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NEBRASKA
GBOVERS DUCK HUNT
MISSOURIANS WANT MKINLEY
TO INVESTIGATE
They Charge That as Private Citi
zen He Has Confiscated a Govern
ment Vesseland Want the Presi
dent to Have It Returned
Grovere Duck Hunt
The Missouri bouse of representatives
passed a scathing set of resolutions directed
against ex President Grover Cleveland
The resolutions are unique and amusing
in thee xtreme the ex president being
charged with running off with a govern
ment vessel The resolutions were In
troduced by Representative Martin and
are as follows
Whereas The press dispatches inform
us that Grover Cleveland a private citizen
of the United States is now aboard a gov
ernment boat with a party of friends in
dulging his passion for duck shooting at
publlc expense and
Whereas The cost of running the gov
ernment boat which said Grover Cleveland
appears to have confiscated for his own use
is heavy and the taxpayers are already
staggering under the burden of debt which
Grover Cleveland when a public official
greatly increased therefore be it
Resolved By the house of representa
tives of the Thirty ninth general assembly
of Missouri that the president of the
United States is hereby respectfully me
morialized to have an inquiry made into
the reported confiscation of a government
boat by the said Grover Cleveland and If
the inquiry developes that the report is
true the president Is respectfully asked to
take immediate steps to recover the said
government boat and return It to Its proper
station
WEYLER USES THE TORCH
Destroying Everything Along
His
Line of March
Sylvester Scoval New York Worlds
correspondent in prison at SantI Spiritus
Cuba writes from his cell under date of
March 1 as follows
Some idea of how Spain is making war
here maybe gained from Weylere own
words Two weeks ago this captain gen
eral of all Cuba had the aldermen of the
town and the townspeople assembled In
the public square Addressing them he
said
Last year Gomez and Macco went west
destroying right and left This year I am
coming east to finish what they left I am
going to make grim war here and before
I get through the country will be as bare
as the palm of my hand
The skies are dark with the smoke of
burning property Five newly built houses
of an American estate at Tuinicu near
here have been devastated All corn was
burned by the troops four days ago Farm
houses were razed to the ground
As I have no means of verifying them I
will make no mention of the stories of
wholesale slaughter of farmers in the
country roundabout Whoever the Cuban
chief near here has been he has been
doing some hot fighting Fully 500
wounded have been brought back to town
by ox teams I can see hospitals from my
cell window The Spaniards and Cubans
alike have been much maltreated here
ODD BILL AGAINST BLOCMERS
Michigan Lawmaker Would
Keep
Them in the Cities
Representative Goodell has introduced a
bill in the Michigan legislature which pro
vides a penalty of 25 fine or imprisonment
for thirty days for any girl or woman who
appears on any country road or highway
outside municipal limits dressed in the
costume which has become so popular with
the bicycle riders Solon Goodell insists
that bloomer girls belong in the city and
that when they are seen by country girls
pedaling along the quiet lanes and roads of
rural districts their appearance causes
great flustration to the daughters of his
constituents and he is determined to save
them the embarrassment which naturally
arises when they see the awful spectacle
from town gliding down the road
FIRED ON BY GREEKS
German War Vessel Said to
Have
Received a Broadside
v
A dispatch from Constantinople says
According to a telegraphic communication
received here from Crete a rumor is circu
lating there that the German ironclad Kal
serine Augusta after having fired a blank
shot as a signal to the Greek ironclad Hy
dra to discontinue her course received
a full broadside from Hydra
Big Strike Threatened
There will be a general strike of all the
workmen in New York employed in the
building trades this week unless the men
employed by the Sprague Elevator Com
pany to build elevators in the new Wal
dorf Hotel are discharged and replaced by
union men The strike will involve 10000
men and will stop work on all the large
buildings now in course of erection In that
city j
Mrs Beecher Dead
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher wife of the
famous preacher who has been lying at
the point of death for many days at her
home in Stamford Conn died Monday
morning
Murdered for- a Ring
Roy Bousman of Hervey City fatally
stabbed William Sheridan at the home of
Mrs Annie Brady in Decatur 111 Sun
day Sheridan warstabbed in the lungs and
in the arms and Lulu Taylor who tried to
separate the men was cut severely Bous
man got away The quarrel was about a
ring
Heir to a Million
The will of Thomas M Quackenbush
has been filed for probate at San Francisco
It bequeaths to his daughter Mrs Esther
Jfiwortfiguer an estate valued at 1000000
ir
BAD WRECK IN OHIO
wo Men Fatally Injured and a Half
Dozen Badly Hurt
Friday during a rain and thick fog pas
senger train No 105 westbound on the
Midland branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern Railway was stopped by a
landslide near Hill Station live miles
east of Loveland Ohio A heavy freight
came thundering through the fog
and crashed into the sleeper whose
occupants were all In berths It tele
scoped three fourths of the
the sleeper throwing the
out of their beds and
length of
occupants
pinioning
them in agony in the debris of seats and
broken glass and splinters and beams of
wood Rescuing was prompt and energetic
Of the occupants injured beyond slight
bruises two were fatally hurt two very
seriously and two painfully but not
dangerously
The fatally injured are
R H Wardock Cincinnati
P D Dobbings Wheeling W V Mr
Dobbings died
The seriously injured are
G H Rispe Richmond Ind
L Myers St Louis
The less seriously injured are
E A Watrous New York
W R Conner New York
DUNS WEEKLY REVIEW
Gradual Improvement Continues in
General Trade
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says The slow and gradual im
provement observed for some time lias con
tinued during the past week and without
material change There Is a better de
mand for most products on the whole with
continuance of speculative buying in some
notably wool because of expected duties
Reports of probable needs abroad have
helped speculation in wheat somewhat but
it has risen about8 cents though the price
is still lower than two weeks ago
Corn is a cent stronger about the price of
two weeks ago Western receipts of wheat
are still small 1559821 bushels against
2801638 last year and the Atlantic exports
flour included as wheat were for the
week 1282412 bushels against 1541185
last year but the corn exports continue so
heavy as to compensate largely if not
wholly for any decrease in wheat amount
ing for the week to 2779974 bushels gulf
ports not Included against 1104890 last
year
Failures show but slight increase over
those of 1896 or 1895 and but little decrease
compared with 1894
GO BAOK TO GREECE
Greeks in Alabama Leave for Their
Native Land
Monday a dozen Greeks of Birmingham
Ala left for their native land to lend their
services to their king and others will fol
low during the week A prominent mem
ber of the Greek colony has advices that
parties of his countrymen are being organ
ized in all the southern cities to start for
Athens at once He estimates that King
George will secure more than 500 men
from the southern cities The Greeks in
Birmingham heartily indorse the kings
course and say that he can get the supiwjit
of every native Greek in America if needed
The Peoria 111 Greeks at a mass meet
ing declared sympathy for war Every
member of the local colony was present
At the conclusion of the meeting a mes
sage was sent to the Grecian consul at Chi
cago that he could depend upon the Peoria
contingent who were ready to start at a
moments notice
FATAL SNOWSLIDE
Four Miners Crushed to Death and
Several Badly Hurt in Utah
At 10 oclock Sunday a heavy snowslide
struck from the mountain peak near Park
City Utah and struck one of the Daly
mine bunk houses which was shivered into
atoms Nine men were sleeping in the
house at the time Five were rescued
alive about an hour afterwards
Late in the afternoon the dead bodies of
Nicholas Paffls James Keating and Nich
olas Pufetto were recovered Joseph Zucca
is still missing and is no doubt dead
John Boyle A Blake and John Whit
man were working in a surface tunnel at
the mouth of which the snow piled fifty
feet high They worked their way out
after several hours
Butcher Butlers Case
The counsel for Frank Butler has an
nounced that it will file an application for
a writ of habeas corpus to release the
murderer who is imprisoned at San Fran
cisco The ground upon which the writ
will be asked is that Butler was arrested
upon British territory on a British ship
and had committed no offense against the
laws of the United States The evidence
in the case was forwarded to Washington
last Saturday and presidential approval of
Mr Heacocks decision extraditing the
prisoner is looked for soon
Postofflces Left Over
President McKinley will have at his dis
posal 106 presidential postofflces which
Cleveland had figured on for the outgoing
administration and for which his selection
of postmasters has been announced These
represent the full list of postoffice nomina
tions made by Cleveland during the session
of congress just expired and which the
senate failed to confirm
Ten-Year-Old Suicide
Lizzie McDonald of St Louis Mo 10
years old intentionally shot herself
through the right lung Sunday dying in
the city hospital The child lived with her
foster parents and left a note saying she
was tired of living and wanted to be with
mother
Carnegie Out of Danger
Andrew Carnegie who has been seri
ously ill at his residence in Greenwich
Connfor several days past f roni pleurisy
is now entirely outof danger and it is ex
pected that he will be up and about the
House again in afew days
Pitcher David Foutz Dead -
David L Foutz the great pitcher and
right fielder died at Baltimore of asthma
Foutz managed the Brooklyn team last
eason
When the cup of sin is put to the lips
1 serpent tnat tlngs is always U it
MKINLEY PROCLAIMS
FORMAL CALL FOR EXTRA SES
SION ISSUED
President Fixes the Date for Assem
bling of the National Lawmakers
on Monday Next Methodists Re
solve for Free Cuba and Free Crete
Proclamation by McKinley
President McKinley on Saturday after
noon issued a proclamation convoking con
gress in extra session Monday March 15
The proclamation in full is as follows
By the President of- the United States of
America a Proclamation
Whereas Public interests require that
the congress of the United States should
be convened in extra session at 12 oclock
on the 15th day of March 1897 to receive
such communication as may be made by
the executive now therefore
I William McKinley president of the
United States of America do hereby pro
claim and declare that an extraordinary
occasion requires the congress of the United
States to convene in extra session at the
capitol in the city of Washington on the
15th day of March 1897 at 12 oclock noon
of which all persons who shall at that time
be entitled to act as members thereof are
hereby requested to take notice
Given under my hand and the seal of the
United States at Washington on the 8th
day of March in the year 6f our Lord 1897
and of the independence of the United
States the 121st William McKinley
By the President John Sherman Secre
tary of State
JAPAN AND SPAIN MAY FIGHT
Possibility of a War Over Spanish
South Sea Possessions
The long overdue schooner Vine which
left San Francisco on a trading trip to the
South Sea Islands last June arrived home
Sunday with news from the South Seas re
garding a possible war between Japan and
Spain
Natives on the Buk Islands part of the
Caroline group which belongs to Spain
are very ferocious when foreigners
attempt jto land and all trading
with the islanders must be done by
other natives The islanders are almost
all cannibals They refuse to become civi
lized and wear no clothing A number of
Japanese traders recently established
a prosperous business with the more
peaceable islanders but when they have
attempted to go inland they have been
fiercely opposed Just before the Vine left
the Caroline Islands a dozen or more Japan
ese traders were massacred by the island
ers without provocation Remaining
traders sent the news to the Japanese gov
ernment and asked for a war vessel to sub
Jugate the Inhabitants
The general belief at Kasaie when the
Vine left was that war would follow as
the Japanese covet the island and are gen
erally understood to be desirous of having
colonies throughout the South Seas It is
surmised Japan will attempt to subjugate
the islands and colonize them irrespective
of Spain
FREE CUBA AND FREE CRETE
Baltimore Methodist Conference
Passes Resolutions
Bishop Hurst of Washington electrified
the Baltimore Methodist conference with
his utterance of sympathy for Cuba and
Crete He is not a member of the con
ference but dropped in for a visit and was
introduced to the audience by the presiding
bishop In a general talk Bishop Hurst
referred to mission work in Cuba and he
said he hoped the island would soon be
free The sentiment was heartily ap
plauded and the bishop thus encouraged
added
When Cuba is free and Crete is Greek
and Turkey is dead we want to take one
whole day to sing the doxology
The applause was renewed with hearty
amens and the Rev F B Clarkson offered
the following resolution
Resolved by the Baltimore annual con
ference assembled That the people of
Cuba have our heartiest sympathy in their
heroic struggle for independence
The resolution was amended so as to in
clude Crete and adopted with a hurrah
Chicagos Great Tower
Chicago is to have a gigantic tower
From the altitude of 1150 feet the United
States flag will flaunt above Chicago when
the city tower is completed Ground has
been broken aMhe site of the tower at
Harrison Troop Congress and Loomis
Streets The entire block will be almost
covered by the monster base of the pedas
tal Work has been commenced on a pa
vilion a toboggan slide and a skating rink
The toboggan slide will be 2000 feet long
and the skating rink under a roof 200 by
500 feet in dimensions
Van Heest Bests Powell
Johnnie Van Heest of New York and
Andy Powell of Austalia met in Hot
Springs Ark for a contest to last until a
decision was reached Van Heest defeated
Powell some time ago by a chance blow
as the latter claimed and he was anxious
to have another opportunity at him They
entered the ring in first class condition
Van Heest having a slight advantage in
weight In the third round a right hand
swing from Van Heest caught Powell on
the point of the chin and put him com
pletely out
Big Chicago Strike
Every union plasterer and hod carrier in
Chicago went onstrike Saturday with the
intention of remaining out till the bosses
agree to pay the old wage scale of 350 a
day for plasterers and 220 for hod car
riers Business agents from the unions
visited every building in course of con
struction and ordered the men not to go to
work on Monday but to report to one of
their number in the vicinity and act as
pickets about the buildings and see that no
non union men are employed to fill their
places
Peoria Elevator Burns
Union Elevator No 2 at Peoria 111
capacity 1000000 bushels and the prop
erty of the Chicago Burlington and
Quincy Railroad was destroyed by a fire
of unknown origin with its contents of
900000 bushels of grain The estimated
loss is 1850000
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CABINET CONFIRMED
Nominations By President McKin
ley Acted On By the Senate
In the senate Friday President McKin
ley sent the following nominations for
members of the cabinet
Secretary of State John Sherman of
Ohio
Treasury Lyman J Gage of Illinois
War Russell A Alger of Michigan
Navy John D Long of Massachusetts
Interior Cornelius N Bliss of New
York
Agriculture James Wilson of Iowa
Attorney General Joseph McKenna 01
California
Postmaster General James A Gary of
Maryland
Mark Hanna was sworn in to succeed
Senator Sherman who had resigned
No objection was made to the nomina
tion of any member of the cabinet but
they were referred to the committees ex
cept Sherman who according to custom
in thecase of senators was confirmed at
once
The first nomination taken up was that
of Gage to the secretaryship of the treasury
The nomination caused considerable dis
cussion The silver members who did
most of the talking said they did not in
tend to interpose objection to the con
firmation but wanted to make it plain that
while the pledges of the new administra
tion were for bimetallism the new secretary
they said was a gold man The other
nominations were confirmed without dis
cussion
CLAIMS HE WAS HYPNOTIZED
St Louis Bankers Plea for Making
an 80000 Loan
The plea of President Rottman of the
defunct Mullanphy Bank at St Louis that
he was hypnotized by T S Teuscher a
wholesale liquor dealer into loaning him
80000 of the banks cash on well nigh
worthless security is the latest sensation
in that looted institutions affairs The ex
cuse has doubly incensed the hundreds of
small depositors who have realized that
their precious savings have been recklessly
squandered Cashier Kammerer of the
Mullanphy says Rottman months ago told
him that Teuscher was a master of the
hypnotic art and that when he was in
the presence of Teuscher he Rottman
was completely at his mercy Rottman
told him that was the only explanation he
could give for letting Teuscher have such
a large sum
TO SUCCEED BLACKBURN
Gov Bradley of Kentucky Appoints
A T Wood Senator
Gov Bradley of Kentucky has an
nounced the appointment of A T Wood
of Mt Sterling to succeed J C S Black
burn as United States senator He- has
also called an extra session of the legisla
ture for March 13 to elect a senator Mr
Wood has been a Republican leader foi
many years
Oscar Wilde Will Soon Be Free
Oscar Wilde will be welcomed back into
the bosom of his family at the approaching
termination of his prison sentence This
statement comes from an intimate friend
who has been the main channel of com
munication between Mrs Wilde and her
husband since the latters incarceration In
the English prison The members of the
family are now residing at Naples and he
will take up his abode with them there
upon his release He is employed as fore
man of the prison bookbindery and ha
become an expert at the trade
Makes Demand of Peru
Advices from Lima Peru say that the
government of that republic absolutely re
fuses to allow the claim of Victor H Mc
Cord an American citizen for false arrest
and imprisonment The claim is for 200
000 Secretary Olney immediately made a
peremptory demand upon Peru for settle
ment of the claim
Arkansas Mine Explosion
An explosion from an unknown cause
in the mines of the Kansas and Texas Coal
Company at Huntington Ark Friday
caused the death of Bud Hanley and the
burning of thirty five others in some cases
fatally
Illinois Politician Dead
Senator Albert Wells of Quincy 111 a
leaden of the Democratic party in the
legislature died Friday morning of liver
troubles
MARKER QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 400 sheep fair to choice 200
to 450 wheat No 2 red 75c to 76c
corn No 2 23c to 24c oats No 2 15c
to 17c rye No 2 33c to 35c butter
choice creamery 17c to 19c eggs fresh
10c to lie potatoes per bushel 20c to
30c broom corn common growth to choice
green hurl 2c to 6c per lb
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
500 hogs choice light 300 to 400
sheep good to choice 300 to 400
wheat No 2 82c to 84c corn No 2
white 22c to 23c oats No 2 white 20c
to 22
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 92c to 94c corn No 2 yel
low 20c to 21c oats No 2 white 17c to
18c rye No 2 33c to 35c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 89c to 91c corn No 2
mixed 23c to 24c oats No 2 mixed 18c
to 20c rye No 2 35c to 37c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 200 to 400
wheat No 2 red 87c to S9c corn No 2
yellow 23c to 24c oats No 2 white 19c
to 21c rye 35c to 36c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red S9c to 91c
corn No 2 mixed 22c to 24c oats No
2 white 17c to ISc rye No 2 36c to 37c
clover seed 465 to 475
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 74c
to 76c corn No 3 18c to 20c oats No
2 white 17c to 19c barley No 2 28c to
32c rye No 1 33c to 35c pork mess
S00 to 850
Buffalo Cattle common to prime ship
ping 250 to 525 hogs medium to
best 300 to 425 sheep common to
prime natives 300 to 450 lambs fair
to extra S450 to 550
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 450 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 83c to 85c corn No 2
27c to 28c oats No 2 whia 21c to 23c
butter creamery 15s to 20c eggs West
era 12c to 14c
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Wonderful Display of Home Made
Articles Inspected by Many at the
Fremont Factory Exhibit The Exl
hibit AVns a Surprise to Many
Fremont Factory Exhibit
The Fremont Home Factory Exhibit and
Business Mens reception was opened to
the public on March 1 Masonic Hall
where the exhibit was held was crowded
to such an extent that it was difficult to ex
amine many of the exhibits The exhibit
was a surprise to many people who did not
realize the extent and importance of the
citys manufacturing industries The ex
hibit made by the Fremont Mattress and
Furniture Company Fremont Bottling
Works Brewery and Saddlery Company
were excellent The hemp mill had an
exhibit of tow in bales and of a bunch of
the long fiber hemp the woolen mill had
fine specimens of cloths and wool and
yarns in the different stages of manufac
ture the Sheldon Pickling works a com
paratively new institution had an attractive
exhibit and passed out many samples of
products The chicory company made
coffee from their product which was sam
pled by all who could get near the stand
Wolzs potato chips and biscuits made
from Fremont flour were also given out
F M Wallace had an exhibit of beet and
chicory growing implements which at
tracted much attention E P Anderson
and the Northwestern Broom Company
had a good display of brooms and brushes
the Fremont Foundry T M Mark Co
bicycle sundries Frank Cherry planing
mill J W Harris brick kilns Fremont
Carriage Company butter tub factory
Wonderling Son cigar boxes Healey
Murray patent fence works H
enfeld cigar factory and many others had
interesting and attractive lines of goods
About 100 Omaha business men went to
Fremont to see the exhibit They were
met at the depot by a delegation of Fre
monters and escorted to the Masonic Hal
Killed in a Runaway Accident
George Collett residing ten miles north
ef Beatrice was killed near that city in a
runaway accident Collett and George
Shoneberger a German the latter consid
erably under the influence of liquor had
left the city for home When several miles
out they were met by a farmer who found
their harness badly dilapidated and whe
helped them get started on again Later
the spring wagon they were using was
found in the road a mile from Pickrell the
bed bottom upward and Collett under the
wreck dead The German was found near
by in a half conscious condition with one
of his shoulders dislocated Shoneberger
is unable to tell much about the way the
accident happened Coroner Miller was
notified and held an inquest at Pickrell a
verdict being rendered in accordance with
the facts above stated Collett was a pecu
liar character but was not a drinking man
He had been in the insane asylum two or
three times and has several children and a
divorced wife
Salaries Payable Quarterly
Attorney General Smyth has given an
opinion on request of State Auditor Cor
nell relating to the time of payment of
deputies and clerks employed in the differ
ent state departments Hitherto it has been
the custom of the auditor to pay the depu
ties in the offices of the secretary of state
and superintendent of public instruction
monthly Accordingly the vouchers were
made out and presented for the first months
of the time during which the new deputies
had been employed All other officers
deputies and clerks had been paid quarter
ly The attorney general says in his opinion
that the pay of the deputies named is due
quarterly and not monthly as has been
the custom heretofore
Negro Boy Denied School Privileges
Billy Martin a little negro boy under
the protection and living in the home of
Jacob Nye a white man at Decatur has
been denied the rights of educational ad
vantages by the school board of that place
The board has not as yet given any valid
reason why it cannot accept Billy as a
pupil qualified to attend the Decatur
schools only that he is a negro Nye
makes the statement that when the spring
census it taken the enrollment Avill in
clude his protege and then if admission is
refused the board may expect trouble for
he will fight the case to a finish
Her Illinois Husband on the Scene
Mrs Josephine Banium wife of George
E Barnum who filed her petition for a di
vorce in the district court at Columbus
after about one year of married bliss will
probably never get the alimony she was
figuring on According to present
ances she has two husbands living besides
Mr Barnum from whom she has never
been divorced husband No 2 Mr George
Smith of Stark County Illinois whom
Josephine claimed to be dead when she
married Mr Barnum showed up in the
flesh and testified that Josephine was and
still is his legal wife in name and fact
Commissions Issued
Governor Holcomb has issued commis
Jions to Captain Edam Short and First
Lieutenant Lee L Baldwin Company H
First regiment Nebraska National Guards
stationed at Nelson Nuckolls County
George H Lyon was formally captain of
company n At the expiration of his term
ot service he declined re election Captain
Short was promoted from the first
lieutenancy and First Lieutenant Baldwin
from the second lieutenancy ofjthe company
Injured in a Runaway
John Tuerey was the victim of a serious
runaway accident at Nebraska City His
team took fright and became unmanage
able throwing him in front of the wheels
of- the wagon His arm and shoulder were
badly crushed
Cadet Company at York
The young men of York College have
formed a cadet company and have com
menced drill already Prof Hines an ex
university cadet is drilling the company
About forty members are enrolled on the
list
Wahoo Girl Insane
Ada Buskirk a 16-year-old girl of Wahoo
vas before the board of insanity and found
to be insane The girl had been acting
strangely for some time She was taken
to the asylum It is not known what
caused the mental derangement of the girl
Verdict Against the Bank
The case of Slitt against the Silver Creek
State Bank came up for hearing again at
Clark the other day before Justice Sweet
and a verdict of 4778 was rendered against
the hank Thp msp will ho tol on tn ttr
j district court
EVICTED BY INDIAN POLICE
Excitement in Thurston County Over
the Ejectment of a Settler
Some excitement prevailed in Thurston
County the other day over the removal of
one J S Hogan and family from their allot
ment selection within the limit3 of the
Farley pasture on the Omaha reservation
by Capt Becks Indian police under com
mand of John Pilcher Under instructions
from the Indian commissioner at Washing
ton to the former agent Ashley Hogan
and a few others were allowed the privi
lege of making selections for future allot
ments lor their minor children and this is
the land they now occupy The Indian
police lay in ambush expecting Hogan
and his wife who is an Omaha Indian to
return which they did A fight took place
and it was with considerable difficulty that
Hogan was overpowered He was bound
in irons and taken to the agency A J
Hanika and two or three other families
will be removed soon and more trouble Is
looked for
Vote to Sell the Waterworks
A special election was held at Crawford
to permit the people to vote upon the prop
osition submitted to the village by the
Crawford company owners of the large
canal reservoir and water power systems
being constructed there to purchase the
entire waterworks system of the village
and to be given the exclusive franchise to
put in and operate a system of waterworks
in Crawford for a period of twenty five
years in consideration of the Crawford
company assuming and paying the out
standing water bonds of the village
amounting to 17000 the village to take
fifteen hydrants for fire protection at an
annual rental of 50 each or twenty or
more hydrants at an annual rental of 40 j
each and to have the privilege of
ing the system and all extensions at the ex
piration of the tenth and each fifth year
thereafter at a price to be arrived at by
arbitration The vote was almost unani
mous in favor of selling
Not Entitled to Postage
Judge Sullivan has handed down a de
cision at Columbus which affects a great
many officeholders in the state G B
Speice clerk of the court had some bills
rejected by the last session of the board
among which were a claim for postage
used for correspondence in the office and
a bill for preparing the trial docket The
clerk appealed to the district court from
the decision of the board and after having
had the matter under advisement the court
sustained the action of the supervisors and
held no county officer could hold a claim
against the county for postage In regard
to the dockets the court held that it was a
duty which devolved upon the clerk of the
court but that no fee could be charged for
the service
Suicide of a Danish Farmer
Louis Johnson a Danish farmer living
About five miles northwest of Kennard
committed suicide by hanging himself in
a granary on his farm He left his home
the day before he was found saying he
was going to see a near neighbor and
would return in a short time About mid
night his wife becoming alarmed at his
prolonged absence instituted a search foi
him and about 7 oclock the next morning
found him hanging in a small backroom in
his granary This was his second attempt
to commit suicide within a week He leaves
a wife and several small children He
was a member of the Woodmen of the
World where his life was insured foj
2000
Guilty of Manslaughter
i ne jury m tne case of the State of
orasna vs Kaymond Musser at ONeill
who was being tried for the murder of
George A Spence last December after be
ing out about five hours returned a verdict
finding the defendant guilty of manslagh
ter Spence and Musser had some trouble
about some cornstalks which were on Mus
sers land which he had rented They met
in the field one day and after some words
Musser shot Spence in the legs with bird
shot About six weeks later Spence died
Recount Commission Begins Work-
The recount commission commenced its
labors in Lincoln Tuesday J N Camp
bell Populist of Nance County was
selected as chairman of the commission
and J Oberfelder of Sidney one of the
Democratic members was made secretary
Alter much deliberation it was decided to
proceed with the count with open doors
is long as there was no disposition on the
oart of outsiders to unduly crowd the room
Body Deep Down in a Well
An effort is being made at Pine Blutf to
aise the necessary money to get the body
d Ephraim Marny from the well which
javed in on him February 18 while hu
yas taking out old ourbing His remaiu
ire now down a depth of nearly 175 feet
rhe supposition is that a new well by the
ride of the old one will have to be dug in
order to reach the body with safety
Big Demand for Farm Liands
There is much activity among farmers
11 the vicinity of Clark Every man in
iiat line of work is preparing to dohn
itmost this coming season The demand
or land to farm was never so great Real
state agents can find renters for ten times
he land at their disposal It is safe to pre
lict for the county the largest acreage of
orn ever put in
Railroad Bonds Voted
At the special election held at Norfolk
die proposition to give 25000 in bonds in
id of the Norfolk Yankton and South
western railway was carried by 107 more
votes than the necessary two thirds major
ity The road is to be completed by Jan
uary 1 1898 in order to receive the bonds
Injured in a Bicycle Collision
Samuel Moore an employe in Haskell
Bosworths butter an egg establishment at
Beatrice was seriously injured while riding
a bicycle up Fifth Street by colliding with
another rider
New Y M O A Formed
The Young Mens Christian Association
which disbanded a few years since has
been reorganized at Plattsmouth Officer
were elected for the ensuing year
Nebraska Short Notes
Louis Foltz of Weeping Water has been
arrested for stealing eight hogs from
Thomas Cromwell
The cadets of Doane College are going
to enter the intercollegiate xitte contest
The ferry company at Yankton is pre
paring for unusually high water this spring
While sawing wood with a circular saw
jji btucuer of Weeping Water
tated one of his fingers
The Sheridan County Teachers Associa
tion met in the high school room in Gor
don last Saturday at 1 a m There was a
large delegation of teachers present from
Hay Springs and Kushville as well as a
good attendance of
pedagogues The
pro
gram was an unusually interesting one and
the discussions were both free and instruct
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