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THE MH DOINGS
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE
ORDERED TO HAVANA
A BATTLE SHIP TO MAKE A
FRIENDLY CALL
Secretary L ong Say Action Is Not
Due to Disturbing News De Lome
Sees no Harm in Maine Going to
Cuban Waters
Warship Ordered To Cuba
The battleship Maine has beenorcierei
to Havana It was said at the navy de
partment Monday that no disturbing
uowa has been received fioin theie but
that the movement is rather in the line of
the resumption of the free intercourse of
our naval vessels in Cuban waters tho
same as prevailed prior to their with
drawal on account of the outbreak of
hostilities
Secretary of the Navy Long said So
fatrfrom there being any foundation for
the rumors Sunday of trouble at Ha
vana matters are now in such a condition
That our vessels are going to resume
friendly calls at Cuban ports and go in
and out just as the vessels of other nations
do The Maine will go in a day or two on
just such a visit The department lias
issued orders for the vessels to attendants
celebrations at Mobile and Now Orleans
and for the topedo boat flotilla to visit
Galveston
The members of the senate foreign re
lations committee have expressed their ap
proval of the administrations action
DeLome says the Maines orders pro
tended nothing serious It was perfectly
in accord with usage for warships of
friendly powers to enter each others
ports The only contingency which might
lead to unpleasant consequences would be
some overt act by insurgent sympathizers
in the hope of embroiling Spain with the
United States as happened with the Balti
more crew during the insurrection in
Chili
GREAT RUSH FOR ALASKA
Every Steamer that Sails Compelled
to Refuse Passengers
The steamer Portland has sailed for
Alaska with 450 passengers and 1250 tons
of general merchandise and baggage
Twenty bead of live stock was also a part
of the cargo Crowds of people swarmed
about the steamers docks in Portland
Ore and so great was the crush that ten
policemen were detailed to handle the
crowd No less than 300 people who ap
plied for passage were refused and hun
dreds of tons of freight are lying on the
docks awaiting transportation to the gold
fields The rush to the Yukon from every
port in the northwest has begun earlier
than was anticipated by the transporta
tion companies and every steamer that
leaves is compelled to refuse both passen
gers and freight
CIGARETTE LAW UPHELD
Court Holds that Five Cent Pack
ages Are Not the Original
The supremo cour of Iowa on Monday
decided the cigarette case from Cedar
Rapids sustaining the Phelps law The su
perior court of Cedar Kapids fined a dealer
for selling fi cent packages The defense
was that these were the original pack
ages The lower court held that the large
box or basket in which they came into the
state was the original and the least pack
age in which they could be sold Tho
supreme court sustains this
Two Sections of a Train Meet
A rear end collision between two sec
tions of a Rock Island freight train occur
red at Clay Center Kan Monday result
ing in fatal injuries to three men Brake
man Willinm Griffith had both legs cut off
and died four hours later W S Brough
ton had bis skull and jaw frctured and one
leg broken and will probably die Rod
ney Seintoenig had his skull fractured
The first section of the train stopped at a
railroad crossing and the rear section
crashed into It
Golden Jubilee Begins
The splendor of the celebration of the
golden jubilee of California which began
Monday in San Francisco is not likely to
be surpassed for many a year to come The
entire state has responded to the appeals
of miners pioneers and native sons and
daughters and from now until the close
of carnival week San Francisco will be the
Mecca toward which all travel west of the
Sierras will be turned
Corbett and Pltz to Fight
A close friend of Dan Stewart in New
York says Corbett and Fitzsimmons
will fight in July in Carson City This is
a certainty I have it straight and you can
depend on what I say as you can on the
gospel Stuart got Bradys and Corbetts
signature before he went west At Min
neapolis he secured those of Julian and
Fitzsimmons
American Meats in Scotland
An effort has been made in Scotland
looking to the adoption of some steps to
check or regulate the sale of foreign meats
in the Scotch markets The fact is re
ported to the state department that butch
ers buy American beef at 9 to 12 cents a
ponnd and sell it at the same price as
Scotch beef for which they pay 12 cents a
pound
Signs of Trouble in Armenia
There is great uneasiness at Van Tur
key where the police are making a house
to house search for a man named Daroyan
a revolutionist from the Caucasus Many
Armenians have been arrested and several
thousand of them have been expelled
Killed His Mother
The jury in the case of Virgil Galhiher
charged with killing his mother last Au
gust in Galvestou Texas returned aver
jdict ofguilty and assessed the death pen
yalty Gallaher is a medical student 20
yarsoi
HURRICANE IN THE EAST
Terrific Windstorm in Ohio Penn
sylvania and Other States
A fierce gale raged in Cleveland Ohio
all day Sunday At noon the wind had
reached a velocity of seventy one miles an
hour No damage has been done aside
from the blowing down of shade trees
The car ferry Shcnango No 1 from Port
Dover Ont for Cincinnati Ohio was
caught in a gale and drifted helpless for
half an hour The captain said that it was
the worst gale he ever saw on Lake Erie
AtMt Vernon the roof was blown from
the Raymond building and the steeple of
the Disciple Church fell crushing a hole in
the roof At Bucyrus flat cars were car
ried from sidetracks onto the main line
and blown several miles Trees were up
rooted and roofs of several buildings
carried away at Coshocton
Reports received from various parts of
eastern Pennsylvania and south Jersey in
dicate that a windstorm of more than ordi
nary velocity passed over those sections
Sunday but no great damage resulted
the principal damage consisting of the up
rooting of trees and blowing down of tele
graph and telephone poles
A severe storm attended by unusual
phenomena also passed over New Eng
land causing heavy rains in the southern
portion ten to twelve inches of snow in
Maine and New Hampshire thunder and
lightning in the extreme northeast and
practically a tidal wave on the coast from
Cape Cod to Portland
MAY PRECIPITATE A CRISIS
De Lome Fears Trouble Will Gome
from the Cuban Debates
Senor Dupuy de Lome the Spanish min
ister fears the recent Cuban debate in the
house of representatives may cause acrisis
He called at the state department Friday
and for over an hour was closited with
Judge Day the assistant secretary
He expressed extreme regret over the
speeches made by congressmen and es
pecially that of Mr Hitt which he said
might inflame the Spanish populace to
some overt act such as driving Minister
Woodford and the United States consuls
from Spain before such demonstrations
could be checked by the Spanish govern
ment
Expressing extreme regret is the dip
lomatic mode of making a protest without
bringing about an international complica
tion The Spanish minister was appre
hensive particularly of the effect of Mr
Hitts speech because of the prominent
position ho occupied as chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs He pointed
out to Judge Day that because of the ex
citement in Spain over the Cubans the re
ports of such utterances as that of Mr
Hitt would have the effect of further stir
ring up the people He also regretted ex
tremely the unusual activity in the navy
yards
CONFIRMATION OF MKENNA
His Elevation to the Supremo
Bench Approved by the Senate
The nomination of Joseph McKenna
attorney general to be associate justice of
the United Stales supreme court lias been
confirmed by tho senate Senator Allen
of Nebraska strongly -opposed confirma
tion on the ground of incompetency He
had before him the charges filed with the
committee on judiciary which he read at
length This comprised a large number
of letters some resolutions and the protest
of lawyers and judges of the Pacific coast
charging that Mr McKenna is unfitted for
the high office of supreme court justice on
the ground of a want of legal attainments
GROVERS GAME PRESERVE
Ex President Purchases a Tract of
Land Naar Princeton
Grover Cleveland has purchased a tract
of land near Princeton N J to be used
as a game preserve This tract consists of
eighty five acres for which 900 was paid
It is full of rabbits and quail but Cleve
land intends to stock it with good game
and put a pretty little lodge house upon it
Cleveland will have his preserve ready by
next fall and he is already preparing to
purchase quail pheasants partridges
snipe rabbits foxes squirrels and English
hares
Indiana Floods
One of the most disastrous floods ever
known to English Ind was felt Saturday
night when three of the five bridges over
Little Blue River were washed away
Fifty persons on Court Street bridge when
the bridge went down were saved with
difficulty by other citizens Many horses
and cattle were drowned Many of the
houses in the low grounds were four and
five feet deep in water The loss to loggers
will amount to many thousand dollars
Ex Justice John M Scott Dead
John M Scott ex justice of the su
preme court of Illinois died at Bloqmieg
ton Friday morning of a carbuncle on the
back of his neck aged 75 He had lived in
Bloomington nearly sixty years He was
twenty five years on the supreme bench
He was an associate and intimate friend
of Abraham Lincoln
Two Killed and a Number Hurt
A train on the Atlantic Coast line New
York to Florida and a local train from
Charleston S C collided Saturday eighty
miles west of the latter city Two colored
firemen were killed and a number of train
men and passengers injured
Marquette Mich Bank Assigns
Wilkinsons bank at Marquette Mich
closed its doors Saturday morning Wil
kinson who is lying at the point of death
made an assignment to protect the inter
ests of his estate It is expected the cred
itors will be paid in full
Will Marry the King of Spain
It is rumored that Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria will shortly announce
the betrothal of the Archduchess Elizabeth
daughter of the late Crown Prince Ru
dolph to the King of Spain
President of the Tariff Leauge
Ex Mayor William L Strong ot New
York has been elected president of the
American Protective Tariff League to
succeed Cornelius N Bliss
Masonic Society Assigns
The Masonic Mutual Benefit Society of
Indianapolis Ind has assigned
THE CUBANS OUSTED
DRIVEN FROM THEIR CAPITAL
BY SPANISH TROOPS
President Dole of the Hawaiian Re
public Warmly Welcomed in Chi
cagoRefused to Discuss Treaty
Now Before the Senate
Driven from Their Capital
A private dispatch from Puerto Principe
Cuba confirms the report that Castellano
has destroyed Esperanza at the extreme
west of Sierra Cubitas the headquarters
of the insurgent government which moved
to Navajaz saving documents and files
When the insurgents retired they left
fifty seven of their number dead on the
field but carried away the wounded The
government troops lost twenty seven killed
and eighty seven wounded
Endeavors have been made to induce Dr
Cabera to remain at Siguauez and to ob
tain the surrender of the leaders Rego and
Wonteaguado It is said that 70000 has
been wired to Gen Aguirre for the sur
render of Maso and his army
DOLE ARRIVES IN CHICAGO
Hawaiis President Warmly Wel
comed in the Windy City
President and Mrs Sanford B Dole of
Hawaii arrived in Chicago at 805 oclock
Sunday morning A distinguished party
greeted the president of the little island
republic on his arrival The federal gov
ernment was represented by Judge Gross -cup
Gen John C Black United States
uitorney Thomas McMillin clerk of the
United States district court and Hon
Thomas W Cridler of the state depart
ment at Washihgton Chicago was repre
sented by Mayor Harrison and the army
and navy by Maj Heiatand and Lieut
Commander Phelps respectively who
were resplendent in full dress uniform
In addition to these gentlemen the presi
dent was welcomed by Gen Brooke and
his staff President Doles party consisted
of himself Mrs Dole Secretary Iaukea
and Dr Day his physician The following
ladies were also present Mesdames
Grosscup Harrison and Brooke In an
interview President Dole discussed freely
conditions in the republic of Hawaii of
which ho is the executive head but re
fused repeatedly to talk of the Hawaiian
annexation question now before congress
ONLY 142000 NEEDED
Small Sum Asked to Prevent Crip
pling Free Delivery Service
The postmaster general has sent to the
senate a letter in answer to Senator Hoars
resolution directing him to inform the sen
ate what sum would be necess ary to be ap
propriated to prevent the crippling of the
free delivery system
Postmaster General Gary stated that the
apparent deficit in this branch was 105
000 but that balances amounting to 23000
might be carried over from other divisions
reducing the net deficit tc 142000
REV DR TALMAGE WEDS
Famous Divine Married to an Alle
gheny City Widow
Rev T Dewitt Talmage the noted di
vine of Washington D C and Mrs
Floree McCutcheon Collier of Allegheny
City Pa were united in marriage Satur
day at the McCutcheon residence
The wedding which came as a great
surprise to tho many friends of the
couple was on account of a recent death
in the family an extremely quiet affair
GOV GRIGGS IS APPOINTED
New Jersey Executive Is Nominated
for Attorney General
The president sent to the senate on Sat
urday the nomination of John YV Griggs
of New Jersey to be attorney general vice
Joseph McKenna made justice of the su
preme court Griggs is at present governor
of New Jersey It was unofficially an
nounced several weeks ago that he would
succeed McKenna
Gives Himself Up
C E Maher of Grand Island Neb
started east Sunday in charge of a San
Francisco police officer to answer to the
charge of embezzling the money of his
employers the Armour Company Maher
walked into the police station in San
Francisco asking to be locked up He
said that he was a traveling salesman for
Armour Co that he had been drink
ing heavily and having been entrusted
by his employers with a large sum of
money had squandered it
Was One of Morgans Men
Ex Chief Justice Thomas H Hines died
at his home in Frankfort Ky Sunday
after a prolonged illness He has been
prominent in state politics since the war
in which his reputation as one of John
Morgans confreres gave him a world wide
reputation It was he who planned and
led the escape of Morgans men from the
C6lumbus Ohio prison
Warship Launched at Frisco
The Japanese cruiser Chitose was
launched from the Union Ironworks in
San Francisco Saturday The christening
of the first foreign warship ever launched
on that coast was performed by a niece of
Gov Budd who according to the Japanese
custom liberated a dove
Mafia Murder in New Orleans
A Mafia murder has been revealed in
New Orleans by the finding of a trunk in
the open street in the rear of the city hall
which contained the body of an Italian
with the head almost cut from the body
The only clue is the fact that the bod
was brought there by a wagon at 9 oclock
Friday night
Merry Found Guilty
The jury in the case of Chris Merry and
James Smith charged with murdering the
formers wife in Chicago on Friday morn
ing returned a verdict finding Merry
guilty and Smith not guilty
Thousands Flee from the Plague
The bubonic pjague is terribly ravaging
Peonah Bombay and the Deccan Thou
sands have fled -from Peonah and Bombay
in each of which cities the mortality is
500 to 600 weekly
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WHISKY DRINKING DECREASING
Attributed to the Increased Use oJ
Beer and Wines
The people of the United States do not
drink so much whisky as they did yean
ago The annual average consumption
per capita in 1860 was 286 gallons and
notwithstanding the enormous increase in
the use of whisky in manufactures the
average has been reduced to 95 of a gal
lon During the four years after the war
from 1864 to 1808 when the whisky tax waj
2 a gallon the consumption dropped tc
i less than one third of a gallon per capita
out with the exception of those years there
has been a steady decrease in the use ol
the beverage until the average last yeai
reached the low water mark This de
crease is attributed to an improvement in
the habits of the people and to the in
creased use of beer wines and other lighter
liquors
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
Unusual Activity in Commercial and
Industrial Lines
Bradstieets Weekly Review says a
large measure of activity in business and
industrial lines with in some instances
previous records surpassed and the very
general steadiness in the price of staples
were perhaps the most notable features of
the trade situation last week
Mild weather is frequently mentioned as
an influence tending to check retail distri
bution of seasonable goods chiefly be
cause the effect on country roads Spring
trade opens slowly as usual at this time of
the year but confidence is still unimpaired
The industrial situation with the single
exception of the cotton industry is one of
exceptional strength As yet the strikes
in this branch of trade however are
largely confined to Massachusetts
WHOLESALE PASS SWINDLE
Gang Discovered in Chicago Which
Has Been Reaping a Harvest
While tho police of Chicago were look
ing up evidence against W II Blase an
alleged ticket broker they were shown in
the office of the Chicago Milwaukee St
Paul Railroad bogus passes mostly editor
ial which apparently represented 50000
that had been secured from unsuspecting
strangers The discovery led to the belief
that a band of swindlers in the guise of
ticket brokers is in existence in Chicago
reaping a harvest by the sale of bogus
passes The railroad officials are said to
have evidence against a number of ticket
brokers who will be prosecuted
Tanner Tenders Regrets
Gov Tanner of Illinois received a tele
gram from Secretary Sherman asking
him in the name of McKinley to take part
in the reception of President Dole of Ha
waii Tanner replied that he had been
suffering with rheumatism and before he
knew of Doles arrival had arranged to
take a party of ten ladies and gentlemen
to Hot Springs and that to postpone or
abandon the trip would result in great
disappointment especially to the ladies
and he asked Sherman to tender his regrets
to the president
May Contest Hannas Seat
Mayor McKisson of Cleveland who was
Senator nannas opponent in the late con
test was in Columbus Saturday and met
several of the leaders of the late combine
A story was started that McKisson would
contest Senators Ilannas seat in the sen
ate He would not say that he would re
fuse to make a contest Leaders of the
combine say there will be a contest based
upon the pending investigation of the
charges of alleged attempted bribery
Important Decision to Unions
Judge Sheldon of the superior criminal
court in Boston has decided a point of law
which is of importance to labor organiza
tions He ruled that the word intimida
tion as used in the statutes means
threats to use force and does not mean
threats to leave work or threats to re
fuse to work with others
Double St Louis Tragedy
Policeman Richard J Halloran of St
Louis was fatally shot with his own pistol
Friday night by Nellie Managan who
then put a bullet in her brain Neither
can live The shooting followed a quarrel
Runner Kilpatick Wins
Charles Kilpatrick the American run
ner beat George Tinckleor the Irish run
ner in the first two races in London Sat
urday
BIAEKJEX QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
300 to 400 sheep fair to choice 200
to S475 wheat No 2 red Jlc to 93c
corn No 2 25c to 2Gc oats No 2 21c
to 23c rye No 2 44c to 40c butter
choice creamery ISc to 19c eggs fresh
18c to 20c potatoes common to choice
50c to U5c per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 400
sheep common to choice 300 to 450
wheat JSo 2 91c to 92c corn No 2
white 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 24c
to 2Ge
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2
yellow 25c to 2Gc oats No 2 white 22c
to 24c rye No 2 43c to 45c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2
mixed 20c to 2Sc oats No 2 mixed 24c
to 20c rye No 2 45c to 47c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 92c to 93c corn No 2
yellow 2Sc to 29c oats No 2 white 25c
to 20c rye 47c to 49c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 91c to 92c
corn No 2 mixed 27c to 29c oats No
2 white 22c to 24c rye No 2 4Gc to 47c
v lover seed 315 to 320
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring S7c
to S9c corn No 3 2Gc to 28c oats No
2 white 24c to 25c rye No 2 45c to 47c
barley No 2 40c to 43c pork mess
900 to S950
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 93c to 95c corn ao
2 yellow 31c to 33c oats No 2 white
27c to 29c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hos
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 102 to 103 corn No
2 34c to 3Gc oats No 2 white 28c to
30c butter creamery 15c to 21c eggs
Western 23c to 25c
STATE 0E NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Nebraska Territorial Pioneers Hold
a Successful Meeting at Lincoln
Membership Now Numbers 573
New Badge Adopted
Nebraska Territorial Pioneers
The Nebraska Territorial Pioneer Asso
ciation held it annual meeting at Lincoln
with thirty seven members present The
meeting was the best ever held by the so
ciety The membership now numbers 575
and all those who came to Nebraska prior
to March 1867 are eligible A new class
called class B was authorized which will
include the descendants of territorial pio
neers The design of a new badge was
also adopted which will be in the form of
a horseshoe properly inscribed surround
ing a buffalo head These badges may be
obtained of A B Huberman of Omaha
Conclusive proof was presented to show
that the earliest civilized settlement in
Nebraska was about six miles up the
Platte River from Bellevue being a Bap
tist mission and established in 1833 Up to
this time it has generally been believed
that the Presbyterian mission at Bellevue
in the early forties was the first Alois
Gramlich of Sarpy County reports that the
chimneys of the old mission house are still
standing and a committee consisting of A
Gramlich andJ N Chase of Sarpy County
and J N Clarke of Omaha was appointed
to investigate and see if the chimneys can
not be removed to the exposition grounds
to form a part of the territorial exhibit
The next meeting of the association oc
curs in September on the exposition
grounds
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
Officers Elected and Trans-Mississippi
Exposition Endorsed
The state board of agriculture held its
annual session at Lincoln The following
officers were elected President Milton
Doolittle first vice president J N Yan
Duyn second vice president L A Bechcr
treasurer Edward Mclntyre secretary
D W Furnas board of managers S C
Bassett chairman W A Poynter J B
Dinsmere W R Bowen Austin Humph
reys members of the association M
ftoolittle S C Bassett W R Bowen J
D McFarland M L Hayward J R
Cantlin E L Vance Charles Mann L A
Becher E Mclntyre W P Mellor N
Withrow L Morse T A McKay Peter
Younger jr W A Chappel of Minden
was appointed to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation R n Henry
J B Dinsmore was elected delegate to
attend the National Stock Breeders con
vention which meets at Denver
The resolutions reported by the com
mittee endorsing the Trans Mississippi
Exposition were unanimously adopted
Her Poor Aim Saved Him
Mrs F A Langhine fired two shots at
Dr W C Buel as he stood on his doorstep
at Bellevue the other day the first shot be
ing fired when his back was turned and
the second as he quickly turned about
He disarmed her and ejected her from his
door yard
Mr Langhine heard of the affair and
rode up to the doctors premises Buel
was hitching up his horse to drive to South
Omaha for legal assistance iLanghinc
shouted at him
Ill get you
Buel drew his revolver and Langhine
withdrew to consult his wife
Mrs Langhine who became a mother
less than two weeks ago made some sen
sational statements about Buel but re
tracted them prior to her attempt to shoot
him Mr and Mrs Langhine were both
arrested
Warrant Out For Ebright
Information charging William Ebright
with obtaining money from the stale un
der false pretenses during his incumbency
as superintendent of the Institution for the
Blind was filed Friday morning by County
Attorney Paul Jessen of Nebraska City
The amount is fixed at 500 which the
complaint alleges was obtained by salary
vouchers made out in the name of Fred
Hollingsworth as assistant teacher and
employe and LenaM Truesdell as matron
The complaint further alleges that these
parties were students of the institution
and performed no duties whatever as
teacher or matron
Big Deal in Contemplation
A big deal in agriculture is looked for at
Deeatur iu the spring Anderson Brothers
will farm about 1500 acres of reservation
land Representative H D Bryan is mak
ing arrangements to almost double his 530
acre farm T R Ashley J G Ashley
Templeton Son and other big men are
going to lead out heavily in this direction
Shopman Loses a Hand
Juergen Klintworth employed in the
Union Pacific shops at Grand Island got
his left hand caught in a planer and so
badly crushed that amputation at the
wrist was necessary Mr Klintworth last
summer received a broken leg through the
falling of a heavy wheel from the shafting
above
Thieves Loot a Saloon
Thieves broke into Ingoldsby Cos sa
loon at Battle Creek the other night blew
open the safe and secured 50 in cash and
a madstone that had been in the Ingoldsby
family for a hundred years The tools
used in breaking the safe were taken from
Joe Dietricks blacksmith shop No clue
Alleged Indian Claim
Dr C H Hamlin of Newkirk Kan is
at Decatur interviewing the Omahas in re
gard to a 1COJ000 claim he says the gov
ernment owes them The Omahas are go
ing to put up expense money and Hamlin
will probably be the man who will fight it
through for them
Capital Stock 130000000
The reorganization committee of the
United States Railway Company has filed
articles of incorporation with Secretary of
State Porter The capital stock is placed
at 136000000 The fee for filing amounted
to 51361350
3Iany Tons of Hay Burned
An extensive fire swept down the hay
bottoms on the north side of the river op
posite Gering destroying 500 to 800 tons of
bay -It is believed that on account of the
extraordinarily large number of cattle be
ing fed in the county the loss of even this
amount will affect the price of hay The
weather however continues fine and
rangers are using little or no hay
To Winter in California
Quite a party of Fairfield people have
left that place intending to spend the win
ter in California
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Test on Treasurers Fectt
John A Pearson late treasurer of Phelps
County was at the state house recently
making his annual settlement with Ihc
state It was agreed by the treasurers
organization organized last month under
a call of Examiner Fred Archard that 31 r
Pearson should make his claim lor fees for
the collection of state taxes a test case to
see if the recent opinion handed down by
the attorney general should stand In Mr
Pearsons case the reduction will deprive
him of about 2S0 the amount claimed by
him trom the state being about 153 His
plan is to refuse the warrant tendered by
the auditor and bring a mandamus juit in
the supreme court to compel the payment
of the full amount This will bring the
main question to a test
Holdup in Broad Daylight
A daring holdup occurred on a biisj
thoroughfare near the Webster Street de
pot Omaha recently in broad daylight
Arthur Johnson a boy 11 years old had
the experience and was robbed of 10 with
which he expected to continue his journey
to Boone County The robber made no at
tempt at disguise On the loj s description
Stafford Hutchinson was arrested by Ser
geant Bebout and Patrolman Ryan and
was positively identified by the boy Hn
garb and general appearance tallied with
the discription given by Johnson
Omaha Bankers Arrested
Frank B Johnson managing agent
and W II Johnson cashier of the defunct
Midland State Bank were arrested at
Omaha on a charge of fraudulent banking
The specific charge is that deposits were
solicited and accepted by the accused after
they knew the bank was insolvent The
bank failed in 1S9J The Johnsons fur
nished bonds
Annexation Is Favored
A petition has been circulated at Grand
Island and numerously signed by business
men and others requesting Nebraskas
two senators to support tho Hawaiian an
nexation treaty The action is considered
significant in as much as Grand Island is
tho chief center of the sugar making in
dustry in Nebraska
Linville Goes Free
The jury in the case of James Linville
on trial for murder at Dakota City re
turned a verdict of not guilty after being
out four hours Two ballots were taken
the first standing 9 to 3 for acquittal
Nebraska Short Notes
The new creamery at Binkelman is al
most completed
Peter Armour of Central City has sold
his big dog It is to be taken to Alaska
and used to haul sledges to the Klondike
The bonded indebtedness of Mirrick
County is now only 5000 and 3000 are
lying in the bank to be applied on the
debt
Fred August of Brownville was struck
in the eye with a key which a friend tossed
to him and it is feared he will lose tho
sight of the eye
Jodn Donahou an Ohiowa boy stuck
his finger in a cigar cutter to see how it
worked One finger is now shorter than
it really ought to be
The stockmen held a meeting at Pine
Bluff to discuss the wolf nuisance The
bounty was raised to 12 which it is
thought will encourage the hunters to kill
off some of the pests
The business of the Beaver City station
of the B M showed an increase in
1897 over the previous year of 75 per
cent The number of carloads dispatched
was 415 and the number of carloads re
ceived was 247
Present indications arc that Beaver City
will really be represented in tho Klondike
country next summer J T Sumny Philip
French A W Kelley and F A Shilling
have positively announced their intention
of undertaking the journey
For genuine pluck we commend the Ne
braska schoolmaam Rob Knowles teaches
ten miles from Culbertson and Miss Nellie
two miles farther They drive every
morning and return at night They leave
for their schools before daylight
The Central Nebraska Teachers Asso
ciation will hold its spring meeting at
TOarney March 30 and 31 In connection
therewith the district contest will takft
place JTnday evening April 1 Superin
tendent B G Moulton of New York is
president Superintendent Alex Stephens
of Sutton secretary and Superintendent
Hide of Aurora treasurer
The litttle daughter of Mr and Mr3
Jacob Holey living southwest of Battle
Breek got a sandburr in her throat last
week and for a time she was in a critical
condition her throat swelling so badly
that she could scarcely breathe until the
doctors inserted a tube for that purpose
Up to the present time the sandburr is still
in the little girls throat the opinion of the
doctors being that it would finally be
coughed out The little girl picked tho
burr out of her mitten with her teeth
which was the means of its getting intd
her throat
Work has commenced on the erection of
a mill at Cortland
The Norfolk school board has been com-
pelled to rent a building to accommodate
the school children jT
While dressing her little baby Mre J
II Chain who lives near Utica accident
ally dislocated its shoulder
The Elkhorn Yalley Poultry and Pet
Stock Association will hold its first show
at Norfolk January 26 27 and 28
The Polanders around Neligh are pre
paring to devote a large acreage next
season to the cultivation of beets for tho
Norfolk sugar factory
The Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Yal
ley railroad finished the work of taking ice
from the Minnechaduza mill pond at
Valentino Wednesday afternoon About
200 cars were shipped this year
Washington County is in good financial
shape and its affairs have been econom
ically managed -On January 0 there was
6107539 in cash and available resources
Of this amount 6103629 was in cash
A new swindle is being worked in Ne
braska Parties advertise to send ten
yards of the finest silk and color for 1
The victim who sends receives ten yards ot
fine silk thread which is of course a3
much as is promised for the money
Wood River business men are making an
effort to organize a company to build and
operate a butter and cheese factory
D Blankraeyer of Pender has gone to
the Argentine Republic to seek his fortune
Two young men whose residence is un
known and who give the names of Wil
liam and Bryan Armstrong have been ar
rested at Elgin They are charged with
frightening the school children and tbo
young woman teacher by
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volver and threatening to sheot them
A daring street car holdup was perne
trated in Omaha on the
evening of Janu
ary 15 Two men heavily disguised
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tered the car at the end of the Thirteenth
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