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NEBRASKA
LAND IN VENEZUELA
15000000 ACRES BRINGS
UNDEf FORCED SALE
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Part of the Land Is in tfee Disputed
Territory French Socialist Deputy
Pelted with Mud at Carmeaux
Other Items of Interest
Venezuelan Estate Sold
New York The right and title of the
estate of the jdonoa Company of Vene
zuela nominally consisting of 15003000
acres of land on the Orinoco liiver was
isold under order of -court in Brooklyn the
other day for500 The property was given
on concession to Ceriums Fitzgerald Sept
2 1883 -He formed a stock company
and came to this country to lloat the
shares Part of this land is in the dis
puted territory and although it is said to
abound with lakes mines and lumber
forests it was with great difficulty that
Fitzgerald sold even a few shares The
company is m debtto the extent of 95000
and upon -an order of Judge Van Wyck
of the supreme court the property was
put up lor sale and purchased by YV H
Stafford and 11 Baxter in behalf of the
creditors
Grovers -Princeton Home
Washington- Private Secretary Thur
ber ouuiirnis the statement that President
Cleveland has purchased a residence at
Princeton N J and will make his per
manent home tlieie after the close of the
present adminisi ration President Cleve
land wilJ retain his property at Buzzards
Bay and use it as his summer home The
Princeton purchase has been under con
sideration only three weeks Mr Cleve
land picked the locality when he and3Irs
Cleveland visited theie recently lor the
purpose of making an address JLater
Mr Cleveland again visited Princeton
and looked over several houses wiiich
were ottered ana made her selection
Jloubed 31 Juures
Cakaleaux -France M Jaures the
radical socialist deputy lor Caimeaux
and other socialist members of the Cham
ber attempted to -address a mass meeting
here but the whole party were received
with mingled hisses and cheers and weie
pelted with mud M Jaures was the
champion of the glass workers in their
great strike last year but has fallen mtu
dislavor with Jus Carmeaux constituents
by the part he took in the opening of a
new-co-operative glass lactory at Ally
which the Carmeaux workman view as a
rival
Poison in Sandwiches
Hollidaybuhg Pa a number ol
people composing a wedding anniversary
unity atlhe home of Mr and Mrs Angus
iSa Slew att in Township
were poisoned by eating ham sandwiches
but the natureof the deadly ingredieut
has not yet been learned Forty cases of
poisoning are reported
While the sickness of i the guests is -of a
serious character no faiauties have yet
been reported The doctors believe that
the antidotes they are adminstering will
be effectual but they cannot definitely
stale the cause of the poisoning
Revolt in Chili
- SA3 Diego Cal The British ciuisei
Wild Swan from South America brin as
particulars of the movement which led to
the present Chilian revolution Dissatis
faction over elections and inflamed feeling
over small incidents led -to a conspiracy
for the overthrowing of the Government
The revolution has now reached great
proportions andtbe officers of the Wild
Swan say the political system of the coun
try is honeycombed with corruption and
that very seriousresnlts may be expected
ot the uprising
Was a Prisoner of the Czar
Sax FuA7pisco John Ellis Olsen
who is the only American prisoner ever
confined at that most dreaded of Russian
prisons Saghalien island off the Siberian
coast and who made his escape from that
place of confinement
about a year ao
after encountering many adventures and
vicissitudes is -once more back in his
home in this city which he left in 1S91
Whole family Burned
Perry X Y The home of Luther
Greenman a farmer living Xour miles
north of here was destroyed by fire and
the entire family consisting of Jive per
sons were burned to Heath The dead
Luther Greenman Jdrs Greenman Lot
tie Greenman Arthur Greenman The
building was consumed The fire was
caused by a defective stovepipe
What It Cost 6o Amuse Wales
Loxdox The Daily Mail state- that
the fetes at Blenheim castle in honor of
the visitof the Prinee and Princess of
Wales to the Duke and Duchesof
100000
Underground JRoad for Chicago
Chicago A trust lr iGOUCO
was filed by the General 1Jecirtc huhvay
Company t secure Hie issue of bona nr
the first underground eitioinc rnt
waj in Chicago
Wattecson Ku Jeuniqd
Neav Tokic Co Henry YrVntlensun
arrived from Europe on tJeinienccjnhii
steamship St Paul lie WuQcuinr au ed
by Mrs Watletson
Poet Austin pearly Drowns
Lgn dox A2fredjAustil tlie poet lau
reate had a narrow escape fros2drowj
ing inthe Tweed through Mlisglvom a
fishingboat
tDr Jameson Very III
LoDor Dr ameson leader f the
Transvaal raid undergoing fifteen m euthiJ
imprisonjirour is said to be critically ill
Pope Will Not Sanction It 1
J P Tardival editor of
jLa Terita who has just returned from
Rome deolares that the pope will not
sanction the acceptance by the Roman
Catholic hierarchy of Canada of the Man
itoba school settlement on the terms re
cently made public
j Besidents of Hawaii Jollify
Sait Fbancisco The residents of the
Hawaiian Islands were informed of the
outcome of the recent ejection November
PA by steamer from Yokohama There
was a big jjoj li ficaljon in Jonoluln Jn th9
syening
Tried to Rob a Street Cat
Kaxsas City Mo Friday night four
men led by Oscar Bridges said to be a
bridge and parachute jumper of more or
less notoriety made an unsuccessful at
tempt to hold up and rob an electric car
filled with passengers bound for Inde
pendence Bridges was arrested after a
desperate tassel with the molorman The
other men -escaped but their names are
known and it is believed they will be cap
tured When the car reached a lonly
spot midway between the two cities
Bridges Giuna dced jumped on the rear
platform and going through the car to the
front boldly thrust his revolver at the
bi east of the motormao Another of the
gang who had quickly followed Bridges
and who wore a mask had just entered
the rear door and was in the act of order
ing the passengers to hold up their hands
when the conductor threw him from the
car which the motorman in some manner
had -been able to start The two remain-
1 ingrobbers who it appears were to cover
the conducior Decame irigmeneu ul uie
quick action displayed by him and when
the second robber alighted on the ground
they made off to the woods The police
gave out the mens names as Oscar
Bridges Eugene Kidgway Ernest Pudg
way and James Repine all under 22 years
of age The Ridgway brothers live at
Sheffield a small suburb near the scene
of the holdup Repine 21 years oid
lives at Centropolis a suburb of Kansas
City
Bloody Pennsylvania Affray
Pittstox Pa Three men were fatally
shot and several others more or less seri
ously wounded in a drunken riot at Dur
yea Duryea is a small mining village
three miles north of Pittston and there is
a large colony -of foreigners there who
work in the unities They celebrated
Thanksgiving day principally by drink
ing and the tavern of Anthony
Palley was their headquarters As
the day grew -older and the miner
grew drunker trouble began to biew
The shooting occurred about 3 oclock in
the morning Pallev the taverukeeper
says that a number of Polanders weie
drinking in his place when a party of
young Americans entered After much
drinking they began to taunt the foreign
ers This led to a quarrel in which the
Amercans assumed the aggressive and
set upon the Jolanders with canes The
first blow had no sooner been struck than
the foreigners drew their guns and bul
lets began to fly The Americans beat a
retreat
Dun Cos Weekly Review
New York R G Dun Cos Weekly
Review of Trade says When the rush of
orders after election slackened many be
gan to think business dwindling Subsi
dence of deferred orders is notdeciease of
business Wheat has risen over 6 cents
for the week without material change in
foreign advices which have been on the
whole less stimulating Corn has sympa
thized with wheat only a little and is
coming in freely The most important
factor in the wheat market is that the vis
ible supplies do not gain as much as had
been expected Wool has been and is
still bought largely for -speculation and
early purchasers are unloading on the lat
ter but the mills are not yet doing much
more than invOctober
Failures for the week have been 300 in
the United States against 279 last year
and 38 in Canada against 47 last year
Arrested Tor Forgery
Kansas Ciot Charles H Bailey son
of the late probatejudge Q P W Bailey
of Independence Mo was arrested here
for forging a letter of credit for 1001 on
the National Live Stock Bank of Fort
Worth Texas Bailey cashed the letter
of credit securing 5 930 from the Metro
politan National Bank of this city and
100 from the Chrisman Sawyer Bank of
Independence Mo When Bailey was
arrested all the money except 150 was re
covered Bailey says he is not guilty and
that the letter was sent to him by an
uncle
Says Our Friendship is -Cheap
Berlin TheEremdenblatt discussing
ihe settlement of tlie Venezuelan ques
tion says Lord Salisbury acted cleverly
in so directing his jpolicy thatiGreat Brit
ain is again friendly with the United
States His consent to always submit
certain disputes of the two Anglo Saxon
nations to arbitration emphasizes this
bentiment of kinship Therein lies the
sagacity of the British nation Great
Britain does not wish to have an enemy in
the United States and the price she pays
therefor is not great
Two Lives Blotted Oat
Indianapolis The dead bodies
of Herman Myer and Nora Richardson
weie found on a sidewalk in poolsof blood
on the south side in this city Myers
handclutched a revolver every chamber
ot which was empty Three bullets had
entered the womans body Myer was
shot near the heart Letters in Myeis
pocket showed the woman was about to
become a mother and had urged Myer to
come to Haughville and marry ber at
once It is thought Myer killed the
woman and took his own life as the result
of aiguarrel
Claims He Was Robbed
Sx Loons Phil Lee treasurer of the
ocal branch of the National Hod Carrieis
Union claims three men held him up at
pistols point near Fifteenth Street and
Franklin Avenue and robbed him of the
funds q theiuniou which he had on hi-
person This is the story he fold William
Rankin president of the union when a
demand was made upon him for the
money-
flVill Kill It for Good
Washington During the last session
M Congress a proposition was made to
divide the appropriations among the vari
ous committees of the Senate but by a
very decisive vote the whole question was
referred to the shortsession If the mai
mer is brought up again it will probably
ibe laid on thettable for good and alL
Urnjsaiay nji Revolt Growing
New Yoke A HeraJds Buenos Ay res
ipatch says The -revolution xuvlei
way in the Uruguayan sspublic is grad
ually gathering -strength Its exact pro
portions aie as yet unknown here as all
the telegraph lines have been seized bv
the Government and nothicg allowed to
come out
Gift from As tor
New York Announcement is made
iiy the Cliuldrens Aid Society that AVilliam
Waldorf Astor has made if a gift of 50
000 The mone Mr As or jrcrovides
shall be used to erect a selinol biuMing as
a memorial -to his wife who haa bren
gje vtiy inteiected in the Society j workup
to the day of hr death
PortiiirnJ Imports Wheat
Word from Ma ceo
PuirADEipniA The first direct and
authentic news from the mountain camp
of Gen Antonio Maceo that has been re
ceived in this country since Gen Woyler
left Havana for the front two weeks ago
came Thursday by special messenger who
stopped in this city Gen Maceo sends
greeting to his countrymen in the United
btates and in a few words assures them
and the friends of Cuba throughout the
country that his gallant band is safe and
able for a lime at least to take care of it
self no matter what tlte Spaniards may
do The message is directed to the New
York junta and reads
We have withstood theenemy in many
encounters and are prepared for any move
he may make Wo have rendered him
much injury and will be able to withstand
any of his attacks for some time to come
Assure our noble Iriends in the United
States that the cause of liberiy will not
suffer in Pinar del Rio To those who
are friendly to our cause Isend greetings
Axtonio Maceo
Holmes as a Hoodo
Philadelphia Howard Perkins
superintendent of the Moyamensing
prison who committed suicide by shoot
ing himself had charge of 11 II Holmes
during his incarceration in Moyamensing
prison and superintended the arrange
ments for his hanging Superstitious
persons are speaking ot him as another
victim of the arch criminals evi
eye
Linford L Biles foreman of the jury
that convicted Holmes was killed by
electricity Dr Maltern of Pi iladelphia
who was a witness against Holmes died
suddenly Mrs Anna Harvey of Chicago
who lived in Holmes castle committed
suicide The girl to whom Kotan of
Holmes counsel was engaged died sud
denly At least a dozen persons who
were interested in the conviction of
Holmes have met with death accident or
misfortune
Big Copper Deal
Detroit Mch A special to the
Tribune from Houghton Mich says A
deal by which German capitalists acquire
possession of five Houghton cepper mines
were practically closed on the 25lh The
mines are the Huron Grand Portage
Sheldon Columbia and Isle ltoyale The
pm chase price was under 1750000 but
the merging of the five properties and de
velopment on a large and modern scale
will require an additional 1000000
Work for 500 to 1000 men will be fui
nished by the consolidated properties
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Killedby aiexican Peons
Sax Francisco Private advices re
ceived in the city from the American col
ony at Metlaltonca in thestate of Pueblo
Mexico gave definite information of the
assassinations by peons which the Mex
ican Government has until now been able
to keep secret There ate several Califor
nians in the colony and in view of recent
events they are fleeing to this country for
their lives The colony was formed abouf
four years ago and numbers 200 souls
Two Killed and Throe Hurt
New York An engine baggage anu
mail car on the Pennsylvania road was
derailed at New Brunswick N J En
gineer J M Egan and Fireman H W
Chihoster were instantly killed and three
others injured The accident was caused
by the breaking of an axle ou a freight
car of a train on an adjoining track
throwing the car against the passenger
train No passengers weie hurt
Coinage Law of 1S73
Washington rThe official history of
the change in the coinage law made in
1878 will be included in the annual re
port of the director of the mint for the
liscal year 1890 Director Preston has been
searching the files of the treasury and of
Congress for every scrap of data bearing
on the subject and will mako the most
complete presentation of facts and docu
ments which has ever been attempted
Illinois Official Vote
Springfield 111 A tabulation of the
official vote of Illinois for president shows
the following vote McKinloy 604467
Bryan 463299 Palmer 0195 Levering
799 middle of the road Populist 1087
Matchetr Socialist 1252 The vote on
governor cannot be given as several coun
ties have made no return to the secretary
of state
Crisps Son to Succeed Him
Atlanta Ga The Democratic con
gressional convention to nominate a can
didate to succeed to the unexpired term of
Hon Charles F Crisp was held at Haw
kinsville Charles R Crisp eldest son of
the late speaker was nominated by a ris
ng vote
Irish Bishop Dead
Cork The Most Rev William Fitz
gerald D D Roman Catholic Bishop ot
Ross is dead
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Catle common to prime
350 to 525 hogs shipping grades
300 to 350 sheep fair to choice 200
to 350 wheat No 2 red 77c to 78c
corn No 2 22c to 24c oats No 2 18c
to 19c rye No 2 35c to 37c butter
choice creamery 20c to 21c eggs frosh
20c to 22c potatoes per bushel X5c to
30c broom corn common green to fine
brush 2c to oc per pound
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
500 hogs choice light 300 to 350
sheep common to prime 200 to 325
wheat No 2 85c to S7c corn No 2
white 24c to 2Gc oats No 2 white 22c
to 23c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 475 hogs
-300 to 350 wheat No 2 SSc to SSc
corn No 2 yellow 21c to 23c oats
No 2 white ISc to 20c rye No 2 33c
to 35c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 475 hogs
3 00 to 350 sheep 250 to 350
wheat No 2 S7c to 89c corn No 2
mixed 21c to 22c oats No 2 mixed 20c
to 22c rye No 2 30c to 38c
Detroit Cattle 50 to 475 hogs
300 to 350 sheep 200 to 350
wheat No 2 red 91c to 92c corn No 2
yellow 23c to 24c oats No 2 white 20c
to rye 37c to 3Sc
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 91c to 92e
corn No 2 mixed 22c to 24c oats No
2 white ISc to 19c rye No 2 37c to 39c
clover seecL 515 to 525
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 7Sc
1 to 80c corn No 3 22c to 24c oats No
2 white 19c to 21c barley No 2 30c to
i7c rye No 1 37c to 3Sc pork mess
050 to 700
Buffalo Cattle 2i50 to 500 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 200 to 350
wheat No 2 red 94c to 95c corn No 2
yellow to 27c oats No 2 white
23c to 24c
New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
00 to S42G sheep S200 to rfio
Lesbos The Sovarunient of Portugal t No 2 rejj S5c to Sfa corn No 2
has authorize Uhe niifrlatiun of 3Jv to 30c oats So- 2 white 22c to 24c
f uuuKiiosoi unear iosLi pleniU tlj lier creamery life to 23e eggs west-
jieiency in thi Miivnal iunply jprn 20c to 25c
OF A GEEAT STATE
NEWS
FROM ALL PARTS OF
NEBRASKA
Charles H Elliott Confesses to the
Murder of Guy Hutsonpiller at the
Windsor Hotel Omaha Didnt
Know His Victim was Dead
Confesses His Crime
Charles H Elliott now in the Douglass
County jail has confessed to the muider
of Guy Hutsonpiller his friend in the
Windsor Hotel Omaha His confession
covers twenty typewritten pages He
says Hutsonpiller was about to leave for
Montana and continues
I owed him 15 and wanted him to
sign a receipt for it and he would not 1
told him I would not pay unless he lid
He called me a fool and said ho would
take it out of my hide
Elliott says he then picked up a coup
ling pin and struck his frid and be
coming alarmed at his luud breathing
went to a drug store and bought some
chloroform saturated a towel with it and
put it over nutsoupillers face He then
left the hotel and took the 445 North
western train east and was arrested at
Cedar Rapids He did not know at that
time that Hutsonpiller was dead He
adds
-I only took 2135 of Hutsonpillcrs
money The rest of the money found on
me about 6 was sent me by my uncle
at Akron Ohio
As to Presidential Electors
Governor Holcomb has received an au
tograph letter from Secretary of State
Olney requesting the executive to fur
nish the Department of State with four
copies of the certificate required under
section 3 of the act of Congress fixing the
day for the meeting of the electors of
president and vice president and provid
ing for and regulating the counting of the
votes cast Secretary Olney encloses a
copy of the act approved February 3 18 7
which relates to the duty of the executives
of the several states in certifying to the
Secretary of State of the United States
the appointment of such electors Section
3 of the act referred to makes it incum
bent upon the governor of each state in
the union to send in a certificate contain
ing a full list of presidential electors to
gether with the canvassed vote by which
they were elected as soon as practicable
after such ascertainment And further
provides for his furnishing to the electors
ol his state the same certificate in tripli
cate under the seal of the state and the
electors in turn aie directed to forward
this certificate along with their lists of
all persons voted for as president and vice
DLosident to the Department of State
Bank Burglars Caught
In tho last forty days twenty six banks
in eastern and southeastern Nebraska
have been burglarized with losses amount
ing to more than 30000 Officers repre
senting different detective agencies secret
service men of the United States and rail
road detectives have all been trying to
locate the band of safe breakers and four
suspects are in jail at Hebron Hanover
Kas where they were captured was used
for headquarters for the band to leave its
boodle and then start on another raid
Large amounts of money in gold and
silver were found buried in tho cellar of
the house where the men were captured
Gold watches and valuable jewelry of all
kinds were discovered in various parts of
the building
Deserts Wife and Baby
Frank Sodenburg living east of St Ed
ward took his wife and baby to town
jnd left them with a bundle of clothing
Dn the sidewalk The husband and wife
have not agreed lately and in conse
quence Sodenburg took this step Friends
took the woman and baby to a hotel
where they were cared for The father of
Mrs Sodenburg is camping on the trail
of the unnatural husband and father and
jhould they meet there will doubtless be
trouble of a serious kind
Rival Liquor Dealers Work
The bootlegger stock in trade is abun
iant at Decatur but tho trade has fallen
off considerably of late the direct cause
of which lies in Bancroft The Decatur
saloon keepers have two bars one lor In
dians and one lor white men The Ban
croft liquor dealers have combined and
say if they are molested they will carry it
to the supreme court 3000 has been laid
nside by them for this purpose
College Flag Pole Raising
The large flag pole which has been
itanding in front of the Republican Am
phitheater at Hastings during tho cam
paign was given to the college and the
pole raising took place Saturday after
noon between the college and the dormi
tory Mayor Evans Pattison of the col
lege and several other college professors
delivered short addresses
Bryan Residence Quarantined
Ruth the youngest daughter of Hon
William Jennings Bryan is ill with diph
theria and the family lesidence on D
Street Lincoln was placed under quar
antine by Health Officer Rhode The
childs condition is not considered dan
gerous
Governor Appoints a Delegate
Gov Holcomb has named H D Travis
of Plattsmouth a delegate to the southern
harbor improvement and coast defense
convention to be held at Tampa Fla on
January 20 There still remains ten or a
dozen delegates to be appointed
Wesleyan Gets Its Revenge
The game of foot ball played at Lin
coln between University of Nebraska and
Wesleyan University resulted in a score
of 28 to 0 in favor of University of Ne
braska
Has n Three Legged Calf
Banker J B McGrew of Bloomington
is the owner of a three legged calL It
has two well formed hind legs and one
large front one and is in good health
Farmers Wife Cholced to Death
Mrs P Kinney wife of a farmer living
near Shelton was choked to death by a
piece of meat She had been in poor
health for some time
Pardons Ford Wright
The sentence of Ford Wright from
Dixon County to two years and six
months in the penitentiary for man
slaughter has been commuted to one year
four months and two days by Gov Hol
comb which commutation together with
his good time liberated him at once
Tampered with the Returns
Herman Faulk was found guilty in dis
trict court at Kearney of tampering with
election returns 3- year ago when he was
running for townsfiip assessor on Jhe Pop
ulist ticket
The Vote ot ilmendmeiis
The c re 1 force ul ibe office of Secre
tay of S ate Pper hs
tabulation of the returns
ments to tie cmi titution
completed the
on thi
The full vote
stands as olows
Amendment to the constitution relating
to the number of judges o thi supreme
court and their term of oltlce Yes 81
570 no 378C6 Relating to compensation
of supreme and di net court judges
Yes 61119 no 4853 Renting ro com
pensation of the ofli csof the executive
department Yes5altj no 47611 Relat
ing to increase in number o supreme and
district court jugde Ye 5934J iio46V6
Relating to trial by jury Yes 73 578 no
39006 Relating to ofScors ot the execu
tive department Yes 07015 no 40597
Limiting the number oi executive state
officers Yes 6 240 no 41033 Provid
ing for the investment of tne permanent
educational fund of the state Ye- 73
47 no 30 019 Relating to merging of
the government of cities of the metropoli
tan class and tho government of counties
wherein such cities are located Yes
565GJ no 47 C31 Prescribing the man
ner m which vote hall be cibt Ye 62
33 no 4137 Relative to donations to
works of internal improvement and man
ufactones Yes 6J479 yes 45Gi9
Nebraska Women Honored
At the national convention of the W
C T U held at St Louis which
adjourned the 20th Nebraska was
ably represented by a lull delegation
headed by Mrs S M Walker state pres
ident Among the important appoint
ments were Mis Anna M Bunting David
City vice Sue will
be associated with Mrs Matilda B Carse
in promoting Hie financial interests of the
temple Mrs Buuting will devote her
energies to the section of country lying
west of the Missouri River Mis C M
Woodward was reappointed for the fifth
term national superintendent of work
among railroad employes In response t
a memorial from tho Xebraska State
Womans Christian Temperance Union
Mrs Woodward was made a committee
on railroad rates for the national couveiir
tiou in 1S97
Calamity for Osceola
The worse calamity that has ever hap
pened iu Polk Oouaty lor some time was
the burning of the Osceola creamery the
other day It was at noon and there were
but two of the employes in the building
It is said that the fire caught fioni the
smoke stack cinders dropping from it on
the roof All that was saved was the en
gine house engine and some butter and
eggs The plant was worth 10000 and
there was an insurance on the building
and machinery of 3000 It will be a
great loss to merchants and employes
ior there was paid out in the town and
county 150 a day It will be rebuilt ini
mediately
Bought Stolen Property
Fred Weise who runs a small general
store at Fremont was arrested on com
plaint of A C Maxwell who charges
him with buying stolen property The
evidence showed that he had purchased at
a low figure a couple of blankets which
had been stolen from Maxwell and that
he had also purchased for a song some
other properly which had been stolen and
had told a couple of men now In jail
serving sentences for petit larceny that
he would buy stuff of them He was
found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine
of 550 and took un appeal to the district
court
Narrow Escape of a Bralceman
E M Debley a brakemau on the ac
Joseph Grand Island got off a freight
zt ICriirhrrifrl - - uiUilo tiuxL
train was moving at the rate of twelve
miles an hour He slipped and two car
wheels passed over his foot Deblev
would have been killed had not a couple
of traveling men pulled him fiom under
the cars The phenomenal part of its was
the skin was not broken nor will his ioof
need amputation
Keeping Corn Prices Up
Corn husking is progressing rapidly in
the vicinity of Bennett - Many are haul
ing their corn into town as they husk it
Local corn dealers have men hired to
watch the roads from the country and as
a farmer comes in they climb on his wagon
and try to persuade him io hanl his load
to his employers cribs M iny new cribs
have been built for the storing of corn It
is being bought in Bennett lor 13 cents lv
14 cents per bushel
Files a Contest
E O Kretsinger defeated fusion candi
date lor stale senator in Gage Counly has
filed papers at Beatrice instituting con
test proceedings against the successful
candidate George A Murphy The
grounds are quite varied such as pur
chase of votes lriu1 in miking up the
election boaids in di erent precmct use
of whisky tosecu e voles and others to
numerous to menuuu
Kervo of a Young Woman
Through the heroic efforts of Miss Mary
Poweis the home of Editor Powers at
Pierce was saved from burning The gas
oline stove leaked and caugut fire and
would have caused a conflagration had
not Miss Powers smothered the flames
with a blanket Hiss Powers face wrs
burned a little hue no serious results to
curred otherwise
Indians as Witnesses
Marshal Page of Decatur took a lot of
Indians to Omaha who had been sum
moned to appear bcfoie Judge Shiras
court as witnesses against some white
men who have been carrying on the bus
iness of booth gging lor an unlimited
length of time The bootleggers weio
spotted some time ago
After a Grain Buyer
Mason City citizens have become
thoroughly aroused over the action ot the
local gram buyer in keeping the market
a few tents lower than the towns on
either side of that place and are organiz
ing a commercial club to better handle
the matter
She Wants Divorce Again
Mrs Maria Mclntire hied her petition
iu the district court at Nebraska City for
divoica from J H Mclntire on the
grounds of alleged cruelty and
port She secured a divorce from the de
fendant in 1839 but was soon remarried
to him
Three Prisoners Break Jail
The prisoners in the county jail at Ne
braska City celebrated Thanksgiving day
by overpowering the jailer and locking
him in a call and making their escape
They Avere awaiting trial one for perjury
and two for burglary
Game Fish for Nebraska Waters
Superintendent W J OBrien ti the
Nebraska Pfsh Commission was at Sidney
recently with the fish car and distributed
black bass catfish croppie and carp
The waters of the Lodge Pole are being
handsomely stocked
SPANIARDS 13 A TRAP
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DYNAMITE DEALS DEATH AND-
DISMAY IN THEIR RANKS
tVeylers 3ri Led Into Aiubnsh by
the Wily jlacco A Avftil Slaughter of
the Royal Forces Men and Horses
Blown to Bits
Two Thonsand Killed
Unconfirmed but apparently authentic
information comes of the rout and fear
ful slaughter of the army under Genv
Weyler in Cuba
Col Jose Reyes aid-de-camp of Gen
Maceo passed through Jacksonville Flaj
Thursday He says there has been
fierce fighting in the Rubi hills in Iinar
del Rio The most sanguinary battle of
the war was fought there and 2000 of
Weylers men were killed in two days
and not less than 4C00 wounded
When Weyler went into the field he hud
3r00U men in three columns one of
13000 under his direct command one of
10000 under Gen Echague and the third
of 10000 under Gen Munore They
found Maceo intrenched in a crescent
shaped rartge of hills
Gen Munore wn directed to onst him
from this position and Gen Echague to
execute a Hank movement and cut off the
Cuban generals retreat Jen Munore
went forth gallantly upon the field but
wnen ne nau arrived at tne toot ot ray
hills his forces met with n withering fir
that cut gaps in the ranks Maceos nu
shot from behind rocks and trees ai
gradually gave way before the Spaniards
who encouraged by what they thougut
to be victory pursued with extreme con
fidence of success
Without the least premonition a deafen
ing explosion was heard and a scene fol
lowed resembling the mine horror at
Petersburg during the civil war Horse
and men were blown high in the air and
fell to the earth dead and mangled A
dynamite mine had been touched off by
Maceos electrician Macoo then used
his dynamite guns and still greater havoc
was wrought Col Reyes men say that
Weyler lost 700 men in the explosion and
500 more in the charge that followed as
well as 1000 wounded
On the following day Maceo who-
i knew of the reserve force under Weyler
retreated to a stronger position He was
there attacked by a column under
Echague who was driven from the field
Eight hundred men were killed and 1300
wounded It was in this fight that
Echague lost his leg It was torn off by
a dynamite bomb
His men then became panicstricken
They feared another mine and would not
obey when ordered to attack a second1
time
On the the third
day Maceo again re
treated maneuvering continuallv to en
trap Weyler into a filed that had been
honeycombed with dynamite In the
meantime Weyler heard that there was
danger of an uprising in Havana because
he had failed to crush Maceo and he has
tened back to the capital
In a letter brought by Col Reves to
prominent Cubans Maceo says Have
no fear I am like a turtle in his shell
If they get into my shell God help them
VICTIMS OF FOOTBALL
List of Thursdays Killed and Wound A
raTj i
A careful comnilation of tho mmnito
reported from all over the country in
Thursdays football games bhows the list
of dead and wounded to be about as fol
lows
The dead
William Rue Brooklyn knocked down and
instantly killed during a rusn of two teams
Ihe injured
Anderson
bruised
in a free-for-all fijrht
bone broken
Bergeron Cleveland
T O Marrow Deadwood S D left
torn ou
M OMalley
ears torn off
badly-
team collar
Frank Coffcen Lafayette Ind
arms and
legs bruised by being jumped on by eJht
men
Harry Coy half back of the University of
Chicago team shoulders dislocated
1 Clancy Chicago badly bruised in
the game at Detroit Mich
Benjamin R Davis South Chicago body
badly crushed will probablv die
iMlw ird Graham Boston riht leic dislo
cated in prame with Chicago Athletic Club
- Hinckley captain of the Belolt teamr
kicked vi the small of the back left arm
badly bruised
Hooper South Bend iun s knocked
oiu of place for r short tjire not serin m
u S Hotehkls Mayfair knocked down
and trampled on during Evanston gamer
arm broken and injured internallv
Andrew Johnson arms and back carved
in Tame- Black in a disnitf nvcr rlx nm
pires decision at Oreeiirov i La
Sol Johnson Iekin both eyes blackened
nose broken ard toes mashed
Robert Kenned- New Orleans jumped or
aid ridden over will die
nay u wH Wheaton X D left
gouged ont and left hip broken
eyr
Lewi captain of the Racine team
struck in the breast and stomach and can
ried from the Held
ear
Grand Port Wash botfr
Scovill center of Riverside Athletic
team right ankle broken
Thomas Stocker Scranton Pa part of
scalp torn off
Tucker full back for the Missouri
team head badly hurt during Kansas Citj
game taken to hospital
C Upp Toledo crushed about the body Id
a game with the Michigan freshmen
Samuel Werner Akron team shouldei
blade fractured and body bruised
Whitney right end for Kansas
team hnrt in the stomach during the Kan
sas City game taken to hospital
Fred White Pekin knocked senseless
while making a rush
Herbert Whitcomb San Francisco swal
lowed st of teeth during the excitement of
play
Frank Woolly Tower Minn hit over the
head with a brick thrown by an Indian
scalp badly cur
The injured expect to be in shape to
play again next Thanksgiving
The Cleveland Steel Company of Cleve
land owned by the Itockefellers is erect
ing a big crucible steel plant and will
manufacture that article on a large scale
It will be the only concern of the kind in
this country as all crucible steel which
is used for the manufacture of cutlery
and fine tools is now imported from Swe
den
Indictments were made public at St
Paul against the St Paul Soo Wis
consin Central Great Northern and Greati
Western Railroads for refusing to turn
over unclaimed freight to a licensed pub-
lis warehouse man after twenty days
from receipt of the same by the railway
companies
The members of the United States bat
tleship Oregons inspection board which
had been ordered by the Secretary of the
Navy to inspect the report on the fitness
of the vessel for
active work convened on
board the ship at San Francisco
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