Nebraska Newspapers

    The Frontier.
rUBUSIIBD EVERT THURSDAY BY
JAB. H. niOUB.
O'NEILL, . • - NEBRASKA.
One of '.lie inrgest hop growers on
the l’aeiflc coast got a growth of .”>,593
pounds of hops on an acre of 810 lulls.
A yield of 1.000 pounds to nn acre in
the average yard is considered fair.
A Russian electrician is said to have
lately patented a process of photo
graphing and engraving on metals by
means of electricity, l>y which the
etching method is entirely dispensed
with.
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Within the past month work and
wnges have been offered to the Russian
Hebrew’ exiles by 3,500 industrial es
tablishments, factories and mining cor
porations through the Uulted Hebrew
charities.
In Hungary, where the railway fares
were reduced by the “/.one system”
from 40 to 50 per cent., the receipts
have Increased 18. per cent and the
number of passengers rose from 3,000,
000 to 7,000,000.
Recent reports from the Snlton Sea,
in the Colorado desert, are to the effect
that there is no murlcod diminution of
"the water, notwithstanding the enor
mous evaporation, and it soems to have
como to stay.
The keeper of a barroom in San
Francisco, while among his casks in
the cellar, was killed by the explosion
of an empty cask, one of the staves
crushing his skull. His light ignited
the accumulated fumes in the cask.
Moose are so very plentiful in north
ern Maine that, ns a sportsman can le
gally kill hut one in a season, it is
something of a disappointment to
throw away the only chanco on an un
dersized or lean animal, or one with
poor antlers.
I Western Washington loggers tell of
an immense log, rceeutly floated down
tho Snoqualmlc river, which five oxen
had diflieulty in hauling. It was a fir
log thirty-two feet in length and eigh
ty-nine inches in diameter at the larg
est end.
Tho famous trousseau shops of Paris
are tiny places devoted to a single sort
of garment In one nothing but hand
kerchiefs arc sold, in another nothing
but nightgowns. Some of the smallest
European shops accommodate but one
customer at a time, and in many it is
almost Impossible to display goods to
advantage.
The mummifled body of a man lias
been found in Selma, l'rosno county,
Cal. It ib in a perfect state of preser
vation, being thoroughly dried and as
hard as a board, without the least sign
of odor. 'lil.o flesh is as bard as sole
leather and ns black as the mummies
of tho ancients. Tho body is evidently
that of a Mexican.
Uctwccn two small lakes near Boras,
Sweden, a stripof land has interrupted
truffle, but engineers have overcome
the diflieulty by constructing a ship
railway across it anil building a small
atcamboat that can run itself across
from one lake to the other. The ves
sel has accommodations for sixty per
sons.
To the long list of food Ashes caught
In Oregon waters is to be added tho
mackerel. Five fishes that looked to
be mackerel were caught at Astoria
one day last week, two oil the wharf
and three in a boat One of the fishes
will be sent to the Smithsonian Insti
tution, Washington, to decide upon its
classification.
The orientals have a very original
though ancient method of detecting a
rogue iu a lie. They stand him up iu
the presence of judges and witnesses
and give him a handful of wheat to
ehew. If he has been lying his ner
vousness affects his salivary glands
and his mouth gets dry and the dry
wheat chokes him.
The Paris IJigaro has heard of the
Chicago fair and has heard disturbing
news of it. Figaro says: “Ono of the
great attractions of the Chicago ex
position will be, it seems, an orchestra
of 400 pianos arranged in a pyramid
and played by a single pianist, lly
the use of an electrical contrivance
these 400 pianos will sound all to
gether. Oh! my head, my head!”
The Dallas, Ore., Chronicle tells of a
wagon load of produce recently
brought to that city which consisted of
but six heads of cabbage, the half
dozen filling the avogon bed. These
mammoth cabbages were raised on the
dry hills near the Des Chutes river,
and were the wonder and admiration
of all who saw them.
The Rainy Day club, which tire
women of Tacoma organized recently
with the object of encouraging the
wearing of ankle-high dresses in wet
weather in the interests of comfort
and cleanliness, is finding imitators in
various cities of that region. There
is a Wot Weather club in Olympia, and
another is being formed in. Aberdeen.
Thera were recently taken from a
small crock noar Stringtown, I. T., a
genuine curiosity in the shape of a
petrified horse, which had, beyond
donbt, been lviDg in the bed Df the
stream for many years. The creek,
which is known as Mason's Ford, hat
been dwindling away for some time
owing to tho failure of the spring by
which it is fed, and is now but a shal
low rivulet, and a number of Indian
relies, human bones, etc., have been
taken from its bed.
NEBRASKA,
The lumber trade at Huron la large.
There la a shortuge of school teachers In
the stute.
The new tin stamp mill on the Columbus
is completed.
Nebraska City’s dipthenu epidemic is
abating.
A matrimonial epidemic has broken out
at Wayne.
Columbus has a dramatic Company on
the road.
Ublowa has been provided with a system
of street lamps.
The Falls City canning factory Is put
ting up apples.
Diphtheria has appeared at Tekamah.
One child died.
Nebraska apples are being shipped from
I'nudilla to Illinois.
The Norfolk Journal has entered upon
its fifteenth year.
C. H. Wilson has been commissioned as
postmaster at Dunbar.
The new flouring mill at Howells will be
completed within sixty days.
Diphtheria Is spreading at W'est Point
anil several denths bave occurred.
Rev. N. R Brown, aged 75, was married
nt Fairfield, to Mrs. Rodgers, aged 73.
Scribner citizens arc talking of securing
some kind of protection against fire.
The Pawnee Independent, discouraged
at I ha results of the late election, has died.
C. R. Adams and W. O. Robinson, of
Superior, have been admitted to the bar.
C. T. Iiuhl, of Ord, had two fingers bro
ken while trying to stop a runaway team.
A. Blood, Sr., an old resident of Craw
ford, is daad. He was born In Canada in
18nn.
Fred Larichehns been jailed at Beatrice
for tlio wholesale robbery of chicken
roosts.
The A. O. U. W. brass band at McCook
has been equipped with a new set of in*
struments.
Pay Fisher, a farmer living south of
Grafton, shelled 664 bushels of corn from
twelve acres.
Beaver City’s creamery has closed for
the winter, but the flour mills arc running
night and day.
The first carload of shelled corn of this
year's «rop marketed at Dlller sold for 80
cents per bushel.
G. W. Johnson, of Valentino, has found
rock upon his farm which makes the best
quality of lime.
The Mill company at North Platte has,
up to date, purchased 15,000 bushels of
this year’s wheat crop.
Borneo Hogan, a farmer living near
Crete, has sold 120,000 pounds of popcorn,
the product of forty acres.
George Nilage, a 12-year-old Crete boy,
had his arm broken in two places while
wrestling with a playmate.
A spark from an engine caused a fire
which burned a large amount of hay for
L. W. Markham, near JdcCool.
As high as $1)0 per month is being offered
for farm hands in Boone county. Four
cents per bushel is offered corn buskers.
S. C. Ballard and Ed Brennan, of Brun
ing, wore arres ed and fined $200 and costs
each for selling liquor without a license.
Arthur Bickford, the 14-year-old Fre
mont boy who started for Sunday school
and mysteriously disappeared, was found
In Omaha.
John Sliertx, who lives near Howard,
Neb., had the misfortune to get a finger
caught between the cogs of a corn shellcr.
He st the finger.
Frank Mores, a member of the Lincoln
university football team, was seriously in
jured iu a collision with another player at
Crete Saturday.
Mrs. Herman Liedner, of Sidney, while
visiting in Denver, took a teaspoonful of
carbolic acid by mistake for castor oil and
died in awful agony.
A horse stopped on the head of tln\
7-year-old son of James Sin th, of Clay
Center, and tore the flesh from the fore
head. leaving the skull bare.
A. M Baldwin uud wife, of Beatrice,
were seriously burned by the explosion of
a gasoline stove. It is feared the woman's
injuries will terminate fatally.
The contract will soon be let for the ex
cavation for Omaha's federal building. It
is expected to be put in and some brick
work done this winter, if possible.
Nearly the whole town of Lexington was
wiped out by tiro Saturday. The confla
gration started iu an old barn and was un
doubtedly the work of an Incendiary.
The Plattsmouth Herald says it will be
perfectly safe to estimate that the apple
industry has brought $15,000 into the
pockets of Cass county farmers this year.
The North Nebraska Argus, formerly
published at Dakota City by E. B. Wilbur,
has been removed to South Sioux City and
will be issued as a daily in the near fu
ture.
A sub-agency from Rosebud Indian
agency is being established by the gov
ernment in Boyd county for the conveni
ence of the bands of Swift Bear and
Milch, numbering about JiOO.
Miss Belle Reynolds, of York, has re
ceived the scholarship in Donne college
offered to the pupil in the York high school
making the best record during the three
\4cars course.
A bright 8-year-old Lincoln miss went
over into Iowa to visit her graudpa and
saw a cow for the first time. “Did you
know papa,” said she, “that a cow has
four legs—two from the neck and two from
the tail?”
William Halfncre, a bartender, killed
George Plunk nett Saturday night Ho
knocked the victim down, kicked and
jumped on liim, breaking his neck. Half
acre escaped, but a posse of citizens is
after him.
The barn of Judge Spanagle, at Aurora,
was totally destroyed by fire, burning two
teams and considerable hay aud grain.
The origiu is a mystery, but it is supposed
it was set by some tramp who had taken
lodging for the night
John L. Sies, of Wakefield, last week
shipped a car of eggs, purchased by tho
Hanford Produce company of Sioux City.
The car contained 500 cases, or 15,000
dozen, aud netted him ou tho track at
Wakefield 18 cents per do7.en.
Mary Hnllock, a buxom young girl of
15, who ran away from her grandparents
at Mnlcomb two weeks since was found
at work in a Lincoln restaurant Sho said
she left home because her g' audfather
gave her sister a new dress and neglected
to provide her with one.
The York canning factory has just
closed its season's work. It just put up
54,0.0 cans of corn and 40,000 cans of toma
toes. Next year they expect to double
this, as they did not get started till late to
make contracts fur produce with the farm
ers.
RETAILING
CO-OPERATIVE
The Great Scheme of the South
Dakota Farmers’ Alliance.
The Order Cop!ee Aftrr Brighten Toung’*
Old Flan—Goods Will Only be Sold to
Members—It Is a Great Flan—
May Win and May Not.
Mitchell, 8. D., Nor. 21.—The alms
and plans of the much-talked of and
long-promised Farmers’ alliance co-op
erative store scheme bids fair lo mate- j
rialize into an active business concern.!
in this state for a time at least Geo. |
Crose, the president of the Alliance
company, has been in this city the past
few days with Edward Carter, ono of
the leading men at the head offices of
the concern from New York city, for.
the purpose of establishing a branch in
this city, there being one store in oper-1
ation in Aberdeen and one projected
for Huron. In an Interview Mr. Crose
says that it is the aim of the organiza
tion which is known as the National
Union company, to buy out a
merchant in every trade center of
imnortance and stock him up with
everything that a farmer will need
and make the merchant the manager
of the concern. Mr. Crose alleges that
the company has secured options on
forty-one business concerns through- j
out this state and that the scheme is'
being rapidly pushed ahead all over:
the country, lie alleges as advantages I
to tho alliance that this concern will!
have the business ability and experi
ence of some of the shrewdest men in
the nation at its back, and that there
will be plenty of capital to meet any
emergency, and as the business will be
pushed only the smallest prices will
prevail. In return for the small profits
the allianco will give the organization
its whole and exclusive catroniure.
Mr? CroM further alleged that it
wu the intention of this organ
ization to follow closely the
rules adopted by the famous co-op
erative stores in London, England.
The net profits of the business are to
be divided between those who put in
the cash, those who patronize the con
cern and the manager of the branch.
Mr. Crose also recites the fact that the
business will be conducted on a strictly
cash basis; that this scheme has been
on foot for a year, and that co-operat
ive alliance stores are now in success
ful operation in seven different states.
The alliance folks expect and confi
dently predict that this new concern
will revolutionize the business of the
country, claiming that it will be as
successful as the London, England,
stores, and the Zion co-operative stores
in Utah, Hut this is not the way it
is looked at by one of Mitchell's best
merchants, ile says if the same man
ner of success follows the organization
of this company as did that of the alli
ance elevator company, the alliance pur
chasing agency, the alliance insurance
company, the business men have
naught to fear.for the failures of these
alliance concerns are too fresh in the
public mind, It is to be remembered,
in this connection he says further that
the Zion co-operative stores in Utah
are successful for the reason that the
good cost nothing, being given to the
Mormon church as tithe, and in conse
quence the business can be conducted
at an immense profit And in the case |
of the London, England, co-operative
stores the great density of population I
where the entire business is under the i
eyes of competent managers makes
success a possibility. These stores!
were started a number of years ago for
the purpose of furnishing members
with genuine moderate priced goods,
the cheapness being attained by care
ful and economical management and
contentment with 6mall profits. There
are thirty of these co-oporative stores
carrying on an immense trade,
the largest concern being the Army
and navy co-operattvc stores and the
civil service supply stores. The latter
concern consists of shareholders who
pay SI. 25 the first year and one-half i
that sum subsequent years. The asso
ciation now employs 1,170 persons who
receive salaries amounting in all to
$500,000 annually. The cost of the
string, paper and straw used in pack
ing goods for customers amounts to
$60,000 a year and upwards of $130,000
is spent annually for drays and book
ing. The sales in 1888 reached the
enormous sum of $8,500,000, the net
profit being about 2X per cent. The
articles sold comprise groceries, wines,
spirits, provisions, tobacco, clothing,
books, stationery, fancy goods, drugs
and watches No goods are sold to any
but members. The sales of the army
and navy co-operative store reach a
higher mark still, being $13,100,000.
This company, now extending its
work in this state is the same company
or closely allied to the one that has
| been creating somewhat of a breeze in
| the southeastern states. In the south
| ern and southeastern states the alli
| ance soon after its formation went
I into a similar commercial enterprise
i and established stores af its own. Two
j years ago the jute trade trust raised the
| prices of bagging and binding twine
| and the alliance went to work to down
I the trust. The business of $he jute
' trust was in consequence severely
hurt, and in order to knock off this un
healthy competition the trust quietly
went to work and by organizing the
National Union company secured con
trol of the works of the alliance com
pany and now the farmers are in as
bad shape as ever. The head organi
zation in this case is the same one, at
least no distinction can be made by an
examination of the company's officers
and headquarters.
Good TImrt In th® Weat. |
New York, Nov. 21.—All the finan
dal reports today tend to show that j
the farmers of the west and southwest
are rapidly paying their debts, and
thus putting considerable money in
circulation. This fact is even more
strongly noticeable than it was the
week before, when a similar condition
of things was apparent As a result
money is rapidly returning to the
channels of trade in'the east, and in
nearly every line of business the re
ports show a brighter condition of
affairs than had been anticipated by
the most sanguine of those who have
been prophecying active trade and.!
good times for tho present winter. j
A PRETTY HOME.
Tha Chicago Herald One* Into Ita Elegant I
Building. j
Cn:?4A> Nor. 21.—Between daylight
and dusk tomorrow tlie entire force ol
the Chicago Herald, from the press
men in the basement to the composi
tors on the top floor, will move from
their present quarters on Fifth avenue
to the new structure on Washington
street, adjoining the general headquar
ters of the Western Union Telegraph
company, and on Monday morning the
paper will be issued from one of the 1
most palatial newspaper buildings that
the world has yet seen. Its entire cost
has been a round 9750,000; $200,000 foi
the ground, $400,000 for the building
and $150,000 for the interior furnishing.
It is seven stories and basement in
height, and contains upwards of loo
rooms and halls of various sizes. The
outside of the structure is of Monti
cello granite and terra cotta. In the
immense business office, the pillars and
walls are of Sieman marble from the
south of France, the counters of black
Belgian marble and the floors of
Mosaic marble. The elaborate iron
work is hand hammered. The ceiling
ia of frescoed stucco work, and con
tains twenty globes, each twenty-four
inches in circumference and contain
ing in the aggregate 200 incandescent
lights. The wood trimmings are oi
White oak. On the 'second and third
floors, which are devoted to offices, the
walls are terraced with white marble,
the floors with the same stone and the
trimmings are of red oak. On the
fourth floor are sumptuous suits oi
offices, occupied by l'ublisher James
W. Scott, the general western offices
of the United Press, together with the
mail and subscription departments
On the fifth floor are the editorial, en
graving and artist’s department. The
entire sixth floor is devoted to the com
positors and sterotypers, and in the
composing department is contained
nearly 250 cases. In the sterotyping
department there is considerable ma
chinery of new design and never be
fore employed. Magnificent marble
baths are provided for the sterotypers.
In the seventh floor is the public res
taurant. The building has bath rooms,
a barber shop and other conveniences,
and from the basement to the roof is a
perfect network of electric appliances
upon which the science and knowledge
of the greatest living electricians has
been brought to bear. The format
opening, and for which several thou
sand invitations have been issued to
newspaper men throughout the coun
try, will take place early in December.
THE CASE OF DOCTOR M’GLYMN.
Speculation aa to Whm Come He Will
80011 Take.
N*w Yokk, Nov. 21.—Will Dr. Me
Glynn make his peace with Rome and
return to the fold, or does lie propose
to maintain his present attitude to
ward Archbishop Corrigan and the
church for all time to come? This is a
question that both Catholics and anti
poverty ites are asking today. The re
newed interest that is manifested in
the movements of the once famous
priest is due to the faet that he has an
nounced his intention of making to
morrow night, before his regular
congregation of Henry George
disciples, a final statement
regarding his future course. Several
days ago he received from Archbishop
Corrigan, the final decision of the sa
cred congregation. It set forth that
the Propaganda has never entered into
the merits of his case but punished him
for disobedience of the orders of the
holy father; that it was prepared to be
merciful if he would seek the indul
gence of the holy see, state his griev
ance and petition for a review, and at
the same time publicly condemn all
that he has said and done of an insult
ing character against the Pope and
Archbishop Corrigan; state his readi
ness to abide by the orders, and sub
mit to the judgment of the apostolic
see, and give his promise to
abstain from any public utter
ance or assistance at any meet
ing having relation to his case.
It is understood that if Dr. McGlynn is
prepared to accept these conditions
there would be every prospect of his
reinstatement in his old pulpit. Some
of his intimate friends are inclined to
the belief that, having already found
out that the masses are fickle, and that
he could not expect to be a popular
idol for all time, he will accept the op
portunity offered to him and make his
peace with the church. On the other
hand, there are still more of his friends
who believe that he will not retract a
single one of his words or actions, but
will maintain his present course. In
that event it will be within the bounds
of probability that sentence of excom
munication will be pronounced against
him.
A Dangerous SKWHiteu.
Liverpool Nov, 81.—Mrs. Lavira
Mason, the stewardess of the steamer
Mongolian, which arrived at this ]>ort
from Montreal ' on Wednesday
last, was arraigned in court
today charged with shooting
Purser Stewart, of the same vessel,
while the steamer was passing London-.
derry on Friday last, with intent to
kill. The prisoner declared that
Stewart had seduced her under
promise of marriage and when
asked to fulfill his engagement
on the steamer's arrival at Liverpool
he threatened to discard her. She
then became so enraged that she
fired three shots at him for the pur
pose of lrightening him and that
she did not desire to do him serious
bodly injury. Two of the bullets,
however, took effect in the steward's
body painfully Wounding him. The
prisoner was remanded without bail.
A New York Fire.
New York, Nov. 21.—The crowded
tenement house, No. 39 Baxter street,
was damaged $3,000 by fire early this
morning. The 150 occupants of the
building all got out in safety by way
of the fire escape, with the exception
of Barbara liergio, an unmarried
woman 50 years of age, who was found
on the floor burned to death.
The Crowr Boston,
New York, Nov. 81.—The United
States cruiser Boston reports her ar
rival at Bahia, Brazil, on the 18th, but
the Brazilians held back the cable
message two daya The United States
steamer Yantic has arrived at St. Vin
cent, Cape Deverde islands She is en
route to the south Atlantic station
DEPARTMENT COOLNE8S.
The Scent Service end the Treentry Hat
on Uood term*.
WA8HINGT0X, Nov. 23.—There is a
decided coolness between the United
States secret service bureau and the
treasury department owing to the em
phatic manner in which Secretary Fos
ter recently sat down on Chief of the
Secret Service Drummond regarding
the publication in newspapers of pict
ures of United States coina Drum
mond takes the matter considerably tc
heart, but the chances are that he will
And out how the land lays before again
attempting to interefere with news
paper prerogatives. In the case in
question the Mail and Express, of New
Vork, printed a cut of the new half
dollar, and immediately thereafter an
agent of the secret service visited the
office of that paper and seized the
electrotypes. Secretary Foster, upon
being acquainted with the facts, imme
diately issued authority for the publi
cation of the cuts with the proviso that
the words “Published by authority of
the treasury department" should be
placed in under them and the electro
types returned when no longer needed
to the secret service department.
Director of Mint I.each has always
taken the ground that newspapers
might print a cut of American coins,
and there have been numerous con
flicts between that official and Drum
mond on the point. Secretary Foster’s
decision settles it once and for all.
THE CASE OF DR. GRAVES.
Ths Famous Denver Sensation Will be
Solved In Court.
Desveh, Col., Nov. 23.—The case oi
Dr. Graves, the prominent New Eng
land physician, who is charged with
the murder of Mrs. Barnaby, of Provi
dence, R. I., in this city last summer, is
on the docket for trial in the circuit
court today. The defendant, who has
been out on bail, the bond being fur
nished by his lawyers, who have kept
him here ever Bince his release, ap
peared in court, together with a for
midable array of counsel, both of the
prosecution and the defense. A large
number of friends of the deceased,
headed by J. H. Conrad, her son-in
law* and who is a prominent banker at
Helena? Mont., were also present. Mrs.
Barnaby, who was very wealthy and
who was spending the summer in this
city, was poisoned by drinking some
whisky containing arsenic, and which
had been expressed to her from the
east. Dr. Graves, with whom Mrs.
Barnaby has business relation, was
suspected, arrested and brought here
and indicted, and it is said that the de
velopment of the trial will fasten tho
crime upon him. His alleged motive
was to retain possession of more than
$100,000 of the widow’s money, which
she had intrusted to him for various
purposes. Some of this has been re
covered since Mrs. Barnaby's death.
The trial will be lengthy and hotly
contested.
A FATAL FIRE.
A .Jamestown Fire In a Hotel Causes Foui
Deaths.
•Jamestown, X. V., Nov. 23.—A fatal
fire in which four persons lost theii
lives occurred here early this morning
At about 1 o’clock flames were discov
ered in the kitchen of the Old Home
stead hotel at Third and Pine streets.
The building was entirely destroyed,
nothing remaining standing. It was
not known for an hour but that
all the occupants had escaped. A fire
man in making his way into the build
ing stumbled over the charred body of
Maggie Wilson, a waiter girl twenty
years of age whose relatives reside in
Derrick City. It is said her
escape was cut off by a bolted
door. _ The bodies of the other
three victims were found in the room
where they slept. None of them were
burned, but they had been suffocated.
They were Mrs. Buchanan, the pastry
cook, who came from the Riddell house
in Bradford to this city; her little
boy who came to visit his mother yes
terday and remained over night and
Mrs. Marsh, dish washer. Mrs Bu
chanan and her boy were locked in
eacli others arms near the door of the
room. Airs. Marsh was iu bed.
MURDERED AN OLD WOMAN.
flaliway, N, *, Again Furnishes Materia.
For » Traffic M.vntcry.
Elizabeth, N. J., Nov, 23.—Rose
Johnson, aged 50 years, was found dead
last night in the house of William
Ward, on Montrose street, East Rah
way. There were marks on her head
that looked as if she had been beaten
with a club. She has for some time
past been housekeeping for Ward, who
is missing. The woman occasionally
indulged iu drink, and it is the opinion
uf tlie police that she got her injuries
during a drunken quarrel with some
one. The neighbors, however, say
that nd one has been seen around the
house for some days, and the general
belief is that the woman was murdered
for money that she was supposed to
have gad in her possession. How lone
»he has been dead has yet to be deter
mined. Chief 'looker, of Rahway, is
Dying to unravel the mystery.
SENATOR DEANE’S DEATH.
It .Wakes the New York Am nobly Demo
entile l»y One.
Albany, N. Nov. 23.—The death
of Stute .Senator Gilbert A. Deane, re
elected in the Fifteenth district gives
the democrats control of the legisla
ture. A special election will have to
be held and it will not be called until
after the legislature isorganized. The
assembly will have a majority of one
on joint ballot.
Itllgn or Infill 1-11X4.
Loxdon.Nov. 23.—Influenza is spread
ing in France and Germany. The epi
demic has closed several schools in the
department of Meirs, France, and one
school in the perela chaise quar
ter of Paris. It has extended
all over Berlin, where the
painter Spangonburger with many
others has succumbed to the disease.
It is also very prevalent in Posen and
west Hussio. Ti.c death rate in Ham
burg is 280 above the normal weekly
average, the increase being chiefly
due to influenza.
Th« Liberals Think
Knonrh to imli. Ar*
Lohdow, Not. 23.-The consere.,L
party is up in arm. from one ^
united kingdom to the other anV^
leading representatives to the V*
of about 3,000 commenced at filJL,
ham this morning what fcfil
looked upon a. a most important^
ing in th. history of torvisTt
England. The recent liberal VictorW
at ‘be polls bare, in the popularmS
been the shadows of a coniine .
Which the liberals declare will saw
the conservatives from power and
augurate a reign of democracy Z*
to say republicanism, in ' jv
land which may have the aJL
important bearing upon the future m
the British empire. With the eclJ,
of the great liberal conventions n
Newcastle recently still in their ears
the conservatives have seen that it
absolutely necessary to make as fine s
showing as possible at Birmingham
today, tomorrow and Wednesday ate
so that the city is fairly packed witk
enthusiastic toriea Mayor Lawln
Harker opened the proceedings b,
holding a reception at the town hall
Over 10,500 guests were invited ate
over 2,000 attended. Tomorrow the co"
ference of the union convention will he
held in Masonic hall under the presi
dency of Lord Windsor. Lord Salis
bury will be present and will deliver
an address, which is looked forward te
with considerable anxious interest h»
both parties. '
1 he platform as semi-officiallj out
lined in advance 1b as follows:
Cessation under the adoption, under
the local governments, of special le»
lation and parliaments attention to Is
concentrated upon British affairs: e*
tension of local self-government by
the creation of district couneili
allotment of small holdings for labor
ers under the direction of the district
councils, legislation for the arbitra
tion of strikes, a “free breakfast ta
ble,” otherwise the lowest possible el
ection on tea, coffee, cocoa, eta,
the vesting of a power of licensing h
the county councils with compensation
for publicans who may be deprived of
their license, and the introduction of a
bill for providing for pensioned
old people on the insurance
plan. In the platform, In addition to
the planks already referred to, the old
tory war cry as to opposition to chare!
disestablishment the maintenance of
denominational schools, the preserva
tion of the house of lords
will be raised and every ef
fort will be made to out
bid the liberals for the workmen
Vote. It is understood, however, that
conservatives have definitely decided
on the i ejection of local option in the
matter of an eight hour work per day
On the other hand the conference
will be asked to declare in favor
of increased liberal representation
and the creation of a labor department
under a cabinet minister whose title
will be labor minister, the government
will also be asked to decide in favor
of increasing the number
of appointments of workmen as
factory inspectors and to appoint n
number of women inspectors of facto
ries, It is also understood that the
“one man one vote” principle will be
denounced and that the ballot account
should be amended so as to exclude all
illiterate voters.
BURGLARS AT NORFOLK.
The Town Infested By Active Thugs Who
l>o a Bis Business.
Norfoi.k, Neb., Nov. 23.—The people
of this city were surprised yesterday
morning when the report got out that
three business" houses had been bur
glarized during Saturday night The
first business house where it was dis
covered that it had been broken into
was Albert Wilde's saloon, where the
burglars secured SO in cash from the
drawer and also took with them
nine bottles of the finest liquor
in the saloon at the time.
The second business house was the
book and stationary Btore of E. U
Tracy & Co., where the robbers got
about S6 in cash and enough albums
and cigars to amount to about $50 all
told. The third business place broken
into was the grocery house of H. h
Fritz, where the burglars secured a
small amount of cash, which was
60 cents, that they found in the
cash drawer and cigars and groceries
amounting to $10 altogether. It was
also reported that they had broken
into Prichard & Ketliledge’s clothing
Btore, but the report was not true. J*
is also reported that Night Policeman
Young was not attending •*
his duty and that he was
probably asleep in one of the saloons
but which of course could not be foil”®
out to be a certainty. Marshal Miller
this morning had search warrants
made out for two parties that he sus
picioned for being the burglars an
was going to serve them this morning
The Norfolk. Beet Sugar factor)
made the last run of the season las
Saturday, having used all the he®
that they possibly could get out of t
ground and made it into sugar. I*1®
are yet about 4,000 tons of beets in t
ground that they cannot get out.
MILWAUKEE HAS A SCANDAL.
City Officials Quarter Their ItrlativM l«
Municipal Alum ou»c»
Milwaukee, Nov. 23. — Supervi
Vannaman has unearthed a Pre ■
mess in connection with theeoun
board and the two insane asylums,
has discovered that the motliL _
Comptroller Czerwinski. cX'Lo
John Czerwinski and Joseph tz, ■»
6ki. and the mother of Deputy ■
Martin Schubert and Supervisor
Schubert have been inmates
asylums for years and that t
have paid nothing1 for their
nance, although the law 'bJl
they shall do so. Mrs. Czeru in ...
they shall ao so. jurs. , ve,
been in the chronic asylum jo _
years'and Mrs. Schubert m t . iB.
asylum seven years. Supervis A fe„
bod, just before his death, - ^
months ago, called for a list t{ves
in the institutions who had inM?.
who were able to pay for tlie dra*®
nance, but if such a list wase to
i* ’j:_ltills were sem
it has disappeared. Bibs we^ °"1ieDt
the Schuberts today by Supcnntcn ^
White for something over *‘;r;'t05Ci
''..Mwinui/iu aov thf>v are will*11© *.
wnue ior sguicunug ~a
Dzerwinskis say they are wi S w5 *
tie. Comptroller Czerwinskii
Lai ary of *4,000 a year from the J