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UBS THUESTON DEAD
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SENATORS WIFE EXPIRES
THE YACHT ANITA
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Vas a Member of the Congressional
Party Which Is Now on a Visit to
Cuba Apoplexy Causes Her Sud
den Demise Other Items
Dies While Visiting Cuba
Havana Consul General Lee received
lhe following telegram Monday1 evening
from Walter B Barker United States
consul at Sagua la Grande
The wife of Senator Thurston died on the
Anita today Shall give every attention and
wire you from Boca Barker
Meager advices say that Mrs Thurston
died of apoplexy about 8 oclock Monday
morning when the yacht was in sight of
port The Anita left Matanzas Sunday
night with all the congressional party ex
cept Congressmen Smith and Cuinmings
who went to Sagua The passage from
Havana to Matanzas was very rough and
that to Sagua even worse
It is thought that this together with the
rough passage down the coast may have
hastened the end but nothing definite is
known as to the circumstances of Mrs
Thurstons death or as to the time and
place of the funeral
POWERS FEAR WAR
Think the United States Is Trying
to Force Spain to Fight
Londox The Paris correspondent of
the Times says According to informa
tion obtained from good sources the Aus
trian emperor is making great efforts to
induce the European powers to present to
the United States the danger to Europe of
heir carrying any further their interfer
ence in Cuban affairs Emperor William
is warmly seconding the offorts of Emperor
Francis Joseph The American govern
ment is aware of this situation
The Vienna correspondent of the Times
telegraphs au abstract of an article in the
St Petersburg Novoe Vremya which lie
thinks deserves attention as giving an
accurate account of the views and inten
tions of at least three of the great powers
The correspondent says
The article asserts that the TTniiPrt
are well aware that in declaring
ainst Spain they could not count
upon the approval of any of the European
powers All it alleges would sympathize
with Spain if not actively certainly by
categorical protest against President Me
Kinleys conduct This is also well known
at Madrid
Therefore continues the Novoe
Vremya writer it is hoped that Spain
will not fall into the trap laid by Wash
ington for she has so far no serious
grounds for declaring war and measures
should immediately be taken in order that
She may not have such grounds ia the
future
The European representatives
con
cludes the article will notify the Wash
ington government that it is their opinion
that war is not desirable that it is to be
hoped that President McKinley will
realize the disadvantage of such general
censure and will not allow himself to be
figged into war by American speculators
CHALLENGES BILLY MASON
-Spanish Editor Sends a Deli to the
Illinois Senator
Washixgtox Senator Mason on Tues
day received the challenge sent him by
the editor of the Spanish paper El Cardo
The document is printed and is signed by
editor the Marquis de Alta Villa
The challenge is fora combatwith swords
and is preceded by a column of personal
abuse The American people are referred
to as a people who deal in pigs and
whose flag is the almighty dollar
The senator accepts the challenge in a
jocose spirit He says he will have to see
the marquis before he decides to accept
but that it scarcely accords with Spanish
modesty for the challenging partv to name
the weapons as is done in this instance
Assumes Charge of Pest House
Washixgtox United States Army
Surgeon Westheimer has been sent to
Middlesboro N Y to assume charge of
the pest house there where several cases
of small pox are confined with 400 suspects
The community is almost demoralized over
the situation
Condemn Martins Acquittal
New York At the Central Labor
Union meeting Sunday a strong protest in
the form of resolutions was entered
against the acquittal of Sheriff Martin and
his deputies by the jury at Wilkesbarre
Pa and against the court proceedings
holders Wages Increased
Rocic Istaxi 111 The Rock Island
Plow Company has raised the wages of
the molders in the shops 10 per cent The
increase effect 500 men and under the new
scale the men will receive on the average
a day
Souvenirs for Omaha Expo
Philadelphia Final arrangements
were completed Monday for the manufac
ture at the mint of the souvenir medals
that will be used at the Omaha Trans
Mississippi Exposition which opens June L
Nephew of Bcrnato Shot
Cape Towx Africa Wolf Joel a
nephew and trustee of the late Barney
Barnato the South African millionaire
was shot Monday morning by a fonnei
soldier
Carry 350 Klondikers
Seattle Wash Three steamers the
Protection Tillamook and North Pacific
have sailed for Alaska with 350 passengers
New York Banker Dead
New Yokk Francis II Harris pres
ident of the Nassau Bank is dead
Liberal Wins in London
1oxdox A parliamentary bye election
was held in the Slehney division of the
Lower Hamlets London to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of the late con
servative member for the borough Prank
Wotton Isaacson The election resulted
in a victory for the liberal and radical
candidate
Prisoner Cremates Himself
Mookeiiouse Mo Hess Smith mar
shal of Morley was locked up in the cala
boosefor being drunkv He set fire to the
jbuilding and was so badly burued Unit he
Jdiedsix hours afler
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BUYS TWO WARSHSPS
Negotiations ivith Brazil for Two
Cruisers Practically Closed
Most of the time of Fridays cab
inet meeting was taken up in the dis
cussion of measures which have been put
into operation for the acquisition of naval
vessels by the government One of the
members said after the meeting It is
now altogether probable that we will
secure two vessels that are under
construction for the Brazilian government
It is not possible at this time to say just
how many ships in all the government
will be able to secure It has options on
a number that have been offered but
nothing is likely to be definitely accom
plished in the way of securing them Un
til an examination is made into their con
dition for which purpose a naval officer
has been dispatched abroad The fact is
notorious that there are not a great many
really good vessels to be had but 1 should
notbesurpiised if we were able to get a
half dozen formidable ones at least The
50003000 appropriated for war prepara
tions will be expended in this country ex
cept such of it as may be used in the pur
chase of ships and in the acquisition of
munitions of war not obtainable here
The two warships the Amazonas and
her sister ship now building in England
for Brazil are the vessels referred to
above It W3S stated at the cabinet meet
ing by Secretary Long that the naval
attache at London Lieut Colwell had
almost completed the negotiations for the
sale So far however the final notifica
tion from him that his offer has been ac
cepted has not yet reached the navy de
partment
BLEW UP THE MAINE
Army and Navy Register Says There
Is No Doubt
The Army and Navy Register pub
lished in Washington is a conservative
organ of the military establishment It
never slops over and its utterances are in
variably inspired In its issue Saturday
the Register had this editorial leader
double leaded The Register is in pos
session of information the correctness of
which it has no reason to question in the
least that certain evidence gathered by
the court of inquiry at Havana has come
in a semi official form lo the president
from two prominent members of
the board The information has
been in the hands of the
president for some days and has served to
occasion unusual activity during the pres
ent week The information is to the ef
fect that the Maine was destroyed by a
government submarine mine planted in
Havana harbor and deliberately exploded
More than this it appears the Maine was
purposely moored in the vicinity of the
mine and that the explosion occurred at
the moment when the ship had been op
portunely carried by wind and tide
directly over the mine
NEW MILITARY DEPARTMENT
Includes All States Near the Scene
of Possible Hostilities
The secretary of war has decided to
issue an order creating a new military de
partment including within its confines that
part of the country which would be in all
likelihood nearest to the field of possible
hostilities The order will create a com
motion in the south The preseutlepart
mentof Texas is abolished and the head
quarters which have been at San An
tonio Texas for so many years are aban
doned In place of the old department is
created a new one the department of the
south Gen Graham at present com
mander of the department of Texas will
command the new department which will
include the states of South Carolina
Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi
Louisiana and Texas All of these states
save the last are at present attached to the
department ol the east under command of
Gen Merritt of New York
St Louis Woman Burned
Mrs Helen Schwann of St
burned to death while lighting
stove She spilled some of the
her dress while
filling
she struck a match to light
to Death
Louis was
a gasoline
liquid on
the tank When
the stove her
dress ignited and her screams attracted
her three small children who attempted
to pull the burning clothes from their
mother The woman was burned to a
crisp and died in terrible agony The
three children were all badly Tb urned
about the hands and face
Ex Confederates Banquet Them
Colonel Knauss of Columbus Ohio and
a party of union veterans of the late war
were banqueted at Charleston W Va
Saturday by the ex confederates of that
city Governor Atkinson and other state
officers partook of the banquet and re
sponded to toasts Colonel Knauss has
every year since the war decorated the
graves of southern soldiers who died while
in Camp Chase
Shark Hunters Are Drowned
While endeavoring to harpoon a large
basking shark two miles outside Monterey
Cal Monday afternoon two boats con
taining seven Japanese nsnermen were
capsized The shark completely de
molished the boats and four of the fisher
men were drowned The others clung to
pieces of the boats and drifted ashore
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President Is Congratulated
Many congratulations are coining to the
White House and the state department
from all parts of the country upon Ike
patriotic spirit exhibited in dealing with
the latest phases of the Cuban question
Most of them are official in character but
many are personally directed to the Pres
ident
Old Time Stage Driver
E B Evans who was the oldest stage
coach driver in the west was buried in
East St Louis Sunday He had been
known for years to hundreds of persons
on both sides of the river Until old age
crept on him he was overseer of the Na
tional Stock yards He was 91 years of
age
Saginaw Car Lines Are Tied Up
All the street car lines in Saginaw
Mich are tied up People are walking
Ninety conductors and motormen struck
Saturday morning The men demanded
regular hours and pay for overtime
ELEVP LIVES LOST
FIRE IN A
NEW YORK
HOUSE
Refuses to Talk ol
Parker Tells
LODGING
There Were i05 JJodgers in the
Buildinc When the Fire
Broke
Out Senator Proctor Refuses
Talk of His Visit to Cuba
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Bowery mission Fire
The Bowery Mission Lodging House in
New York city was destroyed by fire at
an early hour Sunday morning and eleven
lives were lost The property loss is 15
000 There were 155 lodgers in the build
ing when the fire started and so rapidly
did the flames spread that many of them
were unable to escape The cause of the
fire is unknown The Bowery Mission
Lodging House is conducted by the
Christian Herald In the basemenjt of
the building there is a cheap restaurant
while the ground floor is used exclusively
for mission purposes The four upper
floors were filled up as a cheap lodging
house with accommodations for 153 males
who paid 15 20
according to the
or 25 cents each
location of the rooms
Almost every bed was occupied When
the alarm was given and the inmates
aroused a wild scene of excitement ensued
Those on the lower floor got to the street
safely by the stairways while those on the
upper floors groped their way through the
blinding smoke lo the metal lire escape in
front of the building The majority of
them only saved portions of their clothing
while several of them were naked Those
who made their way to the street by the
fire escapes were superficially burned by
excessive heat of the iron ladders which in
many places had become red hot from the
flames within
PROCTOR RETURNS
His Cuban Visit
of Suffering
Senator Proctor and his companion Col
Parker who have been spending some
time in Cuba returned to Washington
Sunday Senator Proctor said that he did
not desire to discuss his trip at present
and that further than to commend the
good work Miss Clara Barton was doing
in Cuba he had nothing m the way of an
interview Col Parker said We went
to Sagua la Grande Matanzas Cienfuegos
and Artemisa province of Pinar del Rio
The stories of suffering in the Island of
Cuba have not been exaggerated It is
intense over every portion of the island
The reconlentradoes are gathered into the
villages where they can be seen in all
their pitiable aspects it is periiaps
greater in Matanzas than elsewhere
What impressed me most and would
doubtless impress any visitor to Cuba
is the utter desolation of the island
Miss Barton is doing great work among tiie
reconcentradoes and is to be praised for
her heroic efforts in that direction We
were well treated by the Spaniards In
regard to the question as to whether the
impression prevailed in Havana that the
Maiue was destroyed by external influ
ences Col Parker spoke guardedly He
said however that the same impression
prevailed there as did here There was
little or no war talk and the de Lome in
cident was not mentioned there during his
visit
BISMARCK UNABLE TO WALK
The Iron Chancellor Growing More
Feeble Daily
A Berlin cable says Prince Otto von
Bismarck the man of blood and iron
whose mighty arm forged the German
principalities into a great united empire
is now a helpless cripple The sad news
comes from Friedrichsruhe that until
death brings relief the greatest living
statesman is doomed to a life of
dreary inactivity his sole diverson con
sisting of being rolled around his garden
in fovorable weather in an invalids chair
The prince has lost the use of his legs
Like a tiny infant he cannot stand on his
feet and it requires the strong arm of lov
ing friends and relatives to lift him from
the chair to his couch or bed
After All Sardine Factories
S G Stevens of the Brooklyn Packing
Company at Brooklyn Me has secured
an option on all the sardine factories in
the state fora syndicate of English cap
italists There are fifty three factories in
Maine and Mr Stevens has an option on
them for ninety days at a figure represent
ing nearly 1500000 The English syndi
cate represents a capital of 3000030
China Is Helpless
The British minister atPekinSir Claude
M MacDonald visited the Chinese foreign
office and lodged a strong protest against
the cession of Port Arthur lo Russia
saying it would destroy the balance of
power in China The Chinese officials
however declared their inability to with
stand the Itusssian demands
Four Year Term for Congress
The house committee on the election of
president vice president and representa
tives in congress has favorably reported
to the house the joint resolution amending
the constitution providing for the election
of members of the house of representa
tives for terms of four years
Norway Gives Suffrage to All
The committee of the storthing
Ien
a
pointed to revise the constitution of Nor
way has decided by a vote of 5 to 2 to rec
ommend that universal suffrage be granted
to all men above 25 years of age
150000 Baltimore Fire
The tinware and japanning establish
ment of Keqne Hagerty Baltimore was
destroyed by fire Sunday Loss 150000
covered by insurance
Duelist Shot in the Knee
In a duel fought near Budapest Deputy
Ivanka shot Privy Councilor Szalavtski
governor of Pressburg in the knee
Capt Evans Retired
Capt George Evans Tenth Cavalry has
been placed on the retired list on account
of disabilities incident to service
Queen Leaves England
The queen started from Windsor Friday
afternoon for the south of France
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
Activity in Nearly All Lines of Dis
tributive Trade
Bradstreets Weekly Review says Con
tinued activity in nearly all lines of dis
tributive trade but more particularly in
the larger cities of the west south and the
far northwest continues to be the most
favorable feature coming under notice
That the demand for dry goods groceries
hardware iron and steel and various forms
of building material is relatively most
active at the west1 seems evident
at the slight tone of disappoint
ment in reports from leading eastern
markets where business is moving
less rapidly than at the interior
Less favorable features are few number
ing chiefly a weaker tone in prices of a
few staples hitherto marked by extreme
firmness but chiefly perceptible in quota
tions for some makes of course cotton
goods print cloths raw wool the demand
for which is reported slower than any pre
vious time this year wheat which has
been affected by war rumors and the
growth of the impression that the worlds
wheat supply at present prices will suffice
coffee and sugar
FIGHT IS DECLARED A DRAW
The Foul Tactics of Sharkey Robs
Choynski of Victory
Tom Sharkey the sailor pugilist and
Joe Choynski the veteran of a hundred
fistic battles met Friday night in San
Francisco in a twenty round fight for 60
per cent of the gate receipts un
der the auspices of the National
Athletic -club The crowd of 7000
people was kept waiting for over an hour
owing to Sharkeys objections to the ref
eree nominated by his opponent and his
club Sharkey gave a disgraceful exhibi
tion of foul fighting which culminated in
his hurling Choynski through the ropes
upon the chairs below the platform in the
eighth round when the referee at t lie
suggestion of the police declared the fight
a draw It was apparent to the great ma
jority of the spectators that had the fight
been fair on the part of Sharkey Choyn
shis superior cleverness would have re
turned him the winner
A Gasoline Tragedy
While filling a lighted vgasoline stove
Mrs Andrew C Peterson ofNNJinneapolis
Minn was covered with ilamesV She died
four hours after Her
who was silting on the kitchen floor w5
also terribly burnedand died at the same
lime as the mother Mrs Petersons 14-year-old
sister Mada Baehr in attempting
to extinguish the flames had her clothes
almost entirely burned off and she too
succumbed to her injuries
Attempts Suicide
Mrs John S Boyd daughter-in-law of1
Millionaire Francis Boyd of Milwaukee
attempted suicide in Chicago by shooting
herself with a revolver because she
thought her husband had been taken from
her Thursday Boyd disappeared and his
wife declares that her husbands parents
have taken him away from her because of
their opposition to the marriage Mrs
Boyds wound may result fatally
Congress May Vote Thanks to Lee
There is little doubt that a resolution
will soon be introduced and passed voting
to Fitzhugh Lee the thanks of congress for
his able brave and patriotic conduct as
consul general in Havana during the last
two years This has been frenuentlv
talked about and any one of half a dozen
senators stand ready to present the
measure
Report Against Powderly
The senate committee on immigration
has reported adversely the nomination ol
JT V Powderly to be commissioner of im
migration Senator Chandler united with
the Democratic senators to secure an ad
verse leport It is believed the report
will be made the basis of an animated
controversy in the senate
Will Fight for Hannas Scat
Mayor Robert E McKisson of Cleveland
Ohio has announced that he would con
test the election of Senator Hanna when
the latter attempted to take his seatforthe
long term Mayor McKisson was the
candidate for the opposition for senator at
Columbus last January
Prof Horace Fenn Suicides
Prof norace Fenn who formerly re
sided in the Cnited States drowned him
self at
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
300 to 425 sheep fair to choice 251
to 475 wheat No 2 red 102 to 103
com No 2 2Sc to 30c oats No 2 25c
to 27c rye No 2 40c to 50c butter
choice creamery ISc to 20c eggs fresh
fc to lie potatoes coniton to choice
tiOc to 70c per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
550 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 300 to 500
wheat No 2 05c to 97c corn No 2
white 31c to 32c oats No 2 white 20c
to 30c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 575 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to S475
wheat No 2 97c to 99c corn No 2
yellow 27c to 28c oats No 2 27c to 2Sc
rye No 2 48c to 50c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 500
wheat No 2 red 97c to 9Sc corn No 2
mixed 31c to 32c oats No 2 mixed 23c
to 30c rye No 2 53c to 55c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 500
wheat No 2 95c to 97c corn No 2
yellow 31c to 33e oats No 2 white 29c
to 31c rye 51c to 52c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 90c to
9Sc corn No 2 mixed 31c to 32c oats
No 2 white 27c to 29c rye No 2 50c to
52c clover seed 305 to 310
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 92c
to 94c corn No 3 30c to 31c oats No
2 white 2Se to 30c re Nol 49c to 51c
barley No 2 3Sc to 44c pork mess
1000 to 1050
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 9Sc to 100 corn No
2 yellow 33c to 34c oats No 2 white
31c to 33c
New York Cattle 300 fo 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 525
wheat No 2 red 105 to 107 corn No
2 37c to 38c oats No 2 white 31c to
32c butter creamery lGc to 21c eggs
Western 10c to 12c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Liability of Commercial Credit Com
panies to Be Tested Omaha Mer
chant Has Sued Dun Co for
Making a Wrong Hating
To Test Duns Liability
The liability of commercial credit com
panies for loss sustained by mercantile
concerns in sales to merchants on the
strength of rating given by the credit
companies to the members is about to be
tested in the courts C F Gilmau of
Omaha has sued the R G Dun Company
for 202 This is the value of a bill of
goods Gilman sold to a Hiawatha Ivan
merchant on credit and which he was un
able to collect The petition relates that
the credit was extended on the strength of
rating secured from Dun who was under
contract to furnish the plaintiff ratings on
all firms in the United States Duns
rating of the Hiawatha merchant gave
that gentleman credit for having 50033
above his liabilities and good pay The
petition of Gilman asserts that the firm is
judgment proof and nothing can be col
lected on the bill
DETAILS OF RECENT GOLD FIND
Deposit One of the TJichest Placers
in the West
A placer gold field has been discovered
along the North Platte River in Cheyenne
and Scotts Bluffs counties that is believed
to be a Klondike The field will it is be
lieved cover from 3000 to 5000 acres and
assays show a yield of from t to 730 per
ton This field is along the north side of
the river and is from 50 to 100 feet above
the river bottom The deposit is sand and
gravel lying on a bedrock of magnesia
and soapstone The material sand and
gravel with various specimens of rock
are foreign to the country A great many
assays have been made and five results
obtained Assays from material eighteen
inches under the surface running from 4
to 6 per ton and at four feet deep 730
per ton which is unprecedented for large
bodies of placer mining With very little
expense a large stream of water can be
carried above the deposit The body of
gold bearing material is about one quarter
to twelve miles wide covering from 3000
to 5000 acres The natural condition is
such that it can be worked hi hydraulic
methods for less than 5 cents per ton
thereby leaving an immense profit for
Working The body varies in thickness
fronivriv to thirty feet and promises to be
one of thefet rlacT productions in the
west Water can be had lheyeav
for working
Knight Convicted of Arson
The jury in the Knight case at Blair
was out only a short time when it re
turned a verdict of guilty on the first and
second counts Last year the greater por
tion of the business section of Arlington
was destroyed by fire From the first it
was suspicioneil that the fire had been pur
posely set and investigation confirmed the
suspicion George Knight who conducted
one of the stores that was burned was in
dicted on the charge of setting the fire
and a woman Mrs Barbour was also in
dicted as an accessory The woman was
acquitted on trial and the first trial of
Knight resulted in a disagreement of the
jury
Narrow Escape
Two 7-year-old girls named Jennie
Kelcer and Katie Ross pupils of Hastings
fichool had a narrow escave from death
last week On their way home from school
they gathered a lot of stamonium pods and
ate the seeds When the poison began to
take effect they went into convulsions and
uy me ume a pnysician coma ue sum
moned one had lapsed into unconscious
ness and the other was delirious An
emetic was administered and each one
voniUed up nearly a handful of the deadly
seeds Antidotes were given and after
several hours work the little ones were
brought out of danger
Has Earned His Freedom
Patrick Ford au ex member of the
Omaha city council applied to Gov Hol
comb the other day for a pardon for his
son Patrick Ford jr one of the survivors
of the Maine disaster Young Ford two
years ago was convicted of burglarly and
sentenced to fifteen years in the peniten
tiary He escaped from the Omaha jail
made his way to Boston and enlisted in
the navy A letter from him to his parents
details his experience in the wreck in
which he was wounded Gov Holcomb
has not indicated what his course will be
Wardens Report
The report of the warden of the state
penitentiary shows that on January 31
ttiere were 383 prisoners in the
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nui ami uicil uunng ueuruary seven
more were brought in During the month
the terms of six expired two were
parolled two were commuted and one
was remanded by the supreme court
There are now twenty one prisoners out
on parole
Entertained by Deaf Mutes
The students of the Nebraska School for
Deaf at Omaha gave an interesting enter
tainment at the Normal School in Peru
one night last week The entertainment
consisted of songs recitations panto
mimes and tableaux It was interesting
not only on account of the noveltv of the
affair but for the wonderful proficicnev of
those for whom nature had done so little
New Play House for Silver Creek
The Saladin Opera House Company of
Silver Creek has
incorporated with a cap
ital of 1250 The stockholders are ten
citizens of Silver Creek mostly members
of the Saladin Knights of Phthias lodge
of that place the object being to erecta
combination lodge room and opera house
New Matron lbr Hastings Asylum
The announcement is made from the
governors office Of the appointment of
Miss Anna Burkett of Exeter as matron of
the asylum for incurables at Hastings to
succeed Miss Larson who handed in her
resignation some lime ago
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Three Bad Falls
Friday J J Bock 08 years old fell from
a scaffold and sustained some bad bruises
about the headatFairmont W W Spade
and T J Hill were working on another
building when the scaffold gave way and
threw them both to the ground and badlv
injured them
Building Boom at Humboldt
Arrangements have been completed for
the erection of a new Catholic Church at
Humboldt A new double two storv
brick business block will be put up as soon
as plans ana speculations are completed
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Gov
NO EXTRA SESSION
ssesesaasaatStesBgKii
Kolcomb Decides It Is
tlcahle at Present
Gov Holcomb says that an extra ses
sion to pass a new maximum rate law is
impracticable because most of the mem
bers are farmers and just at present all are
busily engaged in agriculture They
could not attend without great loss to
themselves rind to the states agricultural
resources Then too a regular session
will be held January 1 when a strong bill
regulating both passenger and freight
traffic will be adopted
Kennnrd Gets Judgment
A verdict has been rendered in district
court at Lincoln against the stato of Ne
braska andin favor of T P Kennard for
13599 being the amount claimed by Ken--nard
for his services in prosecuting claims
of the state against the United States
Drowned in the
A son of John Muller
Missouri
one of the old
residents of the northern part of Cedar
County while crossing the Missouri River
at A ten fell through the ice and was
drowned His body has not yet been
found
Nebraska Short Notes
Fanners have commenced seeding in the
vicinity of Weston
Elgin is to have a creamery and part of
the machinery is already on the ground
A coursing match between Utica and
Exeter dogs resulted in a victory for Utica
The Leigh public schools arc preparing
an educational exhibit for the Trans-Mississippi
Exposition
At the ditch meeting at Bayard the
directors reduced the price of water to SO
cents in cash and 35 cents in labor per acre
From the extreme western part of the
state comes the report that more land will
be put into crops this year than ever be
fore
Sheep in the northwest portion of the
state are reported to have come out of the
winter in good condition and with very
slight losses
Elmer the young son of Andrew- Nor
wood living five miles north of Nelson
has a broken arm the result of being
kicked by a horse
James Schua a young man living ner
Leigh accidentally shot himself through
the hand with a 32 caIiber revolver The
wound is not serious
The Norfolk Creamery Company has
made a proposition to the people of Basseti
to put a creamery in at the latter place Is
is probable the offer will be accepted
While William Hawley son of Rev
George Hawley of Berlin was in company
with a number of other boys jumping on
and of a freight train he fell and broke
his leg
JMcojsgfesttenIS of Sheridan County
nn5Pl roenlnlimt tHI Uiey WOUUl nol
allow any more bills for fitTfYTgpVjk11
doned wells as provided by a law passerf
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by the last legislature
A popular subscription of about 1150
has been raised to send David Miller of
Beaver Citj to Klondike the subscribers
to the fundtoshaie in the profits of Mr
Millers labors as a prospector and miner
According to actual measurement there
is a mile and 400 feet of corn cribs alongr
t he B M track at the little town ol
Atlanta in Phelps County and these In j
audition to two large elevators are filled JL
with grain
Clarence Smith of Dunbar while play
ing with a juck used to run an emery
wheel caught his fingers in it causing the
amputation of the first two joints of two
fingers on the left hand By hard work
the third finger was saved
One of the largest crops of winter wheat
ever sown in the vicinity of McCool
Junction was put out last fall and it i
now in excellent shape and bids fair to
outyield the banner year of 1892 Farmers
have already commenced spring work
Nate Norwood of Edgar lost his watch
the other day while working over the
flour or feed bins in the iiill He doesnt
know into which one he dropped it but
some one who buys Edgar Hour or meal
will find a prize in the shape of a fine gold
watch in the sack
Farm mortgages were tiled in Da we
County during the last six months of 1S97
to the amount of 6022 while the amount
of those released during the same period
was 1S577 During that time city
mortgages to the amount of 5t7S were
tiled and 94 11 released
While attempting to corral a big male
hog Frank Diltrick of Battle Creek got his
leg torn quite badly the hog doing the
business with his tusks Frank went to
town to have a doctor dress the wound
and in the meantime his father thought he
would corral his hogship but he also came
out with a badly wounded leg
The Atkinson roller mills are preparing
to build a flume about a mile and a quarter -in
length They will cut through from
the river about a mile above the town lo
the mill The ditch was surveyed several
years ago and this spring will be put
through The new improvement will give
spieuuui power aim a much needed
milling facility V
The largest real estate transaction in the f
history ot Saunders County was consum
mated the other day The mammoth ranch
on the Platte bottom north of Ashland
comprising 2900 acres and owned by Ed
ward Larkiu was purchased by William
Humphrey for 120000 The purchase in
cludes all the improvements on the ranch
together with a fine herd of Hereford
cattle
Mrs William Pickering wife of a prom
inent Republican politician living west of
Ashland is making a novel exhibit for the-Trans-Mississippi
Exposition It is a
Mini ii 1UCIY -seven OIOCKS UpOHi
which are embroidered the names of the
president and his cabinet the Republican
members of both houses of congress Re
publican governors of the different states
and the pluralities cast by each state for
presidential electors in the election of lS9t
Two wild cats were killed in the timber
east of Elm Creek Burt Count v by Ed
Johnson and Arthur Henning They
weighed twenty five pounds each
Tiie citizens of Crawford have signed at
petition to Messrs E II Talbot and J E
Leach Boston capitalists interested in thr
Grable enterprises to establish hnnir n
Crawford
J Tne Beemer water works are now -in
operation The cost has bePn in
neignborhood of 3003 all paid with the
exception of about 490 and without a cent
of expense to the town
For the second
time within a month
some unknown party the other mht
threw a chunk of coal through the h frgo
plate glass window of oue of SlantonV
leading business houses
The new crusher for the rock quarries
southeast of Springfield has arrived It
has a capacity of 100
cars per dav a
couple of cars of iron for switches
also
are
on the ground and when tw 1 -1
blast from 75 to 100 men willbeempioyJan
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