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. # ' - A sew religious sect has develop
- 3n Samy county. They call tLemseh
figistr
Pexdkk had a fire last week , and t
line opera building came near bei
. - iviped out.
G. W. E. Dorsbv is said to be maki
a great deal of money from his gc
mine in Utah.
Tire Omaha police can find no tra
of the man who stabbed and x-obbi
T. A. Creighton.
Waynk Chapman , a Broken Bow he
got his foot in a lawn mower and \v
painfully injured.
L. F. DkGkttk , an old and promine
citizen of Nebraska City , died 1e
week at Forest Lake , Minn.
The sixth annual reunion of t
Dodge Couaty Veterans' associate
f will be held at Scribner , August 12.
Ox July 13 the State Bank of O'Nc
• - notified its depositors to call for the
deposits , as it intended to go out <
business.
A Uxitid States geological surv <
party is at work near Chappell. Tin
expect to be in camp for about three
four weeks.
The Ponea coal mine has been pu
chased by the captain bold of a Misso
ri river steamboat and will be work <
on a large scale.
A kate of one fare for the rour
trip from all Nebraska points has bee
authorized for Lincoln for the Grai
Army of the Republic reunion , Se
tcmbcr 14 to 18.
Fiaxk Swaxda , a seventeen-ye :
old Bohemian boy living three mill
southwest of Humboldt , was overcon
by heat while threshing , since whic
time he has been a raving maniac.
The old settlers that left Brow
county are coming back as fast as the
can raise the means to return , and sa
that when a man leaves Brown count
anel Nebraska he makes the worst mi
take of his life.
Lawrence II. Lee , the 22-year ol
son of C. II. Lee , was drowned in th
.North Fork of the Elkhorn river i
.Norfolk. The young man graduate
at Doane college this year and had bt
recently returned home.
Neak Atlanta , the little daughter c
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Scott , about a j ea
old , accidentally fell into a half barre
of water. By the time the child wa
discovered life was so far gone tha
resuscitation was impossible.
H. C. Heath , a teamster at Grant
Island , was throwD from a hig '
wagon , a distance of thirty feet am
against the curbing. His breast bon
and two ribs were broken and hi
neck injured. lie is in a serious con
< lition.
The seventh annual Ancient Order o
United Workmen picnic of Butle
county will be held at Rising City , Wed
nesday , August 11. Sixteen lodge
will be represented and a large crow <
from adjoining counties will be in at
tendance.
A xew fair association has been or
ganized under the name of the Dawsoi
County Fair association , the object be
ing to promote the agricultural inter
ests of the county as well as hold fairs
The capital stock is fixed at five thou
sand dollars.
Mark IXoffmax , the lG-year old son
, of Councilman John Hoffman , was
brought to West Point from a farm h (
was working on in an insane contli
tion. He has an idea that people wanl
to poison him and refuses therefore tc
cat anything.
Aix the railroads in the state have
agreed on a rate of one and one-third
regular fare for the round trip for the
of the Modern Woodmen at Wa-
Jricnic
100 on August 13. The rate will applj
from Omaha and from points within
-fifty miles of Wahoo. ,
Hexry Durst , a prominent farmer oi
Merrick county , was killed while
stacking grain. In some manner he
slipped and fell from the wagon , scar
ing the team , which ran away. One
s of the wheels passed over his neck ,
killing him instantly.
The Loup Valley Veteran's associa
tion will hold its first annual encamp
ment at the grove of E. Stewart , near
North Loup , lasting for three days ,
August 10 , 11 and 12. All old veterans
are invited to be present and to have
their families with them.
Jonx Howard , an old citizen of Fair-
-mont , met with a painful and possibly
fatal accident. He was staneling on a
ladder six feet from the ground , when
nis support gave way and he fell to the
.ground. He struck on a stake about
three inches wide and one inch thick.
Kxoxdyke has been the subject of
conversation on the streets of Nebras
ka City. The famous Eldorado has
"been marked out on the maps of Alas
ka , and several moneyed men have
manifested much interest in the mat
ter. Several of the old " 49ers" still
( live in that city , and it is highly prob
able that a company may be organized
and start from that part of Nebraska.
The deputy United States marshal
went to Niobrara the other day and
took another batch of bootleggers be
fore the United States commissioner at
Norfolk. He promises to return andS
take with him others on a second of
S fense , which the law doubles up in fine
and imprisonment. No cases have yet
come up before Judge Munger under
" Jienew law , and considerable specula
tion is indulged in as to what disposi
tion he will make of them.
A youxg man by the name of Fred
Burmood was struck by lightning in a
field near Wood River and instantly
killed.
A meeting of the Southwestern Ne
braska Editorial association has been
called for August 9 on the Chautauqua
grounds at Salem.
TnE Dawson county fair will be held
September 14 to 17 , inclusive , and it
.promises to be the best yet given.
Jonx W. Barger , the 17-year old son
of Wm. H. Barger , a farmer who lives-
about twelve miles northwest of Mc-
Cook , was instantly killed by a stroke
of lightning. The same bolt shocked
two other sons.
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POINTERS ON ALASK.
GEN. DUFFIELD GIVES OUT
FEW OF THEM.
Small Water Courses Likely to Bo Ki
Klclier than the Klondyke for Scion
tlflc Reasons Canada's Recent
Encroachments on the Bor
der of the Territory.
The Alaska Boundary Line.
Washington. Aug. 2.No thi ,
more can be done toward marking t
boundary line between Alaska and t
British possessions , along the 141
meridian until the Senate shall pu
upon the boundary treaty now befo
it There is , however , no doubt
the location of the line along this me
tdian and most people in the locali
know where it is. The demarkatii
work was superintcneled by Gener
Duffield , in charge of the coast ai
geodetic survey on behalf of tl
United States.
General Duffield has spent conside
able time in Alaska. He expresses tl
opinion that a railroad can easily 1
constructed from Taku inlet to tl
Klondyke gold fields and believes tl
enterprise well worth undertakinj
"The gold , " said he in discussing tl
question , "has been ground out of tl
quartz by the pressure of the glacie
which lie and move along the cours
of the streams , exerting a tremendoi
pressure. This force is present to
more appreciable extent in Alasl
than elsewhere and I believe that as
consequence more placer gold will I
found in that region than in any othi
part of the world. "
General Duffield thinks the g-ol
hunters upon the American side ha
made the mistake of prospecting th
large streams instead of the sma
ones. "When gold is precipitated , " h
Eaid , ' 'it sinks. It does not float fa
down stream. It is , therefore , to I
looked for along the small creeks an
about the head waters of the large
tributaries of the Yukon. There is n
reason why as rich finds may not b
made on the American side of the lin
as in the Klondyke district"
CANADA'S AGGRESSION.
General .Duffield says that on al
maps from 1825 to 1884 the Alaska
British Columbia boundary line wa
mown as , in general terms , parallel t
; he winding of'the coast and thirty
ive miles from it , but that in 1884 ai
) fflcial Canadian map showed a markei
leflection on this line at its south end
since that time the dispute as to tin
rue line from Mount St. Elias to thi
southeast has continued. By this dc
lection a piece of territory about thi
ize of the state of Connecticut was in
: luded in British possessions. Late ;
ifficial Canadian maps continue t (
aake like deflections , with like ab
orption of American territory until tin
cry latest map , published at Ottaw :
nly a few days ago , while it runs nc
ine at all southeast of Alaska , uses
he words "British Columbia" ovei
ortions of the Lynn canal , the north
rmost extension of the Alexandei
rchipelago , which turns north oi
uneau and is the land outlet for the
rukon trade. These positions of the
ivnn canal are now aelministercd by
tie United States. A report of the
Fnited States surveyor empoyed ! in
liis boundry line , made recently , says :
In substance , these determinations
lirow the diggins at the mouth oi
orty Mile creek within the , ter-
itory of the United States. The
• hole valley of the Birch
reek , another most valuable cold
reducing part of the country is also
i the United States. Most of the gold
i to the west of the crossing of the
Ust meridian at Forty Mile creek. If
e produce the 141st meridian on a
lart the mouth of Miller's creek , a
• ibutary of Sixty Mile creek anel a
aluable gold region , is five miles
est in an air line or seven miles ac-
jrding to the winding of the stream ,
.1 within the territory of the United
tates. In substance , the only places
i the Yukon region where gold in
uantities has been found are , there-
ire , all to the west of the boundary
ne between Canada and the United
bates. "
Great Britain Will Consent.
Washington , Aug. 2. Official in-
wmation just received in Washington
idicates that Great Britain will con-
snt to join in an international mon-
: ary conference to be held in this
ty next winter. This reprort comes
irough official channels , and gives
mch satisfaction to thoi-e who hope
a international agreement is pos-
ble.
High Hats and Frock Coats.
London , Aug. 2. The crusade
jainst the frock coat and stovepipe
at for summer gatherings like the
oodwood rices has received a set-
xck. This year the Prince of Wales
id the men of his party , instead of
jpearing in low crowned hats and
ick coats as they did last year , all
ore black frock coats and high hats.
Deadly Floods In the Crimea.
London , Aug 2. A special dispatch
om St Petersburg says that the No-
isti estimates that at least Liu per
ns have perished in the recent floods
Kertch , in the Crimea.
Speedy Texas Justice.
San Antonio , Texas , Aug. 2. Max-
io Martinez was hanged at Flores-
lle , in the Wilson county jail , 3'cs-
rday afternoon , for a triple murder ,
mmitted June G , last He killed
sus Carillo and wife , and Juanita
iosta , 18 years old , whom he first
vished.
Vandlvcrt Will Leave Kansas.
Topeka , Kan. , Aug , 2. Judge Sam-
IVandivertwill leave Kansas , where
has been quite a noted and con-
icuous figure for fifteen years. He
U go to New Yor' "
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AS TO SAMOA.
McKinley Will Not Pursue the Coarse
Cleveland.
Chicago Aug. 2. A special to t
Times-Herald from Washington sa ]
"There is reason to believe that t
McKinley administration will not pi
sue the policy urged by Mr. Clevela
in the matter of the abandonment
the rights of this government in
moa. In discussing the Samoan qui
iton a few days before his departu
the president said that the annes
tion of Hawaii by the United Stat
and the proposed construction of t
Nicaraguan canal under control of t
United States government had plac
a value on Samoa which the count
could illy afford to lose. Its locatii
is such that it is directly betwei
Australia and Nicaragua , and its val
as a way station for vessels procee
ing to Australia from Honolulu
from the proposed Nicaraguan can
will be great For these reasons Pre
ident McKinley will not attempt
carry out the policy favored by M
Cleveland , looking to the abrogate
of the treaty between Great Britai
Germany and the United States of 188
which gave the signatory powe
equal rights of government of Samoa
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Bradstreet's Reports An Enconrajili
Outlook for the Farmers.
New York , Aug. 2. Bradstreel
says : "The unexpectedly early fa
demand for staple merchandise hi
commenced and , although not coi
spicuous at some of the larger Easter
cities , which it is approaching , is not :
bly so at points in the Mississippi an
Missouri valleys , in the larger whe *
growing states. A special investig ;
tion by Bradstreet's this week show
that increased purchases by countr
merchants in the region specifie
based on the prospectively large whea
crop at home in the face of shoi
wheat crops abroad has increased bus
in ess with Western jobbers from 10 t
15 per cent , compared with fall trad
at a like period last year. The tota
volume of this new business is no
large , but it is unusual in this , th
lull month of the year , and it is grow
ing. The most favorable feature o
trade is its slow , conservative , stead ;
jxpansion , it being based on the in
: reased wants and larger consumptivi
; apacity of the agricultural commu
lity , for whom the prospect is brighte :
; han it has been before for six years/
R. G. Dun & Co. 's Weekly Review o
Trade :
"The most important event since
he passage of the new tariff , whicl
vas generally anticipated a week ago
las been the marked increase in for
ign demand and advance in price foi
vheat The latter has risen 4c dur
ng the week.
"The fact that corn exports exceed
ast year's , although the price has ad-
anced to 32.87 cents , is further prooi
hat foreign demands are substantial.
V'ith crop news still favorable , pro-
ucers may probably realize some-
liinglike 580,000,000 more than last
ear on wheat , which means a great
ifference in purchases by agricultural
tates. Corn also advanced 1.25 cents
nd cotton a sixteenth , though reports
5 to yield are good. "
To Klondyke on a Wheel.
New York , Aug 2. One of the
lost novel of the many schemes to
btain a share of the wealth of the
[ lonkyke region has been developed
y a sj'ndicate of four wealthy New
' orkers , who are planning to establish
i-ading posts and stores in the mining
amps and also to purchase all prom-
iing claims on the market They
'ill transport their men and supplies
) the gold fields on a bicycle specially
esigned for the purpose
Rustler War In Prospect.
Cheyenne , Wyo. , Aug 2. A force
f cowboys belonging to the Ogallala
nd C Y. roundups , started from Cas-
er this afternoon for the Hole-in-the *
fall , accompanied by a number ol
leriff's and other police officers ,
hey are prepared to take all the
lttle belonging to their employers
Lit of the region infected by the
istlers. A party of citizens , well
rmed and mounted , accompanied the
artv.
Salisbury Urges the Sultan.
Constantinople , Aug. 2. It is re-
Drted here that Lord Salisbury , the
ritish prime ministerhas telegraphed
rging the immediate withdrawal ol
dhem Pasha , the commander-in-chief
: the Turkish forces , from Thessaly.
he Turks are very angry and accuse
le British government of trying to
ickey them out of Thessaly without
imnensation beiner made.
Millionaire llobart Seriously 111.
San Francisco , Aug. 2. News has
st reached this city of the serious
ness of Walter S. Hobart , the young
illionaire race horse owner. He is
nfined to his bed at his home in San
ateo from appendicitis. His condi-
3n has given rise to serious apprc-
msion.
Portuguese DeTeat Africans.
Lisbon , Aug. 2 An offiAdl dis-
tch from Lorenzo Marquez says the
• vernment troops have defeated the
bellious natives in an important en-
igement in Gazaland. The natives
st 300 men.
eat Britain's Probable Contribution
to the Cause of Bimetallism.
London , Aug. 2. The forthcoming
iue of the National Review will con-
in a long article upon the success
the American bimetallic commis-
m. The article says : "It is now
ncrally recognized by all except os-
ches that Great Britain's chief con-
bution will be the reopening of the
uian mints , which all who appre-
ite the question must regard as a
iendid subscription to the common
oL"
THE UNION PACIFI
TIME OF THE SALE PROBAB1
OCTOBER.
Generally Understood the Rcorcanlzat
Committee Will Bo Bidders for th
System , and that S. ( I. II. Clark
Will Still Remain at the
Helm.
Affairs of the Union Pacific.
Omaha dispatch : Oliver W. Mil
vice-president and receiver of t
Union Pacific , came in this morni
from Boston and E. Ellery Andcrse
receiver , will come tomorrow. G (
, eral Solicitor Kelly and II. B. Tayl
private secretary to Master-in-Chance
Cornish also returned this morni
from an eight weeks' stay in N <
York and Boston , anel Judge Corni
will arrive tomorrow. Mr. Mink a
Mr. Anelerson , accompanied by Ge
eral Manager Dickinson and otli
officials , will leave in a few days i
a tour of inspection of the syatem.
The testimony in the foreclosu
proceedings of the Union Pacific is
each of the-seven cases affecting t
roael and the receivership. It is ge
erally understood that the sale of t
property will take place the first wei
in October , so tiiat before Jan. 1 t
new company will assume charge
the road.
In all probability Judge Sanbo
will appoint Judge Cornish as the ma
ter to make the sale not only of tl
Union Pacific proper , but of tl
Kansas Pacific , being the lines in Ka
sas from Kansas City to Denver , at
ot the Denver Pacific , being the lii
between Denver anel Cheyenne.
The seven cases in which testimoi
lias been completed take in the eliffe
2nt mortgaged divisions. Judge Co
lish has heard all this testimony ar
tvill make report to Judge Sanbor ;
ivho will make the order of sale se
iing the elate. The sale must be hel
ivhere the property is anel it is believe
; hat Omaha will be the place for tl
sale of the main line , while Denve
vill probably be the point for the sai
> f the other roads.
Mr. Mink was asked if there was an
ruth in the telegraphic statemer
hat Mr. Clark woulel resign the pres
lency of the Union Pacific anel that li
limself Avoulel be elected , lie denie
hat there was any truth in the stat <
nent and said that Mr. Clark wi
apidly improving and that he woul
ake the helm of the new company
L'hat was what was wanted by tli
trospective company and what we
onsidered best for the property.
It is generally understood that th
eorganization committee will be bit
lers in for the Union Pacific propert
vhen put up for sale. The committe
iow has the bulk of the first mortgag
lends and it is belicveel there will b
io opposition to the committee in pui
hasing the bonds.
Kills Ilini in Twelve Hours.
Wahoo elispatch : Erick Larson ,
firmer living seven miles northwest 0
his place , committed suicide yester
ay by taking paris green. The poi
on is thought to have been taken i
lie forenoon anel he1 died last night a
1 o ' clock. Larson was thought to b
nbalanceel from an accident whic '
appeneel him some three years age
le was also a heavy drinker and thi
! supposeel to have been partially th
xuse of his suiciele. After taking tin
oisou Lnson secreted himself unti
le evening , when he came from hi
ieling place anel told his wife what In
ad. She sent for a physician , but h
[ • rived too late to save the man. H
as 52 years old anel leaves a wife am
vo children.
New Cattle Disease Appoars.
The elisease of the eye which hai
jen prevalent among cattle in othe :
ates and in parts of Nebraska , hai
ade its appearance in this vicinitj'
iys a Norfolk dispatch. D. White
ho lives a mile southeast of the June
on , has discovered its presence ir
is herd. One of his animals is en
rely blinel anel others seem to be suf-
ring from the first stages of the elis
tse. A veterinary surgeon who is
eating Mr. White's cattle has been
: ry successful in coping with the
sease thus far. It is saiel that the
• st indication of its presence is when
1 animal's eye commences to run , and
a stop is not put to its progress this
e will be entirely enten out.
Another "Healer" Holding l'orth.
A divine healer , somewhat of the
: hlatter order , is holeling nightly
eetings at Tecumseh. The gentle-
iin gives his name as Philip Langdon
lei says his home is at Inelianola. la.
• says he is an agent of God and can
re all the sick anel aillicteel of the
ty if they will but come to him anel
cept the divine teachings he will of-
r them.
"Morton Builds an Opera House.
Ex-Secretary J. Sterling Morton has
mmenceel the erection of a § 25.000
era house in Nebraska City. Plans
ve been drawn anel approveel for a
ndsome , commodious structure , en-
• ely modern in every detail , and
lich , when completed , will be one
the moist finely appointed play-
uses in the state.
Lincoln & Yukon Mining Company.
Evidence that the golel fever has
• uck Lincoln is on file in the office of
e secretary of state in the form of
tides of incorporation of the Lincoln
d Yukon Gold Mining company.
ie authorized capital stock of the
acern is placeel at $100,000 anel the
incipal place of business , is to be
ncoln. of which city the incorporat-
5 are resielents.
II. J. Billerbeck. an implement deal-
of Osmunel. has sold twenty-three
ldcrs thib season.
State Building 1'lans Invited.
The Nebraska exposition commis-
n has decided to ask the architects
the state to submit plans for a state
ildinir at the next meeting of the
nmission. which will be held the
: end Tuesday in Augu.st. Members
the commission say the buileling
ust be a credit to the state , must
iTnonize with the other buildings of
; exposition and must not cost over
.000. including architects * fees , and
jrything to complete the building
-dy for occupancy.
• ierce county has 1.509 male and
13 , female children of school age.
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STOCKMEN WIN.
Discrimination Through Use of Cars
Different Sizes Is Wiped Out.
A change on the part of the westc
railroads in their mode of fixing ra
on the shipment of live stock , ;
which change the btock yards here u
at other important centers and t
stockmen of the trans-Missouri counl
have been pleaeling for several ye :
is about to be made , says the Oma
Bee. There will be an abolition of t
present practice of charging the sh
ment of live stock at so many dolh
per carload and a conversion to t
more desirable custom of making nil
at so many cents per 100 pounds of li
stock shipped.
Directly , this is the result of a co
ference of freight men of western ra
roads , which lias been euictly held
Kansas City during the past two tlaj
Indirectly , it is the result of a lei
series of meetings and innumeral
conferences with stockmen. The
was a meeting in Denver last wee
which was attended by freight officii !
of all the Omaha and other westc :
roaels. No conclusion as to the prop
sition was reached and the proceeding
were kept "extremely ejuict.
The Kansas City meeting adjourni
Tuesday and the Omaha officials in 11
tendance reached home yesterda
They state that the exact basis npt
which live stock shipments in thetran
Missouri country will hereafter 1
made lias not yet been agreed upoi
There are three basis under consieler
tion and at another conference of tl
freight men one of these will 1
agreed upon. It is settled , howevc
that live stock rates will hereafter 1
so many cents per hundred pounds ii
stead of so many elollars per carload.
For several years many stockme
have been urging the railroads 1
equalize the freight charges on catt
shippeel from western points to Sout
Omaha , Kansas City and other poin
on the Missouri river. The stockme
have been backed by the stock yare
companies xit these points. About
year ago an effort was made to inst
Lute the custom of charging by weigh
but the effort did not meet with sin
cess. One of the contentions of tli
stockmen has been that the varyin
size of freight cars has made charge
by carloael instead of by weight an ur
fair practice. Some of the stockme
have opposed the change , insistin
that to charge by weight instead c
by carload would mean an increase i
rates to them. The general opinior
iiowever , appears to be that the chang
ivill be for the best interests of all cor
; erned. When payment is made fo
ivery 100 pounds of live stock shippe
n from the west there can be no fa
rors shown the shipper , by giving hir
: ars of greater capacity than anothe
itoceman receives.
I on Standing Claim to be I/aid.
Columbus dispatch : Patrick Mur
ay , one of the oldest and most sue
: essful farmersof thispartof the state
liis morning received fron the de
mrtment officials at Washington ai
dentity proof to fill out and sign , tc
fether with the information that upoi
he return of the blanks his tlraft fo
11.200 woulel be mailed at once.
Thirty-three years ago this montl
Jr. Murray had a contract with th
government to put up several hunelrei
ons of hay in the Loup river bottom :
o be used by the soldiers then sta
ioned on the Pawnee reservation neai
he present site of the village o
' enoa. While fulfilling his part of the
ontract , Mr. Murray anel his mer
fere one afternoon surprised by j
anel of Sioux Indians , who killed some
f his men , ransacked the camp ant ;
rove off his horses anel cattle. In
his attack Mrs. Murray was wounded
'ith a poisoned arrow , but recovered
nel lived until a few years ago. Mr.
Iurray at once put in a claim for SI , -
00 damages , which has since been
ending , and for which he will soon
e recompensed.
Coming National Reunion.
Assistant Adjt.Gen. . Gage of the G.
. R. has received the general orelcr
isued from the headquarters of Com-
lander-in-Chief T. S. Clarkson at
maha relative to the thirty-first na-
onal encampment. The order recites
lat the encampment will open at
uffalo , N. Y „ on August 2 and con-
nue during that week , the grand pa
nic taking place on Augu.st 25. The
) mmandcr-in-chief has invitee ! the
apartment of Nebraska to act as es-
> rt to him , and the invitation has
? en accepted. The start from Omaha
ill be made on August 21 at G p. in.
* er the Northwestern.
The commander-in-Chief invites
estern departments , whose route can
; conveniently made through Omaha ,
1 join the headquarters party at that
• other convenient .
point. Depart-
ent Commander Ehrhardt of Neb -as-
1 has issued the usual order in con-
rinity with that of the commandcr-
-chief.
Land Decision Atlirmcd.
Washington dispatch : In the land
so of Thomas Spins against the nion
tcific Railway e-ouipany from the
strict of Nebraska. Secretary Rliss
tla\- affirmed the land office * decision ,
d Spins " entry is cancelled for e-on-
ct with the company ' s selei-tion. In
sc of the Sioux City v Pacific against
incsteel and Finnerty. from the
N'cill district , the land office decision
affirmed. The comp nijs ' s' * ) < > c-lion
land is rejected on the ground thst
2 land was part of the bed of thc-
ssonri river at the date of the grant.
t > i-islci I'livtiiiasicrs Appointecf.
The following fourth-class po > tmus-
- . > were appointed today , savs a
ishington dispatch : Uingham. Sher-
m county. A. 1 * . Rcll : Burr. Otoe
inty : .Michael Har-tier : Hartman.
uel county. Frederick Te-ppert : Ox-
• d. Furnas county. J. L. I.ashbrook :
lo. Richards county. C. J , . Ilubcr :
lle-y. Douglas county. If. M. Puffer.
Nrhraskans Can 1'r.ti-tirp.
iVashington dispatch : The * follow-
r have been admitted to practice as
orneys and agents claimants for
imants before the Interior depart-
nt : Nebraska Serfoman Draper ,
abrara ; Bennetts. Gillispie , O'Neill :
gustine It. Humphrey. Broken Bow :
s. Mary R. Morgan ! Alma ; Charles
ey. Albion : Robert J. Sloan , Ge-
.a : Lloyd ii. Gillispied , O'Neill ,
va Joseph II. McLaughlin. Daven-
• t : Charles N. FlagIerLime Springs ,
nry J. Landermink , Orange Citv :
mcis If. Bobbins , Waukon. South
kota Thomas Drake , Pierre ; Wm.
Wilf-n. Hot Springs.
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EsironiA , Kan. , July 31. An incon- J J
diary fire , which was started in the 5 Jjj
postoflicc at Hillsboro before daylight i jf.l
this morning , caused S3.000 damages. 1 1
to Sharping's harness store , 81.000 to- 4-4J
J. J. Hirschlcr's empty store. Sa.OOO to9M
G. Kistlor's general merchandise store , / W
51,000 to J. J. Freisen's photograph f
gallery , Sl.OdO to A. Bcentz's barbershop
to George Hoiiser's hotel
• shop , S0.000
and meat market , S1.000 to Miss
Nickle ' s millinery store , S2,000 to J. C.
Entz 's drug store and the destruction-
of the Dostoffico at an unknown loss.
Kerens Wins Again. (
Wasiiixoton , July 31.The Missouri'
Congressitmal slate of consular ap
pointments , was badly fractured yes
terday by the announcement of two
appointments not on the list One is
that of Major John L. Bittinger. to be
consul general at Montreal , anel the
other that of William P. Smyth , to be
consul at Hull , England. Both of ,
these are Kerens appointments , and ( '
neither of thi > m adorned the Pearce-
Joy-Hartholdt list of consular recom
mendations.
Will Form a Pugilistic Trust.
Sax Fkaxcisco , July 3 I. The mnn-
ngers of the three principal prize fight
clubs arc trying to agree upon a
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scheme which , if carried out , will t
practically give them a monopoly of , i
the business in this city. If this pugilistic - f
ilistic trust bo formed there 'ill no j
longer be any rivalry in bidding for *
fights and the large purses and percentages - { \
centages will no longer be given. At } '
present the fighters are getting most
Df the money.
ltepubllcun Telegraphers Rewarded.
Washington , July 31. The appointment - '
ment of Michael J. Burke of Chicago .
as consul to St. Thomas and Port V
Stanley , Ont. , is said to be a recog
nition by the President of the work
done by the telegraphers and railroad
employes for the Republican party
[ luring the last campaign. Burke was
secretary of the Federated Chilis oi
Railroad Employes and Telegraphers.
C'ancht ATter Nine Year/ * .
Kansas City , Ma , July 31. Sher
man Steinbrook , a laborer who lives
ivith his wife anil two children at
Twenty-eighth and Penn streets. wa.
irrested to-day on a charge of helping '
; o murder Fred Krause in Vernon
: ounty nine years ago.
Lamar Democrat Sold. I
Lam Ait , Mo. , July 31. The Lamai
Democrat was sold yesterday for Sj , -
300 to II. C. Timmonds , a promincnl ' .
ittorney and a strong advocate oi
silver. He will share his purchase
with his son-in-law , Walter W. Meyers ,
: lerk of Barton county circuit court ,
IVIr. Sherman illuch Hettcr. ,
Washington , July 31. Word comes i
io Washington from Secretary Shcr- (
nan at Amagansett , Long Island , that
lis health has improved very much
since he arrived at that place. He
ivill leave for Boston in a day or two
mil this trip will be followed by a sea
royage. i
A Place for air. McKinley' * Uncle. , |
San Fkaa'cisco , Cal. , July U. B. F. / i
McKinley , uncle of President McKini * "
ey , was appointed assistant postmas- j
er of this city to-day by Postmaster
Montajjue.
3V/A PATENT OFFICE REPORT. /
DesMoines , July 19. Talmadge E. ,
irown , of Des Moines , has been granted j
copyright tor a melodrama in four J
cts , entitled "The Thieves' Den. " 4
. F. Thompson , of Adel , has been 1
llowed a design patent adapted to be / 1
• orn as a political badge. Patents 1
ave been allowed , but not yet issued , ? j
5 follows : To L. D. Hart , of Nora J i
prings , for acorn cutter and shocker , { 1
ilapted to be advanced in the field to J
it off stalks and gather them into aleck
lock to be bound together. To J. W.
ussell , of Newton , for an improved
rain thresher and separator iu which
art of the novelty is a tortuous pas- r
ige way for straw and chaff and a '
cvice for forcing air into said pas-
igeway at each of its turns , and
uide rods fixeo to the walls of the
issageway and curved around the
miers. To L. D. anil A. J. Hart , of <
era Springs , for a clothes pounder
lapted to be attached to a tub to be
aerated therein and also adapted to
i adjusted relative to an adjacent
ib for- washing clothes therein by the / •
sunding process without detaching item
om the other tub. °
Valuable information about securing a
iluing and selling patents sent free ' "B
' any address j
Thos. G. asd J. EAtrn Obwio , J
Solicitors of Pate.it * 9
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