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W. "VF. SANDKIM, l'ubtliher.
NEMAnA, NEBRASKA.
THE WOULD AT LAKGE,
Summary of tho Dally Nowa
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Sncur.TAiiY Cakmsi.e, Postmnslor
Gcncrnl Wilson and tlio members o
tho Virginia congressional delegation
left Washington on a special truin for
Winchester, Va., to attend tho funeral
of tho late Hon. Kaudolph Tucker on
tho lOtli.
Tin: supremo council of tho National
Fanners' Alliance and Industrial union
at Washington on tho 17th elected of
ficers for tho ensuing year as follows:
President, Mann Pago, Virginia; vico
president, 0. Vincent, Indianapolis,
Ind.; secretary-treasurer, W. P. Urlcker,
Pennsylvania.
President Cleveland has been in
formed that tho friends of tho arbitra
tion treaty considered it advisable not
to attempt to forco its passage by this
congress, tis avoto now would probably
result in its defeat. Mr. Cleveland ex
pressed his disappointment,
Tins national congress of mothers
opened at Washington on tho 17th.
After organizing and accomplishing
homo rouuno uusiness a recess was
taken by tho members lo call on Mrs.
Cleveland, who had tendered thctn a
formal reception.
Gen. Ai,i'Jti:n Pmcabanton, tho fa
mous cavalry leader, who had long been
ill, died at Washington on tho 17th.
Tim: First Jhtptist church at Wash
ington was crowded on tho 18th by at
tendants at tho mothers' congress.
Mrs. Uallington liooth conducted tho
tfovotioual exercises. Many prominent
women discussed tha best way to
bring up children.
Pohtmabtek-Geneiiat. Wilson has an
nounced that ho has accepted tho pres
idency of tho Washington and Leo uni
versity at Lexington, Va. Ho will as
BUino tho duties on July 1.
Tjib last evening reception o this
administration was given by President
and Mrs. Cleveland at the white houso
on tho 18th for tho beneilt of tho gen
eral public. Tho crowd was a record
breaker in point of attendance, it be
ing estimated that between C.OOO and
0,000 persons were in lino during tho
two hours.
Secuietaiiy Olney sounded tho Brit
ish government about tho amendments
which havo been proposed to tho arbi
tration treaty in tho scnato. Ambassa
dor llayard stated that Lord Salisbury
cared llttlo about tho amendments
eliminating King Oscar of Norway and
Sweden and realllrmlng tho Monroo
doctriuo, but tho Hrltish wcro sur
prised at tho objection raised in tho
scnato and attributed it to political
and personal motives rather than to
serious opposition to tho gcucral idoa
of arbitration.
Tjie mothers' congress at Washing
ton on tho 10th passed many resolu
tions and listened to tho reading of
papers bearing on tho bringing up of
children ond then adjourned to meet
again in Washington next year.
Tms postmasters and tho patrons at
every ono of tho -11 post oillcos whero
rural frco delivery has been In opera
tion havo indorsed tho plan and tho
postmaster-general will make a special
report to congress concerning tho ex
periment. Gileb Y. Ceenshaw, of Maysvillo,
Mo., has been nominated by tho presi
dent successor to tho lato Gen. Jo
Shelby as United States marshal for
tho Western Missouri district.
UKXKKAT. KEWH.
Bv tho explosion of natural gas in
tho press room of tho Chicago Chroni
cle six persons wero burned, two of
them dangerously. The explosion was
caused uy a leak In tho pipes.
A moi of about 150 colored men as
sembled at tho Guthrie, Ok., depot for
tho purposo of lynching Eldrldgo Pros
ton, colored, who shot another colored
man, but tho sheriff and his deputies
outwitted thorn.
Gov. TnoitNTONhas placed a company
of infantry on guard at tho penitcu
tinry at Santa Fo, N. M., on account
of tho discovery of a plot to blow up
tho building so as to liberate four
members of Iho Uorrogo gang, under
ticntenoo of 'death for murder.
ItEi'UitLiOANS, including Messrs. Ale
Kinley, llnnna and Carnegie, proposed
to ralso a fund of S100.000 for tho ben
efit of tho family of Col. J. 11. Fellows,
of Now York, who recently died from
a cold caught while stumping tho south
for tho Palmer and Uuckncr ticket.
The loss to tho Texas & Pacific Coal
Co. from tho recent ilro at Thurber,
Tex., was tho tlpplo and engine-room
find engine and hoist of shaft No. B,
part of tho fanhouso and 11 mules suf
focated. The failures in tho United States for
itho week ended tho 10th were, accord
ing to Bradstreot'fl report, 825, ugalnst
070 tho snmo week last year.
The seventh annual convention of
(tho National Allianco Aid association
rwas called to order at Dallas, Tex., on
itho 18th by President Wardoll. About
40 delegates and members, represent
ing six states, wero present. Tho fol
lowing olllcers wero elected to servo
(tho ensuing year: President, A. War
jdell, of Topolca, Kan.; vico president
fEvan Jones, of Dublin, Tex.; second
ivico president, Helen S. Johnson, of
(Pennsylvania; secrotary, S. D. Cooley,
pi TppeUa, Kan.
Fouuteen persons wcro badly poi
soned in a boarding houso at Hum
boldt, la., by eating canned raspber
ries. Two children, Nora Cain, aged four,
nnd a two-year-old-brothcr, set flro to
tho grass in the yard near Shaner, Ok.,
durin'g their mother's absence and wcro
burned to death.
Tim: castbottnd Norfolk & Western
express was wrecked through a wash
out near Lovolctte, O., on tho 21st and
thrco trainmen wero probably fatally
injured.
Tim: county Infirmary at Canfield, O.,
was burned on tho 21st. Ono of tho In
sane patients was cremated, but tho
2!!5 others wcro all rescued.
A Tit Am in two sections on the C., St.
P., M. & O. road, while backing up to
rccouplo near Ponca, Neb., collided.
Several cars wcro derailed and tho
wreck caught flro and Michael Waters,
'a traveling salesman, was pinned under
tho dobrls and so badly burned that he
will die.
Gov. Bubiinell, of Ohio, has pub
lished a statement that when Senator
Sherman resigned to enter President
Mckinley's cabinet Marcus A. Hanna
would bo appointed as United States
senator in Sherman's place.
Joseph Mukdock, of Scott county,
Vn., who was supposed to havo been
murdered 25 years ago, and for which
crime Bud Lindsay served 21 years in
tho Virginia penitentiary, has returned
to his former home. Lindsay died re
cently. The attorney-general of Nebraska
has rendered an opinion declaring that
mo curicw law in lorce in a number of
towns in the stato is unconstitutional.
The squadrons of tho united powers
bombarded Canca, tho Cretan capital,
on tho 21st to prevent Greece occupy
ing it.
The annual exhibition of tho Nation
al Carnation society opened at Cincin
nati with over 15,000 blooms. Tho
decorating committeo used 2,000 carna
tions and two miles of asparagus, foim
and smllax on tho banquet hall.
Judge E. A. Thomas, a leading law
yer of Falls City, Neb., was run over
and killed by a train whilo ho was
crossing tho track.
J. he general confcrcnco of Seventh
Day Advcutists commenced at Lincoln,
Nob., on tho 10th, delegates being prcs
cntfrom Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia
and all portions of tho United States.
President Olson mado an address, In
which ho reviewed tho work done by
tho denomination.
The Lako Shoro & Michigan South
ern railway elevator "A" at Toledo, O.,
was destroyed by lire on tho night of
tho 10th, entailing a loss of 8355,000.
About 5525,000 bushels of wheat in tho
elevator and in 00 unloaded cars went
up in smoke.
The National Editorial association
adjourned at Galveston, Tox., on tho
19th to meet at Denver. Col., next year.
Louis Holtman, of Brazil, Ind., was
elected president; J. E. Junkin, of
Sterling, Kan., llrst vico president, and
W. J. M. Page, of Jersoyvillo, 111., cor
responding secretary.
James A. Gahv, of Baltimore, Md.,
had an interview with Presidentelect
MoKinloy at Canton, O., on tho 10th
nnd then stated to an Associated press
reporter that Mr. MoKinloy had ten
dered him a portfolio in his cablnot.
but which ono had not been definitely
decided.
M. A. Hanna will contest in tho
Ohio legislature next winter for the
full term in tho United States senate.
Ilis supporters havo already organized
his campaign. Tho hopo'that Gov.
Bushnell may appoint Hanna to fill
tho unexpired term of Senator Sher
man has practically been abandoned.
The Colorado houso, by a vote of 32
to 15, passed tho high hat bill. Three
women representatives voted for the
bill and their votes created some ap
plause. Tho bill provides for a pen
alty of S10 for tho first oft'enso of wear
ing a high hat in a theater and as high
as SCO in aggravated cases.
A clay bank near IJoek Island. 111..
caved in and buried thrco workmen.
Ono was taken out dead and tho other
two wero seriously injured.
Thehe was a great gathering at a
Charleston, S. C, hotel on tho night of
tho 18th, whero tho chamber of com
merco served their annual banquet,
with Secrotary Herbert as tho guest of
honor. Tho secretary, with Adm.
Bunco and his staff, tho captains and
executive- officers of tho war ships and
tho governor of South Carolina wero
invited guests.
Mil. II anna declared to nn Associated
press reporter on tho 17th that ho
would not bo a member of President
MoKinley's cabinet.
Afteii a four hours' debate, full of
feeling and often bitter with personal
ities, tho bill allowing tho women tho
right of suffrage went to a vote In tho
Oklahoma houso on tho 18th and was
defeated by a vote of 11 to 13, tho ma
jority of tho populists fighting it hard.
A hecknt dispatch to tho Madrid Im
parclal from Havana stated that tho
opinion was prevalent in Cuba that the
proposed reforms in tho island will
havo absolutely no Iniluenco on tho
war.
Chaiu.es N. Ciiewson, of tho Uni
versity of Chicago, has received a let
tor from Chairman James K. Jones, of
tho domooratio national committee,
urging upon him tho importance of re
organizing tho Brvan Lcn-nm of fnl-
lego clubs and starting atonco a 'cam
paign of education" in tho interests of
frco silver for tho presidential election
of 1000. Senator Jones stated that ho
had written similar lottery ,to other
educational institutions in various
Darts of tho country.
cx-Presldent
and Mrs. Harrison at
ind., on tho 21st.
Indianapolis,
A hnowsmde at Pitkin, Col., killed
Martin Mentley and seriously injured
J. W. Brigham whilo asleep in their
cabin near the Cleopatra mine.
A kike broke out in Bcures' dry goods
store at Grand Forks, N. D., at two
o'clock on the morning of the 21st, with
tho mercury 25 degrees below zero, and
did damage to tho amount of 8225,000.
There wero manv narrow oschi.j rt
people in scanty clothing.
A dispatch from Mlddlcsboro, Ky.t
on tho 21st stated that a most disastrous
ilood had visited that valley, many
peoplo being forced out of their homes.
Kailroad bridges had been washed
away and trains water-bound. Near
Powell's river James Chadwell and his
family were drowned, tho ilood sweep
ing away his house.
Chung Sino, a Chinaman, was hanged
at San Qucntin, Cnl., on the 17th for
three atrocious murders.
Kid O'Buien, of Arkansas, knocked
out Chess Allen, of St. Joseph, Mo., in
tho 14th round of a contest for 15
rounds at Hot Springs, Ark. '
John Cikclelez started to make a
flro sit five o'clock on tho morning of
tn iuui aim got tlio gasoline can in
stead of tho coal oil can. In an instant
there was an explosion and tho houso
was set on fire. John Circlolez's family
and his brother Jacob's family wero
seriously burned. At tho hospital it
was thought that five out of tho eight
persons injured would die.
Daniel McCarthy was hanged at
Chicago on tho 10th for tho murder of
his wife on May 12, 1890. She had sep
arated from him on account of his
drunken habits and on her refusal to
live witn mm, ho shot her at her moth
er's houso whilo ho was in a state of
intoxication.
While a forco of workmen were low
ering a boiler into a Spanish cruiser at
tho naval yards in Cadiz on tho 18th
tlio tackling gavo way and tho boiler
fell on tho men, killing six unci seri
ously injuring ten others.
The residenco of Thomas Brown
owski at Iron River, Mlcli., was gutted
by fire on tho 18th and two young chil
dren who wero in tho house at tho
time wero burned to death. The
mother had loft the children locked in.
James A. Oaky, of EllieottCity, Md.,
it was stated on alleged authoritative
information, will bo MoKinley's post-master-goncral.
The woman suffrage amendment was
lost In tho Nevada assembly on the 10th
by a vote of 15 to 5.
J. he special reporter of tho Asso
ciated press, who has visited tho
famino stricken districts of India,
states that children arc deserted and
left to forago for themselves and that
the mortality is awful at Banda, tho
blackest spot of tho Bundclkund pro
vince, where, out of a population of
700,000, 200,000 aro receiving relief and
tho number is expected to reach 800,
000. The motormen and conductors on tho
street railways at Galveston, Tex.,
struck on tho 17th for an increase in
wages.
AnnnioNAT. msi'ATcnns.
The congress of the Daughters of tho
devolution opened at Washington on
tho 22d. Tho president-general, Mrs.
btovenson, wife of tho vico president
of tho United Stales, called tho moot
ing to order and her address was re
sponded to by Mrs. Elroy M. Avery,
stato regent of Ohio.
James Asiiton, a brakeman, tried to
dislodge a tramp, who was stealing a
ride on a freight train near Hawkins,
Tex., and a desperate fight ensued and
Hawkins was killed.
Michael Gleason, aged 85, residing
at Galena, Ind., started to transfer a
ilock of -10 sheep from one lot to an
other, and was lotting down tho bars
of a fence, when a ram dashed at him
and butted him to tho ground. Whilo
lying prostrate, tho other sheep fol
lowed and trampled him to death.
Kkv. Pete it Wallace died at Chica
go recently, aged 81. Ho was for over
JO years a noted methodist preacher
and raised a company of soldiers in
1S01 in Sangamon count', 111., for tho
Seventy-Third regiment, known as the
1111 1 I i .. .. ...
a i-uiiuiiur regiment," an oi tno olllcers
of which wero clergymen.
The Paris Gaulois stated on tho 22d
that tho powers had entrusted to Italy
tho authority to pacify and administer
tho affairs of Crete pending the estab
lishment of constitutional autonomy
fur tho island.
The annual meeting of tho National
Reform Press association was called to
order at Memphis, Tcnn., by President
I'nul Vanciervoort, of Nebraska. Nearly
every southern und western stato was
represented.
A section of the elevated seats at a
circus at Brownsville, Tox., collapsed
and precipitated 300 persons to tho
ground. Six persons may die. Many
others wero badly bruised.
The senate on tho 22d listened to tho
reading by Mr. Daniel of Washington's
larewell address and then turned its
attention to tho Indian appropriation
bill, tho olauso directing temporary
contracts for sectarian schools being
agreed to. Tlio houso passed tho gen
eral deficiency bill and tlrtm took up
tho naval bill.
The president has issued 13 procla
mations setting asldo certain thnbor
lands in South Dakota, Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, Washington, Califor
nia and Utah as forest reservations.
The populist editors who bcllovo In
fusion with tho democracy and aro op
posed to Paul Vandervoort, met at
Kansas City, Mo., on thc23d, A. ltozello
fa "'VVUlltf IU UlllUl'. j
A hahy girl was born to
ENDED HIS LIFE.
h. R. Hncnn, u Cousin of Oon. It. A. Alfcr,
Commit Suicide In ii Kansas City Hotel.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 22. H. B.
Bacon, 50 years old, a cousin of Gen.
Bussell A. Alger, who will be secretary
of war under President MoKinloy, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the right temple in a room at the Mid
land hotel at 1:10 o'clock this morning.
Ho used a 32-callber revolver. Tho
bullet cut a hole through his temple
and grazed his brain, but death
did not come for an hour. At
tho end of a long life Bacon brooded
over his trouble and in tho early hour
of morning decided to end It all. Ho
had lost a fortune of over 5100,000 and
been divorced from his wife. Bacon
was connected with tho firm of Bui
lene, Aloore, Emery & Co. during tlio
early days of that institution, and
when the Doggett Dry Goods Co. was
started hero ho became Its business
manager. Afterward he was a leading
spirit in several different mercantile
enterprises. His first wife died seven
years ago. Soon after ho married u
woman much younger than himself,
and this so angered the relatives of his
first wife, -who wero backing Bacon
financially, that they withdrew their
support and his fortune gradually
slipped away from him.
TO WRITE OF HIMSELF.
I'rcshlunt Cleveland -will IJnvoto tho Next
Few Years to uti Autobiography.
Chicago, Fob. 22. The Post's Wash
ington special says: President Cleve
land recently told a personal friend
that ho was going to devote his spare
time during the next few years, or an
indefinite period, to tho writing
of a book on autobiograhical
lines, dating from his election to
the mayoralty of Buffalo down to tho
4th of March, 1S97. Ho says ho Is
going to live tho life of a retired gen
tlemen, so far as ho may bo permitted
to do so, and will not engage in the
practice of law. lie has now arrived
at the age of nearly (30 years and, being
in the possession of a comfortable com
petence, will tfavoto tho remainder of
his life to private pursuits.
FIRING ON CANEA.
Squadrons of tho Allied Powers Attack the
Cretan Capital.
Canea, Crete, Feb. 22. The squad
rons of tho united powers yesterday
began active hostilities by bombarding
the insurgents' camp outside of Canea.
Before doing so the admirals notified
King George of their purposo unless
Grecian occupation of Crete ceased.King
George responded to this notice, as he
has to prior notices of the same sort,
that Turkish outrages of tho Greek
and Christian residents in Crete de
manded Grecian interference. First
tnc war vessels opened flro with two
rounds of blank cartridges. This fail
ing to intimidate the insurgents en
camped on tho scene the actual bom
bardment began.
SHE BACKED OUT.
Miss Kenny Answered a Matrimonial Ad.,
hut tho Man AViih Not Up to Her Stand
ard. Winona, Minn., Feb. 22. Alazic T.
Kenny, a pretty young woman from
Elroy, Wis., came here yesterday in an
swer to a matrimonial advertisement
of a widower without children and
with an established business, desiring
a wife. Tho man proved to bo C. L.
Mack, of Stewnrtville, Minn., a dray
man. Miss Kenny found he was from
the country and had neither money nor
style, so the proposed wedding was de
clared off. She is apparently a girl
from a refined home and well to da
parents, as she claims.
BENJAMIN'S NEW ROLE.
Kx-
rreHldent Harrison lleeomes tho Father
nt a JliUiy tllrl.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 22. Benja
min nnrrison has solved the problem
us to what wo shall do with our ex
presidents. The latest ex-president
took imto himself Airs. Dimmitt, a
widow, for a wife, just a triilo over ten
months ago, and at 5:H0 yesterday
morning a baby girl came. It weighed
just 8) pounds.
For Col. Vellows' Family.
jnew xoiuc, L'eb. 22. It was while
stumping tho south for the Palmer and
lSuelcner ticket that Col. J. It. Fellows
caught tho cold that probably caused
his death, and republicans, including
Alessrs. AIcKinley, I lanna and Carnegie,
havo promised to contribute for his
family S50.000, which sum it is pro
posed to raise to S100.000. Col. Fel
lows gavo away nearly all his money
and there is a 20,000 mortgage on the
home. Edward Lauterbaeh is the
father of tho relief movement, and he
and Senator Piatt are pushing it.
Found In a Hot Springs Sower.
Hot Si'Hings, Ark., Feb. 22. An in
quest was held this morning on the
body of Robert Aluerliug, of Chicago,
which was found yesterday jammed in
a sower main. Investigation strength,
ens the belief that ho was mur
dered, as it would have been Impossible
lor mm to 'jave replaced tho cap on the
manhole if It had been suicide. Th
body was dt-cayed so badly that tin
jury is unable to determine yet ii
what mannor ho met death.
KusKla Is Afjalnnt (ireeee.
St. Petehsiiuhg, Fob. 22. Tho obstl
naey of Greece is causing irritation
here. Tho Novoe Vremya expressei
tho general feeling nnd policy of tin
government in saying that the powerj
havo no Idea of altering the poliej
they havo taken. If needs bo, the
Greek battalions will bo disarmed by
them and Greece placed in a painfuj
bituution by being- blockaded.
nvaon
THE CONVENTION ADJOURNS.
National Congress of Mothers Vlnlnha Most
Successful Convention Compliment to
Mrs. Cleveland.
Washington, Feb. 20. After a very
successful and enthusiastic meeting of
three days tho Mothers' congress last
night finished its work and adjourned
to meet next year in Washington. This'
city will bo tho general headquarters
of the new organization, and the meet
ing every other year will take placo
here, while in the alternate years It
will be held at some city to be chosen
by tho congress. Bcforo adjourning tv
long scries of resolutions were adopted.
They arc in part as follows: To indorse,
the work of the Universal Peace union,
and second, tlio suggestion to the moth
ers' instructors and citizens of America
that lessons of peace must first bo
taught by harmony at the hearth; np
prorc the founding of a national train
ing school for mothers, that tho wom
en of America maybe taught the meth
ods for making hygienic homes and
for becoming intelligent mothers in
a word, that they may bo taught tho
lessons of health and heredity; promise
to encourage legislation in tho various
states and territories to secure a kin
dergarten department in the public
schools; declare it their endeavor to
exclude from their homes those pnpers
which do not educate or inspire to
noblo thoughts nnd deeds; protest
against all pictures and displays
which tend to degrade ijien and wom
en or corrupt or deprave tho minds
of the young, and all advertisements
which offend decency; petition con
gress to raise the age of protection for
girls in tho District of Columbia and
tho territories to 18 years at least; ex
hort all mothers to a closir walk with
"Our Father and Mother God, in whoso
nurture and admonition our children
must be brought up if lifo is ever to bo
worth living;" express appreciation for
the reception accorded to tho congress
by Mrs. Cleveland, "who stands beforo
tho country as tho gracious and beau
tiful ideal of motherhood." They feel
that she, in her life, has exemplified
the principles for which this congress
stands.
BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
General Trade
I.ard Adtaue
Failures.
Improved Corn, 1'orlc nml
Wheat and Oattj Lower
New Yoek, Feb.
trade report says:
20. Bradstreet'a
General trado shows moro Improvement,
features of which aro tho advances for Besse
mer pitf iron, steel billets, steel rails, somo
grades of wool, rawsujrar, Indian corn, pork and
lard, and for print clothes, with an upward ten
dency for leather, together with a number of
metal and textilo industrial establishment
which havo rcoponed within tho week, and an
improvement in recent railway earnings.
J""uus "'" ""ro important staples for which
prices havo decreased aro: Wheat, Hour, oats,
coffee, cotton, rosin and turpentine. Tho unex
pected weakness in wheat and wheat Hour
prices forms tho best ovldenco of tho lack of
conlldenco by tho trado and Renoral publio iu,
ofllcial reports of tho blzo of tho domcstlo
wheat crop last year.
a Total business failures throughout tho coun
try have increased, numbering 325 this week,,
compared with U01 last week, 2."0 in the third
wcok of February, 1890, !K.V in tho llko week in
1895; 23.J in tho corresponding period in 1891
and 203 in tho llko week of I89.'l There- wero 10:r
suspensions and failures of banks, bankers and
loan and trust companies in tho United States
nsroportedto Hradstrcefs last year, compared
with 1.1.1 In 189:., only 80 in 1891, and as contrasted
with M3 in tho panic year, 1893, when tho total
of estimated liabilities, amounting to moro than
51.0,000,00,). was loss than total indicated assets.
Only ono-thlrd tho number of banks vnationul
stato. savings, private and trust companies)
failed or suspended last year than wcro re
ported embarrassed in 1893, nnd tho reduction
in total estimated liabilities was in tho samo
proportion. Uut that such ombarnnsment
wero in ono senso moro sorious in 1890 than in
Ib0:i 13 plain, as total indicated assatn of em
barrassed banks in 1890 wero 59.O03.OJJ smaller
until inu iuuu estimated liabilities.
There aro 53 business failures reported from
tho Canadian Dominion this week, compared
with 51 hist weak, 53 in tlio week a year a"o and
as compared with 33 two years wo. '
M RS. GOUGAR'S PLEA.
Arsues IJefore tho Indiana Supremo Court,
for tho lBht of Yl'onioii to Vote.
Indianapous, Ind., Fob. 20. Airs.
Ilelen Gougar, tho suffragist, yester
day made the third oral argument ever
presented to tho supremo court by a
woman. She appealed to the court to
declare that women have an equal.
right with men to vote at general elec
tions. At the gencrtil election in tlio full
of 1804AIrs.Gougar offered to vote in tho
precinct iu which she lives at Lafay
ette, on being refused, brought suit to
compel the election officers to receive
her ballot. The court refused her pe
tition and sho appealed. Yesterday
sho declared her suit to be a plea for
freedom in a government which de
rives all Its powers from the consent
of the governed.
EDITORS ELECT OFFICERS.
Junuln, of Kansas, Elected vice President
of tho National Association.
Galveston, Tex., Fob. 20. The 12th
annual session of tho National Edito
rial association adjourned to meet next
year at Denver. Tho following olllcers
were elected: President, Louis Holt
man, lirazil, Ind.; first vice president,
J. E. Junkin, Sterling, Kansas; record
ing secretary, Arthur E. Pierce, A. O.
U. . Itecord, Denver. Col- own.
spouding secretary, W. J. AL Page,
Jersey ville, 111.; treasurer, J. G. Gibbs,
Norwalk, O. About 00 editors left for
Alcxlco yesterday.
A SlifcBonriun Murdered from Ambush.
Leiianon, AIo., Feb. 20. Joseph Wor
ley, a farmer who lived 2J miles from
-WUrcdgo, was murdered at seven,
o clock last night. His assailant, who
appears to have laid in ambush, fired u
ehargo of buckshot Into Worley's side.
Iho man fell, mortally wounded, but
in order to make sure of his work tho
assassin seems to havo deliberately
dnven a largo wlro nail into his vic
tim's brian.
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