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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
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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
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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".
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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