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Electricity has boon used In Swotloi
as a substitute for dynamite in blast
tuff. A strong current Is turned int<
the rock and tho intenso heat causes i
-o crack.
The speaker of the British house o
commons rccevics a salary of £5,000 i
year and when he rotlros ho is raisec
to the peerage with an annual pension
of £4,000.
During tho exhibition in Edinburgh,
Scotland, there were over 100,000 per
sons carried in electric launches along
the canal from the city to tho exhibi
tion.
The largest ship ailoat is the Fronoh
five-mastod Franco, launched in 1800.
The vessel is 301 feet long, 43 broad,
and has a depth of 30 feot. Her net
tonnage is 3,034.
Tho dowry of a Turkish bride is fixed
t>y custom at about #1 70 A man
needs to have a whole seminary ol
wives before he can gather in enough
to pay his debts.
Tho hair dressing of ladies was an
expensive affair in the sixteenth cen
tury. Queen Elizabeth at one time
was possessed of no fewer than eighty
attires of false hair.
■-• -*■
Blonde hair is said to be the fines)
and red tho coarest A German in
vestlgator figures it out tlint a blonde
head has 140,000 hairs; a black 103,000.
and a red about 00,000.
Miss Ilhoda Broughton has organ
Iz.ed a successful movement in Philu
dolphin for a “Home of Best foi
Horses.” Tho scheme if in practica
-operation and insures gronter kindnos*
in the treatment of tho class of ani
snals for which it is designed.
The countoss of Zetland has made
herself very popular in Ireland by ap
pealing to Queen Victoria not to inter
rupt the Dublin season of fostivitieson
account of the general mourning. Vic
toria inclined a gracious ear, so busi
ness is good in Dublin and everybody
da happy.
The Mormon temple at Salt Lake
'City is built in the form of a true el
lipse and, although it is of enormous
dimensions, it is so well constructed
as regards acoustics that a person
standing in the focus at one end can
carry on a conversation in a whisper
with any ono in the focus at the othor
and.
A biographer of Phillips Brooks,
•writing from personal acquaintance
with the distinguished Massachusetts
divine, says that he has always been a
notably diffident man, distrustful oi
Ills ability. It is rather singular thnt
Mrs Beecher, in her memoirs, makes
practically the same statement about
the great Brooklyn preachor.
8»m Radges, of Topeka, paid the
western doctors 93,000 to be told that
hit eyes would not last long and that
he soon would bo stone blind. lie then
went to New York and Dr. Agnew in
formed him that they would last all
his life and to go home and be happy.
For the latter information he paid
•500.
A singular trial is imminent in Frank
fort A professional nurse allowod a
piece of flesh to be severed from hei
arm by a surgeon and transplanted
into an open wound on the body of o
wealthy patient $ha now claim*
that the surgeon cut too much away
-and is suing him for damages on the
ground of unnecessary Injury ty
herself.
The wife of a wealthy United States
senator gave a luncheon a few days
ago. Many ladies attended in ful'
dress. As they retired at its close
what was their horror to discover that
each gown had been decorated witb
broad stripes of white paint The ex
planation was that the chairs had been
freshly painted and gilded for the oe
oasion and had not been properly dried.
General Butler Is creating a stir in
legal and trade circles by his claim
that a man who buys a book sold only
by subscription is virtually pledged tc
keep it, neither selling it or giving it
away. He threatens to bring a suit tc
have the presentation of his own nen
book by a purchaser to the public library
in Lowell declared void and to have the
library authorities restrained from cir
-culating the volume.
Pasteur in his youth is said to have
-risen at 4 o'clock in the morning to gc
to his laboratory, where he was accus
tomed to remain, with but few inter
ruptions, until 9 at night. The story
that tells how he was found in his lab
oratory when due at the altar to marry
the rector's daughter at Strasburg it
well known. Now at 65, he still
labors over his experiments with un
(emitting eagerness and with all the
fine enthusiasm of youth.
Professor Fowler, the phrenologist.
Is reported to have said once that the
great mental and physical vigor ol
-Gladstone's old age is due most ol
*11 to his ability to fall asleep at any
time and on any occasion, in spite ol
the anxiety and cares of the day. H
was mentioned in this column some
time uo that the only occasion whei
the ‘Grand Old Man" was ever wor
ried into sleeplessness was at the tim<
of the excitement in England over Gor
don't fate.
NEBRASKA.
Harvard will have a new hotel at once.
A large roller mill will be built at Well
fleet.
The Dawson flouring mill burned. Loss
. 14,000.
Beatrice people have a bad case of base
ball fever.
A large elevator has just been completed
1 at Coleridge.
Several brick blocks will be put up at
Pender this year.
Music will bo taught in the Grand Is
land public schools.
The Clay county allianco will establish
a papor at Clay Center.
Blair merchants are inaugurating an
early closing movement.
Forty of the pupils of tho Genoa Indian
school have tho measles.
Weeping Water has a lady insurance
agent, Mrs. Lillian Hasse.
The state Association of Short Horn
breeders met at Beatrice.
There are 650 cases before the district
court In session ut O’Neill.
The Second district congressional com
mittee will meet ut Hastings.
An English syndicate is said to be after
the big Youngers nursery at Genoa.
John Honey, sr., one of the earliest set
tlers at Sutton, died at the age of 70.
A company has been incorporated to
manufacture paving brick at Nebraska
City.
Tho Chndron Journal and Advocate have
been consolidated and will establish a
daily.
The Journal claims that Lincoln is very
much In earnest in its demand for a union
depot.
Albert Bowden, a Cuming county young
man, has been crazed by religious excite
ment.
A threo-foot vein of coal has been found
at Tecumsoh thirty-eight feet below the
surface.
A. H. Brown, a prominent Red Cloud
business man, died suddenly of heart
disease.
An unknown farmer was badly injured
by a train on a crossing at Papillion. His
horses were killed.
A Broken Bow child fell on a stove
poker, which entered his mouth and
pierced his cheek.
The prohibitiouists of tho state are Re
letting delegates to the state convention
at Lincoln, March 3.
A stook company has been formed at
Hickman to rebuild in brick the buildings
lately destroyed by fire.
A census of the Omaha Indiuns will be
tuken preparatory to the disbursement of
$12,000 of government funds.
A Pole named Lisurla attempted suicide
B roken Bow by cutting his throat Ho
was unknown and without money.
Hayei county papers say there are good
prospects of a north and south and an east
md w-est railroad through that county.
A new depot has been completed at
South Plattsmouth, several new buildings
ire in prospect and stock yards will be
?ut in.
A Methodist chureh at Genoa dissolved
md the members held a meeting to de
cide whether to bo Presbyterians or Bap
•ists.
The fourth annual convention of secre
taries of the atate Y. M. G A. will be held
it Crete, commencing tomorrow and dos
ing Friday.
The Gage county grand jury found two
ndlctmeuts for forgery, one for adultery
end one for burglary, and some sensations
are promised.
The oldest son of Louis Clark, near
Campbell, dropped bis gun from a road
'art and the wouud made amputation of
Due arm necessary,
Charles Franks, of Randolph, was badly
Injured by the tumbling rod of a corn
•heller which broke, one of the pieces
striking him In the aide.
Indlauola aspires to be a pleasure re
sort. An artificial lake, half a mile by
two miles, will be constructed, and some
tine buildings will go up this season.
W. E. Wells, of Burwell, one of the lead
ing merchants of central Nebraska, made
a voluntary assignment. Liabilities,
<'1,000, probably covered by the assets.
The Niobrara Pioneer will, on Uarch
1, issue an illustrated edition of 10,000
copies, whioh, It is claimed, will be the
biggest and best paper ever printed in the
county.
C. W. Thomas’ elevator at Phillips was
completely destroyed by fire Saturday
night. Loss on building <4,000; insur
ance, <3,500; loss on grain, about <7,000;
no insurance.
' Tho Niobrara Mill and Waterworks
company will begin erecting a mill April
1. An election will be held to vote on the
question of bonding the city for <1,000 to
lay water mains.
The body of Frank Nuel was found
near Superior, and a shot gun lay near
him One barrel had been discharged
through his heart, and it is supposed to
have been a case of suicide.
Editor H. H. Hutchins, of the Coleridge
Sentinel, who disappeared last summer
under a financial cloud, has returned and
will pay all his debts. But he has had all
the newspaper experience he wants.
I John Seiko, an old resident of Nebraska
pity. Is dead. He went to his barn and
not returning search was made for him.
Jie had been stricken with heart disease
|tnd was found lying dead In the barn.
Among the proposed Improvements at
Rushvllle for this year is an electric
light plant, a starch factory, a creamery,
s brewery and a district fair association,
for which <10,030 is already subscribed.
, A Custer county farmer wrote a letter
to a Norwegian paper at Decorah, la.,
telling of the advantagea of Custer
county, and in two days received alxteen
letters of inquiry from several different
states.
Henry Pfiueger, of Wed Point, shot his
wife in the head and she died instantly.
Pfiueger had been adjuuged insane last
fall, and was sent to jail He escaped,
and had not keen heard of until he ap
peared at home aud shot his wife. He was
captured.
A young man named Probat, living
south of Taylor, In Loup oounty, has re
refused food, drink and medical aid for
twenty-five days On recovering from de
ilrum tremens he became convinced that
he was going to die and took the above
course to make sure of it.
Large numbers of Nebraska horses are
being shipped to the eastern markets.
Boston and Philadelphia take many of
them. One dealer at Seward who buys
for the Connectieut market used to get his
horses In Canada till the McKinley bill
eomoelled him to patronise American
breeders.
A BREAD RIOT IH BERLIN
Famished Germans Make a Raid
on the Shops.
Th. Troop* on Duty With Fixed Bayonets
—The Authorities Claim That the
Uprising Is the Work of Schem
ing Anarchists.
Bermm, Feb. 27.—The authorities of
tlie city claim to be in possession of in
formation to the effect that the dem
onstration of Thurday before the em
peror's castle was not, as at first sup
posed, a spontaneous and unpremedi
tated movement They claim that it
was a carefully planned outbreak and
that it would have assumed very much
more important proportions had it not
been for the fact that the people did
not rise to any degree in support of the
anarchists and socialists who engin
eered the riota
This of course is the official version
of the affair, but it is doubtful if it is
correct.
However, there is no doubt that the
authorities had secret information of
some kind and that there is more truth
ia the story that the anarchists had
planned to use dynamite upon the
castle than at first supposed.
The entire force of troops composing
tlie garrison of Berlin was kept under
arms until 1:30 this morning, and even
then they were not allowed to rest.
A Midnight Bread Riot.
Shortly after 11 o'clock last night
there was another small riot, making
the third of such disturbances of the
peace since Thursday afternoon. At
about that hour a number of isolated
groups of excited men, some of them
pretty well loaded down with beer,
focussed in the northern districts until
a gathering of about 1,500 was formed,
and began listening to an address from
a socialist leader. The latter had
hardly uttered a few burning re
marks condemning the brutal conduct
of the authorities, eta, when he was
Interrupted by the singing of the
“Marseillaise,” and cries of “Bread!”
“Give bread or the chance to earn it!”
“Down with the capitalists!” “Burn
down their houses!”
Then one of the mob was hoisted
above the heads of his comrades, and,
sitting upon their shoulders, loudly
cried:
‘•Thera Is Bread. Take It.”
“Let us take bread if the emperor
will not give it to us there," pointing
to a neighboring baker's store, “There
is bread, take it. ”
With a roar like that of a pack of
hungry tigers the mob made a rush for
the bakery, broke in the entire front of
the store and cleared it of its contents
in about the time it takes to write it,
but the supply of bread was only suf
ficient to relieve the hunger of a small
portion of the crowd so a number of
other bakeries, grocery stores and wine
shops were broken into and emptied of
their contenta Two butcher shops
were also looted before a force of
police strong enough to quell the riot
was summoned to the scene.
Scattered by the Police.
When the police did appear, the mob
evidently more full of hunger than of
fight, scattered in all directions and
left the police in possession of the dis
mantled storea
The emperor remained watching
from the windows of the castle Schloss,
surrounded by several generals and
half a dozen aide-de-camps until halt
an hour after midnight, when he dis
missed his staff after receiving reports
by orderlies from all the military and
polico districta Previous to retiring
for the night, the emperor dismissed
the Alexander regiment of guards,
which had been on duty throughout
the day with fixed bayoneta Troops,
however, are being kept within easy
call. ,
The Dispatches Dootered.
The fact was made clear today that
the press censor of Berlin has been
busy at work since Thursday altering
and changing the tenor of riot dis
patches sent out of Germany. So much
so that a number of newspaper corre
spondents, the representatives of the
London Times for instance, have been
informed from their home offices that
their dispatches were in some cases al
most illegible as they had left whole
sentences out and that their messages
had breaks in them which made their
stories disconnected. In view of this
fact it may be explained' )hat the cor
respondent of the United Press antici
pating some such an action upon the
part of the press censor caused his first
dispatch announcing the riots,
which was twelve hours ahead
of any other dispatch sent
to the United States to be filed at a
certain plaoe outside of Berlin, thus
completely outwitting the presscensor.
International Trouble! Feared.
Berlin, Feb. 37.—In London and
Paris grave International complica
tions are dreaded. It is feared that
if the disorders last much longer the
emperor will attempt a diversion by
declaring war against—whom is not
stated. Riots similar in character to
those in Berlin have taken place in
Dantzic and Brunswick. Others are
feared in Vienna, where the misery of
the poor grows greater daily. The
situation altogether is alarming. Ger
many seems to have come to the end
of her fortunate period. Events may
at any moment take a turn perilous for
the peace of Europe. With a monarch
like William all things are possible.
Doubts the Success or Loubet.
London, Feb. 37.—The Paris corre
spondent of the Standard doubts the
success of Senator Loubet in forming or
conducting a ministry—“a man sixteen
years in public life without making
his mark. No doubt the president
knows Loubet and his character well,
but his confidence in him cannot be
shared by the public.”
RIOTING IN INDIANAPOLIS.
The Police Ordered to Assist In Running
Street Cars.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 37.—Not
leas than a dozen riots have occurred
here this morning. At an early hour,
and by prearrangement with the street
car company, Mayor Sullivan ordered
out the police to assist in the running
of cars. The strikers and sympathizer:
fought every inch of ground and at
7 o'clock three cars were over
turned in the gutters. By S
o'clock the mobs on the different
streets numbered fully 10,000 and busi
ness generally is interrupted by the
violent proceedings Nearly fifty ar
rests have been made and a dozen can
injured by rocks The police force it
composed of only 110 men and is al
most overcome and would be utterly
defeated in case of a battle. So far
clubs have been the only weapons
used, but the fervor of the mob is in
creasing and a bloody encounter is
probable.
Later—All attempts to run cars have
been abandoned until Monday morn
ing and in the meantime a compromise
of some kind is hoped for.
TALMAGE TALKS POLITIDS.
He Thinks the Tariff Fight Will Go on
Forever,
Chicago, Feb- 37.—Dr. T. De Witt
Talmage, the Brooklyn divine, was at
the Grand Pacific on his way home
from a lecturing tour in the west. Dr.
Talmage said he was much interested
in politics but he thought the tarifl
question would never be settled, be
cause both parties were afraid of it.
“The politicians are after the offices
and nothing else,” he said. “Why, 1
remember when 1 was a boy 8 years
old the tariff was discussed just as it is
now. My father was a Henry Clay, or
high tariff man, and he used the same
arguments then as are used by the re
publicans today, only the Henry Clay
men then were really for high tarifl.
The republicans nowadays say they are
for high tarifl, but when the campaign
gets hot they go back on their former
declarations and say they want to revise
the tarifl. The democrats talk free
trade awhile, but when it comes down
to giving the people free trade they go
back on all they said before. So the
fight will go on and on and the grand
children of the present generation will
be discussing the tariff just as it is
being discussed today. No, I haven’t
anything to say against Tammany.
I believe in partisanship It promotes
honesty, because the fellows who hold
the offices know they are being
watched by their opponents and must
bo honest, I don't know whetherthey
have any rings among the politicians
in New York, but I am quite positive
that Brooklyn is one of the best gov
erned cities in the country. The fight
between Cleveland and Hill in New
York has so complicated affairs that
the Lord only knows what the result
will be. It doesn’t matter who wins,
because the politicians are not sin
cere. ”
SAID HE WAS AN ACTOR.
A Rustle Malden Who Followed to the City
a Man Wearing Tan-Colored Shoes.
St. Louis, Feb. 37.—A pathetic story
was told to Mrs. Louisa Harris, the
police matron, yesterday, by an un
fortunate girl from Ste. Genevieve,
Mo., named Martha Whiteside. Two
months ago, the girl stated, she had
met and loved a young man named
Hilton, a handsome, dashing fellow,
who wore fur on his collar, a diamond
stud as big as a walnut on his shirt,
and tan-colored shoos. He easily con
vinced the unsophisticated country
maiden that he was a theatrical man.
She had been to a theater
but once, poor thing. It was
“Uncle Tom's Cabin,” with two
Topsies, three Marks the lawyer,
and four bloodhounds, but she had
often dreamed of theaters and theatri
cal men, and Hilton was a perfect pic
ture of the vison she had seen in her
dreams.
So she had come to St. Louis with
the young man with the tan-colored
shoes, intending to become an actress,
for Hilton had told her that she had
beauty and talent, by the side of which
Mary Anderson was a mere stick, Sarah
Bernhardt a scarecrow and Lotta a
ninny.
After a few days of blissful anticipa
tion, however, Hilton, fur collar, tan
colored boots and all, disappeared.
Mrs. Harris made the poor girl as
comfortable as possible and then sent
her back home. The police have not
been able to find any trace of Hilton.
A MONETARY CONFERENCE.
England Hu Signified Her Willingness to
Confer.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Satisfactory
progress is being made by countries in
terested toward the holding of an in
ternational monetary conference by
representatives of the United States,
Great Britain, France and Germany,
correspondence looking to such a con
ference has been in progress for some
time, the only country holding aloof
having been Great Britain. At the
treasury department it was ascer
tained that England had now signified
her consent to take part in a confer
ence, and what is more important, had
indicated in a measure the extent to
which she would go in the matter. The
intimation is made that England, who
since 1816 has had but one monetary
standard, that of gold, would adopt
silver to the extent of permitting the
Bank of England to hold one-fifth of
her reserve in silver; would issue small
silver notes, and would open the India
mints to silver.
In pursuing the inquiry today re
garding the rumored conference, it was
learnedthat Mr. Seligman, the prom
inent New York banker, had for sev
eral months been in Europe as a kind
of confidential representative of the
treasury department, holding the same
relation to the department as Manton
Marble had done under the administra
tion of Secretary Manning.
RUSSIAN DESTITUTION.
Feasants look Like Living Skeletons--A
Dearth of Doctors.
London, Feb. 27.—A correspondent
who has been visiting, in company
with Count Tolstoi, the famine-stricken
districts of Samara, says that free ta
bles of food are crowded with starving
applicants who look like living skele
tons A peasant who appealed to
Tolstoi for aid said that his father and
mother had just died of starvation.
In every second house people can bo
found dead or dying and the sick go
without attention, as there is not more
than one doctor to every 8,000 persona
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
Pennsylvanians Called on to Assert
Their Rights.
The Recent Comblnntton of the Beading,
Lehigh Tetley, and Jereejr Central
Road* Denounced ae a Viola
tion of the Constitution.
Philadelphia,Feb. 29.—A proclama
tion to the people of Pennsylvania,
over the signature of General Master
Workman T. V. Powderly, of the
Knights of Labor, is being distributed
throughout the state. It is dire< ted
against the recent combination of the
Heading, Lehigh Valley and Jersey
Central railroads. The proclamation
states that the Reading company it
taking another step against the wel
fare of the commonwealth, that the.
constitution has been violated, and
that those who, last November, voted
against the calling of a constitutional
convention in Pennsylvania will have
cause to repent in sack cloth and ashes
for their lack of patriotism.
According to the old Roman proverb
when vice is useful it is a crime to be
virtuous, and the ethics of legalised
spoliation as practiced by the corpora
tions of Pennsylvania would seem to
indicate that neither in word nor mean
ing shall that statement be changed.
The proclamation, which is a lengthy
one, is as follows:
One hundred and seventy thousand citi
zens who voted for a people’s parliament,
you are appealed to again to take up the
agitation for a constitutional convention.
Npw is the very best time imaginable to
take up the work, and those who profited
bv the defeat of the measure have furn- 1
isned the best of arguments in favor of
that for which we struggled last year.
Emboldened by our defeat the Reading
railroad has taken another step against '
the welfare of Pennsylvania. It has com- I
mitted another theft, and it lays with us j
to bring the rogue to justice. In order I
that our position may not be misunder- j
stood, and that we may be strengthened
in the stand which we shall take, let each
of the 137,00 > personally write the gov
ernor to take official notice of the treason
of the Reading company, and call upon
him to take the offenders before the high
est tribunal of tlis state for a hearing and
investigation. Demand of the executive
that the fullest light be thrown upon this
most outrageous encroachment on the
rights of the people of Pennsylvania and
of all the eastern states. Act at once.
Get up petitions, interest others who are
not members, send delegationsr.to the gov
ernor and strengthen his hands in ridding
Pennsylvania of this Jesse Janies of cor
porations. If he will not act, secure his
reasons, and leave nothing undone to find
out beyond a doubt whether article xvii is
binding on the railroads and canals of the
state. Let us ascertain whether we can
legally redress our wrongs before resort
ing to—
THE TELEPHONE MONOPOLY
Mexicans Get Better Service at One-Fifth
the Cost.
New York, Feh. 29.—While the Tel
ephone Subscribers’ association la con
gratulating itself over the encourage
ment it received from Chief Croker in
its fight for reasonable rates, and
while it is waiting for an equally satis
factory interview with Edward
Murphy, jr., of Troy, Secretary Gard
ner has been getting some inside facts
on the profits of the telephone busi
ness.
At the offices of the Tropical Amer
ican Telephone company, at No. 59
liroad street, a few figures were gath
ered that will interest subscribers all
through the country. This company
is the authorized agent for the sale in
South and Central America of the Hell
telephones with Blake transmitters,
which were used in this city up to a
short time ago. They are the box-like
affairs which were hung on the wall
in an office and for which an annual
rental of from $150 to $180 is charged.
They cost the parent company $3.43
apiece to manufacture, as the company
admitted before an investigating com
mittee of the Massachusetts legisla
ture. In Mexico, now, two of these
instruments, with a mile of No. 12
galvanized iron wire and the insulat
ors, office wire, screws and the like
may be bought outright for $40 cash.
New Yorkers are expected to pay five
times this sum for one year's use of
one instrument
WANTED—A WOMAN.
Ueorglanna Hlnkion Sought to Take
Charge or an Estate.
A telegram from Philadelphia says:
There is a woman in the country, west,'
northwest or southwest, who now, os
at any time in the past has gone hy
the name of Georgiannna Hinkson,
she will, if she has any love in hey
heart, or if she has any desire for ma
terial riches, come to this city as fast
as steam can bring her. A mother’s
heart is yearning for her, and a com
fortable estate is awaiting her appea r
ance. It is fifteen years since a young
girl, who was known by that name,
disappeared one fine afternoon,
whether of her own volition or not has
never been known. Although inquiries
have been made at intervals during
that long period of the police authori
ties of pretty nearly every city of the
country, not a clue to her whereabouts
has ever been discovered. Her grand
mother, who died quite recently, left
considerable real estate, which goes to
Georgianna if she is ever found, and
likewise left a dying injunction that
no money or pains should be spared to
locate her. At different times alleged
clues have led to investigations in Chi
cago, Mil waukee, Cincinnati. St Louis,
Kansas City and San Francisco, but
they have all ended in failure. Possi
bly she is dead, but as long as the
mother lives she will not give up the
hope that her girl will return to her.
A woman by this name lived in
Sioux City until recently, but no one
seems to know where she has gone.
AGAINST THE ANARCHISTS.
The Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere
in Their BehalL
Washington, Feb 39.—The supreme
court today decided against the Chi
cago anarchists. Field and Schwab,
who sought release from Joliet prison
on writs of habeas corpus.
Three times as much spirits are con- ,
turned in Scotland, according to the '
population, as in England. 1
A SOMNAMBULISTSfEat
Picked HU Way Along the W „
Salisbury, Md., Feb 27 .
count of the remarkable advent * *
a somnambulist comes from SeUn
village about seven miles from sl#
bury, in this county. One night
week William, the 13-year-oW L '
Granville Banks, dreamed thatV
father and mother and entire f, mu
were being murdered in the house
order to escape death himself he »
and, hoisting the window of his r^8®
on the second floor, and clad nnw?
his night clothes, he descended tooths
ground by means of a ladder, whhS
had been left by some painters who
were painting the house. Iw
headed and barefooted u
walHf,d *°Zer to the home of
Mr. Bland Harcum, on the next «. 01
below, a distance of one mile. On hS
way he had to walk along the bank of
a creek running between the two
farms until he came to its head, whew
he crossed at low tide, crushing thet™
with his bare feet He reached Mr
Marcum s house about 4 o’clock in thi
Mr. Harcum was up and
asked the boy what was the matter re.
celvmg the reply that his family
being murdered. Mr. Harcum sus
pected that the young man was not
B^2ke’,A8 he »howed no signs of being
cold, although the night was an in
tensely cold one. After sitting by the
fire a short time, young Banks awoke
and, after affrightedly looking about
him, was seized with a violent chill
He was placed in bed and made as
comfortable as possible. Mr. Harcum
hurried over to the young man’s home
and told the parents of the strange ad
venture of their son. The boy is all
right now, but a little sore about the
feet
PLAYED WITH DYNAMITE.
Seven Men Try an Experiment and One Is
Fatally Injured.
Detroit, Feb. 27.—While seven men
were standing around a stove in a store
at Goose Island last night one of them
saw a keg on the ice near shore and
brought it into the store. When the
head was pried off several pieces of
gaspipe were found Inside and about
two inches of _ what appeared to be
lard. Some of it was put on the stove
and it burned like grease. • ‘Let’s have
a bonfire,” suggested one of the men,
and they placed the keg on the fire.
Then Oliver Reaume kicked the keg
and a terrific explosion followed. Six
of the men were thrown to the floor,
Reaume s right hand was blown oft
and his right arm and leg so badly
shattered that they had to be ampu~
tated. His injuries are pronounced
fatal The other men were not hurt
The keg contained nitro-glycerino.
RAPID TRANSIT WRECK.
Seven Passengers Injured by the Overturn
ing of a Dummy Train.
Bonham, Te^, Feb. 27.—Seven pas
sengers were seriously injured by the
overturning of a dummy car on a rapid
transit railway last night.
A. J. McClendon, the engineer, re
ceived injuries about the spine and
head which will prove fatal W. C.
Dan, Malcolm, Biggerstaff, and W. A.
Holt were seriously and five other pas
sengers slightly injured. The car was
totally wrecked. It was running st
the usual rate of speed on a smooth
track. The cause of the overturning
is a mystery.
STUFFED BIRDS IN THE TREES
Students Distribute Museum Specimens
Over the Campus.
Meadvuxe, Pa., Feb 27.—A lot of
Allegheny county students last night
broke into the museum and removed
the large collection of birds into the
college campus, where they were
perched in the trees and scattered
around on the ground. “The birds of
spring, tra la, ’’ formed the burden of
many a college refrain this morning.
The identity of the offenders is not yet
made public.
THE MARKETS.
Lin Stock.
Sioux Cm, Feb. 29.
Hoga—Light, *4.4004.55; mixed,*L 47X0
160; heavy, *4.5001 60l
Cattle—Steers, 1,100 to 1,300 pounds,
13.0003.60; feeders, *2.500115; stockers,
(2.0002.50; cows, common to good, $1.00 9
175; yearlings, *3.0002.6(1; bulls, *1.50(9
3.75; veal calves, *2.5905.00.
Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. £9.
Bogs—Light, *1330190; mixed, *135(9
180; heavy, *4.2504.00.
Cattle—Extra and native beeves, *3.600
120; stockers and feeders, *2.2503.80;
mixed cows and bulls, *1200*175; Texans,
13.8004.10.
Sheep—Natives, *8.7505-80; westerns,
(3.2006.60; Texans, *8,0005.40.
South Omaha.
South Omaha, Feb. 29.
Cattle—Choice beeves, *8.450160* cow®'
(1.8502.50; feeders, *1.150375; bulls,
(1.800120. _
Hogs—Light, *1590155; mixed, (1450
160; heavy, *14504.60.
Kansas City,
Kaxsas Cm, Feb. 2ft
Cattle—Extra fancy steers, $8.30@4.00;
sows, *1.5)0325; stockers, *32504 90;
Feeders, *3-2504.00. >
Hogs—Extreme ranges, *3. S3@(.67;-..
Produce and Provisions.
Chicago, Feb. 29.
Flour—Spring patents, *4.40@4.75; win
;er patents, *1300153.
Wheat—Cash, May, 91X@MJft.
Corn—Cash, 41c; May, 42j^c; neiV, .\a
), 38c.
Oats—Cash, 29J^c; May, 31@31X°
Rye—84>4c.
Barley—56@ 58c.
Timothy—$L 7@1.28.
Flax—98^@98Hc.
Whisky—$L 14.
Pork—Cash, *1L80; May, (1155.
Lard—Cash, *6.45; May, *6.55
Shoulders—*5.7505 50; short clear, *6.-°
short ribs, *5.77*^05.83. ,0/3l
Butter—Creamery. *0@28KC» da*ry» ®
Cheese—Full cream cbeddars,
lats, 11X019° i Young Americas, 12@ia&
Eggs—Fresh, 16017c.
Hides—Heavy and light green sa*te<l
io; salted bull 4X@»X°: Fr«en “ „d
;aif, 606X°i dry flint? So; drv .sited
ildee, d07o; dry calf, 809°; dencona
?Tnilow—No. 1 soUd, 4o; packed, 2@»Ke>
take, 4Xe. _ . «o
. Mihmapolis, Feb. 2ft
Wheat—Closing: Na 1 northern, *«
wary, 86*0; May, 85*6; °» ft
tard, 86c; No. 1 northern, 85e,
korthern, 79083°.
