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ELECTRIC FLASHES
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD
SAY IT WAS A MINE
PERSONAL OPINION OFSOME OF
THE MAINES OFFICERS
Government Officials Deny that
They Have Advices from the Court
of Inquir3 Name of the New War-
ship Changed to New Orleans
Express Their Views in Washington
While the officers of the government in
a position to know deny they have advices
from the court of Inquiry that the Maine
disaster was due to external causes it is
undoubtedly true that the Maines officers
who have reached Washington expressed
it as their personal opinion that the cause
of the explosion was external
The Spanish minister called at ihe state
department Monday and presented
Angulo Valcra and Cadenas represent
atives of the autonomist Cuban govern
ment for the negotiation of a treaty of
reciprocitj work on which will be com
menced at once
Secretary Long has issued an order
changing the name of the newly bought
Brazilian cruiser Amazonas to New Or
leans
Negotiations abroad for the purchase of
warships have developed the fact that un
less the Chilian battleship Olliggins be
comes the property of the United States it
will not be sold at all Practically the
same is true of of the Argentine armored
cruiser San Martino
FROM POVERTY TO RICHES
Young Man of Fostoria Ohio In
herits 20000 from an Uncle
Ilenry Hemple of Fostoria Ohio sold
liis best suit and a banjo a week ago to
secure mone3r for immediate necessities
He has gone to Chicago to claim a fortune
of 20000 He is 21 and for five years has
been living alone in a shanty at Bradner
supporting himself and his mother who
jlives in Chicago by working for farmers
and laboring in oil fields lie has received
sl letter containing a check forl000 marks
with the information that his bachelor
uncle had died in Hamburg Germany
leaving him heir to his wealth which he
could secure in Chicago Ilemples parents
-came to this country twenty four years
ago the father having been disinherited
Jor marrying against the Avishes of his
parents The boy was born four days
after landing lie has been compelled to
support his mother since the death of his
lather ten years ago in Chicago
MORAL WAVE HITS BOSTON
Lircatrioal Posters Must Be Submit
ted to Committee of Council
A wave of morality has struck the local
hoard of aldermen and the theatrical
managers of Boston have been ordered to
tone down their representations of women
5n tights and skirts To make sure that
they do so they have been ordered to sub
3iiit hereafter all posters on which women
appear to the license committee of the
board The agitation which resulted in
1 his rule was started by Mayor Perry of
Somerville and his protest aroused the
Watch and Ward Society and W C T U
Boy Murderer Released
The prison doors of Jolier 111 have
swung open and admitted to liberty Jona
than Skene a man scarcely out of Ihs
leens who eight years and nirie months
-ago entered the grim portals a life pris
oner One of the last official acts of ex
GovAltgeld was to grant the petition of
Skenes relations and friends and commute
the sentence to twenty eight years The
lather went before the board of pardons
smd renewed his application for a full par
lon The board recommended to Gov
Tauner that clemency be exercised and
the release of the youth was the result
Used Funds of the Church
A Kome cable says Although 1 lie -most
extraordinary efforts were made in papal
circles to prevent the matter from becom
ing known there has just been anolhei
great financial scandal at the Vatican it
being the discovery of embezzlements to
the extent of over 1000000 lire -200000
resulting in the flight of one pf Jheiifost
trusted employes of the papal treasury
ProfBevis in Want
Prof J R Bevis the widely known
mathematician and astronomer -is lying
seriously ill at Fairmquntir lnd Tie
destitute circumstances and an appeal for
assistance is made to his friends and the
friends of science in general to assist him
on his want
Strikers Want to Compromise
The ninth week of the struggle between
-capital and labor in New Bedford Massj
finds the situation practically unchanged-
except that the operatives have conceded
that they might be willing to go back -to
work under a reduction of 5 per cent in
stead of 10
Fire at Jersey -City
The ferry houso and passenger station
of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Jersey
City was partially destroyed by fire early
Tuesday morning
Roland Worthingion Is Dead
Holand Worthinglon the veteran
journalist is dead at his home in Boston
aged SI
Cure for the Yellow Fever
Dr Caldas a physician of Rio Grande
Brazil states that he has discovered anew
fever cure which is more efficacious
than the cure discovered by Dr Sanarelli
-with which the latter physician has been
so successful in his experiments in Sao
Paulo
High Mark Undqr New Tariff
The receipts from customs Saturday
amounted to 1319737 This is the highest
jointby nearly 305000 that the customs
Has reached since the new tariff act went
into effect about eight months ago
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BRITISH COMMANDER COMING
Refuses to State Object of His Visit
to Washington
The announcemot was made at Halifax
N S Monday that General Montgomery
Moore commander-in-chief of the British
land forces in North America would start
for the capital of the United States where
General Gascoign commander of the
Canadian militia is now reported to be
visiting Sir Julian Pauncefote the British
ambassador General Moore will be the
guest of the British ambassador Asked
if his trip was in any way connected with
the presence in Washington of General
Gascoign General Moore answered eva
sively saying he understood General Gas
coign had been in Washington but was
not aware that he was still in the United
States capital General Moore said he was
not at liberty to discuss a possible Anglo
American alliance and that all he knew
on the subject was what he read in the
newspapers
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
Favorable Features of Recent
Weeks Still Manifest
Bradslrecls Weekly Review says The
aggregate volume of the countrys busi
ness continues sufficiently large to allow
of favorable comparisons with past
periods alike in this and proceeding years
Aside from a quieting demand at a few
leading eastern markets where un
certainly as to the outcome of foreign com
plications is advanced as a reason for un
willingness to embark on new business
the situation is one possessing nearly all
of the favorable features noted for some
time past The best reports as to distribu
tion in leading lines comes from the
central west and the northwest The
movement of iron and steel is especially
large Distributive trade is reported in
creasing at the northwest Navigation is
practical open on the lakes and the 1st
of April will witness a general movement
of craft
EXPELLED STUDENT MAY SUE
Missouri University Likely to Have a
10000 Damage Case
The expulsion of five students of Mis
souri University at Columbia for disor
derly conduct at the recent class riot may
involve the institution in a remarkable
lawsuit C S Price of Piatt City Mo
one of the students expelled has consulted
General Otlon Guitar a Columbia attor
ney with a view to bringing suit against
the university for 10000 He claims his
character was damaged to that extent by
his expulsion which he will endeavor to
prove was unjustifiable
SYNDICATE BUYS COAL MINES
English Company Said to Have Con
trol of Four in Alabama
A deal has been practically closed for
the sale of the furnace properties of the
Sheffield Coal and Iron Company at Shef
field the Philadelphia furnace at Florence
the Wilhrow furnace at Sheffield and the
mine properties of the Lady Ensley Coal
andiron Company along the line of the
North Alabama Railroad to an English
syndicate for something like 1000000
Fear flii e Is Lost
Some anxiety is expressed in San Fran
cisco for the safety of Nellie G Thurston
now 159 days overdue from New York
with a party of Klondikers The schooner
Thomas FNegus which arrived at Frisco
Sunday from New Haven Conn reported
that the Thurston left Playa Paula cove
in her company but that when about
eigiit miles off shore they were separated
by a furious hurricane The Thurston
carried nineteen passengers among whom
is Mis Bowles the only lady passenger
Pythians Ready for War
B E Arons of Pittsburg colonel of the
first regiment of the Uniformed Panic of
Knights oi Pythias says that Maj Gen
Carhaliaif whose headquarters are in
Indianapolis has written Secretary of
War Alger a letter placing at the disposal
of the United States the Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias 30000 strong is case
of war with Spain
Dives Under the Water
There was another successful trial of
the submarine boat Holland in Staten
Island Sound last week While the hull
was under water all the time the turret
which is about eighteen inches above the
deck remained above the surface except
for a minute or so when the vessel disap
peared entirely and came up a short dis
tance away
Is Awarded 75000 for Uihel
The hotly contested libel suit -of the
American Book Company against the
Kingdom Pnbljshing Company for 100000
damages came to a close in the United
States district court at Minneapolis late
Saturday afternoon resulting in a verdict
for the plaintiff for 75000 The jury was
out halt an hour
Woyler Denies Its Authenticity
Gen Weyler denies the authenticity of
the -letter published in the New York
Journal in which he is alleged to have said
that the United States had not dared to
send warships to Havana wInle Iievcom
nrandedthere that he had ithe harbor of
Havana well an
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Hearing on Postal Banks
A subcommittee of the committee on
postoffices and postroads will give a hear
ing bhortly to those opposed to the
postal savings banks project Communi
cations can be sent to Representative
Broniwell chairman of the subcommittee
Pioneer Newspaper Woman Dead
Lucy C Benedict a pioneer newspaper
woman of New York and for the last
eleven years agricultural editress of the
American Press Association is dead She
was born in Marietta Ohio
Prominent Railroad Man Dead
Allyn Cox one of the best known rail
road men in the United States and identi
fied with the Yanderbilt interests died
suddenly Saturday at his office in New
York city
Russian Spy in Salisburys House
The Birmingham Gazette asserts that a
Russian spy in the guise of a footman has
been discovered at Hatfield House Salis
burys residence
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QUIT THE BUSINESS
ILLICIT DISTILLERS SURRENDER
TO THE AUTHORITIES
Eleven Arkansans Turn Their Stills
Over to the U S District Attor
ney at Liittle Roclc and It Is Said
Forty Others Will Follow
Illicit Distillers Quit
Eleven illicit distillers from Conway
County marched into the office of United
States District Attorney Trieber at Little
Rock Ark and surrendered The stills
will be turned over to the authorities at
once The men promised to quit the busi
ness and asked for a chance to lead hon
est lives obligating themselves to aid in
the suppression of the traffic All gave
bond for their appearance at the next
term of the federal court and returned to
their homes Forty other parties with
twenty live stills from Pope County have
sent word to the United Slates attorney
that they want to surrender and quit
Among the party are men of good stand
ing in their communities some occupying
official positions
INDIAN TERRITORY TRAGEDY
Negro and His White Wife Killed in
the Town of Wyburn
Sunday night in the town of Wyburn
five miles north of Muskegee I T the
house of d Chalmers a negro who re
cently married a white woman was at
tacked during the night by six white men
The door of their cabin was broken in
and both the negro and his wife were shot
down The woman was killed outright
Chalmers who succeeded in driving off
the attacking party died before daylight
The body of one Matthews an aged white
man who lived at Gibson station was
found near the Chalmers cabin pierced
with a bullet Matthews answers the de
scription given by Chalmers before he
died of one of his assailants Chalmers
and his wife had been threatened by white
men who disliked the union Deputy
United States marshals are investigating
the murder and it is expected the murder
ers will be brought to justice
DIRE SPANISH THREAT
Will Stir Up a Revolt in Our
Southern States
The None Frie Presse of Vienna pub
lishes an interview with a Spanish states
man evidently the Marquis dc Iloyos the
Spanish ambassador who is represented
as saying
Spain would rather have war with the
United States than pay compensation for
the Maine for by tho latter course she
would forfeit her honor through an ad
mission of guilt which would erase her
name from the list of civilized nations It
could not be to Englands interest to see
the Spaniards expelled from Cuba as
there might arise at Washington an in
clination to declare Canada independent
If during a war the United States should
incite the Philippines to revolt Spain
would revenge herself by raising revolts
in the American southern states
A NEW COMET
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Discovery Made by a Lick Observa
tory Astronomer
Advices have been received at the Har
vard College observatory from Prof Schae
berle at Lick Observatory stating that
Prof Perrine has just discovered a bright
comet Its position March 20 51 minutes
52 seconds by Greenwich mean time was
as follows Right ascension 21 hours IS
minutes seconds declination north
15 degrees 43 minutes 2J seconds daily
motion in right ascension 3 minutes 44
seconds daily motion in declination 1
degree 1 minute The comet is two miles
in diameter of the seventh magnitude has
strong central condensation and a tail 1
degree long
Kansas Bank Robbed
The Bank of Nickerson at Niokerson
Kan was robbed Monday night Five
men did the job and it required four or five
hours to blow the safe Citizens who were
passing the building were held up and
forced to go inside where they were kept
until the safe was blown and the money
secured About 55000 was secured The
lobbers mounted horses and tied
Children Struck by a Train
A special from Danville Ky says
While a number of children were fishing
from a bridge on the Louisville Nash
ville Railroad several were struck by a
fast freight train Mary Van Arsdel
aged 14 was killed and horribly mutilated
and Claude Baker aged 12 was fatally
injured The others escaped with lets
serious injuries
Ex Congressxnan Woodman
Ex Congressman Chas W Woodman
died Saturday in the Elgin 111 insane
asylum Since last October he has suffered
ironi paresis brought on by the rupture of
a blood vessel in the brain In 1891 lie
was sent to congress by tho Republicans
of the Fourth district serving one term
Grants Appeal of the Sultan
In consequence of the sultans direct ap
peal the -czar has consented to withdraw
his demand for 3375003 of arrears of the
Russo Turkish war indemnity This it
is alleged foreshadows Turkeys accept
ance of Prince George of Greece the can
didate of the czar as governor of Crete
Alleged White Caps Not Guilty
The white cap case of the state of In
diana ys Edgar and Chas Roher which
has become famous because of the en
deavors Of Gov Mount to have the boys
punished is ended The Jury brought in
a verdict of not guilty after deliberating
but live minutes
Big Steamer Disabled
Two big ocean steamers one of them dis
abled have arrived at Halifax The dis
abled steamer is the Osborne from Lon
don She was towed by the tank steamer
Duff
Burglars Make a Good Haul
Burglars blew open the safe of the Bank
of Franklin 111 Sunday night secured
between 5000 and 8000 stole a hand car
and escaped
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FLIES OLD GLORY
The Battleship Amazonas Formally
Transferred to United States
The cruiser Amazonas built by tho
Armstrongs at Gravesend England for
Brazil and purchased by the United States
was formally transferred from the Brazil
ian flag to the stars and stripes shortly
after 11 oclock Friday morning The
ceremony was simple and dignified and to
the Brazilian officers it was somewhat
pathetic Lieut Commander Cohvell
United States naval attache accompanied
by Ensign Roberts Assistant Engineer
McMorris and Consul General Osborne
arrived on board shortly before 11 a m
In reply to Lieut Commander Colwells
inquiry Commander Corres of the Ama
zonas said he was ready to transfer the
vessel forthwith and Messrs Colwell
Roberts and McMorris donned their uni
forms and proceeding on deck gathered
near the flagstaff from which the green
flag of Brazil was flying
Then Lieut Commander Colwell salut
ing Commander Corres said Captain I
have here a contract of sale to which you
were a witness and whereby this vessel is
to be transferred- to me in behalf of the
United States
Commander Corres replied through an
interpreter saying In handing over the
ship I desire to say that it is done with
the sincere friendship of Brazil
Lieut Commander Colwell saluting re
plied In behalf of the United States I
thank you for the sentiment
The flag of Brazil was hauled down at
1110 a m and Old Glory was run up the
main Lieut Commander Colwell and
tho Brazilian officers then shook hands
Commander Corres invited the party into
the cabin to drink to the ship and the
Brazilian captain showed the party over
the vessel and furnished them with inven
tories of the supplies The new boat will
sail for this country in a few days
FAMOUS WOMAN DEAD
Mrs Matilda Joslyn Gage a Pioneer
Equal Suffragist
Mrs Matilda Joslyn Gage died in Chi
cago Saturday aged 72 years Mrs Gage
won an international reputation as one of
the earliest champions of womans rights
in Ameiica having identified herself with
that movement in 1852 For many years
she was president of the New York State
Woman Suffrage Association and in
1875 75 held the position of president of
the National Woman Suffrage Associa
ted with headquarters at Washington
In 1S7S she formed the Womans National
Liberal League being elected its presi
dent which position she has since held
Blizzard in Montana
The most severe snowstorm of the
season prevailed in the vicinity of Kalis
peil Mont Sunday At 1 oclock in the
morning it began snowing and at G oclock
at night 38 inches of snow had fallen and
at that hour the wind changed to the north
and the snow was drifting badly All
trains were delayed and some were
abandoned entirely The storm was even
more severe in the mountains and cuts
and ravines were almost completely im
passable making railroading very diffi
cult
Girl Scalped by u Windmill
In the town of Sotlus Minn white
drawing water at a windmill during a
heavy wind a daughter of Charles Ander
son was caught by the hair in some part of
the mill gearing and her scalp literally
twisted from her head
Government Sells 200 Reindeer
Lieut Sheldon Jackson acting on be
half of the war department has sold 230
head of the reindeer herd purchased for
relief to private parties It is understood
the government received 100 per head
Disastrous liline Explosion
A terrible explosion took place the other
day in the Santa Isabel mine at Belmez
province of Cordova Spain Seventy
corpses have already boon recovered and
many men are as yet unaccounted for
Editor Franklin Lee Dead
Franklin W Lee editor of the Rush
City Minn Post known throughout
the northwest as a journalist verse writer
and novelist died early Friday last of
Erights disease
Japanese Elections
The Japanese election returns show a
small majority for the government
EISKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago rCattle common to prime
300 to o75 hogs shipping grades
300 to 425 sheep fair to choice 250
to 300 wheat No 2 red 103 to S107
corn No 2 2Sc to 29c oats No 2 24c
to 2bc rye No 2 4Sc to 50c butter
choice creamery 17c to 19c eggs fresh
9c to 10c potatoes common to choice
53c to 70c per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 3C0 to
550 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 300 to 300
wheat No 2 94e to 90c corn No 2
white 31c to 32c oats No 2 white 29c
to 31c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 575 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 9Sc to 99c corn No 2
yellow 20c to 2Sc oats No 2 20c to 2Sc
rye No 2 49c to 50c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300--to 425 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 red 9Gc to 97c corn No 2
mixed 31cto 32c oats No 2 raised 29c
to 30c rye No 2 52c to 54c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hog
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 500
wheat No 2 96c to 9Sc corn No 2
yellow 29c to 30c oats No 2 white 29c
to 31c rye 50c to 52c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 98c to
99c corn No 2 mixed 30c to 31c oats
No 2 white 2Gc to 28c rye No 2 50c to
51c clover seed 275 to 2S5
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 97c
to 99c corn No 3 29c to 31c oats No
2 white 2Sc to 29c rye No 1 49c to 50c
barley No 2 42c to 43c pork mess
975 to 1025
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 97c to 99c corn No
2 vellow 32c to 34c oats No 2 white
31c to 32c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 523
wheat No 2 red 104 to 106 corn No
2 30c to 37c oats No 2 white 32c to
34c butter creamery lGc to 20c eggs
Western 10c to 12c
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEVS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Robbers Nearly Kill William Schultz
a Rich Recluse Living Near the
Capital Old Man Does Effect
ive Worth with a Corn Knife
Bloodhounds After Them
A bunch of bloodhounds and a large
posse of enraged farmers on Sunday went
in pursuit of four robbers who nearly
killed William Schultz three miles cast of
Lincoln For a quarter of a century he
has lived alone on his farm as a recluse
He has acquired a considerable fortune
and was never known to resort to a bank
Robbers broke into his home Sunday
morning and the old man awakened sud
denly grabbed a corn knife of great size
and wielded it with terrific force Ulood
was splashed here and there on the ceiling
walls and door Three lingers of a mans
hand as neatly severed as if done by a
surgeon were mute evidence that the old
misers crude weapon had been effect
ively ued In the midst of the
broken furnitme and blood bespattered
carpet the old man was found unconscious
lie had been beaten over the head with a
club When revived the old man said he
was awakened by the rear door being
pushed in and the entry of four men He
always kept a corn knife near his bed and
as the men called him to give them his
money he began to slash at them with the
biade He cut and slashed for several
minutes until felled by a club lie heard
cries of pain and knew that he had
wounded his assailants The cellar of the
old mans house was dug into in many
places but the treasure was not found
The robbers secured 10 for their desperate
work
NOVEL LAW POINT INVOLVED
Lincoln Attorneys Wrestling with a
Knotty Property Puzzle
An interesting law point has been pre
sented to one of the district judges at Lin
coln involving the homestead and exemp
tion laws A man has a piece of property
which he claims as his homestead and
against which there is a mortgage of 9000
The property owner also has a number of
heavy judgments hanging over him He
now conies into court and alleges that his
homestead is not worth and would
not sell for more than 11000 which would
leave only 2000 after the mortgage was
paid This 2030 he says he would be
entitled to under the exemption law and
now asks the court to make an order where
by the judgments will not be allowed to
stand as a lien against the property There
is some division among the attorneys as to
whether such an order can lyS issued
Some argue that the value of the property
cannot lie ascertained exactly until it is
sold and that up to that time the judg
ment creditors ought to be protected by
liens on the property Others hold that
the value of the property can be ascer
tained by means of appraisment or other
proceedings and that the order may then
be made preventing the filing of the judg
ments against the property
Agitating Count Seat Question
The county seat question is again being
agitated in Box Butte County The Alli
ance people presented a petition last week
asking for the calling of a special election
for the purpose of submitting the question
of relocation The remonstrators immed
iately filed a petition requesting sixty days
time in which to investigate the Alli
ance petition The commissioners granted
them fifty two days Hon Samuel Smyser
represented the Alliance people and Judge
Hamer of Kearney appeared for the re
monstrators
Nest of ilobbers Unearthed
A nest of robbers has been unearthed on
an island in the Platte River about seven
miles northeast of Ashland and near tire
confluence of the Elkhorn and Platte
rivers Bloodhouds from Beatrice were
secured to put on the trail of the robbers
at Logan Bros store at Gretna They
followed to the Platte River and were then
taken across to the island The officers
placed two men under arrest and took
them to Papillion to await trial
Valentines New School Euilding
Valentine has just completed and the
school moved into a new edifice The
building is a seven room structure of brick
and stone The building cost close to
15003 and is an honest job throughout
Valentine has a corps of five teachers of
which Prof R N Watson ex county su
perintendent of Saunders County i j prin
cipal the grade teachers being selected
from the best in the state
Parmer Boys Get Plums
Ernest Ashby and James 31 Coulter
two Fairfield farmers boys living near
Fairfield who took the civil service ex
amination for railway postal clerks some
time ago have recently received notice
that they have been selected from the
eligible list as weighers of mail on railway
postal cars in the regular quadrennial
weighing which is soon to be inaugurated
in the west
Me cum Declared Not Guilty
The jury in the case of the State against
Herbert 3Iecum at Pluttsmouth charged
with -assault with intent to kill Peter Cur
tis returned a verdict of not guilty The
general opinion has been that the man
would be convicted but owing to the ill
ness of the county attorney his case was
not as strong as it might have been
especially his plea
Examination Postponed
The preliminary examination of William
FAright ex superintendent of the institu
tion for the blind at Nebraska City which
was to have been heard last week in the
county court has been continued to April
8 he renewing his bond in the sum of
lO0Q
Escapes Impeachment
The impeachment trial of 3Iayor Gra
ham of Lincoln has been concluded and
the city council by a vote of seven for
and five against declined to impeach a
two thirds vote being necessary
Fatal Shot
Ilenry Eckman aged 71 years a stone
mason residing west of Sidney was in
the act of taking a shotgun from his cart
preparatory to shooting a bunch of wild
geese when the gun accidentally dis
charged and Eckmans right arm was
almost shot off and his clothing Ignited
3Iedical aid was summoned but pyemia
set in and Eckman died
A New Postofflce
A posloffice has been established at
lnno Dodge County with Maria Harms
as postmistress
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Verdict of Guilty 1
The jury in the case of the State against
31 S Woolather charged with aiding and
abetting the cutting of young Sherman at
Cortland Christmas night returned a ver
dict of guilty AVoolather is an uncle of
young VanDerpool who has confessed to
having done the cutting He is only 1G
years of age
Celebrate Thoir Golden Wedding
Air and 3Irs J J 3Iorris of Humboldt
celebrated their golden wedding anniver
sary at the home of their daughter 3Irs
Val Ranh last week 3Ir and 3Irs 3Ior
ris have been residents of that section for
mally years
New Bridge Opened
The Canton Bridge Co of Canton Ohio
has completed a new iron drawbridge
across tho river at Republican City It
was opened for traffic 3farch 12
Old Soldiers Club
The old soldiers of Juniata and vicinity
have organized an Old Soldiers Croconolo
Club and will at once paper and nicely fit
up a club room
Nebraska Short Notes
The ferry boat at Brownville has coih
menced its seasons worlc
t Fire in 31 A Kendalls meat market in-
St Paul caused a loss of 100
Fifty two gay and festive sports were
gathered in at one haul by Omaha polico
one night last week
Chadron is organizing a base ball club
with which jt hopes to clean out every-
thing in northwest Nebraska
George Knight received a sentence or
twelve years for setting the lire which
burned the town of Arlington -
At the last meeting of tllo board of
county commissioners George Anker was
appointed sheep inspector for Sheridan
County
Plattsmouths leading hotel the Riley
has changed hands Joseph Opelt the well
known Nebraska hotel man assuming -control
A squad of troopers from Fort Cook in
charge of a sergeant were in Plattsmouth
the other day looking for a soldier who
had deserted
The race track at the Pierce fairgrounds
will bo repaired and put in shape this
spring aud the local horsemen will use it
for training purposes
Albert Albright a farm hand employed
near Tecumseh was fined S25 and costs
for discharging a shotgun at a party of
hunters from Tecumseh
Frank Frank living north of the river
near Ord had his grain and buildings ex
cept his house burned the lire starting
from a prairie fire No insurance
Fifty candidates were initiated into
Anchor Lodge Ancient Order of United
Workmen at Shelton one night last weekr
Deputy Grand 3Iaster Putney of Oakdalo
officiating
Company II Nebraska National Guard
of Nelson at its last weekly meeting voted -unanimously
to request Gov Holcomb to
enlist the company for active service in -case
of war with Spain
While W L Driscoll a carpenter of
Louisville was at work on a - houso -befell
or was blown from the roof and
had three or four ribs broken hip joint
fractured and was otherwise badly bruised
and shaken up
The Falls City Telephone Company is
now at work erecting poles on its new line
between Stella and the county seat Tho
Nebraska Telephone Company has also
made arrangements and will build tot
Stella in the next thirty days
A short time ago Section Boss Al Jay of
Berlin and his assistant while endeavor
ing to get their handcar off the track in
front of the passenger train were a little
tardy and the car was wrecked and the
section hand somewhat bruised
The annual convention of the Nebraska
Lumber Dealers Association was held in
Omaha last week Between 15 J and 210-
delegates were in attendance Reports of
officers read showed the organization to bo
in a most satisfactory condition
Charles Huber son of John Iluber of
Columbus is dying at Oakland Cal with
consumption His father has been trying
to find hiM for several years and has ouly
recently located him aud that with the
sad intelligence that the could survive only
a short time
At a recent meeting of the Kearney city
council the city clerk was instructed to
have printed on the official ballois to be
used at the next election For Saloon
License and Against Saloon License
The request to have this done was made
through the Anti Saloon League
A telegram was received at Grand Island
from President Oxnard of the beet sugar
company dated at New York in which he
withdraws tho anti Hawaiian annexation
clause in contracts with beet raisers This
clause provided for a reduction of 50 per
cent per ton in case Hawaii was annexed
The Southeastern Nebraska Teachers
Association will meet in Peru the last of
3Iarch providing the dormitory is then
ready to relieve the crowded houses of
their oversunply of students The delay
now seems to be for the radiators but it is
hoped that the firm which has the contract
for putting in the steam heat will geta
move on it before long
An Ord young woman who leaches
school had considerable trouble with tome
cats They persisted in coming into the
school room gaining entrance through a -window
where a pane of glass was broken
out Finally she took a boys coat and
doubled it up and stuffed it in the window
but was directly surprised to see the cat
come crawling in through the coat sleeve
She thinks of quitting the school
An effoit will soon be made to resurrect1
the disbanded camp of Sons of Veterans at
Tekamah
The corn which has been stored at the
Lyons race track for two years past is
being shelled out
Mayor Hamilton of Albion has issued an
order to the chief of police to see that all
places of business are closed within the
city limits on Sunday
Stephen Gregory of Ord shot a fine
specimen of brown eagle last week and
had him in town for sale The bird meas
ured seven feet from tip to tip
Building operations promise to be fairly
activo in North Platte this season Several
new houses are already in sight and a
number of residents are figuring on addi
tions and repairs
A prairie fire near Alliance consumed a
quantity of hay and for a time threatened
to invade the town
Victor Kindblad of Oakland felt in a fit
and bit his tongue quite badlv Blood
poisoning set in and lie has since been in a
very bad condition his tongue swellin to
an enormous size and turning black and
green He may recover
3Iortgages filed and released inDixon
County during Febrnary Farm mort
gages 26 filed 2331025 33 released 1
City mortgages 5 filed 1481 V
released 218387 Chattel mortgages 173
filed p 183 55 U relesed 2l593
Sheriffs deeds m foreclosure two farms
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