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VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
WILL BE DEFICIENT
NATIONAL TREASURY WILL BE
25000000 SHORT
An Indiana Lunatic Murders Five
and Takes His Own Iiife Only
Eighteen of a Force of Eighty live
Escape in a Mexican Mine Disaster
Will Be 25000000 Behind
Washington The Treasury deficit
Tor the fiscal year ending June 30 1896
will be approximately 25000000 In
his annual estimates sent to Congress at
the beginning of the present session the
Secretary of the Treasury estimated the
receipts from customs during the fiscal
3 ear at 3172000000 So far with nearly
ten months of the year gone the customs
receipts have reached about 137000000
With a fair prospect of increasing to 165
000000 by the close of the year The esti
mate of the receipts from internal revenue
sources was 158000000 Up to this time
they have reached 120000000 and it is
Expected that the figures for the completed
year will be about 146000000
The receipts from miscellaneous sources
are expected to slightly exceed the esti
mates of 15000000 making the total re
ceipts for the year about 327000000 The
Secretarys estimate of the years expen
ditures was 326000000 which according
to the figures would leave a deficiency of
17000000 The actual expenditures
however it is now thought will aggre
gate about 352000000 or 10000000 less
than Mr Carlisles estimate in December
last so that the deficit at the close of the
year it is believed will not show any
very material change from the figures
25162423 This makes the deficit for the
three fiscal years ending June 30 1896
136861812
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Murdered Five People
Rockviile Ind Peter Egbert a car
penter 22 years old unmarried without
apparent provocation shot and instantly
Skilled Mrs Hirman Haske and her two
children who lived next door He then
xeloaded his gun and going up town
saw Sheriff W M Mull and Deputy Wm
Sweem in the National Bank stairway
Egbert leveled his weapon and shot the
sherilf in the back of the head killing
him instantly Sweem was also shot with
a charge of buckshot in the neck expiring
linstantiy
Egbert then made his escape to the fair
grouuds just outside of town A posse
-was immediately organized and started in
pursuit Fifty men armed with shot
guns and pistols surrounded the grounds
Egbert refused to surrender and was fired
on lie did not return the fire but ran
jinto a stall and sent a load of buckshot
linto his breast dying instantly He re
ceived one slight bullet wound in the fu
jsilade from the posse
Egbert was once confined in a lunatic
iasylum but was discharged as cured No
jreason can be assigned for the tragedy
except insanity No trouble of any kind
las far as known had occurred with the
Haskes
Egberts sister at the same hour he
killed himself died at the famil home of
typhoid fever
Mexican Mine Disaster
Ciuhuahtja Mex The most terrible
disaster that has ever occurred in North
ern Mexico happened last Thursday after
noon at the Yieja Mine about twelve
miles from the city in the Santa Eulalia
district The mine is a very rich silver
mine and has been worked for the last
hundred years The roof of the mine has
heen supported by great pillars of ore
and a few weeks ago P R Prieto the
owner began taking out these supports
Prieto urged the miners who are Mexi
cans to continue at work in spite of pro
tests it is said and the terrible accident
resulted Eighty five men were at work
-when the cavein occurred Of these
eighteen escaped sixty seven were buried
and of these thirty seven have been taken
out seven of whom are dead and thirty
seriously crushed and many will not live
There is very little chance of recovering
alive the thirty men yet under the earth
Grant Statue Unveiled
New York A colossal equestrian sta
tue o Gen Grant was unveiled in front of
the Union League Club of Brooklyn last
Saturday in the presence of 25000 people
The dedication was made the occasion of
-a splendid military pageant All the
military organizations of Brooklyn the
iNational troops at Governments Island
and Fort Hamilton and the marines at the
Navy Tard took part in the ceremonies
During the march a Presidents salute of
twenty one guns was fired by a battery
stationed on a hill near the penitentiary
Gov Morton reviewed the procession
Ulysses S Grant a grandson of the gen
eral unveiled the statue
Going to Jerusalem
Smith Center Kan As curious a
movement as has ever been inaugurated
in this state of surprises is that of a party
of western Kansas religious enthusiasts
-who have started for Jerusalem to make
their home They have gathered all their
assets together and will take a steerage
passage from New York They expect to
be ensconced in their new home by May
20 ready to await the coming of the angel
Gabriel About fifty persons are in the
party and they are all of American birth
Falls Heir to Millions
Woodcliff N J Mme Eglantine
Gaudin of this city after years of hard
worlc has suddenly found herself sole
heiress to the enormous fortune of 17000
000
During the past winter the old lady
suffered intensely both from privation
and exposure and the infirmities of age
She is taking life easy enough now and
-will probably continue to reside in Wood
cliff
Will Release the Diazs
Havana Capt Gen AVeyler has de
cided to release the Rev Albert Diaz t lie
American Baptist missionary and in
brother Alfred from custody ti conditiot
that they will immediately leave Cuba
A dispatch from Mantauzas says that twe
American newspaper correspondents
Messrs OLeary and Daly are detained
by the authorities there
French Senate Backs Down
Paris The Senate unanimously
idopted the credits asked for Madagascar
Ihe proposal for the revision of the con
stitution was rejected 2H to S3
Big Job of Skin Grafting
I JidilZABETH ss J a wo sisiers weru
placed upon tables in the operating rooms
of the City Hospital here and parts of the
skin from the body of one girl were re
moved and grafted over the raw flesh of
the other This process of skin grafting
was continued for an hour or more and
in that time about thirty square inches of
skin were transplanted from one girl to
the other
The girl who gained this addition of
cuticle is Margaret Cotter 22 years old
and her younger sister Annie Cotter
made the sacrifice Before the skin graft
ing operation is completed a similar sac
rifice will be made by each member of the
Cotter family except the mother There
are four sisters and a brother besides the
girls who figured in the first operation
Margaret Cotter was terribly burned in a
Brooklyn fire some time ago For months
her body was swathed in soft bandages
but some of the wounds refused to heal
and her life was despaired of until a spec
ialist ordered the grafting of skin from
the bodies of her relatives
The operation was successful as far as
it went Dr Vernon peeled small strips
of skin from the thigh of Annie Cotter
and then quickiy laid them over the bare
fiesh of a wound on Margarets body An
antiseptic bandage was then quickly ap
plied and the operation was repeated
twenty one times before the physician
completed his task The next operation
will take place a month hence provided
the first shall prove completely success
ful
Bradstreets Review
New York Bradstreets says The
feeling is more hopeful at many trade
centers owing to continued improvement
of demand in retail lines better weather
generally favorable crop prospects
rand the activity which naturally follows
renewed building operations distribution
of implements and farm supplies and at
tendant activity More favorable reports
from commercial travelers are from those
representing Pittsburg St Louis Kansas
City Omaha and Milwaukee houses
Exports of wheat flour included as
wheat from both coasts of the United
States this week are the smallest since
the third week in July 1895 and with
that exception the smallest in any week
during the past six years amounting to
only 1286000 bushels compared with
2017000 bushels last week and 2431000
bushels in the week one year ago
There are 240 business failures reported
throughout the United States this week
compared with 844 last week 223 in the
corresponding week one year ago 201 two
years ago and as contrasted with 186 in
the like week of 1893
Heiress Marries a Clerk
St Paul Mr and Mrs W A Car
ruthers are spending their honeymoon at
their new home 235 West Fifth street
Their marriage took place at Prescott
Wis Mr Carrathers is the secretary of
the Publishers Collection Agency His
wife is not only very beautiful but is an
heiress She was Miss Beatrice Wood
head and was a typewriter when she met
young Carruthers and worked in the same
office with him Miss Woodhead re
ceived a snug little fortune and there were
those who thought she could do better
than mary a youthful clerk She thought
differently however and finally the
young couple took a quiet trip to Wiscon
sin and returned man and wife Parental
benediction has been secured
Million for Anns
Ottawa The six session of the Sev
enth Parliament of the Dominion was
prorogued late last Thursday night with
the usual ceremonies Lord Aberdeen
accompanied from Rideau Hall by the
customary mounted escort was received
at the Parliament buildings by a guard of
honor while cannon boomed from Ne
pean point A motion was made against
the method of purchasing firearms and
ammunition by the liberals- but it was
defeated and 1000000 for this purpose
passed Supplementary estimates were
passed as embodied in the supply bill
after which the Commons was summoned
to the Senate and was dismissed by Lord
Aberdeen
Will Use the X Rays
Anderson Ind Dr Henrotin of Chi
cago is coming here with his x rays ap
paratus to perform a delicate surgical
operation Six weeks ago Otto Lever was
shot in the head The bullet entered
above the eyes and passed through the
brain lodging in the base Doctors gave
him up but he did not die and after lying
unconscious for three weeks began to re
cover He is in full possession of his
senses and muscles now and the phy
sicians have decided to remove the bullet
expecting a complete and unprecedented
recovery
Sparrow Insanity Case
Lansing Mich The Sparrow in
sanity case which has attracted such
wide attention in this state has found its
way to the supreme court and the right of
a person adjudged insane by the probate
court to appeal from the order to a higher
court will be passed upon The case in
volves an issue of law never passed upon
before On this account as well as on ac
count of the high standing of the young
lady who has been declared insane the
outcome of the case will be awaited with
considerable interest
Indians Sell the Springs
Lander Wyo Maj McLaughlin
Indian agent inspector has successfully
negotiated the Hot Springs treaty with
the Indians The Indians agree to sell
ten miles square embracing the springs
-for 60000 five annual installments the
first installment to be cash and cattle and
the balance to be paid in subsistence The
treaty was signed by 273 Indians and Mc
Laughlin The springs are already wide
ly known for their medicinal properties
Father and Son Killed
Erie Pa A terrible double tragedy
took place at Union City this county
Simon Haselbach aged nearly 70 and his
son William aged 35 engaged in a quar
rel Both were drunk The young man
seized an ax and attempted to kill his
father The old man drew a revolver and
shot his son Seeing what he had done
the father turned the weapon upon him
self and sent a bullet through his temple
Both are dead
Electric Line to Mt Vernon
Washington Before a fortnight shall
have passed the city of Washington will
be directly connected by an electric street
railway with historic old Mt Vernon
where lies the remains of the father of his
country George Washington The fare
to Mt Vernon will be 10 cents By water
the distance from Washington is sixteen
miles but by rail but thirteen miles of
ground is covered
A Triple Tragedy
Huntington Va John Love living
thirty miles north of here shot and killed
his wife and fatally wounded his father-in-law
Mazee and himself
8TT J
Says Sbe Will Send Brown to Prison
San Francisco The troubles in the
First Congregational Church over the
actions of its pastor Dr Brown does not
seem to be ended with the ministers sus
pension by the Bay conference of Con
grecational churches
Dr Brtnvn has announced that be is in
the hands of the officers of his church
and he believes the majority of the dea
cons and trustees of the church are favor
able to him He also said he will prob
ably continue to preach in the First Con
gregational Church His friends say the
verdict of the council was a omplete sur
prise to him as he had confidently ex
pected that the loyal friends who rallied
around him would be able to carry a
favorable vote
Mrs Mary Davidson whose arrest by
Dr Brown for blackmail precipitated all
the trouble in the church does not at
tempt to conceal her gratification at the
defeat of the pastor She says she will
place him behind the prison bars for
slander and perjury and threatens other
accusers with similar punishment She is
preparing a lecture attacking Dr Brown
Handle the Convention by Telephone
St Louis When the National Repub
lican Convention meets in this city to
nominate a president and vice president
the delegates will witness an innovation
in the matter of handling a big conven
tion It is a scheme proposed by the Bell
Telephone Company The proposition is
something entirely new and original and
it is said the sub committee having in
charge the convention arrangements will
adopt it The scheme is to connect the
various state delegations with the speak
ers desk by telephone so the chairman
vyiy know the name of every man who is
recognized and thus be able to announce
his name to the convention The tele
phone scheme it is claimed will do away
with the annoyance and loss of time that
has so long been a source of worry to
managers of national conventions There
will be a central office back of the speak
ers stand and from there the operator
will connect the various delegations with
the chairman or with each other as the
case may be
Congressmen Fight
Washington Congressman Money
Democrat Senator elect from Mississippi
and Congressman Hall Democrat of
Missouri had a personal encounter in the
room of tfie Committee on Naval Affairs
Thursday The committee was not in
session From a messenger of the com
mittee it is learned they were heard dis
puting angrily Suddenly Hall said
I allow no man to call me a liar and
planted his fist in Mr Moneys face daz
ing him Then he grabbed a large glass
ink Avell and hurled it at Mr Money
striking him behind the ear and cutting
an ugly gash from which blood flowed
freely
At this point the messenger stepped be
tween and prevented Mr Hall from doing
Mr Money further damage
Mr Money was taken away by friends
faint from the loss of blood
Mr Hall declined to state the cause of
the troublej adding that it was merely a
nersonal matter
Platform of Alabama Demorats
Montgomery Ala The Democratic
state convention convened last Wednes
day and nominated the following state
ticket
For Governor Capt Joseph F John
ston
For Secretary of State Hon J Kirk
Jackson renominated
State Treasurer Mr Ellis of Dallas
County
State Auditor W S White of Colbert
County
Attorney General Mr Fitts renomi
nated
The resolutions adopted favor free coin
age of silver at 61 to 1 instruct the twenty-two
delegates from the state to vote as
a unit on all questions in the Chicago
convention advocates the repeal of the
10 per cent state bank tax favors honest
elections and the legalizing of primary
elections
Double Chicago Tragedy
Chicago James Culbertson an ex
city employe shot and killed his wife and
then sent a bullet into his own breast
He is in the hospital and will probably
die The couple have lived unhappily
and Mrs Culbertson left her husband
some time ago He had repeatedly threat
ened to kill her because as he said she
made so much trouble Culbertson
came from Chambersburg Pa and his
wife who was an extremely pretty
woman was before her marriage Lilian
McCormick of Junction City Kan
No Beer on Sunday
Kansas City The newly installed
mayor Jones set a precedent and caused
consternation among the saloon element
when he issued the following
Notice is hereby given that from and
after this date beer must not be delivered
Sundays to any saloon within the cor
porate limits of the city
The saloon men have to close up their
front doors Sunday said the mayor in
explanation and they can just as well
lay in a supply of beer Saturday for Sun
day and Monday
Western Xieage Season
Cincinnati Ohio The Western
League championship season opened on
the afternoon of the 22d at Kansas City
Milwaukee Indianapolis and Columbus
are the lucky towns in which ball cranks
have the chance to witness the first games
Greater New York Bill
Albany N Y The Assembly passed
the greater New Fork bill over the vetoes
of he mayors of New York and Brook
lyn The Senate had previously passed
the bill over the vetoes and it now goey
Lefore the Governor
THE MARKETS
Sioux City Cattle Stockers and feel
ers 300 to 365 Hogs Prices ranging
from 320 to 340 Grain Wheat 50b
to 52c corn 15s to 20c oats 15J to 10j
rye 20 to 25c hay 450 to 60J butter
14c to 15c eggs 7e
Chicago Cattle Beef steers 340 to
400 stockers and feeders 290 to 375
Hogs Prices ranging from 323 to S872X
Grain Wheat No 2sprhir 63o No 3
spring 62s to 62fc No 2 red 663c to
07Jc corn No 2 28c to 29c No 2
yuhow 29fo to SjJsc oats No 2 19-
No 2 white 19e to 20c No 3 white
17c to 21Kc rye No 2 37c flax seed
No 1 92c timothy seed 330
Kansas City Cattle Beef steers 300
to 380 stockers and feeders 275 to
375 Hogs Prices ranging from 310
to 345 Sheep 325 to 5380
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South Omaha Cattle Beet steers 800
to 380 stockers aud feeders 275 to
375 Hogs Prices raugiug from 315
to 340
Minneapolis Grain Wheit April
02c May 50c Julv 61c No 1
hard on track 02c No 1 Northern
OF A JEEAT STATE
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
NEBRASKA
Investigation of Dr Mackay of the
Norfolk Asylum in Progress Gov
Holcomb Conducts the Examination
of the Principal Witnesses
Investigating Dr Maclcay
The investigation at the Norfolk asylum
of Dr Mackay was commenced Friday
Gov Holcomb conducted the examination
of the principal witnesses Some of the
testimony is to the effect that Dr Mac
kays attention to Miss Grable Miss Ches
ter and Mrs Dunning had been of such
a pronounced nature as led to the worst
inferences One witness stated that Dr
Mackay was in Miss Grables ward a
large share of the time and that when
the superintendent was wanted every
body inquired for him there and that he
knew of the doctor being in Miss Grables
private apartments two or three hours at
a time with the doors closed
Pete Bussey testified to seeing Dr Mac
kay sitting in Miss Anna Chesters lap
Other witnesses testified to Dr Mackay
beating a patient Mrs Grims with the
buckle end of a strap
Charged with Discrimination
The State Board of Transportation was
called to order Friday afternoon at
Lincoln for the purpose of hear
ing the reply of the Union Pacific and
Elkhorn railroads to the charges of the
discrimination of freight rates against
Lincoln preferred by the Commercial
Club of that city
The Uuion Pacific rested its case on its
answer denying the jurisdiction of the
board
The Elkhorn contested the right of the
board to interfere but was turned down
An order was issued suspending the tariff
sought to be put into effect until May 8
when a rehearing will be had
Removes the Banks Receiver
Judge Ramsey of the district court at
Plattsmouth has entered an order remov
ing John A Donelan as receiver of the
Commercial Bank at Weeping Water and
appointing in his stead Thomas Murtey
The latters bond is fixed at 25000 In
handing down his decision the judge said
that he regarded Donelan as a young man
of integrity and good business qualifica
tions but felt sure that the best interests
of all parties concerned required his re
moval
Fire at Newcastle
Friday night at 10 oclock the frame
livery of Robert Ross at Newcastle to
gether with its contents three horses and
a warehouse near by were entirely con
sumed by fire There was about 1000
worth of nursery stock in the barn The
fire originated in the office where a gaso
line stove was used The proprietor
went into the office and struck a match
when an explosion took place and within
thirty minutes the property was con
sumed
Booming the Irrigation Fair
The county commissioners have agreed
to appropriate 1000 for the benefit of the
Nebraska Irrigation Fair to be held in
North Platte this fall on October 12 13
and 14 One thousand dollars in private
aubscriptions is already secured and it is
thought that another thousand can be
raised The district reunion of the Grand
Army will be held there at the same time
and Colonel Codys wild west show will
close 1 he season at that place October 12
Bank Sued for Damages
Suit was filed in the district court of
Clay Center by Thomas Powers against
the Sutton National Bank J B Dins
more and F C Mattison praying dam
ages in the sum of 5000 for milicious
prosecution and false imprisonment This
is the outgrowth of an action brought in
the name of the state against Powers in
the county court charging Powers with
larceny which suit was dismissed by the
prosecution
Will Not Close
Rumors have been set afloat that the
Palmer House at Grand Island was to be
closed These are unfounded The re
ceiver of the Bank of Commerce under
whose control the hotel is has appointed
A H Baker a former resident of Omaha
and an old libtel man to take charge of
the institution Mr Baker will keep the
iotel open to the public as usual
Rustler Sentenced at Valentine
District court was in session at Valen
tine four days last week The only case
of importance was thatof the state against
John Sedlejek for cattlestealing in which
the defendant was convicted and sent
enced by Judge Kinkaid to two and one
half years in the penitentiary
Splendid Prospects for Fruit
There has not been a time for many
years when the fruit prospects in the
vicinity of Juniata were as promising as
now The trees are overloaded with
bloom and are in a healthy condition and
with good weather and proper attention
vill give a large yield
Child Fatally Burned
DThe little daughter of Ed Stoltz of
Beaver City was fearfully burned re
cently With a small brother the child
had gone to the field where the father was
burning stalks Her dress caught fire
from the blaze and before her father could
reach her she was fatally burned
Seeding Progressing Rapidly
Farmers near Trenton are busily en
gaged in putting in all kinds of crops
Many have begun planting corn and a
large acreage will be put out this season
All seem confident of a bountiful harvest
Working on a Big Canal
The surveyors of the Great Eastern
Canal Company are at work in the vicin
ity of Oconee The company has eight
large graders and many scrapers at work
on the line west of there
Opened Anothers Mail
Len Rudd of Aurora was arrested by
United States authorities for opening let
ters personally addressed to his partners
wile and gave bail to appear for trial
Farmers Wife Disappears
The mysterious disappearance of Mrs
C A Benedict the wife of a farmer of
Boxbutte County caused much excite
ment as the parties are all quite promi
nent The presumption is that a prom
inent young stockman is at the bottom of
the affair Mrs Benedict took the east
bound train Her destination is no
known
Kicked hy a Mule
August Hinshaw aged 15 of Wilson
ville was kicked just behind the ear by a
mule The boy is still unconscious and
the doctors have no hopes of his recovery
Did Not Recommend Payment
In a Washington dispatch to a Lincoln
paper in is stated that an appropriation oi
2800 had been incorporated In the de
ficiency bill for the aid of the Dawson
family alleged to have been assaulted a
year ago by the Vic McCarthy gang in
Sarpy County and that when Represen
tative Hopkins of Illinois had opposed it
Congressman Hainer had stated that the
appropriation was recommended by the
Governor and Attorney General of Ne
braska Tuesday both of these officials
denied emphatically that any such recom
mendation had emanated from their re
spective offices On request of Gov Hol
comb County Attornay Leffley of Sarpy
County went to Lincoln and was in con
sultation with the Governor DeputyAttor
ney General Day was also present and the
question of prosecution of the alleged
assailants of the Dawsons was gone in
to thoroughly The crime was pretty
effectually put to Vic himself and this
individual being charged with other mis
demeanors and an outlaw at large the
prospect of immediate prosecution for the
assault on the Dawsons did not appear to
be very promising
Trouble for Pine Ridge People
Deputy United States Marshal Robin
sen and two pine Ridge agency police
men Frank Goings and Blunt Horn
passed through Chadron having in charge
Wm Randall Frank Randall and Julian
Whistler halfbreeds accused of cattle
stealing on the Pine Ridge reservation
Accompanying the party were Interpreter
Frank Young and Tom Fast Wolf and Iron
Heart as witnesses as well as the well
known squaw man Todo Randall father
of two of the accused The arrests are
the aftermath of the arrest of Henry Rye
of Gordon on the charge of buying Indian
cattle Rye has been bound over to the
United States court of the district of Neb
raska It is alleged that the prisoners
who sold the cattle to Rye stole them
from other parties holding tribal rights on
the reservation The practice of certain
parties buying Indian cattle for about one
half their value has long been in operation
in that section
Attempted Suicide
Charles Tiepel a German aged about
50 years made a probably successful at
tempt to commit suicide at Plattsmouth
by shooting himself through the wind
pipe The weapon used was a 32 caliber
revolver Tiepel was formerly employed
in the B M shops there but he had a
disagreement with the foreman and was
discharged Since that he has been un
successful in his efforts to obtain work
He has a large family dependent upon
him for support He has recently shown
signs of mental derangement The phy
sicians have so far been unable to locate
the bullet and cannot say as yet as to
whether the wound will prove fatal
Small Damages for Fatal Injuries
The jury in the case of Catherine Miles
administratrix of the estate of Geo Miles
against Samuel D Hibler which has
been occupying the attention of the dis
trict court at Fremont brought in a ver
dict for 175 The Miles boy worked for
Hibler on his farm and was kicked by one
oflliblers horses and died from the ef
fects of the injuries received The plain
tiff claimed that the horse was known to
be vicious and brought suit for 5000
The defendant alleged that the horse was
of good disposition and denied all re
sponsibility There has been consider
able interest taken in the case
Raising Vegetables for Seed
A number of parties at North Loup last
season made some experiments in the
way of raising vegetables for seed under
contract with seed firms who entered into
an agreement to take the entire product
in the fall at a stipulated price While
these attempts were not owing to inex
perience attended with uniform success
the experience thus gained has led to a
continuance of the same policy the pres
ent season it being agreed that with the
opportunity to use irrigation when
needed that locality offers unusual facili
ties for engaging in this line of agricul
ture
Floater Seen in the Elkhorn
While the Elkhorn city school scholars
and their instructors were picnicking at
i he Elkhorn River they observed what
resembled the dead body of a man floating
down the stream The body was attired
in black clothes Only a portion from
the shoulders to the hips was in sight
The picnickers made no effort to catch
the floater and as it was late when they
returned to town and told of their discov
every the citizens thought it impossible
to find the body
Beatrice School Board Reductions
At a meeting of the Beatrice school
board it was determined to reduce the
corps of teachers somewhat for the com
ing year Instruction in music and draw
ing will be dispensed with and there will
be five or six teachers in the primrry and
intermediate departments dropped It
was decided to raise the superintendents
salary 300 per annum and require him to
teach one half the time
Was Anxious to Die
Joe Werner a teamsterwho is addicted
to drink was arrested at Grand Island for
being drunk and disorderly and while in
jail during the night he tried to hang
himself with a small rope He was al
ready hanging from a post when another
inmate of the jail discovered the situation
and cut the rope Later on he attempted
to eat matches but in this he was also
prevented
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Waco Postoffice Robbed
postoffice at Waco was robbed a
ghts ago The burglars forced an
ce in the general merchandise store
is run in connection with the post-
The safe was blown open and
15 in change and 100 in stamps
Methodist Women Organize
A number of leading Methodist women
of the state met at University Place and
organized the Nebraska Wesleyan Ladies
Guild The object is to enlist all the
Methodist women of Nebraska in the
Wesleyan especially for its financial sup
port
Would Wind Up a Defunct Bank
The failure of the Chadron Banking
Company has brought numerous candi
dates for the receivership but the district
judge has as yet made no appointment
Mixed City Municipal 3Iatters
At the Nebraska City council meeting
Tuesday night that body refused to con
firm any of the new mayors appointees
There is therefore quite a jangle in the
affairs of that city
Prefer loss before unjust gain for
that brings grief but once this forever
He who puts a bad construction upon
a good act reveals his own wickedness
at heart
Woe unto those who find a pearl ir
the stream of life and fling it heed
lessly aAvay
CROP PROSPECTS EXCELLENT
Timely Rains and Warm Weather En-
courage the Farmers
The Government reports as to the con
dition of the crops throughout the coun
try and the general effect of the weath
er upon the cultivation growth and har
vest of the same show that the unusually
warm weather throughout the central
eastern and southern portions of the
country has rapidly advanced the sea
son which has been unusually back
ward and has been very favorable for
funning operations and growth of vege
tation which has been remarkably rapid
Whiter wheat has shown marked im
provement generally and is reported as
loing well in Indiana Illinois Iowa Kan
sas and in portions of Missouri and
while an improvement has been noted in
Kentucky and West Virginia the condi
tion of the crop in these States is poor
some having been plowed up In sec
tions of Missouri and Texas winter
tvheat seeding is well advanced in South
rn Minnesota and is about finished in
portions of Eastern South Dakota where
some of the early sown is up In North
Dakota no seeding has yet been done
Preparations for corn planting have been
pushed rapidly during the week and in the
more southerly sections planting has con
tinued with much activity Some corn
has been planted in Illinois and Nebras
ka and planting will be begun in Iowa
this week Cotton planting has contin
ued under favorable conditions and in
the central and southern portions of the
cotton region is coming up generally to a
good stand Germination however has
boon slow owing to the drought in some
sections of the western portion of the
cotton region General rainfall would
prove of much benefit from the Ohio Val
ley southward and also in Texas where
rain is needed to insure a stand of cotton
The report by States follows
Illinois A hot week with showers at the
beginning and ending has caused a reniark
uble advance In all vegetation Winter
wheat rye and grasses are greatly improved
and are doing finely grasses afford pastur
age Oats are coming up gardens and pota
toes are planted also some corn but prep
aration of corn land Is general Fruits are
laden with blossoms
Wisconsin Warm weather and abundant
rainfall has been very favorable for the rapid
advancement of all crops Wheat Is greatly
improved especially in localities where it
was thought to have been entirely winter
killed Oats are all sown and work well ad
vanced in southern section Little plowing
has been done in the central and northern
sections
South Dakota Seeding Is about finished in
southeastern counties with some wheat
above ground elsewhere seeding has been
retarded by heavy precipitation and cool
weather No winter wheat sown In the
central and northern portions the soil is toa
wet anu warmer and bright weather is
needed
Nebraska A good growing week but rain
and wet ground have retarded farm work
The seeding of small grain is about com
pleted except In the northwest section Plow
ing for corn is progressing very little plant
ed and this only in southern counties Fruit
trees are blooming profusely and generally
uninjured by frost of Saturday
Kansas A warm rainy week which great
ly improved all crop conditions Wheat
much Improved and growing rapidly Corn
coming up in central and southern counties
and is a good stand Fruit promised a full
crop but was injured some by frost of Sat
urday Grass is supporting stock iu south
counties
Missouri The unusually warm weather
forced vegetation forward very rapidly
Wheat is suffering for rain in some central
and southwestern counties but elsewhere is
generally doing well Corn planting is pro
gressing favorably and cotton has begun
Pasturage good Fruitprospects are excellent
Iowa High temperature aud abundant
moisture have pushed vegetation rapidly
and the season is now as early as usual
Grass and small grains are making a- fine
stand winter wheat generally promising
Plowing for corn well advanced and plant
ing will soon begin
Indiana Warm weather has rapidly im
proved all growing crops But few showers
fell and rain Is much needed Wheat barley
rye clover and grass have advanced rapidly
Oats nearly all sown Tobacco plants com
ing on well in Switzerland County Fruit is
in bloom Plowing for corn continues
Ohio Excessively warm sunshiny windy
and dry week except in northern portion
where rainfall was about normal Conditions
were very favorable for plowing and plant
ing All vegetation is Improved Apples
apricots cherries pears peaches and plums
are blooming
Michigan Abnormally high temperature
and plentiful showers have rapidly advanced
all vegetation and farm work Winter wheat
rye and grass are doing finely Plowing and
oat and grass seeding in progress Early
potato planting has just begun
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS MARTIN
Prominent St Louis Lawyer Who
Will Police the Chicago Convention
Col John I Martin avIio will fill the
important function of sergeant-at-arms
of the Democratic national convention is
a St Louis lawyer who is widely known
to Missouri He was born in St Louis in
184S and early in life was of material as
sistance to his parents who were in strait
ened circumstances He was a driver of
a levee dray when he went into polities
COL TOHX I MARTIX
and was elected to the Missouri Legisla
ture At that time he was the youngest
man ever elected to the Missouri Assem
bly Col Martin then read law in the
office of Col Robert S McDonald one of
the leading lawyers in St Louis and for
many years has been well known for his
ability in criminal cases Col Martin has
been prominent in fraternal and benevo
lent orders He is a whole souled gen
erous genial man very popular in St
Louis and throughout his State
A month P Scott
ago a prominent mer
chant of Toronto committed suicide by
jumping off the Kosedale bridge A week
later J Long the head waiter of the Al
bany Club imitated him with fatal
re
sults and John
now Strachan
one of the-locked-out
tailors has made the same
terrible leap Although fatally injured
he is still living
Coal miners in convention at Philadel
phia Pa representing the central and
northern fields decided to accept the
advance of 5 cents a ton offered bv on
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