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Kenned Neb
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Louis F Kiolmrds
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Charles Rifliards
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Brownlee Neb
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Little White Rivers
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same on lelt hip or
shoulder
Range on Horse
Creek
Cody Neb
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River and Chamber
lain Hat
Louis J Richards
Meiriinan Neb
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Charles H Faulhaher
Paul Didier
Rosebud S D
Brownlee Nebr
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side on cattle
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left shoulder
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cattle
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on Antelope Creek
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side
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both ears
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RIOTING AT FULTON
REMOVAL OF WOODMEN OFFICES
CAUSES TROUBLE
Fulton Loses the Modern Woodmen
Records a Mob Threatens the Lien
tenant Governor and Adjutant Gen
eral and Troops Are Sent
Militia in the Fight
The controversy over the removal of
the head offices oC the Modern Woodmen
from Fulton to Eock Island came to an
end Thursday in a sensational manner
The Lieutenant Governor o the State
was kept a prisoner for four hours by a
mob the Adjutant General of the State
was roughly handled and both feared that
their lives were in danger
Gov Tanner was called on for troops
both Lieut Gov Northcott and the sher
iff of the county declaring that the civil
authority was powerless to preserve order
Militia were ordered to the scene but
later the order was countermanded but
the countermand came too late to stop
one company In the meantime the seal
and principal books of the order were re
moved to Rock Island
Judge Gest of the Circuit Court who
has been dissolving the injunctions re
straining the removal of the offices to
Rock Island as fast as they were issued
Thursday dissolved fche sixth injunction
at Morrison Anticipating his decision
forty residents of Fulton chartered a spe
cial train to Aledo where Judge Ram
sey who resides at Morrison is holding
court to get him to interfere in their be
half but he refused to do so
A telegram was at once sent to Rock
Island telling the interested men to come
and get the books and records They
came forty strong on the little steamer
Hennepin among thein Lieut Gov
Northcott and Adjutant Genera Recce
injunctions and counter injunctions have
followed one another in rapid succession
until hardly anyone knows the exact legal
situation
Just as the affair looked darkest to the
Fulton people it was decided to appeal to
the Federal courts Someone not a-resident
of Illinois would have to bring the
bill to get it into the jurisdiction of the
Federal court William A leun of Clin
ton Iowa volunteered to lend his name
as complainant in the bill In the bill he
asked the court to restrain the present
board of trustees or executive committee
from further interference pending the ad
judication of the court on the issue raided
The court decided in favor of Rock Isl
and and since that time the battle of in
junctions has waxed fierce
ARTIFICIAL BONES
Dr Allport an Kxpert Crcats a Sensa
tion in the Lnetjicrt Case
Tublic interest in the Luotgert murder
trial at Chicago continues with unabated
intensity The testimony of Dr Allport
an expert Wednesday afternoon was
greatly to the big sausage makers liking
Dr Allport declared the femur which
Prof George Dorsey of the Field Colum
bian musmim identified as that of a hu
man was the lemur of a ho Dr Ail
port is a professor of descriptive and com
parative anatomy in the Northwestern
University The dispute between thesr
two eminent authorities is to the bones
has brought about a crisis in ihe case If
the jury believes Dr Allport the conclu
sion can hardly be e caped that no hu
man body was boiled in the vat in Luet
gerts sausage factory
When Dr Allport went on the witness
stand again Thursday he created another
sensation by declaring that the temporal
bone which Prof Dorsey identified as
human and from its formation probably
the right temporal bone of a female is
not human Dr Allport emphatically re
marked that there were no indications
upon which to base the conclusion that
THIS BONE IS FROM A IIOG
The visitors were compelled to carry the
paraphernalia from the oflice to the river
as no drayman would haul them They
look a portion of the books to the steam
er and then decided to send the remainler
by express at G oclock
When Lieut Gov Northcott and
General Reece started for the depot
to take a train they were fol
lowed by a crowd and pelted with to
matoes They took refuge in the Wood
men oflice Afterward they attempted to
board the Burlington train going south
at 010 The crowd was at the depot and
when Mr Recce showed himself it was a
signal for the opening of hostilities Mr
Reece was pounded and cuffed but suc
ceeded in boarding the train where he
was further assaulted while on the way to
Clinton Mr Northcott was frightened
at the outbreak and succeeded in return
ing to the waiting room which was sur
rounded by the crowd which kept grow
ing He was kept a prisoner there until
S oclock the citizens preventing serious
outbreak
Sheriff Fuller requested Gov Tan n in
to send militia Major Anthony of Sterl
ing Captain McGrath and forty members
of Company G of Dixon and fifty deputy
sheriffs from Sterling arrived at 017
oclock All was quiet when the company
arrived At 1010 oclock Mr Northcott
boarded a north bound train for Savanna
after being detained for four hours The
militia under Mr Northcotts orders
were sent to the head clerks oflice to
guard it and assist with the remainder of
the removal
History of the Trouble
The controversy of the Modern Wood
men is an old one In 1SS3 the several
camps then in convention at Fulton 111
organized what was termed the Head
Camp A charter was secured and the
perpetual oflice of the Head Camp was
located by the charter granted by the Sec
retary of the State of Illinois at Fulton
There was a board of eleven directors
or executive committee charged with the
administration of the order The order
prospered and the Head Camp at Fulton
became a matter of local importance All
of the money received for death benefits
was sent to the town The postotlice in
creased in business and classification The
local banks reaped the benefit of the de
posit of the money and a large number of
people were given employment
In 1S00 the organization had a number
of State vamps and an element in the or
der began to chafe over the Head Camp
It was claimed that the State organiza
tions forming a national organization had
au undoubted right to administer the busi
ness of the order and the result of a con
vention at Springfield was the prevalence
of the opinion that the camp headquarters
should be removed to Rock Island The
old board of trustees by amendment was
cut down to five and the outsiders as the
people of Fulton term the members at
large secured control of the order
Repeated efforts to remove the head
quarters to RoclC Island were foiled by
the rival organization at Fulton which
asserted that the old board was still in
power by virtue of the charter and the
building erected at Rock Island has never
yet been occupied
The people of Rock Island began to take
an interest in the controversy They
wanted the headquarters and after legal
obstructions were placed in their wny they
resorted to force One night three months
ago a train load of Rock Island people
made an attack on Fulton The sally was
repulsed a number of people being in
jured in the riot that followed the attempt
to capture the headquarters Since then
the bone was from the skull of a human
being He believed it came from the
skull of some lower animal He also de
clared that the phalanges in evidence be
longed to the lower animal kingdom Dr
Allport made a stiftement on the witness
stand Thursday that caused a profound
sensation for a few minutes He was ex
amining the temporal bone which had
been identified by Prof Dorsey and pro
nounced by the latter not only a temporal
bone but the temporal bone of a woman
That bone is not a temporal bone either
of a human or of the lower order of
u in WFm
rroF auiort
mals declared Dr Allport gazing at
the exhibit intently It is a composition
of bones put together by artificial means
The trace here which Prof Dorsey said
was the outline of a facial nerve is a fiber
of animal matter with which the bones
are stuck together The statement was
received with something akin to dismay
by the prosecution for a moment Luet
gert leaned back in his chair and laughed
DECIDE NOT TO STRIKE
Chicago Street Railway Employes
Will Invoke the Law
At 1 oclock Friday morning the mass
meeting of Chicago street ear employes
in Coffeys Hall G3d and Halsted streets
unanimously adopted a resolution indors
ing the oiganization of a local branch ol
the Amalgamated Association of Street
Car Employes of America and boldly de
clared for further activity in organizing
the street car men of Chicago It was
decided to notify Superintendent Bowen
of the Chicago City Railway Company
that the cars of the company on the South
Side are now run by union men and that
an injury to one is the concern of all The
plan of the executive committee to resent
any further dismissals was ratified and
future action was referred to that com
mittee with power to act A secret bal
lotOf the men gives the executive com
mittee the power to order a sUike without
any notice to the company
It was developed at the meeting that
the claims of the organizers concerning
the numbers of men who had joined the
union were exaggerated Meetings of
men loyal to the company were held and
resolutions adopted declaring against a
strike and aunouuciKS that no grievance
exists
W J Allen a member of Company G
112th Illinois Regiment an inmate of the
national military home at Dayton O and
John Brandenberger a soldier were
found dead Death was probably dae to
heart disease in both cases
MENACED BY DROUGHT
Central and Western States in Danger
from Lack of Kain
Nearly the entire central and western
portion of the United State are suffer
ing from the long continued drought
Danger and hardhip ei t in many of the
sections where no rain has fallen recent
ly and the result is great fear among the
people Had not the crops matured be
fore the dry spell they would have been
scorched and ruined And even now fire
threatens the fields and pastures on the
prairies of Illinois and other Western
Stales
In many instances the conditions have
become such that there is actually severe
suffering among the population Farmers
on both sides of the Mi souri river are
compelled to haul water many miles
Wells have become dry and men and ani
mals must quench their thirst The only
rain that lias fallen has been insufficient
to affect the parched ground or to bring
water into wells which have become dry
or at least low Instead of the fall rains
which would soften the ground for plow
ing there is fair weather and an unusual
and dangerous dryness
One of the greatest dangers connected
with this condition throughout the coun
try is that of fire Not only in northern
Wisconsin covered by timber land is
there fear of destructive fires but in
Illinois and adjoining States every farmer
whose acres are traversed by a railroad
or are near to any railway line is con
stantly afraid his corn fields may be set
afire by sparks from a passing locomo
tive The dried tip pastures all over the
prairie land are in the same danger and
the least carelessness may result in enor
mous destruction and even loss of life
As for the lack of water it is daily be
coming greater and farmers do not know
what they will do with their stock when
present sources of supply give out which
will not be long if there is no precipita
tion of moisture soon There is no State
where these conditions do not exist Kan
sas Missouri Iowa Wisconsin Illinois
and Indiana all are included in the belt
where there is nothing but dust aud the
parched remains of harvest fields and pas
tures where animals grazed a month ago
In Illinois Indiana and Iowa there is the
worst suffering according to the reports
received from all the cities towns and
hamlets in the country districts of these
three States
In Illinois and Iowa where so large a
portion of the crop is corn and corn fields
cover every county and line every rail
way the most fear of prairie fires exists
It is only the absence of a strong wind
which has so far prevented them for any
small spark might kindle one which could
spread over a large area The farmers
hare exercised the greatest care during
the last two weeks to prevent small
blazes spreading
But the fire dancer and the suffering
from want of water in some districts is
not the only result of the drought Nearly
all pasturage has been made absolutely
barren At this time when horses and
cows usually are outside before the ap
proach of the cold weather they must
be fed on hay They have torn up even
the roots in pastures in their endeavor to
get grass and dust has taken the place
of verdure
PUBLIC DEBT IS INCREASING
Treasury Statement Sows an Addi
tion of Nearly -1000000
The monthly treasury statement shows
that at the close of business Sept 30
1S97 the public debt less cash in the
treasury was 1 0121 2271o an increase
since Aug 30 of 37S7j2 This increase
is accounted for by a corresponding de
crease in the amount of cash on hand
The debt is recapitulated as follows
Interest bearing debt SS473G554C
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity 1334570
Debt bearing no interest 37SG15300
Total tf 1227310500
This amount however does not include
5S907003 in certificates and treasury
notes outstanding which are offset by an
equal amount of cash in the treasury
The cash in the treasury is classified as
follows
Gold S1S45G1GG4
Silver 513481741
Paper 133G1133G
Bonds disbursing olicers
balances etc 1S713SS0
Total S50t3GSG33
Against this there arc demand liabilities
outstanding amounting to 035175844
which leaves a net cash balance in the
treasury of 2151027S7
MONUMENT FOR DUBUQUE
Slemory of the Iowa Pioneer to Be
Fittingly Honored
The Early Settlors Association and the
Iowa Institute of Science and Arts have
formed a joint association which will
rear a monument upon the grave of Julian
Dubuque This is upon the top of a ma-
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jestic bluff a mile below the city of Du
buque and overlooking the Mississippi
Dubuques claim to honor rests on thi
fact that he was the first settler
Ex Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii ha
returned to Washington D C from hei
visit to San Francisco Accompanying
her were Joseph Hclelnlhe her secretary
and several friends who recently arrived
at San Francisco from the islands Tht
cx queens stay in the city is indefinite
Zephaniah Jones one of the oldest and
most respected builders and contractor
in Washington D C was killed by a
collision with a middle aged bicyclist nam
ed Reuben F Gray who is employed as s
clerk in one of the branches of the gov
ernment printing office i
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