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CAIRO 8ITUATION CRITICAL.
Negroes Who Fired on Mob Said to
Be Marked Men.
Cairo, 111,, Fob. 22. BecaiiBr ot tho
grcut excitement hcio and to lesson
tho danger of further mob violence.
Circuit Judg Duller adjourned couit
for two week
Sheriff Nellts alleges thnt at least
one member of the grand Jury wna
presont In the crowd during tho at
tack on the Jail.
Statements by four negro deputy
sheriffs on tho witness stand In the
coroner's Investigation of tho killing
of Alexander tlnlllday, thnt I hoy flrod
several shots each Into tho mob that
was demanding admission to tho coun
ty jail and court house Thursday
night, have renewed the antl-ncgro
bgltation.
Tho negroes who participated In
tho firing on the mob nro said to be
marked men now that their names
have become public. Tho killing of
tho whlto man and the wounding of
several others nt the hands of negroes
has brought out protests from even
the conservative element.
Tears ran down the sheriff's cheek
as ho told of his desperate efforts to
find men to nsslst h,lm In protecting
his prisoners. Ho declared that tho
local mllltla company, company K,
was notified beforo 10 o'clock Thurs
day night to report to him Immediate
ly to protect tho Jail. Tho company
did' not put in nn appearance until six
hours later.
SIXTY HAVE CLOSE CALL
Explosion In Pottery Factory Due to
Broken Gas Pipe.
East Liverpool, O., Feb. 22. Sixty
girls and men employed In tho deco
rating department of D. E. McNIchoI,
a pottery firm, had a narrow escapo
from death when escaping gas caught
fire and exploded. Three were seri
ously Injured. Tho building was de
stroyed. Tho Injured are John Barnhnrd,
Mnud Gould and Tllllo Baumgartner,
all badly cut by glass and bruised.
A pan,lc followed the explosion.
A freight car, which jumped n track,
ran Into n gas pipe and burst It, caus
ing the escape of gas, and flro fol
lowed. For an instant the decorating
room was filled with flro, and that
many wero not killed Is considered
miraculous
REFUSE HIGHER PAY IN MINES
Illinois Operators Flatly Reject De
mands of Union Miners.
Peoria, Feb. 22. The Illinois Coal
Operators' association, represented by
six of their leaders from Chicago,
made point blank refusal to the propo
sition for an Interstate conference on
the demands of the miners at a pri
vate meeting hero. They demanded a
joint conference with only the Illinois
miners.
Calls Rostand a Plagiarist.
Chicago, Feb. 22. Samuel Eberly
Gross, who accuses Edmond Rostand
of having plnglnrjzed from the ",V'
chant Prince of Cornrville" two p
"Cyrano do Bergerac" and "The
Chanticleer" sent a cablegram to the
French academy denouncing Rostand
J as a "literary thief" and demanding
, nn Investigation of Rostand's right to
be a membpr or that organization.
Tug Nina Is Reported Found.
Newport News, Vn Feb. 22. It Is
, reported at Fort Monroe that tho
1 missing nnval tug Nina hns been
I found on the coast of Virginia, where
It was driven by tho Bovere storm,
j which It was thought sent It to tho
' bottom of tho Atlantic.
PRICES GO UP AND DOWN
1 Wheat Closes Steady, Corn Weak and
1 Oats Narrow.
Chicago, Feb. 21. Wheat was nerv
ous and erratic today, falling from c
to lc, and closing steady to ..c up.
Corn dragged throughout the session
nnd closed weak. Oats kept within
narrow limits, while provisions started
strong on the advance In live hog
prices and later lost somo of the
early gain. Closing prices:
Wheat May, 1.141.14H,; July,
l S1.05,,1.05M; Sept., $1.001.00.
Corn May, liGc; July, C7AG7',c.
Oats May, 7,c; July, 44,c.
Pork May, $23.G7'4: July, $23.05.
Lurd May, $12.75; July, $12 70.
' H.'bs May, $12.45; July, $12.4214
1 Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard
wheat, $1 14i',5i.l.i5,4i; No. 2 corn, C3U
1 CGc; No. 2 oats. 47T,(R48c.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Feb. 21 Cattle Receipts,
' 23,000; steady to 10c higher; beeves,
$4.558.00; Texas steers, $4 255.30;
"cstern steers, $4.40C25; utockcrs
nn feeders, $3.305 75; cows nnd
h iVrs, $2.40G.OO; calves. $7.25
ft" Hogs Receipts, 37,000; 510c
hlner; light, $8.909.30; mixed, $8.05
5JM0; heavy, $0.009.4B: rouch.
$9.00(0)9.15; good to choice heavy,
$9.159.45; pigs, $8.2009.20; bulk of
sales, $9.3009.35. Sheep Receipts,
18,000; steady to strong; natives, $4.75
7 40; westerns, $5.0007.30; year
lings, $7 1008.80; lambs, natives. $7.50
09.30; westerns, $7.6009.35.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omahn, Feb. 21. Cattle Re
ceipts, 5.000; steady to strong; nntlve
steers, $4 750 7.25; cows nnd holfors,
$3 5005 75; wostorn steors, $3,250
GOrt, stockers and feeders, $3,000
5 75: calveB, $3 5008.25; hullB nnd
tags, J3 2505.25 Hogs Receipts,
7.000; 5010c higher; hoavy, $9,000
9.10; mixed, $8.9509.45; light, $8,850
"i5. piss. $7 7508.50; bulk or salos
T8?.,9 03 Sheep Receipts, 10.000;
strong, jenrllnga. $7.0008.15; woth
crs. $niS0715; owes, $0 0000.85;
'-nibs. $7 750910.
NEBRASKA NEWS
Of 200 Ears Tested at Omaha
Only 55 Are Good,
MEANS ONE-FOURTH OF CHOP,
Opening of Commercial Club's Geo
mlnation Box Develops Alarming
Situation for Nebraska Farmers, as
Only 27 1-2 Per Cent of It Will
Grow Best Sampleo Come Fro .1
Ranch Near Kearney,
Omaha, Feb. 22. It all the bcqO
corn which Nebtnsl.u lannuis Intend
to plant this yenr Is In as poor con
dition as 200 samples tested by tno
Commercial club, just 27Mi lor cent ot
It will grow and tho state will havo
just a llttlo better than one-fourth of
a crop, lioro are tho resultB of tho
til st lest of 200 ems:
Number germinating Btrong with
good roots 50
Number not growing and allowing
no signs of life 40
Number alive, but weak, small
loots and sprouts 03
Number mildewed, somo sprouting
beforo rot started 42
Total ears tested 00
Actual number fit for seed 55
Ears worthless for Heed ...145
Sad Sight When Box Is Opened.
It was really a Bad sight when the
Commercial club germination box was
opened. Six kernels had been taken
from each of the 200 ears last Thurs
day and placed In the box, which was
kept In tho steam heated rooms. For
ty of the llttlo cups wero without u
sign of life, which means 20 per cent
of tho corn will not grow at all. In
sixty-three cups tho kernels hud
sprouted, but somu had no roots and
others had roots so weak they were
not worth consideration.
But the woist looking cups were
tho iorty-two, which wore filled with
rotting corn somo cups almost full
of mildew.
Thus tho result of the test shows
that 145 out of 200 ears are untlt for
seed. Some might produce stalks, but
would never give tho farmcra' ears.
While this percentage is low, it
would have been lower had uot one
sample of ten cars como from n pro
fessional corn grower, who tests his
seed, and the sample was either pio
vlously tested or taken from stock
which hnd tested high. All ten of
these ears grew and showed their abil
ity to produce htrong roots.
Other than the.so tho beBt samples
of corn came rrom tho WatBon ranch,
near Kearney.
Tho samples tested wero from Pe
tersburg, Blair, Kearney, Newman's
Grove, Waterloo, Norfolk, Hadar, Clay
Center, Clarkson, Concord, Wakefield,
Colerlage, Omaha and two samples
from grain companies.
Iowa Corn is Still Worse.
Ah low as tho Ncbrasku corn tests,
It gave In this test three times as
many strong earu as a test of Iowa
corn, made by n Des Moines paper,
which showed only eight enrs in 10U
would ptoducc strong roots and
sprouts, indicating its ahllil) to pro
ducc corn.
One of the best samples came from
Clarkson. It was in two lots, seven
teen ears altogether. Only one failed
to show life; nine were good, strong
car and seven rather weak too wean
to plant. No mildew was present In
any of the samples from Clarkson.
Snmplps from Kearney and vicinity
were also free trom mildew, while
from Concoiil, Wakefield and Cole
ridge came snmpIeH which mildewed
badly and would rot in the ground II
planted.
Douglas county samples showed '52
per cent good seed, but some samples
of yrllow corn mi'deweu quite badly
This test was made in one or the
patent testers, but said by experts tc
be one of the best whtcn can be used
More than 100 banks in lowa Inn
used the tenter the lust month in clem
onstratlng that Iowa corn mm,t
tested.
Pioneer Citizen of Fremont Dead.
Fremont, Neb., Fob. 22. Robert
Burns Cnnn, pioneer employee or the
Northwestern who was In active serv
ice on that road for thirty-eight years,
parsed away at tho home or his son
In-law, J. W. Hibben, J-JHt east of the
city. Hcai t failure was tho cause ol
his death.
Murderer Will Lose Both Feet.
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 22. Arthur An
derson, colored, murderer of Arthur
Newell, white, waived preliminary ex
nmlnatlou nnd was bound oter with
out ball. His feet were frozen In hj
seventy hours' exposure and wil have
to bo amputated above the ankle
Epidemic of Scarlet Fever.
Kearney, Neb., Feb. 22 The public
schools of Elm Creek are closed on
account ot an opldemjc of scnrlet
fever. The danger has extended to
the rural dlstrlots nnd several countrj
schools aro closed.
Thieves FvUke Rich Haul on Dentists
Omaha, Fb 22. Thloios picked up
$570.25 and a lady's ring In tho oillcec
of nine Omaha dentists. Tho bulk ol
tho plunder consisted of tho gold uied
by dentists for fillings
Ten B"5low Zero at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Nob.. Feb. 22 Following
a two Inch srow tho mercury fell to
10 degrees !e!ow zero here, nrrordlng
to Uio govrnmont thermometer
DRE8SED MEAT r.AT3 UP
Great Western Railroad Serves Notice
It Will Cancel Contract.
Omaha, Feb. 22. Packers havo ad
vices that tho Chicago Great Weatc-n
road has borvud notlco that It will can
cel Its contract with thorn to carry
dressed meats to Chicago from Oma
ha. Thla notlco takes effect Jn nlno
ty days.
Tho contract Is ono mado by Mr.
Etlcknoy In 1902, when ho was presi
dent or tho Great Western and waB
building Into Omaha. Ho defended
tho contract when tho affairs of his
road woro In court by testifying that
It wns moro profltablo In not revenue
than tho old nominal rnto made by
other rondo, nnd to bo reinstated May
20 which was 5 conts higher, tho
other roads giving robates that cut
their net rovonun to a llttlo ovor 10
cents. Records show thnt It paid him
t'"or than nny o. .1 unfile. ,
"T'jIb leaves Oniu .1 nnd Sioux
C.tj," snys a llvo stock man, "with
out a friend In tho crowd of roads,
but Kansas City, thanks to tho Alton
and the Wabash, and St. Josoph,
thanks to tho St. Josoph and Grand
Island, havo tho old rate."
South Omaha llvo stock, packing
houBO nnd stock yard men aro greatly
wrought up over tho sttuntlon.
PHILLIP8 LEFT SHORTAGE
Late Lancaster District Clerk'a Books
Investigated.
Lincoln, Fob. 21. Tho oxperta who
havo been investigating tho records
of the lato District Clerk Will Phillips
havo reported to tho county board that
ho was short in his accounts somo $4,
000. Mr. Phillips took his own life In
Kansas City whllo the investigation
was In progress.
Tho shortago for tho first term Is
found to bo $1,245.60, and for tho boc
ond term $4,389.60, a total of $5,035.10,
but about nlno months ufter going out
of office Phillips paid to his successor,
J. S. Bnor, $421.28. Mr. Baer has col
lected of fees earned during Phillips'
first term $28.38 and feos earned
during his second term $792.59, a total
credit or $1,242.25, leaving a balance
of $4,392.25.
Tho greatest Item In tho Bhortngo Is
from fees earned, but not collected ot
reported.
MOVING PICTURES FOR INSANE
State Board Will Buy Machine for
Norfolk Hospital.
Lincoln, Nob., Fob. 22. Suporln
tendent .1. P. Porojvnl of tho Norfolk
hospital for tho Insane was beforo the
board' of public InndB and buildings
with a few requests. Among othoi
things, Dr. Perclvnl asked tho mem
hois of tho board to buy a moving pic
tu re machine nt a cost of about $200
It seems that the patients nro enter
tallied by the moving pictures without
becoming excited, ns In the case ol
some other forms of entertainment
It is found that pictures nnd music ex
ert a soothing effect, and tho chan' i
proves both enjoynble and beneficial
The bonrd will grant tho request foi
tho picture machine for use at 1 lie
Norfolk hospital.
PHILLIPS A PARANOIAC
Attentat R.-ivn Slaver of Hamilton
Thought Murder Commendable Act. j
Omaha, Fob. 22. James Phllllpf,
was a parauoluc und labored under t.ie
delusion tint he was performing a
commendable act when he svot ant!
killed Marshall C, Hamilton, accord
ing to Dr. A, M. Nye, who qualified a
an Insanity expert for the defense i.i,
the Phillips trial. ,
Dr. Nye said that the fact Phillip-,
ran away immeuiuioiy auer mo no in
clde and eluded tho officers for weoli
did not disprove that he did not Un,w
tho act was wrong when he committee
It.
Founder of Gothenburg Dead.
r.nllmr.nrr Vnl. Pali Ol tl'1 I
was received here or the death or O
Bcrgstrom In Tennessee. Mr. Berg
strom was the rounder ot Gothenburg
and took an active Interest In lb
growth. Twenty years ago he hat!
the Gothenburg lake and cnnul on pa
per In Ro3lon nnd Now York five
years before it was built, nnd hit
genius ns a promoter probably had a
great deal to do with the building ol
the cnnnl and lake which furnlshef
tho city with such a fine power.
Held on Embezzlement Charge.
York, Nob., Feb 21. The prelim
inary hearing of George P. Stryke
who is alleged to havo been mixed ur
in the embezzlement of funds of the
York Alfolln Milling company, was
concluded In the county court here
The defendant wuh bound over to the
March term of the district court in
the sum or $2,000. He will probabl
be ablo to give bond for h's appear
ance Jn the district court.
Nebraska Woman Gets $9.10 for Hogs.
South Omaha, Neb., Feb. 22. The
top price for hogs here was the high
est ever paid at this market. It was
$9.10 and the first load at this figure
was that shipped by Mrs. Amanda
Barry of Curtis, Neb. The packers
say the prospect ,is that the price will
go higher,
Refuse Bishop's Request for Jury Trial
Rontrlce, Neb., Feb. 21 Judge Pern
berton overruled the motion of Bisho)
Bonacum to have the action involving
tho nttornoy's lion against him, filed
by Hazlett & Jack, tried before a Jury
Third Victim of Smelter Accident Dies
Omnha. Feb 21. Oscar Meyers
who was burned by the explosion of
copper converter In tho plant of the
American Smelting and Refining com
pony, cUed at Clarkson hospital
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