The Semi-Weekly Tribune.
IRA U 11AUK, Proprietor.
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NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
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A shot from ambush killed DJarld
Bey, tlio son of the grand vizier, at
Constantinople.
Elaborate preparations arc being
made at Boston for tho reception of
Admiral Dowoy.
Whllo making a high dlvo at Pitts
burg James Brady, a brldgo Jumper,
was fatally Injured.
Tho Paris Newspaper, Matin, says
tho Dreyfus family will shortly go to
Egypt for tho winter.
A flro nt Huntsvlllc, Ala., destroyed
almost n whole block of tho town.
Tho loss la estimated at $7G,000.
Prizes aggregating $780 In vnluo will
bo awarded to tho students at tho Lead
(S. D.) High school this year.
Major Bralnnrd, formerly chief com
missary at Manila, lu seriously 111 at
Nagasaki. He Is on his way home.
It Is reported that tho British post
roaster general Is considering the feas
ibility of Introducing 3-pcnny tele
grams. Lord Charles Stewart Roginnld, sec
ond son of tho Marquis of London
derry, is dead of consumption, aged
twenty years.
8hcpard Sandwcll, colored, who
murdered his mistress, Rose Hcnshaw.
lost Juno, was legally hanged at
Moundsvlllo, W. Va.
Count Egloffstoln, a prominent mora
ber of the club der Harmlosen, nt Ber
lin, was sentenced to nlno months' Im
prisonment for cheating nt cards.
Tho United 8tates supromo court
convened for tho regular October term
but adjourned without transacting any
business according to tho usual cus
tom. Rear Admiral Henry L. Howlson
was placed on tho retired list of tho
navy by opcrntlon of law on account
of age. Ho will make his rcsldcnco In
Now York city.
P. M. Brady, head of tho firm of P.
Mr. Brady & Co., dealers In stocks and
bonds, Now York, committed sutcldo
In his prlvno offlco, by shooting. Busi
ness troubles waa tho cause.
A German cotton spinners' trust has
been formed by Rhenish, Wcstpha
llan, Baxon and Slcslanl firms, com
prising 95 per cent of tho cotton
pinning establishments of tho empire.
It Is announced from London that
Hiram Maxim, tho great Inventor and
manufacturer of guns and other war
supplies, han taken out a certificate
of naturalization as a British subjocf.
Charles T. Duffeo of Washington, 0.,
has been appointed a shoo and harness
maker nt tho RoBobud Indian agency,
8. D., and Frank A. Kauffman of
Washington.D. C, nppolntod to tho
Bamo position nt Slsseton, 8. D.
District Attorney Gardiner of New
York city, has appointed an one of his
assistants James Dickson Cnrr. col
ored. Mr. Carr Is a grnduato of Rut
gers und of Columbln Law school. Ho
was born In Baltimore thlrty-ono
years ago.
Tho French Tnlnlstor of war, Gen
eral do Gnlllfet, has ordered an In
quiry Into tho Rcandnl created at Mon
tcllmar, dopartmont of Droumo, by n
party of young oftlcorB, who shoutod
"Abas Loubct," during n recent visit
thero of tho prcBcldcnt.
Tho Judgo of tho nsslzo court nt
Pohtolso, Franco, has ordorcd tho
prosecution for manslaughter of tho
organizers of tho recent bull fight at
Dotill, whoro ono mnn was trampled
to death by tho escaping bull and sov
oral others woro severely Injured,
Bids wcro opened nt tho Indian of
flco nt Washington for tho construc
tion of n water and sower systom at
tho Seneca Indian school, Indian Ter
ritory. Tho blddorB woro W. D. Lov
oll, Dcs Moines, In., $7,795, and II. W.
Smith & Bon, Chotopn, Kan., $0,G83.
John H. Payton of tho Brotherhood
of St. Andrew, having Just returned
from an ofllclal visit to Luzon, says
our Boldlcr boyB are very bad boys
and that anything llko religious work
thero la out of tho quostlon na long as
our nrmy remains to set such bad ex
nmplo. Returns from tho lanrt ngonts In
Wyoming and Colorado being rocolvcd
tho union Pacific land department
now finds that during September It
disposed of 109,068 acres of grazing
landa In Wyoming and Utah, and 6,
178 acres of farm lands lu Kansas ami
Eastorn Colorado.
Whllo tho floor of Aurora Tumor
hall, Chicago, wao thronged with
danccrB, Dominic Poternntonln, an
Italian, shot and killed Pnsqualo Znc
canldo. The dancers made n rush for
the murderer and tho police say that
vtolcnco would hnvo been dono had
not throo patrolmon with drawn revol
vers forced tho crowd back.
Acttug Secretary Allen has caneolled
tho ordorn to tho gunboat Mnrlettn to
make n survey of tho dangerous shoal
on tho north coast of South America,
nnd directed tho ship to proccod with
dispatch to Munllu by way of tho Suez
canal. Tho survey work has been
turned over to tho Dolphin. Tho Now
nrk will bo ready to sail for Manila
from Maro Isalnd within n week.
Tho Rev. J. A. Marston of Owens
vlllo, Ind., was arrested In that city
by M. G. Prlco, postofflco Inspector,
and was lodged lu Jail. Ho Is charged
with violating tho postal law by using
tho mails for a schemo to defraud, It
being alleged that ho has been collect
ing money pretending that It was for
tho tiso of tho Red Cross socloty, and
that It was being sent to Miss Clara
Barton at Trlnadad, Cuba,
Tho comptroller of the currency has
npprovod tho application of tho fol
lowing persons for authority to organ
ize tho Commercial Nntlonal bank, of
Mutscogco, I. T., with capital of $50,
000 Gcorgo II. Williams, D. H. Mld
dloton, P. J. Byrno. L. E. Bennett, W.
C. Jackson, G, W. Bell.
Tho Hod Carriers' union at Victor,
Colo,, declared n Btrlko and thti work
of rebuilding tho burned district la
stopped.
Eddlo NcDufTto broko ovory record
from one to five miles Inclusive tho
board track at Brockton, Mass. Ha
rode the first two miles in lees than
three minutes.
ROOT TOG INSURGENTS
Filipinos Eoing Driven Back 1 tho
American Forces.
ANOTHER UPRISING IN MANILA.
Forces of General Schvnin, After One of
tho Harriott Marches nnil Fiercest
Campaign! of the War Arrive nt Iiu
coor A I.loutenant and Natlvo 1'ollco
In Manilla Arrested Threatened Up
rising In tho City.
MANILA, Oct. 14. Major Cheat
ham with a scouting party whllo pro
ceeding along the went nlioro of tho
lake yesterday encouutored a forco of
rcbols strongly entrenched at Mun
tlnlupa. Major Cheatham roports that he
drove tho rebels from their position
and that In tho engagement three
Americans wcro klllod nnd two wero
wounded.
Rumors are In circulation In Manila
that Major Cheatham discovered threo
Amorlcan prisoners, who had boen
bound, gagged and shot by tho insur
gents. These rumors, however, arc
not confirmed.
On Sandago, n llcutonnnt of tho na
tlvo police has boen arrested and
lodged In Jail, hla subordinates hav
ing reported to tho authorities that ho
was endeavoring to enlist them In a
plot to turn tho pollco against tho
AmorlcanB In tho event of nn upris
ing. Reports having reached tho provost
marshal that arms woro concealed at
tho hcadqunrtor8 of tho Dominican
Friars, a dotachmont of soldiers made
a search of tho building. Thoy found
a small stock of Mausers, rovolvors
and ammunition, which was confiscat
ed dosplto tho protests of tho friars
that tho arms wcro not Intended for
unlnwful use.
General Schwan, with tho Infantry,
has reached Bacoor.
Tho troops nro greatly exhausted,
having had one of tho hardest
marches of tho campaign. From Ma
labon to Peroz Diaz thoy marched
through rice fields. Tho fourth Infan
try from Imus Joined Gceral Schwan
nt Peroz Deo Marinas. Tho Filipinos
doserted tho town on learning of the
appronch of tho Amorlcans.
Two strong shocks of carthqunken
lasting sovoral seconds woro felt In
Manila at 10 o'clock tula cvonlng.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Tho war
department ban rccolvod tho following
list of casualltloK from Gonoral Otis:
W.oumr,c( Fourth Infantry, at
Imus, September 29, B. Frank Hubs,
thigh, sovcro; John W. Smith, foot,
modornto; K, Frank HIckndo, thigh,
moderate; Octobor 3, A, Sergeant Wil
liam Born, oar, slight.
At San Nicolas, October 8, E, James
McOllnchoy, back, modorato; Fifth ar
tlllory, nt Imus, Boptombor 29, F,
Louis Llovor, knee, eovoro.
At Snn FranciBco do la Malabon, Oc
tober 10, Louis Arnold, chest, modor
ato; Twonty-second Infantry, nt Ar
rayat, October 5, F, Archlo Hutchin
son, arm, Blight; Twonty-fourth In
fantry, near Santa Ana, Octobor 7,
F, Sorgoant David Holdon, chest, so
voro; Jamoa Smith, thigh, sovoro;
Fourteenth Infantry, noar Marlqulnn,
Octobor 8, L, William Brlnoy, neck,
sovoro; at San Nicolas, O, Frank Frn
gor, forearm, sovoro; Owon B. Hill,
leg, sovoro.
Hospital corps, Alvln II. Bailey, leg,
modorato; Thlrtoonth Infantry, at San
Francisco do la Malabon, Octobor 10,
F, Norman Norton, knoo, modorato;
O, Potor Kanklwlcz, arm, sovoro; H,
Charles E. Smith, thigh, sovorc;
Fourth artillery, F, Charles Wilson,
thigh, moderate
Engineer batnllon, A, John T. Van
Noss, leg, Bovcrc.
DEWEY WIELDS THE TROWEL.
Lays Cornerstone of n Hnll Named for
Him nt Norwlith University.
NORTHFIELD, Vt., Oct. 14. Ad
miral Dowoy today laid tho cornor
stono of Dowoy hall, which Is to bo a
part of Norwich university, tho insti
tution in which tho ndtniral rocolvod
his onrllcHt military training. Ad
miral Dowoy was escorted from his
train to tho university by tho Norwich
unlvorslty endota nnd tho First regi
ment of tho Vermont National Guard.
Admiral Dewey spread tho mortar
and ns tho cornor-stono wsn lowered,
Bald; "I now declnro this stono duly
and truly laid and according to my
wish."
Sonator-cloct Chauncoy M. Depow of
Now York dollvorcd tho address o
tho day. At tho conclusion of Mr.
Dopow's nddi-QBs Admiral Dowoy hold
a rocoptlon tor a short tlmo, Ho loft
for Boston, whoro a public reception
will bo hold.
BALANCE OF TRADE OUR WAY.
Exports of Mt-rclmndlso ICxooedud Im
port by 71,(10(I,7H7.
WASHINGTON, Oct. lU-Tha
monthly stntomont of tho Imports nnd
oxports of merchandise of tho United
States during tho mouth of Boptom
bor, 1899, together with tho tnureaso
or decreases as comparod with Septem
ber, 1898, shows as follows;
Dutiable morchaudlso Imported, $39,
425,621; Increaso about $10,600,000.
Domestic merchandise exported, $109,
123,047; Incroaso, $19,800,000. Gold
Imports, $2,672,028; decroaso, $14,300,
000. Gold oxportB, $1,056,749; decroaso,
about $2,000,. Silver Imports, $2,010,
914; Increase, $4,000,000, Sliver ox
ports, $3,022,147; decrease, $1,500,000.
Tho oxports of morchnndtso during
the Inst nlno months nro shown to
hnvo execodod tno Imports by $76,006,
787, Convict Porio Mean ISdltnr
PONCE, P. ft., Oct. 14. The Uultcd
Stntos provisional court nnd a Jury
of prominent natives today convicted
lzlca Diaz, editor of El Coinbato, for
merly La Boraba, which Gonoral Guy
Henry Btipprossed, of neudlng obacono
mattors through the mall. Diaz was
sentoncod to otghteon months' impris
onment with a Ino of $500,
El Combato has been strongly antl
Amorlcan In Its policy. This was the
first trial by Jury In tho Islands.
nOLD UP NORTHWESTERN.
Five Masked Hen Gap; Ktatlon Agent,
Flag Train nnd Ulovr Kxpress Car,
CHICAGO, III., Oct. 14. The North
wcotern limited train leaving Chicago
at 10:30 p. m. last night was held up
not far from Dekalb, 111., and robbed.
Tho train Ib duo at Dekalb at 12:20,
and tho holdup occurred at tower W,
threo miles from Maple Park, 111. It
Is not known whether tho robbers se
cured nny great amount of booty. A
special train containing a number of
armed men and dotcctlveB left tho
Northwestern station in Chicago to
night, bound for tho scene of tho rob
bery. It Is Bald there wero flvo masked mon
engaged In tho oporatlon. Tho train
was flagged, and whllo two of tho mon
compelled tho engtneor nnd fireman to
run tho engine ahead, tho balance of
them robbed the train. The train dis
patcher's office of tho Northwestern
road In this city admitted tho truth of
tho story to tho central police officials.
Tho robbery was evidently carefully
planned. Twenty minutes boforo tho
train was duo at Maple Park tho rob
bers burst Into tho station houso and
presenting rovolvors nt tho head of tho
station agent, compelled him to remain
quiet whllo they bound him. After ty
ing him fast to a chair thoy forced a
gag Into lila mouth and left him ut
terly holpless.
Tho signals woro then changed bo
thnt tho train would bo compelled to
atop before reaching tho depot. The
robborB went down tho track to a
point whero tho train would stop and
waited for It. As soon as It camo to
n halt two of the mon covorod tho en
gineer nnd fireman with rcvolvero and
after uncoupling tho onglno, compelled
tho engineer to run It down tho track
two miles.
With dynamlto tho robbers blew up
tho express car, practically demolish
ing it and blocking tho track.
They then cracked open the safo and
rifled It. It Is not known how mucn
money was secured. Immediately after
grabbing what thoy could from tho
safo tho robbers flod Into tho darkness.
They nro now being pursued, but the
robbers have qulto a lead over tho
posso that Is after them.
REED RETURNS TO A GAVEL.
Presides nt u Session of Inter nations
Commercial Congress.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14. Ex
Speaker Thomas B. Reed today
rando his first appearance in nubile
slnco hla retirement from ofllclal life,
presiding nt tho second session of tho
International Commercial congreso.
Mr. Reed was enthusiastically grcotod.
Tho proceedings woro opened by Direc
tor Gen. Wilson, who nppoarod upon
tho stago, accompanied by Spoakor
Roed, Assistant secretary of State Sec
retary David J. Hill, General Lowory
of London nnd Dr. Vosburg Rckow of
Berlin. About twenty-flvo of the most
conspicuous members of tho conven
tion, Including tho Corean, English,
Chinese, Argcntlno and other South
American representatives, occuplod
soats on tho platform. Dr. Wilson In
troduced Mr. Reed, who said:
"Whatever doubta may havo arisen
becauso of sclentlflc differences nnd po
litical distinctions, I am ono of those
who bellevo that God mado out of tho
men of nil nations ono humanity. Ho
did not aeo fit to mako thorn acquaint
ed ono with nnothcr; that Ho has left
to us. Wo dcslro to become acquaint
ed with you; wo dcslro that you shall
becomo acquainted with us. You may
recolvo too many wolcomes whllo you
nro hero, but I deslro to add my ono
to thorn In this wolcomo of you horo
today. It 1b my belief that this wel
como will becomo warmer and warmer
by tho advanco of years as between
tho natlona which you and wo ronrc
Bent.'" BOERS ARE VERY ACTIVE.
Humor Current that an Attack will
Hoon Ilo Mudc.
LADYSMITH, Natal, Oct. 14. (Now
York World Cablegram. A rumor Is
current thut Ladysmlth Is to bo at
tached tonight. Thero Is tho utmost
activity In tho British camp hero. Yet
I doubt tho report becauso tho Boors
hato attacking nnd rarely lo&vo their
laagerB (camps) aftor sundown.
I nm otrongly of tho opinion that
tho BoorB will find n tough Job nt
what-over point thoy luvado. Tho
British ofllcers nnd soldlora aro well
prepnred and eager to fight. Authen
tic nows from tho Trunsvaal Is most
dlfllcult to obtain, but It cannot bo
that war has not boon doclared. It la
also lmposslblo to doubt that tho
Boers havo taken a position on tho
Ingogo Hclghta on tho British sldo
of tho bordor. Thoy havo moved their
camp from Albertlnn, noar tho bordor,
and nro at-prosont In forco at Mount
Tlntwa.
lluak Looted.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 14. A special
to tho Post Dispatch from Nevada,
Mo., says that burglars outercd tho
Fnrmors' bank at Scholl City, near
thero, Inst night, blow open tho aafo
and secured $3,600 In caBh, with which
thoy escaped. A pobso has been sont
out to enpturo tho robbers, If posslblo.
About 1 a. m. tho town watchman
was captured on tho street by armod
men nnd n bag was thrown over tho
man's bond to stlflo his cries. Tho
burglars, of which thoro wcro several,
then broko Into tho bank, blow off
tho door of tho safo and took tho mon
oy. Advance tho Price of Undertvetr,
ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 14. Practi
cally all tho mills In thlB etnto aro now
organized under tho namo of tho Amor
lcan Asosclatlon of Knit Underwear
manufacturers, which has decided to
mako n 15 per cent advance In tho
prlcco of flceco underwear, which Is
tho kind most generally worn, and In
which lluo tho compotltton herotoforo
has been tho fiercest.
A Mllllonalro Dead.
FON DU LAC, Wis., Oct, 14. W. O.
Hamilton, tho mllllonalro lumbor
man, who suffered a stroke of apo
plexy on Wednesday laBt. died today.
TAKE TOIS INITIATIVE
0om Paul's People Do This by Precipi
tating Hostilities.
CONFLICT ON IN THE TRANSVAAL
II rl t la It Government Declines to Discuss
tho South African Demands Mnrtlll
Imw Proclaimed In Pretoria ISngllsh
Resident Without Permits Mast Lcuvo
Within Eight Days Activity on All
Hlder.
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 13. War
was declared yestorday. Tho formal
declaration occurred at 10 o'clock this
morning.
LONDON, Oct. 13. Following Is tho
reply of the British government to
Presldont Krugor's ultimatum:
Her majesty's government haa re
ceived with great rpgrct tho peremp
tory demandB of tho South African
republic, convoyed In your telegram
of tho 9th. You will Inform tho re
public In reply that tho conditions
named by the South African republic
are such that hor majesty's govern
ment deems It inexpedient to discuss
them.
A Protorla dlspntch, dated Octobor
11, sent via Louronzo, Mnrzeuzas, says
telegraphic communication between
Natal and Capetown Is undoubtedly
Interrupted. It says:
"Conyghnm Green this afternoon
said goodbyo to Presldont Kruger nnd
his ofllcers In his prlvnto capacity. Ho
and his staff will leavo tomorrow by
two special trains. Martial law was
proclaimed at 6 o'clock this afternoon
and British residents without permits
must leave tho Tranavaal within eight
days."
PARIS, Oct. 13. Secretary Vandor
hooven of tho Transvaal European
agency officially notified tho French
government this morning that a state
of wnr between tho South African re
public and Great Britain oxlsta nnd
haa existed since last ovonlng.
ATTITUDE OE UNITED STATES.
Nothing In International Usage to War
rant Mediation.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Tho .fol
lowing statement was Issued by tho
atato department today: "Tho presi
dent has received a largo number of
petitions signed by many cltlzons of
distinction requesting him to tender
the mediation of tho United Stnteo to
settle tho differences existing between
tho government of Great Britain and
that of tho Transvaal. Ho has ro
colved other petitions on the Bamo sub
ject, Borao of them desiring him to
mako common cause with Great Brit
ain to redress tho wrongs alleged to
havo been sufforcd by tho outlandors,
and especially by American citizens
In tho Transvaal, and othors wishing
him to assist tho Boers against allegod
aggression.
"It Is understood that tho president
does not think It oxpodlont to tako ac
lon In any of theeo directions. As to
taking sides with either party to the
dispute, It la not to bo thought of. Aa
to medlutlon, tho president has ro
colvcd no Intimation from clthor of
tho countries that tho mediation of tho
United States would bo nccopted, and
In tho absence of such Intimation from
both parties thero is nothing In tho
rules of International usage to Justify
nn offer of mediation in tho prosont
clrcumstancco. It Is known that tho
prosldont sincerely hopes and desires
that hoBtllltlos may bo avoided, but if,
unfortunately, thoy should como to
puss, tho efforts of this government
will bo directed as thoy nro at pros
ont to seeing that neither our na
tlonnl Interests nor those of our citi
zens shall suffer unnecessary Injury."
Live) Stock Sanitary Itules.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13. At today's
ineotlng of tho Interstate Association
of Livestock boards tho report of the
committee on qunrantlno lino nn'd
open season was presented nnd adopt
ed. It makes n change in tho quaran
tine lino of last year,- tho counties of
Lincoln, Cannon and Cumberland In
Tonnessoo being placed above the
lino.
Tho committee also recommended
that during tho opon season, which
waa fixed from Novombor 1 to Jan
uary 1, all stock shipped Into Mis
sourl, Kansas, western Testis, Okla
homa, Now Moxlco and Arizona must
first bo Inspected and found to bo free
from ticks.
forces In I.uson Advancing.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13,-Tho wnr
dopartmont today received tho fol
lowing dispatch, dated Manila, Octo
bor 12:
"Schwan'a column Is marching on
Snpang and Dus Marinas today, whoro
opposition Is expected. His artillery
and wagon transportation Is return
ing to Bacoor by way of Rosarlo. A
column of 600 mon Is marching from
Imus to support Schwan, If necossary.
Young, In tho north, has occuplod
Arayat, and supplies nro being moved
up tho Rio Orando by enscoos to that
point. Lawton will command tho col
umn whon full concentration Is ef
fected. Young's loss today, ono en
listed man, who was wounded yestor
day. Insurgents attacked Angeles
lines, quickly repulsod: six enllstol
men woro slightly wounded."
Female Itnbbrr Escape.
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 13. Pearl Hart,
tho fomalu stago robbor, lncarcorated
horo awaiting trial on an Indictment
In tho United States court, broko Jail
at 3 o'clock thla morning by cutting
a fifteen-Inch oponlng through (fa
wall, ten foot above tho level of hor
coll floor. It Is supposed sho hod a
confedorato and Is uttlrod In male at
tire. A fow days ago aho declared Bho
would never submit to bo tried under
laws which neither sho nor her box
had a voice In making.
Columbus Ilnnks Victimised.
COLUMBUS, Nob., Oct. 14. Henry
Itagntz, a prominent business man,
was notified by tho Columbus Stato
bank that It hold a noto for $450 for
which ho was security and which was
past due. Rogatz found his namo had
been forged to n noto and that tho
slgnaturo wao a bungling imitation.
Ho learned that this was a renewal
noto, tho original having been given
some threo years ago and renewed
about three times a year. Tho noto
was signed by John Tannahlll as
principal and It was ho who had al
ways negotiated the paper. The Com
mercial Natlonnl bank also hold two
notes nggrcgatlng $474.60, renewed
six or soven different timea, always
signed with Tnnnahlll as principal
and Harry B. Reed, a farmor living
north of town, ns security. Mr. Roed
admitted he had signed notes for Mr.
Tnnnahlll a long tlmo ago, but said
ho had signed nothing for him In over
a year and tbeso notes wero also for
geries. Tho First National bank then
discovered It was holding two notes
negotiated by Tannahlll, one for $120
with Carl Kramer ns security and tho
other for $100 secured by Mrs. Phobo
J. Lawrence. Mr. Kramer says his
slgnaturo Is a forgery and ns Mrs.
Lawrence lives In Polk county the
bank cannot toll Just now that hor slg
naturo Is genulno.
A scramble has ensued among tho
nttorncys for tho different banks to
fllo attachment sutta ngnlnst Tanna
hlll's property on tho edgo of town,
which consists of thlrty-throo acros of
nursery and orchard with considerable
Improvements In the way of hot
houses and other buildings. Four
suits hnvo ben filed aggregating some
thing over $1,C00, but aa thero Is an
Incumbrance against tho property of
$1,000 It Is not likely that it will pay
out the claims.
Itoturns From tho Klondike.
FREMONT, Neb., Oct. 14. Frank
Frandsen, whoso people live about a
mllo cast of Fremont, has lately re
turned from a fifteen months' success
ful trip to tho Klondike. Ho has, In
partnership with a Canndlan, ono of
tho best paying otakes In tho Atlnnd
district, B. C. When ho loft thero
weoks ago thero wore two gangs of
mon at work taking out $1,000 a wook
on an avcrogc. Ho thinks that during
tho last two or three weeks this aver
age has been kept up although ho has
heard nothing. From now on, work
will bo discontinued as tho ground
will freeze. Ho came to tho United
States preparatory to striking out for
Australia to try quartz mining there
whllo his partner operntcs tho mlno
for anothor year In tho Atland district.
DecM Not So Plenty This Year.
FREMONT, Neb., Oct. 14. Tho
boot Harvest horo nnd at Ames is
progrcalag. Th yloid l.j not quit
up to that of lar-t year In mmc locr.l
Itlee, but ih9 n.nar content ant cwt
flclont of purity l.- nbovo the utandard,
so that It v.Tl fi lly mak; up for trie,
lack of 'juiiitiy. fhe tugur content
has Increased considerably sine 3 tho
first frost.
As tho factory of tho Standard Boot
Sugar company Is not yet completed
beets are being placed in silos. Tho
dry weather 1b helping out tho boot
raisers, tho beets being remarkably
freo from dirt. Tho sugar factory at
Ames will bo completed soon after No
vember 1. Tho machinery Is now In
position nnd tho walls nearly up.
Nebraska In Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. A civil
sotvlco examination will ho hold nt
Mason City, la., on November 1, for
the position of clerk and carrier in tho
postofflco In that city.
Miss Luella Reray of AInsworth,
Neb., hns been appointed a feeder in
tho government printing office.
Bids were opened today nt tho In
dian school ior erection of a brick
warehouso at tho Indian school Go
noa, Nob. Tho only bidder was James
Welch of Nebraska City at $3,349.
Flaming Hiiyn-lcl Fires Hum.
COLUMBUS, Nob., Oct. 14. A pass
ing locomotlvo on tho Union Pacific
road set fire to the grass cist of the
city limits and, driven by a high wind,
tho flames soon reached tho hay Hold
of William Lockhart, destroying his
barn, several tons of hay, six hogs,
a wagon nnd conslderublo machinery
boforo It could be subdued. Mr Ijie
will bo something over $500, with no
Insurance. Adjolnlnc property was
saved only by hard work.
Hitchcock' Harvest SutWfiictorv.
TRENTON, Neb., Oct. 14. Thresh
ing Is being concluded lu sovoral
places In tho county and tho avorago
yield Is fair considering tho dnmago
dono by drouth nnd grasshoppers. Tho
corn was also vlsltod by grasshoppers,
hut the yield Is good and of fair qual
ity. Never In tho history of tho coun
ty has It been so dry and dusty and
tho farmers aro waiting for a rain
so thoy can begin fall plowing.
Scarlet I'evor at Dakota City.
DAKOTA CITY. Neb., Oct. 14 Scar
let fever In a mild form has brokon
out In this city. At present thero
nro two cases In Postmaster Schl
meal'B fnmlly, and tho other In Mrs,
C. W. Cratchblold's family. Every
precaution Is being used to keep tho
dread disease from spreading, and
It Ib hoped that theso cases will nnt
piove fatal.
llltten by Ills Dog.
NEBRASKA CITY, Nob., Oct. 14.
T. K. Wooster, bill clerk at tho Bur
lington & Missouri dopot, was sovorely
bitten by his own dog aa ho returned
homo. His left arm Is considerably
lacerated.
Nuilonul Hunks of tho State.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Tho ab
stract of tho national banks of Ne
braska exclusive of Omaha and Lin
coln, at the closo of business on Sep
tember 7, as reported to tho comptrol
ler of tho currency shows tho avorago
reserve to have been 37.49 per cent
against 40.23 per cent on Juno 30;
loans and discounts Increased from
$14,387,565 to $14,819,199; stocks and
securities from $532,027 to $626,166;
gold coin from $682,232 to $47,495;
totnl spcclo from $887,658 to $930,673;
lawful money resorvo from $1,272,922
to $1,282,677; Individual deposits from
$16,630,291 to $16,949,904.
WEDDED HIS MOTHim-IN-LAW.
Peculiar Matrimonial Mix-Up Iteportedi
from Alabama
Thero was n peculiar caso reported
)y tho Tampa Tribune's Alabama cor
respondent In a recent issuo. Accord
ing to tho story a young man of that
Btato, In order to keep In control of
certain property loft by his deceased
wife, yielded to tho unusual tempta
tion nnd performed the remarkablo
feat of marrying his mothor-In-law.
Thcro's a brilliant oponlng on tho
platform for that fellow. Ho Is enti
tled to tho distinguished consideration
of a curious world. Tho columns of
tho yellow Journnls could bo his to
command. As n museum attraction
ho would bo a gold mlno to any mann
gor. Think of tho nbsoluto rashness,
tho reckless daring of such n step.
What laureled hero, In war or peaco,.
has surpassed It? Hero la a man, young
and good looking, with a bright fu
turo beforo him, who, without hesita
tion, without a murmur of protest,
for tho sake of a fow paltry pleceB of"
real estate, has deliberately leaped Into
tho armB of his mother In law tied
up to her in life, placed hlmBolf per
manently in her power, burned all tho
bridges of escape, nnd laughed a well
founded tradition to scorn. ThlB Ala
bama experiment may havo a great ef
fect on tho futuro of tho human race.
Hitherto, tho moro existenco of tho
mothor In law haB boon tho greatest
deterrent Influcnco to tho mntrlmonlal
Inclinations of both sexes. Particu
larly in tho case of every man who
has found hlmsolf on tho threshold
of a proposal to tho object of his Idol
atry has tho question arisen, not, "Can
I afford to support a wlfo?" but "Can.
I afford to acqulro a mothor in law?"
After marrlago Bho has been, too of
ten the serpent that spoiled tho hymo
neal Eden. But tho Alnbama young
mnn, by his bold stroke of originality,
may chango all thlB. Ho may succeed
in giving tho Ho to procedent. Ho
may find tho position of stepfather to
his former wlfo n sinecure As nctlng
grandfather to hla own children ho
may mako a brilliant record, and
should tho second union result in off
spring, ho may find much mental en
joyment in tho realization that ho Is
tho father of his oldest son's undo or
tho fond parent of his youngest daugh
ter's aunt. So wo will watch tho ca
reer of tho Alabamn curiosity with,
much Interest. It may result in a com
plcto vindication of tho much abused
mother in law. Wo hopo It will bo
bo; but, oven as wo hopo, tho voices
of all history, tho teaching of all ex
perience, tell us that wo hopo in vain.
Tampa Tribune
ROLLED HIM IN A BARREL.
Punishment Pronounced Worse Tlmn
Lynching by One Who Suffered It
"There's somothlng barbaric ahout
lynching, as most people will agreo,"
said tho man with tho brokon noso, ac
cording to tho Minneapolis Tribune,
"but I can easily nnnio two worse
thlnge. Ono is rolling a man around
In a barrel and tho other is a coat of
tar and feathers. In my foolish young
days I arrived at a town in southern
Indiana to find the peoplo excited over
sovoral arrests for robbery. A fam
ily named Black, consisting of a man
nnd wlfo and a grown-up son, had
been caught nnd mado to confess to so
many thefts. Instead of putting them
on trial tho peoplo had determined to
apply tar and feathers and walk 'em
out of town. I had no objections ns
far as tho men woro concerned, but
when it camo to tho woman I consti
tuted myself her champion, and de
clared that they must walk over my
dead body first. For ahout flvo min
utes I was a hero. Then about n
dozen men grabbed me and huBtled me
Into a room, and nfter tho Blacks had
been disposed of, according to pro
gramme, I was brought out for pun
ishment. Plenty of tar and feathers
wero loft, but tho crowd wanted n
chango, and It was decided that I
should havo tho barrel exercise. They
got out and unhcaded a big cider bar
rel, dropped mo Into It and replaced
tho head, and then nil was ready. I
w.13 Inclined to look upon tho proceed
ings with contempt. I had never been
rolled In n barrel, and so I had no idea
of the sensations. They first kicked It
along tho wide, unpaved street, and
It had not rolled over more than twen
ty times when I was elck of my Job.
After they had enjoyed thorasolves for
a quarter of an hour I was praying for
death to hurry up. I dimly remembor
that aftor thoy got tired of tho football
work In tho street thoy rolled the bar
rel up a long hill and then lot It go
kiting down. You talk of seasickness,
but thero Is no comparison. Aside
from tho feeling of nausea, I was
Jarred, Jolted and bruised from head to
heels, and in ono of tho bumps I had
my noso brokon. I was unconscious
when they finally took me ov and for
a wook I wnB little better than a dead
man. It was weeks and weeks beforo
I got tho revolving motion out of my
head and could walk straight, nnd to
this day I can't boo a grlndstono re
volving without being affected by it.
It would havo been far moro merciful
to hang mo up 'by tho neck."
Select tho Heat.
Somo Australian birds lay their eggs
in black sand, as It aware of its supe
rior power of absorbing heat; others
select the neighborhood of hot volcanic
springs, whoso warmth plays an im
portant part In tho hatching. Tho
mound builders collect heaps of earth
and lenves as much as eighteen feot
high and thirty feet in diameter, and
In this hotbed their eggs are hatched.
Superior women do not allow them
jelvea to be charmed but by the graces
of tho mind and superiority of char
acter. Balznc.