Nebraska Newspapers

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OYER THE STATE.
At riainview a K. of P. lodge was
recently Instituted.
The ofllce of the Plattsmouth Herald
was destroyed by Are last week. Loss
$5,000.
Ten baptisms were the fruits of a
revival in the Christian church at Clay
Center.
Kkvivai. meetings in North Rend
have resulted in many additions to the
churches.
The State university of Nebraska
, will celebrate its silver anniversary on
February 15.
A NiNE-YKAn-or.n Bloomington boy
was kicked on the head by a colt and
severely injured.
Six million pounds of freight was
handled at North Bend during the
month of December.
Bertrand shipped a total of 831 cars
during 1803, consisting of 60S cars of
grain, 119 of stock and twenty of broom
corn.
.T. A. Pavnk lost $100 in cold cash on
the streets of Ansley and whoever
found it has kept the matter a profound
secret.
VVii.i.iE Snyder, the Tecumseh boy
who was so badly burned by falling
into scalding water, died from the
effects of his injuries.
A Norfolk company has received the
contract for furnishing 200,000 brick to
be used in building the industrial school
at Pino Ridge agency.
Furnas county expects a building
boom as soon as spring comes, and
work in the quarries around Reaver
City is even now being vigorously
pushed.
Some Omaha street railway conduc
. tors have been let out for neglecting to
ring cash fares. They were reported
by spotters who are kept constantly
employed.
Valentine wants a city hall and
opera house. It is suggested that
twenty of her citizens contribute 3100
to the enterprise and form themselves
into a company.
The police department of Grand
Island is arranging for a grand ball,
the proceeds to be used in entertaining
the Chiefs of Police union convention to
be hold there in May.
Charley Miller, living near Steinaur,
Otoe county, caught his hand in the
chain of a corn shelter and was so se
verely injured that amputation of three
fingers was necessary.
There is a case of measles at the in
stitute for the blind in Nebraska City.
It is not thought, however, that the
disease will become epidemic, as the
room was promptly quarantined.
Harry DkMkrritt, who lives on a
farm near Broken Bow, was fined for
, using abusive language to a lady who
chanced to set foot upon his land in
taking the shortest route to her school
in the country.
Cedar county teachers are about to
publish an educational journal, to be
called the Cedar County Teacher and
Pupil, with County Superintendent A.
E. Ward as editor and Prof. F. E. Strain
n as business manager.
Simon W. Adams, who was taken to
Nebraska City from Council Bluffs
some time since on the charge of ob
taining money under false pretenses,
waived examination and was bound
over to the district court in the sum of
$800.
While putting up ice at the packing
bouse at Nebraska City U. F. Ander
aon fell from the top of the chute to the
ground, a distance of thirty feet. He
was unconscious when picked up, but
miraculously escaped without broken
bones.
Thb annual report of the steward of
the Dodge county poor farm shows ex
penses for the last year of 3510.06 and
receipts of $5,886.80, there being now
on the farm 2,550 bushels of corn, thirty
head of cattle, sixty hogs and five
horses.
Rev. Father Emanuel Hartio of
Nebraska City met with a painful acci
dent. _ While on his way to visit a sick
parishioner he fell, breaking both bones
of his left leg, below the knee. Father
Bartig is one of the most widely known
Catholic clergymen In the state.
The {ears that scarlet fever and diph
theria would get a foothold in Minden
have abated, as no new cases are re
ported. The schools, which were closed
for two weeks on account of fear of
, a; spreading the diseases, have reopened
and the danger seems to be over.
Alliance children have outgrown
the accommodations of their public
schools. The enrollment so far this
year has reached 340 pupils. Every
week, save one, since the school opened
in September new names have been
added to the roll. Another teacher has
been engaged to aid in the grammar
department.
uoversor irouxse last week listened
to arguments on the application of
David Cook, sentenced from Butler
county to the state penitentiary for five
years for the crime of rape. Attorney
fiheisley of David City appeared for the
prisoner, while Judge Matt Miller op
posed the pardon. The governor's de
cision was withheld. .
The wife of Rev. John Powers of
Chadron met with a serious accident,
which will probably confine her to her
• room for several weeks. She slipped
■ on the icy sidewalk and fell, striking
on her back and hips. She will proba
bly not be able to walk for five or six
weeka Coming just after a severe sick
ness of two or three months makes it
doubly unfortunate.
A meeting of settlers on the Otoe res
ervation is called to meet at Barneston
to devise ways and means to carry into
execution a law passed by the last con
gress providing that the buyers of the
tnds were to receive the same at the
appraised value, instead of what it was
bid in for. . If the plan can be made to
work, it will save the settlers of the
reservation over 3200,000.
Otto Berghmax, a young man living
•' near Eagle, was accidentally shot.
Serghman is in the habit of carrying a
revolver in his overcoat pocket. Mis
overcoat struck a hitching post in such
• manner as to cause the revolver to
Are off, the bullet entering Bergman's
aide just above the hip and circulating
mound to the small of the back. Th<
ground is not considered fatal.
There was borne in Table Rock last
week to Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Caselton, a
boy baby weighing- only two and three
fourths pounds. The parents are of
ordinary size and stature us well as
their other three children. In spite of
the lack of muscle the boy is to bear
the name of James Corbett Caselton, so
it is said.
At the January meeting of the board
of supervisors of Franklin county, says
a Franklin journal, the board pur
chased the creamery building for a
county jail. This building is a fine
large brick structure and when repaired
and refitted will make the evil doers
of Franklin county a suitable and pleas
ant abode.
Chief Cj.erk Towni.ey and Examiner
McUrew of the state banking board
hnve completed their work of revising
the constitution and by-laws of the
building and loan associations of the
state. In a number of instances they
found that the companies are doing
business contrary to the laws of the
state. In each case the banking board
has noted the dereliction and has noti
fied the companies that they must
promptly comply with the law or suffer
the loss of their certificate.
Ei.i.a Dworak of Schuyler, aged 7,
with her two youger sisters was left at
home, as was customary, while her
mother was out working for a neigh
bor. The isinglass being destroyed,
fire ignited the back of her dress. She
ran into the street. Her screams at
tracted the attention of a man passing,
who rolled her in the snow and put out
the flames, but not until her body was
terribly burned. She is in a critical
condition, but there are hopes for her
recovery.
Syi.vkster Beach, an employe in
the railroad shops at Urand Island,died
suddenly Saturday night He was play
ing cards and about 9 o’clock he said he
felt ill and when a friend was about to
leave he told him to remain. “I'm
going to die,” he said. The remark
had often been repeated by Beach
whenever he had any complaint A
physician was called and found the
man severely ill. He died before a
second physician could be called. The
cause of his death is announced as
Bright’s disease.
The “Roster of Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines of the War of 1813, Mexican
War and the War of the Rebellion, Re
siding in Nebraska June 1, 1893,” was
issued from the press last week and is
ready for distribution. It is compiled
annually by the secretary of state in
compliance with section 4451 of the
Consolidated Statutes of Nebraska.
The new volume makes a work of 528
pages, exclusive of the 'index. The
roster is preceded by 156 pages of “gen
eral information,” including statistics
relating to the United States supreme
court, circuit court of appeals, circuit
courts of United States, United States
court of claims, etc.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in Secretary Allen's office for a new
railroad, to be known as the Eastern
Nebraska & Gulf Railway company.
The road is to run from Sioux City, la.,
and the principal place of business is to
be South Sioux City, Neb. It
will pass through Woodbury county,
Iowa, and cross the Missouri river at
that point, and run through the follow
ing counties in Nebraska: Dakota,
Thurston, the Winnebago and Omaha
Indian reservations, the counties of
Cuming, Burt, Dodge, Washington,
Saunders, Lancaster, Cass, Otoe, Gage,
Johnson, Pawnee, Nemaha, Douglas,
Sarpy and Richardson.
Samdei. Roberts, one of the members
of the Paige theatrical company, says
the Hartington Leader, met with a
slight accident at Wakefield Monday,
just as the train was about to start for
Hartington. He was standing in the
doorway of the coach when the engine
backed up and bumped the train, caus
ing the door to slam shut and cut the
tip of Mr. Roberts little finger off. Ad
juster Craig of the C., St. P., M. & 0.
came here Monday evening and gave
the unfortunate man 950. Now the
boys are trying to figure how much Mr.
Roberts is worth, taking as a basis one
half inch of little finger at 950.
State University—The Short Coarse In
Agriculture.
This course has been arranged this
year with reference to the accommoda
tion of a greater number of persons for
a shorter period of time. Many noted
speakers are secured from outside the
University, and comprise such well
known and thoroughly informed men
in their specialties as Ex-Governor Fur
nas and Hon. J. B. Dinsmore, from the
state board of agriculture; Prof. Tay
lor, secretary of the State Horticultural
society; Secretary S. C. Bassett of the
State Dairymen’s association; Secretary
L. D. Stilson of the State Bee Keepers’
association; Hon. Chas. G. Steele, a rep
resentative of the Oxnard sugar fac
tories, and the Hon. J. B. Erion, com
missioner of the bureau of labor and
statistics.
Twelve lectures are given by nine
members of the faculty of the State
University.
The largest hall in the State Uni
versity ought to be tested ’to its fullest
capacity by people from all parts of the
state anxious to hear the lectures of
the full course. How many will lay
aside their work and listen to this in
teresting series of twenty lectures in
this grand institute course?
PROGRAMME. ,
Monday, February 19th.—3 p m.,
Hon. L. I). Stilson, York, "Bee-Keep
ing;” Ip. m, Hon. J. B. Dinsmore,Sut
ton, "Cattle at the Columbian Exposi
tion;” 7:30 p. m . Prof. L. Bruner. "Ne
braska Insect*;” 8:30 p. m.. Prof. F. W.
Taylor, "Agricultnre In Europe.”
Tuesday, February 20th.—3 p m.,
Prof. C. E. Bessey, “Plant Life;” 3 p
in., Prof. C 1* Ingersoll, “Live Stock;'1
7:30 p. m., Prof. Fred W. Card, "Horti
culture;” 8:30 p. m., Prof. : E-' n. Bar
bour, "Nebraska Soils.” : -■
Wednesday, February 21st.—3 p. m.,
Prof. L. Bruner, "Nebraska Insects;’
3 pi m.. Prof. II. A. Ward, “Animal
Parisites;” 7:30 p. m., Hon. J. B. Erion.
“Importance of Labor Statistics;” 8:3C
p. m.. I’rof. W. A. Taylor, “Prices and
Crices. ”
Thursday. February 22d.—2 p m.,
I-'red. W. Card, "Horticulture;” 3pm..
Hon. Chas. G. Steele, "The Sugar In
dustry.” 7:30 p m.. Prof. D. W. Brace,
•■The U. S. Weather Service;” 8:30 p
m . Prof. C. E. Bessey, “Plant Life.’
Friday. Febuary 23d.—3 p. m.. Chan
cellor J. H. Canfield, “Education foi
the Farmer;” 3pm., Ex-Gov. R. W.
Furnas. “Forestry;” 7:30 p m., Hon. 8
C. Bassett, “Dairying;” 8:30 p. m.. Dr.
A. T. Peters, "Diseases of Animals.”
HAWAIIAN CORRESPONDENCE.
President Dole Makes Specific Charges
Against This Country.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The presi
dent to-day transmitted to congress
the dispatch received from Minister
Willis last Saturday in which he sent
the letter of President Dole in reply
to his repeated and urgent requests
for a specific statement of grievances
and charges against President Cleve
land. It is as follows:
(Confidential.)
Legation of the United States.
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Jan. 13,
1894.—The Hon. W. Q. Gresham, Sec
retary of State, Sir: On yesterday,
at 3:30 p. m., 1 received the Hon. S. B.
Dole’s answer to my letter of Janu ary
1, requesting him “at his earliest con
venience” to give me the specifications
contained in a prior letter. His an
swer is about fifty pages of closely
written official paper and has been de
livered too late to either copy or re
ply to it in time for the steamer leav
ing at 2 p. m. to-day.
There is one extract, however, to
which I think your attention should
be called, wherein it is stated “this
government has been and now is sub
jected to the necessity of increased
watchfulness and a large additional
expense, which but for such attitude
would have been unnecessary.” The
emphasis above is mine. In a'previous
letter of December 27 Minister Dole
had stated "the government offices
have been placed and still continue in
a condition of defense and preparation
for siege, and the community has been
put into a state of mind bordering on
terrorism.”
Some portions of the letters from
which these extracts are made con
firm the above statements, while
others seem to negative them. With
this explanation I submit them to
your consideration. The next steamer
leaves here February 3, which would
place you in possession of Mr. Dole’s
letter and my reply thereto on Febru
ary 18. Very respectfully.
Ai.bert S. Willis.
COX’S BANKING BILL KILLED.
The House Banking Committee Refuses
to Report the Measure.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The effort to
repeal-the tax on state bank circula
tion was beaten in the committee on
banking to-day by a vote of eight yeas
to nine nays. The vote was taken on
the bill of Representative Oox, Demo
crat of Tennessee, which relieves state
banks from any tax on their circula
tion, but does not extend the relief to
circulation issued by private individ
uals or corporations, and was in detail
as follows:
For the bill—Cox of Tennessee, Cobb
of Alabama, Hall of Missouri, Ellis of
Kentucky, Johnson of Ohio, Cobb of
Missouri, Black of Georgia and Cul
berson of Texas—all Democrats.
Against the bill—Springer of Illi
nois, Sperry of Connecticut, Warner
of New York, Democrats, and Johnson
of Indiana, Brosius of Pennsylvania.
Walker of Massachusetts, Russell of
Connecticut, Henderson of Illinois
and Haugen of Wisconsin, Repub
licans.
THE TREASURY ROBBED.
A Young Indiana Clerk Confesses Having
Stolen Many Silver Hollars.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The officials
«f the United States treasurer's office
b.ave discovered that James Anderson,
of Indiana, trusted messenger in the
office, has been pilfering silver dollars
from the bags in the vaults.
It was thought at first that Ander
son's peculations were very small.
He admitted taking $35,but a thorough
search has up to this time shown that
$784 have been taken. The investiga
tion is not completed.
Anderson is but 19 years of a£e and
had just secured a leave of absence
preparatory to taking an examination
for the West Point military academy
to which he had recently received an
appointment._
A Kansan to Study Grain Rusts.
Washington, Feb. . 3— Secretary
Morton has appointed M. A. Carlton of
the Kansas agricultural college a spe
cial agent of the department of agri
culture under Professor B. T. Gallo
way to study rusts in cereals. The
importance of the inquiry is shown by
the fact that careful estimates of the
losses inflicted on American grain
growers by rusts amount to 840.000.000
annually. __
No Verdict Yet In the Case of ••Bishop”
McNamara.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 3.—No ver
dict has been reached by the jury
which heard the evidence in the case
before Justice C. G. Nichols at Inde
pendence. where James V. McNamara,
the anti-Catholic lecturer, was charged
with slandering Father Thomas F.
Lillis. The jury stands 5 to 1 for con
viction. __
TOBACCO WAS THE CAUSE.
NotobM Cam tha Tobacco Habit and
Consumptive Gets Well.
Two Rivers, Wis., Feb. 5.—[Special.]
—Great excitement and interest has
been manifested in the recovery of an
old-time resident of this town, Mr.
Joseph Bunker, who has for several
years been considered by all his friends
a hopeless consumptive. Investiga
tion shows that for over thirty-two
years he used three and a half pounds
of tobacco a week. A short time ago
be was induced to try a tobacco-habit
cure called ‘‘Notobac.” Talking about
his miraculous recovery to-day he
said: "Yes, I used Notobac, and two
boxes completely cured me. 1 thought
and so did all my friends, that I
had consumption. Now they say
as you say, ‘how healthy and
strong you look, Joe,’ and whenever
thgy ask me what cured my con
sdmption, Tbcll them Notobac. The
last week 1 used tobacco I lost four
pounds The morning 1 began the use
of Notobac 1 weighed 127 % pounds;
to-day I Weigh U!9, a gain of 41%
pounds. I eat heartily and sleep
well. Before 1 used Notobac I was so
nervous that when I went to drink
I had to hold the glass in both
hands. To-day my nerves are per
fectly steady. Where did I get Noto
bac? At the drug Btore. It is made
by the Sterling Remedy company,
general western office, 4.% Randolph
street, Chicago, but I see by the
printed matter that it is sold by all
druggists—I know all the druggists m
this town keep it. I have recom
mended it to over a hundred people
and do not know of a single failure to
cure.”
EX-MINISTER STEVENS SE
VERELY CENSURED.
THE PRESIDENT HIGHLY PRAISED.
The Member of Congress to Whom Sec
retary Greeham Confided the Tank of
Setting Forth the Administra
tion's Hawaiian Position,
Holds the Attention of
the House.
Washington, Feb. 5.—When the
house met to-day Mr. Raynor of Mary
land, who is generally regarded as the
member to whom Secretary Gresham
confided the task of setting forth his
position on the Hawaiian matter, be
gan his address. In opening he said
that he desired to be absolutely fair
to everyone. He continued:
In the first place I am convinced be
yond all manner of reasonable doubt
that Mr., Stevens, the minister of the
United States, was an active partici
pant in the overthrow of the monarchy
in the Kingdom of Hawaii; and in the
second place, the president having
submitted the matter to congress, I
am satisfied that, according to the
usages and principles of international
law, we have no right by the use of
arms or force, to remedy the wrong
that has been committed, and that all
efforts for a peaceable solution of the
matter having terminated, we have no
further right to intervene, and that it
is our duty for the present to recognize
such form of government as may be
determined upon by the wishes of the
people of the island.
Now as to the proof that the
monarchical form of government was
overthrown by the armed forces of
the United States and that the said
government would not have been
overthrown but for such intervention
upon our part. There is no difficulty
about this branch of the investiga
tion whatever. No one can come to
an honest conclusion upon it until he
reads the testimony and analyzes the
facts that have been submitted. We
could not select a stronger case before
any impartial tribunal of the country
in favor of the proposition that is now
asserted that the abduction of the
queen was not due to those who con
stitute the provisional government,
but was made by the forces of the
United Statys and by no one else.
Mr. Raynor at some length quoted
from the Hawaiian evidence submit
ted to congress concerning the
landing of troops and the establish
ment of the provisional government,
claiming' that the queen would not
have been overthrown except* by the
interference of the American marines.
Referring to Minister Stevens, he
said:
We will convict him by his own let
ters written before these troubles be
gan: by his own admissions and con
fessions—evidence that is recognized
as the very strongest evidence in law.
His is a defense that is utterly falsified
by every fact that glitters through the
whole of the testimony and the cor
respondence that has been submitted
to us.
You talk about taking down the
flag of the United States. I want to
know what right bad the government
of the United States to raise its flag
over the capital islands? I charge
that the flag of the United States had
no more right to wave over the gov
ernment buildings at Honolulu than
the minister of the United States
would have aright to-day to nraise it
over the government buildings in
Brazil, or in any other territory where
the people were powerless to resist
him.
Mr. Raynor dwelt upon the abdica
tion of the queen, quoting her letter
to Minister Stevens and his reply. He
pointed out that the word “declined”
was written in Mr. Stevens’ hand
writing on the back of the queen’s
communication and asked what right
the American minister had to refuse
it. Again, speaking of Mr. Stevens,
he continued:
Mr. Stevens has undertaken to de
fame and malign almost every one
who has appeared against him in this
case. I have nothing to charge against
him personally. He may be a man of
the most honorable motives and of the
most devoted standard of moral eon
duct. The only trouble about him is
that he is entirely too good. He be
longs to a race of beings who appear
to have dropped down upon this earth
through sheer mistake. He is com
pelled I have no doubt, to carry
around with him a heavy pair of
weights to keep himself from being
suddenly translated into heaven.
Let me come to the second branch
of this discussion, what shall we do
now? Nothing, Mr. Speaker, abso
lutely nothing. A great wrong has
been committed; a crime has been
perpetrated that cannot be justified
before the nations of the world. The
president in the exercise of his power
and authority has offered to reduce
this wrong. It was his duty to do
this. If he was right in the premises
then he was right in the conclusion,
an4 such will be the intelligent verdict
of *his countrymen. He could not
have stood by with folded
hands and sanctioned by his si
lence the concealment of this
iniquity. It was a grave and delicate
question to deal with and he has
treated it with the unflinching integri
ty and courage that has characterized
all of his official acts. He has as
sumed the whole of the responsibility,
and, when his conduct is calmly con
sidered, he will be fully justified at
the bar of public opinion. If you
onee admit that our minister was at
the head of this conspiracy, then it
became the duty of the president
under every dictate of justice to at
tempt to make restoration of the
rights that had been plundered. ,
We have nothing to do with the
character of the queen or her form of
government. She may be as great a
tyrant as ever wielded the scepter of
oppression; she may be possessed of
the most savage and ferocious in
stincts. That is not the issue. The
question is, was she robbed of her in
heritance? Was she dethroned? Was
she despoiled of her kingdom and
her crown by •the infamous inter
ference of a minister of the United
States? If so it was rig-lit, it
was honorable in the highest degree,
it was in accordance with our tradi
tions and with every impulse of the
national conscience to make an honest
and peacable attempt to redress the
grievance which she had suffered anu
to restore the title of which she hud
been robbed. This attempt has been
made and the provisional government
lias refused to accede to the demand,
and the president has submitted the
whole matter to congress for our ac
tion and determination.
As far as I am concerned I would
make no further effort whatever in
behalf of the fallen sovereign of these
islands. In my opinion she has passed
into history and 1 would let her re
main there. IVhen she refused to ac
cent the conditions of amnesty that
were proposed and insisted upon exer
cising the rights of a savage, and was
willing in this enlightened age to stain
her soil with the blood of some of
her best citizens, though she
claims to have had the'
technical right by law to do so, she
placed herself beyond the pale of civ
ilization,and however much I condemn
the crime of which she has been the
victim and detest the policy that made
that crime possible, I would, in view
of her conduct, permit her to depart
from the scene of her former glory
and I would make no further effort
whatever to reconstruct her throne or
to restore the monarchy that she rep
resented.
I tell you, Mr. Speaker, that as
deeply as I love my country, with all
the consecrated devotion that I would
lay upon her altars, with a fervid rev
erence for her flag wherever its colors
greet the eye, 1 would rather see that
flag lowered and trampled upon than
raised as a pirate's ensign and placed
in the hands of every bucaneering
demagogue to use, not as an emblem
of honor, but as an instrument of ter
ror and oppression to the helpless and
enfeebled races of mankind.
SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Before Mr. Raynor spoke, Mr. Bland
presented the report on the bill to
coin the silver bullion seigniorage in
the treasury and gave notice that he
would call it up at the first opportuni
ty
Mr. Money, one of the Democratic
members of the foreign affairs com
mittee, then asked unanimous consent
for the consideration of a joint resolu
tion approving the conduct of Admiral
Benham in the harbor of Rio. In
connection with the resolution he had
read copies of dispatches from Ad
miral Benham and Minister Thomp
son. Mr. Simpson of Kansas, how
ever, objected.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
was then reported to the house. It
appropriates a total of $32,291,383 for
the fiseal year 1895. The bill for this
year carried $41,716,311. Estimates
for 1895 submitted to the appropria
tions committee were for $38,381,002.
The greatest saving is in the item
of river and harbor work, for carry
ing on of which $8,300,000 'is
recommended while for 1894 the
amount was $14,166,152. For public
buildings and grounds the appropria
tion drops to $647,000 from $1,077,550,
although the estimates for 1895 were
$1,455,135. Other important reduc
tions are: Artificial limbs for soldiers
from $647,000 to $196,000; claims, back
pay and bounties for soldiers from
$750,000 to $440,000; lighthouses from
$389,500 to $286,600. The principal
new appropriation is $150,000 for new
vessels for the revenue service, Of
the river and harbor items $3,415,000
is to meet contracts for improving the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers,$750,000
being provided for the Missouri. In
connection with the appropriations for
public buildings, the assistant treas
urer is given authority for construct
ing the part of the whole postoitice
aud court house at Kansas City, Mo.,
for which plans have been drawn.
ALL THE BONDS WANTED.
Secretary Carlisle Announces That the
Full Amount Has Been Subscribed.
Washington, Feb. 5. — Secretary
Carlisle has authorized the following
statement regarding the allotment of
the bonds:
The secretary of the treasury has
considered the proposals submitted
for the new five per cent loan and has
accepted all bids naming a higher
price than 117.223. The proposals sub]
mitted at the upset price have been
scaled down 5.331 per cent and the
amount of bonds allotted under this
reduction, together with the sub
scriptions accepted in full, is $50,000,
000.
A notice will be sent to each sub
scriber advising him of the acceptance
of his subscription, informing him
when the bonds will be ready and
stating the amount to be deposited in
payment of the principal and pre
mium. The accrued interest to date
of deposit at the rate of interest re
alized by the subscriber will be added
by the assistant treasurer, with whom
the deposits are to be made. The
bonds will be delivered by the de
partment, after payment is made, to
the address given by the subscriber,
or they may be sent to the assistant
treasurer with whom the deposit is
made.
A WRETCH WITHOUT PITY.
iertuple Murderer Stone of Indiana Adda
to HU Awful Record.
Washington, Ind., Feb. 5.—It seems
that the sextuple murderer, Stone,
who Is now awaiting the day of hang
ing in Jeffersonville prison, is a deep
er villain than was at first supposed
if such a thing could be. His wife
and children and aged father visited
him one day last week for the last
time and to his father, it is learned.he
went over the details of his fearful
crime. He also coolly confessed that
he had smothered the little daughter,
Ethel, who survived the slaughter,and
was taken to a neighbor's house and
several duys wavered between life and
death. It was on her e vide me that
the authorities expected to locate the
fiend but suddenly she . died. Stone
said that one day he went to his
neighbor's house and while they were
at dinner in another room smothered
Ethel, thus clearing himself of the
last living witness to his fearful crime.
, Experiments are being made by the
French department of agriculture to
transform tree twig3 and leaves into
food for horses and cattle.
— - _ • nvvEQ
Secretary Herb.,, Csbl„ 0w>d
to the Admiral, Wor,:
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 __n
Herbert to-day sent the fail Cr<',ar
patch to Admiral Benham^ ‘Dg Uis
Washington, Feb. 1 _ nl .
Further Information received ni»
States minister. We are ssti.e ? Vni:f
with the prudence and ina/m«?M en!;f> '
you have carried out w?®®1!* with
tooted American commereetrUHii0118 “J PiV
for continued exercla. of wtaeSSjeMo? ”
Secretary Herbert gave out*^1"
lowing cablegram received J the 1"
miral Benham Tuesday; d from A
Washington?* d!Tc •8®TwoTrT of '•>
m.. sent the Detroit to t»k« £L. T°nl“5' o
teot vessels going alongside®tf£*Uion t0 tr
flrod upon to return the Are WuUl
underway and cleared flred nu M.y v*»
Detroit took position, boat ham AtUr 11
running the line preparatory,? °na ve.,
was fired upon with y. 1® hsulin.
Insurgent ship Detroit «rom 1
one pounder, shot striking unde?i?« k® *'
surgents fired broadsidegun lee»»S5 bow 1
41 red broadsife Sun otc?L '•«
merchant vessel. Detroit mnJISJ Am-.nn
muskets striking Insurgent'sterarn.?ri:,*
Ing by Insurgent he was hai?eSni.J0ft Pl"
you fire again I will return vm/V.?*:
necessary, will sink you." “ your flre’ 4n,J.
Detroit anchored to command hots „
one merchant vessel having iSw?*?, "e:
new position near wharf and hf^‘ed
feredservices vratuitousl; to disch^'i”' 1
Insurgent leader was notified th«il<e ar ’
would discharge from the present0™*"''
hut my determination was not-L?!'1
give American merchant vessels fill?
tlon to the wharf if the, to,,, 'to goProle
Secretory Gresham has rec&;
patch from Minister Thompson at it
ar°«0n?rmIn^ the details ,
Admiral Benham’s encounter W"
the insurgents.
Germany Follows the Lead.
Rio db Janeiro, Feb. 2.-A lau,u
loaded with coal and flying the Ge
man flag was fired on by the ret,
vessel Gnanabara Tuesday in the ha
bor. Captain Hofmeyer of the Germs
^an ?,, war Arcoma at once wei
aboard the rebel warship and told ]-,
commander that if he fired again up,
anything flying the German flag t!
German warships would sink h
vessel. The rebel commander rent,
that he could only be sunk once ar
he would fight the thing out. li
however, ceased firing.
Captain Hofmeyer then cabled 1
Berlin, stating that he would co-ops
ate with the American admiral in ,i
fending commerce from rebel molesu
tion.
It is expected that the British navi
commander here will soon receive :i
structions to the same effect.
Deadly End of an Old Fend.
Becker, Mo., Feb. 2.—Henry Frio
and his father-in-law, John Schr.it/
living near here, had been foes fn,
several years. Tuesday night l'ri<<
dared Shultz to shoot him and Shu!:,
killed him. He then surrendered t
the nearest justice of tho peace, win
refused to hold him. He then :v
turned home, slept all night aw!
while feeding stock in the mornii.i
blew his brains out.
Shot by a Crazy Son.
Peoria, 111., Feb. 2.—Robert .Tone",
10 years old, last night sent three bid
lets into his father because he refuse*
to buy him a pair of shoes. The in
jured man was removed to the husju
tal and is in a critical condition, i i»
hoy gave himself up, saying that In
had killed his father and was glad u.
it. He Is believed to be crazy.
Excursion to Sooth Texas.
Remember that all lines of rail rot.
run an excursion at about half fare
good for thirty days, to Houston
Texas, starting on the 13th of Feb
ruary.
The land of everlasting spring, ever
blooming flowers and delicious fre-i
fruits invites you.
The only real estate activity in tlx
United States is in and around llot.
ton, Texas. Better lands than y ou ov.i
can he bought for #10 an acre, within;
few milesjof Houston. Better lets tlun
you-live on, with every modern tor.
venience (electric cars, electric l:ght
city water, complete drainage, beaut,
ful location) can be bought in Hou-toi
for #3 per front foot (and some an
being given away).
Write Daily Post for information ;
you caD not join the excursion. H" '
ton Heights will send you free rear!
fully illustrated book.
Houston, Texas, has between .n-’o
and fifty thousand population,
teen railroads, more factories tl"1
any other city in the state, and d "
more business than any city tv. ice •*.
large in the United States Loo- > f
its clearing house reports
LITE STOCK AND PRODUCE
Quotations from New York. Chics;
Loali. Omaha and Elsewhere
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery print.. ]?
Butter—Fair togood country.. .
Eggs—Fresh.... J t
Honey—Per <>...
Chickens—Dressed, per lb. S ...
Geese—Per lb. " 4
Turkeys—Per lb
Ducks—Per *>
9 *
15
Oysters. , ig ,)t -1
T amnns . “ w .• ,
1 fd * '•'
- 75 4 ;
65 <«■
1 99 4
Lemons_
Apples—Per box.
Oranges—Florida
Potatoes.
Cranberries—Cape Cod,per bbl 6 % ...
Hay-Perton......?A"
Sweet Potatoes—Jersey per bbl J *
Onions—Per .., '1(1
Hogs—Mixed packing. 5
Hogs—Heavy weights. jj
3 29 4
Beeves—Feeders
Bee ves—Stockers—
Steers—Fair to good
Steers—Westerns—
Sheep—Lambs. i, 7,
Sheep-Natives. - ,J
t NEW YORK.
Whedt-No. 2, red winter. ®
Pnlin_V/t *• ..
a o
4 1 ■
a 1
it ■
4 5
4 ■ ’
2 09 a •!
3 75 ®
2 SO ® 4.:
73 it11
Corn—No. .. ....
Oats—Mixed western. , ? 4;i;
Pork... a-,-, m
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring.
Corn—Per bu.
59 *
3IV»
27 :j'4.
Oats—Per bu.. L, «ti
p».i. ..1- A :
Pork
Lard.
Hogs—Packets and mixed...
Cattle—Com. steers to extra.
Sheep—Lambs.
ST. LOU IS.
Wheat^No. 2 red. cash .
Corn—Per bu.
Oats—Per bu. , ,,
Hogs—Mixed pucking. ‘ on
Cattle—Native steers.
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash
V 12's® 4
15 V) 3
4 59 <!}*»}
2.0 SJ-M
Cl’j'i
:u "
31
i ■
a *>'
«.« 3'
4 4 Cl
Corn—No. ..
Outs-No.2..
Cattis—Stockers and feeder*..
Hogs—Mixed packers.
2 75
* M
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5 20