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VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
EAISE TAX ON BEER
NEXT CONGRESS TO CONSIDER
A NEW BILL
It Means 15000000 Additional to
the Public Treasury Should the
Bill Pass Must Accept Bank of
Havana NoteB at Their Face Value
To Raise Tax on Beer
Washington- The Washington re
presentative of a large number of brew
eries said that he had just received infor
mation of an intention to introduce
and put through the next session
of Congress a bill to inrease the
tax on beer The bill will ac
according to his information be sup
ported by the Republican side of the
House as well as by the Democratic and
pass Whether it will get through the
Senate will in a large measure depend
on the attitude of the free silver senators
He says thatthe bill will not call for a
tax of a dollar a barrel as did the last
bill That would be equal to an increase
of 100 per sent He says that he is in
formed Xhat the proposed tax will not be
more than 50 per cent increase Should
the bill pass providing for such an in
crease it will put an additional 15000000
into the treasury annually The brew
eries he said would make a united fight
against the bill They object to an in
crease in their tax If there were a gen
eral increaseall along the line of taxable
products the brewer might he said be
willing to pay thejr proportion But theyj
would strongly object to anything like
an increase of 50 per cent
To Present Indiana Silver Service
Indianapolis The Governor of In-
diana with the committee of the state in1
charge of the presentation to the battle-
ship Indiana of a silver service and
library raised by public subscription
left Saturday night for New York The
party was a large one and comprised both
ladies and gentlemen They arrived in
New York Sunday morning The cere
mony of presentation took place Monday
on the Indiana at Tompkinsville where
the battleship is anchored The presenta
tion was received on behalf of the ship
by Acting Secretary of the Navy McAdoo
Says Shooting Was Accidental
St Louis Mrs Zora Grawe a widow
was Shot andf almost instantly killed in
one of the rooms of her own house by
Charles Weisler a young man who haa
been boarding with her Weisler is now
under arrest and will be held a prisoner
to await the verdict of the coroners jury
He declared that the shooting was entirely
accidental Mrs Grawe was a widow 42
years old and moved to the city three
years ago from Green County Illinois
with her three children
Mississippi Valley Doctors
St Paul The annual convention of
the Mississippi Valley Medical Associa
tion closed its business sessions in this
city hearing a number of technical papers
and approving the election of the follow
ing ofllcers President Dr Thomas H
SSluckey Louisville Ky Secretary H
W Loeb Treasurer Dr W H Wishard
Indianapolis A special train on the
Northern Pacific railroad started with all
the members of the association and their
wives for a weeks sojourn in the Yellow
stone National Park
Gen Weylers Latest
London A StandardsMadrid dispatch
says Capt Gen Weyler of Cuba has is
isued a proclamation which threatens
severe penalties for non acceptance of
notes of the Bank of Havana at their face
value although they have already suffered
a discount of 16 per cent The Govern
ment is enforcing this proclamation de
spite the resistance of the commercial
silasses and general public of Cuba
Missionary Order Disbands
St Louis The Baptist Womans
Missionary and Educational convention
an auxiliary of the National Baptist con
vention met here and disbanded its or
ganization The convention was organ
ized last year at Atlanta Ga I was not
a success The Womans Foreign Mis
sionary Convention of North America
will retain its part of the organization
Female Pugilists May Fight
Cincinnati A sj ecial from New York
states that Rosa Burke the Female Cor
bett has issued a sweeping challenge to
meet any woman in the country in the
fistic ring The Commercial Tribune
prints the acceptance of Miss Burkes
challenge by Nellie Gazelle who says
she will meet Burke at any time or
for points purse or pastime
Internal Revenue
Washington The monthly statement
of collections of internal revenue issued
Saturday shows the total receipts for the
month of August to have been 11527074
as compared with 12162835 during Au
gust 1895 For two months of the pres
ent fiscal year the receipts were 43234 iti
excess of the same period in 1895
Found Teeth in a Tumor
Mexico Mo The surgeons of this
ehy were called -upon to cut a tumor from
Jhejawof little Miss South daughter of
J N South After the operation the
tumor was found to contain thirty two
teeth
Weekly Bank Statement
New Yobk The weekly bank state
ment shows a reserve increase of 1687
i00 The banks now hold 10454008
in excess of the legal requirements
Spain Sends Out More Troops
Bakcelona Additional re en force
men ts of 2500 troops have embarked here
lor the island of Cuba
Railroad Man Kills Himself
Pittsbukg Pa J Morton Hall
formerly general passenger agent of the
Allegheny Valley Kailroad and well
known in railroad business circles acci
dentally shot and- killed himself at his
residence in Allegheny while cleaning his
revolver
Anarchist Mackner Arrested
Copenhagen An anarchist named
Mackner was arrested here on arriving
from Stettin Meckner was lecently ex
pelled from France and will probably be
detained in custody here until the Czar
omii Czarina leave Denmark
Fought in Secret
San Fbancisco It took twenty eight
rounds of desperate bare knuckle slug
ging to settle a grudge that has existed
for a long time between Johnny Britt
once champion bantam weight of the
coast and Frank Lawler another well
known athlete whose doings in the fistic
arena have made him quite prominent
Britt and Lawler had formerly been
friends but had a falling out over a mem
ber of the fair sex and deoided to settle
the controversy in a bare knuckle finish
fight They took things easy until the
twentieth round when a fierce rally re
sulted in Britt going out from a right
hand swing that landed on his neck He
recovered in the next round and from
that to the twenty -eighth round had a
shade the best of the argument Lawler
being tired As there seemed to be little
chance of a finish and both men were
terribly punished the referee called the
match a draw
Bradstreets Review
New Yoke Bradstreets says Mod
erate improvement in trade the past few
weeks continues and is emphasized by
further speculative purchases of wool re
newed buying by wool -manufacturers
the reduction of surplus stocks of cotton
goods increased demand for seasonable
fabrics and continued confidence among
manufacturers of iron and steel that there
will 1 e an early revival in demand The
volume of sales of general merchandise
shows a small gain over last week and the
feeling among wholesale merchants is one
of more confidence in a comparatively
early improvement There has been a
heavy increase in wheat exports from the
Paoific coast this week as compared with
last but a falling off in shipments from
Atlantic ports The increased proportion
of the number of failures of concerns with
large capitalization continues noticeable
Looking for the Pole
Lawrence Kan Thejcontinued ab
sence of Prof L L Dyche of the State
University who accompanied Mr Peary
on his former trip north leads to the be
lief that be is in search of a route to the
north pole by way of Alaska and the
western passage Prof Dyche was last
heard of July 17 when he was in Alaska
He started west ostensibly to collect spec
imens for the State Universit3r while it
was asserted that his intentions were to
recover a meteorite which he had discov
ered in Greenland last summer When
he started from here he said hewould re
turn September 1
Lis Credentials on Exhibition
Washington The personal letter
from the Emperor of China to President
Cleveland which formed the credentials of
Li Hung Chang has been placed on ex
hibition in the library of the Department
of State The letter is written on a scroll
of lemon colored parchment paper about
five feet in length and a foot and a half in
length a portion being ancient Chinese
and a part modern Chinese characters
with the royal red seal and the Emperors
autograph in the center The envelope is
unique being a great sheet of yellow
satin
Indian Justice in Oklahoma
Nobman Odlahoma At Big Jims
Crossing ten miles north of this place
Joe Johnson an Indian shot and killed
two other Indians Big Jim chief of the
Pottawattamies fined Johnson 10 and
two ponies for the crime The sheriff of
this county heard of the killing and ar
rested Johnson The sheriff asked the
chief why he punished Johnson so lightly
The chief replied White mans court
too severe The killing was in cold
blood
Will Return to Her Parents
San Francisco Lillian Swan or
Daly the mulatto girl who was kid
naped from her home in Washington D
C thirteen years ago and who recently
discovered her identity and the where
abouts of her relatives is to be returned
to her eastern home Chief of Police
Crowley has succeeded in securing tran
sportation for her as far as Chicago and
he will -pay out of own pocket the amount
of fare from Chicago to Washington
Hopes Czars Eyes Will Open
London A letter from Gladstone in
reference to the proposed memorial to the
Czar has been published It expresses
the hope that the heart and mind of the
Czar may be awakened to the fearful
mischief which the policy of the late
Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Prince Lobanoff Rostovsky has done so
much to promote
Is Charged with Arson
Danville 111 Ethel Wood an un
married lady of about 22 years has been
arrested for arson Her lover George
Allen deserted her and it is charged that
last Suuday night at midnight she at
tempted to burn down the house in which
he slept When the fire was discovered
he whole side of the house was in flames
Kidnapper Winthrop Guilty
San Francisco The jury was out
five minutes belore rendering a verdict of
guilty on Oliver W Winthrop charged
with robbery in connection with the ab
duction of James Campbell the Hawaiian
millionaire who stated that he was bound
and gagged three days by Winthrop who
sought a 20000 ransom
Chinese Rice Crop Sale
Washington Consul Stang writes
the State Department from Saigon China
that the Chinese rice crop did not suffer
from inundations as was thought prob
able a few weeks ago The Hong Kong
market has declined while the Saigon
market remains firm
Not Authorized by Cleveland
Honolulu Minister Willis denies
that President Cleveland empowered him
to negotiate with the Dole Government
for either annexation or return to a mon
arch ial form of government He said the
matter has never been referred to at
Washington
Two Children Burned to Death
PEBuy Oklahoma Near Shaner fif
teen miles south John Edwards and wife
locked their children in the bouse when
they left to attend a dance The house
burned during the night and two small
children were burned to death
Marine Disaster is Feared
St Johns N F A large unknown
vessel bottom up is reported to be drift
ing about Placentia Bay She is believe i
to be a foreigner Nobody knows what
became of the crew but a marine disaster
it is feared has occurred
Coinage of Silver
Washington A statement prepared
at the mint bureau shows that the silver
coinage during the month of August ag
gregated 2650000
Isaac Pitman 111 in Paris
Pabis Sir Isaac Pitman originator of
spelling reform and the system of pho
netic shorthand is dangerously ill in this
city
One of Holmes Victims
Chicago In the dense woods between
North Evanston and Wilmette a grave
has been found full of human bones The
discovery was made by A H Parker oi
Evanston who with his wife has Tjeen
making frequent excursions into the
woods during the last two months Mrs
Parker some weeks ago declared the place
was a grave and urged her husband tp in
vestigate it He at first refused
but finally consented just to show
his wife she knew nothing about
graves He dug long enough to
turn up a few ribs and a thighbone
and then called on the police for help
The spot is only a few rods from the
house in which H H Holmes lived at
Wilmette and it is thought by the police
that the bones may be those of some of
his victims The bones had evidently
been interred within two years and were
apparently placed in the grave without a
coffin and no clothing of any sort was
found From the size of the bones it is
thought they must be from several peo
ple
New York Democracy
New Yobk Ex Congressman H H
Rockwell permanent Chairman of the
Democratic state convention delivered an
address unqualifiedly in support of the
Chicago platform and nominees ne dis
cussed the financial questiods at length
He said in conclusion that it was not nec
essary to wait on Europe before proceed
ing to establish bimetallism as the other
nations were only waiting for us to - take
the lead
The platform adopted indorses the
platform and nominees of the Chicago
convention and pledges them active sup
port declares that never in the history of
the Democratic party has a platform been
written which embodied more completly
the interests of the whole people The
remaining planks deal in state issues
John Boyd Thacher was nominated for
governor on the first ballot
To Pull Both Off
St Louis A Little Rock special 1o
the Globe Democrat says C S Collins a
personal friend of Senator Jones chair
man of the Democratic national commit
tee says that in less than one week Mr
Sewell will retire as the Democratic can
didate for vice president aid that Chief
Justice Clark of North Carolina will be
placed on the ticket by the Democratic
national committee Mr Collins was a
delegate to the Chicago convention and
represented Arkansas at the notification
meeting in Madison Sqnare Garden New
York He further says that the selection
Of Chief Justice Clark will meet with the
hearty support of Senator Butler of North
Carolina who will see that Mr Watson
is also withdrawn as a vice presidential
candidate
Brakeman Talmonson a Hero
Alton 111 Brakeman Samuel Tal
monson of the Alton road is the hero of
the hour for having saved two trains from
destruction and the passengers from in
jury or death The Chicago limited was
on the main track waiting for the Spring
field train The latter got away from the
engineer on the big hill into Alton and
shot like a streak through the city and by
the Union depot It seemed as though
both trains were doomed but Talmonson
at the risk of having the trains collide at
the switch stand ran there and opened a
switch for a side track just as the wild
train dashed by It was an exciting and
narrow escape The wild train is the one
that was wrecked on the St Louis bridge
during the recent tornado
Makes Sensational Charges
Chicago Dr S V Clevenger of this
city in an address delivered at the open
ing of the Harvey Medicol College made
sweeping charges against the manner in
which the insane asyluhis and hospitals
of Illinois have been run for many years
He made no definite charges of murder
but gave many figures to prove that the
liquor supply of the dispensary invariably
needs replenishment after a legislative
investigation He gave many instances
of the mistreatment of patients and de
clared that in several instances physicians
who had dared to make a stand for the
humane treatment of their patients had
been practically hounded to death
American Health Association
Buffalo N Y Flags of three coun
tries Mexico Canada and the United
States were draped effectively about the
assembly room in which the American
Health Association met for its twenty -fourth
annual convention Eduardo Li
ceago president of the superior board of
health of the Republic of Mexico called
the convention to order
Mrs Tynan Sails tor America
Liverpool Among the passengers
sailing for New York on board the Cun
ard line steamship Aurania is Mrs
Tynan mother of P J P Tynan the
alleged Irish dynamiter now under arrest
at Boulogne
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 525 hogs shipping grades
300 to 350 sheep fair to choice 200
to 300 wheat No 2 red 61c to 62c
corn No 2 21c to 22c oats No 2 15c
to 17c rye No 2 31c to 32c butter
choice creamery 14c to 16c eggs fresh
13c to 15c potatoes per bushel 20c to
30c broom corn common short to choice
dwarf 25 to 60 per ton
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
475 hogs choice light 300 to 350
sheep common to prime 200 to 325
wheat No 2 58c to 60c corn No 2
white 20c to 22c oats No 2 white 19c
to 20c
St Louis Cattle 350 to 500 hogs
300 to 350 wheat No 2 62c to 64c
corn No 2 yellow 19c to 20c oats
No 2 white 16c to 18c rye No 2 28c
to 30c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 475 hogs
300 to 350 sheep 250 to 325
wheat No 2 64c to j65c corn No 2
mixed 22c to 23c oats No 2 mixed 18c
to 19c rye No 2 34c to 36c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 475 hogs
300 to 350 sheep 200 to 325
wheat No 2 red 63c to 64c corn No 2
yellow 22c to 23c oats No 2 white 19c
to 21c rye 32c to 34c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 64c to 66c
corn No 2 yellow 22c to 23c oats No
2 mixed 15c to 16c rye No 2 32c to 34c
clover seed 445 to 450
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 58c
to 60c corn No 2 20c to 22c oats No
2 white 20c to 22c barley No 2 30c to
32c rye No 1 33c to 34c pork mess
550 to 625-
Buffalo Cnttle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 200 to 350
wheat No 2 red 67c to 69c corn No
2 yellow 27c to 2Sc oats No 2 white
21c to 23c
New York Cattle 300 to 500 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 200 to 350
wheat No 2 red 70c to 71c corn No 2
26c to 27c oats No 2 white 20c to 21c
butter creamery 12c to 16c eggs West
ern 14c to 17c
m A REAT STATE
NEWS
FROM ALL PARTS OF
NEBRASKA
Vorth Platte Committees Working
Hard on Plans for Entertainment
at the Irrigation Fair to Be Held
in that City Other Items
For the Irrigation Fair
The Nebraska Irrigation Fair author
ities are busily engaged in -completing the
preparations for the great irrigating ex
position which is to be held at North
Platte between October 9 and 16 The
authorities have received advices from
nearly all of the western Nebraska coun
ties asking for space for exhibits Colo
rado and Wyoming will also be there
The present indications point to one of
the largest and best fairs ever seen in the
west Buffalo Bill will be there with his
Wild West and the Grand Army will
hold a western Nebraska reunion at the
same time One day of the fair will be
known as Ancient Order of United Work
men Day and on this day members of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen in
Nebraska will be there to make the cele
bration a red letter day in the history of
their organization Eight bands have
already signified their intention of being
present
The citizens of North Platte are prepar
ing for the large crowds which will be
there during the fair week Fifty street
lamps have been ordered the sidewalks
are being cleared of all signs and station
ery matter and sleeping accommodations
are being made ready
ASSIGNS METHODIST MINISTERS
List of Appointments Arranged at
the Northwestern Conference
The fourth Northwestern Methodist
Ediscopal Conference held at Ainsworth
last week resulted as below The ap
pointments were made by Bishop C C
McCabe of Fort Worth Texas A R
Julian presiding elder C H Burleigh
Ainsworth It H Gammon Alli
ance S A Beck Atkinson L W Hor
ton Brown lee OSBaker Chadron J
L Kindall Chadron circuit B Hunt
Cody O L Ramsey Crawford J
L Murr Crookston J A Scamahorn
Gordon D J Clark Harrison C E
Connell Hay Springs and Box Butte Z
J Hazelton Ilemmingford J S Camp
bell Johnstown Z C Belch Lazacca and
Merriman W O Glassner Long Pine
C L Smith Lake Side J W Taylor
Newport and Bassett A F Cumbaw
Kushville to be supplied Sparks lobe
supplied Springview C F Smith Stuart
and Butte O T Moore Valentine to be
supplied White Clay 11 J Devenport
Whitney G P Snedeker and It A Ball
missionaries in Wyoming J E Thack
rey left without appointment to attend
school
Garden Truck Thieves Arrested
For some time past there have been a
good many complaints made at Fremont
of garden truck of all kinds being stolen
The losses got to be so large and numer
ous that a man was omplo3red to investi
gate Special Officer Dierks arrested
three men who gave their names as J J
McAllister Bill Baldwin and Ed Bald
win while going through an onion patch
near the Normal school They had a
wagon containing a large lot of garden
stuff which was probably the result of
their work earlier in the evening
Found Dead in a Box Car
While working in Foster Smiths
lumber yard at Central City A E Strat
ton noticed a strong odor coming from an
empty box car that was standing on the
side track An investigation was made
and a mans body in an advanced
stage of decomposition was found in
the end of the car Whether his death
was due to natural causes was not deter
mined He was about 80 years of age and
had been dead about a week No papers
were found by which he could be identi
fied
Postofflce Bobbed
E Lauver postmaster at Bloomfield
was surprised the other morning to find
that burglars had entered the office during
the night and blown open the safe and
escaped with the contents being about
860 in stamps and 35 in cash Parties
entered the blacksmith shop of P It
Huber and secured a number of tools
which were left in the postoffice H
Blanchards hardware store is also minus
several revolvers powder and fuse The
police are looking after the matter and
hope to locate the guilty parties
Heavy Yield of Sugar Beets
The sugar beet syndicate of York is
about ready to harvest its crop Quite a
large acreage was put in and a fair crop
is expected Beets planted early in the
season will yield from twelve to fifteen
tons to the acre while those planted later
will yield from ten to twelve tons Con
siderable money has beeu spent on labor
but the syndicate hopes to come out ahead
Beer Bottle as a Weapon
Joseph Snyder of Dunbar is in custody
at Nebraska City charged with assault
with intent to do great bodily harm
Kramer is in a critical condition from the
effects of a blow upon the head from a
beer bottle in the hands of Snyder He
gave bond3 for 600 for his appearance
Elopes -with His Neice
Daniel Cornish of Tekamah eloped with
his 17-year-old niece Mollie Cocheren
They took the train for Omaha and were
detained as soon as they arrived there in
response to a telegram sent from Fremont
Cornish is a widower and has grown
children
Diphtheria Delays School
An epipemic of diphtheria has broken
out among the children of Nebraska City
It has spread to such an extent as to cause
the board of Education to postpone open
ing the fall term of school A few fatal
oases have been reported
Inspect Company E N N G
The Governor ami Adjutant General
Barry inspected Company E Ihvi It
Nebraska National Guaul at Dcivid
City and seemed well pleased with the
ioiidition of the company
Electric Light Election
The Falls City council has given notice
that a special election will be held Tues
dav October i 1S96 for the adontimi nr
rejection of the proposition to issue bonds
io me amount oi uuu ior me purpose oj
purchasing new machinery for the elec
tric light system
Heady for Fall Plowing
The latter part of last week was an en
couragement to the farmers m the
vicinity of York owing to the precipita
tion Over 145 inches of rain fell Fall
fnlowiug may now be commenced
Fort Omaha Remains Intact
Representative Mercer has succeeded in
staying any action on the part of the War
Department officials looking to a disposal
of the Fort Omaha military reservation
for some time to come It will be recalled
that the bill granting to the state of Ne
braska authority to occupy the reserva
tion as a military school passed both
houses of Congress last session and was
vetod by President Cleveland Mr Mer
cer had the bill referred to the military
committee before attempting to pass it
over the veto
Mr Mercer received advices that the
reservation had been finally abandoned
and called at the War Department to as
certain what steps had or would be taken
by officials of the quartermaster generals
office with regard to its transfer to the In
terior Department He was informed by
Acting Quartermaster General Weeks
that the reservation was about to be
turned over to the Interior Department
Mr Mercer thereupon entered a protest
against any such proceeding at the
present time He explained to
Colonel Weeks the status of the bill trans
ferring the land to the state and asked
that action be postponed until the com
mittee on military affairs had had an op
portunity to report the bill back to the
House and it had been acted upon there
Colonel Weeks at first demurred to delay
ing action but upon the earnest plea of
Mr Mercer finally acquiesced Therefore
no action will be taken by the War De
partment for some months at least
Locate Stolen Goods
The goods which were stolen from Pills
bur y Veasle Cos hardware store at
Fremont were discovered concealed in the
basement under Doerrs restaurant The
basement is not used and probably no one
has been in it to look around since the
goods were stolen The opinion is that
Bert Berkey who formerly worked as a
cook for Doerr and was discharged the
day of the Pillsbury Veasle robbery
did the work and concealed the goods in
the basement Berkey was caught at
tempting to break into Johanseas shoe
store on Sixth Street and died in the
county jail of delerium tremens At the
time he was strongly suspected of having
a hand in the Pillsbury robbery
but denied having any knowledge of it
Held Up on the Public Road
Mr Riley McCampbell a farm hand
who had attended the fair at Wahoo
while on his way home about 8 oclock in
the evening and when one mile of his
home he passed a covered wagon that was
moving west and felt a blow on his head
struck by some missle from the wagon
causing unconsciousness He was found
in Frank Henrys vacant barn that stood
off the road eighty rods having been un
conscious forty eight hours When he
came to he told the instance as related
above His coat and vest were gone and
his pockets turned inside out
Fatal Accident at Norfolk
Sam Mather a bricklayer while on his
way home at Norfolk was run down by a
Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
Railroad switch engine completely sever
ing his leg at the thigh and otherwise
bruising him so that he died in an hour
after the accident The engine was
going at very slow speed and it is sup
posed Mather caught his foot in the in
tersection of tracks at that place De
ceased was an old resident and leaves a
wife and four grown children
Fremont Wants a Park
The proposition for the purchase of a
portion of the Chautauqua grounds by the
city of Fremont for a park is meeting with
strong opposition Some who oppose it
are in favor of buying it but consider the
price 12000 which is at the rate of S80C
an acre altogether too much money foi
the property Others are opposed tc
it in any event Remonstrances are in
circulation which are being largely
signed It is said that the city council is
opposed to the plan
Wild Ride of an Albion Couple
A woman in company with an AJbion
man hired a rig at the livery barn in St
Edward and started for Albion When
out of town about two miles the team ran
away stringing the buggy man and
woman along the road They then ran
up the railroad track and in attempting
to cross the bridge one of the horses fell
through breaking a leg It was a valu
able animal but had to be shot before it
could be taken off The man and woman
escaped injury
Went Through a Lawyers Safe
The office of Lawyer H D Trairs lo
cated at Plattsmouth was entered his safe
opened and contents- scattered and some
of his expensive law books mutilated
The safe was opened by the combination
and the valuable papers consisting of
notes mortgages and collection papers
scattered arouud There is no clue to the
perpetrator
Pioneer Minister Resigns
Rev S B Green pastor of the Presby
terian Church at Nebraska City has ten
dered his resignation to take effect as
soon as his successor can be chosen Dr
Green has occupied this pulpit twenty -seven
years and it is due to his efforts
that the church has grown and prospered
to present proportions
Caught in the Mill Shafti lg
William Hinton connected with the
Exchange Mills at Falls City had a nar
row escape from death He was oiling
part of tie machinery wnen tluwieel
caught his coat and tore nearly evtry
stitch of clothing from him He caught i
stationary ladder and held fast thus sav
ing himself
Township Treasurer Default
The indebtedness of Henry Ilopfeker
the defaulting treasurer of Webster Town
ship and the village of Do Iie n the
county is about 42000 which amount will
h v to be paid by his bonds nen
Where the Corn Crop li Heavy
The early corn crop in and around Her
m in is made but the late corn requues
some warm we ther to mature The crop
will be unusually heavy and will average
sixty bushels to the acre
Opening of Hastings College
The Hastings Presbyterian College
opened with a membership of over eighty
l h college starts term with more
students and in better condition than it
has been for several years
Defeat a City Hall Proposition
The election to vote to purchase the
Nebraska National Bank building for a
city hall at Beatrice was defeated three to
one - A light vote was polled only about
600 in all and but little interest was
manifested The election was left almost
entirely to property owners
Elopes with a Young Girl
Parcell a photographer doing tempor
ary work at Decatur eloped witha young
girl named Mowery He is a married
man and has a wife and two children af
Missouri Valley
3 U
A WAit IN LEADYILLE
DYNAMITE AND TORCH USED
BY THE MINERS
Barricaded Mines Attacked by Strik
ers and Defended by Workmen
Half Dozen Dynamite Explosions
the Result of Which Is Unknown
A War in Leadville
Leadville Colo Sept 21 At 1 oclock
this morning three heavy explosions
aroused sleepers In the eastern part of
the city for blocks around the Corona
do mine which Is the one which first
resumed operations and which waa
heavily barricaded and well stocked
with provisions and arms The explo
sions were followed by a fusillade of
rifle shots apparently from within the
barricade and rapid but irregular shots
from outside apparently from a widely
scattered attacking force who were on
hand to protect the retreat of the dy
namiters The shooting lasted for ten
minutes and all was silent for five min
utes when desultory firing was re
newed anbfhaa been Kept up ever since
At this writing 150 a m another
explosion was heard sounding like dy
namite Ten minutes after the first ex
plosions a telephone message from the
Coronado stated that nobody insidelthe
barricade had been hurt Since then
it is impossible to reach the Corondil
bv phone The Herald Democrat Is
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now being watched by several bands of
men grouped in dark corners and alleys
and this may mean they propose to
prevent any communication with the
telegraph offices the watchers not
knowing that the Herald Democrat has
the Associated Press leased wire and
a long distance telephone The city is
in a panic of fear County and city
officials are out looking after the work
of the police and the sheriff Bullets
frequently whiz over the Herald-Democrat
office and altogether the situation
is warlike
115 a m A bright blaze has just
broken out at the Coronado mine in the
immediate vicinity and shots are still
being exchanged The local militia
companies have been called out and are
now at their armories getting ready
for instant action All the whistles in
town are blowing
2 a m The fire is believed to be the
oil tanks inside the barricade at the
Coronado shaft house A telephone
message just received from the mine
says that none of the defenders have
been hurt as yet
150 a m The sights and sounds
beggar description All the whistles in
the city are blowing and two or three
steam sirens add discord to the dark
nights alarming chorus The sharp
cracks of rifles punctuate the tooting
at irregular intervals Citizens have
gone to the scene with whatever arms
they could gather and a militia com
pany quartered across the street ha
just marched toward the Coronado un
der arms The whistle which calls Pik
all citizens in a case of emergencjynasT
just sounded and the streets are fxill of
rushing men crying women and chil
dren
218 a m Another heavy explosion
has just occurred Five minutes ago
the Coronado telephone bore the mes
sage that the defenders were too busy
to answer questions
220 a m As soon as the fire broke
out the fire department went to the
scene and the flames are now dying
down Indicating effective work by the
firemen The shots are growing less
frequent and it seems probable that
something definite from the battlefield
may be obtained
The miners strike of which tonights
lawlessness Is the outcome began three
months ago yesterday when at 11
oclock at night the men in tvo or three
of the leading mines walked out The
union scale of wages in Leadville waa
12 for everybody but in 1893 when the
price of sliver dropped below 60 centos
an ounce agreement was made thaf
250 should be accepted for some class- 1
es of work until silver should return to
83 cents This agreement the miners
afterward declared was unfair as
many of the mines paid large divi
dends It was to enforce the original
scale of 3 that the men struck About
3000 men were involved Within the
last two weeks several mines have re
sumed work and this week the output
has been 1200 tons daily against 2000
tons before the strike
250 a m Everything is on fire at
the Coronado and the fire department
is now working to save the houses J
v hich are thickly clustered about tifS
fatal shafti house
The firemen hope to save the housr
and are helped by a heavy rain which
began a few minutes ago When the
firemen went to turn on water they
were ordered to desist which they dd
from one hydrant but got others
working
255 a m Another heavy explosion
has just occurred Forty or fifty shots
have just been heard In the direction
of the Emmett and Marian mines lo
cated about a mile and a half from the
city These mines were recently fenced
and work resumed by a small force of
men which was being autrmented
every day It would seem from this
that having finished their work at the
Coronado where the buildings are now
a mass of smoking embera the merci
less gang has gone to wipe out tay
Emmett and Marian
3 a m The first Herald Democrat re-
to return from the lire states
that Fireman OKeefe and tvo un
known men are dead He cannot tell
as yet how many have been injured r nd
is not sure that this covers the li3t of
dead
Harvard University has con I erred he
honorary degree of LL D upon Prof
Alexander Bel of telephone fune
Betrothal rings were used in Eur Q
In the ninth century
CANINE CLIPPINGS
There is a red wild dog indigenous to
Australia it is gregarious and hunt
in packs
Sir Walter Scotts two favorite dogs
were Maida the deerhound and Ham
let the greyhound
Lapdog beadles are the descendants
of ordinary beagles reduced in size
by careful breeding
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