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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1897)
i IZZ: : 1 IRaL B ARE, EDrroRAiro Proprietor SUBSOEIPTIOK BATES. One Year, cash in advance Sir Months, cash in advance IL25. .75 Cents EnteredattheNorthPlatte(Kebraska)pogtofficeas e econd-cIasE matter. i Karspaper FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1897. , The national oppropriation for the Trans-Mississippi exposition has been increased to $275,000. Texas strawberries are now sell ing- at 20 cents a quart. If the Texans would accept pay in the monev they voted for the price would be cheap enough. The Burlington road announces that it is not catering- to the short- haired fraternity and will not make a cheap rate to the Corbett-h ltzsim- mons fteht. We believe in this matter the Burlington officials take the proper stand Chauncey M. Depew, it is said, is certain to be the new ambassa-1 dor of the United States to the Court of St. James. The only ob stacle that has ever stood in the tmr wuc pv-finvernor Levi P. Mor ton and he has now announced his withdrawal. Pubuc announcement is made by Governor Bushnell that he will ap point Mark Hanna to the Sherman senatorial vacancy. This is only a just recognition of the excellent services rendered to the party by Mr. Hanna last fall. It is announced that Geo. H. Thummel, of Grand Island, has been slated for the United States marshalship of Nebraska. Others have been mentioned, but it is defi nitely settled that Mr. Thummel will get the plum. The selection will prove an excellent one. Maj. McKinley will, at the time of his inauguration, be 54 years of age. Five presidents entered the White House at an earlier age Grant at 47, Cleveland at 48, Gar field and Pierce at 49. Polk at 50. Fillmore at 50, Tyler ana Arthur at 51. and Lincoln at 52. Mr. Turner, the senator-elect from Washington. 4 'is a man of very considerable natural ability," the Portland Oregonian (Rep) says: Not for one moment does he be lieve in the programme of the popu list party, or in any part of it. His late profession of faith in it was his expedient for getting elected." Under the laws of New Jersey a company has been tormed with an authorized capital stock of $50,000. 000 to manufacture, sell and deal in the products of cornstocks. The New Jersey company must come west, where there are cornstalks jk.T fiirtticTiTiric nf acres instead of a 4 KJJ lAlV"Oli-r - a few short rows of roasting" ears. Paul Vandervoort and his fol lowing of reform editors declared at the Memphis meeting that the democratic party shall not swallow 7a n over' - V the populist partv as it did the pe train near Purcell, I. T. greenback and national parties. John S. Brigham, treasurer of theLo Lf ,1 i 4. nf JU.ii;fQ g"n Swiffc & Brigham Envelope Corn There are a whole lot Of populists nyof Worccster, Mass., died at Colo- in Nebraska who will stand by this rado Springs, Colo. Mr. Brigham was 50 iWlrimtinn. nnd in thetuture retuse to fuse with the democrats. The house of representatives, as a committee of the whole, voted nn Wednesdav nisrht to rise with the recommendation that the Omaha exposition be ordered en- o-rnssed for a third reading. The e bill, as agreed upon, carries an ap propriation of S100.000, half the amount in the measure as origin ally introduced. An amendment was adopted that no money should be paid until at least S250.000 had been paid in by Omaha stockholders. Eugene Moore, ex-auditor on public accounts, was on Wednesday olaced under arrest on the charge . of embezzlement, the complaint be- inff filed by attorney general Smyth. - i.o filfl tiis hail bond Moore has filed his ban bond. Court proceedings against Moore S bondsmen will be commenced at "Mr rpnublican. who has the ..w - X" best interest ot the party at heart, will ooDOse such proceedings. If ri r charged he cbnulH be made to suffer the penalty StlOUia oe mauc of his wrong doing". iv i if 1 1 ( -ufcw j It ts the boast of the Englishmen - . -f 'that whoever touches a suojecc Great Britain feels at once the nana of Great Britian. Will the time ever come, asks an exchange, when America can boast that whoever mistreats or injures an American citizen shall instantly feel the power of the American republic? Yes, we believe that time will come, and that too within the next week. With the inxominp; administration 4b;novji .will hp .different from what to llie. McKinlev administration. fViPtr b-ivp bppn for tlie nast four Mo. Large ucyu "- 07-7 and strengtn are guanin they have been tor uie past iour discovered in tho vicinity of mt. n d S100 at years there will be back-bone to l ofc g ngs Ark-r-Prcsident Cleveland j TOLD.IN AFEW WORDS EVENTS OCCURRING IN ALLotu i iura SUMMARIZED. Happenings From Homo and Abroad Xe duced Prom Columns to ilsss Every thing Bat Facte Eliminated For Oar Headers' Convenience. Friday, Feb. 19. A statuo of St. Patrick, a present from his holiness, the pope, was delivered at St. Patrick's church, Montreal The first crop of Florida pineapples reached Chi cago Friday, and half crates, containing two dozen, sold at $8 Three-year-old George Hurst of Lincoln, Mich., while playing with a carving knife, cut himself with fatal results Frederick Weyrick, a capitalist of Milford, Ind., was thrown from the back of a fractious horse and died from his injuries Andrew Nolan. HOvears old. a sailor, committed suiciuo by shooting, at the home of a friend, Hugh McArdle, in New York city A 4.i, wJ iu t-n n cm at- tornev named S. M. Galloway, charging him with takine public records from Jus- ticc Wood's court Dr. E. W. Sawyer of Uhicago Has commenceu suit iuriuuiwj a 1 Si. r I i ii j -utr. t,a i.1hi-h1 his svm eve A student named Monroe at tho normal school at Valparaiso, Ind., took morphine to cure headache and was found -,.,.1 yA r.-rf. ,w Winn- taken an wicn Wk a nnn -Rfin'sh of Chicaeo is suing the Knights of Honor to recover 2,000 insurance money on the life of Eu gene Beresh, her husband, who she claims is dead The Bell Telophone company of Canada has appealed to tho gov ernment to be released from the act of parliament which restricts the company making its own rates Miss Anna Groverstock, sweetheart of F. G. Wood of Chicago, who committed sui cide, will sue the Royal Arcanum for $3,000, because Wood directed the order to pay that amount to her. Dr. D. R. Browcrof Chicago has fallen a joint heir to a fortune of $400,000,000 left by his great grandfather, John Pawling of Phila rioinhiji -who lpjised that city about 500 acres of ground over 100 years ago, which " , 16, has been acquittal at Lexington, Mo., of complicity in the murder of James Se- crease at Odessa last April. The evidence fastened the crime on joscpn nutunuu, another boy whose trial has been post- poned on account of his illness. Saturday, Feb. 20. The American Institute of Mining En gineers is in session at Chicago. The Missouri legislature passed a bill repeal ing the law by which vagrants' labor can ye gold. John De Graff died at Chicago with a pen in his hand in the act of sign ing his will. His estate is worth $5,500. Thomas Wicks, an old-time gambling house keeper of Madison and Milwaukee, is dying at Chicago in poor circumstances. The Canadian Pacific Express com pany has agreed with the Grand Trunk road for express messengers to act as uug gagemcn on trains running through sparselv settled districts. Willie Ma- jorisik'aged 11 years, of Shamokin, Pa., who was lost while wandering in tho Re liance mine, was discovered in an ex hausted condition four days later by a party of Bearchcrs. After several ex periments of musical entertainments at the Illinois asylum for insane at Kankakee, Superintendent Gapcn no ticed tho curative effects and says he will continue to have musicals. Miss Hulda Ducstrow, sister to Ducstrow, the murderer, contemplates entering a convent at St. Louis because she feels dis graced through her brother's actions. Sho has a fortune of $30,000 Mrs. Lewis Morris of Franklin, Pa., has been awarded a verdict of $29,000 on the life insurance policies of her husband, who drowned himself, but the company will appeal claiming that he ended his life because he could not meet his liabilities Tho Southern California Power company of San Bernardino, Cal., has beon organized with a capital of $1,000,000 to develop power from the Santa Ana river by carry ing water from Bear creek to Los Angeles, from which place several towns will re ceive motive power. Monday, Feb. 21 J.Tehan,abr.ikcmanonafreighttrain, was as killed at Preston, Ark. .Jonesooro' Ark., after 10 years of prohibition, Has become a saloon town Tucker McNeill shot and killed C. Lucas in a dispute at a mining camp near Rush, Ky. :G. W. Cotton was robbed of a $200 diamond stud in the elevator of the Rookery building at Chicago E. Maddox, a wealthy farmer, Konth of San Antonio. Tex., was Uccidently killed while hunting Jcni uuit-vb-j -- nf Alton. HI., and Mrs. K. Baker, a ncg- ress of Jacksonville, met at Decatur, 111., and wre married Miss Grace Ward of w?r.iiihi TTas.. attemnted to kill herself by swallowing poison, because she could not secure employment SigmundDrcy- fes, a former St. Louisian, walked into thc Queen's county bank at Long Lsland, T. T an demanded S3.000.000 of Cashier Hicks, and was entertained until tho po- lice arrived The Chicago police force is elated over the capture of Jerry Fowler, arrayed in a suit worn by Wagner palace car porters, and having skeleton keys in his possession which enabled him to enter palace cars The stockholders of tho Grand Island, Hastings & Southwestern Railroad company mot at Hastings and reelected the board of directors. Mr. M. A. Hartigan of Hastings will attend the reorganization meeting at St. Joseph. P..nncBr .Tohnson. a notorious bank griealc thief, died in tho Sing Sing peni- tentiary Five persons were seriously injured by a Creaanal mail tram which c0Jmdcd th a boXCar near Ebensburg, pa. E. K. Smith, aged 70, tho Colum- bia, Pa., bank wrecker, surrendered to the shc'riff n'nd ,vill to tho icnltentiary Charles Kudgat has been arrested at Xapa, Cal., charged with killing his sister near Washington, Tex., last October Nich olas Mentgen, while attempting to escape arrest at Chicago, was struck by a North western passenger train and instantly killed Owing to business reverses B. R. Bacon, at one time a wealthy man, committed suicide at the Midland ho ', Kansas City, bv blowing out his brains Thu boneg of a innn sul)poscd to have been a tramp wore found among the debris of a vacant house destroyed by Are at Gode- r ncn, jiass. inewitooi iranK iiau, u vi i MmInellt of gebroo, Ky., was gored to death by an infuriated bull while 6howas rescuing one of her children Eddie Clemmcrson kissed Mary Keeling atKimberley, Ga., and her lover, Abo Wood, became enraged and on meeting h5in stabbed him with fatal results Joseph Murdock, supposed to havo been murdered near Middlcsborough, Ky., manv years ago, has returned to his home. -n.,.i"T.?ndsav. charced with the crime, was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment .m T,T,mm. n nrcttv 17-ycar-old girl, j jtA Ttrhim KnrvmiT while servmcr nis nine T,nc ,ninnearcd from her home at bedaua, I "" x , f n,!ll!nrr cmld - - SpTS" A swindler named a uilcr was arnii nfc TTnnsas Citv. chnrtrcd with trading bo- Missouri land for a horse uenms fifirrlo.Tr. an aired Uhicacoan, ieuuuu stairs at his home and fractured his skull, death following an horn- afterward James Sykes, a line repairer for the "West ern Union, slimjcd and fell before a train at Hickorv Grove. Ky., and was cut to n'oepe John Grissom. suspected of kid- naninff at Stroudc. O. T., was shot and killed bv Sheriff Bentley and a posse, white resisting arrest Edward Ferry, a laborer employed in building new railroad shorts at Shawnee. O. T., was sctuck on the head by a falling timber and died While Thomas Malone ot Uttawa, xiis., tens Krekincr work at Chicago three men brutal manner and robbed him of all his money. "Wednesday, Feb. 24. It is rumored that the Hocking Yalley road will go into a receiver's hands The United States Leather company has de clared a dividend of 1 per cent on the pre ferred stock At La Crosse, wis., Aora- nam Tobit, a Syrian, stabbed his wife and himself. He will die The Missouri ,f.Mi,nc xi a bill roouirinir that all executions of criminals RhaU ti-e in the penitentiary at Jef- ferson City The Steel Canal Boat con - pany, whleh was organizes iur u.mu . . . . 1 A . .1 r. I - n, - . i v,.i;,ii fninoronm it! fleet frnm six to 19 boats Charles B. McCloy, wanted in Michigan for embezzling 8,000, surrendered to United States Marshal 1,1, n? a,n Vmnriwn vestcrdav. Ho ka ncSccnf. mib.r in the Second Is a- tional bank of Bay City, Mich. ine Wisconsin supremo court continued tno decision oi tne iocu couuy um-iuu " hiding that the rule promulgated by the state board of health in 1894, requiring all children attending school to be vaccinated 1 invalid Gibson (Ren.. Tenn.) Intro duced in the house a joint resolution auth orizing the president to demand the release of all Americans in Cuban prisons and in ojvsn of refusal to bomlKird Havana Jack Evorhardt defeated Joo Bourke in fonr mnnds at Albany. X. Y. Lorenzo Haber choked to death on a piece ol beei- steak at Dubuque, la. The Ohio river at Cincinnati was nearly 55 feet above low nmtnr Cecil Rhodes was questioned by 5aTTifntarv committee as to the i " i- s . m Thf Jjfficial plague returns for the last week in india show a distinct abatement in the ravagCs of the disease Masked robbers hel(l up w. licivvncr iuhiii 1.1. r... f Tn nnnn 1(1.. ima looted his safe of $100 The new Kansas -non itentiarv is to be erected at a ort Leav enworth on tbe spot where Senator Jim Lane committed suicide Knights Tem plar from 80 states organized a grand com mandcry at St. Louis with C. W. Prentice of Missouri as grand master John Lewis Roche, son of Editor Roche of the Boston Pilot, shot himself in the right limsr with suicidal intent over an unfor tunate love affair John Bevilheimer, vnteran of the late war, died at Anderson, Ind., leaving instructions that his body be wrapped in tne stars ana stripes. Thursday, Fel. 25 Charley Callendar, the famous old time minstrel, oicu m a lougmg jiuusu m um caco Emperor William of Germany has atrain wired to the sultan assurances of his friendship and support At tho fourth trial for the murder of John Patton near Rhinehart, Tex.. John A. Gardner was acquitted In a dispute over a game nf cards at Vallcv. Ala., .Jim Abotsioru struck Huch McConncll with a club, frac turinghis skull Among those elected nn thi nxpc-ntivii committee of the sound money league in New York was E. Rose hvvaterof Omaha A law making con tracts in gold noncollectable and void tvimm1 both branches of the Oklahoma lccislature and was sent to tho governor. A. nM, An,rin,,nP..m,.1- Mafcnrs assoc a- - tion held its annual brnquct in tho Hotel Waldorf, New York city, with 250 guests and members present At Lima, O., the boiler of Kemmel Bros, large planing mill exploded, demolishing the building. Abraham Shock was killed, Samuel and William Kemmel, owners, injured and Ed Cramer, fatally injured The Kan sas Pacific bondholders at their meeting in New York unanimously adopted the Union Pacific plan of reorganization pre pared by the committee of which Lewis . - . --r-r tt Tr.n-ll of Grand Island, cx-secrctary-treasurer of -- "o Vif-rrrnraid is cnairnian w. n. mcaii thescbrasKa division oi uiu -ueuguo ui American Wheelmen, refuses to give up nossession of his books and papers to A. -R Pvisn of Fremont, the newly elected officer and there is likely to be trouble- "Fivft human skeletons were unearthed in discing a trench at Riverton, N. J.- Moscs P. Handy, jr., son of Moses P. Handy, the well-known newspaper man, died in Chicago- Carl Crlson was sen tenced to 20 years' jmprisonnumt for the murder of Laura Thornton at unicago- Georce Frank, Chicago, whilo examining machinery, was killed by coming in con tact with a large lly wheel it nas been decided that the United btatcs peniten- tiarv at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., will bo VmiiY, bv convicts A resolution was in- tmduced in the Texas house indorsing the action of Consul General Lee in protecting American citizens in Cuba At the an mml mnntinsrTof the American Kennel ciub in New York City August Belmont nnd Henry Brooks were re-elected presi- dent and vice president Thencwgun- ooats to be named for Wheeling, W. Ya., Marietta. O.. will l)c launched from the vards of the Union ironworks, San Francisco, March 18 The reception at the British emlKvssy in wasningroii, m honor of the governor general of Canada and Countess Aberdeen, was the most brilliant function of the last days of the administration The city council of St. Paul, Minn., recently appropriated $10,000 to be used in relief work, and at a mass meeting of laborers Rev. Ro bcrt Smith was hooted at for offering charity instead of employment. Captalif Hart Secures Ball. Philadelphia. Feb- 25. Captain John D. Hart, owner of the Laurada, who was convicted of filibustering, was released from jail. Four bondsmen qualified in the sum of 2,000, Warships Shell Cretan Camp. Canea, Feb. 22. Later reports are to the effect that the English men-of-war opened the bombardment. The others followed. The Kaiserin Augusta -fired melinite shells. The commander of the Greek man-of-war, Hydra, cleared for action in case the necessity should arise. Some shells foil in the town of Canea, raising clouds of dust. It is rumored that several persons were killed and wounded. When firing ceased the Greek flag was still flying over the m surceuts' camp. Did Yon Ever Try Eloctric Bitters as a remedy for vour troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been tA trt Un Tipcnliarlv adapted to the relief and cure of all female complaints, exerting a wonderiui aireci. iuuubuuo .u ctrfintrth and tune to the organs. Tf vnn have loss of appetite, constipa- nervohs, sleepless, excitable, melancholy ;n honrlnohP. THinilDir bUBllD, ui . nr,;Rt.h n medicine vou need. Health or trouDieu wii-u uij cpono, I v,.. : Streitz'8 drug 3 MOORE IS ARRESTED. EX-AUDITOR IS CHARGED Wl l n EM- BEZZLING STATE FUNDS. Action Brought In the Trobate Court of tancastor County-Information Alleges a .Deliberate Steal of $27,208.05-Pre- Hniinar7HearingtoBeiieUionMarch34 Lixcols. Feb. 25. Ex-Auditor Eu gene Moore is under arrest charged with embezzlement and theft of public moneys which came into his hands dur ing the last two years of his term of office. Mr. Moore had been notihed. ana walked into the office of the county at- tornev and accepted service of the war rant. Consequently no formal arrest was macte. no was uiuuitjamuvx j his attorney. After a conference extending over sev- - n i. cral hours. Judge Cochrane nnauy sei- . hearing for March 24, and released nn w,nd nf 10 000 with Mr. Moore on a bond ot iu,uw, wiw L. F. Bilhngsley and Dr. Hoover oi coi t t Sutherland of Tekamah, J.-L. lvpr nf Milford and O. A. McCloud of - Tim-first nonnt of the luiormanon ntrn;nst Moore alleges that on Jan. 3, Q Moore unlawfully and feloniously , , , rnnvertto his own use did fraudulently convert to ms aud embezzle of tho pubuc money $11, 703.80. The second count is praccicauy . fiiinrr. with a few tech- meal change s in third count sets up the same date and amount, but charges Moore-with having stolen the money. The fourth count al leges that on Jan. 7, 1897, Moore unlaw fully and feloniously did fraudulently convert to his own use and embezzle of Urn nnblio moner S27.203.05. The fifth count is a repetition, with some chauge in thfi wordincr. and the sixth count charges him with having stolen the money. The seventh count charges that t r, -nnn n r 1. f n-r,A OU JUUO XI, OVO, AU-UUiO uumniuuj feloniously did fraudulent convert to the qcq 0f some person or persons unknown to the affiant, and embezzle of the pub- mnno eon oin an. TIir eighth count "u"u" " alleges that on Feb. 23, 1897, Juoore failed and refused to turn over to his successor in office the sum of $23,208.05, which was in his possession belonging to the stato, after proper notice had been served upon him to do so. The ninth count covered tho same charge in a dif ferent legal form, with the date changed to Jan. 7, 1897. As to Bartley, it is evident that it is the intention of the stato to delay pro ceedings a few days longer, it is be lieved that Bartley has funds belonging tQ the gtatQ iu his possession and that it is his purposo to refrain from giving up the money until he is absolutely obliged to do so in order to keep out of jau. His deficiency is stated to be $525,000. Depnty Attornoy General Smith says that not all of this shortage is directly chargeable to Bartley. It is the attor ney's belief that a portion of the amount is a legacy handed down to Bartloy by previous treasurers, but this fact, if fact it be, does not release Bartley from liability whatever. The sum of 185,- nrra-i,ar with tim npRrned interest. w" - which was appropriated by the last ses sion to apply to the sinking fnud, which was created to make good the amount of tho Mosher defalcatiou, has, it is charged by the attorney general, been stolen bodily by Bartley. The total of this amount is $210,000. It is shown by the evidence on file that very soon after the last legislature adjourned Moore issued the warrant for Mm S1K5.000 to Bartley, and the vouchers gnow lnat on Jau. 2, 1897, only four days before Bartley withdrew from the office of treasurer, he cancelled the war rant and marked it "paid." No one kuows where this monoy has goue, un less it went the way of other funds which Bartley is charged with misap propriating. Deputy Attorney General Smith declares that Bartley 's arrest will occur before the end of this week. Bart lev stolidly refuses to account for the funds due from hjm to the state. He says it is an on aeposinu vunuus uuo. The new treasurer, iur. juraurvu, nan Mr. tried to get Bartley to deliver the cer tificates of deposit, promising not to withdraw the funds iu such a manner as to precipitate trouble to any of the banks, but Bartley refuses to comply in any way with the law. It is stated on the best of authority that Moore and Bartley have both spent large sums iu bolstering up mines in the ua west, and it is claimed that m one of these properties Tom Majors, J. H. Mac Coll and other prominent politicians wpxp. interested. Jt is also well known that Bartley "bucked" the board of trade to the extent of $1.00,000 or more, and that he has speut large sums within the past year in New York city, where he was reported as "a mau with money to burn." The entire prosecution of tho two cases is now m tne nanas oi tne attorney general of the state. It is his disposition to obtain from the ex-omc- ials all the money he can before putting them on the criminal rack. EXPOSITION BILL PASSES HOUSE. Nehraskji tp Hnye $100,009 invested in t?e Bijp Tpinsinississipni snow. Lincoln' Fob. 25.-At 2:30 this morning the house of representatives, in committee of the whole, voted to rise with the recommendation that the Transmississippi Exposition bill, which had been under consideration all day, be ordered engrossed for a third reading. The bill, as agreed upon, carries an appropriation of $100,000, half the amount in the measure as originally in troduced. An amendment was adopted that no money should be paid until-at least 250,000 had been raid in by Omaha stockholders. jnciviniey Must llave (Juiet, Canton, Feb. 23. The president-elect did not receive his most intimate friends vesterday afternoon. Dr. T. H. Phillips, the family physician, has given iijstruc- tions that only members of the family nnd bis secretaries gain access to his private office. There is no apprehension as to the health of Major McKinley, hut his physician says he must have ab solute freedom from care and disturb ance to fully prepare him for the trying scenes of next week. He is said to be exceedingly gratified at the decision of Governor Bushnell to appoint M. A. Hanna. EXONERATE PAUL VANUtKVUuni. Reform Press Association Docs Not Sus tain Charges Against Him. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 24. Tuesday's session of the Reform. Press association was full of interesting talk. The dis cussion was precipitated and the angei of the delegates aroused by the state ment of Secretary Parker that he had received an official communication from tilfi Teijraska Rsform Press association President Paul Yandervoorfc aud askea that Mr. Yandcrvoort be tried aud ex pelled from the association. Mr. Prr said the communication charged Mr. Vandervoort with being a paid spy of W1UUU U1CIC111.U 0 - u PAUL VAXDEUVOORT. the Republican party and a traitor to Dr.i;cm Tim convention howled at barges and showed in a moment ,tto Mr. that they had the utmost Yandervoort, both as a man and as a member of the Populist party. Mr. Yandervoort demanded an inves tigation, however, and a committee of three was appointed. At the afternoon tho committee rendered its re- port exonerating General Yandervoort from any and au cnarges muuo ojr iuo MwVimQlra Stato Reform Press associa Keiorm ress tion and National Secretary Edgerton, and condemning his accusers. An interesting exchange of telegrams between the Kansas City and Memphis conventions over the Associated Press wires was one of the day's most impor tant events MEET IN OMAHA NEXT. Reform Press Editors at Kansas City Elect Sovereign President Kansas City, Feb. 24. The first real work of the Reform Press meeting was begun when the motion to proceed with the organization and naming of a new nntinnnl press association was put to a vote. Nearly every man arose to ex plain his vote. The motion ultimately carried yeas, 19; nays, 5; and the v ue "The Union Reform Press Associatu was ouickly agreed upou. The work of the gathering was quickly brought to a close by the adoption of the report of the resolutions committee nnd fliA nlp.c.Mon bv acclamation of the following named officers: President, J. R. Sovereign, grand master ot tne Knirrhts of Labor and editor of the Journal of that order; vice president, J, M. Gass, Des Moines, la., Farmers TrihmiR: Kecretarv treasurer, Warwick Sanders, Columbus, Neb., Argus. Ex ecutive committee, Frauk Crichton, Clanton, Ala., Banner; M. Y. Carroll, Lamar, Mo., Industrial Leader; G. A. Griffes, Pond Creek, O. T., News; A. C. Talley, Greenfield, Mo., Southwest News; Congressman-elect James Guun, Boise. Ida Graud Master Sovereign followed in a strong appeal for the new organization This movement, he declared, would not tend toward a division of the People's Partv. In fact, if a new organization was not had, the very fact would lead to disruption. Sovereign's talk was fol lowed by the prompt adoption of the resolutions and his election as president by acclamation. Adjourned, to meet at Omaha, Neb., on Feb. 22, 139S. NINE KILLED IN ONE FAMILY. Father, Mother and Seven Children Meet Death on a llallroad Track. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 25. An incoming passenger train on the South ern road struck a vehicle at a crossiug four miles east of the city yesterday afternoon. In the vehicle were seated 10 members of the family of W. J. Woodward, a farmer living at Jersey, a Vmmlfit in this -county, and niue of the occupants were killed, tho only one es- capiug going a foyear-oia gin, Virginia. Byan Won In the Ninth. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 25. In the Ryan-Tracy fight Ryan won in the ninth round WHEAT DROPS ANOTHER CENT. Small Decrease In the World's Visible Sup ply a Great Disappointment. Chicago, Feb. 24. Wheat broke even worse today than it did yesterday, the May w5 wwilr at atxmt lSScdecline. The 8all decreaSo in the world's visible supply imanOTfiat disaDnointmenc nnu causea xne extreme weakness which prevailed daring the latter part of the session. Corn and oats were affected to 0 degree, corn closing He and oats 3-16c lower. Provisions ruicj. strong ana closed 5c to 10c higher. Cloning prices : WHEAT Feb., 72c; May, 7-J&71J&:. CORN Feb., ZMc; May, 24Mc OATS Feb., 15c: May, 17Hc PORK Feb., S7.9 : May, S&03. LARD Feb., 81.00; May, S4.10. RIBS Feb., S1.12&: May, $4.115. Cash quotations: No. 2 red, wheat. 8486c; No. a red, fc084c; No. 2 spring, 74375c; No. 2 corn, 22&c&23c: No.2oat3, l&Xc South Omaha Live Stock. Soi-rn Omaha'. Feb. 24. CATTLE Receipts, 2,60 ; steady to weaker; native beef steers. $3.75 4.85; western steers, S.Za4.z.i; Texas sieers, S3.00fe4.00: cows and heifers. 2.8033.50; can- riers, 81.7533.75; stockcrs and feeders. $3,503 4.30; calves, 53.5035.90; bulls, stags, etc, 81.75 (M.40. " HOCJS Eeceipts, 5,703; 5c hgljpr, clpsed 10? bighor: heavy, 53,3033.41; mixed, i3.3533.40; light. 53. 4533.5 i ; bulk of sales, $3.4033.45. SHRRP Reoeints. 3.8 j0: steady: fair to rfioice natives. 53.3033.5; fair to choice -west erns. $1.2 3.70: common, and stock sheep,$i50 3.33; amb3, 53.5035 00. Chicago Lire Stock. Chicago, Feb. 24. HOGS Receipts, 35,030; 5c higher; light, $3.5033.05; mixed. i3.453.65; heaw. S3.25 33.63: rough. 53.253H.3J, CATTLE Reccipts.lC.UiO ; weak to 10c lower; SJ.45 (15.23: cows and heifers. $1,803 a in- Titm Kteert'. 3.0054.1j: stockers and feeders, 502031.15. Condensed Testimony. Ghas. B. Hood. Broker and Manufac turer's Agent Columbus, Ohio certifies that Dr. King's New Discovery has no eoual as a cough remedy. J. D.Brown, st. James Hotel, Ft. Waynne. Ind., testifies that he was cured of a cough of two years standing, caused by la grippe, hv Dr. TCinp'H New Discovery. B. F. Morrill Rnldwinsville. Mass.. says tbat he line, iiRfid nnd recommended it and nfivpr knew it to fail and would rather hai'a it. than nnv doctor, because it nltmvs cures. Mrs. Hemming 222 E. 25tb St., Chicago, always keeps it at hand and has no fear of croup, because Free Trial Bottle at A. F. Streitz's drug store. 3 NEWS OP OTSBKASEA. Manger Confirmed. Washington-, Feb. 19. William H. Munger has been confirmed as judge for the district of Nebraska. Three Candidate For Postmaster. Republican City, Neb., Feb. 23. There are several candidates for the nostoffice here. Tho most prominent arc Mrs. J. Reynolds, C W. Whitney and A. T. Smitl Sullivan Gets the J udgesoip. Lincoln, Feb. 19. Governor Hol comb today appointen H. M. Sullivan of Broken Bow to succeed William L. Greene as judge of the Twelfth judicial district of Nebraska. rianlng Mill Burns to tho Ground. Hastings, Feb. 19. The large plan ing mill of F. L. Pade & Son burned to the ground, xne entire iosa is esuuuiwi at $8,000. There was not one aouax s worth of insurance on it. "Women to Chose lady Managers. Fkemont, Neb., Feb. 20. Congress man Mciklejohn has designated that a mass convention be held in this city next Wednesday, Feb. 25, to select two lady directors from this congressional district for the Transmississippi exposi tion. Judge Thomas Killed by a Train. Falls City. Neb., Feb. 20. Judge E. A. Thomas, a prominent lawyer of this cirv. was rnn over and killed nere at midnight while alighting from a south hound freight train, on which he was a passenger. In crossing a parallel track he was struck by a northbound freight. Mrs. Anna Sopher Is Acquitted. Nebraska City, Feb. 19. The trial of Mrs. Anna Sopher, charged with manslaughter on account of the killing nf Tnbn Rickp.r last November in a house of ill-fame kept by her, was con eluded in the district court. It took the jury 30 minutes to bring in a verdict of acquittal. Members From Five Continents. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 20. The general conference of the Seventh Day Ad ventistsof the world has begun at Col lege View with an immense numbor of dplpfmtfis in attendance. There are present delegates from Europe, Asia, South Africa and Australia, as well as all portions of the United States. The sessions arc largely attended and will continue until the middle of March Accommodation Train Wrecked. Ponca, Neb., Feb. 21. The regular train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Min neanolis and Omaha railway met with an accident between here and Newcastle about 6:30 a. in., the passenger car and one empty box car being wrecked and bnrnpd. Seven passengers were on board, but all escaped iujury except ine Mike Waters, a traveling man, whose feet and hands were badly burned. Fort Omaha as Exposition Site. Washington, Feb. 21. Representa tive Mercer has introduced a resolution directing the secretary of war to lease to the Transmissippi Exposition associ ation the abandoned Fort Omaha mili tary reservation for an exposition Bite The lease is to be made for a term of two years, from June 1, 1897, and the government is to be reimbursed for all damacres. The lease is to include the use of the buildings. Declared tho Bonds Carried. Nebraska City, Feb. 19. A letter has been received rom Attorney Gen eral Smyth giving his opinion on that section of the statute relating to the issue of bonds by cities and school dis tricts. which is to the effect that a ma jority of the votes cast is sufficients to carry a bond proposition. Unlyi-lU wues nf or. onn n-r nvor is a twomirds vote necessary. The vote on thf proposition to issue $25,000 in bonds fofx new nign school stood, 351 for to 320 ag.H"856- Mayor Stahlhut 1 Found GuiliJ Nebraska City, Feb. 20. After Six hours of deliberation the city council by a vote of 7 to 1 found Mayor Charles Stahlhut guilty of official misconduct and of obstructing the business of the city council. The verdict, signed by seven members, says in part: "That the said Charles Stahlhut be and is hereby excluded from, ousted and re moved and put out ot saia omceas mayor of Nebraska City, Neb., and from all the privileges, franchises and emolu ments thereof." ENCAMPMENTS ARE CLOSED. Sons and Daughters of Veterans Conclude Their Business Session. Omaha, Feb. 19. The state encamp ment of the Sons of Veterans and the Daugters of Veterans instructed their respective delegates to their national encampments to do all in their power to briug these national meetings to this city during the exposition year. The duty of getting these meetings devolves upon two representatives from each of the conventions. One of the del egates selects to the Sons of Veterans' national encampment was Senator John M. Thurston. He was at once notified of the fact and last night a telegram was received from him, accepting the office. The other delegate is J W. Collins of Fremont. The alternate is A. H. Rawitzer of this city. The two delegates to the Daughters of Veterans national encampment are Emma Day of Fremont and Mrs. Phoebe McCoy of Omaha. Their alternates are Effie Shel don of Geneva and Carrie Balduff of Fremout. The next encampment will be held af Milford pn the same date whJ that pf the G. A. R, The following officers wore elected? Commauder, W. H. Davis, Wilber; senior vice commander, M. R. Gilmore, Valley; junior vice commander, S. T. Wiggins, Omaha. Division council, Colonel F. T. Coates, Wash.;ugton; Colonel George F. Wolz, Fremont. A. W. Whitney, Albion. The Nebraska Veteran of Omaha was chosen the official organ of the order, Kyle Klected Senator. Pierre. S. D., Feb. 19. The break came in the senatorial deadlock yester day noon, when Senator Kyle was re elected, the Republicans voting solidly jor nimj uarmJi WfupiH .piKier. xnji Republicans of the house voted almos.t solidly for Kyle and the Republicans of the senate began at once to change to him, so that before the result of the ballot wa3 announced enough of the changes had been made to give Kyle 65 votes three more thau were necessary. CLUBBED TO DEATH. HORRIBLE FATE OF KICAKUU HUii IN A SPANISH PRISON. Authorities of tho State Dopartment Pay No Attention to Ills Defends For a "IVarship to Protect Amerlcaa Citizens. Situation at Havana Is Critical. Havana, Feb. 25. (New York World Cahleirrani.l The state department refuses to answer General Lee's cabled question as to whether or not it win sustain with a man-ot-war ms aemauu that Spanish outrages upon Americans cease and that the lives, liberty and rrftntv richts of the citizens ot tne United States he respected by the Span ish authorities. Kicardo Ruiz, an American citizen oi education, has just been muracreain prison and Charles W. Scott, another Amflrimn citizen, has been kept 14 days in soiitary confinement with nothing to door, nn bnt a wet stone noor. xvuw. was kept incommunicado 13 days before i,o vns killfid- To prevent Scott from being murdered General Lee demanded of General Ahnmaoa on xnimy m Scott be brought out of close connne- ment and allowed to see friends. This was not done by baturday ana General Lee cabled to Secretary Olney the facts, asking how many warships were on tho Florida coast and if one would be sent here in case it became necessary to enforce a demand. Not one word in reply to these questions had came from Washington up to Wed nesday morning. Tho emergency still exists. The Spanish authorities do not in the least respect the treaty stipulations that no American prisoner must be kept in soli tary confinement more, than five.days and must be acquainted with the charge against him within 24 hours. No American prisoner ever was brought out of solitary confinement in a dark cell within the time specified. Dark cells terrible holes are used as places of torture to make prisoners con fess. Ruiz went crazy in his and was clubbed to death because he made a noise. CONSUL GENERAL LEE DID RESIGN. But Was Itequested to Itemaln at Ills Post For a While by Olney. New York, Feb. 24. A dispatch to The World from Washington says: Fitzhugh Lee, consul general of the United States at Havana, has resigned, but has been requested to remain at his post for a time at least. The following cablegram was Tuesday morning re ceived at the stato department: Havana, Feb. 23. Secretary of State: My resignation mailed per steamer. Signed, LEE. Secretary Olney replied to this imme diately, urging General Lee to withhold his resignation until something could, be done and declaring that his retirement at such a time and in such a manner "would cause untold trouble." HANNA TO SUCCEED SHERMAN.' Governor Bushnell Announces He Will Appoint nim Senator. Columbus, O., Feb. 23. Govtrnor Bushnell last night gave out the follow ing statement to the press: "It has been my intention to make no announce ment in relation to the action I would take in the matter of an appointment to fill tho prospective vacancy in the Ohio representation in the United States sen ate until the vacancy actually existed. But, on account of the manifest inter est of the people and their desire to know what will be done, I deem it-' best now to make the following statement: When Senator Sherman resigns to enter rhim Hon. Marcus A. Hanna of CnvaT hoga county to serve until his successor is chosen by the Seventy-third general assembly of the state. I trust this action will meet tho approval of the people." Seven Bu-tincss Houses Uurntd.. Mills akk, S. D., Feb. 25. Last night witnessed the worst fire that has oc curred in Millbank since 1SS4. Sfivon 'eusiues3 houses on Main streeVwere burned to the ground. The . fire is thought to havs originated from a de fectiv&fluo in Hattie Mollish's" bakery. It is feared that a man named Andrew Yyg, who was rooming over the bakery, is burned. Total loss, $35,000. His Ability. Euddy You say that Biglin get a salary of $10,000. Aud there js pes: fcively nothiug in Biglin he js not an educated man and he has no natural abilities. Dnddy Except the ability to get a salary of $10,000 a year. Boston Transcript Desperation will often lead a man to do valiant deeds and overcome seeming impossibilities. What will not a man do to break out of the prison- cell- of a tvrant? But the same than, imprisoned in the charnel-house of ill-health will but too often idly, and without an effort, await the approach of fteath. There is but one way to meet and Cifet'cbme thfe deadly diseajg.-cpnsumptipn: ft is to grasp the bestweapph at hand anS valianty beat gown fce barrjprs pf disease. f)r. Pierce's Qnlden St edicaj Discovery 1 the best and only sure weapon to use jn bat tling with consumption, It cures 98 per cent, of all cases. It purifies and builds up the blood, and drives out the dise&se germs, The lungs cannot long remain diseased that are constantly renewed by rich, red, arterial blood of the best quality. When tberlungs are supplied with pure blodd, the germs of consumption are soon rendered harraleM. The "Discovery'' also contains elements that steady and strengthen- the nerves, and it is the best medicine for those suffering from loss of sleep, brain fag and overwork. Thousands have testified to the great T5ehe fit? received from this wonderful medicine. Miss Mary Whitman, of East Dickinson" Fran.,nr S" ites: "For nearly tei months I have had a bad cough, and instead ot getting better, it grew worse, until I was ad vised By a fnend to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery. I hesitated at first, forlt seemed to me nothing would give relief only-death. Mv barents were anxioua-about me, and I was said fb have emptl6'T triecV-v&F ieS? and before I hai faVen Vacjr&sel tfrpnfSsfll great change. When the keoud bottje TvJi empty I am thankful to say I had no cough and was a great deal stronger. Many thank.? to.the 'Discoverer' of ssch amedkane."' - -- - - If you want a $1.50 doctor-book in paper covers free, send'si cents in stamps. For ?Mco Cr,thT "SPR ten nts extra. Addiess, Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, $1. "Jf.