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KILLED IN THE HOUSE
DECLARES FOR GOLD BY VOTE
OF 182 TO 132
Reported Adversely Early in the
Session by Ways and Means Com
mitteeDebate Lasted All Day
Vote Taken Late in Afternoon
Teller Resolution Defeated
There was great activity among the
leaders on both sides of the house of con
gress before it met Monday in anticipation
of a very exciting debate over the Teller
resolution declaring bonds of the United
States payable in gold or silver at the
option of the government which those in
control had decided to knock out before
sundown The members had been noti
fied in advance and the attendance on both
side3 was very large Immediately after
the reading of the journal Dingly Repub
lican of Maine chairman of the ways and
means committee reported back the reso
lution with the recommendation that it be
not passed
Mr Henderson Republican of Iowa
one of the
leaders of the majority then
presented a special order agreed
upon by
the committee on rules providing for a
vote on the resolution at 5 p m without
an intervening motion He said that in
order to satisfy many who desired to speak
on the resolution for whom the brief time
allowed would not furnish opportunity a
rule provided general leave to print re
marks on the subject tor five days from
date
The limited time allowed for debate and
the pressure of members for an opportun
ity to be heard was so great that the lead
ers on both sides were compelled to farm
out the time by minutes
The speaker announced that the vote
would be directly on the resolution not on
the reverse report It was soon evident
that the ranks were being held intact
There were only three breaks Messrs
Elliott Democrat of South Carolina and
McAIeer Democrat of Pennsylvania
voted against the resolution and Mr Lin
ney Republican of North Carolina voted
for it Mr White Republican of North
Carolina did not vote
After the roll call was completed the
speaker asked that his name becaheu
and on the call responded with a vigorous
no He then announced the result yeas
132 nays 182 The Republicans cheered
long and loud over their victory and then
at 535 p m the house adjourned
ONE BANDIT KILLED
Three Robbers Come to Grief
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Watertown S D
Three men undoubtedly belonging to a
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in South Dakota all winter were captured
in Watertown Sunday night In effecting
their arrest one of them was killed by the
officers His name is unknown They
had stolen goods in their possession
Two of the robbers are strangers The
other is Ira Thompson a notorious charac
ter of Watertown The strangers came from
the west having attempted to sell cloth
ing at Clark on Thursday Saturday
night they robbed Warrens harness shop
effecting an entrance with a skeleton key
They were arrested a mile from town
having hired a team to convey the stolen
goods including fur coats and robes into
the country The dead man has been
identified as a former inmate of the state
penitentiary by one who served time with
him but his name is unknown His com
panion gives the name of Tom Lewis
The man was killed by Officer Kuckman
WARSHIP TO GO TO SAMOA
Natives Will Be Made to Show Re
spect for American Flag
The American flag will soon be dis
played in Samoan waters by a man of war
The vessel will be the Mohican which has
been converted into a training ship Since
the arrival in Washington of former Con
sul General Churchill the president and
Assistant Secretary of State Day have be
come convinced that American interests
demand that a man of war should soon
visit Samoa Churchill told them that the
natives have no respect for the American
government because it has never sent a
man of war to support any steps for the
protection of American interests which its
representatives might take
Great Dynamite Blast
Historic Indian Head on the Palisades
opposite One Hundred and Forty fifth
Street New York will be disintegrated
by simultaneous blasts of a number of dy
namite mines containing in all 14000
pounds of the terrible explosive The
amount of rock that will be loosened by
the explosion is estimated at 300000 tons
which is the biggest blast on record
Well Known Authoress Very 111
Mrs Julia C R Dorr the well known
author and poet is reported to be critically
ill at her home in Rutland Vt The mem
bers of her family have been summoned
from all secVons of the country and are
now at her bedside
Threatened Riots in Madrid
The students reassembled Monday with
the object of making a demonstration
againt the Progresso office in Madrid but
the precautions of the police prevented
them
Coa Prices Go Up
The Chicago Tribune says the coal oper
ators will shortly advance the price of
their product 25 cents a ton as the result
of the recent interstate jr nt conference of
operators and miners who conceded to tho
lalc st advance of JL0 cents a ton for min
ing
Bank in Receivers Hands
The comptroller of the currency went to
Philadelphia Saturdayand failing to n
with the managers for the voluntary
daton of the Chestnut Street National
Bank selected G S Earle jr as receiver
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UCyOD START FOR NEW YEAR
Tho Volume of Trade for January
Unusually Large
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says The first month of the new
year has brought rather more increase in
business but less improvement in prices
than was expected The competition of
manufacturers seeking orders alone pre
vents a rise in prices Most of them have
all they can manage many of them work
ing night and day and one great steel con
cern running on Sunday but the works
not yet filled with orders are seeking con
tracts at as low prices as have ever been
made indicating that even these are not
entirely unprofitable Wheat has been
conspicuous rising 5 cents for the week
The woolen manufacturer is doing well
fine worsted goods having opened at an
advance of 3 per cent on last year and the
large mills are constantly buying wool
even at current high prices Failures for
the week have been 342 in the United
States against 831 last year and 84 in Can
ada against 57 last year
GERMAN SAILORS MURDERED
Killing of Four Seamen By Chinese
May Cause Trouble
It is announced in a special dispatch
from Shanghai received Saturday that
four German sailors have been murdered
by the Chinese The dispatch says the
German admiral threatens to take measures
against the sailors murderers
A Chee Foo dispatch gives details of the
killing of a number of German sailors by the
Chinese A sailor named Schulz belong
ing to the cruiser Kaiser was assassinated
by Chinese rabble while on outpost duty at
Tsmo When the crime was discovered by
the relieving corporals guard they were
also attacked by 100 natives The guard
defended themselves as best they could
but it is reported all were killed after they
had killed twelve Chinese
ST PAUL MAN LOSES HOUSE
Has No Title to It Upon Erecting It
on Another Mans liot
The supreme court of Minnesota has de
cided that a man who builds a house on
anothers lot has no claim to the house nor
can he enforce a lien against the lot for its
value This affirms the decision of the
lower court in the case of Coleman Bridge
man who erected a house on what he
thought was his lot but which belonged
to a neighbor He was refused permission
to move his house to his own property
and the lower court which adjudicated the
case declared he had no right or title to the
house as it became a part of his neighbors
lot when erected on it v
Republican Seated
An unusually severe arraignment of al
leged election frauds is made in the report
filed in congress by the house committee
on elections No 1 in the case of William
F Aldrich against Thomas S Plowman
from the fourth district of Alabama Mr
Plowman is a sitting member but the com
mittee submits a recount of the vote giving
Aldrich Republican and Populist candi
date the seat
Earth Shakes in Mexico
A dozen shocks of earthquake some of
them quite sharp were experienced at
Tehuantepec Mexico Saturday causing
consternation among the people who have
come to regard the city as standing over
the seat of a violent seismatic disturbance
Subterranean noises like the distant rum
bling of artillery wagons were heard ad
ding to the panic No one was harmed
however
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U S Minister Reported Recalled
A dispatch from Port au Prince Hayti
says It is rumored here that the United
States minister to nayti William F
Powell has been recalled at the request of
the German government on account of his
connection with the Lueders incident
which resulted in Germany sending war
ships here to collect indemnity
Spokane Fire Victims
The charred aud mangled remains of
five of the victims of the Great Eastern
Block fire at Spokane Wash were
taken from the ruins Saturday They are
W B Gordon and Mrs Cora Peters and
there is little doubt that the others were
Mrs Peters three children Charles Alma
and Ethel
Telegraphers Chief Suspended
S T M Pearson president of the order
Df Railway Telegraphers of the United
States and Canada has been suspended by
the executive committee for conduct unbe
coming an official of the order The matter
will be passed on at the next meeting of
the grand lodge
Rush of Immigrants
In anticipation of the new immigration
law going into effect the rush of immigra
tion to this country has started The
Tartar Prince has arrived at New York
from Italian ports with 720 persons in the
steerage
Famous Surgeon Dead
Jules Emile Pean the eminent surgeon
of France is dead He became famous
for his success in the delicate operation of
ovariotomy
Calls on Lindsay to Resign
The Kentucky senate has passed a reso
lution asking Senator Lindsay to resign
because he is opposed to free silver
Bids Against Brittain
The report that Russia has offered China
a loan on the same terms as Great Britain
has been confirmed in Pekin
100000 Fire at Somerset Ky
Four stoies and half a dozen offices in
Somerset Ky burned Saturday morning
The loss is 100000
Pretty Tough on the Girls
Fileen Rowena Victoria Diamond
Jubilee Vagg and Queen Victoria Will
iams are the names to which two little
English girls are condemned till mai
riage on account of the recent celebra
tion in England
Violent Administration
Miss Fryte Do I understand that
you fare badly as a rule at the hands
of women
Jaded Jerry Yes kind lady hut its
frum de feet of men dat -we expeery
ance de roughest deals Judge
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BAD WfiECK IN MAINE
FOUR KILLED AND THIRTY
JURED NEAR ORONO
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Six Coaches Leave the Track and
Roll Down a High Embankment
Result of Seventy Two Hour Bike I
Race at Pittsburg Other Items
Four Killed in a Wreck
The St John train known as
cial express was wrecked in the cut at
Orona Basin Mills Me Saturday after
noon and six cars including the smoker
were turned topsy turvy into the ditch
One of the passenger cars in which were
a large number of persons was almost en
tirely demolished Four persons were
killed and thirty injured
The train was running over the Maine
Central tracks and left Bangor a little late
at the time of the derailment which was
due to spreading rails the train was run
ning about thirty five miles per hour
The train is not scheduled to stop at
Orono but the conductor found that
a number of university students held
tickets for that station so he signaled
to the engineer to make a stop It was
just after his signal that the accident came
No worse spot for a derailment can be
found on this stretch of railroad There
is a high embankment for miles and every
car save President Wilsons car was over
turned at the same time rolling down into
the ditch
DIES A MANIAC AND PAUPER
Tragic End of Edward Ohrnstiel
Heir to an Austrian Fortune
In a paupers grave at Dunning 111
lies the body of Edward W Ohrnsteil heir
1000000 florins 480000 He was the son
of Budapests greatest banker and a mem
ber of one of the most honorable houses
in Austro Hungary The story of the
closing years of his life reads like a chap
ter from a romantic novel Although
Ohrnstiel died on November 26 his identity
has just been discovered
While his family was searching for him
Ohrnstiel was locked in a padded cell in
the Cook County insane asylum for months
until finally he died and was buried with
the other pauper dead His grief over the
heartless desertion of his wife caused him
to leave his country and start on a down
ward career that only stopped at the grave
in the trench at Dunning
ELKES WINS THE RACE
Waller Loses the Six Day Race by
Two Yards
Tho finish of the big 72 hour bike race at
Pittsburg was exciting and was a desper
ate effort of the two leaders Waller and
Elkes to carry off the big end of the purse
Five minutes before the finish all the
other riders left the track giving the two
high men clear way to light for the honor
and money The score was
Miles Laps
Elkes 1822
Waller 1322
Schinneer 1314
Hall iSll
Walter 1139
Dench 1129
Gannon 1115
Ruckel 1101
Ilenshaw 878
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MCALL ACQUITTED
The Jury Declares Him Not Guilty
of Murder
The case of Phil McCall charged with
murder was given to the jury at Pipestone
Minn Saturday afternoon After four
hours deliberation the jury returned a ver
dict of acquittal
Cost of Free Deliveiy
A table has been prepared by chief Ma
chen of the free delivery division of the
postoffice department comparing the cost
of the free delivery service at fifty of the
largest postoffices for the fiscal year of
1896 7 with that of the fiscal year of 1890 1
It shows that the percentage of increase in
the cost of free delivery during the six
years covered by the table has been 246
per cent while the population has in
creased 3562 and the gross receipts have
increased 2848 per cent
Barred from Practice in Courts
Ex Attorney General Hendrick of
Frankfort Ky has been disbarred for
failing to comply with a rule of the court
requiring him to pay into the court 31300
collected by him while attorney general
Hendrick claims the state owes him more
than that amount
Uncle Anson Is Dropped
A G Spaulding formerly of the Chicago
Baseball Club makes the announcement
that the Chicago club will not renew its
contract with Adrian C Anson and that
Tom Burns formerly a member of the
Chicago team would be the new manager
of the colts
Big New York Factory Fire
The cardboard factory of S Trier Son
Brooklyn was entirely destroyed by fire
Sunday In the same building Samuel
Schindelman -had a knitting mill and
Schneider Eros a cut glass factory Their
total loss is placed at more than 100000
Col Ruizs Body Found
The forces of Gen Valderamma it is re
ported have found the body of Lieut Col
Ruiz who was execnted by the late Gen
Aranguren in Cuba Further investiga
tion will be necessary before the report
will be finally accepted
Runner Kilpatrick Beaten
George Tincier the Irish runner de
feated Charles Kilpatrick the American
Saturday in the second of their series of
races in London
Multiplying Polypi
A single polypus has been cut into
124 parts and each in time became a
perfect animal
Of the 12000 miles which form the
laud girdle of China G000 touch Rus
sian territory 4S00 British territory
and only 400 French whileSOO may be
described as doubtful
The pleasantest things in the world
are pleasant thoughts and the great
est art in life is to have as many ot
them as possible
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BRITISH BACKDOWN CLAIMED
Lato Reports from China Says Rus
sian Diplomacy Has Triumphed
The London Daily Mail Sunday morn
ing says it learns from a source hitherto
correct that China is inclined to make the
best possible bargain with Russia whoso
diplomacy appears to have triumphed at
Pekin England having resolved not to
force a conflict by further opposition to
Russias claim to Port Arthur and in the
Liao Tung peninsula
Japan has been thrown into a state of
consternation by the British backdown
and has adopted a more friendly attitude
toward Russia
This statement however the Daily
Mail admits is incredible and probably
a bluff in forcing England to take decided
steps
The Daily Mail counsels its readers not
to be alarmed
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Shanghai says a secret dispatch has been
issued by the to certain
high officials informing them that Russia
had warned China that if Kaio Chow Bay
were granted to Germany Russia would
demand cither Talien Wan or Port Arthur
According to the same dispatch it is as
serted at Shanghai on good authority that
China consents to have Russia at the head
of her custom service aiid railways
BIG LOTTERY FRAUDS
Secret Service Officers Arrest Cleve
land Ticket Counterfeiters
Government secret service agents ac
Cleveland have succeeded in unearthing a
gang of lottery ticket counterfeiters whose
operations during the last five years have
extended through nearly every large city
in the country As lotteries are outlawed
the forging of the tickets cannot be pun
ished but the postal agents want them for
sending lottery tickets through the mail
The officers made a descent on the home of
Thomas Dolan 35 years old and arrested
him on the charge of sending lottery tick
ets through the mail In the basement of
the house was found a complete parapher
nalia for altering lottery tickets and it
was confiscated and taken to the United
States marshals office
The gangs method of operation was to
buy lottery tickets wait for the announce
ment of the winning numbers and change
the numbers on the tickets to correspond
Greek Peasants Fight Turks
Seyfullah Pasha with 2000 soldiers and
25 guns recently went to the village of
Lazarina near Trikhela Greece to en
force the payment of taxes The peasants
met the troups with a strong fire and a
regular engagement ensued Next day
the attack was renewed with results not
yet known
King Charles Memory Honored
The anniversary of the execution of
King Charles I was commemorated Sat
urday The statue of King Charles in
Trafalgar Square London was decorated -
with wreaths etc bearing the usual in
scriptions which owing to the disloyal
inscriptions of 1897 had this year to bo
first submitted to the board of works
Famous Stallion Noval Sold
The famous stallion Noval 214 sire
of Countess Eve 209J has been sold to J
L Linneman of Lima Ohio lie was
owned by the late R P Pepper of Frank
fort Ky The price is not known Col
Pepper paid 515000 to the late Senator
Stanford for the stallion
Killed t Postmaster
J O Manrangue county surveyor of
Nez Perce County Idaho shot and in
stantly killed D A Kippen postmaster
at ICippen Sunday The trouble origi
nated over some land the parties had
leased together
McKinleys 53th Birthday
Saturday was the anniversary of tne
presidents birthday There was no spe
cial observance of the day at the White
House save the presentation to the presi
dent of a large bunch of cut lowers
Declared Invalid
The Ohio law which says the sum of
5000 may be collected from a county by
friends of a person lynched therein has
been declared unconstitutional
Charles Draper Gets Life
Charles L Draper was found guilty of
the murder of Charles L Hastings at
Jacksonville 111 and given a life sen
tence
3IAEET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
iOO to 400 sheep fair to choice J200
to 500 wheat No 2 red 94c to 9oc
corn No 2 2Uc to 28c oats No 2 21c
to 23c rye No 2 44c to 4Gc butter
choice creamery ISc to 19c eggs fresh
luc to 17c potatoes common to choice
52c to 05c per bushel
Indianapolis Cuttle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 400
sheep common to choice 300 to 450
wheat No 2 91c to 93c corn No 2
white 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 24c
to 2Gc
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 94c to 9Gc corn No 2
yellow 25c to 27c oats No 2 white 23c
to 25c rye No 2 44c to 4Gc
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 95c to 9Gc corn No 2
mixed 2Sc to 30c oats No 2 mixed 24c
to 2Gc rye No 2 4Uc to 48c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 94c to 95c corn No 2
yellow 28c to 29c oats No 2 white 27c
to 2Sc rye 47c to 49c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 94c to 95c
corn No 2 mixed 29c to 31c oats No
2 white 22c to 24c rye No 2 4Gc to 4Se
clover seed 315 to 325
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring Sbc
to 91c corn No 3 2oc to 2Sc oats No
2 white 24c to 25c rye No 2 to 48c
barley No 2 40c to 43c pork mess
900 to 950
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 95c to 97c corn No
2 yellow 31c to 33c oats No 2 white
27c to 29c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 104 to 106 corn No
2 35c to 3Gc oats No 2 white 2Sc to
29c butter creamery 15c to 21c eggs
Western ITc to 19c
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Th Twenty Second Annual Conven
tion of the State G A R Will Be
Held in Norfolk Commencing Feb
ruary 9 Great Time Anticipated
Nebraska Vets to Meet
General orders No 9 issued January 12
by John A Erhardt department com
mander of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic in Nebraska calls upon all old soldiers
to assemble for their twenty second an
nual encampment at Norfolk on February
9 at 4 oclock p m The fifteenth annua
convention of the Womans Relief Corps is
also called to meet on the same date This
means the entertainment of from 500 to
1000 delegates The headquarters of the G
A R will be at the Pacific Hotel and the
Womans Relief Corps with Mrs W R
Bowen in attendance will hold forth at
the Oxford Hotels and hoarding houses
have made rates from 1 to 2 per day to
delegates
No fixed programme can be announced
but it is expected to have a campfire on
Wednesday evening February 9 which
will be addressed by Gen Lew Wallace
Maj T S Clarkson and Gen John M
Th iyer will also be in attendance A
feature of the encampment will be the
Pemberlou Baby Drum Corps of York
This unique drum corps consists of Com
rade Pemberfon and his three small boys
every one of whom is an arlist in his line
The election of officers will take place
on the 10th and it is expected that changes
will be made all around in accordance
with custom
INSURANCE CASE
Jnry Decides A jinst the Wife of
Banker Geo D Stevens
The jury in the case in the federal
court at Lincoln in which Mrs Georne D
Stevens sued tho Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company for the amount
of a policy on her husbands life returned
a verdict for the defendant This is a re
verse of a former verdict in the same
court
Geo D Stevens was a Crete banker who
disappeared six years ago His wife be
lieves him dead but the insurance com
pany maintains he is alive and the jury
concurred with the defendant
Must Pay Their Notes
A number of the merchants of Nebraska
City were induced about a 3 ear ago to
join a collection agency They gave their
notes in various sums from 25 to 50 to
the traveling representative These notes
were to be payable after the agency had
collected 2fl0 of bad debts for each sub
scriber The notes have now turned up
11 a local bank and although nocollections
nave been made by the concern they will
aave to be paid by the makers
Attacked by a Hoy
William Nichols a farmer living five
miVs southweslof Fail mount while dong
lus chores found a small pig fast in the
fence and while trying to release it the
pig squealed and called the mother who
proceeded to throw Mr Nichols to the
ground and tear the heavy overcoat en
tirely oil him It was a close call
Fire at Scribner
Frank Otradovskys grocery store at
Scribner was seen to be in flames the other
night having caught fire in a wareroom at
the 1 ear The fire had made great head
way before the firemen arrived but the
Qams were quickly extinguished dani
aire to the amount of 25J having resulted
Fully insured
Foot Crushed
Robert E Moon while working with the
M bridge gang on the east side of
the Platte River bridge near Ashland
fell a distance of twelve feet from
the bridge severely crushing his left foot
lie was removed to his home the wound
rfrcssed and at last reports was resting
comfortably
Fatally Injured
Patrick Kelly a prominent farmer liv
ug about ten miles north of North Bend
wniie out in his feed yards fell and received
injuries that will likely prove fatal in
falling he struck his side against some ob
ject causing an obstruction to his kidneys
which has terminated in blood poisoning
Blooded Hogs Sold
Mrs A M Edwards held her annual
Auction sale of blooded Poland China hoys
at her farm east of Fremont last week
There were quite a number of out-of-town
ouyers in attendance Some of the best
hied stock in the state was put up and
Drought fair prices
Slot Machines Go
Mayor Fried of Fremont has ordered the
machines removed and
he merchants have obeyed his orders
Jlost of them did so willingly and ap
jeared anxious to get rid of them There
vere twenty eight machines in the various
tores there
Work on Irrigation Canal
New work is being opened up all the
while along the line of the Gering irriga
tion district canal although the wet work
is practically at a standstill on account of
the frost There are from seventy five to
150 teams at work now
Lincoln Doctor in Trouble
Dr Julius McLeod demonstrator at the
Lincoln Medical College was arrested and
fined in police court for maintaining a
nuisance The nuisance consisted of a
dissecting room in a small buildin in the
heart of the city
Sudden Death of a Doctor
Dr G B Richards an old and respected
citizen of Norfolk fell dead in his office
one evening last week of apoplexy lie
had just entered with a patient and fell
while in the act of hanging up his hat
Shot in the Arm
Daniel Muirhead of York got in front of
the loaded end of a rifle while he and his
orother were hunting and surgeons were
called to search for the ball in his riht
arm
Charged with Burglary
A young man going under the name of
Charles Brown but whose real name is
Frank Rice was arrested on the farm nf
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F Ilauptman near Swan ton where he
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3 uiwup 11c 1a1va1ncu iy answer a
charge of burglary at Galesburg 111
Difficult Operation Performed
The operation known to the profession
as abdominal hysterectomy was
cessfully performed upon Mrs Perrv
Losnbaugh at Columbus The natipnt
quickly rallied and is in a very fair way
to fuilyrio i
tssa
Hartley Files His Answer
Ex State Treusurer Joseph S Bartlej
has filed his answer in the case brought
by the attorney general on behalf of the
state of Nebraska to recover the sum ol
335000 that Bartley is accused of having
embezzled Bartley denies in general
terms all of the charges of embezzlement
and conversion and asks that the petition
be dismissed for the reason that a suit in
volving the same issues and the same
charges is on file in the district cflurt oi
Douglas County undetermined This suit
is a civil action directed more especially
against Bartleys bondsmenand in no way
affects the criminal charge on which he
was convicted
Has a Bad Fall
Emmit Bath a carpenter living at Blair
slipped and fell striking the back of his
head on the frozen ground He was picked
up unconscious He weighs over 2C0
pounds and the doctor is afraid of serious
injuries internally
Nebraska Short Notes
The third annual meeting of the North
west Nebraska Horticultural Society was
held at Leigh last week
Information was filed against Salmon
McCart of Palmyra charging him witt
insanity He will be examined by the
board of insanity
F Brodfeuhrer a jeweler of Columbus
has broughtsuit against William Schreiber
a well-to-do farmer living about ninp
miles from town in which he asks dam
ages in the sum of 1500 for slander
Mrs Johnson wife of Amil Johnson
who resides at Clarkson swore out a war
rant for the arrest of her husband whom
she said had attempted to kill her Inves
tigation disclosed that the woman is insane
and imagines someone is trying to kill her
At a public sale at the farm of P F Ne
now two miles southeast of Norfolk a
large amount of property was sold and
while nine months time was offered on all
sums in excess of not a single note
was given everything being paid for in
cash
Messrs Hudson and May ex county
treasurers at nayes Center were shown
by the report of the expert to have re
tained money belonging to tho county
They found the report correct and are
making arrangements to settle with the
county
The tiast annual exhibit of the Elkhorn
Valley Poultry and Pet Stock Association
at Norfolk was a success and exceeded all
expectations in interest and variety and
number and quality of exhibits There
were over 00 birds on exhibition includ
ing nearly every variety
Theannounceraent that during the first
week in February Elkhorn would be
recognized by the reorganized Union Pa
cific Railroad Company as of more im
portance than a whistling post and pass
ing track was received with satisfaction
by the business men and citizens in gen
eral The passenger train service will be
highly satisfactory
While engaged hauling ice at Tecumseh
Albert Chamberlain a teamster became
caught between an embankment and hist
heavily loaded wagon in some manner and
0110 nf lie wheels of the wacon passed
over his left foot His shoulder and his
hand wcr also injured Lewis Inler fell
from a platform ten feet in the air to the
ice covered surface below and was badly
shaken up
A young man by the name of Jo n
Seward who has been making his lion e
with a family by the name of Ferdig near
Lyons was escorted to town by four of
his neighbors armed with shot guns who
had caught him in the act Si stealing
chic kens with a two bushel sack lie was
taken before Squire Clements and plead
guilty to petty lar eny and was lined 10
and costs or thirty days days in the
county jail
Gordon people are organizing a stock
company to build an opera house
The new waterworks system at Have
lock has been tested and found satisfac
tory
A band of antelope has been seen sev
eral times lately in the vicinity of Lodge
Pole Hunters have been after them but
fortunately have killed none up to date
In a friendly scullle Charles Ermels of
nowells fell and broke his right leg just
above the ankle A physician was called
and reduced the fracture and Charles is
now getting along as well as could be ex
pected
A dentist named G G Huber who re
cently located at Neligh left a few days
ago taking along with him a portion of
the wardrobe of a young man who boarded
at the same place ne also neglected to
liquidate a number of bills
Carleton people are raising money to
start a creamery
Eddie Milick of Neligh had his lee bro
ken while coasting
Orleans has most of the money sub
scribed to build a creamery
One Friend merchant bought 3003
pounds of poultry in one day last week
Work has been commenced on the Cam
bridge creamery building
Frontier County warrants are again at
par The treasurer will pay all warrants
on the general fund on presentation
Wood River is soon to have a butter and
cheese factory of the most approved pat
era Between L0C0 and 5000 of stock
has been subscribed
The county board of Yalley County for
got h draw the jury for the district court
at the recent term and a special session
will have to be called for that purpose
Albert Kohel of Western took an over
dose of camphor and but for the prompt
assistance of of a physician would now in
all probability not be in the land of the
living
The filling of the railroad ice houses at
North Platte has been completed The
total amount put up lacked but a few tons
of being 11000 tons pud took 5G0 cars be-
sidfs whnf f hn ti - i i 1
Peter a farmer 1 ving south of
Norfolk was a t r recently while taking
articles from velifef
standing on the
streets A search of his premises revealed
a large amount of stolen property
The corncribs ot Wakefield if placed
end for end would
extend a mile or two
and they are all full of corn Some of it
has been stowed away three years for a
rise in the market This spnsnn wu -
ably see the most of it shelled out and the
rats wid have to migrate
NnrJh i6 hitzer consigned to the
orth Platte
Grand Army Post still re-
mains at the freight house for the reason
hat the post lacks the funds necessary to
built- Te howitzer -weighs
if0oo pounds and a carriage wTll
cost 111 the neighborhood of 50
In the case of the state of Nebraska
aiaplnstIGo1 Sant Richmond anclE Sler
afeClarks charged with unlawful- sh0of
Trm te Kiver the defend-
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i lug to 3050 Col
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