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SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
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THE BUTCHER QUITS
WEYLER FORWARDS HIS RESIG
NATION TO SPAIN
Captain General Angered Because
Ho Was Ignored in the Sanguilly
Negotiations Expects to Leave the
Island in About Three Weeks
Weyler Has Resigned
AMIspatch to the New York Herald
from Havana says that It is learned on -the
very highest authority that Capt Gen
Weyler has forwarded his resignation to
the Spanish government at Madrid The
captain general it is said will leave the
island as soon as possible probably in
three weeks This decisive step Gen
Weyler decided to take as soon as he beard
of the release of Julio Sanguilly The
captain general frequently said he would
resign If the crown should Interfere with
his policy in regard to prisoners especially
A nericans He was incensed beyond
measure at being ignored in the negotia
tions carried on by the Spanish govern
ment in the case of the notable captive
Sanguilly who was released Friday It
is reported that Gen Ramon Blanco Y
Arenas marquis of Pena Plata may be
appointed to succeed Weyler
BAD FOR OFFICE SEEKERS-
Only Two Thousand Places Left Out
side Civil Service Rules
The great majority of the seekers for
office under the McKinley administration
are bound to be disappointed Every con
gressman who has been spoken to on the
subject testifies that so far as he is able to
judge from letters received the pressure
for office is greater than for any time since
the foundation of the government The
mail of senators and representatives is
heavily burdened with letters from appli
cants for office AH that can be done with
them for the present is to acknowledge their
receipt and file them away for reference
It seems to be forgotten by these Repub
lican patriots all over the United States
that only a few months ago President
Cleveland issued an order putting about
80000 additional employes of the govern
ment under the protection of the civil
service law It is said to be a fact that
there are not now 2000 officers of all kinds
in the United States left outside of the
operation of the law to which appoint
ments can be made by officials of the in
coming administration It is a somewhat
singular fact too that congressmen are
utterly unable to convince their ambitious
constituents that the civil service law is not
all a joke and that congressmen and gov
ernment officials are under obligations to
treat it seriously a
WOMEN CAN SEE THE MILL
Stuart Makes Special Provisions
For Mayor of Chicago
The Republican city convention at
Chicago Saturday afternoon nominaied
Judge Nathaniel C Sears for mayor on tlte
first ballot Judge Sears was born in Ohio
lin 1854 Gross was nominated lor city
treasurer
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Care for the Pair Ones
Dan Stuart has given out the following
statement from Carson While much has
been said for and against the admission of
ladies to the amphitheater I have studied
the matter in all of its phases and have
been in consultation with my attorneys
and many eminent men on the subject
After mature and careful consideration I
have decided to admit ladies under proper
escort To that end I have set aside
a section in which ladies can view the con
test with all the privacy and comfort pos
sible Special care will be taken to pro
tect them The arena will be policed suf
ficiently strong to guarantee absolute im
munity from molestation to everyone who
attends Those intending to witness the
contest can rest assured that this will be
accomplished with as much comfort and
security as is aocorded the patrons of play
houses Rigid efforts will be made to ex
elude anything bordering on rowdyism
Elevator Built of Steel
The Great Northern Railway is to con
struct at Buffalo a grain elevator of 2500
KJ00 bushels oapacity all of steel The
order for the steel for its construction
about 5000 tons will probably be let in a
week or two The new Great Northern
elevator will have bins of 80000 bushels
capacity thirty of them and the elevator
will be by far the largest in Buffalo It is
claimed that elevators can be built on this
plan for les6 coat than in the old way and
that In addition they will save in operating
expanses and in insurance
Kentuckys Senatorial Muddle
It is the general opinion among poli
ticians at Frankford Ky that Governor
Bradley will not appoint a senator but
convene the legislature soon after the term
of Senator Blackburn expires and give
that body a chance to elect a senator This
change of plan is said to I ve been brought
about by the Republican steering commit
tee of the United States senate
Japan Is for Gold
The Japanese government has decided
to adopt the gold standard at a ratio of 82
to 1 It goes into effect in October
Nineteen Passengers Killed
A dispatch from Moscow says a passen
ger train fell over an embankment and
nineteen passengers were killed
200000 Fire at Casey 111
A fire in the business portion of Casey
HI early Monday morning did 200000
damace
Small Debt Leads to Murder
Ferdinand Stutzke a German farmer
Jftring near Sterling 111 stabbed S J
and his wife with a knife Wilkins
will not recover Mrs Wilkins is seriously
Injured The affair it is said arose out of
a debt of 2 which Wilkins owed Stuzke
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MEXICAN MINE DISASTER
One Hundred and Fifty Seven Min
ers Believed to Have Perished
A terrible mining catastrophe at Som
brerete mine at Zacatecas Mexico was
occasioned by the breaking out of fire in
the working of two of the companys
mine3 in which 157 miners were employed
at the time of the fire Every effort has
been made to save the men and fresh air is
to be forced into all the workings by great
steam ventilators and water has been
turned down the main shaft in torrents
but it is expected that every miner
is dead Two bodies only have been gotten
out and Superintendent Kayster nearly
perished in an effort to save the men The
city of Zacatecas is in mourning and more
than a thousand miners wives and chil
dren are gathered at the mouth of the
mines where the work of subduing the
flames is going on
ANTI SCALPER BILL PASSES
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Measure in the House
The national house of representatives
after a five hours struggle on Saturday
passed the anti railroad ticket scalping
bill by a vote of 142 to 51 The bill applies
only to the interstate commerce transpor
tation It requires all carriers subject to
the Interstate commerce act to provide
agents authorized to sell their tickets with
certificates and make it a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of 1000 or imprison
ment for one year for any person not duly
authorized to sell tickets It requires car
riers to redeem unused tickets and makes
the forgery or counterfeiting of tickets
punishable by imprisonment for two years
The bill has yet to pass the senate
CUBA MUST WAIT ON TARIFF
McKinley Will Do Nothing Until
That Question Has Been Settled
Inquiries about President elect Mc
Kinley s Cuban policy are being made
with much persistence Recent events
have given fresh Interest to it and there is
a wide spread desire to know how closely
the course of President Cleveland will be
followed by the incoming national ad
ministration Advices from Canton are
that no question of foreign policy will be
allowed to interfere with the plans of
President McKinley for domestic legis
lation The tariff bill will be resolutely
pressed at the extra session of congress to
the exclusion of every other subject The
resolution of the McKinley administration
on this point is inflexible
GREEKS TOLD TO GO
Ordered to Withdraw from Crete
Within Three Days
A St Petersburg dispatch of the 25th
says Russia through the Russian min
ister at Athens M K Onou has called
upon Greece to withdraw all of her troops
and the fleet from Crete within three days
King George and his government have
reiterated that it is impossible for them to
retreat from their decision in regard to
Crete which is supported by the whole
nation
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here It is believed general hostilities will
immediately begin on the frontier if Greece
is not allowed to annex Crete
Oregon Senatorial Muddle
Senator Mitchell has abandoned the fight
for re election to the United States senate
from Oregon as the joint convention has
adjourned at Salem His supporters have
gone home asserting the legislature ad
journed sine die Both the senate and
the temporary house are left without a
quorum and measures to perfect organiza
tion are now under way Attempts at re
organization will be confined to the house
The senate will meet from day to day until
the house succeeds or fails
Meanest Man in Chicago
Albert Nycek 12 years old who lives at
No 610 West Nineteenth Street Chicago
lost his overcoat the other day by means of
an old confidence came Younc Nveek
met a well dressed man at Twelth and
Wood Streets who asked him if he wanted
to earn 25 cents The boy was eager to
make the money and was sent on an er
rand but left his overcoat with the stran
ger to insure his return When he re
turned the well dressed man was gone and
with him the overcoat
Veteran of Black Face
Charles Callender a veteran theatrical
man and one of the pioneers of minstrelsy
died in Chicago Friday A picturesque
career closes with the passing away of
Pop Callender For the last few years
Mr Callender has not been so prosperous
as of yore Investments swamped his vast
fortune and he abandoned the theatrical
field Recently he had been connected
with the London museum in State Street
Driven Out By the Sam Yups
Big Jim a prominent Chinese has
been obliged to fly secretly from San
Francisco to avoid the vengeance of Sam
Tup highbinders who had vowed to kill
him in reprisal for the death of Little Pete
supposed to have been killed by the See
Yups to which Big Jim belonged Big
Jim has been disposing of his affairs for
several days and has gone to Victoria B
C where he will embark for China
May Build a New Match Factory
The Columbian Match Company of Grand
Haven Mich is negotiating with local
capitalists with a view to erecting and op
erating a match factory at Menominee with
a capacity of 100 cases per day Represent
atives of the company are expected to ar
rive there in a few days to look over the
field and it is confidently expected that the
matter will be closed without much delay
Vast Canal Project Launched
In the Assembly at Albany N Y a bill
was passed incorporating the South Buffalo
Harbor and Ship Canal Improvement Com
pany with a capital of 10000000 to deal
in real estate and build a ship canal con
necting the Buffalo River vr 1th Lake Erie
The city of Buffalo is authorized to guar
antee the bonds of the company
Grover IsPald Off
Mr Cleveland on the 26th received his last
full months salary amounting to 416667
The payment for the last four days of his
term pjobably will be made about the 3d of
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INAUGURATION CROWDS AR
RIVING ON EVERY TRAIN
Washington Has on Its Holiday
Clothes All Preparations for the
Event Completed Savage Attack
on Lee by Marquis do Palmerola
Gathering at Washington
Washington Feb 28 Inauguration
proceedings come on apace Within the
past twenty four hours the crowds have
begun to show themselves noticeably on
the streets the depot platforms and hotel
lobbies are becoming more and more con
gested with each incoming train Decora
tions begin to Haunt along the avenue
that is of course Pennsylvania Avenue
which no Washingtonian ever thinks of
calling by its full name The grand arena
of the inaugural display will be the short
section of the avenue between Fifteenth
and Seventeenth streets flanked on the
south by the White Ilouse and on the
north by Lafayette Square Here both
sides of the street are a solid front of
covered stands This year the stands
are of uniform design and dec
oration save that from which the presi
dent will view the parade This with its
white front Corinthian columns and
severely classical outlines is not unlike a
minature of the White House in its rear
Four hundred special officers have been
sworn in for inauguration week and
Chief of Police Moore has been
in correspondence as is usual
at such seasons with the chief of police
in all the large towns of the country
The inaugural committee has practically
wound up Its work but the headquarters
in the Glover building are still open for
the reception of more or less distinguished
visitors Among those today were Gen
Horace Porter Gen O O Howard Na
tional Chairman Mark Hanna and the
president elects secretary J Addison
Porter All of these gentlemen who have
an official interest in the work of the com
mittee expressed themselves as well satis
fied with the arrangements So far as the
launching of the new administration can
be provided for in advance there seems
nothing left undone to assure success
CONSUL GENERAL REVILED
Savage Attack on Gen Liee hy
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Marquis de Palmerola
A recent dispatch from Havana says
The Marquis de Palmerola made a scan
dalous personal attack on Gen Lee Wed
nesday night in the palace in the presence
of several newspaper correspondents The
incident arose because the censor refused
to pass a dispatch for the correspondents
which said that the release of Scott had
been demanded because he was both ar
rested and kept a prisoner in defiance of
the law
Vho told you that shouted Gen Pal
merola secretary of state for the island
Gen Lee replied a correspondent
calmly
Gen Lee is a liar impostor and rebel
shouted the littlo marquis with an Oath
This incident was telegraphed merely to
show how the wind is blowing in the
palace and to let everyone see what must
be the treatment and position of an or
dinary citizen there when our consul
general is reviled openly in such amanner
by one of the heads of the government
SOHINNEER WINS THE RACE
Close of the Great Six Day Bicycle
Contest In Chicago
The closing hours of the worlds inter
national six days and six nights race were
wild with enthusiasm Fully 20000 people
crowded Tattersalls building Chicago
Saturday night last The paddock enclosed
by the track was packed and the press
stand was overflowing The cheering of
the spectators aroused the remaining con
testants to renewed efforts The final
score stood
Miles
Schmneer 1788
Miller 1764
Laps
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Asmnger 1727
Lawson 1707 i
Hansen 1603 8
Schinneer and Miller did not suffer much
from saddle soreness a complaint that had
troubled some of the riders very badly
Lawson was in very bad condition and
was literally raw from chaffing It will be
several days before he can walk with any
degree of comfort
Rich Gold Discoveries
Couriers arriving at Tacoma Wash re
port that a party of seventeen miners ar
rived at Dyea from Circle City Alaska on
January 20 Their reports are sensational
Eli Gage son of Lyman J Gage who is to
be secretary of the treasury has been on
the upper Yukon and he sends word to P
B Weare of Chicago of the North Ameri
can Trading and Transportation Company
that the richest discoveries ever made on
earth are now being worked atKlondyke
fifty five miles above Forty Mile If one
fourth of what these miners say proves
true the Klondyke will rival the mines of
Golconda
Pingree the Winner
The circuit court at Detroit Mich has
dismissed the suit of D W Moreland
a member of the board of public works
to oust Mayor Pingree on the ground that
he vacated the office when he became
governor The court held that Moreland
had no right to bring suit which should be
in the name of the attorney general The
case will be appealed
Two Bodies in the Ruins
The big boiler in the power house of the
Cushman mills exploded at New Bedford
Mass setting fire to the structure After
the fire was gotten under control a search
among the ruins disclosed the bodies of
Manuel Mendosa fireman and Arthur
Ashin another employe Several others
were injured
Jack McAuliffe to Retire
Jack McAuliffe who has been the cham
pion lightweight pugilist of the world for
twelve years will retire from the ring on
March 5 on which date the champions
friends will tender him a testimonial bene
fit at the Broadway Athletic club New
York
TRADE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
A Slow but Steady Gain in All the
Great -Industries
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says The rupture of the steel rail
and other combinations in the iron busi
ness has brought out a vast quantity of
trade which had been held back and has
set many thousand men at work
Purchases of rails estimated at 1000000
tons within two weeks whereas the pro
duction last year was only 1102892 tons
and the sales said to he only 800000 insure
employment for the works far ahead and
the eastern works are taking desirable con
tracts at 18 per ton
Increased demand has also started quite
a number of woolen mills including many
-making dress goods and hosiery The de
mand for mens woolens is also somewhat
better especially for heavy weights and
there are improving sales of better qualities
Sales of wool have been 38137200 pounds
in four weeks against 22866800 in the
largest previous year 1892 A single pur
chase of 1300000 pounds South American
cross bred being the most important noted
this week
Wheat enjoyed a brief rise then dropped
over 3 cents and closed 2 cents lower for
the week While western receipts are 40
per cent smaller than last year for the
past four weeks Atlantic exports flour in
cluded have been 6840415 bushels against
7043577 last year and the exports of corn
have been 8435552 bushels against 4195
282 last year The increase in corn more
than makes up in foreign consumption for
the decrease in wheat
Failures for the week have been 296 in
the United States against 2781astyear and
50 in Canada against 58 last year
MONETARY MEASURE PASSES
House Adopts the Bill for an Inter
national Conference
All the ordinary rules are suspendea
during the last week of congress and bill
can be passed and resolutions adopted by a
two thirds vote of the house Friday was
the first of these suspension days and the
house celebrated it by passing the senate
international monetary conference bill
Despite the seeming wide divergence of
views on the money question the bill was
passed after a lively debate of two houra
by a vote of 279 to 8 It was supported
alike by Republicans silver Republicans
gold Democrats and silver Democrats
The silver Democrats and silver Republic
ans disclaimed any faith in the at
tempt to secure bimetallism by an interna
tional agreement but they express them
selves as willing and anxious to have the
test made Mr Quigg Repuhlican of New
York and Mr Johnson Republican of In
diana both made vigorous speeches in
opposition to the bill Among those whe
spoke for the bill were C W Stone Re
publican of Pennsylvania and Mr Wat
son Republican of Ohio One hours
debate on a side was allowed on the
monetary conference bill The house
amendments were added to give the bill
greater efficiency Mr McCreary Demo
crat of Kentucky who was a member oi
the last international conference gave
hearty support to the bill
Thirteen Murders in a Day
The unlucky number 13 figured in ino
annals of crime in Guadalajara Mexico in
that there were thirteen murders within
her walls during the day Friday This
would be considered rather excessive in any
country but that but there it excites
no comment and a stranger would know
nothing of it were he to depend upon
the newspapers for his information for
not a line in either of them tells of a sin
gle crime Ordinarily one would think
that so many murders were indicative of a
quarrelsome people but here it is not the
case most of them arising from the too
ready use of the knife and one in partic
ular being done in pure wantonness where
a man disemboweled a total stranger
through a drunken freak Of the 1500
prisoners in the penitentiary there more
than 1000 are under sentenee for murder
or murderous assault
Big Seizure of Opium
The largest seizure of opium ever made
at the of San
port Francisco was accom
plished Monday afternoon by four special
agents of the treasury The opium is val
ued at 400000 and was seized because of a
violation of the customs rules which pro
vmes mat no Chinese shall
drug
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MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
5350 to 550 hogs shinning crades
300 to 400 sheep fair to choice 200
to 450 wheat No 2 red 73c to 74c
corn No 2 22c to 23c oats No 2 15e
to lGc rye No 2 32c to 33c butter
choice creamery 17c to 19c eggs fresh
15c to 16c potatoes per bushel 20c to
30c broom corn common short to choice
dwarf 535 to 580 per ton
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 5300 to
5525 hogs choice light 5300 to 5375
sheep good to choice 5300 to 5400
wheat No 2 S2c to 84c corn No 2
white 22c to 23c oats No 2 white 20c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 5300 to 5525 hogs
5300 to 5375 sheep 5300 to 5450
wheat No 2 S8c to 89c corn No 2 yel
low 20c to 21c oats No 2 white 16c to
18c rye No 2 31c to 33c
Cincinnati Cattle 5250 to 5500 hogs-
5300 to 400 sheep 5250 to 5450
wheat No 2 SSc to 90c corn No 2
mixed 22c to 24c oats No 2 mixed ISc
to 19c rye No 2 35c to 37c
Detroit Cattle 5250 to 5500 hogs
5300 to 5375 sheep 5200 to 5425
wheat No 2 red SSc to 86c corn No 2
yellow 22c to 23c oats No 2 white 19c
to 21c rye 34c to 36c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 86c to 88c
corn No 2 mixed 22c to 23c oats No
2 white 17c to ISc rye No 2 35c to 37c
clover seed 5470 to S4S0
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 73c
to 74c corn No 3 18c to 20c oats No
2 white 17c to 19c barley No 2 28c to
33c rye No 1 34c to 35c pork mess
5750 to 5800
Buffalo Cattle common to prime ship
ping 5250 to 5500 hogs medium to
best 5300 to 54 25 sheep common to
prime natives 5300 to 5475 lambs fair
to extra 5450 to 5525
New York Cattle 5300 to 5525 hogs
5350 to 5450 sheep 300 to 5475
wheat No 2 red Sic to S2c corn No 2
2Sc to 30c oats No 2 white 21c to 22c
butter creamery 15c to 20c eggs West-
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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
As the Result of the Formation of a
Dancing Club Weeping Water
Congregationalists Are Split Into
Two Factions
Dancing Club Disrupts a Chnrcn
A great battle is at present being fought
in Weeping Water which may result in
the disruption of one of the local churches
The trouble is the outgrowth of a dancing
club organized two seasons ago to afford
amusement through the winter months
The club contained among its members
several members of the churches The
Methodist Episcopal Church people took
steps immediatel y to stop those of its mem
bers who participated but after being con
fronted with letters of resignation dropped
the matter This season the Congrega
tionalists have taken the matter up The
pastor has preached sermons touching
on the question special prayer meetings
have been called to pray for the
sinners committee meetings have been
held to devise means of preventing the
dancing and finally a new church manual
was sprung which prohibits members from
Playing cards attending 1jh aajJmirett
amusements ana to hereafter vote and
work against the saloon This did not
meet altogether with favor for there are
polticians who feel they could not vote
the Prohibition ticket Others enjoy a
quiet game of cards and still others insist
on dancing and a few wanted inserted the
payments of debts Two more special
meetings were held another sermon
preached on the subject but the old
manual is doing service yet Everywhere
the subject is discussed Those favoring
the change openly declare they will not
help support the church if its members
persist in dancing while the other side de
clare they will not sign a new constitution
and will withdraw their support if it should
be voted by a majority to go into effect
Thus the matter stands and the question
as to whether church members can dance
play cards and vote according to their
wishes remains unsettled
HIS HOBBY IS FLYING KITES
Juniata Man Who May Be Able to
Explain Airship Stories
An interesting story is told of a Juniata
station agent who flies kites This is his
hobby and inasmuch as his duties as
station agent do not require much of his
attention he has plenty of time to devote
to his pet diversion This man J R Mc
Leandoes not do his kite flying merely to
satisfy an idle whim however He bases
his experiments upon scientific grounds
and is demonstrating some interesting
things in connection with aerial fight
He uses several different kinds of
kites and all are without tails The box
kites are the most interesting from a scien
tific point of view They are composed of
a series of planes set at slight angles which
present considerable resistance although
not taking much room A kite which Mc
Lean exhibits in a photograph is of the
common kind of tailless kites It is over
eight feet high and five feet wide Mc
Lean occasionally sends up his kites a
half mile and at night he attaches a lan
tern to one of them He perhaps could
explain a number of the mysterious
heavenly lights which have been startling
ueople in that part of the country recently
RECLAIMS HER CHILDREN
Secures a Writ of Habeas Corpus to
Take Them
Oza A Vaughn made application in the
district court of York County for a writ oi
habeas corpus for her two children Glen
and Robert Vaughn who have been in
mates of the Mothers Jewels Home at
York She claims that she left them at the
home of a neighbor near Goodland Kan
temporarily while she sought means to
provide for them During her absence her
husband took the children and placed them
in the orphanage Presiding Judge Bates
granted the writ
Brothers Take Up the Fight
The brothers of the two men who fought
a street duel at St Edward over an old
grudge met on the street a few nights ago
and attacked each other with their fists The
tfight was keen and each of the combatants
was considerably scarred up Two more
brothers have signified their intention of
continuing the series of duels and as each
family contains five or six able bodied men
-the trouble may continue for sometime
There is no marshal in the town to inter
fere
Need Money for Irrigation
The Nebraska Irrigation Fair
uuu ueiu us regular annual mpoHn
North Platte and elected a board of
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84rtTLY 13 TAKEN
Criminal Proceeding Commenced
Against Ex State Treasurer
Ex State Treasurer Joseph S Bartley
was placed under arrest Saturday after
noon formally charged with the embezzle
ment of state funds to the amount of 537
76293 No formal arrest was made nec
essary as Mr Bartley shortly after being
notified by Sheriff Trompen that the war
rant had been issued walked to the sher
iffs office at the court house in Lincoln
and surrendered himself Later in the
day he gave bond and his case was con
tinued The arreit of the ex treasurer
created no surprise It had been expected
for some days past that prosecution would
ensue The complaint prepared by
Attorney General Smyth was filed with the
judge of the comity court of Lancaster
20un ty a few moments before noon on the
of last month and the warrant issued
and placed in the hands of the sheriff Mr
Bartley had been notified and sent word
hat he would be at the court house to ae
jept service at about 2 oclock At that
hour he had not arrived but no anxiety as
to his whereabouts was expressed as it
was known that he was busily engaged in
conference with his bondsmen A few
moments after 3 oclock he arrived at the
court house and accepted service on th
warrant Ex Treasurer Bartley was at
the office of his attorneys Harwood Pettis
ifcAmes uitl after 12 oclock Saturday
niit County Judge Cochran came down
from his residence and a bond for 50000
was fixed up and signed and the prisoner
was released
Think It an Airship
For three or four days the past week
there has been more or less speculation
and interest at Kearney in a mysterious
ight seen in the west between 7 and 10
jclock in the evening It has appeared in
die west and seems to grow from a small
faint light to a large bright one and then
diminish again On two occasions it has
remained apparently stationary for an
Hour or so and then would take an un
dulating motion and disappear to the north
Some think it an airship and others who
are more superstitious think it a sign of
lomedire disaster The light has been
jeen by some reliable and responsible per
jons of that city A satisfactory explana
tion of it would be gladly received by
many as they are getting considerably
worked up over it
Dattle Thief Escapes and Is Chased
There was great excitement at Hay
Springs a day or two ago when it was
earned that W H Cameron the man
under arrest for stealing nine head of cat
tle from a ranchman north of town had
made his escape The cattlemen think he
yas allowed to escape purposely and are
very indignant and will make a thorough
investigation and if possible bring the
guilty men to justice A posse started in
pursuit armed with rifles determined to
oring the fugitive in dead or alive
Gets Damages from the Railroad
The past two days in the district court at
Nebraska City have been occupied in hear
ing the case of A Tipton against the Mis
souri Hacific railroad wherein the plain
tiff sued for 2200 damages which he
alleged were incurred by an engine setting
fire to grass in his orchard whereby sev
eral acres of fruit trees were killed The
sheriff took the jury out to view the prem
ises At a late hour Thursday evening
the jury returned a verdict for the plain
tiff for 1064
agers for the ensuing year The hnnrri r H argea lvitn threatening to take the
will OInaes L Moore was dismissed for
managers meet next month ani w
omcers ior me association and start the
work for a big irrigation fair this fall The
association is hampered on account of a
lack of finances and passed a resolution
asking for the passage of a bill appropria
ting a sum for their assistance
Incendiary Fire at Adams
A message received from Adams in the
northwest corner of Gage Countv states
that the post office State Bank and Shaw
Pearsons stock of general merchandise
were destroyed by fire Shaw Pearsons
loss is 54000 with partial insurance
There is no insurance on the postoffice
building The file is supposed to be in
cendiary
Jury Refuses Damages to Roh
The jury found for the defendant in tne
damage suit of Roh against Holthus in the
district court at Tecumseh and the Tiinin
tiff will have the costs to pay This was
the case where Dr Carl Roh brought suit
against Louis Holthus for 5000 for caus
ing his wife to leave him and defaming his
character Holthus is the father of Rolfs
divorced wife
Hold Joint Revival Meetings
The Methodists and Baptists are holding
a three weeks revival at Bloomfield The
Baptists organized their church with
twenty members
Mucli Corn Will Spoil
An Antelope County
grain dealer esti
mates that 100000 bushels of corn in that
county have or will spoil by being piled
upon the ground because the owners have
not crib room for it and it got into un
marketable condition before it could be
hauled off
Tried to Reach the Prisoners
ac muinignt the other night Sheriff
Woolsey discovered someone trying to
communicate with the prisoners at the
county jail in Tecumseh The sheriff cave
lack of evidence The threat
have been made in church
was said to
Three Candidates ibr Postmaster-
There are several candidates for the post
office at Republican City The most prom
inent are Mrs J Reynolds C W Yhitnev
and A T Smith
Find the Stolen Goods
The goods stolen from C Roupps hard
ware store at Bloomfield
recently were
found in a haystack west of that town
Nebraska Short Notes
Ten head of cattle belonging to Brown
Fletcher butchers at Seward broke
through the ice in the Blue River and
were drowned
F A Nolan of Norfolk and George
CIai f Sutton have wade a match at
100 live birds each for 100 a side The
match is to be shot off at Columbus at a
date to be agreed upon later
J L Dollins of Cozad shipped 400 bush
els of onions to the Omaha market Onions
were quoted at 125 per bushel which
would mean a handsome figure for the lot
He raised 800
bushels last vear off seven
acres of land devoting his
own time to the
onion crop and renting the balance of his
aiu wiiiuu was pianteu to
corn his shar
being 3000 bushels He Irrigated bSS
crops
The coat tail of Henry Clifton of Gretna
got tangled up in the shafting in an eleva
tor and he was whirled around prettv
lively before the machinery could hi
stopped Beyond a few
slight bruises he
was not injured
Bishop Worthington dedicated the new
Episcopal Church at Wahoo last SmidaT
Mr and Mrs T M Miller of Crete cele
brated the twenty fifth annlve SSl
marriage recently The dining room was
ru guests and friends of
the family covers for seventy five guests
chase for a block and fired two shots at the I until late hm w l asted
man but he got away from all partr - presents came
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Few Converted at North Ijotip v
A
1 he revival meetings at the Methoaist A
church at North Loup are still in progress
this being the fourth week Unless some
unusual interest is manifested it is the in
tention to discontinue services nftor the
close of the present week Though many
stirring appeals and earnest efforts have
been made no great number of converts
has resulted
Grip Epidemic at Belgarde
An epidemic of the grip has prevailed at
Belgarde for the past month frequently
accompanied by pneumonia Several
deaths have occurred The doctors are all
worn out and medical
aid lias been sum
moned from adjoining towns It is now
somewhat abating and hopes are enter
tained that the worst i3 over
Gets His Fingers Mashed
Charley Scheckler a Burlington hrake
man got the two first fingers of his right
hand so badly mashed between the bump
ers at Tecumseh while making a coupling
that amputation was necessary
He Had an Object
A Tecumseh man worked out poll tax
for several whopreferred to pay the money
Then when lie was warned to work his
own he surprised the street commissioner
with a certificate of disability
Dismissed for Lack of Evidencev
The case against J B Cvnhor t rmc
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