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VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
MANY AEE HOMELESS
FLOR1DANS RENDERED DESTI
TUTE BY THE HURRICANE
Without Food Cotton Destroyed
and No Resources Special Session
of the Legislature to Provide for
I Theni Advocated
Thousands are Destitute
Jacksonville Fla The big storm
left the people of western Alachua and
Levy and the eastern part of Lafayette
Counties homeless without food with
cotton destroyed and no resources Peo
ple who have visited them earnestly ad
vocate a special session of the Legislature
to provide for them In western Alachua
County thousands of people lived most
of them well to do iarmers All their
homes were destroyed together with their
winters provisions
At Yule a place of 300 inhabitants
everything is gone Not a store lemams
Some parts of the buildings were carried
three miles Dress goods were found live
miles away The people gathered what
lumber they could find and made a shelter
for the women and children who number
hundreds Food is nearly gone Nearly
every house in Lalayette County was de
stroyed Nothing was left of JMaro the
county seat
East of the Suwanee River the loss to
phosphate plants was 500000 Lafayette
County lost stock killed by the hundreds
All the crops were destroyed Hundreds
of people have no homes and nothing to
eat The turpentine men on either side
of the Suwanee River aie financially
ruined Twenty live hundred employes
were made idle Most of the laborers
must live on charity until they can find
something to do Utzens have appointed
committees at various points to solicit aid
for the suffeiers Contributions from
other states will certainly be required
Whole Family Slain
Little Rock Bud Chaffin and five
children of Duvalls Bluff are missing
Evidence of a terribte butchery at their
house points to murder Suspicion rests
on Mrs Chaffin and John King the hired
man her paramour They are also miss
ing Neither King nor any of the Chaffin
family have been seen since September 21
that day King and Mrs Chaffin were seen
driving away in a wagon As they did
not return and nothing was seen of the
other members of the family neighbors
began an investigation When the Chaffin
house was opened blood was found spat
tered all over the floor but no bodies
were found The theory ot the officers is
that the bodies were thrown into the river
An effort is being made to locate King
and Mrs Chaffin
AVill Not Be Pardoned
Washixgtox In denying the appli
cation made for the pardon of Irving A
Pulze sentenced in northern Illinois to
one year and five months imprisonment
for embezzling postal and money order
funds while postmaster at Glen Ellyn
onya Xu pitlX Tile
embezzlement of Government funds by
postmasters is so common that I do not
feel that I ought to interfere with the
lenient sentence imposed by the court I
believe that any deliberate embezzlement
of public money by a postmaster is lightly
punished by one years imprisonment
Tynan Set Free
New York A cablegram has been
received by friends of J P J Tynan that
he has been released from prison at Boul
ogne France and is now on his way to
this country John Kearneys wife has
also received a cablegram lrom her hus
band at Rotterdam saying he is about to
start for this country It is expected that
the other suspects in connection with the
alleged dynamite plot will be released
soon
Fire Fighters Celebrate
Eastox Pa The centennial anni
versary of the Humane Fire Company of
Easton which marked the one hundredth
anniversary of the organized fire service
in the Lehigh Valley was celebrated here
recently by a parade in which 4000 men
participated Companies from New York
City and many cities and towns in Penn
sylvania and New Jersey were in line
Philadelphia Refinery Opens
Philadelphia The Spreckels sugar
refinery operated by the sugar trust
which has been closed several days has
again opened It is stated that simul
taneous with the opening of tha Spreckels
refinery the Franklin refinery which is
also operated by the trust will shut down
for an indefinite period
Exports Have Decreased
Sttffjflelp The exports from this
place to the United States for the third
quarter of the present year amounted to
500695 a falling off of over 100000 when
compared with the same period of 1895
The decrease is attributed to doubts as to
the leault of the presidential election
Murder and Suicide
Peosia 111 The bodies of Charles
Williams and his wife Belle bothjcolored
were found alongside the liock Island
Bailroad tracks Each died from bullet
shots in the head and the coroners verdict
was murder And suicide Jealousy is the
supposed cause
Weekly Bank Statement
The -weekly bank
statement shows a reserve increase of
2310000 The banks now hold 10520
000 in excess of the legal requirements
Gifts for Mount Holyoke
Chicago Dr D K Pearsons who
promised 10000 to the trustees of the
Mount Holyoke Association has agreed
to give 40000 for the building fund
Gets a Valuable Collection
San Diego Cal The junk Alta has
arrived from Lower California with Prof
Anthony who went there in the interest
of the Smithsonian institution He brings
hack a quantity or sneils mosses sea
flora and natural history specimens many
entirely new to n aturalists
Serious Rioting in Posen
Loedox The Berlin correspondent
of the Standard says there has been ser
ious rioting and bloodshed in theprovince
of Posen and the old question of partition
ing it among the neighboring provinces is
being ventilated-
Bradstreots Review
New York Bradstreets says Cooler
weather and continued purchases by in
terior merchants notably west and south
continued the slight improvement in
trade recorded in preceding weeks Mer
chants at primary cotton markets and at
large centers in the spring wheat region
report a better movement of staples due
to unusually heavy receipts of those
crops
Mercantile collections continue slow
and as difficult to make as heretofore ex
cept in the cotton states and at some
points fn the northwest where heavy
crop receipt have enabled interior mer
chants to liquidate long standing accounts
The more conspicuous demand at large
interiorjeities is for dry goods clothing
shoes hardware leather and lumber
There is also a better demand for pig iron
and steel
Business in cotton goods has been
checked by the advance in prices and
mill stock tends to accumulate again
Exports of wheat flour included as
wheat from both coasts of the United
States and from Montreal this week
amount to 4215794 bushels the largest
weeks export of wheat since the second
week in September 18U3
The total number of business failures
throughout the United States from Jan
uary 1 1896 to September 80 1895 is
11280 the largest aggregate reported for
a like period since records of this charac
ter have been compiled The next largest
corresponding total was 11140 for nine
months of the panic year of 1893
Fabulous Gold Deposits
Tacoma Wash An immense bed of
ore carrying rich deposits of gold and
silver has just been located on the west
slope of Mt Tacoma near the snow line
C JI Talbot a civil eugineer of this city
wio returned recently from the Gold Hill
mines in the Pacific forest reserve says
that this one particular bed has in sight
over lO0000J tons of ore which runs 30
per ton The ore is accessible being
within four miles of a railroad track
Several other rich finds have also been
reported in the vicinity of Mt Tacoma
and Mt St Helens a large number of
Michigan men being interested in the
latter Gold silver copper nickel cobalt
and arsenic appears in most of the new
finds and in one granite and lime forma
tion the gold and silver deposits assay
5300 per ton
A stampede of miners and idle artisans
has set in the direction of the new mines
and the excitement has spread to other
mining districts
A pack train of fifty horses and men
amply provided with supplies for remain
in the mountains all winter started
for Gold Hill mines from the nearest rail
road station Interested parties have kept
the discovery a secret and have located
all the valuable claims thus far dis
covered
Talk Through the Human Body
Minneapolis On one of the tele
phone lines running to this city from the
southern part of the state a curious exper
iment was successfully tried last week
The line running from Rochester to Rock
Dell was broken and previous to its re
pair two young men of Rock Dell thought
they would see the capacity of the hum an
body to transmit sound One took the
euds of the wire in either hand and alter
comparing watches his comrade went to a
stition and rang up a town on the line
beyond where his friend was stationed
The latter received a somewhat severe
shock but held the lines and the message
was clearly conveyed through his body
Several other attempts were made and
messages were sent over the long distance
lino toHodgo Cotr ind Austin and ill
each case the words were as clearly con
veyed as if the line extended unbroken
and connections were not made through
arms and body At the time of the exper
iment John Lindale who held the ends of
the wire was four miles fiom the point
where his friend Torger Anderson talked
through him
Vera 111 Postoilice Robbed
Yandalia 111 The postofficeatvera
his county was held up and robbed ot
110 D S Theman the postmaster was
locking his store in which is located the
postoffice and was about to start for
home when a man wearing a mask ap
proached him and at the point of a re
volver told him not to be in a hurry as
he had important business with him The
robber then told Theman to open the door
and when inside caused him to open the
safe also and took from it all the money
The robber took the key locked the post
master in the room and fled
Ovation to Admiral Montt
Valparaiso Chili Admiral Montt
formerly president of the republic ar
rived here the 29th from Santiago
Throughout his progress he received
a genuine ovation the people everywhere
showing by their acclamations that they
thoroughly approved of his course as
their official leader It is reported that
Admiral Montt will be appointed director
of the Chilian Naval School now regarded
as one of the best colleges of its kind in
South America
Found Dead in a Cornfield
Wabash Ind Isaiah Stands a promi
nent farmer of Chester Township this
comity was found dead in a cornfield
near Elko the other morning He went
to work the morning before and when he
did not return at night a searching party
went out and he was found lifeless in a
sitting posture near a corn shock He
was 70 years old Death was due to heart
disease
Was Sandbagged at Canton
Woosteb Ohio A man named Ed
ward Andeison lrom Chicago was picked
up by the police here in a demented con
dition He claims to have gone from Chi
cago to Canton on a McKinley excursion
several weeks ao He fell in with toughs
at Canton who sandbagged and robbed
him of his ticket money and pait ot his
clothing
New Building for Yale Men
New Haven Conn Ground has been
broken for the construction of York Hall
the new 4Shef secret society dormitory
and -chapter house This will be one of
finest society buildings and will cost
about 500000 According to the terms of
the contract the building must be com
pleted in seven months
Naval Paymaster Robbed
Sax Feancisco The steamer Empress
of China brings news of the robbery at
Shanghai of the paymaster of the United
States cruiser Boston of 1000 by two able
seamen named Hendricksen and Cooney
both fiom this city The thieves escaped
after their bold robbery but were cap
tured at Nagasaki
Owens Stock Barns Burn
Palestine 111 Fire destroyed three
of the barns and a dwelling at Owens
stock farm The origin of the fire Is un
known The loss on the buildings and
their contents will amount to about
3500 with no insurance
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Thirty Are Hurt
Bublington During the parade at
nooh on the 1st the reviewing staud con
taining Vice President Stevenson Gov
ernor Drake and staff and many promi
nent people collapsed throwing all to the
ground and injuring thirty The Vice
President and Governor Drake escaped
with slight bruisps Major Wynian was
dangerously injured County Treasurer
Burris of Burlington had a leg broken
J D Rowen of the Governors staif ex
Governor Sherman of Vinton and Rev
Dr Fellows of Iowa City were all pain
fully bruised Many others received cuts
There was the greatest excitement for a
time but cool heads prevented a stam
pede
The accident had a frightful appear
ance to the spectators The Vice Presi
ilent and Governor went down clinging
together and it was several minutes be
fore they could be extricated from the
struggling mass Ex Gov Sherman was
found lying under the debris with a large
plank across his neck but was rescued
without serious injury Miss Drake the
Governors daughter was not injured as
first reported All the participants in the
afternoon exercises were ablo to tako
part
The Vice President was taken in a car
riage to the hotel where he recoveed from
the shock He was not hurt and took the
accident good naturedly
Great Fortune Is Involved
Napoleon Ohio The descendants
of Captain Jonathan Carver now known
in southwestern Ohio by the name of
Gunn liave engaged an attorney and will
commence legal proceedings for a great
fortune Capt Carver was one of the
early explorers of the headwaters of the
Mississippi River and being in the
employment of the British Government
as agent to deal with western Indians
made peace during his tour between sev
eral tribes among which was the Monde
wissi Indians who deeded to him a tract
of land sixty miles square on the site of
where St Paul and Minneapolis now
stand This vast estate still remains un
settled and the heirs will now endeavor
to prove their claims The event is looked
forward to with great interest and it will
bemade a memorable affair in the history
of the Gunn family In the family are
many documents which will go toward
proving the identity of the heirs and
establishing their claims Among other
relics of early days possessed by the
family is a letter written by Gen William
Hull in 1811 to Whitmore Knaggs The
letter possesses much historic interest in
asmuch as it gives unpublished facts con
cerning the great northwest
Mangled by a Vicious Dog t
Maeyville Mo A vicious St Ber
nard dog attacked a party of school chil
dren here and two were so badly injured
that they will die Laura Baumann aged
7 years was bitten about the head and
lace she will probtbly die Baby Kuchs
was almost torn to shreds arms and
breast terribly bitien she cannot recover
Albert Kuchs was bitten through the
wrist will recover unless rabies follows
Eva Hawkins was bitten in the ieg will
recover
Freight Trains Collide
Tittsbusg Two freight trains collid
ed 124 miles east on theBaltimore Ohio
making a very bad wreck One trainman
was killed two probably fatally injured
several are missing and probably under
riie wreck The grade at that point is
steep and one train became unmanage
able dashed down the incline crashed
into the other at a high rate of speed and
both trains were smashed The wreckage
was piled as high as the telegraph poles
Fire Claims Six Victims
Pottsville Pa The recent storm
blew down the coal breaker at Matalle
belonging to the Pennsylvania Anthra
cite Coal Company Six tenement houses
belonging to the camp were destroyed by
fire and six children lost their lives The
lire originated from a stove overturning
in one of the summer kitchens from tho
shaking by the wind
Elopement Ends in Murder
Somerville Tenn Peter D Craw
ford a well known citizen of this place
was killed by J II Winfrey jr Craw
fords niece and Winfrey were trying to
elope when Crawford intercepted them
whereupon Winfrey shot the old man t
death
Race Track Judge Arrested
Cincinnati James H Bees presiu
ing judge at the Oakley races has been
arrested on the charge of criminal libel
preferred by Mrs Dorsey mother of
Jockey Dorsey
More Gold from Australia
Sydnet N S W The British
steamer Monowai Captain Carey sailing
for San Francisco took 2375000 in gold
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 525 hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200
to 350 wheat No 2 red 67c to G9c
corn No 2 22c to 23c oats No 2 17c
to 18c rye No 2 35c to 37c butter
choice creamery 14c to 16c eggs fresh
14c to 16c potatoes per bushel 18c to
30c broom corn common short to choica
dwarf 25 to 60 per ton
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
500 hogs choice light 300 to 375
sheep common to prime 200 to 350
wheat No 2 6oc to 67c corn No 2
white 22c to 24c oats No 2 white 19c
to 20c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 475 hogs
300 to 375 wheat No 2 69c to 71c
corn No 2 yellow 20c to 22c oats
No 2 white 16c to 17c rye No 2 32c
to 34c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 475 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 350
wheat No 2 72c to 74c corn No 2
mixed 24c to 20c oats No 2 mixed 17c
to 18c rye No 2 36c to 37c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 475 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 200 to 325
wheat No 2 red 70c to 72c corn No 2
yellow 24c to 25c oats No 2 white 21c
to 22c rye 37c to 39c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 73c to 74c
corn No 2 yellow 22c to 24c oats No
2 white 17c to 18c rye No 2 37c to 3Sc
clover seed 415 to 425
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 65c
to 67c corn No 2 22c to 23c oats No
2 white 19c to 21c barley No 2 2Sc to
35c rye No 1 36c to 37c pork mess
575 to 625
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 475 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 200 to 375
wheat No 2 red 74c to 76c corn No 2
yellow 27c to 2Sc oats No 2 white
23c to 24c
New York Cattle 300 to 500 hog
300 to 475 sJieep 200 to 400
wheat No 1 hard 75c to 77c corn No 2
27c to 29c oats No 2 white 20c to 22c
butter creamery 12c to 17c eggs West
era 15c to 19cV
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A SUGAR BEET CHOP
NEBRASKA FARMERS MARKET
ING LARGE QUANTITIES
Factory at Norfolk Begins Opera
tions with Three Hundred and
Fifty Employes Yield Is Large
and of Fine Quality
The Norfolk sunar beet factory has
started receiving beets and each day the
farmers of that locality have been deliv
ering lrom 250 to 350 wagon loads for
which they received 5 per ton In addi
tion to those delivered by wagon great
quantities of beets have been brought in
by rail This has been a very favorable
season for sugar beets and they are test
ing very rich in sugar nearly the entire
crop being ripe and ready for market
There are nearly 5000 acres contracted
tor this factory and the campaign prom
ises to be a long and profitable one The
factory employs about 300 men All this
helps wonderfully to relieve the hard
times and gives Norlolk quite a busy ap
pearance
Boy Killed by a Street Car
Amo Carlton tho 5-year-old son of Her
man Carlson was run over by a street car
at the intersection o 29th and O Streets
Lincoln and instantlylkilled According
10 all the evidence intro luced the killing
Was purely accidental and not a case of
contiibutory negligence on the part of the
motorman The car was running at the
rate of seven miles an hour when the ac
cident accurred and the car was brought
to a standstill within twenty three feet of
the scene of the disaster The boy was
stealing rides oi various vehicles as he re
hired fiom school He was riding on the
rear of a mail cart going in the same di
aection as the car Spying a piano van
across the tiacks going in an opposite di
rection from the car the child loosed his
hold on the cart and dashed across the
track directly under the wheels the head
and trunk being badly mangled The
jurys verdict completely exonerated the
motorman
Were Stealing with a Pole
Mr and Mrs Phil Bourgene were placed
under arrest at Hastings on the carge of
robbery and are now lodged in the county
jail The proprietors of the Black Flag
Store have been missing goods almost
daily The other night a couple of clerks
were stationed m the rear of the store to
await results At about 2 oclock in the
morning they heard a rattling near the
skylight and directly a long pole with a
hook on the end was lowered into the
room and hooked into some goods Four
shots were fired by the clerks The police
were on hand and the Bourgenes who
live above the store were placed under
arrest When their rooms were searche
about 40 worth of stolen goods were
found and it is thought that they have
more stowed away
Cattle Hustlers Active at Chadron
William Martin was bound over lo the
district court at Cha iron on the charge oi
cattle stealing His bond was lixed at
500 It is claimed by several prominent
stockmen that a well organized band oE
rustlers who opeiate throughout that sec
tion and as Jar north as Montana are at
present making this part of tfie country
their headquarters There is aIo talic
among them of organizing a vigilance
committee to look after rustlers it being
thought that the action of judge lynch on
a few of them will have a good effect and
that so many stray cattle will not be
picked up
Petty Thief Pleads Guilty
For months it has been unsafe to leave
robes or whips in buggies which were
hitched to the public square at Stroms
burg on account of the depredations of an
organized gang of petty thieves Marshal
Nuquist arrested the leader of the gang
while he was in the very act of stealing a
buggy whip The prisoner pleaded guilty
and was assessed the regulation fine for
petit larceny
Investigating the Irrigation Fair
J 13 Carmtchal of Omaha is at North
Platte looking up the irrigated country
and posting himself about the Irrigation
Fair which is to be held there October 9
to 16 Mr Carmichal is making arrange
ments to bring an excursion of landseek
ers from Iowa and other states to see the
fair and the irrigated lauds surrounding
North Platte
Sentenced to the Pen
lMstrict court which has been in ses
sion at Ited Cloud lor the last two weeks
adjourned on the 1st A large amount of
business has been transacted and at least
one important criminal case disposeu of
George Drake accused of criminal as
sault was convicted and sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary
Burglar Given a Chase
The residence of W L Lee at Fork
was robbed the other morning and 35
taken Lee was awakened by the noise
of the burglar and upon discovering the
intruder gave chase Several shots were
fired without effect by the pursuers The
burglar gained an entrance to the house
by picking the lock
Jail Birds Dig to Liberty
J D Haukms and Henry Webber who
nave been in jail at Nebraska City for
some time charged with selling mort
gaged property made their escape at an
early hour the other morning by digging
their way out through the brick wall ot
the cell in which they were confined
Elder Marquette Hurt
Elder Marquette ot the Methodist Epis
copal Church of Neligh was severely in
jured the other night While on his way
home from the depot he collfded with a
lare boy was knocked off the sidewalk
and his
leg
broken just below the thigh
Fine AgriculturalExhibit
The county fair now in progress at
Beaver City is the best in the history of
the association The agricultural and
line stock exhibits are exceedingly good
Charged with Murderous Assault
J T Foster living near Trenton has
sworn out a complaint lor the arrest of
T E Wellman charging him with as
sault with intent to commit murder
Endeavorers Organize
A county organization of Christian En
deavorers was consummated at Berlin the
29th by the election of officers and ap
pointment of necessary committees
There was a good attendance from outside
points and lively interest manifested in
tho work
Sibleys New Church
The 11000 new Methodist church at
Sibley was crowded Sunday at the dedi
cation services conducted by Dr Ives of
Auburn N X To complete payment for
the church over 2500 was subscribed at
the service
Jail Birds Working for Liberty
Anothe desperate bur futile attempt
was made by Prisoners Clark and Gilles
pie to escape from ilu coun ty jail atPlatts
mouth and only by chance was the
scheme discovered The two men ap
parently have friends on the outside who
furnish them with the necessary tools as
a couple of new steel saws were in their
possession when searched The had
sawed the bar and padlock bolt almost in
two and but for the inspection of Jailer
Halloway would have escaped When
the jiiler went in the other night to look
around he noticed the peculiar actions of
a coupl tof other prisoners who appeared
to be almost scared to death He went to
open the cage door and the padlock fell
into his hand completely cut in two The
prisoners have been securely locked up in
separate cells and as soon as Judge Ram
sey passes sentence upon Gillespie they
will be taken to the penitentiary
Western Travelers Association
The fourth annual meeting of the
Western Tr vlers Accident Association
was held in Grand Island last week a
good attendance being present President
Stevens being absent W H Harrison of
Grand Jsaid presided Eeport of secre
tary A L Sheetz showed a member
ship of 1500 representing forty states
Out of the- 559 members in Nebraska
Omaha has 178 and Lincoln ninety three
During the year 151 accidents were re
ported 121 claims for weekly indemnity
were paid amounting to 1031016 Fif
teen claims were rejected and fifteen
withdrawn Expert Accountant A E
Towlie who was employed by the presi
dent ot the association to audit the ac
counts of the treasurer made a report
showing the receipts of the year amount
ing to 1170818 and the disbursement1
amounting to 1329141 leaving a cab
balance of 140874
Protest Against the Purchase
At tho regular meeting of the Fremont
city council a remonstrance against the
purchase by the city of the Chautauqua
giounds for a park signed by over 800 ct
izens and voters was presented It was
referred to the committee appointed at the
last meeting A strong opposition is de
veloping against the plan as it is thought
by some to be in the interest of only a few
individuals and it will probably be de
feated
Bridge Goes Down
A part of the Parcel 1 bridge five miles
east of Fremont broke down while Chas
Olson an employe or Charles Johnson an
Elkhorn farmer was crossing it with a
load of chicory Olson and the load went
with it The load of chicory which was
worth about 15 was lost and the total
damages he sustained were about 75 Ho
escaped with a few slight bruises
Hug hey Jackson Owns His Guile
Hughey Jackson the man who held up
John Beyerly in his room at North Platte
Thursday night has been apprehended
Beyerlys watch was found on his person
and he admits his guilt of this charge but
denies all connection with the burglary of
Einsteins clothing store He says that
the livery mans team got away from him
Demented Farmer Located
William Bredehaft the farmer whose
mysterious disappearance occured a few
days ago at Berlin has been located at
his uncles at Crete from which place a
letter was sent to Glaus B his father lie
seems considerably demented and says ho
walked all the way
Boy Charged with Burglary
Emil Speth 19 years of age was ar
rested near Creighton on a charge of
burglary He is charged with taking
about 21 worth of goods from the Iwrl
ware store of William Saunders at Bazile
Mills The goods were found concealed
in a hay stack
Marquette Business Houses Burn
Mai quette was visited by fire a day or
two ago destroying the general merchan
dise store of 11 D Hall Co J J Luff
druggist Hans Luff boots and shoes J
A Waddell postmaster II K Hugno
two buidings Total loss 5300 Origin
unknown
Charged with Horse Stealing
D W Ilulbert was arrested at Goinng
on a charge of horsestealing and bound
over to the district court in the sum ot
500 bonds The Live Stock Association
is said to be behind the prosecution and
to be sanguine of conviction
Working for a Forgers Pardon
A petition has been presented to Gov
Ilolcomb asking that a pardon be granted
J T Phillips sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary upon a charge of forging
city warrants while ciiy clerk at Beatrice
Child Drowned
A 4-year-old child named Bennett who
has been visiting with the family of Ben
Myers six miles south of Stromsburg
was drowned The child climbed up to
look into the water tank and fell in
Receiver for a Defunct Bank
H L Gould President of the State
Loan and Trust Company Bank at Ognl
lala which closed its doors on August 31
has been appointed receiver by Judge
Grimes
Street Car Employe Killed
J ohn Carlson a young man in the ei -ploy
of the Street Bail way Company at
Lincoln was killed at the intersection of
Eleventh and O Streets
PERSONAL MENTION
Siams king has left Bangkok for a
two months vacation in Java He wilj
stop at Singapore on the way
Prince Bismarck is to have another
statue This time it is to be at Leipsie
The city has commissioned Sculptor
Lehnart to execute it
J W Bradbury the oldest living
of the United States celebrated
the ninety fourth anniversary of his
birth at his home in Augusta Maine
The borough of Kings Inn has de
cided to present Princess Maud of
Wales on the occasion of herimarriage
with a private omnibus for use be
tween Appleton hall and jWolfertoij
railway station
Ex United States Senator JEdmunds
of Vermont resists all attempts made
from time to time to induce jhim to use
bis tremendous influence in the politics
of his State lie has a splendid law
practice and is glad to be out of politi
cal life
Paul Bourget has brought suit
against Lemerre the publisher whG
made his reputation for hn account
ing He claims the right tolhave all the
publishers account books for the last
twenty two years examined in order tc
trace what became of every copy of
bis work
The London Literary World is au
thority for it that the poem The
March of America written by Stanley
Waterloo of Chicago promises to at
tain the glory of becoming the na
tional anthem
A London newspaper the Family
Circle has just offered a prize of 25
000 with 5000 additional to be given
to a certain London hospital That
discounts anything in the literary prize
lire to be found on this side of the At
lantic
Not since Thomas Bailey Aldrich pur
lished his Mercedes has he under
taken so ambitious a theme as that of
Judith and Holofernes the dramatic
poem The work is awaited with deep
interest
Mrs Amelia B Barrs new story is
called Prisoners of Conscience and
its scenes are laid in the Shetland Isl
ands Its characters are fisherfolk
rigid Calvinists hedged about with
phantoms of a gloomy creed
The results of Bret Hartes four
years in London are novr to be made
more apparent by the publication of a
new volume of poems a new group or
collected tales entitled Barkers Luck
and Other Stories and a paper cor
ered volume of his longer tales with
the title Devils Ford
Emile Bourgeois work Le Grand
Siecle which met so great a reception
when published in Paris last year has
been translated into English by Mrs
Cashel Hoey and will appear in Eng
land and America during the coming
season under the title The Century of
Louis XIV Needless to say the
Grand Monarque is the central figure
Hamlin Garland was recently dis
cussing literary topics with Joel Chand
ler Harris In Atlanta and had a good7
deal to say about writers getting away
from the soil I was born to the
soil he repeated and shall stick to it
till I die A rural visitor sitting near
became interested irir this Western
strangers talk about the soil and af
ter Garland had left he thoughtfully
remarked I wonder how many bales
o cotton he makes ter the acre
Preaching with Pistols
The war of the revolution like our
civil war separated friends and divid
ed households One of George Wash
ingtons intimate friends was the Rev
Jonathan Boucher a clergyman of the
Church of England who had come to
the colonies while a young man
When the troubles began which led xo
the war the two friends took opposite
sides and their friendship was sus
pended The young clergyman believ
ing in the divine right of kings was an
uncompromising loyalist He was as
bold in the public utterance of his sen
timents as was Patrick Henry in de
claring that George III misht leara
from the king who lost his head jf
The young cleric preached openly
against the doctrines of thejcevolution
Such was the popular excitement that
he often ran the risk of personal vio
lence His last sermon in America
preached at Annapolis Md ignored
the Beatitude Blessed are the peace
makers On the pulpit cushion were
a brace of pistols and he ended tho
sermon by this shout of defiance
As long as I live yea while I have
my being will I proclaim God savo
the king
The pistols recall another bold cler
gyman a Presbyterian of Kentucky
who was a prominent leader in the
movement to abolish slavery from the
State Once when he had been an
nounced to preach an angry crowd of
opponents gathered about the meeting
house long before the hour for begin
ning the service of worship
When the clergyman appeared it was
seen that he carried a pistol in eacb
hand As he walked toward the church
door the crowd opened and he bowing
said
You see gentlemen that I dont be
long to the Peace Society I He preach
ed without being molested
To Prevent Pilfering
Probably one of the best schemes Tor
preventing the opening of boxes with
out discovery is ured by a firm in Phil
adelphia The firm are wholesale ci
gar dealers and ship their goods
throughout the neighboring States Tt
used to be their custom to place about
fifty boxes of cigars in a large case
but quite frequently the cases were
opened and several boxes removed the
cases being nailed tight again Now
their cases are made out of about a
dozen boards and a single piece of
heavy twine is run through an auger
hole in each board The two ends of
the twine are sealed with a piece of
lead bearing the firms name and this
method has proved effective against
stealing
An Indian Trained Nurse
The distinction of being the first In
dian woman to graduate as a trained
nurse is due Miss Nancy Cornelius of
the Oneida tribe of Wisconsin She
has made for herself a most enviable
reputation in this work She was one
of the most promising pupils in the
school on the Oneida reservation and
was sent from there to the training
school at Carlisle Pa After spending
a few years there she entered the Con
necticut training school and graduated
from it in 1SS9 She says she sees no
good reason why she should return to
the reservation especially when cir
cumstances are so unfavorable
Safe Love Letter Int
Ink suitable for love letters Is ad
vertised by a Parisian stationer It is
made of a solution of iodide of starch
and characters written with it enti5
ly fade in four weeks
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