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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1898.
In January, 1897, the Chicago
authorities gave coal and provi
sions to 12,400 families andVin Jan
,uary, 1898, to 6,116 families. This
looks very much as though some
prosperity, at least, hadi struct?
over 6,000 families in the city of
Chicago.
The old Boers of the Transvaal.
republic know when they shave a
good man at the helm of state in
that little republic. Oom Paul has
guided them through many a squall
and his -constant re-election to the
presidency of the Africanders shows
that they have the most venerable
faith in Uncle Paul.
Little Japan says if lhere.is any
division to be made of Chinese soil
she is -going to take a hand in it
and freeze on to Wei Hai Wei as a
starter for good. The chances of
China paying Japan the last pay
ment ot the war indemnity grows
dimmer from day to day and Japan
considers a bird in hand worth two
in the bush.
England may have in part lost
her former prestige as a war nation
but if Johnny Bull moves up to the
bargain counter he is still in evi
dence. His latest strategical move
was to buy all the coal in sight on
the whole Chinese coast, leaving
the other nations to hustle for fuel
as best they can, and thus for the
time being make any extensive and
aggressive movement of other war
vessels impossible. -
The new management of
Union Pacific is still wielding"
the-
the
hatchet. This time the women
stenographers employed at the
company headquarters must suffer
as all such will be dropped from the
pay roll and their places filled by
men. The reason given for the
change is that "men can't do good
work when women are around and
women can't do good work when
men are around." Perhaps they're
right.
The school board of Lima, Ohio,
is about to engage in a war against
the merchants xf the town whoseli
cigaretts to school" children, and if
possible exterminate the cigarette
entirely. They say that many of
the children, girls and boys alike
ranging in age from 12 to 6, have
acquired the abominable habit of
smoking the deadly things and
are total wrecks in consequence.
Some of the pupils had fallen into
a stupor in the school room.
An Australian doctor was recent
ly consulted by a young man who
had lost the sight of one eye. The
surgeon told the patient that a
tumor had formed and that the eye
would have to be taken out. The
young man consented to an opera
tion and was put under the influ
ence of ether. Then the doctor
took out the wrong eye, leaving the
patient entirely blind, ""It is not
necessary, to twist any comment.
into this paragraph.
The
Zola trial exposes a rotten
ness in the French republic that
exceeds anything- that has yet been
heard of, and forebodes the earljH
downfall of the present so-called
French republic, and another per
iodical revolution to overthrow the
' existing- government may be antici
pated in the near future. When
the highest tribunals o a nation
defend the rogues and throw inno
cent people into prison for life to
shield the guilty, such 'a nation
loses" its respect in the eyes of the
world.
; Nothing short of a thorough ex
t.,amiuation, a probing to- the bot-
that the wrecking of the battleship
Maine was not directly or indirect
ly due to the work ot the stab-you-in-the-baclc
Spaniards. If there
has been crooked work, Spain must
be made to suffer, and that, too, aa
no other nation has suffered. The
patience of the people of this coun
try has 'been, tried ;sufScieh fly long
by the Spanish atrocities in Cuba;
they will-not submit to any at
tempt at " white-washingV in the
Maine case. -"-.
H a' ' '
TAx-FJLYrar Kxrrare.
The tax-payers meeting at the
coMrtfhpusc Tuesday eyeking was
nor largeiytattennded, but among
those present were a number of
the heaviest tax-pavers of the
county.
O. H. P. Buchanan was elected
temporary chairman and M. C.
Harrington secretary.
The following report, submitted
by the executive committee ap
pointed at a previous .meeting, was
read krid.a'dopted:
It is the sense of your committee tbatr
each precinct be invited to rail a meet
ing of the tax-payers for the purpose of
electing two delegates to co-operate with
the executive committee. Such call to.
be printed in circular letter and mailed
by theocretary of this meeting to the
permanent tax-payers of each precinct
and to read as follows:
Believing that a reduction of taxes is
absolutely necessary for the future good
and prosperity of the citizens of North
Platto an d Lincoln co un'tv, together with
an economical expenditures of the same:
conscious oi me race mat our taxes are
largely increasing while bur property is
greatly depreciating in value, which, if
continued, means the shutting out of
immigration, tne connscation or our
property, and the abandonment of our
homes: with a view of remedying these
evils, we cordially invite your co-opera-
tion ana asicyou to can a meeting ot tne
tax-payers in your precinct at an early
dale for the purpose of selecting two
delegates to act with the committee of
this organization, and bo present at the
tneeting'of the assessors to be neld at
North Platte, March 15, 1898
I. A. Fort stated the object of
the meetinjr and said that the
movement lor a reduction of tax
ation was not to boom or to dis
parage any political party it was
non-partisan. Every one realized
that taxes had increased while
property values had depreciated,
and if possible something must be
-done. He produced the two re
ceipts for taxes paid on a building
in North Platte. The 1895 re-
, was $80 and the 1896 receipt was
SlOO, showing an increase of $20.
V. w. .baker also exhibited re
ceipts for the same years, which
showed a proportionate advance.
Deputy-treasurer Orr was pres
ent, and he presented a comparison
of the taxes on certain landsforthe
years 1893 and 1897, which with
one or two exceptions showed that
the taxes in the former year were
hiirber than in the latter. Mr. Orr
gave no figures, however, to prove
that taxes had not advanced in the
last two j-ears.
Chas. JyicDonald spoke at some
length. He found that his taxes
for 1896 were about twenty-five per
cent hierber than in 1895, and he
had talked with others and found
that the same condition existed.
C. F. Iddings asked for informa
tion as to the amount of back taxes
due the county, and was told by
ex-clerk Burritt that the amount
was about S75.000. Mr. Iddings
deplored the fact that our laws
were such that it was almost im
possible to collect land tax.
Remarks were made by ex-clerk
Burritt, Major Walker and others,
and the sentiment of the meeting
was stronsrly in favor of reducing-
county expenses and thereby mak
ing it possible to reduce taxation.
The remarks "developed .the fact
that inequality ot assessment ex
isted in nearly every precinct, and
that -property holders in North
Platte were taxed higher propor
tionately than those in the country
precincts.
A permanent organization was
effected by" the election of John
Bratt president; O. H. P. Buchan
an vice-president; and M. C. Har
rington secretary and treasurer.
Lester Walker was elected a mem
ber the executive committee lrom
North Platte, H. Otten from the
First commissioner district, Alex
Neilson from the Second commis
sioner district and Sahib Clapp
from the Third district.
A wholesale expulsion of stu
dents occourred at the Hastings
high school. Twenty-six students
were called before Superintendent
Brown and expelled from school
for playing truant. The cause of
the trouble was the spring-like
weather. Nothing but a public
apology before the whole school
and extra work will putthemback.
If the same spring-like weather
Continues it is possible that the
apology may be postponed,
Robbers were
tngntenea awav
from the postoffice at Cozad which
they were attempting to rob. The
men had entered through a window
opening into an adjoining room
occupied as a feed store. They at
tempted to drill the safe door and
their tools were found next morn
ing strewed around the floor.
Some
ot the papers seem to re
gard the fact that the Kentucky
X
legislature asked Senator Lindsay
to resign as a huge joke, and by
iove! it looks that wav. The idea
of a United States senator resign
inr is immenselv funnv, isn t it.;
Denver Post.
i Try Grais-0! Try Graia-0!
Ask your grocer today to show you a
package ot Grain-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chil
dren may drink it without injury as well
as the adult All who try it, like it.
GRAIN-0 has the rich seal brown of
Mocha and Java, but. it is made from
pure grains, and tne most delicate
stomach receives it without distress.
tne price ot cosxee. loc and
package. Sold by all grocers.
:&o per
mm opinion
Says Maine Was Blown Up
by a Floating Torpedo,
251 OF THE OEEW ABE LOST,
Qihvette Arrives at Key West
' With' Sixty-Two Survivors.
EXPLOSION SPLIT Bia SHIE IN TWO
Secre'taryLoRg Takes a Conservative View
ef the Catastrophe Appoints a Board
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of "Naval
Officers to Proceed to
-Havana and Make an Investi
gation Iowa Man Missing.
Key West, Feb. 17. The correspond
ent of the Associated Press has been as
sured in a reliable quarter that Captain
Sigsbeeis under the impression that
the warship Maine was blown up by a
floating torpedo and that he has com
municated his impressions to "Washing
ton, asking at the same time that the
navy department should send naval
engineers and mechanics to investigate
the explosion.
Key West, Fla.. Feb. 17. The
steamnr Olivette, with 62 survivors of
the Maine on board, arrived here at
10 :80 last night,- seven and a half hours
from Havana. Of the number 20 are
wounded, 10 seriously aud one fatally.
Captain Merrill, with Company A of
the First artillery took possession of the
BATTLESHIP MAINE.
dock before the vessel's arrival and
half the population of Key "West. The
majority were Cubans and niulattoes.
No one not in uniform was allowed to
go on board. The Associated Press
correspondent saw Purser Denison of
the Olivette, who gave the following
brief account of the disaster :
"The explosion is an absolute mys
tery to everyone. It occurred in the
forward magazine, which is just for
ward of amidships and below the water
line. The coal bunkers are outside, bnt
separated by two feet of space. Ac-
corcung to custom tne magazine was
inspected at a o ciock in tne evening
and the temperature found to be 59.
The magazine was locked and the keys
given to uaptam bigsbee. Tne men
went to .their hammocks in the forward
part of the ship soon after 9 o'clock.
Split the Big Ship In Two.
"The explosion occurred at 9:40 and
hence the awful and overwhelming loss
of life. No one can give a connected
account. About 10 men who were in
tne iorward part ot tne snip were
saved and of these several had their
hammocks slung on the lower deck.
The explosion split the big ship in two
and throw these and one marine who
was sleeping on the superstructure 40
feet in the air and into the water.
"In the magazine were 25 tons of
coarse, powder used for charging the Trig
guns, there being no dynamite, deton
ating powder nor torpedo heads, and
nothing in fact that could be exploded
by concussion. In the main magazine
aft the high explosives were stored and
this magazine did not explode. There
are no electric wires connecting with
or near the magazine. It is not be
lieved that the Maino'was destroyed by
a torpedo underneath, as if this "were
the case the hold would have been torn
in the bottom and the ship would not
have been riven to atoms as was the
case. lie at c part or tne snip sank in
three minutes and the officers and sur
vivors of the crew escaped half clothed.
Pieces of the Avreckage flew a distance
of 500 yards. One large piece of cement
struck the quarter deck of the City of
Washington of the Ward line, which
anchored ahead of the Maine 20 min
utes before the explosion."
Following is a list of officers and
men who arrived on the Olivette, fur
nished the Associated Press by Joseph
M. Mann of Providence, B. L Mr.
Mann was assisted in the list by the
lieutenants on board, principally by
Jungen, and the list may bo depended
on as official :
Lieutenant C. W". Jungen.
Lieutenant John Hook.
Lieutenant J. J. Bhinilin.
3fdval C.idets A. Bronson, Boyd. "Wash
ington and Crenshaw.
Passed Assistant Engineer F. C. Bow
ers.
Assistant Engineer Morris.
Pay Clerk McCarthy.
Carpenter Helms.
Gunner.J. X. Hill.
Boatswain Larkin.
Lieutenant of Marines Catlin.
Sergeant Mcehan.
Mess Attendants John Turpin, Harris
ftushida, F. Awo. -
Wardroom Cool; Toppin.
Gunner's Mate Williams.
Apprentice Willis.
Marines McKay, Peter Larscn, Mori-
eric, A. Hallberg, G. David, William
GartrelL
Peggy, the captain's pug dog.
Lieutenant George P. Blow.
Ficutenant C. P Melville.
Thamas J. Durkin, Corning, N. ,T. .
Harry McCann, Vallejo, CaL
The Wounded. '
A. J. Dressier, Germany.
Charles Bergman, Sweden.
W. H. Thomnson. Philadelphia. '
ueorge fcRwartz, Germany.
H. Tackle, New York. - '
Marine F. G. Thompson:
B. Hulqhiarif orfolk, V-fH. M
Jaarine JoknMcDerriaott. ?- '
J. Herbert, Brooklyn. . :
A. Ham, Indian Jlls, K. Y. A
P. J. Foley, Ireland.
George Pox, Chicago.
M. Flynn, Ireland.
William MeXair, Pittsburg, Pa;
Charles Galpin, a marine.
J oseph Lutz, a marine." -M.
Lanahan, St. Louis.
Joseph Kane, Worcester, Mas3.
Carl Christiansen, Norway.
A. Johnson, Sweden. "'-'
John D. Load, London.
J. Panck, Lynchburg, Pa.
O. Anderson, Sweden.
C. Lohman, Sweden.
Calvin Cook.
2".
Henry Williams. Elizabeth City. N. O.
W. E. Hichards, Philadelphia.
Peter Mickleson, Denmark.
The authentic figures as given of the
cusaulties are 104 saved and 251 dead.
It was a sad. scene at the dock last
night as stretchers were carried to the
waiting ambulances by artillerymen
and sufferers tenderly nlaced on seats
for conveyance to the marine hospital.
The brave fellows bore their sufferings
aamirably and some limped through the
lane of eager faces with their arms in
slings, heads bound and bloodstained
bandages on legs or trunks.
The crowd lias been yelling only as
excited Cubans 'and negroes can yell,
but a great hush fell upon tne assem
blage as the head of the procession filed
from the deck house. .Excited women
grew hysterical and many a Latin prayer
was heard from lins that had been
shouting a moment before.
Every possible arrangement for the
comfort of all who were disembarked
had been made and all who could talk
praised highly the kindness of the Span
"ish officials Who opened their hearts and
wardrobes to the survivors.
Boats from the Spanish cruiser Al
fonso XII were among the first to reach
the Maine, and Captain General Blanco
placed all his resources at the disposal
of General Lee.
LONG CONSIDERS IT AN ACCIDENT.
Secretary of the Navy Takes a Conserya-
tive View of Maine Disaster.
Washington, Feb. 17. After a day
of intense excitement at the navy de
partment and elsewhere growing out
of the destruction of the battleship
Maine in Havana harbor Tuesday night,
the situation last night, after the ex
change of a number of cablegrams be
tween Washington and Havana can be
summed up in the words of Secretary
Long when asked as he was about to
depart for the day whether he had
reason to suspect that the disaster was
the work of an enemy replied : "I do
not. In that I am influenced by the
fact that Captain Sigsbee has not yet
reported to the navy department on the
cause. He is evidently waiting to write
a full report. So long as he does not
express himself I certainly cannot. I
should think from the indications, how
ever, that there was an accident : that
the magazine exploded. How that
came about I do not know. For the
present, at least, no other warship will
be sent to Havana."
Undercurrent ot Suspicion.
The appalling nature of the accident
and the gravity of the situation that
would arise should investigation give a
basis for the undercurrent of suspicion
of treachery and foul play that ran
through al1 minds, had a sobering
effect on public men of all shades of
political opinion. The fact stands forth
and is little less than remarkable that
not a single resolution was introduced
or a single speech made in either house
of congress, save one of condolence
with the families of the killed, offered
by Mr. Boutelle and adopted by th e
house of representatives. Public men
expressed their opinions with reserve
when approached,but everywhere there
was a demand for an investigation and
full details, in the light of which the
horror must be justly viewed.
Secretary Long undoubtedly summar
ized the general opinion of the major
ity of the naval experts in finding it
impossible just now to state the cause
of the destruction of. the Maine. There
are a great number of theories, but
most of them are of a character that
makes it easy to prove or upset them
by a singlo investigation by a diver.
Secretary Long has taken immediate
steps to make this investigation. Late
yesterday afternoon he telegraphed to
Admiral Sicard at Key West to appoint
a board of naval officers to proceed at
once to Havana, employ divers and gen
erally to make such inquiries as the
regulations of the navy shall demand.
Hard work and harder waiting and
expectancy marked last evening for
most o the department officials wli03R
duties connected them in any way with
the Maine disaster. Secretary Long,
who had boen aroused at 2:30, when
the news first reached Washington, was
thoroughly tired out aud went to bed
unusually early. He turned over to
Lieutenant Whttellsee the receiving of
all dispatches relative to the disaster,
-with orders to make pnblic everything
referring to the affair. Very little was
received that would throw light on the
situation.
Merritt Born In Bed Oak.
Ked Oak, la., Feb. 17. Lieutenant
Darwin E. Merritt, now missing from
the battleship Maine, was born in Bed
Oak, in May. 1871. He-is the son oi
Hon. W. W. Merritt, an early settler
and prominent citizen now serving as
postmaster of this city.
Edgeinont Bank Officials Arrested.
Hot Springs, S. D., Feb. 17. W. W.
Stewart, cashier of the Merchants'
bank of this city, has been appointed
receiver of the First National bank of
Edgemont, which closed its doors im
mediately after the collapse of F. O.
Grable'affairs. Cashier E. C. Salis-'
bury and Assistant Cashier A. B. Clif
ton of the ISdgemonr bant were ar
rested for grand larceny and brought
here yesterday and token before Jus
tice Dudley for hearing. They ob
tained a continuance until March 1,
and were placed -under $1,000 bonds
each. The complaint charges the lar
ceny of $2j000 in notes. Only about
600 was found in the' bank when Re
ceiver Stewart took possession.
There is a Claw of People
who are ioiured bv the use of coffee. Re
cently there has beenplaced in all the
grocery, stores a new preparation called
GRAIN O, made of pure grams, that
takes the place of coffee. The most del
icate stomach receives it without dis
tress, and but few can tell it from coffee.
It does not costyiver as much. Chil
dren may drinkfit with great benefit 15
fcte. and 25 . cts. per package. Try ltd
Ask for GRAIN-O.
Awarded
Highest fionors World's Pair,
-Goid .tedal, Midwinter Fair.
DA
CREAM
BAKING
POWDER
i
A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder.
40 YEARS THE STANDARD,
TO BOOM KING CORN.
First Maize Congress It Now In FrosreM
at Clilcnco
Uhicago, Jjeb. 17. Tno nrst corn
t
convention ever held in the United
States began today at the Great North
ern notei. About lou afuejrates are
present and moro are expected. Nearly
all the middle western states srexepre
sented, as well a3 a few of the far west
ern commonwealths. Arrangements
have been made for riving a practical
demonstration of the value or corn as
food, a kitchen having bean oponed and
bread, crackers and a number of table
delicacies are to bo had for the asking,
F. D. Coburn, secretary of the Kanass
state board of agriculture, was chosen
chairman of the convention. He said :
The object of our coming together is
to confer about the waya and means by
which America's premier crop, and
wonderful cereal may be better under
stood and appreciated by the world at
large. We are satisfied that scarcely
one person in a hundred, thousand com
prehends the magnitude of its product,
its money yalue, its innumerable uses
and possibilities, or its wholesomcness
as a universal food for animal and man.
Twenty-one states were represented
at the meetiner. After Chairman Co-
burn had addressed the convention J,
J. Murphy of Chicago presented infor
mation regarding tho corn movement.
Mr. Murphy is the son of Colonel
Charles J. Murp"hy of New York, who
was the first to introduce American
corn foods abroad and to whom, it is
asserted, tho corn growers are largely
indebted for the increase of the con
sumption of corn in Europe, the ex
ports Having increased, m lour years
from 41,000,000 bushels to 188,000,000
bushels. Colonel Murphy's attention
was first called to the value of corn by
ex-Mayor Hewitt of Isew York.
PIPE TRUST HIT HARD.
Court of Appeals Decides Azninst
Case
Iron Combine.
Cincinnati, Feb. 15. Tho United
States circuit court of appeals today de
cided the cast iron pipe trust case. Jus
tice Harlan and Circuit Judges Taft and
Lurton composed the court.
The court of appeals held first that
the contract of the association, even if
the prices fixed under it were reasona
ble, and its only purpose was to prevent
competition, as claimed by defendants,
was, nevertheless, yoid-afc-coniuion law)
because in restraint of trade and an at
tempted monopoly; second, that the
prices were not reasonable, and the pur-
pose was an attempted monopoly;"
mi
third, that the trade restrained by the
contract of the association was the ne
gotiation and sale of pipe, to be deliv
ered across state line3 from the state of
manufacture to the state of sale, and
that this was under all the decisions of
the supreme .court interstate com
merce ; and fourth, as a conclusion from
these premises, that the contract of as
sociation was a restraint aud burden on
interstate commerce, and a violation of
the federal antitrust act, and should be
enjoined. The court distinguished their
case from the suar trust case on the
ground that the contract sought to be
enjoined under the federal antitrust act
in that case was a contract of associa
tion for the manufacture of sugar, and
did not involve, as the contract in this
case did, the restraint of sales of mer
chandise, to be delivered across state
lines.
SHOT WHILE RUNNING AWAY.
Men Who Were With March rrs Tell Story
of I. it timer Shooting.
WiLKEfBAKRE, Pa., Feb. 15. The
14th day of the trial of Sheriff Martin
and his deputies, charged with the kill
ing of the strikers at Lattimcr, opened
today with JohnPnstion ou the stand.
He testified : "I was with tho strikers
when tho shootiug occurred atLat timer.
When we approached tho sheriff he
walked to the middle of the road and
told us to stop. Somo few of the men
went forward, and I thcu heard two
volleys from tho deputies. I was shot
in the right arm, and as I started to
run I was shot in the right leg. I saw
six - or seven of the deputies leave the
line, and shoot a1? they walked away."
Andrew Stult testified ; "I carried the
flag in the march of the strikers. We
were stopped at Wast Hazleton by the
sheriff, who had a revolver in his hand.
A similar scene occurred at Lattimer,
where the sheriff seized one of our men,
and we pulled the man away from him.
I saw the sheriff pull the trigger of his
revolver three or four times."
Tugboat Sink With Hyo Men.
New York, Feb. 17. The tugboat
Frankie today capsized and sank in tho
lower bay. Five men were lost, The
ferryboat Castletonof the Staten Island
line was on her way to New York
when the tugboat was heard whistling
for help. The ferryboat went to its
aid, but the tug sank quickly. Two
men were saved:
Steamer Wrecked Oft Wilmington.
Philadelphia, Feb. 17. The pas
senger and freight steamboat Ericsson,
which plies between this port and Bal
timore, sank in tho Delaware river off
Wilmington atout 6 :30 tins morning. -
Sixty passengers were taken off and are
now on their way to this city. Tho
Ericsson left Baltimore at 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. She lies easy in 10
feet of water.
Beanty is Mood Deep.
Clean bfb'.d means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets Candy
Cathartic clean your blood and keep it
clean, by stirring- up the lazv liver and
driving all impurities from the body:
Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils,
blotches, blackheads, . and :that sickly.
bilious complexion by taking Cascarets, -1
beauty for ten cents. All druggists,
satisfaction guaranteed 10c., 25c;, 50c.
L. A. W. ASSEMBLY.
POTTER'S
" DENT
RE-ELECTION AS PRESI
IS MADE UNANIMOUS.
Next Meeting: of the Eeagae of Americas
Wheelmen to Ba Held la 1853 at Provi
dence. K. X. Harare Iacreasa In mem
bership Daring- the last Tear.
St. Louis, Feb. 11. The national as
sembly of the League of American!
Wheelmen got down to business today.
But little time was taken up with the
reports of the officers and standing com
mittees which had been printed and
circulated before the meeting began.
These were promplr adopted and the
assembly proceeded to the election oi
officers, who were all chosen before the
recess for lunch was taken. The Potter
ticket was elected without much oppo
sition. President Isaac Potter, who sought
re-election, received 212 To$es to 107
cast for George D. Gideon, ex-chairman
of the racing board, and the election
was made unanimous. The following
officers were elected :
President Isaac B. Potter, New
York.
First vice president Thomas J.
Keenan, Pennsylvania.
Second vice president E. K". Hines,
Michigan.
Treasurer James C. Tattersall,
New Jersey.
Providence, R. I., was selected as the
place to hold the next annual meeting
of the national assembly.
The report of President Isaac B. Pot
ter dwelt at length upon the progress oi
the good roads movement in the league.
He then called attention to the fact
that ten states have passed laws requir
ing bicycles to be carried as baggage
without extra charge.
Secretary Abbott Bassett in his report
said tho year 1897 had seen the mem
bership grow from 72,000 to 102,000 and !
the finances had shown a very healthy
condition.
The report of Albert Mott, chairman
of .the racing board, showed that dur
ing tne year tne receipts or tne racing
board amounted to $9,426, and the ex
penditures $7,594,lcaving a balance on
hand of $l,83:i. During the year 2,912
race meets were held, where 17,316
races had been given, participated in by
9,000 racing men, who have won and
received racing and pacemaking prizes
to the value of $1,654,020.
Sunday Racing Defeated.
St. Louis, Feb. 13. After three days
of hard work the national assembly of
the League of American Wheelmen
finally adjourned one of the most nota
ble sessions ever held by that body. The
all important question of local option
in the matter of Sunday racing was
again defeated, an amendment provid
ing that state divisions be granted the
right to determine for themselves
whether or not Sunday bicycle races
should bo permitted being voted down
by but six votes.
LUETGERT SCORES JURORS.
Says the Supreme Conrt Will Grant
Him
a Xew Trial.
Chicago, Feb. 11. "That jury
was a pack of cowards," said Adolph
L. Luetgert, who was last night given
a life sentence for wife murder, at the
county jail today. "If they had been
men men or nerve ana cnaracter.
continued Luetgert, "there would hare
been no compromise verdict. They
did net decide the case on the law and
the evidence, they simply compromised.
I am either guilty or I am innocent. If
am guilty I deserve death they
ought to hang me as high as Gilderoy's
kite. If I am innocent I am entitled to
my liberty. Luetgert is as innocent of
the crime charged against him as any
man who w ilks the streets of Chicago.
There should have been no half way
verdict in this case. It is said that I
laughed last night when the verdict
was read. That is true. I did laugh
and I have laughed since. I laughed
because the verdict to me is a ridiculous
farce. It is a coward'B verdict. They
did not have the nerve to find me not
guilty when they saw the evidence did
not prove my guilt, so they compro
mised. The caso will go to the supreme
court. Eventually I will be free. "
General Strike Proposition Hits a Frost.
Bostox, Feb. IP. The proposition of
the American Federation of Labor to
order a general strike in the textile
mills of New England seems to meet
with a decidedly cool reception in the
manufacturing centers, where at pres
ent there is no trouble. The operatives
do not see what they are to gain by it
thev say, and they have pledged their
financial help to carry on the struggle
in New Bedford. In several cities last
night the operatives of cotton mills met
to discuss the general strike proposition.
Only in INew isediord was any sym
pathy shown for it.
Belief Zola May Win Gainingr Ground.
Paris. Feb. 16. The arrival of M I
Zola, M. Perreux and others at the as
sizes court today was not marked by
any incident. Opinions as to the issue
of the trial vary creatly. While some
are already discussing tho extent of the
sentences, others regard the acquittal
of the defendants as certain, as it is
evident the court is becoming more fa
vorably disposed towards M. Zola.
liUling Distmlssed From the Navy.
WASHiXGTOJr. Feb. 16. Luther G.
Billings, pay director in tho United
States navy, has been found guilty by
a courtmartial, which has been held ia
the past few days, of falsehood and
scandalous conduct, and has been sen
tenced to dismissal from the navy. The I
result of tho trial caused the greatest
surprise in naval circles.
Victims of Alaska Blizzards.
Juneau, Feb. 16. During the last-
four days a terrible blizzard has been
raging along the coast from the head of
Lynu canal to Fort Wrangel. Accounts
differ as to the number of blizzard
victims, varying from 17 to 27.
Simons KlU(le3heri.T.
Omaha, Feb. 11 . E. L. Simons, who
was arrested at Lincoln last night on a
charge of criminal libel sworn out by J.
H. Edmisten, escaped from Deputy
Sheriff Cooney of Dawson county at
South Omaha this morning.
3IotloB for a Jtehearlujc of Hartley Case.
' Lincoln, Feb. 12. The attorneys for
ex-State Treasurer Bartloy filed with
the clerk of the supreme court their
motion for a reheariug of tho case in
which-the judgment of conviction by
the district conrt. of Douglas countv
was amrmca.
PROCEEDINGS.
Ia the Seaate.
Wasi.vgton', Feb. 15. During the
short open session of the Senate Mon
day two-phases of tho Cuban question
were adtertcd to briefly. The amend
ment of Mr. Allen (Neb.) to the diplo
matic and consular appropriation bill
recognizing the belligerency of the
Cuban insurgents was reported adverse
ly by the foreign relations committee,
not, as Mr. Morgan explained, on the
merits of the amendment, but because
tho committee did not believe in tack
ing such legislation to appropriation
bills. Mr. Morgan's - resolution c&Uinsr
upon the presidpnt for the reports of
United States consuls in Cuba and for
information as to whether any agent
of the autonomous government in Cuba
had been accredited to this government
and recognized by it was adopted with
out dissent. A feature of the session
was a speech in advocacy of the free
coinage of standard silver dollars by
Allen (Neb.).
At the conclusion of Mr. Allen's re
marks Harris (Kan.) introduced a react
lution with reference to the latest phase
of the Kansas Pacific .sale. He said in
connection with the resolution that the.
reason for its presentation at this time"
was that the attorney general had in
formed him less than x week ago th&k
he proposed to redeem the first mort
gage bonds of the Kansas Pacific and
have a receiver appointed for -the road.
"We were surprised yesterday," said
Mr. Harris, "to learn that the attorney
general had decided to abandon his ex
pressed plan of redeeming the fir3t
mortgage bonds of the Kansas Pacifio
and having a receiver appointed for the
road. By this deal, if it be true that it
has been entered into, the government
would lose 6,624,107 interest due.I?
The senate devoted almost four hours
in executive session to the consideration
of the Hawaiian treaty. The principal,
speech was made by Senator Pettigrew,
this being the third installment of his '
remarks upon the subject.
Cuban TCesolutlpu la House. .
Washington-, Feb. 15. Considerable
unneceesary excitement was . caused
among the members of the house Mon
day by the rumor, broadly circulated
before the house convened that impor
tant action relative to Cuba was to be
taken. It turned out to be simply a
resolution of inquiry reported by the
foreign affairs committee last week
calling on the state department for in
formation as to the condition of the
concentrados and the progress in
Spain's proposition as to autonomy-.
Another resolution was adopted calling
for tho correspondence relating to the
exclusion of our fruits, beef aud horses
from Germany. The remainder of the
day was devoted to District of Colum
bia business. - "
IMPEACH LINCOLN'S MAYOR;
Excise Commissioner Vnill Also Called
to
Face Similar Proceedings.
Lincoln, Feb. J 7. The city council
held a special meeting this forenoon.
Charges were preferred against Mayor
F. A. Graham and Exciseman H. B.
Yaill and impeachment proceedings
will be commenced against these two
officials. Thd resolution to bring
the proceedings -was adopted by
unanimous vote of the members
present. The mayor is charged vith
allowing the saloons to remain open
after hours and on Sundays, allowing
houses of prostitution to be openly run,
and gambling houses to be conducted.
He is charged with soiling positions to
people desiring appointments, extorting
and allowing to be extorted money from
the employes of city departments.
Exciseman Yaill is charged with using
his position to extort money from the
policemen and firemen, and with al
lowing the saloons to run illegally and
to operate wine rooms. The date of Ms
hearing is set for Feb. 28.
ALL OF THE SHIP'S CREW MISSING.
Steamer Clara Nevada Reported Lost In
Alaskan Waters.
Victoria, Feb. 16. A late report
says the steamer Clara Nevada was
burned off Berner's Bay, Lynn canal.
The fire and explosion were seen and
heard from the wharf and wreckago
was picked up on the beach next "day,
but there were no signs of the 40 men .
on her.
Seattle, Feb. 36. W. W. McGuire,
one of the ownera of the Clara Nevada,
said last nig'it that in tho absence of
further confirmatory news he believed
the report of the steamer's loss "untrue.
Thoma Bailey, one of the crew ' of
tho Rosalie, which arrived last night
from Alaska, says the Rosalie, passed
the Nevada last Wednesday morning,
Feb. 9, near Juneau, for which placpjjhe
was headed. The Nevada answered
the Rosalie's signal and passed on,
seeminsly iu no trouble.
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