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'TT Ttr-yrtS,,, 'Jf?P"TW'"4fm' '."WJ.fMrf 't,'!" . IWWWW- r,'e,-V"r,v tf",TifMCMPWMKail'ly JK I; THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER i W. W. 8ANDKHS, FublUhcr. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. MARCH 1897. E i ; ( j Sun. Won. Tuo. Wod. Thtir. Frl. Sal. ; j .... 1 2 "T 4 5 6 j: iJLIEIZIo lL2iii: :jii ii 1L I t 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 jj 1 28 29 30J3JJ.... .... ....j; VJT"srFrTTTTTTTVTTTTTTTTT' THE WOULD AT LAIHJE. Summary of tho Daily Nowa WASHINGTON NOTKS. Tun international monetary confer ence bill becnine a law on tho 3d, President Cleveland having signed it. Jin. McKini.ky was presented at Washington on the 3d with a beauti ful badge, the ollleinl emblem of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Jt was tho gift of tho members of the fraternity at large. Gov. Busiini:i.i. presented to Nntionnl Chairman Ilanua at Washington on the !id tho commlsKion and certificate which will make him a senator of the United States from tho state of Ohio to succeed Senator Sherman, who ten dered his resignation tho same day. Mit. Ci,i:vki.ani took formal leave ol President McKinlcy on tho 4th and then drove from tho white house with Cant. Evans to tho wharf to take the lighthouse tender Maple for a ten days' ilshing trip in tho North Carollnu sounds. Tun total colnngo at all tho mints for February was 811,757,88.01. 01 this amount 810,152,000 was in gold, SI,. 019,703.05 silver and 830,080.30 minor coin. An important order has been issued by tho United States war department closing all fortifications and coast de fenses from public inspection. iNo one is to bo permitted to view these- works in tho future except for good military reasons, and descriptions of them arc prohibited. Thk commissioner of patents reports that for tho calendar year of 1800 there were 43,082 applications for patents, designs and reissues; 23,273 patents wore issued and reissued; 1,810 trade marks, labels and prints registered and 12,133 patents expired during the year. There aro left ponding action a "total of 8,807 applications. The num ber of applications exceeded previous years by nearly 3,000. Mn. MoKini.ky took the oath of ofllec ns president of tho United States on tho 4th, Chief Justice Fuller adminis tering tho oath. Tho now president then delivered an address. Tho inau guration ceremonies were tho greatest in history. Over 20,000 men were in tho parade Tho ball In tho evening was tho climax of tho day. Tho presi dential party was present for about an horn, and when it left tho ball was formally opened. A srr.ciAi. from Guadalajara, Mex., said that almost a warlike spirit was being aroused among tho people of Mexico by tho coming of Messrs. Bruce, titono and Pierce, of Boston, to enter into negotiations with tho Mexican government for tho return of tho Hags captured by tho Mexican troops dur ing tho war of 1S47.' Some of the news papers denounce Americans and de mand of tho United States, at tho can non's mouth if necessary, a cession of all tho territory taken from Mexico, specifying California, Colorado, Ne vada, Utah, Arizona, Now Mexico and Texas. Ciiaihman Ghobvknoii has Issued a call for republican members of tho Fifty-Fifth congress to meet at Wash ington in caucus on Murch 13 for tho purpose of nominating candidates and other business. A Washington dispatch said Presi dent MoKinloy would appoint Delegate Dennis Flynn as governor of Oklahoma territory. A Washington dispatch said: That no wlno will bo served at the white house during tho present administra tion was Indicated by the recent dinner tendered to her young relatives by Mrs. McKinloy. Tho dinner was an elaborate affair, yot the only liquids served were mineral waters. Pjiksidknt MoKini.ky on tho 0th is sued a proclamation calling tho Fifty Fifth congress in extra session on March IS. Am. tho members of President Me Kinloy's cabinet, with tho exception of Mr. Gage, secretary of tho treasury, met tho justices of the United States supreme court at tho whlto house on the 0th and took tho oath of olllee. Chief Justico.Fullor afterwards went to the treasury building and adminis tered tho oath to Mr. Guire. UKNKKAT. KKW8. 1 Ex-County Tiikahujikii Gu.itov was nrrested at South Enid, Ok., for an al leged shortago of S300. Tun Union elevator at Peoria, 111., was burned to tho ground. It had fully 000,000 bushels of wheat, corn and oats stored in it The loss amounted 4q 500,000. LAtmr.NCB Hutton has presented to tho university at Princeton, N. .1., his unique and valuable collection of death i lasks of notable men and it has been placed in Princeton's now library. Tin: elaborate arrangements for keep ing order at Carson, Nov., during tho big prize fight have been made public. Billy Pinkorton, tho noted detective, is to have sole charge of tlto police, and 100 of his men will bo brought from various sections of tho country. At Guadalajara, Mex., funeral serv ices were recently held over the re mains of. lesusCamprcohe, who claimed, and backed up his claim with indis putable proof, that ho was 151 years of age. Evaihsto Lonoaimo unci Mauricoio Iloycs, stock men, fought a duel with pistols near Victoria, Mex., and Lon garlo was killed. Tho trouble grow out of rivalry over a young woman. Tin: police on tho 7th raided the Newmarket, in the "Tenderloin" pre cinct in New York and arrested every person in tho place, numbering close to 500 men and women. The proprietor of the place claimed ho had as much right to have dancing in his place as tho Waldorf hotel. Tun Bingham block at Pome, N. Y., burned to tho ground early on the morning of the nth and many business firms suffered. Tho damage reached 8200,000. A sr.VKiu: wind and rainstorm oc curred on tho night of the 4th in the central states and Hoods were reported from almost every station from Kan sas City on tho west to Pittsburgh, Pa., on the east. At Cairo, 111., several buildings were blown down and an in fant was killed. Throughout Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio railroads suffered greatly from washouts and many bridges were destroyed. A NKOito was arrested at Elgin, Tex., for burglary and, while explaining in tho store how it was done, he was shot to death by three masked men. Finn started in tho freight ofllco of tho Elgin, Jolict & Eastern railroad at Jolict, 111., and tho entire structure was burned to tho ground. The fire started by tho explosion of a lamp. Tho greatest loss was of valuable rec ords, filed away for years for the in formation of the general ofllco depart ment. An explosion of Illuminating gas in a subway at Itoston on tho 4th caused tho death of six persons and tho injury of a score or more others. Buildings for hundreds of feet in all directions wore damaged by tho concussion. Tho property loss probably will amount to 835,000. Tub two-year-old daughter of Charles Ullery, at South Bend, Ind., swallowed a pearl collar button and was choked to death. At.iiukt Ankkhs, of Morton, 111., whllo running a power saw, fell against tho revolving saw and one arm was out off and three ribs severed, tho saw penetrating the intestines. A. W. 'Dunn, late assessor and col lector for tho city of Goliad, Tex., com mitted suicido because ho was found short a few hundred dollars in his ac counts, Mas. Poi.i.y Mi:at)ows, aged 50, was burned to death in her homcatFlynn's Lick, Tenn. Sho had been a cripple for years, and, being left alone in the house, ft;ll into tho fire. 'Thb Owen McCarty hardware house at Denlson, Tex., was destroyed by lire. Loss, 825,000. Tin: California supreme court has af firmed tho decision of tho lower court in tho ease of Theodore Durrant, found guilty of tho murder of Blanche La mont in Emanuel church almost two years ago. Tho case will now bo sent back to the superior court In San Fran cisco, which will fix a date for Dur rani's execution. Tun Pig Sandy steamer Favorite, bound for Pricoville, Ivy., and heavily laden with freight and passengers, struck a log near George creek and sank. Tho boat and cargo woro a total loss and tho passengers woro saved with diilleulty. Tim American residents in Havana were reported on tho 3d as being excited at tho bitter feeling of tho Spaniards against them and they fear an attack will bo made on tho United States con sulate. Tho release of Sanguilly has tended to increase- tho bitterness against Gen. Leo and Americans gen erally. J. II. Mai.onky, a well-to-do citizen, was arrested near Perry, Olc, on the 3d charged with attempting to kill his wife and three children. Tho screams of tho wife prevented Maloney from killing the family ttntll assistance came. iUaloncy claimed he could not support his family and thought they would bo better oil' dead. Thk through freight on the Georgia, Southern &. Flordiaroad, from Palatka to Macon, Ga., broke in two just after passing Corbele. Threo cars were wrecked, and N. C. Jordan, a whlto flagman, and two unknown tramps, wero killed. Gov. Ihiaw.ky, of Kentucky, on tho fith, appointed Maj. A. T. Wood, of Mount Sterling, United States senator to succeed Blackburn. Tho governor also issued a proclamation calling an oxtra session of tho legislature March 13 to elect a senator for tho full term. A fiiT.oiAi. from Helena, Mont., on the 5th said that Pepresentativo Mar tin Brickloy. of Jefferson county, was expelled from tho legislature- for cor ruption la ofllce. Tin: Oklahoma house passed a bill osomptiug from taxation live stock brought into Oklahoma between No vember 1 and Juno 1, to bo fattened on grain. Cor.. John TIkndkhson, general coun sel of tho Florida Central As Peninsula railroad, was appointed by Gov. Blox liatn, of Florida, to tho place in the United States senate left vacant by tho expiration of Senator Call's term. Tho legislature will choose a regular stc cessor next month. A thkmknuouh rainfall in Alabama on the 0th did great damage. In tho interior of the state hundredsof bridges wero swept away and considerable havoc wrought to crops. Mas. Nnr.i.n: Fjiayku, of Braincrd, Minn., on the 0th confessed to the mur der of tho nine-year-old son of David Maxwell, for whom sho kept house, and was sentenced to prison for life. She said sho tjod the boy in tho barn and then ilred it, because tho boy wus troublesome. 1). N. Hoatksi, acting minister and consul-general of Greece in New York, has called upon all Greeks In tho United States in the name of their king to go back to their country, as their fatherland needs them to light. Gov. Lotto, of Oregon, has appointed ex-Senator Corbett United States sena to fill tho vacancy caused by tho fail ure of tho legislature to elect at its recent session. Mr. Corbett represent ed Oregon in tho United States senate from 1800 to 1872. A iibavy snowslido started from a mountain peak near tho Morgan mine at Park City, Utah, and struck a bunk house in which nine miners were sleep ing. Only five of tho men wero rescued alive. Tun tin were wild scenes of disorder in tho Oklahoma senate on tho Gth and President Johnson and Senators Brown and Learned resigned, declar ing that tho body was too corrupt for honest men to be connected with it. At the crossing of two roads at Bir mingham, Ala., two freight trains col lided on tho 7th and an engineer and a tramp wore fatally injured and several more trainmen badly hurt. TitK Palmer family, consisting of four brothers aged 10, 21, 27 and 31 years, who lived on a farm near Toluca, 111., was wiped out recently by measles. Tin: Park theater, tho oldest play house in Indianapolis, Ind., was de stroyed by fire on the night of the 7th. Loss, 8100,000. Several spectators wero seriously injured. ltnv. Mil. Caiiney, of Otaka, Ok., waa compelled to leave town for beating his wife. The church of which he waa pastor compelled him to l'esign. Evkuy union plasterer and hod-carrier at Chicago went on a strike on tho Oth with tho intention of remaining out until the bosses agreed to pay tho old scale of prices of 83.50 a day for plasterers and 82.20 for hod-carriers. At the Howard & McAllister Poland China swine sale held at Jefferson, la., tho male Happy Union was bid in for 81,000. Average price for sale of boars and sows, 8225 each. John Dauqduii.i. was hanged in tho jail at Gadsden, Ala., on tho 5th for killing J. I. Bates, a drummer. At Addington, I. T., on the Rock Is land, a freight wreck destroyed 12 freight cars. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. A itoii.Kit exploded at an oil well on the Staples farm at Callcry Junction, i. PRESSURE FOR OFFICE. the Applicant Do Not Seem to I'eRunl I'orcc of Civil Service. Washington. March 0. Senators and representatives are beginning to feel the personal impact of the olllce-seek-ing crowd, whose advance column has reached the city, and it is the almost universal testimony that all evidences point to a gigantic blruggle for plnce. A remarkable feature of the situation is the apparent ignorance displayed of the operations of the civil law serv ice. Four-fifths of the applications are said to be for places covered by the classified services and thus out of the patronage class. The members of President Mclvinlcy's cabinet have, ever since tho papers announced their choice, been deluged with applications for ofilee. Mr. Gage said that he an ticipated more trouble in dealing with applications for ofllce than with mat ters connected with the treasury policy. KING GEORGE DEFIANT. Ho Syt Crntim Christians Aro of Itforo Vuliin Tlmu llio 1'ouorH1 Displeasure. Atiikns, March 0. In an interview in regard to the reply Greeco willmako to the identical notes of tho powers in sisting upon the withdrawal of tho Greek fleet and troops from Crete with in the six days from noon last Monday, King George said: "Tho Greek nation is unable to bear any longer the strain and excitement caused by constant Cre tan revolutions, and our finances will not xcrmit us to support the refugees, who now number about 17,000. Noth ing will prosper in Greece until tho queston is definitely settled. The autonomy of Crete is out of the ques tion, because the Cretans reject it, and have lost faith in tho promises of the powers. They prefer to die in their own defense rather than be slaugh tered like the Armenians." THE POCKETED BILLS. SorloiiH Itesults Itluy Follow Clevclniul'n rnlluro to SIkii Certain Ones. Washington, March 0. The failure of President Cleveland to sign threo appropriation bills, the sundry civil, agricultural and Indian, and the ina bility of congress to agree ttpon tho general deficiency bill, will entail much unexpected work upon the extra session of the new congress and pos sibly may delay, to some extent, the enactment of the new tariff law. Tho x-egular appropriations for government service and public works carried by all of these bills except tho deficiency are for the fiscal year beginning July 1, so that to repair the failure of the bills it will be necessary that they be rc-cnaotcd before that time, or that resolutions be passed continuing for a stated time the allowances for the current year. UNPARALLELED RAINFALL. A Wlmluml Ilnlnntorin Tint V.xtrmlcd Over tho Central mates. Chicago, March 0. The storm which raged throughout tho middle west on Thursday nljrht stands unparalleled not only for the great extent of terri tory over which it ranged, but for tho amount of water precipitated. At Cin cinnati the rainfall reported by tho weather bureau amounted to 5.3S inches, and Hoods are reported from almost every telegraphic station from Pittsburgh on the east to Kansas City on the west, and from the lakes to tho northern boundary of Tennessee. In some instances tho wind reached tho vejoeity of a hurricane, and much dam age to dwellings, barns, fences, or chards and forests has been reported from various points throughout the district. At Cairo, 111., several build ings were unroofed and one dwelling was blown down, causing the death of an infant inmate. Throughout southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio the damage to railroad property in tho form of washouts, making trallie Im possible, and in tho wrecks caused by the sof titling of tho roadbed, is im mense. A not inconsiderable loss to the people, as a whole, will bo caused by the washing away of bridges and roadways, which have been built up in the rural districts tit a cost of millions of dollars, and which in many cases have been totally destroyed. Owing to tho demoralization of railway trallie, the mails local to tho deluged districts have been greatly delayed, while tho through service over the trunk lines, east and west and north and south, has been badly crippled, greatly to the annoyance of the vast business interests involved. FATAL TRAIN WRECK. i., and .loan ijuninp, an ou driller, was killed and another man injured. The engine-house, derrick and ma chinery wero all demolished. Miss, llnxitv Waiid Bkkchkr, widow of tho noted divine, died at Stamford, Conn., on tho 8th, aged 84. Thkkk negroes were recently taken to Sturgis, Ky., in a dying condition from the effects of being beaten and shot by whitecaps at Hock Springs. The negroes had been warned to leave the country, but refused. Auditoii Fkanic Bonsr and ex-Trcas- nrer H. it. oawvoi were sentenced at Butler, Ind., on the Sth to flvo year's imprisonment for tho embezzlement of DeKalb county funds. At the Mill Haven Co. 's works at Gar nett, GaM about 20 of tho employes quarreled during a game of cards and the whole party used their revolvers. One man was killed and five others were wounded. By the upsetting of a lamp the homo of Elihu Peed, at Bivalve, N. J., with its contents, was completely destroyed by lire and his four-year-old daughter burned to death. E1.1.A Pakickk, aged 15, and her brother 'Robert, aged 12, wero struck by a train and killed while they were oil a trestle near Terro Haute, Ind., watching tho high water of the Wa bash river. Two Swedes, named Carl Nelson and John Carson, were driving on the rail road track at Altona, 111., In a buggy when they wero struck by a train and fatally injured. Maj.-Gi:n. Wksi.ky Mbiuhtt, now commander of the department of Mis souri, will succeed to the command of tho department of the east upon tho re tirement on April 2, of Maj.-Geu. T. II. linger. Winr.K Orlando Howe, of Little Rock, Ark., and his two sons were walking along tho track to go to Stlllwell, Mo., a train struck them and two of them wero instantly killed and one of tho boys fatally Injured. Jamks Pownns, a cabman at Chicago, shot and killed his wife and then fatal ly shot himself. Jealousy was sup posed to have been tho cause. T. W. EcKi:uu:itGi:it died at Okla homa City, Ok., on tho Sth of hiccoughs, having had them incessantly for 13 days. Though every known remedy wan applied It was impossible to stop them, and thev reduced tho man's J weigh, t from 200 pounds to less than ldO. A MlHdonrl Vnclllc ViiRseiiKor Vitiligo Into a I.iiiuIh111u Near IIoiiuot'H Mill. Mo. Bonnot's Mill, Mo., March 0 Mis souri Pacific passenger train No. 4, which left Kansas Cltv at 1:30 p. m. yesterday, was wrecked near hero at beven o'clock last night', 12 miles east of Jefferson City. The engine plunged into a landslide, telescoping the engine, tender and mail car. It set fire to tho mail ear, which in turn set lire to tho baggage car, and both were completely consumed. V.'. A. Ito benborger, ltloomingtou, 111., was cre mated. The injured are: Ed Lusmun, fireman, aged 2S, St. Louis; pinned under tender; body crushed and cooked from waist down; inhaled steam; will die. Frank Lauber, engineer, St. Louis, ribs broken and head hurt; will recover. RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. TRADE REPORT. An Improvement In llunlnesH Predicted Higher I'rleos for VroilttctH FuUtiro. Nnw YoiiK, March 0. Bradstrect's to-day says: The new administration, tho certainty of an. extra session of congress within a lortnitfhb una the promise of n new tariff at an early day, which shall provide udequato revenue and pro tection, have done much to stimulate a better feclini; in trade circles nnd increase confidence In tho near approach of an Improvement la business. Favorable features aro found in higher prices for wheat, corn, pork, lard .c.a splrlts of turpentine, as well as for stea' billots. Steel mills aro fairly well tilled with orders, and in some lines aro inclined to advance prices. Ilecent low quotations for vari ous forms of iron and stcol have been withdrawn, notably for wlro and struc tural material. Conlldcnco is expressed In an early advance of prices for tin and for shoes and leather, based on tho activity in hides. Quotations aro linn nnd unchanged during tho weelc for lumber, wool, print cloths, rosin, pe troleum, coffee, steol rails and Ucssemcr plj? iron, but there have been decreases for wheat, flour, oats, suijiir and cotton. General trade has been interfered with by rain, hiith water in tho Ohio 'alley and snow in tho northwest ern spring wheat states. South Atlantic and Gulf states have had some hotter weather, with the merchandise movement equal to ex pectations. Thoro are 202 business failures throughout; tho United States this weelc, compared with 2S3 last wcelt, 270 In tho week a year ago, 252 In tho week two vcnrstiKO, and smaller totals in lilto weeks in two preceding years. GOOD FOR SEDALIA. A Texas Mob Makes Hliort "Work of Nos;ro Aeeusetl of Theft. Austin, Tex., March 0. News reached tho city yesterday that a mob oji Thursday night had attacked and literally riddled with bullets a negro at Elgin, a small town near here. Two negroes wero arrested Tliursday night for burglary. About midnight ono negro was taken out of the calabooso to an adjoining store for tho purpose of "peaching" as to how the work was done. While there a man rushed in and informed tho sheriff that a mob was storming the jail to capture tho other negro. Tho sheriff rushed to tho rescue just as three masked men en tered the store and literally riddled tho negro with bullets. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Hallway Car Shops Will llo Located There. Skdai.ia, Mo., March 0. General Manager Purely for the Missouri, Kan sas & Texas railway, has accepted Se dalia's proposition to give 8100,000 cash and tho necessary land for tho erec tion of Missouri, Kansas & Texas car shops here, and work will commences within a month. This means, Mr. Purdy says, the expenditure of 300, 000 in building and equipping the shops, and will give a monthly pay roll of 835,000 at this point. There is universal rejoicing over the announce ment. DASHES INTO AN EXPRESS. POLICY OF SILVERITES. Hay They "Will Vttt No Obstacles In the. "Wny of a Tariff 1(111. Nr.w Youk, March 0. Congressman Francis G. Newlands, tho free silver representative from Nevada, in an in terview here said: President Melvinley is a strong, honest man, and the silver men entertain for him personally the kindest of feelings. They realize tho importance of legislation along tho line proposed by him and they will not attempt to embarrass him or the re publican members of congress by put ting obstacles in the way of tho speedy passage of a tariff measure. A Cano for Seeretary Klierman. San Fn.VNCisco, March 0. Tho long standing troublo between the Sam Yup and See Yup societies in Chinatown is ubout to become an international ques tion. Secretary of State Sherman will soon bo called upon to exercise his in fluence with tho Chinese government to secure tho release of four native sons of California, born of Chinese par ents and at ono time registered voters who are now imprisoned in u Chi in.-) dungeon. A Torrent of Kaln Causes a Serious Wreelr on tho Italtlmore & Ohio. Lovklani), O., March 0. An extra, freight crashed into an express on tho Baltimore & Ohio, near Hills station,, this morning. A torrent of water had carried away part of the track near Bills and the express was stopped by the washout. Before the engineer of tho extra could be warned his train, dashed out of the rain and fog into the rear of tho express, wrecking tho rear sleeper. Three or four people ia the sleeper wero badly injured. Severe Storm ut Fort Smith. FoitT Smith, Ark., March 0. A tor nado visited this city Thursday night, doing considerable damage. Tho heavy timber trusses of tho now build ing of the Electric Light & Power Co. wero weakened by the wind and rain, and yesterday it collapsed. Five men went down in the debris, two of them, It. A. Brown and Harrison Church, be- iuj pruuuuiy iaiauy injured. Kx-Oov. Crittenden KchIkhh. Mkxico City, March !. Consul-Gen-eral Crittenden has sent In his resigna tion. Tho United States legation and consulate each displayed Hags in hon or of the inauguration of President McKinloy. The Mexican Herald say all Americans should stand patriotical ly by Melvinley, from whom it expects protection of American citizens in Cuba. Dent met I vii Wind ut Cairo, III. CAiito, 111., March 0.-A heavy thun derstorm with rain and wind' struck this section early this morning. Hoofs, were torn off, phtto glass windows broken, a frame church under con struction destroyed and ono houso blown down and tho wreckage burned. Light persons wero Injured ami ono killed. -i A i V