is in general use and supposed to WM
be prblic property after the expiration ' mW
of the original Boll patent. The Boll 19
telephone company , as assignee of the 9
Berliner patent , will endeavor to maintain -
tain the monopoly of the telephone ton W
years longer * M
Valuable information about obtain- r 9
ing. valuing and soiling patents sent I
free to any address. • fl
Printed copies of the drawings and . | H
specifications of any United .States < .4H
patent sent upon receipt of : . - , cents. ' | H
Our practice is not confined to Iowa. MM
Inventors in other suites ean have our S
service upon the same terms as Hawk- M
Tlio * . O. axh.I. Ralph Oiwig. A \M
Solicitors of l : itcnts. , A\j.
Des Moines. la. , Mav V-i , l. fj7. . WM
t.nistock ami I'Konuci : aiakkkt. M
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