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AMERICAN BLUEJACKETS PER
SECUTED BY HAWAIIANS
Popular Outbreak Is Feared at Any
Time Citizens of the Hawaiian
Capital Consider the Situation as
Very Serious Other Items
News from the Islands
Honolulu harbpr is dotted with British
Uapanese and United States war vessels
and more British and Japanese vessels are
expected daily In semi official quarters
it is reported quiet but the impression
among citizens is that the condition of
affairs is very threatening and that a pop
ular outbreak may occur any time when
international interference from the ships
in the harbor will be the occasion of com
plications The stream of Asiatic laborers
is still pouring in each shipload causing a
Xresh outbreak of feeling among the dif
ferent factions
The immediate cause of alarm is the fact
that the United States bluejackets are bit
terly hostile to the Hawaiian police who
exercise almost military rule The British
and Japanese sailors are not molested but
alnierieair bluejackets are constantly ar
rested as deserters without cause and an
D03ed in every conceivable way Heavy
Towards have been offered to the police for
arresting United States naval deserters
which has caused wholesale arrests of men
of the American fleet
HAZARDOUS CLIMBING FEAT
Members of 3Xt Tacoma Exploring
Party Report on Their Trip
The first party to return from the
inas expedition to the summit of Mt
ITacoma has arrived at Tacoma Wash
The advance partr of five to break the way
experienced many dangers and report the
ascent and return more difficult this year
than ever before At times the steel points
of an Alpenstick could not be made to
hold so hard was the ice and the climbers
were forced to leap from point to point
taking chances on securing a safe foot-
Lold
H C Ainslee and Walter Rogers of
Portland lost their way in returning from
Uamp Muir Each was precipitated into
jan icy ravine from which they escaped
prith great difficulty H L Pittock presi
dent of the Mazamas had a narrow escape
irom an awful death at Gibraltar rock
WHEAT SAILS UPWARD
Sharp Jump Made in Prices on the
New York Exchange
Wheat took a sharp jump Monday in
ftew York and carried September up to
S2 cents against Sl cents on the curb
Saturday Local houses were all good
buyers and so was the foreign element
particularly continental representatives
The French market displayed marked
strength Paris flour for instance advanc
ing 60 centimes to 1 franc and 5 centimes
Another feature of strength in Xew
pTork was the big rise in corn due to bad
crop news from Kansas At noon how
ever local wheat prices received a setback
pf 1 cent in consequence of a larger in
crease in the visible supply for the week
than figured on
MURDERED BY HIS WIFE
Ahuse Causes a Wisconsin Woman
to Kill Her Husband
I A Red Falls Wis dispatch says John
OConnell a well known farmer and poli
tician of Westline township has been
enurdered After he had been beaten to
oeain ins clothing was saturated
Sceorsene and his home set afire
The statements of three of the oldest of
he nine children to the authorities are to
the effect that the wife of the murdered
man was the author of the tragedy Her
husbands abuse of her and her children
-while under the influence of liquor is the
supposed inciting cause
Gilbert Defeats Heikes
Hollo O Heikes of Dayton Ohio and
Trod Gilbert of Spirit Lake Iowa shot a
250 birdrace in Fairview Park Dayton
Ohio Saturday for the E C Powder Com
pany trophy and championship of Amer
ica The contest consisted of 50 singles
flniown traps and unknown angles Fifty
singles known angles and unknown traps
md 25 pairs doubles Gilberts total score
was
i Jleikes total score im
-
reieree declared Gilbert
Irophy and championship
winner
with
The
of the
Disli washer the Only Keir
A Boston special says Carl Cronheiln
has been employed heaving coal and
washinc dishes in this country has been
notified of the death of an elder brother
Count Henrik Julius Cronheiln of Sweden
without issue with the request that he re
urn and take possession of the estate as
4he only living representative of the fam
ily He thus comes into a title to four
arge properties and an income of 50000 a
year
Cyclist Leo Reaches Chicago
Henry Leo of Sioux Falls S D who
started from Sioux Falls July 24 to beat
Charles Fosters bicycle record of thirty
daj s and eight hours from the Missouri
Stiver to New York city arrived in Chicago
3Tonday He said he was a day ahead
sof Fosters time
Killed by a Jump
William OBrien aged 2J employed in
lhe Byron Paper Mill at Grand Rapids
Wis on a wager jumped out of the mill
window a distance of thirty feet into the
Wisconsin River He burst a blood vessel
from which he died an hour later
Murderer Sentenced to Hnny
Edwin Flanagan who has been on trial
at Decatur Ga for the murder of Mrs
Nancy Allen and Miss Ruth Slack
the 31st of last December was found guilty
and sentenced to be hanged
I
THE SUGAR COFFEE WAR
Trust Will Start a Big CofTeo Roast
ing House in Philadelphia
ALLi The Philadelphia Record on Monday
contained the following The war be
tween the sugar trust and Arbuckle 25ros
the big coffee roasters which has carried
the trust into the coffee trade and the
Arbuckles into the mysteries of sugar re
fining is soon to be transferred in part to
this city Some time ago the trust in order
to strike at the Arbuckles bought control
of the Woolson Spice Company of Toledo
Ohio one of the largest coffee houses in
the country and now it proposes to con
vert he old Delaware sugar warehouse at
Reeds and Swanson Streets into a great
coffee roasting establishment from which
the trade along the Atlantic seaboard may
be easily reached It is not likely how
ever that active operations will be started
for some time to come as all the machinery
needed has not been delivered yet Much
of it is to be imported from Germany The
plant when completed will give employ
ment to a large number of skilled work
men
Draw Poker Not Gambling
Draw poker can now flourish unmolested
fn Chicago on the north side According
to the interpretation of the police the
game known by this name is not a gamb
ling game Inspector Schaack issued an
order exempting draw poker from molesta
tion He instructed his subordinates to
close all places where stud poker faro
keno or other gambling might be found
but not to touch the harmless little game
of draw In explanation the inspector
said he regarded draw poker as on a par
with whist euchre high five solitaire and
tiddledy winks Any one can gamble with
those games if he chooses the inspector
said but they are not real gambling
games
Sells Freedom to Prisoners
W G Malcolm clerk of the
village of
Braceville 111 and Hugh Allison the citv
J marshal will be compelled to face some
very ugly charges preferred against them
by some Polanders as a result of the in
vestigations which have been made by
Justice o the Peace McCall of Braceville
The two officials are charged with releas
ing two prisoners without due process of
law and accepting bribes According to
Justice McCalls statements three prison
ers were released from the Braceville lock
up on the payment of 3150 to Malcolm
Marshal Allison demanded the payment
of 5 as the price of the liberty of another
Englands Big Strike
The strike and lockout of engineers in
London is now on in earnest The execu
tive committee of the Amalgamated Engi
neers has instructed the remaining 75 per
cent of the members of the society to
strike The manufacturers of bicycles
have taken a hand in the strike twenty
one manufacturers of bicycles having
joined the Employers Federation and
posted notices in their shops discharging
25 per cent of their employes who belong
to the union The labor leaders say 16000
men are now out
Plans of Gen Gomez
Thomas Estrada Palma president of the
Cuban junta in Xew York has received a
letter of the date of July from Gen
Gomez in which the general says It is
our purpose to make this summer empaign
as active and aggressive as possible To
carry out our plans successfully we will
need rather than anything else a steady
supply of ammunition For that we will
depend on the support of patriotic Cubans
and friends abroad
Daughter Born to the Whitneys
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney at Newport R I
Thursday Mrs Whitney is the daughter
of Cornelius Vanderbilt and this is his
first grandchild Harry Payne Whitney
eldest son of Wm C Whitney was mar
ried to Miss Gertrude Yanderbilt the
eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Cornelius
Vanderbilt at The Breakers the Newport
home of the Yanderbilts on Tuesday
August 2G 1S
Doesnt Think It Was Andrce
The report that what was supposed to
have been Andrees balloon had been seen
adrift in the White Sea caused much pop
ular excitement at Stockholm it being
feared that the intrepid explorer and his
two companions had been lost Men of ex
perience in the Arctic regions discredit the
port
Dead IVfan Named for Postmaster
Last Saturday Peter Yoakley was ap
pointed postmaster at Wahoo in the First
congressional district of Tennessee The
appointment is supposed to be due to a
promise of Congressman Brownlow made
during the campaign last fall It develops
that Mr Yoakley died two months ago
Havanas Suburbs Raided
Havanas outposts have again been at
tacked by a large body of rebels who be
fore the Spanish troops could be gathered
to resist had swept through the suburbs
carrying all befonAhem They used it is
believed rapid firing guns and a iarge
quantity of dynamite
Sherman Growing Stronger
Secretary Sherman it is reported at
Amagansette Long Island will remain
another week with his daughter He is
getting stronger daily He spends his
time in still water bathing in the morning
and walks and drives in the shade during
the afternoon
King of Siam Arrives in England
Chulalongkorn the King of Siam ar
rived at Spithead Friday morning in his
royal yacht The British warships re
ceived his majesty with a royal salute
The Duke of York cordially welcomed the
king
Cotton Mills Close Down
The voluntary curtailment in produc
tion which is being made by the cotton
mills of Fall River includes the mills of
nine corporations representing S75000
spindles and 8000 operatives
Engineer and Fireman Killed
Two Lehigh freights collided atDepew
Junction near Buffalo N Y early Sat
urday morning killing George Ellensbee
an engineer and Charles Eddy a fireman
The true life is the life we live within
ourselves
SPALDING IS GTJttTY
CHICAGO BANKER MUST GO TO
THE PEN
convicted on tue Third Trial of
Embezzling University of Illinois
Bonds Two Couple Drowned Sun
day at Carlisle Ind
Guilty at Last
Charles WSpalding ex president of the
Globe Savings Bank of Chicago was found
guilty Saturday of embezzlement and his
punishment was fixed at imprisonment in
tne penitentiary The specific charge
against Spalding was the embezzlement of
bonds of Macoupin County Illinois be
longing to the State University of Illinois
of which Spalding was treasurer and
valued at 28000 This was Spaldings
third trial and the evidence sub
mitted to the jury was practically
mo same as on the for
mer trials On those he was acquitted be
cause the jury believed that he hypothe
cated without intent to embezzle The
third jury found him guilty on the same
grounds on which he was twice acquitted
the only difference being that they took a
different view of Spaldings intentions
The prisoner took the verdict very hard
and sat with bowed head while the clerk
read the finding of the jury He will make
a hard fight before he goes to the peniten
tiary and will carry the case up to the last
court The duration of his sentence will
be settled by the prison board of the state
Mr
TWO COUPLE DROWNED
and Mrs Grant Hammond and
Mr and 3Irs Abner Morris
Sunday was a tragic Sabbath for Car
lisle a town about thirty miles south of
Terre Haute Ind Four of her citizens
were drowned at nyatts ferry in the Wa
bash River and one was ground to frag
ments by an Evansville and Terre Haute
freight train The dead are
Mr and Mrs Grant Hammond
Mr and Mrs Abner Morris
Charles Hines
The first four were seen to go in bathing
and later their clothing was found on the
river bank It is believed one of the
women was seized with cramps and the
orhers wero drowned in trying to rescue
her
Charles Hines was found lying close to
the Evansville and Terre Haute track at
Carlisle The head was crushed in the
right hand torn off and the body almost
severed It is thought Hines fell from the
train while stealinga ride
MURDER AT HILLSDALE IND
James McLaughlin Shoots and Kills
Joseph Robson
At Hillsdale Ind on Sunday James
McLaughlin shot and instantly killed
Joseph Robson of Montezuma McLaugh
lin although not a drinking man had
gone to Montezuma for a night out Mc
Laughlin and Robson were in a saloon
when without provocation the former
drew a revolver and fired three bullets
into Robsons breast McLaughlin then
backed out of the saloon and made his
escape One report is that McLaughlin
had sworn to take the life of a man who
had caused McLaughlins father to com
mit murder and Robson was mistaken for
that man McLaughlin married a rich
woman several years ago and has since
been spending money recklessly
WRECK IN KANSAS
Engineer and Fireman Fatally Hurt
but Passengers Escape
The Missouri Pacific passenger which
left Eldorado Kan for Kansas City at
1030 oclock Saturday night crushed into
four loaded freight cars that had been left
carelessly standing on tho main track at
Yates Center The passenger train was
running at a speed of thirty miles an hour
The wreck caught fire burning the bag
gage car four freight cars and the loco
motive and tender The engineer and
fireman both men of family living at El
dorado were probably fatally injured All
the passengers escaped serious injury
Fitz to Try the Turf
Robert Fitzsimmons champion pugilist
is about to gratify the ambition of his life
Soon his colors will be shown on the race
track by thoroughbreds from his own
stable Already he has purchased several
horses Fitzsimmons says that before next
year he will be in possession of a fine
racing stable
More Trouble in Crete
The foroign admirals held a conference
in Canea Crete on Thursday last and de
cided to oppose by force the landing of any
additonal Turkish troops In reply to
their notification to that effect Ismael Bey
said he could not accept such a decision
It is believed that fresh trouble is brewing
Oldest Ironmaster Dead
Samuel Lewis believed to be the oldest
ironmaster in the country died at Allen
town Pa aged 92 He founded the Allen
town iron works in 1S46 and continued as
superintendent until 1SS6 building five
furnaces and the Lehigh rolling mill
Raises Wages of His Men
Leon Godhau owner of seven sugar
plantations in Louisiana and the largest
producer in the United States has tele
graphed the managers of his seven planta
tions to advance the wages of all field
laborers 1034 per cent
Bridge Set on Fire
A Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
bridge between Mt Pleasant and Long
Run Ohio was set on fire Saturday night
Trackmen put out the fire and saved the
bridge This road is crowded with coal
from West Virginia
Cuban Prisoners Pardoned
A hundred Cuban prisoners who were
recently pardoned have arrived at Gibral
tar whence they will proceed to New
York Spanish government organs ex
press the opinion that they will rejoin the
insurgents
Well Known Turfman Dead
Clifford Porter a well known turfman
died at his farm near Lexington Ky
Sunday aged 17
R G DUN COS REVIEW
Wheat Raisers Will Realize SO
000000 3Iore Than liast Year
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review oi
Trade says Dispatches from almost every
northern city of importance report without
exception improvement in business and
from Detroit to Seattle and Portland
splendid crop prospects The task of ad
justing the business and industries of the
country to conditions created by a new
law has progressed with gratifying
rapidity and ease Even the increasing
strength of the striking coal miners prob
ably forwards the adoption of the uniform
ity plan which promises to remove most
of the causes of such struggles Some con
fusion is caused by events seemingly con
tradictoryby the closing of large cotton
mills when many other works are starting
and by declines in Bomp nrices whon
others are advancing but the balance is
unmistakably on the right side
Wheat has risen i cents during tne
week with western receipts for the first
time exceeding last years The Iact that
corn exports exceed last years although
the price has advanced to 8287 cents is
further proof that the foreign demand is
substantial With crop news still favor
able producers may probably realize some
thing like 80000000 raore than last year
on wheat wliich means a great difference
in purchases by agricultural states Corn
also advanced 125 cents and cotton a six
teenth though reports as to yield are good
IS WILLING TO ARBITRATE
Japan Accepts Hawaiis Offer for a
Settlement of Their Dispute
Japan has accepted the offer of Ilawai
to arbitrate the dispute over the landing of
Japanese immigrants in Hawaii A brieJ
synopsis of the acceptance was cabled the
Japanese minister in Washington and was
given the state department It says Japan
accepts the principle of arbitration and is
ready to negotiate terms of settlement
When advised of this move by Japan tho
officials in the state department informed
the secretary of the Japanese legation thai
until annexation was concluded the United
States would stand aside and consider the
dispute as between Japan and Hawaii
The secretary said he was glad the
United States took that position as it
would permit Japan to send two or three
warships to Hawaii pending the final
action of the treaty of arbitration
This declaration was rather a surprise to
tho state department officials who replied
that that was quite another matter and
intimated that non interference by the
United States in one case could not bo con
strued as passive acceptance of the other
A RADICAL JURIST
North Carolina Judge Advocates
Sweeping Changes
Walter Clarke associate justice of tne
supreme court of North Carolina de
livered an address Friday before the
Tennessee Bar Association at Nashville
in which he advocated sweeping changes
in the constitution of the United States
declaring that the constitution is now un
democratic and conducive to centraliza
tion He advocated the election by the
people of the federal judiciary and officers
of the court the election of senators by the
people and of postmasters and all other
federal officers and made a vigorous at
tack upon the appointive nower of tho
president
Two Negroes Hanged
Pig Newel colored was hanged at
Selma Ala Friday He admitted his
guilt and while on the scaffold praved for
the Lord to send two angels to escort him
to glory
John Johnson colored was hanged at
Livingston same state Friday for the
murder of Archie Clark The drop fell at
1 oclock He was dead in ten minutes
Britain to Arbitrate
The British foreign office has notified
Ambassador Hay that Great Britain has
accepted the proposition of the United
Stales for an international conference on
the question of pelagic sealing in theBehr
ing sea to be held in Washington the com
ing autumn
Six Killed by an Avalanche
As a result of a mountain slide in Ger
many on the southern slope of theKoppen
one of the Riesen
Gebirge peaks six per
sons were killed
MARKET QUOTATIONS-
Chicago Cattle common to
300 to 550 hoes shinninir
prime
irrades
mn jw r
zbu to irHW sheep fair to choice 200
to 450 wheat No 2 red 76c to 7Sc
coru No 2 27c to 28c oats No 2 lUc
to 18c rye No 2 40c to 42c butter
choice creamery 14c to 15c eggs fresh
c to lVv new potatoes 70c to SOc
bushel
per
Indianapolis Cattle shipping SIOO to
ii00 hogs choice light 800 to 400
sheep common to choice 300 to i
wheat c 2 72c to 73c corn No 2
white 2Ge to 2Sc oats No 2 white 21c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 400
wheat No 2 7Jc to Sic corn No 2
yellow 2oc to 27c oats No 2 white 18c
to 20e rye No 2 39c to 40e
Cincinnati Cattle 200 to 00 hog
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2 75c to 7ic corn No S
mixed 28c to 30c oats No 2 mixed 21c
to 22c rye No 2 35c to 37c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2 7Gc to 7Sc corn No 1
yellow 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 23c
to 25c rye 41c to 43c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 77c to 7Sc
corn No 2 mixed 27c to 2Dc oats No
2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 41c to 42c
clover saiil 440 to 445
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring SOc
to 81c corn No 3 20c to 2Sc oats No
2 white 21c to 23c rye No 1 41c to 43c
barley No 2 30c to 35c nork mess
725 to 800
Buiralo Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 7Sc to 79c corn No 2
yellow 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 24c
to 25c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hoes
350 to 475 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 83c to 84c corn No 2
32c to 34c oals No 2 white 21c to
2oc buter creamery 12c to lGc egjrs
Western 12c to 13c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Home for the Friendless OfHcers
Firmly Believe the Courts Will
Decide Against State Control of
the Institution Other News Items
Neither Side Makes a Move
The Society of the Home for the Friend
less at Lincoln still holds the fort at the
borne and there has been no move on the
part of the state to molest tho occupants of
the building in the last two weeks What
ever plans the state officials have for the
future they have not made public The
officers of the society say the society feels
safe in its position and that it will be up
held by the courts They did not feel dis
posed to talk regarding the probability of
state appropriation being shut off pending
the settlement of the controversy but it is
learned from an outsido source that two or
three business firms have agreed to furnish
supplies on credit feeling sure that in the
end they will get their pay
In the meantime the investigating com-
muiee nas oeen liaving a little trouble
with the society that has heretofore con
ducted me Home for Fallen Women at
Milford Some time ago the committee ap
pointed Mrs Myra Olmstead to go to Mil
ford and examine into the books of the
home When she arrived there were no
books to be found It was learned that
they had been sent to the headquarters of
the society at Lincoln and when called
upon the officers declined to hand over the
books Last week Chairman Mutz of the
investigating committee made another
call on the officers of the society and
finally succeeded in getting the books
winch he immediately expressed to Mil
ford in order that the examiner might com
mence work at once
New Cattle Diseaso Appears
The disease of the eye which has been
prevalent among cattle in other states and
in parts of Nebraska
has made its appear
ance in the vicinity of Norfolk D White
who lives a mile southeast of the Junction
has discovered its presence in his herd
One of his animals is entirely blind and
others seem to be suffering from the first
uy 01 me disease A veterinarv sur
geon who is treating Mr Whites cattle
has been very successful in coping vith
the disease thus far It is said that the
iirst indication of its
presence is when an
animals eye commences to run and if a
stop is not put to its progress the eve will
be entirely eaten out
Demand His Resignation
The police commission f nni 1
called upon Chief of Police Sigwart to
hand in his resignation as the first step
in reforming a badly demoralized police
force For some time the citv has been
overrun with thugs thieves and the most
daring class of highwaymen The police
appear to have been wholly unable to de
tect the criminals The attack upon John
A Creighton at the very door of the mill
ionaire in the heart of the citv was the
crowning work of the daring criminals
Martin J White formerly a police officer
vi v muaiiw win prouaoiy be elected to the
place
Loyal to Her Lover
MissLue A Ilirsch superintendent of
schools in Dakota County is in Lincoln
seeking release of William A Ream to
whom she is betrothed Ream is serving
a six year term in tho penitentiarv for cat
tle stealing and Miss Ilirsch has been his
ardent supporter since his arrest furnish
ing him money for his defense An appeal
to the supreme court for a new trial has
uwn maue at ner behest and pending
action tho lady seeks his release on a bond
which has not yet been approved Miss
Hirsch is prominent as an educator in
north Nebraska
Charged With Talcing Money
Sensational charges are made against
Captain Howard of the Salvation Army at
lork by Thompson D Carnhart a mem
ber of the army The captain is charged
with appropriating the money received to
his own use and
leaving the other mem
bers to go without food At a street meet
ing the captain denied the charges and
said that hisUvoks were open to inspection
no ueiiounceu itarnnart bitterly and ex
pelled him from the army Quite a furor
has been created among local circles of the
army sympathizers
Stores Coal for a Double Reason
The Union Pacific Railroad company is
aireauy commencing to store coal and will
stack up several thousand tons in the yards
at Columbus This is sixty to ninety davs
earlier than in former
years but the com
pany has a two fold purpose this season
One is to have a stock on hand in case the
western miners should go out in sympathy
with the eastern strikers and the other
object is to relieve the cars which are
badly needed in the movement of rmi
nearly all the coal being shipped in box
cars
Chip of Iron in His Thigh
EdKoepke an assistant in the black
smith shop of William Pleifferat Arling
ton met with an accident which will lav
him up for some time While weldinira
piece of iron a chip about half an hiclfin
length broke off the sledge cutting into
his thigh immediately over the femoral
artery and missing it by a hair He re
ceived surgical aid at once bat the piece of
iron could not be located
Burned by a Gasoline Stove
Mrs T M Mann of Hastings was badly
burned about the face and hands while
trying to light the vapor from a gasoline
stove Mrs Mann lighted a match and
opened the oven door with the intention of
starting a fire As the oven door opened
the escaping gas became ignited and flew
in her face burning her eyebrows hair
and hands
Seventeen Candidates for Sheriff
Already for the iiz campaign there are
three Populist canuvlates for sheriff in
Stromsburg Precinct Polk Count- and
there are seventeen in all jn the county
Fanner Killed in a Itunaway
Henry Durst a prominen farmer living
near Central City was killed while stack
ing grain In some manner Mr Durst
slipped and fell from the wagon scaring
the team which ran away One of the
wheels passed over his neck killing him
instantly
Freight Train Wrecked
Freight train No 77 on the Burlington
was wrecked between Inland and Hast
ings recently The train was going at a
moderate rate of speed when a car jumped
the track and caused several others to pile
up JVODoay was injured
Two School Boards at Niobrara
At the regular meeting of the Niobrara
high school the people voted a return to
the primary system of a school board ot
three instead of six trustees At the
proper time the new board organized anflvj
called upon the president of the old board
to turn over the books but they were re
fused because of the absence of the di
rector Upon the return of the director
he was waited upon but refused on tho
ground that State Superintendent Jackson
says that the old board is the legal one and
the people have no power to vote back to
the former system In the meantime the
treasurer who was also treasurer of the
old board holds the funds and refuses to
honor the orders of the old board and he
is threatened with a mandamus which
will settle the question
Prof Brownflelds Fatal Accident
The particulars of the death of Prof
LeRoy W Brownfield of Shelby at his
parents home near Spencer are given by
a friend who went there in response to a
telegram He and his father tossed a
bundle of cheek rower wire into thn
wagon It discharged a gun which was
lying in the bed and part of the load went
into Brownfields left eye He told his
father he was not badly hurt but soon fell
and remained unconscious till he died tho
next day Prof Brownfield was principal
of the Shelby school last year and would
have taught it the coming year He was
an ambitious young man who had secured
nib euucauon by hard work He
single
Kills Him
Erick Larson
was
in Twelve Hours
a farmer sovpn
miles nortwest of Wahoo committed sni
cie by taking pans green The poison is
thought to have been taken in the forenoon
and he died at 11 oclock the same niirht
Larson was thought to be unbalanced
from an accident which happened hidf
some three years ago After taking thl
poison Larson secreted himself until
evening when he came from his hiding
place and told his wife what he had
done She sent for a physician but he ar
rived too late to save him Larson was 52
years old and leaves considerable property
Remarkable Growth of Corn
A little over three weeks ago Mr C T
Heartwell living near Hastings planted
some corn and took no better care of it
than most farmers do When the corn was
three weeks old to the dav he measured it
and found that it had grown just exactly
three feet from the day it had bpen put in
uuuiuunu mis gives some idea of the
remarkable rapidity of the growth of corn
in Adams County this year
Sues the City for Damages
Thomas Rote of Norh Bend has brouht
suit against the city of North Beiidfor
10000 He alleges that he was perma
nently injured by the explosion of an an-
n on me public street of the citv at tho
Republican celebration October 25 1898
A salute was being fired at thp timp nd
me inn exploded prematurely doing
considerable damage Rote was the only
iisuii seiiousiy injured
New 31111 for Cook
Within a short time Cook will have a
large mill The company has been organ
ized and incorporated which intends
to re
move the large milling plant from Grant
Perkins County to that place Several
crop failures and a scarcity of cereals in
Perkins County prompted the parties in
terested to change the location of the mill
which has been idle in Grant for three sea
sons
Osborn Is Offered a Consulate
It is reported that L W Osborn of Blair
has been tendered the Samoan mission btf -President
McKinley the position whicEif
was several weeks ajro offered to rimrnh
Howe of Nemaha County Mr Osborn
has not yet decided what action to take iri
the matter The understanding is that it
Mr Osborn accepts Mr no we will b
given some other place
Bartleys Bond Is Not Filed
The report was current that the Bartley
bond was to be filed Mondav forenoon and
the presence in Lincoln of all the members
of the supreme court led the public to be
lieve that they were called together to pass
upon the bond However the bond was
not filed and members of the court say it
was purely accident that tliev were therrv
and not official business
Arrests Under Dog Tax Law
There have been four arrests at York on
the charge of illegally harboring dogs In
each case on the day set for trial the per
son arrested has appeared in court and
paid the tax and costs or made a showing
that he had no dog and the cases have been
dismissed It seems now that everybody
will abide by the ordinance
Gold Fever in Nebraska
The Alaska gold fever has struck Ne
breska and as a result the Lincoln and
Yukon Gold Mining Company has been
incorporated with a capital stock of 100
000 in shares of 10 each The principal
office of the company is to be at Lincoln
but the operations are to be carried on up
in the Yukon River country
Make Brick at West Point
The Weit Point brick yards commenced
operations last week
with eighteen em
ployes on the pay roll Over 25000 brick
were manufactured the first day aud 30 -
000 the next
Nebraska Short Notes
The old settlers of Nemaha Count- will
have a picnic at Nemaha on August 7
Mrs E II Monroe of Emerson foil fr
a hammock and sustained a fracture of the
collar bone
The ancient order of United Workmen
lodges of Richardson wu ii
their annual picnic at Shubert on next
Tuesday July 27
A little 1-year-old child of Henrv Gur
gensmeyer and wife of Auburn got a ker
nel of corn in its windpipe and died before
it could be dislodged
The old Churchill nouse the first hotel
Minden ever had has been purchased by
es Dildine who is tearing it down and
removing the old lumber to his farm lust
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William OConnor an ONeill bar
tondor had an eye injured
so there are
fear he will lose it by flying gia3s from
a beer bottle which burst
The sixth annual reunion of theDodo
County Veterans Association will be held
at Scnbner August 12
wmhe TiUP VaUey Association
Will hold
its first encammnonr
of E Stewart near North iouP lasting
three days viz August 10 11 and 12 n
old veterans are invited to be nreenV nU
bring their familes with them
rJunSenth anmial Ancient
Order
of
Lnited
Workmen picnic 2
of Butler rw
will be held at Risin rstv w 5 County
August 11 Sixteen odge35wnThineSda
sented and Tcrowd h TfpFt
a large f
counties will tereS 1
j will besecured for the occjjon
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