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ELECTRIC FLASHES
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD
f A BOLD LONE ROBBER
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HOLDS UP A TRAIN ON THE
BURLINGTON ROAD
Pushing a PiisscngjetnjnFront of
Him the Highwayman Goes
Through tho Train Getting Sevcr
al Hundred Dollars
St Joseph Mo A lone robber wearing
a false face with a black mustache painted
on his mask held up the south bound Kan
sas City St Joe and Council Bluffs train
four miles south of Hamburg Iowa at 180
a m March 23 The train was in charge
of Conductor Billy McGee Flagman
Moore was first accosted by the robber at
the rear end of the train Using Moore as
a shield the robber went through the
sleeper and chair car getting 200 in cash
and a gold watch He pulled the bell cord
and when the train slowed down jumped
off and escaped in the darkness The rob
bery was reported at the Burlington gen
eral offices here from London the first sta
tion south of Hamburg
President Burt of the Union Pacific road
who was in the sleeper was relieved of 70
and a gold watch No effort was made by
the highwayman to rob the trainmen N
J Peterson a traveling man of Hew Brit
ain Conn was relieved of 150 and a
traveling man from Baltimore named I
Ottenheimer refuses to say how much was
taken from him B B Lee a New York
-commercial traveler saved 100 by empty
ing his pockc6 book on the floor of the car
and handing the robber an empty purse
which he placed in his pocket withoutex
amination The robber also secured all oi
President Burts railroad passes about
vifty in number
SLAYER GIVES HIMSELF UP
Chicago Murderer Who Killed Vic
tim -with a Rifle Surrenders
Chicago Im the man who is wanted
for theimurder of Bob the barber an
nounced a slender man at the Maxwell po
lice station just forty eight hours after
Robert W Gilchrist was shot down in his
shop at 1701 Twenty second Street by a
stranger who used a rifle to accomplish
the deed The young map gave his name
as Lawrence Walch 1048 Trumbull
avenue and said he killed the barber de
leberately because of a wrong which he
believed he had suffered at Gilchrists
hands
Pour Lawndae men have reason to bo
thankful they did not come in the path of
the murderer for he says there were live
men implicated in the wrong he suffered
and he was determined to kill all of them
What these men had done to merit this
severe punishment the self accused mur
derer refused to tell the police
Walch is the son of Mrs Emma Walch
a widow and has a younger brother
Thomas The police believe the prisoners
hatred of the barber is due to trouble the
latter had with Thomas Some time ago
the barbers shop was robbed and among
those arrested and questioned by the police
on account of tlie burglary was youug
Walch The police are inclined to the
theory that his arrest though it resulted in
the discharge of the boy within an hour is
the trouble to which the prisoner referred
IS FOR A TARIFF
Senate Republican Caucus Declares
for House Porto JRican Bill
Washington The Republican caucus
committee of the senate authorized Senator
oraker inkifuxitelfernis to propose the
separation or the Tariff feature from the
Porto Rican government bill and attempt
to pass the housetariif bill without amend
ment The programme is to vote down
all amendments if possible and pass the
bill as it came from the house without any
changes whatever The -element in the
Republican ranks in favor of free trade
with Porlo Ilico decided at a conference to
oppose any action lodking to an early vote
and asks further time in case the question
should come up
The senate on the 23d inst adopted the
conference report on the Porto Bican bill
by a vote of 35 to 15 practically a strict
party expression No Democrat voted for
the report but Senator Stewart of Nevada
voted with the Republicans
Quarantine Against American Ships
Ottawa Ont In reply to a question put
by Lieut Col Prior Mr Pisher minister
of agriculture stated that there were no
cases of bubonic plague in British Colum
bia but there were in Port Townsend
Wash and therefore the Dominion gov
ernment was quarantining American ves
sels as well as vessels from the Orient
American Girl Is Not So Easy
Naples A thief attempted to rob two
American women Mrs and Miss Burgess
of Boston who were leaving a shop He
grabbed the purse of Miss Burgess where
upon she seized him by the throat threw
him to the ground recovered her property
and then calmly requested him to be off
People or Jamaica Dissatisfied
Kingston Jamaica The executive
council composed of government nomi
nees passed a law through the council ap
propriating over 3500000 to cover the ex
penses of the governm t during the cur
rent year The people are bitterly dis
satisfied
Boy Defends His Mother
Chicago George Finch a day laborer
living in Austin a suburb of Chicago was
shot and instantly killed by his 16-year-old
son Albert The elder Pinch was in
toxicated and was making a murderous
attack upon his wife
Tallow Dick Not Hiding
Lexington Ky A special from
ville says that Tallow Dick Combs who
has been mentioned as the man who shot
Gocbel is npt hiding but is conducting
tils bather shop there
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A CLASH IS FEARED
Again Danger of Bloodshed in Ken
tuckys Capital
Frankfort Ky A large consignment
ot guns and ammunition was received
here March 22 and stored in buildings ad
jacent to the jail where the suspects
Powers Davis Whittaker and Cnlton are
confined This action was ordered the day
before when it was said armed bodies of
men from the mountain counties might
come here to the preliminary trials The
rumors were accompanied by hints that an
attempt might be made to rescue the pris
oners Beckham issued orders to the
various companies of the state guard to re
port here Thursday for the purpose of pro
tecting the court house and jail during the
examining trials Assistant Adjt Gen
Murray is in Lexington and is said to have
carried the orders to Capt Longmires
company Longraire and his men recog
nize Beckham as governor
Beckhams orders were issued secretly
after a conference with Adjt Gen Castle
man and it is not known Whether Taylor
will order the soldiers to go to the court
house also If he should take similar ac
tion a clash is feared
A telegram to a local paper dated from
a town in the mountains says many
friends of Bowers and Culton who are
from that section are organizing to come
here to attend the trial
An authorized statement on behalf of
Col David G Colson was given out Thurs
day morning which stated he knows
nothing of the alleged confession of Ser
geant F W Golden or Berry Howard He
claimed Colson had been talking secretly
with the prosecution and had been instru
mental in securing information from
Berry Howard who is a close friend
JOIN IN THE STRIKE
Cleveland Machinists Ijay Down
Tools and Walk Out
Cleveland Ohio After voting for over
four hours in secret session at Germania
Hall 1500 machinist1 of Cleveland both
union and non union unanimously de
clared a strike to go into effect March 22
The strike affects about fifty five machine
shops ana factories The result of the de
cisive ballot was received with cheers
President OConnell said that now it
looked as though Cleveland would be the
stamping ground of one of the biggest
strikes inaugurated in the United States
It is stated about 2000 men are out in
cluding union and non union men
Should tho strike continue a few days
several thousand additional men in other
trades dependent upon the machinists will
become idle The strikers declare they
will remain out until the demanded nine
hour day with ten hours pay is
granted by their employeis
OConnell of the International Machin
ists Union says If a nine hour day is
not granted by the employers of machin
ists throughout the country by April 1
there will be a general strike involving
200000 machinists and not a wheel will be
turned until that concession is made
PRICE ON ROBBERS HEADS
Kansas City Kan Chief of Police
Offers Bounty of 25
Kansas Citjr Mo R J McFarland
chief of the Kansas City Kan police de
partment has hung up a bounty for the
bodies of all highwaymen killed in that
city while in the act of committing rob
bery or directly after The price that the
chief promises to give for the body of each
highwayman the money to be paid out of
his salary is 25 The reward is open to
members of the police force as well as any
citizen There have recently been many
highway robberies on the Kansas side of
the river
NETHERLANDS SAYS NO
Is Unable to Comply with the Ap
peal of the Boer President
The Hague After deliberation the gov
ernment dispatched the reply to Presi
dents Steyn and Kruger regretting it is
unable to comply with their request for
intervention in the South African war
after the formal declaration of the British
government that intervention would not
be accepted It is added however that
the government of the Netherlands is
ready to support steps tending to a restor
ation of peace
Beer Will Recall His Death
Milwaukee Wis Two kegs of beer are
to be drunk annually to the members of
Gottfried Inden according to a provision
of his will He was a wealthy and ec
centric resident of Wauwatosa who died
some time ago and relatives are now
asking the courts to construe his last will
and testament According to the will a
sum not to be under 4000 was set aside
for the Deutsche Order der Harugari for
the purpose of building them a meeting
house and in addition to keeping
the testators grave green and reading the
will at their annual meeting they are to
drink two kegs of beer at his expense
An American Dreyfus Case
Chicago Theophile and Gastive Drey
fus brothers said to have been formerly
in the wholesale tobacco business in New
York and to be under indictment there on
the charge of defrauding their creditors
out of 50000 in a failure have been ar
rested in Chicago Since they left New
York last October they have been travel
ing as commercial salesmen
Gas Explosion Wrecks House
Marion Ind The home of Henry Els
roth was completely destroyed by an ex
plosion of natural gas March 21 Mr and
Mrs Elsroth their son M years old and
Samuel D Payne were injured Two
were fatally hurt The family was asleep
when the explosion occurred
Jjcary Is Coming Home
Washington Lieutenant Commander
Seaton Schroder secretary of the naval in
spection board has been selected to suc
ceed Capt Leary as naval governor of the
island of Guam Leary is coming home at
his own request
Thomas Dines Crown Prince
Stockholm William W Thomas the
United States minister and Mrs Thomas
gave a dinner March 21 at the United
States legation with the crown prince of
Sweden as the guest of honor
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CHINESE ARRESTED
San Francisco Police Will Try Hard
to Convict Highbinders
San Francisco Cal The police made a
raid on the Chinese highbinders March 21
and arrested six of the most notorious
members of the Suey Sing Tong Each of
tho men in custody is accused of at least
one murder and several are suspected of
having assassinated two of the members of
the rival Tongs The supposed leader of I
the gang is Su Ho Mun who is charged
with two murders He reached for his re
volver when the officers attempted to ar
rest him but was quickly djsarmed
Other arrests will follow and efforts will
be made to convict the highbinders of
the crimes charged against them though
the police admit evidence will be hard to
secure
BULLETS MISS MARK
Attempt to Assassinate French Jur
ist by a Disappointed Man
Paris In the palace of justice March 21
an attempt was made to murder the pre
siding judge of the fifth court by a druggist
named Bardin who had just lost a suit
The judges had just taken their seats and
the counsel in another case had begun his
speech whe Bardin aimed a revolver and
fired three shots at the judge who had a
narrow escape the bullets grazing his
head Municipal guards threw themselves
on Bardin and removed him to a cell
while the judge with perfect coolness said
to the counsel You can continue Maitre
it is nothing
THIRTY PERSONS HURT
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Freight Elevator Falls in a Chicago
Printing Establishment
Chicago Thirty persons were injured
March 21 by the falling of a freight ele
vator in the rear of the building at 126
Market Street where the victims of the
accident were employed by the Blakely
Printing Company It is thought none of
the injured will die although several are
badly hurt
Mrs Langtry Scared Away
Cleveland Ohio As a result of the
movement recently inaugurated in this
city against the presentation of certain
plays the engagement of Mrs Langtry
who was billed to open at- the Euclid
Avenue opera house on April 2 in uThe
Degenerates has been cancelled The
police authorities several days ago an
nounced that the sensor would be present
at the first performance of The Degener
ates with full authority to order the cur
tain rung down should anything objec
tionable be said or done on the stage
Sensational Charges
Indianapolis Ind Gen Lew Wallace
has written an open letter charging that
the administration is attempting to make
colonies of Porto Rico and the Philippines
to be governed by the president as a colo
nial empire and Gen Wallace proposes a
constitutional amendment forbidding ju
risdiction or sovereignty over any island
territory or country now foreign except
the consent of the people of the United
States first be had
Schemer Fined
Chicago Richard Oliver a broker
pleaded guilty in the United States district
court to the charge of having used the
mails to defraud country people by means
of a so called get-rich-quick scheme
Judge Kohlsaat imposed a fine of 1000
and ordered the defendant to refund mon
ey amounting to nearly 5000 which he
has received from his victims
Suicide of a Judge
Belleville 111 Judge C D Hausemann
committed suicide here by taking morphine
He was a county official for twenty seven
years and died poor despite the fact that
during the civil war he made 200000 sell
ing goods to sutlers in the army Family
troubles caused his suicide
Conditional College Gift
Wellesley Mass President Caroline
Hazard at the close of the chapel service
at the Wellesley College March 21 an
nounced that John D Rockefeller had
promisd to give Wellesley 100000 when
the college debt shall have been raised
The debt is about 90000
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle common to prime
350475 hoss i85490 sheep
4fl0700 wheat 54c corn 2528c oats
1820c butter dairy 1820 creamery
2224
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 600 hogs shipping grades
300 to 525 sheep fair to choice 300
to 600 wheat No 2 red 65c to 07c
corn No 2 37c to 38c oats No 2 24c
to 25c rye No 2 54c to 50c butter
choice creamery 23c to 25c eggs fresh
14c to 15c potatoes choice 30c to 45c
per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
000 hogs choice light 300 to 525
sheep common to prime 300 to 525
wheat No 2 71c to 72c corn No 2
white 3Gc to 38c oats No 2 white
27c to 29c
St Louis Cattle 325 to 000 hogs
300 to 525 sheep 300 to 000
wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2
yellow 30c to 38c oats No 2 26c to
28c rye No 2 55c to 50c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 600 hogs
300 to 525 sheep 250 to 025
wheat No 2 73c to 74c corn No 2
mixed 39c to 40c oats No 2 mixed 25c
to 27c rye No 2 61c to 63c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 600 hogs
300 to 525 sheep 300 to 550
wheat No 2 to 73c corn No 2
yellow 3Sc to 40c oats No 2 white 27c
to 29c rye 58c to 60c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 72c to
73c corn No 2 mixed 37c to 38c oats
No 2 mixed 24c to 25c rye No 2 57c
to 59c clover seed old 495 to 505
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern
65c to 67c corn No 3 36c to 38c oats
No 2 white 26c to 27c rye No 1 57c
to 58c barley No 2 42c to 44c pork
mess 1125 to 1175
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
300 to 600 hogs common to choice
325 to 550 sheep fair to choice 300
to 650 lambs common to extra 450
to 775
New York Cattle 325 to 600 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 625
wheat No 2 red 79c to 81c corn No 2
44c to 45c oats No 2 white 31c to 33c
butter creamery 20c to 26c eggs west
ern 19c to 21c
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STATE 01 NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
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Jury Condemns Frank D Dinsmore
Murderer of Laue to Suffer the
Death Penalty Verdict Gives Gen
eral Satisfaction
The jury in the Dinsmore murder case at
Lexington on March 17 returned a verdict
of guilty in the first degree condemning
the prisoner to the galrows The foreman
presented the verdict as follows
We the jury duly sworn and impan
neled in the above entitled case do find the
defendant Frank L Dinsmore guilty as
charged in the information of murder in
the first degree and we do further find that
said defendant shall suffer death for said
offense I A McNeai Foreman
The attorneys for the defense at once
filed a motion for a new trial The pris
oner heard his fate in silence He was
sensibly nervous and the pallor of his face
attested the mental torture which he suf
fered The cold sweat appeared on his
forehead and when he rose at the behest
of the sheriff to start back to the cell he
faltered for a moment it seemed that he
would faint
When the news spread of the verdict re
turned by the jury there was a general
expression of approval Mrs Laues trial
has not yet been set
PREPARING FOR ARBOR DAY
State Superintendent Jackson Is
sues an Address
The distribution of the Bird and Arbor
Day Manual published by the state for
use in the public schools was begun last
week under the direction of Deputy State
Superintendent Beck The manual con
tains an Arbor Day proclamation by Gov
Poynter an address to Nebraska teachers
and pupils by State Superintendent Jack
son a short article on the economic effects
of Arbor Day by J Sterling Morton and a
collection of poems songs and essays on
subjects related to the planting and cul
ture of trees Following is the proclama
tion issued by Gov Poynter designating
April 23 as Arbor day
We are all interested in the advanc e
ment and welfare of our state Anything
that will add to its desirability as a home
that will enhance its beauty or that will
bring to it more gool citizens should re
ceive our aid and encouragement
Nothing in which our people have en
gaged have done more in all these direc
tions than the planting of trees Nebraska
is known as the Tree Planters state That
the name is worthily bestowed is amiJy
attested by the thousands of groves or
chards and shade tree3 which now adorn
our prairies and beautify our homes
Legislative enactment sets apart one
day in each year for appropriate observ
ance by the planting of trees In compli
ance with this provision by the authority
vested in me as governor of Nebraska I
proclaim Monday April 23 1900 Arbor
day
Prisoners Strive for Liberty
When Deputy Sheriff J D McBride
went into the jail at Plattsmouth one
morning recently with breakfast for the
prisoners he discovered that during the
night sometime they had commenced
operations to gain their liberty The
prisoners were George S Lee who stole
money and tickets from the Burlington
Company at Louisville while night opera
tor and the three men who burned a box
car for the Missouri Pacific all having
been sentenced to a term in the peniten
tiary by Judge Paul Jessen They hadre
moved an iron plate from the bottom of
the cell and doubtless intended to dig their
way to freedom
Figg Appears at Papillion
Louis Figg the leader of the JFiggites
and the man who was treated to a coat of
tar and feathers at Gretna appeared in
Papillion the next morning after his ex
perience at Gretna and swore out war
rants for the arrest of Woolson W Brown
ing and John R Woods charging them
with assault Mr Browning is the hus
band of one of the women whom Figg had
induced to joinjiis party and all entreaties
failed to induce her to return home One
of the most amusing trials in the history of
the county is anticipated Public opinion
is strongly against the Figgites who have
won a notoriously bad record
Valuable Horse Stolen
A valuable horse was stolen from the
barn of Arthur Catlin a farmer residing
eight miles west of Diller A stranger
was noticed around the barn but nothing
was thought of it at the time The next
morning one of the horses was gone to
gether with a saddle and bridle Mr Cat
lin traced the animal as far as Hanover
Kan and there it seemed to have disap
peared A number of hdrses have been
stolen in the county the past year and as
they are all traced south into Kansas it
seems there must be an organized band of
thieves there
Nebraska Soldier Buried
William Lewis of Company E First Ne
braska was buried in the Osceola ceme
tery last week The body has been buried
twice first onthe brow of a hill overlook
ing a little river near Camp Dewey just
outside of Manila P I Rev James Mail
ley who was the chaplain of the First Ne
braska officiated at both funerals
Collision at McCook
Passenger train No 5 ran into a string of
jars projecting over the main track at the
Bast end of the McCook yard just as the
passenger train was coming into McCook
station and parts of both trains were
pretty badly demolished Engineer David
Magner of the passenger trainwas the only
one injured andhe not seriously
Supreme Court Clerk
The supreme court before adjournment
last week announced the appointment of
Lee Hardman of Omaha as clerk by the
vote of Judges Sullivan and Holcomb
Chief Justice Norval dissenting giving as
his reason therefor that theterm of office
of the present incumbent D A Campbell
has not expired
Husband Shoots His Wife
A report comes from Bliss twenty miles
south of Ewing of the accidental shooting
of Mrs J N Summerer by her husband
The wound was inflicted bjr a shotgun at
close range the charge entering the
womans side Her husband is crazed by
the resuts of his carelessness
McMurtry Falls Heavily
J H McMurtry of Lincoln has filed pro
ceedings in bankruptcy The total liabil
ities are 22467222 of which 128000 is
secured in a measure by mortgages on real
estate in Lincoln and Hawthorn
EDITOR HARRIS SET FREE
Helden Newspaper Man Is Cleared
of the Murder of Blenkiron
Not guilty was the verdict in the case
of Editor Harris who shot John Blenk
iron brought in by the jury after two hours
of deliberation atHartington
Judge Graves limited the attorneys on
each side to three hours and a half to pre
sent their case Robinson made a strong
and impassioned argument setting forth
Pthe law and evidence He was followed
by Judge Weed county attorney who
made a short address Millard opened the
argument for the defense His argument
was both logical and eloquent Then fol
lowed Mel Jay with the closing argument
for the defense He spoke for fully two
hours during all of which time there was
breathless attention in the packed court
room G W Argo of Sioux City closed
with a strong argument in behalf of the
state
The quarrel between Harris and John
Blenkiron a wealthy stockman in which
the latter was killed grew out of a dispute
over an article about the dead man which
appeared in Harris paper Blenkiron
came to Harris office at Belden and made
threats and according to the newspaper
mans story which was evidently believed
by the jury the editor did pot pull his re
volver until he saw his antagonist reach
for his hip pocket
TAR AND FEATHERS FOR FIGG
Religious Fanatic Receives Disci
ipline at Hands of Mob
About 11 oclock on the evening of
March 22 an infuriated mob took Louis
Figg and wife the religious fanatics Jf
Gretna from their beds and treated them
to a coat of tar and feathers Notice was
then served upon the head of the Figgite
church that if he did not desist from
breaking up families ruining homes and
maintaining a harem filled with women of
the families he had broken up that a sec
ond visit from the mob could be expected
and more stringent remedies applied
For a year or more Figg and his wife by
some peculiar influence induced several
women to leave their husbands homes and
children and live with him The women
refused all importunities to return to their
homes saying Figg was their god and their
husbands the devil
The mob numbering about thirty of the
best citizens of the community made no
attempt at disguise but took this method
of correcting an evil that menaced the com
munity Figs had been warned time and
again but maintained that in the hands of
God he was safe
HAS JURISDICTION
Supreme Court OverrulesDemurrer
of Standard Oil Company
The supreme court overruled the demur
rer of the Standard Oil Company to the suit
brought against it and named April 10
next as the date for the trial The action
is one brought by the attorney general
charging the Standard Oil Company with
violation of the anti trust laws of Nebras
ka and seeking to oust its agencies from
the state The Standard Oil Com
pany demurred to the attorney generals
contention that the case could be brought
before the supreme court as a court of
original jurisdiction claiming that the
case was of a criminal nature which must
originate in a lower tribunal The su
preme court now declares it has jurisdic
tion in the case
Dead Mother Clasps Her Babe
-Mrs Myra Kilgour the wife of jfh clerk
for the Cudahy PackingCompany of South
Omaha was found by her husband dead in
her bed with her infant babe clasped in
her arms on his return from work a few
evenings since Physicians pronounced
her death to have been caused by heart
failure Mr Kilgour was prostrated by the
shock The baby snuggled
in the mothers arms cooed delightedly at
the sight of the father but when he fear
fully extended a trembling hand he found
the brow of his wife cold in death
Evidence of Child Murder
Preston Keiser of Humboldt found the
body of a newly born female child in a
well at that place He at once notified the
proper officials and Coroner of
Dawson was summoned The infant was
fully developed and had evidently been
alive when born and had been cast into the
well while yet breathing Thesheriff
from evidence presented at the coroners
jury arrested Mrs Etta Horton on the
charge of murdering the child The woman
protests her innocence
Pension for Mrs Hamilton
Dispatches from Washington convey the
information that the house committee on
pensions has recommended the allowance
of a 40 pension to Mrs James M Hamil
ton of Lincoln wife of Col John M Ham
ilton who was killed at the head of his
command in the charge up San Juan till
Col Hamilton was well known in Omaha
and in northwestern Nebraska and was
considered one of the most fearless officers
in the American army
Sentence Is Affirmed
In the case of John McCarty under sen
tence trom the federal court of this state
to a fine of 100 and five years jn prison
for passing counterfeit money and having
in his possession other bogus coins and
molds for their manufacture which fras
appealed to the United States court at St
Louis the sentence was affirmed without
cjst to either party
Nebraska Short Notes
ONeill has given up electric light illumi
nation
A number of cattle belonging to Thomas
Sorinsen a Valley County farmer were
recently poisoned in some mysterious
manner and five of them died
TheJBeatrice Creamery Company of Fre
mont has located one of its skimming sta
tions at Valentine
At the annual meeting of the Grand
Island fire department new officers were
elected for the ensuing year
Word has reached Hastings of the mar
riage of Miss Zora Gladjs Horlocker sis
ter of Viola Horlocker who is accused of
attempting murder Miss Zora Horlocker
was married in New York to H Durant
Cheever of that city
Boone County farmers are organizing a
mutual hail insurance company
Seymour Payne have made arrange
ments to open a second bank m Ncligh
A young man by the name of Glasgow
who lives about a mile from Weeping
Water attempted suicide first with a re
volver which failed to discharge then
with a pocketknife which was taken from
him thirdly with a caseknife which would
not even mark his throat and lastly by
falling in front of an engine from which
he was again saved It was all on account
of disappointment in love having pur
chased a housekeeping outfit and the- girl
refusing to marry him
WILL CONQUER OR DIE
DEATH OF OSMAN PASHA
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THIS DECLARATION IS MADECBY
PRESIDENT KRUGER
Bocra He Says Expect No Aid From
Other Nations but Arc Determined
to Fight to the Last Burclicra Aro
in Desperate Straits
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Notwithstanding recent reverses and
the general collapse apparently of the
Free State as a factor in the war with
the rumored disheartening of the Bocrs
in consequence eminent war critics say
there is reason to believe that President
Kruger is correctly reported ns saying
his people will conquer or die - Jbrom
the first there have been rumors of dis
satisfaction from the Free State but
from the Transvaal there has not Jaeen
the slightest indication that its burghers
have ever thought of faltering or of peace
unless the latter should be upon line3
for which the determined citizens of the
South African republic took up arms
President Kruger is reported by way of
Pars as saying
Having been forced into the war tho
Boers will conquer or die I expect no
aid from other nations but we are glad
of sympathy and friendship The Trans
vaal is willing to make peace at any time
but we want no more cons Only abso
lute independence is possible We dont
want more territory but are content with
our present frontier if we are permitted
to live peacefully This is all we ask
These statements read strangely
enough in connection with the fact that
the Free State is overrun an army is on
its way to the relief of Mafekingfrarid
Buller Methuen and Lord Roberts are
each at the head of an army ready for
the final advance upon the Transvaal
As to intervention Dr Leyds is said
to be still looking hopefully toward Amer
icanot realizing perhaps that in offer
ing its friendly offices to England the
American Government has done all it can
do short of intervention by force which
would mean war Possibly Russias
forthcoming answer to President Kru
gers appeal for intervention may be more
effective as regards aid to the Boars
but unless the continental powers are
prepared for forcible intervention there
is no aid in sight for Oom Paul and
his people outside their own strength
and valor That the sturdy president of
the Transvaal contemplates this possibil
ity is probable From present indica
tions the world is likely to witness a he
roic but pathetic and uselessTslruggla
before the South African republic like
the Orange Free State has anew capital
and a new ruler
The British inhabitants of the Trans
vaal whose rights as non combatants
have hitherto been respected are now ex
periencing the hardships of war Presi
dent Kruger has commandeered all able
bodied men in the State no matter of
what nationality The British citizens
who remained in Pretoria or elsewhere
in the Transvaal perhaps with the idea
of being on the winning side no matter
what might happen are beginning to
discover the difficulty of endeavoring to
serve two masters Under penalty of
death they have been ordered to proceed
to Kroonstad and help to repel the in
vaders This is interpreted jn London
to mean that the Boers are in desperate
straits The British say thateven the
unyielding president of the most uncom
promising party among the Boers of
South Africa is beginning to recognize
the hopelessness of the struggle
Famous Turkish General and Hero oi
Plevna Passes Away
A dispatch from Constantinople an
nounces the death of Osman Pasha tha
hero of Plevna and the greatest Turkish
soldier of recent times He was 68 years
old His defense of Plevna against an
overwhelming force in 187G gave him
enormous prestige By the intrench
ments he caused to be thrown up he ar
rested for four months the advance of
the Russians
In three pitched battles he overcame
the finest troops of the Czars- armies
OSMAX FASUA
On July 1 187G he inflicted a loss of
3000 killed and wounded on his assail
ants The next battle cost the Russians
170 officers and 7136 men and theathree
days stubborn assault of SkobelofTlater
on when the Russian grenadiers got
within 500 yards of the trenches but
failed to pass the fatal fire zone ended
in a Russian loss of from 18000 to 20
Q00men
It -was resolved to starve out the army
of Osman which originally numbered
about 56000 men and an army of 120-
0QO Russians completed the investment
At length forty five days after the close
siege had been established and 144 days
after his arrival at Plevna Osman de
termined on a desperate attempt to cut
his way through The struggle was of
the fiercest sort but many hours of bay
onet fighting ended in the Turks being
driven back and the Defender of Plev
na surrendered with the honors of war
Nerws of Minor Note
The State immigration agentpf Wash
ington estimates that 30000 persons Save
moved into that State during the past
year
Because of the rise in price of Euro
pean coal Inquiries are pouring in from
Europe the WestIndies and MexioTfor
Alabama coal
Henry E White a letter carnerUn fh
Cleveland Ohio postoffice is a son ofi
uen oir ixeorge vvnite who commairaed
it Ladysmifh He came to America
teen years ago
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