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Hull of Grecnluiclcn Unearthed.
While some children were playing
in tlic dirt near the scene of the
railroad wreck n short distance from
the town of Hubbell, they unenrthed
31 roll of greenbacks which measured
four inches through. They were bo
badly decomposed by their contact
with the earth that they were falling
"to pieces. By the use of a powerful
.glass one of them was found to bo of
31,000 denomination. The money will
"be sent to Washington. The Hubbell
wreck occurred 15 years ago. The
"wreck was planned with the intention
of robbery, and a man by the name of
"Vorhees was sent to the penitentiary
for the crime. The theory is advanced
that he stole the money at the time
of the wreck and burled it.
Ilcnnloit at IIuntliiKH.
Preparations are being made by the
'local committee for the entertainment
of all visitors at Hastings during the
.Htate Grand Army reunion, which will
he held in that city August 20 to 31.
Among other things secured for the
Lcneflt and comfort of the visitors is
a mammoth tent, which will be put
tip on the grounds nnd chairs und set
tecs will be placed in it. Camp Law
ton is finally located on high rolling
prairie just north of the city and is an
ideal spot for camping and drilling.
XchritHkn In Hull of Fninc.
State Superintendent Fowler lias
Lcen asked to submit names of two
men to represent Nebraska in the Hall
of Fame at the Louisiana Purchase ex
position. It is the desire of the ex
position authorities to select the
names of those who rendered the most
'distinguished and valuable service for
their state. All living men are barred.
Ir. Fowler requests pioneer nnd early
.settlers of Nebraska to suggest names
of men who, in their opinion, are en
, titled to u place in the hull.
J'ebrnnlm City Stny "Open."
Mayor Mattes, of Nebraska City, an
nounced Saturday that the proclama
tion in regard to Sunday closing,
which was issued over a week ago.
would not be enforced Sunday. The
announcement, came as a surprise to
u large majority of the citizens, ns he
declared emphatically all through the
week tthat he Would enforce the order
to the letter until the members of the
Law and Order league, who were in
reality responsible for the proclama
tion, had had enough.
Kntnl IlunultM of u Storm.
A thunder and hailstorm occurred a
Jew miles northwest of Alliancq Sat
urday. .7. S. Warner, manager of the
county poor farm, while hoeing in a
garden, was struck on the temple by
lightning and instantly killed. El
dredge Wells, the 12-year-old son of J.
A. Wells, was caught out in the storm
with a team and sobndly battered by
the hail that he has been under a
physician's care since.
May Snc for Dnmnec.
It is said the family of J. B. Gooch,
the engineer who was killed near
Teeumseh two weeks ago by going
through a bridge with the traction en
gine outfit, will put in a big bill for
xlumnges against the county. There
seems, to be a difference of opinion
sis to whether Gooch tok proper pre
cautions of planking the bridge before
attempt ing to cross with his heavy
load.
ln 1 1 Ih Soon to Got CoiiiiiiInhIoii.
Charles C. Pullis, of Lincoln, who
was recently recommended by the
president for a lieutenant's commis
sion in the regular establishment, has
returned from the Philippine islands,
where he served as captain of com
pany 12, of the Fortieth volunteers.
'lie lias successfully passed the exam
ination and in a few days he will go
to Washington' to receive his commis
sion. Gov. Siiviikv "Wants to Know.
Two more convicts escaped from
the penitentiary at. an early hour Sat
urday morning by scaling the wnlls
and dropping to the ground on the
outside. The men are Ed Kennedy
and Henry Sadler, both short term
prisoners working in the bakery at
night. Gov. Savage has begun an in
vestigation of the numerous escapes
recently.
IIiiiicIiiiiiiii'h Son I '""n tally Hurl.
While. Karl Petti John; the 14-ycnr-old
son of a ranchman at Long Pine,
was driving cattle at the stock yards,
a steer struck him in the abdomen.
'The injury resulted in peritonitis,
causing his death.
WoHleyiin Debt ltnlod.
The debt of $72,000 on Wesleyan
university nt Lincoln has been sub
scribed in full and the school will not
lie closed, Bishop McCnbe is given
credit for rnising the sum.
A lil for tho County Fair.
The Douglas County Agricultural
society is to receive $3,250 from the
county in aid of its fair, to be held
mt Omaha in conjunction with the
.Ak-Sar-13en carnival.
OF NEBRASKA.
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l'lnln Tii lie liy Dr. l'lirkluim.
At the Nebraska Epworth assembly,
held at Lincoln the past week, some
of the best pulpit orators of the coun
try were on the programme. Rev. Dr.
Parkhurst, of Chicago, who had
charge of the Bible exposition de
partment, delivered a sensational ad
dress on what lie declared was the
disregard of women of the present
dny of wifely duties. He took for his
subject "Godless Motherhood," from
Genesis vi., 1-7. He spoke strongly
against women marrying without ac
cepting all the sacred obligations of
wedlock. God, lie said, instituted mar
riage as the foundation of the home,
and a married woman who deliber
ately refused to have children commit
ted legalized adultery. Dr. Parkhurst
said he had no sympathy with the so
called Christian women who wished
to assist in the conversion of heathen
children, but murdered their own off
spring. A rising vote of thanks was
tendered Dr. Parkhurst in apprecia
tion of what was declared his cour
ageous presentaion of the truth.
Severe Storm In Gopcr Connty.
A terrific wind, rain und hailstorm
swept over Gosper county. The rnin
varied from one to five inches nnd
caused much damage, while the hail
fell no thick in spots that it formed
cakes of ice a foot thick. Four miles
north of Elwoo'd a tornado passed
through the country, leveling the
buildings on the farms of Mosc Tuck
er and Matt Lux. Grain in stacks was
scattered for miles about the country
and horses and cattle were picked up
and dashed about like toys. On the
Lux farm, a wagon tongue was driven
squarely through one of the largest
trees on the place.
DlNCorilnnt C nn roll Faction United.
Negotiations which have been pend
ing for several months resulted in a
reconciliation of the two discordant
branches of the Christian church at
Lincoln. Reorganized, the church hns
over 500 .members. It will continue
under the name of the First Christian
church nnd steps have been already
taken toward the construction of a
temple at Fourteenth nnd M streets
on the lots which D. E. Thompson of
fered to donate to the city as n site
for the Carnegie library. The ground
was purchased recently by the church
for $4,000.
Thief Get a Good Hnnl.
A sneukthief entered Attorney M.
A. Hartlgan's .house at Hastings th
other night, nnd, after making his way
to Haitigan's sleeping room he carried
of the gentleman's trousers, which
contained over $50 in currency and $4
or $5 in silver. The thief took plenty
of time nnd was somewhat particular,
as he left the pockctbook and a
plugged dime on the refrigerator,
where he stopped to partake of re
freshments before departing.
WlmlHtorm at Kearney.
A terrific wind nnd rainstorm struck
Kenrney about 8:30 Saturday evening
and continued in its fury fully three
quarters of an hour. Plateglass win
dows were blown in, numerous out
buildings blown over and chimneys
blown down. Many trees were blown
down and limbs and boards scattered
promiscuously. Trees became en
tangled with the electric light wires
and the city was put in darkness.
.School Money Invertteil.
Records of the state treasurer's of
fice show that there is $4,532,977.47 of
permanent school money invested in
interest-bearing bonds. The revenue
on this investment aggregates lys per
cent. ,uid nil money so derived is cred
ited to the temporary school fund,
which is apportioned twice each year
among the schools of the state.
MrH. Knsipp Unfiled to Death.
Mrs. Ed Knnpp, of Nemaha, acci
dentally broke a jug of gasoline in n
cave at her home and the ground was
soaked with oil. Later in the day sho
had occasion to go into the cave and,
as it was dark, struck a match, which
ignited the gas. SVie ran out in the
air, but did not extinguish the flames
until fatally burned.
New MiiMimlc I.odKe nt "Vnonii.
Grand Master Evans, of Dakotn
City, and Grand Custodian French, of
Kearney, instituted Wausa lodge No.
251 at Wausa. About 100 masons were
present from neighboring towns.
Ciii-n Kill Yoiiiik l.ndy.
Miss Lizzie Smith was struck by a
passenger train nt a crossing in u big
cut south of Tekuninh and Instantly
killed. ,
Sninll limine Ciiumun I.oekjnw.
Pert Ferris, of Grand Island, fell
on a picket and bruised his hand.
Blood poison set in and he died of
lockjaw.
IlljV Land Deal In Lincoln County.
The Union Pacific has sold to a
syndicate oi .siiiwnuKce capitalists ou,
000 acres of grazing lnnd in Lincoln
county, near the Gothersburg canal.
STILL NEEDS THE ARMY.
Don. ntnoArthnr Give nn Interesting Ke-
port oil the Conditions In ttio i'htltp-
plues Up to iltino 30, 11)01.
Washington, Aug. 0. Tho annual re
port of Maj. Gen. MncArthur, dated
July 4, 1901, the day that ho relin
quished command of thu division of
thoi Philippines, boa been received nt
the war department. The period cov
ered by the report is from October 1,
1000, when the Inst report from Gen.
MncArthur was dated. He reviews the
policy of the Filipinos, who wore hos
tile to thoAmcricans, saying that their
action since the practical collapse of
the insurrection has been n perplexing
problem. With the disbaudment of
tho insurgent field armies the Fili
pinos organized despcrnte resistance
by banding the people together ii sup
port of the. guerrillas. Gen. MncAr
thur reviews the manner in which
operations were carried on against
these guerrillas nnd says lie hopes tho
policy adopted will in time conciliate
the natives and mnko them friendly
to the United States. Gen. MncArthur
says the proclamation issued December
20, firmly declaring the intention of
the United States to hold the islands
nnd to havo the laws obeyed, hod a
good effect and the secret resistance
was much abated.
A considerable portion of the report
is devoted to the field operations of
the army, showing that on October 1,
1000, it occupied 413 stations, which
was of necessity increased to 920 sta
tions, every command being in ontnet
with some hostile force. Gen. Mac
Arthur gives the following statistics
from May 5. 1900, to June 30, lOO (dur
ing which time there were 1,200 con
taots bctwtcn American troops and
insurgents), which show the casualties
on both sides: Americans killed. 245;
wounded, 490; captured, 118; missing,
20. Insurgents killed, 2,845; wound
ed, 1,193; captured, 0,572; surrendered,
23,095. During the same period, the
following material was captured or
surrendered from the insurgents:
Rifles, 15,093; rifle ammunition, 2!)0,
305 roiuids; revolvers, 809; bolos, 3,
610; cannon, 122; cannon ammunition,
10,270 rounds.
Gen. MncArthur gives a brief capit
ulation of the conditions In different
provinces and says that at present the
molding force in tho islands must be
a. well-organized army and navy.
"Anything," he says, "in the immedi
ate future calculated to impede tho
activity or a reduction of the efficiency
of these instruments will not only bo
a menace to the present, but put in
jeopnrdy the entire future of Ameri
can possibilities in the archipelago."
Gen. MncArthur says the capture of
Aguinaldo may bo regarded as the
most momentous single event of tho
year.
FOUTZ MUST DIE.
Private Soldier Who Stabbed to Death ft
Filipino Girl Geti No Mercy from
the l'rciddeut.
Washington, Aug. 9. For tho first
time since the outbreak of the Span
ish war President McKinley hns ap
proved the death sentence in thu case
of an enlisted man. The case is that
of Private Phinens Foutz, company K,
Nineteenth infantry. This soldier was
convicted by general court-martial at
Cebu, P. I., of the murder of Ceneviva
Torres, a native Filipino girl, by stab
bing her to death with a sword cano
in her home nt Mnndnue, Cebu. The
court sentenced the accused to bo
hanged. The case being one requiring
the action of the president, bn con
firmed the sentence and directs its
execution at such lime and place as
may be designated by the commanding
general, Department of the Visayas,
Philippine islands.
WOODS MAY LOSE IT.
A Contest Filed on tho llnuioHtead of tho
Grasping Individual Who Crowded
Out .MUX Ileal.
Fort Sill, Ok., Aug. 9. John It.
Woods made the inistako of his life,
apparently, wucu he attempted to
gobble tho 1G0 acres of land running
the entire length of the Lnwton town
site. John L. Calvert, of Guthrie, one
of the oldest lawyers in the territory,
filed contest papers at the land fllce.
Associated with him is C. H. Drake
nnd 500 persons who are doing business
on McCoy avenue. The petition re
cites that Woods violated both the
spirit and the letter of tho home
stead net. He entered under the
homestead law for a piece of agricul
tural property at a time, when 1,000
persons had established themselves in
business in tho adjoining townsite.
Monument to Kx-I'ri'ftldent HiirrlNon.
'Indianapolis, Intl.. Aug. 9. The Hnr
rison monument commission has $30,
000 in tho fund and hopes to raise
$150,000 to $250,000 when the style of
the structure has been determined.
Members of the commission incline
townrd a memorial arch to cost
$200,000.
Hchool'TcnclierM Pans Ilnnoluln.
Honolulu, July 31. The United
States transport Thomas, having on
board over 500 school-teachers bound
for the Philippines, arrived hero to
day from San Francisco. She will take
coal here and will probably contimif
her journey on August 2.
THOUSANDS DROWNED.
Tho YnngUo lUvor lit China Overflowed,
Cmulng nn Immense J.om
of 1,1 fo.
Victorin, 31. C., Aug. 8. Great
floods, caused by the overflowing of
the Yangrfse, havo caused tho deaths
of ninny thousands in Chlnn. Tho
river husv risen 40 feet and for hun
dreds of miles the country is a great
lake with only the tops of trees and
an occasional roof showing. At Ank
ing the town is flooded, some of tho
houses to their roofs. At Kin Kiang
tho nntivo town is flooded and two
feet of water stands in tho foreign
settlement. Lower down the river
towards Wu Hn tho destruction was
greater and bontmen estimate that
20,000 were drowned in that district.
Cheng Teh was wiped nway by flood
nnd 10,000 drowned there and many
other points have been inundated, in
volving awful loss of' llfo and great
destruction of property. It was
feared that tho cmbniikmcnts built
by Chong Ch6h Tung, hear Wu Chang,
would break and if it did floods would
drown hundreds of thousands.
TO RESTORE THE FARMS.
Home of Common Will Vote Nearly Thirty
Million Dollars for llnlldlnff Up the
Transvaal Colonies.
London, Aug. 8. Tho houso of
commons discussed n vote of 0,500,
000 "ns n grant in nid of the Trans
vaal and Orange river colonies. Mr.
Chamberlain snid ho quite agreed
that the government's first duty was
tho relief of tho loyalists, and ho de
clared that no money would be spared
for that purpose. "It is also a matter
of imperial pollcj'," continued tho
colonial secretary, "to give tho neces
sary support to those of our enemies
who como into our hands. Ono mil
lion of tho vote is for extra rolling
stock. A large sum will be devoted
to reinstating tho Boers on their
farms, and an experiment will be
made in the direction of agricultural
settlements."
ALL DEBTS WIPED OUT.
Eighty-Fifth Annuut Itepnrt of tho Contrre
gatlonal Educational Society Shown Ad
vancement for tho rant Tear.
, Boston, Aug. 8. Tho eighty-fifth
annual report of the Congregational
Educational society wnB made public
Wednesday. It states that greater
sums have been raised in tho west
than before, and that the society has
given considerably more to academics
and missions than last year, and hna
paid all outstanding claims, is clear
of debt and has u sninll working bal
mice. b
A GUNBOAT TO COLON.
United States Will Bee That the Iteyoln-
tlonary, Movement In Colombia Do
Not Stop Isthmus Truffle.
Washington, Aug. 8. The nnvy de
partment has ordered the gunboat
Mnchias, now at Boston, to proceed
to Hampton Roads and thence to
Colon, at the eastern terminus of the
Panama railroad, to look after Amerl.
can interests there. This is in connec
tion with the reports of disturbances
and interruption of traffic at the isth
mus. A BIG CONCERN.
Knnsn City Stork Turds Company Makes
Application for nn IiicrniHoof Cap
ital to SK.ttno.OOO.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 8. Notice
of increase of the capital stock of
tho Kansas City Stock Yards company
from $7,500,000 to $8,250,000 was filed
with the recorder of deeds Wednes
day. The notice states that the as
sets of the company nrp $8,500,000,
not. including the capital stock, and
that the liabilities are only $750,000.
Tbren 1'nrllfn to T'uso In Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 8. Meetings
were held yesterday evening by the
democratic, populist nnd free silver
republican sUite central committees
and fusion of the three parties was
practically agreed upon, tho state
conventions of all being fixed for
September 17 at Lincoln. W. J.
Bryan addressed the democratic and
populist committees and spoke
strongly for fusion.
Want Prohibitionists to T.unvo City.
Fort Scott, Kan., Aug. 8. At a mass
meeting here Tuesday night, which
was attended by 3,000 people, the
chairman was induced to appoint a
committee of 50 to see to the execu
tion of a resolution adopted demand
ing that those who are insisting upon
the enforcement of thu prohibitory
law leave tho city.
I'lfty llorsi'H Jlurnod to Death.
Portland, Ore, Aug. 8. Fire broke
out at 2:50 o'clock Wednesday morning
at the Oregon livery and feed stable. (
at tho northwest corner of Sixth and .
Couch streets, und tho structure was
destroyed. About 60 horses were
burned to death. '
Number of l'lllplno Captlvi.
Washington, Aug 8. The total num.
ber of insurgents in the Philippines
captured or surrendered from tho be
ginning of the wnr up to June 18, 1901,
aggregate 41,020. No record has been
made of the number of natives killed.
IOWA REPUBLICANS.
A. II. Cummins, of Des Maine, Nominated
for Governor What the I'lat-
form Contnlui.
Ccdnr Rapids, la., Aug. 8. With the
following ticket tho republicans of
lowii will go into tho next campaign:
Governor, A, B. Cummins, of Den
Moines; lieutenant governor, John
Herrlott, of Stuart; judge of the su
premo court, S. M. Weaver, of Iowa
Falls; rallrond commissioner, E. C.
Brown, of Sheldon; superintendent
of public instruction, R. C. Barrett,
'of Osage.
Cummins swept tho board. Ho and
his followers took everything that
they went for and from tho first rap
of the gavel to tho putting out of
tho lights there wns no time when '
tlicy did not have tho situation woll
in hand.
At 11:15 tho convention was called
to order by Chairman Weaver, of tho
state centrnl committee. At the con
elusion of tho invocation by Rev. S.
ALBERT B. CUMMINS.
B. McCormick, of this city, Chnirmnn
Weaver introduced J. C. Davis, of
Keokuk, ns tho temporary chairman.
Mr. Dnvis, in accepting tho position,
delivered an nddress which was well
received. Tho greatest outburst of
applause that greeted Mr. Davis' re
marks followed his assertions that
tho Nicaragua cannl should bo con
structed on American boII nnd pro
tected by American fortifications and
American guns. So vigorous a chcor
of approval greeted the speaker as ho
Bpoke that there could bo no doubt of
tho stand assumed by Iowa republic
ans on tho cannl subject.
Tho platform indorses the McKin
ley administration nnd views with
satisfaction the work of tho Fifty-'-fifth
congress; opposes disfranchise '
ment of negroes; favors protection to
honto industries and tho policy of
reciprocity; asserts the right of tlio
people to regulate lnrgo corporations;
favors giving moro power to the in-'
terstatc commerce commission to rcg-"
ulato railroad rate making; vlewa
with pride the course of its repre
sentatives in congress and indorses '
the administration of Gov. Shaw..
WORK OF EX-CONVICTS.
Police Have a Tboory That tho Ills: Smel
ter ltobbory Was Ilatelied In
Htato Prison.
San Francisco, Ag. 8. -The daring
and skillfully-executed robbery of tho
Selby smelting works at Crockett or
Vallejo junction still puzzles tho po
lice and no clew has been obtained
ns to tho whereabouts of the $280,000
in gold bullion which was taken from
the vault. It Is now tho theory of
tho police that some of tho plunder
is secreted jn the hills back of tho
smelting works. A great effort ia
being made to learn the movements
of Dick Phelan, n purolcd convict who,
is under suspicion. A search warrant
was obtained at midnight and a sloop
lying oil' the Contra Cbsla shore was
searched but no trnco of the gold wua
found.
There is n theory that the plot was
hatched in tho state prison nt San
Qucntiu, and Attention has been called
to tho fact that "Sir" Harry Wcstwood
Cooper, tho notorious convict, went
to the, neighborhood of the smelting
works immediately after his rcleaso
from tho penitentiary. Dick Phelan,
tho man whom the detectives suspect,
wns in priBon with Cooper. He ap
peared in Crockett immediately after
Ills release and hung around thera
for several days and then disappeared.
The clews so far obtained strengthen
tho suspicion that Phelan, tho- pa
roled convict, may be the man wanted.
NEGROES AIDED WHITES.
Cremutlm; of a Nocrn nt Kiitcrprlno, Als,
for llelnnu OfToiiHo Participated
In by liotli Kacet. ..
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 8. John
Wesley Pennington, a negro, wns
burned nt tho stake near Enterprise,
Ala., before a crowd of 500 enrnged
nnd determined citizens of Coffee
connty yesterday. Tio mob waj
composed of both whites nnd blacks-.
Pennington had committed a brutal
assault upon Mrs. J. C. Davis, tho
wife of ono of tho most prominent
farmers of Coffee county, and con
fessed ids guilt. Tho crime was com
mitted Tuesday afternoon while Mrs,
Davis was gathering vegetables in"
her garden. Sho was choked into in
sensibility and left lying in the gar
den.
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