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Fusioniats Unable to Placato Morton At
tack the Starch Company.
THE WHV AND THE WHEREFORE
"Would Not JIiito lloen Molcited If Mor
ton lfitd Behaved" li tlio ttxplanatlon
Offered Effort to Crtuh Oat Great
Induatry.
NEBRASKA CITY, Nob., Oct. 8.
Tho eecrct is out.
"Tho Argo Starch Company would
not have been molested by Attorney
General Smyth if J. Storllng Morton
had supported Bryan or rofralnod from
attacking him In h!o paper."
Tho above startling statement was
publicly mode by ono of tho most
prominent democrats of Nebraska
City JuBt beforo Bryan's mooting
Wednesday night.
What a spoctaclo! TI13 Argo Starch
Manufacturing Company bolng prose
cuted for violating tho anti-trust law,
not to vindicate tho law, but to punish
J. Sterling Morton, fathor of ono of tho
prlnclplo stock-holders, for daring to
express opinions as to Bryan and
smytn.
Viewed In this light what else docs
this moan but an embargo on freo
speech? What olso is It than Imperial
ism? Tho fusion leaders nro carping
about tho right of freo speech and
niout imperialism and right in this In
etanco thoy throw off tho mask. Be
ing unablo to lnduco Morton to support
Bryanarchy thoy turn around and at
tempt to punish him by Invoking tho
aid of ft penal statuto. What is this
but a violation of tho constitutional
right of freo speech? What la It but
imperialism?
Bryan and Smyth affect to mako it
nppoar that thoy are aftor tho Argo
Company bocauso It Is a trust. It 1b
etrango thoy did not mako this dis
covery until thoy noodod votes and
campaign thundor and until all efforts
to sllenco tho Conservative (Morton's
paper) had proven futile
It Is common talk amons democrats
of Nebraska City that "Morton
Drought tbJo troublo on himself by
oposlng Bryan and tho fuslonlsts."
This is a pretty stato of affairs,
isn't it?
On tho pretonso of reform and under
protenso of enforcing tho law a blow
is struck at one of the most Important
Industries In the state, not to enforco
tho law, but to visit punishment upon
a fellow citizen who has1 dared to
oxorclso tho right of freo speech.
At tho very time, at almost tho very
hour that Bryan was assaulting one
of tho principal industries of this stato
tho candidate for vice president on tho
republican ticket was bolng assaulted
by a mob of Bryanltes at VIctor.-Colo.
If tho Argo Starch Company has
violated tho anti-trust law or any oth
er law it Is right and proper that it
should bo prosecuted. But to mako Its
prosecution contingent upon political
opposition Is a most lawless, despotic
and infamous outrage.
Using the law as a club to pound
voters Into line and to suppress news1
paper discussion of men and issues Is
abusing tho law, and those responsible
for It merit swift and sovoro censure.
When the fuslonlsts are that sorely
prossod for votes as to make grand
ttand playa with tho anti-trust laws
at tho expense of destroying ono of
tho leading industries of tho state it
is about time for them to recapitu
late. Noihlng enn bo said against any hon
orable means employed in promoting
party success, but it Is going too far
to omploy moans which ultimately
must result in tho destruction of an
important Industry, in tho destruction
of a valuable corn market and In tho
throwing of hundreds of laboring peo
plo out of employment.
A GREAT INDUSTRY.
The Argo Starch Manufacturing
Company Is not a trust. This state
ment Is made on Information rc
colved from ono of tho stockholders,
who say3 that tho company Is Integral
and that If tho suit ever comes to
trial Smyth will bo laughed out of
court.
It Is an Industry that employs 250
peoplo and consumes dally upwards of
3,000 bushels of corn. It has been a
blessing to tho working peoplo of Ne
braska City and to tho farmors of
Otoo county. '
It consumes about 500,000 bushels of
corn por year, and in tho last year
has paid out about $130,000 to tho
farmers of Otoo county for corn nlone.
It pays good prices for tho material
used and in tho Inst year hns paid out
in premiums about $38,000 abovo tho
market price. Its prlcos havo heon
such that corn 'buyors do not attompt
to buy corn In Otoo county, being ablo
to buy corn cheaper at other points.
It produces moro than 15,000,000
pounds of starch por yoar and pays
out more than $50,000 to tho laboring
peoplo of Nebraska City. It turns out
moro than 20 tons of starch a dav. and
thl3 product Is marketed In all Darts
of tho world.
Under theso conditions, and under
tho conditions under which tho suit
was brought, Is It nny wonder that
tho peoplo of Nebraska Cltv should
feel deoply concerned and nggrioved?
Only a fow nlght3 ago tho whole
city republicans, democrats and pop
ulists turned out and attonded an In
dignation meeting, nt which meeting
a petition to tho attorney general re
citing, tho injustice of his net was
drafted and this was signed by hun
dreds of peoplo irrespective of poli
tics. In a longthy review of tho facts Mr.
Morton makes tho statement that
thcro Is no cause for suit being Insti
tuted and that If tho company has
to go to tho oxponto of hiring at
torneys to dafend Its lawful and In
alienable rights It will havo to closo
up It3 buslne.-u In Nebraslsa and move
Its plant to somo other state.
What tho fusion contortionists aro
to gain by driving this Important en
iorprlso out of Nobraska is difficult to
determine. Curtain It is that It would
bo a most sorlous loss, not nlono to
Nebraska City, many of whose fami
lies earn a livelihood thoro. but to tho
stato.
How much moro bonoflclal It would
bo If every county In tho stato had
such a Ideal corn market and how
much more npprcvorlato and sensible It
would be if Bryan and tho attorney
genoral, instead of trylne to dostroy
this establishment, would try to got
moro of this kind?
Tho Argo Company has mado no In
crease in tho price of starch. This of
Itself would lndlcato that it 1b not n.
trust ft has gradually tncreasod Its
plant from a capacity of 250 bushels
of corn por day to 3,000 bushels per
day. It buys all Its corn from Ne
braska farmers and pays out all Its
wngo monoy to Nobraska ocoulo.
What goes to indtento that tho wholo
deal, so far as tho attompt at prose
cution Is concerned, is a schemo to
get votes and manufacture campaign
material, is tho fact that Attornoy
General Smyth lost no tlmo In arrang
ing for on "anti-trust" mcetlne at
Nebraska City when tho citizens pro
tested. Theso two "trust-smashorB"
entered tho peaceful lltlo hamlet on
a special train and with a pageantry
boflttlng an emperor'. Thoy camo to
beard tho Hon in his den.
Thoy found tho "lion" to bo 250
laboring people, most of whom had
purchased comfortablo homos out of
tho money thoy had earned whllo
working in tho Argo Starch factory.
This was tho "trust octopus" thov
camo to crush to doath.
Not ia citlzon In this cltv or countv
mot thorn at tho depot, and only a
handful of them attended tho "trust
smashing" powwow.
Tho scheme was so transparent that
tho peoplo saw through It and thoy
rosontcd tho outrago by remaining
nway.
Bryan, in commencing his address,
struck an attitude like upon that char
acteristically portrayed of "AJax defy
ing tho lightning," but It didn't tako
much of a horo to carry out his part
His defiant assaults upon tho starch
company In which dlro destruction
was promised caused fear of loss of
employment to enter and eadden 250
homes, and that was all.
Mr. Bryan regaled tills Imaginary
trust -with all the forco at his com
mand, but he had not ono word to
say of tho Cotton Balo trust ono of
tho principal stockholders of which is
Senator Jones, chairman of tho demo
cratic national committee; nor of tho
Now York Ice trust, ono of tho princi
pal stockholders of which Is Richard
Crokor, boss of Tammany Hall and a
member of tho advisory commlttco of
tho democratic national committee. Ho
had not ono word to aav of tho Bis
cuit trust, tho Lead trust. Sllvor trust
Whisky trust, Packing Houso trust.
Standard Oil truBt, Sugar trust or any
o tli or of tho known organizations of
this kind.
An Imaginary trust that furnishes a
market for Nobraska corn, and em
ployment to Nobraska labor and capi
tal is Iniquitous beyond description,
but a real trust that oxlsts In a distant
stato and by which Nobraska Is In
no way patronized, but required to pay
arbitrary prices, Is of no concern!
This is tho true attitude cf tho demo
cratic leaders on tho trust auostlon.
Whoa tho trust magnates nro with
them, llko Dick Crokor of tho Ico
trust, Sonator Jones of the Cotton Balo
trust, Marcus Daloy of tho Copper
trust and a score of others that micht
bo named, thoy aro all right hut when
they happen to be against thorn thoy
become at once a "dangerouB evil."
Llko tho Income tax. Four vears
ago It was a cardinal lssuo. a "para
mount" In tho democratic nlatform.
It was strongly oposed by Tammany
Hall. This year It Is left out of the
platform, and Tammany Hall Is nt tho
head of tho democratic column. Tho
"mistake" mado In leaving out tho ln
como tax plank was simply part of the
price paid for Tammany's support
HOW MUCH LONGER?
How much longer Is this campaign
of deception to continue? How much
longer will the poplo submit to the
trickery and double-dealing of the
democratic leaders?
With trust magnates clasped to their
bosoms thoy proclaim against trusts
and with tho red torch of anarchv
flaming high and bright, lighting their
very paths, they proclaim against
nnnrchy.
In Nebraska thoy are opposed to
trusts and In Now York thov co hand-ln-hnnd
with them. In Nebraska thov
aro opposed to anarchy and In Illinois
thoy havo gono over to It bate and
baggage In Nebraska thov favor fit
sion, thoy all "think nllko." but In
Now York and in many southern states'
where tho democrats havo largo ma
jorities and do pot rieod tho populists
or can do bettor without thorn, thov
do not only "think differently" bui
they repel with vigor nny attompt of
tholr populist brother to scnlo tha
breastworks of tho plo counter. In
tho wost thoy favor tho tnoomo tax
and tho free coinage of silver In the
east thoy opposo both propositions.
In tho west Bryan talks 0110 thine
and In tho cast another.
In tho west ho favors eovornmnnt.
ownership of franchlsod corporations
and In the cast ho romnlns silent on
thnt proposition.
All tho way through the democrats
aro waging n campaign of decoptlon
and. double dealing.
A VILLAINOUS FALSEHOOD.
Tho fusion papers hnvo resorted to
tho vilest abufo of tho private charac
ter of Charles II, Dlotrlcii, tho repub
lican candldato for governor. Tho
public record of Governor Povnter It;
so bad that tho fusIonlslH havo re
sorted to tho abuso of Diotrloh with
a hopo of turning tho tldo. and In
doing this thoy havo oroploycd tho
most cruel nnd utterly falso reports
that could bo conceived.
No attompt has been made bv tho re
publicans to make capital nut of Poyn
tor's record boforo he bcoamo a nubile
official. This does not mean, however,
that back In Illinois Mr. Povnter dll
not leave a record behind that would
not look very well In print.
Mr. Poynter s prlvato record has not
been gono Into, though If it were. If I1I3
Illinois history wore giver publication.
It would prove Intorestlnif readlnir.
Tho fuslonlsts, on tho other hand,
have scattered falsehoods broadcast
relative to Mr. Dietrich. Thov havo
ovon charged that ho was Implicated
In tho murder of hla former business
partner In tho Black Hills country.
That this is a oruol falsehood Is shown
by tho Dally Plonoor Tirnos, a paper
publlshod In Doadwood, S, D tho nl
loged scene of tho tragodv. Tho PIo
neor Times pays:
"Hon. C. H. Dlotrlch, candldato for
governor of Nebraska on tho romibll.
can ticket, was ono of tho ploncora In
tho Black Hills, and was Interested at
ono tlmo In tho Aurora Mining com
pany, whoso property was sltuatod on
Hlddon Treasuro gulch, which comes
Into Deadwood gulch in Central City.
Ho Is remembered by all of tho old
Bottlers of tho Block1 Hills, nlthouch ho
sold his Interest In tho Aurora com
pany In tho summer of 1877 and left
this section. Those who knew him
best pay high trlbuto to hlsr sterling
qualities, and speak of him In tho
kindest terms, although ho was a
young man then, nnd has developed his
remarkable business nnd exccutlvo
ability, nnd a promlnonco In public
affairs lnrgoly slnco that time.
"Ho disposed of his Interest in the
Aurora to Roscoo Conkllug, Thomas C.
Piatt, Sonator Gcorgo E. Spencer ot
Alabama, and Brown & Thumb, the
bankers. Ho then returned to his
home at Aurora, Ills. At tho time ho
left tho Black Hills tho Aurora com
pany was engaged In a controversy
with tho Knots Mining company, over
boundaries nnd tho right to tho uso
of a certain tunnol through tho Aurorn
claim. Pending tho settlement of tho
boundary question an ngrcomcnt was
entered Into between tho two compan
ies wheroby tho Kccts company wn?
permitted to havo Ingress to Its prop
erty through tho Aurora tunnol. but
was not to molest or take out nnv
oro on that portion of tho ground In
cluded In tho conflict. J C Tuttlo.
who had .been ono of Dietrich's nart
ncrs In tho Aurora, retained his In
terest in tho proporty. Somo tlmo
after Mr. Dietrich sold his Interest lu
tlio ground nnd left the Black Hills
tlie controversy between tho two com
panies bocamo exceedingly blttor. The
Keotw company was running a mill In
Hidden Treasure gulch, and tlio own
ers of the Aurora believed oro was
bolng taken from their claim. This
culminated In tho forclblo solzuro ot
tho tunnel by tho Kccts mon, who
placed obstructions In a shaft on tho
Aurora claim. The Aurora men at
tempted to drive tho Kcets men from
tho tunnol, nnd J. C. Tuttlo was shot
receiving a wound from which ho
died In a fow hours. Tuttlo was at
work on tho Aurora ground whon shot,
tho shot coming from a tortholo In a
cabin on tho Koots claim Soth Bul
lock was sheriff of Lawrence countv
at that tlmo. Ho lmmedlatolv place!
under arrest a number of men In tho
employ of tho Kcets company. A tele
gram was dispatched to Mr. Dietrich,
at Aurorn, 111., and although ho did
not hold any lntorost In tho Aurora,
ho camo to Deadwood as quickly ns
possible, and assisted In tho endeavor
to bring tho slayer or slayers of Mr.
Tuttlo to Justice. Thoso suspoctod of
tho shooting were bound over to tho
grand Jury, but no Indictment was
found against them, and thoy wore nf
torwarda discharged, It bolng Impos
sible to detormino who fired tho shot
that caused Tuttlo's doath.
"Tho fuslonlsts of Nobraska nro
charging that Mr. Dietrich was a
party to tho murder of Tuttlo. They
even assort that Dietrich and Tuttlo
had sold .tholr claim, and that Diet
rich murdored his partner to secure
his sharo of tho proceeds of tho sale.
Nothing could bo further from tho
truth. Tho assertion la yroven to bo
false by tho following facts that are
wll known to every one who was liv
ing In the Black Hills at that time:
First, Mr. Dietrich was not In tho
Black Hills at tho time Tuttlo was
killed, but at his homo In Aurora, 111.,
having loft tho Black Hills perma
nently. Second,. Mr. Tuttlo had not
disposed of hla claim, but retained an
Interest, his co-owners being Roscoo
Conkllng, Thomas C. Plntt. Senator
Sponcor, M. E. Post and Brown and
Thumb, all of them men of great
prominence. Third, Mr. Dietrich had
no Interest whntevor In tho Aurora
at tho tlmo of tho killing of Tuttlo.
"Mr. Tuttlo was killed Soptcmber
5, 1877. Tho agreement botwocn tho
Keets and Aurora Mining companies
was drawn up and signed August 15,
1877, Mr. Dietrich being ono or tho
signers. Immediately after this agree
ment went into effect Mr. Dietrich
consummated tlio salo of his Interest
In tho company, and' relinquished nil
claim to tho ground. Ho therefore
had no connection whatever with tho
killing of Tuttlo and tho charges be
ing brought against him by his po
litical opopnonts during tho campaign
aro absolutely without foundation."
This completely disproves tho char
ges mado and brands thorn as bolng
fnlso and malicious, Mr. Dlotrich's
conduct during his many years of cit
izenship in Nobraska has been such
ns to entltlo him to roapoct nnd con
fidence. Ho has been a liberal giver
to churchos and to charity and has
been hospltablo and public spirited
throughout his life.
It Is prosumod that, having had
proof of tho fnlslty of tho charges that
havo been made ngnlnst Mr. Dietrich,
the fusion papers will hasten to re
tract and apologize.
PROSPERITY IN BUTLER COUNTY.
BELLWOOD, Nob., Ocr. 8. "Lum
ber la high? Yes. But in 1890 I
bought a lot of crotched posts for $15
for a straw barn and wan obliged to
ask credit. Lumbor was cheap thou.
Tho market for my product was low,
too. But things havo changed In tho
last throo years. By fair manage
ment and good prices fur my cattlo
and hog3, I hnvo paid off a $500 mort
gage, built a good big bnrn and added
eighty acres to my farm." Tho speak
er was H. J. Hall of Bellwood. Ho
had been during tho hnrd times In
duced to voto with tho majority In No
braska. "I could havo purchasod this
now eighty-acre tract four years ago
for one-third of tho price I havo Just
paid for It," ho said, "nut It Is all
woll enough to look backward when
you couldn't ralso tho capital. My
crops wore good enough, but dlmo
corn and oats and threocrnt cattlo
and two-cent hogs wouldn't buy low
piiccd lumbor and barbed wlro. You
can seo for yourself that things
around horo don't look old, but havo
been built on tho hlghprlced plan
crops and stock being tho motlvo pow
er behind this now stato of affairs.
I don't want five yoars ot hard times
to oxpoiimunt on tho return of good
times ovor again, With eomo reduc
tion of tho past year would not be
strange, but that wo shall seo tho
hard times of flvo ycarB ngo I verily
bollovo thnt It cannot be." Mr. Hall
has farmed In Holt and Greeloy coun
ties and has a modol farm In ono of
the garden spots of Butler county, and
ns ho expressed It, "things nround hero
don't look old." Ho Is outspokon In
his. good words for prcsont conditions
and tells hla farmer neighbors that
ho docs now now havo to got trusted
for Inferior posts, but can pay cash
for lumbor oven though considerably
advanced In price
Robert Berkoy of Ulysses will cast
his first voto. HIb fathor Is Justlcs
of tho poaco and looks upon tho "black
cloud" that la not In sight But tho
young man hns rustled among tho big
shcop moh of Wyoming and has heard
their words ot prosperity and has
seen tho results ot tholr smiles in
clips that bring big monoy. "I return
to my natlvo stato to seo prosperity on
all hands. My old friends, many of
whom I know could not got monoy at
any rate of Interest, and when It camo
to crops the harvest was good, but
tho speck was In tho realization, My
first voto will bo cast whor I bollovo
It will reward tho man who glvo my
friends relief nnd mo work." Tho
young man did not go about with a
"chip on Hb fhouldcr," but said this
In a quiet, manly way that gavo con
fidence. "I do not want to bo quoted," said
n thrifty farmer near Ulysses, "moro
than to say I am reasonably prosper
ous. I borrowed $700 last May at 7
per cent Interest and will pay off tho
mortgogo In September, being able to
do this from my grain nnd stock with
tho prevailing good prices. I was ono
of mnny who fought U12 wind for
good times four years ago. Tho wind
has blown from another direction nnd
I proposo to keep with this unlooked
for shift of tho weather cock."
Rlchcnbauch Bros., of Rising City,
said that four yoars ago that soctlon
of Butlor county found tho farm?
worth from one-third to ono-hnlf tho
present value and no buyors. To
mortgngo them was simply out of tho
question, ovon nt a valuation of $10
an acre "Now," said Mr. Samuol
Rlchcnbauch, "this name land brings
$40 nn ncro and wo would bo glnd to
loan on a valuation of $30 an ncro.
The present condition ot tho country
gives such confidence In Nebraska that
wo can nfford to bank on It. In tho
midst of tho hard times of '93 and '91
this stato received stich a black eyo
that tho calamity howlers mndo mat
ters bad, then tho country's monoy
market topped off matters to a finish.
Wo had lost faith In each other. Cheap
corn and grains with big crops of all
mado falBo capital for politicians,
whoso solo nlm was to discourage. It
took somo time to regain our form
or prestige, but wo nro now on tho
high road that tho peoplo havo asked
for, nnd tho farmers havo confidence
In themselves, which la encournglng,
slnco thoy nro ablo to loan to each
other cheaply. Prosperity llko this Is
very satisfactory to thoso who wish
to see it continued."
"Tho hotter buildings in David City
began in 1888," said Hon. Thomas
Wolffo of tho First Natlonnl bank ot
David City. "I mado several Invest
ments of this kind myself. Times
wore vory good until "93. Everybody
knows what followed. I know two of
ray bulldlnga wore empty. Now all
tho store bulldlnga and dwellings nro
occupied and tho bank refuses lntorest
doposlts In fact, we aro quite solicit
ous for good customers who desire
loans. Wo nro not so Iron-clad In our
sldo of tho bargain, otthor. A farmer
can pay off ut any interest pay day
$100 at a time or tho entire mortgngo,
which Is considered a saving equal to
ono por cent Interest, and our depos
its nro CO to 70 por cent moro than
tho law requires us to keop on hand.
Tho long contention of hitting tho
banker has arrived, but none of us
are lying awake nights waiting for
cloud bursts."
David City, tho county seat of But
ler county, Is a boautlful llttlo city
built on a substantial plvi. Tho $80,
000 court house (which cost but $50,
000), In tho center of a block, sur
rounded by tho business blocks of
brick, shows thrift nnd good busi
ness senso on tho part of tlio people.
Tho court houso hns been half paid
for nnd tho stores point to prosperity
by tholr elegant nnd largo soloctlons.
Tho dwellings are homo-llko and the
country about Is In every way thrifty,
thus fully sustaining tho conlldonco
of tho town's peoplo.
It Is seldom that ono goos Into n
county nnd llnds such substantial
dwellings as are found upon fnrms
nnd In tho smaller towns of Butlor
county. Many of theso dwolllygs
hnvo been built within two years and
would grnco tho corner of any resi
dence portion of a metropolis: The,
towns 01 uiysca ami urninnru aro es
pecially noted In this particular, tho
formor showing Its. faith In the sur
roundings by n $12,000 school build
ing nnd mnny dwellings costing from
$2,500 to $1,000, and tho furnishings
Insldo correspond with tho exterior.
"Your faith In this country Is prac
tically Illustrated," said your corre
spondent to Joseph Nntousck of Ilraln
urd as ho vlowcd his beautiful homo
In u block by Itself. "Yes, sir, I have
but ono life to live and I want a good
placo to rest utter tho day's work Ih
dono. This 1 a grand country nnd
tho last fow years hns certainly pros
pered." William Crosby at Ulysr.cs Is remod
eling his homo nnd when finished will
correspond with his neighbors. As a
morchnnt ho Is prospering.
"I am a carpontor by trndo," said
Cornwall Hcmatroff." When tho call
to arms was mado I couldn't got In any
of tho Nebraska regiments, so I went
to Yn tik ton nnd enlisted In Company
C of tho First South Dakota, par
tially becauso I wnntod to bo patri
otic and somewhat from necessity. At
tho beginning of thnt war I had un
profitable rest Slnco returning from
tho Philippines I havo had all I can
do nt my tnado and theso prosporoua
times suit me, I assure you."
(JiU'Hthni of l'rrcmlmicm.
Sonntor Hoar's wit hua ker.t paco
with hla learning. Not long ngo, ns
ho was walking through ono of tho
corridors 01 the capltol, ho was Joined
by ono ot his former collcnguoH In tho
senate.
As thoy approached tho ontrnnco of
tho connto chamber Mr, Hour motioned
to bin companion to pass In flrFt.
"After you," said tho ox-fconntor,
drawing buck politely.
"No, Indeed," retorted 8enator Hoar,
"tho X's ulwuyB go beforo the wlso."
ONION PAWS WORK
Ovor Fivo Million Expended in Oonstruo
tion in Wyoming.
1900 A YEAR Of GREAT PROGRESS
f.and omce lienor! From Yi'nulilnBtnn
Totnl Number of Kutrlr nnd llecelnt
for the Year Other Mutter In Nebim
tin of Oenernl Intercut.
OMAHA, Nob., Oct. 11. General
Manager Dickinson ot tho Union Pa.
clilc, who has been west practically
all of the time for the past three
weeks with Superintendent of Trans
portation Buckingham, and during 11
portion of tho time with other of.
ilclulB, has been quoted timely in Salt
Lake City by thu Herald:
"Tho Union Pacific will havo ex
pended $5,000,000 on construction work
in Wyoming by .tho end of tho year.
All this work Is In cut-offs ami when
it Is completed there will bo ICS
miles of new rond and a shortening
of tho malu line by thirty nnd ouo
half mllos. Tho most Important work
In progress now Is bctweon I.Roy and
Bcnr River, which will cut out Pied
mont hill, tho hardest piece ot road
on tho division. In order to do thU
wo will havo to construct twonty-ono
miles, but tho saving will bo nlno
miles. All tho work that hurt bocn
dono and all thnt will bo dono will
bo modorn In ovcry feature and whon
flnlshod wo will doubtless' havo tho
host road In this part of tho country."
Tho construction work In Wyoming
has seriously Interfered with tho Un
ion Paclllc'a freight trafllc, tho trains
having to move slowly. In many
cases thoy woro blockaded. Mr. Dick
inson says that ho expects within tho
noxt thirty days to havo mattorn
straightened out so that this can bo
overcome.
Sueur lleet llnrveit li On.
OMAHA, Oct. 11. Tho "harvest" Jt
tho Omaha Sugar Beet Growers' na.
soclatlon will begin at once Digging
bcota will bo commenced on tho cast
sldo of tho Parker tract, and tho 160
acres planted by tho association as
woll as tho 150 acres planted by Indi
viduals undor Its direction will be
completed about Novembor 1.
Tho Douglas County Agricultural
society awarded tho association nrat
prlzo for tho best homo grown sugar
bcots exhibited at tho county fair.
Tho bcots tested 14.7 por cent sugar
and 84 por cent purity.
Commissioned Utt hns returned
from Amea, whore ho witnessed tho
starting up of tho Standard Boot Sugnr
company's plnnt on Saturday. Though
bunt for 500 tons per day, It took
enro of COO tons tho first day without
a hitch or a break, everything moving
with absoluto smoothness. Tho com
pany nlready has 50,000 tons ot boots
on hand, or enough for a twelve
week's run.
IteporU or the Land Oftlcei.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct 11. Tho
land oftteo hns mado public tho re
ceipts of the different land offices fur
the fiscal year ending Juno 30 as fol
lows: Nebraska Alliance totnl nnmlmr
of entries, 1,409, acres 125,187, re-
coipts, $26,502; Broken How, onirics,
1,830, acres 45,730, receipts $18,424:
Lincoln, entries 168, acreB 7,630, ro
coipts $2,650; McCook, ontrles 90S.
ncrcs, 18,900, receipts $5,011; North
Platte, entries 728, ncros 54,069; ro
coipts $9,524; O'Neill, ontrles 1,119,
ncres 94,097; receipts $17,877; Sidney,
ontrles, 1,041, acres 30,927, receipts,
$14,184.
Monument U Unveiled.
ASHLAND, Neb., Oct. 11. A largo
number of peoplo from Ashland and
Memphis and tho vicinity went to
tuo Cnrr cemetery Sunday to witness
tho unveiling of a monument to the
Into Albert W. "Frederick. Ashlnnd
Cnmp No. 4, Woodmen of tho World,
had chargo of the services. Rev.
William Van Buren of Ithaca delivered
tho address. Tho Ashland band fur
nished music for tho occnslon.
Choked to Driilh.
EXETER, Neb., Oct. 11. Now-J
reached horo that tho little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Vcrgo MIddleton,
living south ot town, hud choked to
death on a button. Tho father was
away from homo ut tho tlmo of tho
oocuncueo nnd tho child was taken
to a neighbor's house, but died on
tho way.
IComnhm to JleNiint Homo.
CRETE, Neb., Oct. 11. Word has
boon received nt Crete from tho VTur
department that tho remains ot Wnl
tor Burllngnmo, a mombcr ot tho No
braskn dcglmout, will bo shipped to
thlu country nt nn early date. Ho
waa killed In tho Philippines whllu
fighting tho enemy. Frlenda at Crete
will bo notified when tho body nrrlvca
at San Franclaco.
Trunin Try to Hub lliirllnu'liiu laborer.
PLATT8MOUTH, Nob., Oct. 11. Six
tramps attempted to hold up two la
borers on the brldgo gang nt thla
place Tho toughs woro lu an empty
furniture car, and, It being night,
thoy pulled tho two laborers Into thy
s.owly moving car as It ran onto tho
bridge. Whon Paclflo Junction, the
first station on the Iowa sldo was
reached, Constablo Siornca, who la also
tho night ynrdmnater, waa notllled
Tho officer at onto told tho follows
to como out of tho cur, but thoy ro
fused. Bolting the door, the consta
blo wont aftor relnforccmento. Ono
of tho men shot at tho officer, und no
In turn was slid In tho u nn bofoie
they wore llnnlly captured,
riononiued Not (lullly,
ALLIANCE, Nob., Oct. 11. Tha
Jury In tho cuso of non Muthowa,
charged with tho murder of E. G.
Wnlte, returned a verdict of not
guilty. Mathews, following his ac
qulttal, left ut ouco for Lincoln.
A DOOM IN STOCK YARDS.
Thai of South Omaha Lead In Iteoelpt
of Weiteru Cuttle.
OMAHA, Oct. 8. Tho oouth Omaha
llvo stock markot Is on tho boom and
at tho present tlmo It lends all others
in tho receipt of western cattle. In
speaking of live stock matters yester
day Gcnerul Manager Kenyon of tha
Union Stock Yards company said:
When It comes to the marketing of
western range cattle South Omaha ia
far lu tho lead ot all competitors. Dur
ing tho month of September there
woro 67,784 head ot gross cattle re
ceived at South Omaha as ngalnat 49,
C0U received at Chicago. Tho demand
all this year for both bcof steors nnd
feeders from tho mugo has been In ex
cess ot tho suppty and In tho matter
of prices South Omaha has been tho
best market on tho map, barring
none"
As an evidence of tho oxtcnslvo
feudqr business transacted ncro it may
bo stated that tho shipments of Block
ers and feeders lust week woro 601
cars, or 17,772 head. Tho wcok previ
ous tho focdor shipments nmountcd to
503 cars, whllo during the last wcok
In Soptomuer, 1899, 523 care of feed
ers wont to tho country from thla
point Of tlio 604 cars whlcu went out
of horo Inst week 7,607 head wont to
Nebraska feed lots nnd 8,612 head
woro shipped to Iowa points. Theso
cattle, na well as tho shipments to
Missouri, will como back to this mar
ket during tho fall and winter to bo
sold ns fat cnttlo.
During tho nlno months ending Sep
tember 29 thoro woro Biuppod from
this market 1S7.21G stockors and feed
ers, ns ngnliiBt 169,828 for tho corre
sponding porlod ot last year. This in
nn incrcuso of 17,388 head. It ia ex
pected that from this tlmo on tho de
mand for feeders will bo excessive
Nebraska farmers who ship horo ap
pear to havo plenty of monoy nnd
from reports it Is inforred that thoy
will put tholr monoy into feodora in
order to realize big profits on tho corn
crop.
From January 1 un to date 624.410
head of cattlo havo boon received nt
tho yards here, as compared with 572.-
361 head during tho corresponding pe
riod of 1899. This is an increase ot
52,049 head and shows that tho west
ern peoplo are beginning to realize
that South Omaha is tho boat cattlo
markot In tho country.
Hnnk Killed by the Score.
CALLAWAY, Nob., Oct. 8. Just be
fore sunset, n flock of hawks, consist
ing of sovoilil thousand, passed ovor
this place Evory porson who had a
gun was out and for about half nn
hour It sounded llko tho boxors had
struck tho village Tho birds ap
peared to want to stop In tho grovo
over night nnd In so doing mnde ex
cellent, trap shooting for nil, and the
sports could not load their guns fast
enough. Somo seventy-flvo of tho
birds were killed. Thoy proved to bo
the common chicken hawks and camo
In a lino nbout ono hundred yards
wide, and as long as tho eyo could sec,
forming a regular cloud. Thoy were
traveling from tho west to tho east,
and prcacntod a, sceno nuver wltnucsd
horo.
llloodhounda on the Work.
OVERTON, Nob., Oct. 8. Monday
morning a suspicious looking charac
ter stopped at tho homo of Robort
Gamblo, two and a half miles eouth
cact of Overton, nnd wnnted break
fast. Upon being refused ho atnrted
west on a run. Gamblo, knowing of
tho robbory at Cozad, came to town nt
onco and notified Carroll it Thorn
burg, ownors of tho famous blood
hounds. Tho dogs woro taken to tho
placo, whore they caught tho trail and
fallowing it up thoy caught their man,
who was brought to town and locked
up. But upon investigation no evl
donco could bo found ngalnst him and
ho was turnod looso nnd notified to
leavo town at onco, which he did.
A Minuter Stricken.
IIARVAARD, Nob,, Oct. 8. A tolo
grnm from Claries announcod tho
deatn at that placo of Rov. Arthuo J.
Rogers, paBtor of tho Congregational
church of this city. Later particulars
atato that ho preached at Clarke Sun
day evening and was tnkon down
Monday with pnoumonla, which re
sulted In hla death. Mr. Rogers and
wife left hero Monday, September 17,
on a month's vacation, Intending to
visit In, several places, but to pass
most of tho time at Clarks, tho homo
of Mrs. Rogers' parents. Ho assumed
tho pastorate ot tho church horo in
March and had endeared hlmsolf to
all with whom ho became acquulntcd.
Not Killed 11 Huppoied. '
HASTINGS, Nob., Oct 8. Tho re
port was rocelved horo that Cliarlos
II. Wilson has been killed by a stroke,
of lightning at Fort Dodgo, la., tho
information being convoyed In a dis
patch to G. E. Wilson, lion of Charles
W. Wilson of thla city, who has heon
with Mrs. Wilson vlBltlng friends In
Iowa for tho past five weeks. It waa
3 o'clock In tho morning tioforo a tel
egram could bo had answering an in
quiry for particulars. When it did
como It brought relief to tho mem
bora of tho family by tho anonunce
mout thnt it was auotUor Mr. Wilson
who was killed.
Itenldeiire lliirneil.
GRAND ISLAND, Nob., Oct. 8. The
rosldouco ot Conrad Schnoll at 321
East Division street wua dostroyed by
flro nt an early hour In tho morning.
Tho family, nsslstcd by nolghbors, suc
ceeded In saving most of tho contonts.
Tho loss was covored by insurance '
Urnnd IhIhiuI Cltlien Dund.
GRAND ISLAND, Nob,. Oct 8.
Grand Island inohrna tho loss of ono
of her host citizens, Henry J. Schlot
foldt Tlio deceased was uom In Illl
nolso in 1857, moved to this stato in
1881, ontorod tho cigar manufactur
ing biiBlncHS, has been a member of
tho city council, monibor of tho legis
lature from thla county In 1890 nnd
1892, wombor of tho board of county
Bhporvlsora nnd deputy postmaster
nnd thla spring waa promlnontly men
tioned us a candldato for auditor on,
tho fttrjon ticket, He leavca a wlfj
and flvo children.