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Determined Nol (o Ilium'.
Willliun IJhon, confined In I In peni
tentiary u walling his appeal to tho
supremo court, at tempted a dining
Hellenic for cheating the gallows. lie
planned to saw IT tlie burn of I In
door of IiIh cell, escape lnlf) tliu corri
dor and there lie in wait for t In
yard prlHon guard, wlio inspects the
prison yard every night, about nine
o'clock, lty overpowering this man
lie llgurcd lie could secure t lit key
.o the ciihI gate and niiilu good IiIh
rM-ape. It wiih discovered that the
prisoner had patiently tunneled a hole
entirely through the Ihiek masonry
of tho cell. A thin hIicII of hIoiic had
been left on the outside and this had
been cracked at the proper moment.
Through (IiIh opening it la supposed
that the saw blade. waH panned to the
prloner by Home convict in league
with friends of Khea. In addition to
the nnv blade the guards (Uncovered
that Mien luiH several hnhos pur
loined from tlie tables, two penknives
and a lancet made from a razor blade.
TIichc iniplcmeutH were conllHcatcd
and the priHoner was taken to a cage
in the. new cell Iiouhc, where ho can
be watched night and day. Hhea
was convicted of the murder of Her
man Knhti, of Fremont, and wiih hoii
tenccd to bo hanged August 2. His
nttorneyH took an appeal, the su
premo court sot aside the Hcntuiec
and he was incarcerated in the peni
tentiary pending the result of the
dellberatioiiH of tlie Huprenic court.
Uhon Ik a young man and he declare
he will never hang.
Deponltn In Nolirnxlqi IIiuiUn.
At the present time Omaha bank
"have reached the high water mark of
bank deposits, the last statement
ldiowing a total amount of bank do
poHttH of $12,i:i:i,r.08.18. At the pres
ent time tho deposits of the bunkers
of tho state of Nebraska will form
about one-half of the national bank
deposit!) and two-thirds of the do
posits of Htate and private bank now
in the nfrong boxes of the Omaha
bankorn. The total deposits of tho
national and Htate banks of Nebraska,
according to the hint published state
ments, would be In the neighborhood
of $U,7:tS,:ir.l, an amount unprecedent
ed In the history of tlie banks of the
city and state.
Water Supply at Capitol.
Tho now water plant at the cap'tol,
which has been in operation for three,
months, was subjected to an otlleitil
-test Monday prior to transferring it
into the possession of the state. Its
total cost, including both labor and
machinery, was approximately St, too.
It has a capacity for pumping "')0
Imrrcls per hour and Its operation,
when worked continuously, will cost
Icsh than 00 cents per day.
I'nlk "Will Sue tlie State.
W. .1. Falk, of Hastings, who has a
claim against the state for $H,7.'0 for
clothing supplies furnished the hospi
tal for insane at Hastings, will sue the
state. Tho board of public hinds and
bulldluf'H. on the ground that tho
claim was extravagant beyond rea
son, oll'ered Kit Ik two-thirds of tho
ainiount and it was promptly refused.
Kiiviii-h Fireproof IIiiIIiIIiikn.
Ciov. Savage declared t.hat he would
oppose any plan to construct slate
buildings In the future with any but
lire-proof materiuls. "It seems to me
1hat It is foollshlshness and false,
economy to erect wooden buildings
:for stuto purposes," ho said.
llohhed lty ii Koriucr Umploye.
George Greer, n former clerk in the
Callaway post olllce, is under arrest
charged with stealing $-0 from the
money drawer, lie entered the olllce
by a rear door while the postmaster
-was standlug 1" tho front door.
Oldest IIiiIIiIIiik: In llt'iitrlce.
A building in Heat rice used as n
store room below mid living rooms
iihovo was recently destroyed by tire.
It was tho first building erected in
Beatrice (1802), the lumber being
liuuled from St. Joseph.
Stole 11 u ril ware ami Liquor.
Burglars got Into a hardware store
at Dakota City and carried oil' 00
worth of guns, knives, revolvers and
uws. From, u saloon they stole sev
eral thousand cigars and considerable
liquor.
Colt lluoU Hoy Into Tree.
Plenum Smith. Jr., of St. Kdwnrd,
-wan thrown from a young colt against
a largo tree, fracturing his skull,
bursting several blood vessels and
rendering him unconscious.
Voted to Ailmlt "Women.
Tho Nebraska conference of the M.
K. church, in session at David City,
voted 00 to 5 In favor of admitting
women us lay delegates to the general
conference.
NHmiitUu Winn n Clinic.
The University of Nebraska foot
ball team won tho game at Kirksville,
Wo., with tho Kirksvlllo Osteopathy
school, 5 to 0.
OP NEBRASKA, i
To Keliullil State Anyliim.
Information received at the state
house indicates that the damage by
lire at the hospital for the insane at
Norfolk will be nearer $50,000 than
$ I. '.0,000, as first reported. Nearly all
of the walls remained intact and can
be lined with a little repairing for re
building. The interior portion is
practically all destroyed. Some of the
Htate otliecfM favored centralizing the
state asylums and other institutions
at Lincoln, but thy admit it would
not be wise to take the insane hos
pital to Lincoln if it can bo rcbvllt
at Norfolk for $.V,non.
I, eTt Conil Account or lcttpe.
.laincH Shoemaker escaped from tho
county jail at Heaver, lie Hawed IiIh
way through the heavy bar of IiIh cell
and then through tlie iron liars guard
ing tlie windows to the jail. He luul
assistance from tlie outside. Shoe
maker wrote a letter to a local paper,
which he dropped In the road near
town, It gave a humorous account
of his escape and scored the otllcials
who had him In charge.
Memorial to Sir. .MeKhilcy.
Preparations for a memorial for
President MoKiiiloy in Lincoln are.
going rapidly on. It has been defi
nitely decided to purchase bells to be
placed on some desirable building,
these bells to chime daily the favorite
hymns of the late president. It has
been almost definitely decided that
these Hliall be placed on the new St.
Paul .Methodist Kpiseopnl church.
"Will Prosecute Trail Ciikcn.
Attorney General Prout said that
he would continue (lie prosecution
of tlie trust cases in the supremo
court regardless of the adverse de
cision of Judge McPhcrson, of the
United States circuit court. These
are the actions instituted by former
Attorney General Smyth against the
Standard Oil company and the Argo
Manufacturing company.
Dietrich 1)1 Mo Ills Time.
Senator Dietrich expects to divide
ids time among Lincoln, Omaha and
Hastings until October 7, when lie
will leave for Washington to remain
for the convening of congress. Ho
hoped to have more time in Nebras
ka, but an appointment arranged for
October 10 in the national capital ne
cessitates his early departure.
Tlie CooiIh Were Short.
Edward Jloth, manager of the Lin
coln Cloak Sr Suit company at Lin
coln, is under arrest charged with
embezzling $10,000 from the company.
It is alleged that Roth claimed tho
stock to be worth $22,000, but that
when an invoice was taken It was
found to be worth only $12,000.
Divorced at Sit.
Christopher Tolge, 811 years of age,
wiih granted a divorce at Pierce from
his :i.'i-year-old wife, lie met his wife
a few months ago and married her
after an acquaintance of three hours.
The wife fought the divorce, but was
allowed $500 alimony.
Slier I IT (Jets Army Appointment.
Cant. W. K. Moore, sheriff of Nuck
olls county and republican nominee
for a second term, lias received a
commission as second lieutenant of
artillery in the regular army. Moore,
though but 21. years of age, has a good
army record.
IiiiIko 10. It. DuIIIc'h Ciuiviikh.
Judge K. U. Dutlle asserts in a sworn
statement that the expenses of his
canvass before the recent democratic
convention for tho nomination for
supreme judge amounted to an even
20 cents.
Krtonpoil Prisoner Captured.
Charles Hrown, in jail at Paplllion
for' assaulting .Miss Hulda Peterson,
broke jail the other night, but a
little girl who saw him running gave
the alarm and Hrown was captured.
Nmv Disease Anionic Cattle.
Charley Jean, a farmer four miles
from Plattsnioutli, reported that a
new disease had broken out among his
cattle. Their tongues, noses and
mouths are badly swollen.
Kiliicntorn to Sleet.
A call has been issued by President
Wolfe for a meeting of county school
superintendents and principals in
Lincoln October 17, IS and 10.
I.oiIkc Secretary Stole lK0.
Owen !. Mason is under arrest at
Tccumseh charged with stealing $S0
while acting as secretary of the local
lodge of Maccabees.
L'Iionc the Hope Itoute,
David Mercer, of Gibbon, committed
suicide, lie was found by his family
hanging in a corncrib upon his place,
west, of Gibbon.
Three Trainmen Kllleil.
Two freight trains on the Great
Northern collided near Ponn, killing
three trainmen and wrecking eight
cars of Htc.'k.
CORBIN BACK FROM MANILA.
Ad.utimt Oenenil l'li'ini'd w 11 Ii Coiulltlimn
In tint i'hlllppliic Army lit In
(loot! llt-uUli.
Washington, Sept. 20. -Muj, Ocn.
Corbin, the adjutant general of the
army, has returned from the Philip
pines. While he declined to submit
to a formal interview, he talks free
ly of tlie condition f affairs in the
Philippines, purtlctila,l of the work
accomplished by Gens. Sternberg,
Weston and Grcely. The general is
greatly pleased with tlie conditions
obtaining in the archipelago and was
particularly gratified to find the
health of the army so excellent and
to see himself evidence of the good
feeling among the otlicers nnd sol
diers. Gen. Corliin said that tlie necessity
for a regularly established mail serv
ice between Manila and this country
is one of great Importance, not only
for the commercial interests, but for
the soldiers and officers serving in
the archipelago; for there is now no
ccrtninty when mall will be received
from home. The practicability of es
tablishing an efllelcnt mail service is
Illustrated by the facilities offered
by the Canadian Pacific steamers car
rying mail to the orient, where the
people of tho ports in China and
Japan where the steamers touch can
determine within an hour tlie date
of the arrival of the next mail, and
so Ktrict Is the penalty for failure to
deliver the mall on schedule time.
t lint the people can depend on their
mail with tlie exactn-ss of the serv
ice in Washington. As it is now the.
post olllce in Manila is reported as
being administered excellently, but
the receipt of the mail is very irreg
ularly. WILL ECLIPSE ALL.
Tim lltillclluc of tlin St. Limit World'
l'jilr to Ho the I.urKrit f Any Imposi
tion liver llelil.
St. Louis, Sept. 20. The exhibits
coming under the head of manufac
tures and liberal arts will be housed
in four buildings at the Louisiana
Purchase exposition, to be held in St.
Louis in 190:t, with the following di
mensions: One 000x1,200 feet, one
000x000 feet and two each .r.25x7.".0
feet. This was decided on Wednes
day by tlie committee on manufac
tures and liberal arts. This action,
with that already taken, will give to
tlie coming world's fair buildings that
will eclipse in size those of any
other international exposition ever
held. The other main buildings de
cided on and their dimensions are as
follows: Agriculture, 700x2,000 feet;
art (main building), 1100x000 feet;
art, (two wings each), 200x300 feet;
social economy, 5.10x700 feet; educa
tion, f..'0x700 feet; electricity, 000x530
feet; service, 300x300 feet; United
States government, 100x000 feet.
Next Friday President David U.
Francis, Vice President Corwin II.
Silencer and Treasurer W. 11. Thomp
son will hold a conference at Wash
ington with President Uoosevelt on
world's fair matters.
FIRST LADY IN THE LAND.
Mr. Itnmnvolt AkhiiiiumI Her Dlgnltled
Stiitlon h AlUtrcn of tlm Whlto Ilium.
Weilneiihiy Nlclit.
Washington, Sept. 20. Mrs. Theo
dore Uoosevelt, the wife of the presi
dent, took up her permanent resi
dence, in Washington Wednesday
night, when, as mistress of the white
house, she occupied apartments tlicre
for the. llrst time. She readied the
city at 0:30 o'clock, bringing with
her two of the Uoosevelt children.
Apartments in the southwestern part
of the building have been specially
fitted up for tlie now presidential
family. New carpets and furniture
have been bought and some painting
and varnishing done.
President 'Uoosevelt entertained a
party of gentlemen at dinner before
Mrs. Uoosevelt arrived. For two
hours late in tho afternoon the presi
dent enjoyed a horseback ride ac
companied by Col. Sanger, the assist
ant secretary of war.
TWO MATTERS SETTLED.
PreaMent Itooiuvelt Will Nut Itumovn reu
nion CominlxHlonor Kviwn Nor Disturb
Southern Kepreaontntloii.
Washington, Sept. 20. To Ids call
ers President Uoosevelt has already
clearly intimated two additional
things in tho fulfillment of the late
president's desires. One is that the
commissioner of pensions, 11. Clay
Evans, will not bo removed; the pthet
is that he will oppose, ns Mr. Mclvin
ley opposed, tlie reduction of the
representation of certain southern
states in congress.
Autl-Oimy ruslon In ronnHjivanlii.
Philadelphia, Sept. 20. Fusion in
this1 city and state is complete. The
ticket has been agreed upon and was
nominated in the state and county
conventions of tho union or anti
Quay republicans. Tho fusion ticket
will have tho support of the union
party, tlie Municipal league and the
reorganized Philadelphia democracy
under the leadership of former Gov.
Pattlson and National Committeeman
Guffy.
HOW HE WOULD USE GUARDS.
itunftovelt Say Tlmy Are Only Nrreiimry tc
1'roteet tlm I'riildeiit mi Pul.llc Oc-
ciudou or During Cruwdi.
Washington, Sept. 20. President
Uoosevelt lias expressed his mind ou
tlie subject of a body guard since Mr.
McKInley was shot, and he is not at
all averse to having ills view thor
oughly understood. He thinks that
guards are necessary about the person
of the president on public occasions,
or when lie is attended by largo
crowds. He thinks that during rail
road journeys and other outings,
when tlicre is the slightest possibility
of accident or crime, the utmost pre
cautions dictated by prudence and
common sense should bo observed, as
they always have been, and he thinks
the president himself Bhould be ex
ceedingly wary about exposing him.
self to the risk o accident or in
jury. Mr. Uoosevelt has decided
views about having secret service
ngents to watch his every movement
when (,'olng about the ordinary so
cial and business duties of tlie day.
He .will not have his person so guard
ed, nnd he puts his foot down at the
start.
GEN. TORRES ARRESTED.
ritlplno Loader Who Surrendered ttrornt
ly Will lti Trlnl for Ordering tlm Mur
der of mi American Olllcer.
Manila, Sept. 20. Gen. Isidoro
Torres, who surrendered some
months ago, was arrested yesterday
and will be tried for having ordered
the murder of Corporal Fiddlier, of
the Twelfth infantry, ,t Malolos.
province cf Uulncan, last October.
It is also probable that Gen. Alejan
drino will shortly be arrested. Act
ing under his orders many of his otli
cers hung or otherwise killed Filipi
nos who sympathized with the Amer
icans. Col. Atienza, with his entire staff,
has surrendered to Capt. Pitcher, who
had been in close pursuit of him since
Lieut, llazzard captured the deserter
Howard in his camp. Capt. Pitcher
has also been capturing small bands
of insurgents and receiving the sur
render of others.
Mnrinez, Ana and Villaluze, the last
insurgent otlicers in the 7rovince of
South Camarines, have surrendered
to Capt. Williams, putting an end to
tho insurrection in that province.
RESUMED NEW YEAR'S DAY.
No onielal Functions to lie llelil ntWhltn
House Itufori. the 1'lrHt of Next
Year.
Washington, Sept. 20. Secretary
Cortelyou announced that President
Uoosevelt would not hold any ofllcial
functions at tlie white house until
the public reception on New Year's
day. After that date they will take
place as formerly. Formal calls of
organizations and ofllcials in a body
will be deferred until after 31 days
from the date of the late president's
death. The ilag on the executive
mansion will fly at half mast and
mourning papers will be used by the
heads of the departments lor a pe
riod of 30 days.
DESTROYED BY WIND.
A Tnrrlllo Sturm. Vlnlts tho Vicinity .
Lexington, Nol.., Killing Live Htoek null
Di.iihiIIsIiIiii; IlullilluRt.
Lexington, Neb., Sept. to. A ter
rific windstorm visited this vicinity
last night. Trees were uprooted,
houses were lifted from their founda
tions and outbuildings of all kinds
were destroyed. A barn belonging to
Ivor Nelson was .struck by lightning
and then literally torn to atoms by
tho wind. The flying embers demol
ished a new windmill. A number of
other windmills wero blown down.
Many chimneys were leveled to the
roofs. So far as known nobody was
injured, but several horses and cat
tle were killed.
FIRST MESSAGE BY GOV. ROSS
Klnndlki! nt Lust llri.ii;ht. Into Telegraphic
Commuulciitlun with the Out-
nhlo World.
Vancouver, 1J. C, Sept. 20. The
Klondike has been brought Into tele
graphic communication. Tho first
message was one of congratulation
from Gov. Uoss, of the Klondike, now
in Vancouver, to his legal representa
tive at Dawson. The line, which is
2,200 miles long, touches nt Atlin,
White Horse, Dawson and Fort Simp
son and connects at tho Alaskan
boundary with the projected Ameri
can government lino from St. Michael.
.MiieArthur See a Itnpul.llr.
Milwaukee, Sept. 20. Gen. Arthur
MaoArthur, who recently returned
frjnm Manila, says the conditions in
tlie Philippines are favorable for the
ideas of a republic. "Wo are carrying
the doctrines of personal liberty there
and wherever the ling of tho United
States in the process of just advance
ment is once planted It Is going to
stay forever," he said.
AViiki'd of Mill Operatives Increased.
Fall Ulvor, Mass., Sept. 20. Notices
wero posted in all departments of tho
Iron Works mills announcing that nn
Increase in wages of live per ceut. will
co into effect October 1.
SCHLEY'S SIDE OF IT.
Tho Admiral TelN Why Ho Could Not
Curry Out Instruction!! In Secretary
I. out:' DUpiitehiiN.
Washington, Sept. 20. Two new
witnesses were introduced In tho
Schley court Wednesday. They wero
Admiral Cotton, who, as enptain, com
manded the auxiliary cruiser Har
vard, and Capt. Wise, who command
ed the auxiliary cruiser Yale during
tlie Spanish war. Both these' ves
sels wero used as scouts and both
came up with the Hying hqtiadron off
Santiago on the 27th of May, boforo
the retrograde movement to Key West
was begun.
Admiral Cotton testified that ho
had gone aboard Admiral Schlcy'a
flagship, the Brooklyn, on that da to
to take dispatches to him, and ho
said at first that lie gavo him four
or five dispatches addressed to tho
Bommander of the squadron. Ho aft
crwavds modified this statement, say
ing that probably all but two of
these dispatches were addressed to
himself (Admiral Cotton) but that
they contained information which ho
thought should be In Admiral Schley's
possession. One of these was n copy
of a dispatch from Admiral Sampson,
which had not been printed In tho of
llcial records, stating that tho Span
ish fleet was at Santiago. .lie also
said that the coal could have been
taken from tlie Mcrrimac on the 27t.h
of May, the day on which the retro
grade movement to Key West was bo
gun for the purpose of coaling.
Capt. Wise testified that on tho 27th
of May he had signaled Capt. Philip,
of the Texas, his opinion that Corvcra,
was inside the harbor at Santiago,
but the testimony was ruled out.
During the day Admiral Schley an
nounced that he had selected .Mr. Ilny
ner as his chief counsel to succeed
Judge Wilson.
Admiral Cotton said that he had
the original translations of the cipher
dispatches addressed to the Harvard.
The dispatch of May 25 fiom Secre
tary Long was as follows: "Harvard,
St. Nicholas Mole, llayti: Proceed at
once and inform Schley, and also tho
senior olllcer present off Santiago,
us follows: All department's informa
tion indicates Spanish division is still
at Santiago. Tho department looks
to you to ascertain facts, and that tho
enemy, if therein, docs not loavo
without a decisive notion."
Admiral Schley's reply to these dis
patches dated May 29, in which ho
said lie could not obey the orders of
the department, was then rend and
Mr. Uaynor pointed out various
changes in the language of the dis
patch as printed in the official re
port. The following is in substance
tlie reply of Admiral Schley to Sec
retary hong's dispatch: "It Is to be
regretted that tho department's or
ders cannot be obeyed, earnestly as
wo have all striven to that end. I
am forced to return to Key West via
Yucatan channel for conl. Can as
certain nothing concerning enemy.
Was obliged to send Eagle to Port
Antonio, Jamaica, yesterday, as sho
had only 27 tons of coal on board.
Will leave St. Paul here. Will re
quire 0,500 tons of conl at Key
West."
VISITED THE ASSASSIN.
fnther, llroilier and Sinter of Czultrois
Interview Him In Ills Cell, Itut Cot
No Information.
Buffalo. N. Y., Sept. 20. Paul, Wal
dcek and Victoria Czolgosz, father,
brother and sister of Leon Czolgosz,
the assassin of President McKinley,
were granted an Interview with tho
prisoner in tlie Erie county jail. As
sistant District Attorney Bailor and
Assistant Superintendent of Police
Cusick were present under instruc
tions of District Attorney Penney,
throughout the interview. The in
terview between the assassin and his
father, brother and sister lasted H5
minutes, but no information loading
to tlie Implication of anyone clso in
an anarchist plot to kill the president
was given by tho prisoner. "Wo
learned nothing that we did not know
before," said Assistant District At
torney nailer, at tho conclusion of the
conference. He. talked more than ho
had at any previous time, but oven
to his family ho was not very com
municative. The family returned to
Cleveland immediately after tho In
terview. SHAFFER MUST PROVE IT.
Ills Cliiirce ApilnHt Gnmporn nnd Mlteh-
ell Hitvo IiiNtlu'iited u Prompt Chiillono
from the ArciiHud.
New York, Sept. 20. hi an open
letter issued here Wednesday Samuel
Gompers, president of tho American
Federation of Labor and vice presl
dent of tho Cigar Makers' Interna
tionnl union, and John Mitchell, presb
dent of the United Mine Workers ol
America and second vice president ol
tho American Federation of Labor,
challenge Theodore J. Shaffer, prosl.
dent of tho Amalgamated Associa
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers,
to prove his statements recently
made that they betrayed tho inter
ests of the unions in the recent steel
strike.
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