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VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
HOMAGE TO HEROES
CONGRESS THANKS DEWEY AND
HIS MEN
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JBill Passed Authorising the Pres
ident to Promote the Commodore
to Kenr Admlralsbip Medals foi
all the Men and Sword for Dewey
j Congress Tenders Thanks
A special cabinet meeting was held
Monday morning to consider the situation
generally and a message to congress rec
ommending the lender of the thanks of
congress to Admiral Dewey It was sent
in shortly after congress opened Among
other things the President said The mag
nitude of tins victory can hardly be meas
ured by orflinary standards of naval war
fare outweighing any material advantage
in the moral efTect of this initial success
At this unsurpassed achievement the great
heart of our nation throbs not
with the boasting or greed of conquest
but with a deep gratitude that this
triumph has come in a just cause and
that by the grace of God an effective step
Jias thus been taken toward the attain
ment of the wished for peace Feeling as
our people feel speaking in their name I
at once sent a message to Commodore
Dewey thanking him and the officers and
men for their splendid achievement and
overwhelming victory and informing him
that 1 had appointed him acting admiral
I recommend following our national
precedents and expressing the gratitude o
every patriotic heart that the thanks 01
congress be given Acting Rear Admiral
George Dewey U S N for the highly
distinguished conduct in his conflict with
the enemy and to the officers and men of
his command for their gallantry in the de
struction of the enemys fleet and the cap
ture of the enemys fortifications in the
Lay of Manila
The house and senate passed appro
priate resolutions and a bill permitting
Dewey to be made a rear admiral The
senate also passed a resolution author
izing the president to present a sword to
Dewey and medals to officers and men
-under him at the battle of Manila It ap
propriates 10000 for the purpose
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BRYAN ON WAR ISSUES
Says Americans Should Lay Aside
j Politics and Support Meliinley
William J Bryan in an interview at
Teabody Kan said that he did not want
to talk about politics as questions of war
now overshadow questions of politics He
said that until the war is ended and vic
tory crowns the arms of America all the
people should forget politics and as one
man stand behind the government
at Washington and uphold and sus
tain il lie also expressed great
gratification that the president had
rated two former confederates to the high
rank of major general and regarded it as
a splendid means of emphasizing the fact
that the two sections are reunited When
we are not in trouble from foreign dom
ination he said then we will again pro
ceed in our own peculiar peaceful manner
to free our own beloved country from
foreign financial domination
SERIOUS RIOT IN SPAIN
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Fourteen Reported Killed and Sixty
Wounded at Linares
There was serious rioting at Linares
Spain Sunday A mob tore out the
windows of the town hall and threw
everything into the street The civil
guards charged them and drove them from
the building after firing several rounds
Some of the rioters were armed and re
turned the fire Fourteen are said to have
been killed and sixty wounded The
xioters captured the residence of the tax
collector by assault and demolished every
thing in sight They stole 2000 pesetas
and a box of jewels and tried to set fire to
the house
FITZ WILL FIGHT 0
Champion Accepts the Offer of Sic
Coy and Corbel t
Bob Filzsimmons has accepted Kid
McCoys offer of 1000 for a fight at mid
dleweight and Jim Corbetts offer of 25-
000 for a chance to regain the heavyweight
championship the fights to be before the
club offering the largest purse He will
insist upon a side bet of 10000 in each
ase Botii matches are to take place be
fore the end of September lie wants to
hel 2530 neither man will meet him
1 TO SUCCEED ROOSEVELT
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Massachusetts Man Named for As
sistant Secretary of the Navy
The president has nominated Charles
II Allen of Massachusefs to be assistant
jsecietary of the navy
Dispensary Law Ruling
The supreme com I of the United Stales
Jias rendered a decision that the South
Carolina state dispensary law is invalid as
to its inspection features but valid as to
the part regulating the sale of original
packages within the state
Caught by 170 Wheat
The C S Lee Grain Commission Com
pany of Kansas City has assigned caught
3iy the sudden rise in wheat The com
pany was formed in 1S9G with a capital of
52000
Injunction Denied the Sun
Judge Lacombe in the United Stales
circuit court has denied the motion of the
2few York Sun for a temporary injunction
pendente lite restraining the Associated
Press fiom prohibiting its newspapers
from buying or using the Sun service
j Cattle Moving North
Perry Roberts of Darango Colo have
shipped 030 cattle north via the Denver
and Rio Grande They will bo turned
loose on the range above Chama They
will ship 150 head more to that section in
-few weeks
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GREAT ARKANSAS FLOODS
Many Towns Submerged Feared
that Many Have Perished
A dispatch on May 9 says that the worst
flood known since 18H is devastating the
Arkansas valley Town s along the banks
of that stream are submerged while many
farm build ing3 are afloat One fourth of
the residence part of Van Buren is eight
feet under water Riverside and Babylon
two densely settled suburbs are under
water and several large residences have
fallen into the river Every - foot
of dry land is covered with house
hold goods Thousands of people
have been driven from their homes
The Missouri Kansas and Texas and Iron
Mountain systems are tied up in Indian
Territory Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars damage lias been done to plantations
in Crawford County A large lot of stock
has been drowned and it is feared that
when the water subsides it will be found
that the loss of life is greater than now
known The river was beginning to fall
Monday night
ATTACKS AMERICANS
Senor du Bosc Calls Us Border Ruf
fians in a Lecture at Toronto
Senor du Bosc late first secretary of the
Spanish legation at Washington lectured
to 2000 people at Toronto Ont the -other
evening on tho causes of the present war
Senor Polo and many prominent men wero
present The lecture was in aid of the
Ked Cross society work and was delivered
in a private character The senor made a
severe attack on the American people He
traced the history of the trouble reiterat
ing the Spanish arguments and spoke of
American senators as border ruffians
whose illiterate boorishness is only equaled
by their venality and ludicrously pompous
conceit He urged that American cupid
ity for conquest constituted a grave dan
ger to Europe Canada and Mexico
and concluded by comparing the queen
regent of Spain with tho bloated poli
ticians whose countenances depict the
lust that is in their hearts
VAN WYCK MAY STEP OUT
Rumor that Greater New Yorks
Mayor Will Resign
Mayor Robert A Van Wyck of New
York is tired of his office To a personal
friend in talking about it he said
No I dont enjoy the position at all
and I shall be glad when I am relieved of
it
It is not the first time that he lias made
this statement and it is probably due to
this fact that the rumors have spread that
he intends resigning
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY
Two New Orleans Policemen and a
Robber Are the Victims
Corporal Anthony Cleary of New
Orleans was shot and killed by Dennis
Burrell a negro whom he had arrested
for robbery The police and mob chased
the murderer and finally surrounded him
ne made a fight and shot and killed Offi
cer Trim p The murderer was finally
brought down His body was riddled
with bullets
After ihe Tax Dodgers
The board of supervisors at Quincy 111
passed a resolution directing all assessors
to follow strictly th3 letter of the revenue
law and compel holders of taxable prop
erty to fill out schedules in ink and swear
to the same The resolution further
directs the assessor to swear any and all
persons in cases where they may have
knowledge of property which is evading
taxation and to take the names of such
witnesses together with their testimony
which shall be returned with the sched
ules A committee of three is provided
for prosecuting assessors or citizens who
evade the law
Patriotic Playhouse Scene
Mrs McKiuley and a party of friends
occupied two of the lower boxes at the
National Theatre in Washington the other
evening to witness John Drews presenta
tion of One Summers Day A pretty
incident occurred in the intermission be
tween the second and third acts when the
orchestra played The Star Spangled
Banner The distinguished party and
the entire audience arose and remained
standing dining the rendition of the
patriotic air
Austrian Thief Is Captured
The steamer Fuldas passenger who
shipped as Edward Gruen and who is
really Baron Unterrichter confessed to
the immigration authorities at New York
that he stoic the G7000 florins of which
theft he was accused and for which he has
been detained The prisoner says he is
the son of a Jewish rabbi and that he was
sent to an agricultural college in the
Austrian Tyrol ne ran away and went
to an aunt in Enterbachen in the Tyrol
Bandits on an Electric Car
Two highwaymen boarded a Chicago
street car which was standing at Thirty
ninth and Morgan Streets and after intim
idating the conductor Joseph Dooley and
Harry Pfeiffor the motorman robbed the
conductor of 33 and his watch After
the robbers left the trainmen notified the
police giving a good description of the
footpads
Rubber Goods Firm Fails
The W H H Peck Company of Cleve
land founded in 1867 and for a number of
years a heavy rubber goods and leather
belling concern has made an assignment
The assignee is Spencer B Driffield the
secretary and treasurer of the company
The company hopes to adjust matters and
resume business
Old Railroad Man Insane
Thomas B Twombly of Chicago who
for twenty eight years was superintend
ent of motive power of the Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad has been ad
judged insane An order was made for
the appointment of a conservator in his
estate valued at 15030
Egyptian Prince Shot
Prince Ahmed Safeddin cousin of the
khedive shot his uncle Prince Ahmed
Euad in the reading room of the Khedi veal
club at Cairo Egypt Prince Fuad re
ceived three bullets in the back He is
believed to be dying Safeddin was ar
rested
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BAD WRECK IN OHIO
ONE MAN KILLED AND THREE
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The Engine Takes Three Cars With
It Over a Steep Embankment
Fifty Houses Destroyed by Fire
in Duluth Other Items
Bad Wreck in Ohio
By the turning of a switch at Columbus
Ohio Sunday an excursion train from the
Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago road
over the Cleveland Akron and Columbus
road into the city was wrecked Three
cars were demolished one man Rizen
Fry of Louisville Ohio killed and three
others injured The train was running as
the second section of the regular pas
enger train and had seventeen cars
packed to the guards As it crossed
tho switch at Chase Street the en
gine forced the switch and under
the next car the frog gave way the tracks
spreading and the next instant there was
an awful crash followed by the shrieks of
frightened and imprisoned passengers
As the engine left the track she plowed
down a steep embankment and turned
over in a ditch With her went three of
the cars that were completely destroyed
When the concussion came Rizen Fry the
dead man was standing on the back plat
form of the first car His head was pinned
between two cars by the blow and he was
crushed to death Several others were
slightly hurt but no one seriously injured
TAKE GOOD CARE O SOLDIERS
Government Will Bring North Those
Who Get Sick
One of the provisions for active cam
paigning in Cuba will be a hospital ship
to ply between the army in Cuba and Port
Tampa The purpose is to transport the
wounded and tho sick directly from Cuba
to hospitals in the north or perhaps in the
mountain regions of the Caroliuas The
government will charter a train to
run northward from Tampa carry
ing patients brought over on
the hospital ship The train will be fitted
up for this especial service Day coaches
will be emptied of the seats and equipped
with cots Pullman cars will be attached
for surgeons and nurses Twenty four
hours and less on the cars will transfer the
sufferers fiom Cuba to the mountain hos
pitals in the healthiest part of the United
States It is thought that by such an ar
rangement the dangers of the Cuban cam
paign may he mitigated
FIFTY HOUSES DESTROYED
Several Hundred People Are Made
Homeless in Duluth
Fifty frame buildings on Minnesota
point just above the ship canal at Du
luth Minn were burned Sunday after
noon An hour after the fire started sev
eral hundred people were homeless The
fire took twelve frame store buildings
fronting on lower Lake avenue and swept
from there back to the lake shore The dis
trict was populated by the poorest people
in the city Many of the upper paits of
the two and three story sore buildings
were occupied as tenements There are
no particularly large individual losses
The total is thought to be over 103000
Among the sufferers were fifty families of
Jews members of a colony who were at a
mass meeting praying for the success of
the Ameiican army in the war with Spain
There were many narrow escapes from
death but it is believed that everybody
was rescued
California Shipments
Bobson Bros of Santa Barbara Cal
are shipping 22003 head of Cattle to New
Mexico They have already shipped fifty
double deck cars to Nevada This firm is
also preparing to ship 2C03 head of steers
to Texas from its Santa Barbara ranges
being all it could collect out of 10000 head
that would bear shipment Towers
Smarlh are preparing to ship 12000 head
of cattle recently purchased there to
Lamar Col
Abandon a Texas Colony
Twenty five families of Mcnnonites of
Harvey and Marlon counties Kansas
have returned from a Texas colony and
will make their homes in Kansas in the
future The Mcnnonites grew dissatisfied
last year and joined a colony of their sect
near Fort Worth They say rainy weather
and soil tinctured with alkali rendered
their land unprofitable
Father Sherman Enters the Army
The son of the lato William T Sherman
Rev Thomas Sherman has been appointed
chaplain of the Fourth regiment Missouri
National Guard Father Sherman says he
considers it his duly to serve his country
ne is familiar with camp life having
spent considerable time with his father
during the last war
Accepts Miss Goulds Gift
The president has accepted the gift of
Miss Helen Gould of New York to the
government of 100000 for war purposes
and her check for that amount has been
received at the treasury department
Cannibalism in New Guinea
A terrible story of cannibalism is re
ported from New Guinea Fourteen
escaped piisoners from Manamana at
tacked a friendly village killing and eat
ing eighteen men
Killed by Coal Gas
n N Martin and his wife were killed
in their home at Watertown N Y by
breathing escaping coal gas Five other
people narrowly escaped
Correspondent Put in Prison
Otwih Boyer said to be an Englishman
has been imprisoned at Crdiz for attempt
ing to telegraph details of movements of
Spanish warships
Edna Wallace Hopper Is Divorced
Edna Wallace nopper has been granted
a divorce from her husband DeWolf Hop
per by Judge Hebbard at San Francisco
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Boosts American Securities
The news from Manila caused a jump
upward of American securities on the
London stock exchange
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JEFFRIES WHIPS SHARKEY
The Sailor Pugilist Meets His Match
in the Big Californlan
Thomas J Sharkey the sailor pugilist
and James J Jeffries admittedly the lead
ing heavyweight pugilist actually in fight
ing harness today met before the National
Athletic Club in San Francisco Friday
night to settle the question of supremacy
The betting on the result had remained
alinost uniformat 10 to 8 with the big Cal
ifornian favorite The preliminary boat
between Jack Stelzer and Henry
Baker was called at 980 p m
Referee Agnew stopped the preliminary
fight in the fifth round and awarded the
decision to Baker on a foul Stelzer
chased the referee out of the ring and
went at Baker again but the police jumped
into the ring and sent the men to their
dressing rooms The fighting was about
even At this juncture Jeffries and
Sharkey made their appearance The
fight lasted twenty rounds and the decis
ion was given to Jeffries amid great enthusiasm-
Sharkey got the worst of it all
through in spite of his fouling proclivities
Jeffries failed to knock him out however
WOOL GROWERS CONCERNED
Fear a Conspiracy to Absorb the
Clip at Cut Throat Prices
Generally the vicinity of Fort Steele
Wyo has at this season of the year from
twenty to thirty actual wool buyers and a
corresponding number of railroad ship
ping solicitors This year there are no out
right wool buyers and practically no so
licitors for railroad shipments Two Bos
ton agents are offering to advance 5 cents
per pound on wool consignments the con
signer to take his chances on the market
with a drawback in favor of the consignee
in case the ultimate selling price realized
does not reach the original 5cent figure
In this connection Robert Jones a leading
sheepman of that section says The sit
uation to my mind means two things
first that practically no Wyoming wool
will he sold this season on a current mar
ket and second that a gigantic conspir
acy has been formed by eastern capital for
the eventual absorption of the western wool
clip at cut throat prices
TO HUNT FOR NORTH POLE
Walter Wellman Will Start from
New York this Week
Walter Wellman will start this week
from New York on another expedition in
an endeavor to reach the north pole He
hopes also to determine the fate of Andree
who has not been heard from since two
days after he stepped into his balloon
June 1 he is to meet at Tomsos Norway
Lieut E B Baldwin of the United States
weather bureau who served as meteor
ologist on the last Peary expedition Prof
James n Gor of Columbia University
Washington D C and Dr Edward Hot
mail of Grand Haven Mich physician and
zoologist The party well equipped with
a crew dogs sledges provisions and
scientific instruments will sail for the
aiclic regions June 20 on the ice steamer
Fritjof
Rain Helps Oklahoma Crops
The heavy rains throughout Oklahoma
have put growing crops in the best pos
sible condition Wheat was already in a
flourishing condition Oats however
have not recovered from the effects of
freezing but the late rains are advancing
this crop rapidly
Missouri Soldiers Home Inquiry
The Missouri Soldiers Home trustees
held a short business session at St Joseph
Much routine business was transacted and
some friction occurred in regard to the ex
penditures The 23th inst charges will b
preferred against the management
Minister Woodford Arrives
Gen Stewart L Woodford arrived in
New York Sunday and left for Washing
ton during the afternoon La Touraine
also had on board a number of the attaches
of the United States legation at Madrid
Thomas Lynch
Ex Congressman Thomas Lynch diced
suddenly at Antigo Wis He was a mem
ber of congress from the Ninth district
from 1S90 to 1891
Many Ballots for a Candidate
J D Bowersock of Lawrence Kan
was nominated on the 335th ballot as Re
publican nominee for congress in the Sec
ond district
HIE3LET liOQTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 550 hogs shipping grades
o00 to 425 sheep fair to choice 250
to -175 wheat No 2 red f29 to 131
corn No 2 33c to 34c oats No 2 30c
to 31c rye No 2 U4c to GGc butter
choice creamery 15c to 17c eggs fresh
10c to lie potatoes common to choice
GOc to 85c per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 300 to 450
wheat No 2 105 to 107 corn No 2
white 34c to 35c oats No 2 white 32c
to 33c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hoss
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 475
whrat No 2 118 to 119 corn No 2
yellow 32c to 33c oats No 2 31c to 33c
rye No 2 02c to G3c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hops
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 red 109 to 111 corn No
2 mixed 3Gc to 3Sc oats No 2 mixed 31c
to 33c rye No 2 G7c to GOc
Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
325 to 400 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 119 to 121 coin No 2
yoliow 35c to 37c oats No 2 white 32c
to 33c rye 02c to G4c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 117 to
llS r corn No 2 mixed 34c to 35c oats
No 2 white 29c to 31c rye No 2 Glc to
G3c clover seed 310 to 315
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 112
to 114 corn No 3 35c to 3Gc oats No
2 white 31c to 33c rye No 1 GOc to 02c
barlev No 2 47c to 52c pork mess
1075 to 1125
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 red 119 to 121 corn No
2 yellow 39c to 40c oats No 2 white
35c to 37c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 125 to 12G corn No
2 40c to 41c oats No 2 white 37c to
38c hutter creamery 15c to 18c eggs
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DEIJSED FORM
Rejoicing nt Camp Saunders Over
the Great Naval Battle Upon Com
pletion of Muster the Guard Will
Be Taken to Fort Omaha
Camp Saunders
- There was great rejoicing at camp Saun
ders Lincoln when the news of the naval
battle was brought in and a number ex
press themselves as believing that the war
will end in a few days The camp was
agitated by numerous conflicting rumors
regarding the move to Omaha The story
had gained circulation that the point of
rendezvous had been changed and that the
troop3 would remain at Lincoln to be
mustered in Another story was to the
effect that the boys would he kept at Camp
Saunders for a few days awaiting the pro
gress of the war with the idea on the part
of the war department that hostilities
would soon cease and that the companies
could be sent home The news that
the troops were not lo go to Omaha
at once first came from a telegram sent by
Brad Slaughter manager of the Lincoln
street railway who had gone to Washing
ton to labor with Meiklejohn in favor of
Lincoln His telegram was
Troops ordered to be mustered by army
officers at Lincoln according to the request
of Gov llolcomb This will consume not
less than seven days Upon completion
of muster the guard will be taken im
mediately to Fort Omaha for rendezvous
unless ordered to the front for service
No official news was received at head
quarteisof any change and the prepara
tions for the move went right along Mon
day afternoon Lieutenant Stolsenberg
received a telegram from Quartermaster
Jones of Omaha canceling the order for
cars over the Missouri Pacific and saying
Have arranged for transportation over
the B M First train will be ready to
move at noon tomorrow
This indicated not only that no change
had been made in the plan to concentrate
the troops at Omaha but it also indicated
that the government had taken the matter
of transportation in charge and had made
a contract with the B M
REPORT FAVORS BROATCH
Referee Clements Hands in His
Findings to Supreme Court
Referee Clements has filed his report in
the case of Broatch against Moores in the
office of the clerk of the supreme court
The ducument is a very lengthy one
going into the testimony quite extensively
It sustains Broatch on every point The
report was taken to Omaha by the attor
neys who will examine it and it will be
presented to the supreme court in the near
future when it will be open to motions on
the part of the attorneys There were
fifty one findings in the deck ion and
fifteen or twenty conclusions of law
but the principal findings are that at
fifteen different times Moores leportcd
sums to the county commissioners as costs
but neglected to report fines That keep
ing money in his individual name instead
of in his name as clerk and checking out
this money to pay InHp and other office ex
penses was appropriation of public funds
That he willfully and knowingly unap
propriated public money which he should
have kept separate fiom his personal ac
count That at the time of his election he
had money in his hands which he had mis
appropriated lo the amount of 1JJ0 and
hat the payment of l81SS3 on May
1857 did not exonerate him nor make him
sliglule to otlice at the time of his election
Sheep nnd Cattle Men May Clash
Tart es from near Callaway are holding
1000 head of cattle north of the rver
and expect to take them down the Dismal
Itiver as soon as the grass is long enough
to lc sure of good feed The Dismal lliver
country will be overrun with stock this
season It is reported that parties from
the west arc bringing some 0030 hea I to
summer there while 4700 sheep were un
loaded at Dunning last week to be grazed
on the same range and it is possible there
may be a war between these two factions
as it is well known that sheep will drive
cattle off the range and the cattle men will
hardly stand it without a struggle as they
have always enjoyed the use of the Dismal
range and will scarcely give it up without
a protest
Damage by Cyclone
The cyclone which recently spent its
force at Decatur did more damage than
was at first apparent The news has just
come in from the reservation that two or
three houses were scattered over the
prairie several horses and a number of
cattle and hogs killed Horseless wagons
and buggies were seen going up one hill
and down another with a rapidity which
eventually resulted in their destruction
One old man an Indian was seriously in
jured The sides of the house were biown
away and the roof fell down on him
Sustains a Serious Accident
Dr A L Muhhcad of Winside while
returning fiom isiting a patient in the
country met with a somewhat serious ac
cident The neckyoke of his carriage be
came detatched in some way and his team
a very lively pair of horses became fright
ened and ran away throwing the doctor
out of the carriage and giving him a badly
strained set of muscles and otherwise
jarring him The team ran until stopped
by a barbed wire fence
Cured by Faith
She Salvationists of Decatur are highly
elated over what they believe to be a mir
acle of the Lord Mrs Cod way a woman
with a palsied arm and limb was brought
to town and prayers by the members for
the intercession of the Lord in her behalf
weri offered up lust before the meeting
closed the woman arose and clapping her
hands and dancing for joy declared she
was cuied
Guardsman Deserts
AHie Babcoek one cf the recent re
el uits who joined Company A at York at
the time it left for Lincoln grew tired of
life in camp and deserted He has not
been found yet He lives near Lushton
Rodgers Appointment Pleases
Col John I Roilgers who was appointed
a brigadier general is a brother of Capt
A if Koigers of Wymore Col Hodgers
is well known in Wymore an I the news
that ho had been made a brigadier gen
eral was enthusiastically received by his
many friends
Enlist in South Dakota
Twelve young men of Niobrara failing
to get a chance to enlist in a Nebraska
regiment have gone to SoutlrDakota and
have been accepted in tli2 companies form
ed at Yankton
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KANSAS WINS JOINT DEBATE
Defeats University of Nebraska im
the Latters Home
The fourth annual debate between the
Universities of Kansas and Nebraska took
place In Lincoln last week Kansas
through its representatives J B Cheadle
W A Layton and Pearl Decker produced
an argument on the affirmative of the
question Resolved That the EnglisEr
cabinet system is superior to the American
congressional system of the government
Nebraskas champions were E F
Warner C E Matsoa and E B Perry
who took the negative side of the question
The judges Jacob Sims J C Hisey and
Victor E Bender all prominent citizens of
Council Bluffs gave a unanimous decision
In favor of the affirmative The number
of points stood 831 to 636 Kansas has
now won three of the four debates with
the University of Nebraska
Row Amongr Tramps
During a row between a number of
tramps at Grand Island James Dugm was
shot in the back the bullet coming out of his
breast The man was at once taken to the
St Francis hospital and will recover
The tramps had been atound Legging and
had consumed two kegs of beer The en
tire gang was later arrested though
two of the men had to be severely clubbed
before the became obedient enough to
submit Officer Gorman in taking four ofc
the men to the station was attacked by
hiee of them but landed all his men
safelj
Suicide at Ashton
W A Wilson postmaster at Ashton
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head Ten minutes before ho
walked across the street and purchased a
new 3S caliber revolver and a box ofcar
tridges Ho went back to the postoflico
and sat down on a table behind the boxes
put one load in the revolver and shot him
self through the head The ball entered
the right ear and came out about an inch
above the left He formerly occupied the
position of county treasurer
First Blood in Nebraska
A man in state militia uniform wr
found desperately wounded and probably
dying by the railroad tracks several miles
from Lincoln the other day He was
idenliiied as Calvin Hopper a private in
Company 1 He fell frOm a moving train
at DeWitt and received two baa wounds
on the head lie has tried to secure leave
of absence but failed He left camp with
out leave and was not heard from again
until ho was brought back and placed in
the hospital
Hoboes Hounded Up
Marshal Acton rounded up about fifteen
hoboes in the B M freight yards at
Wymore and managed to arrest eleven of
them several making good thir escape
They had been making the yards their
headquarters and It is -thought they are
responsible for most of the petty thieving
that has been going on in Wymore with
alarming regularity for some time
On Board the Oregon
Tli3 whereabouts and movements of ther
battleship Oregon excite more than usual
interest among the people of York County
Luther Overstreet a graduate of the An
apolis Naval Academy and Jieulenant on
board this ship is from Arborville Of
late his parents and friends have been
somewhat solicitous regarding the welfare
of the big vessel but assurances from
Washing on have ease I their anxiety
Otoe County Mortgage Hecord
The record of real estate imntgnj oiur
Otoe County tttirina tha month of April
shows a gratifying decrease Forty three
mortgages on city and farm property were
filed amounting to S43209 The re
leases numbered forty oneand aggregated
7115746 This county is making a record
in the reduction of mortgage indebted
ness
Thirty Days in Jail
Charles Wilson the eratic would be db
teclivc pleaded guilty to a charge of false
imprisonment at York and got thirty days
in jail Wilson held up several promi
nent York County farmers some months
ago representing himself as a detective
causing considerable trouble as a result
Nebraska Short Notes
Leigh is to have a cream 2ry in the near
futute
Kushvile has abandoned for the prescnt
the idea of building a creamery
Messrs Stuatt and Burnham of Madison
contemplate opening a second bank in
Ncligh
Utica is of the opinion that it has a first
class ball team with the exception of a
pitcher and is on the lookout for one
Win White a Bayard boy had one han
almost shot away while out hunting He
had his hand over the muzzle of the gun
when it was accidentally discharged
WliHe on his recent western trip C J
Anderson of Neligh purchased a iierd of
5000 cattle in Nevada This herd is com
posed largely of young Hereford and
Shorthorn stock and is considered as avc1
bred as any herd in the country of similar
size They will be held in Nevada untilE
June when they will be shipped east a
large proportion being grass fed until fall
in Cherry County
Corn planting is in progress in the vicin
ity of Ithaca
Most of the fanners in Saline County are
ready to plant corn
Wheat in the vicinity of West Point is
now about three inches high
Ithacas Nasby has enlisted and the office
is now in the hands of his assistant
Plainview is talking of having a Grand
Army of the Republic reunion in July
Tiie city dads of Hebron have de
clared war on gambling in that town
Postmaster Diersof Crowell has resignel
his position and departed for Ahskan
gold fields
There is a big demand for western hay
at North Platte but there is very little for
sale It is worth 5553 per ton on the
track
A case of attempted kidnaping created
considerable excitement at Wj more the
other day The court will now settle the
matter
The board of public lands and
the Hastings asylum last veek
ami expressed themselves as being welli
satisfied with the conditions there
Hastings will have a new band The
old one has gone lo the front with the
Second Regiment
The building committee on the proposed
Presbyterian Church at Wayne held a
meeting and among themselves made up
what was Licking to raise the 5000 with
which to build which will be commenced
at once
An Oakland man nam3d James Buse
has been arrested on the charge of horse
stealing The warrant has been in the
officers hands for a year and the piisoner
has never been out of the count but for
some unknown reason he had- not becn
arrested before
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