| THE FRONTIER.
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T«« Frontier Piuntikr Co.
O’NEILL. -> NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
There arc several hog' thieves in the
fiurt county jail.
Ladies of Fremont are making a can*
vass for clothing for the poor.
The Republican Valley Poultry asso
ciation has been organized at Indianola.
Mrs. Hess, an Omaha woman, fell
from the roof of her honse, fracturing
her skull.
Thk Salvation army lias been seven
years in Omaha and is in a flourishing
condition.
Sixtv conversions have resulted from
the special meetings in the Methodist
church at Ord.
An electric light plant for Oakland
to furnish lights at a cost of SI each
per month is talked of.
The decrease in the demand for coal
•,has caused the Union Pacific to let out
,200 miners at Rock Springs.
Thk Union Pacific will erect a $65,000
round-house at Laramie, to replace the
tumble-down affair now in use there.
Patent fence fiends are overrunning
Johnson county and doing up the farm
ers whenever and wherever they can.
A freight on the Union Pacific road
ran into a drove of sheep the other day,
killing thirty and wounding thirteen.
Mrs. Mekk of Grand Island had a
limb amputated the third time for gan
grene, and is now in a fair tyay to re
cover.
McKinley camp No. 63 of the Sons
of Veterans was organized at Benkel
man. - Fifteen names are on the char
ter roll.
Frank Conki.in of Nebraska City has
sued for a divorce from his wife Della
R., on the cold ground of cruelty and
profanity.
George H. Spear, late of the Hotel
Thurston at Columbus, has become one
of the managers of the Hotel Oxnard
at Norfolk.
James N. Yates, the brilliant young
lawyer who lately died at Callaway,
was a nephew of the famous war gov
ernor of Illinois.
Successful rival services are in pro
gress in the llaptist church of Louis
ville and twenty-five people have pro
fessed conversion.
The occasion of the completion of the
reconstructed wagon factory of A. F.
Mack at Hancroft was celebrated by a
big dance in the new building.
In the district court at Nebraska
City Alfred Pugh pleaded guilty to se
ducing his half sister and was sen
tenced to one.year in the penitentiary.
Ei.rmer Shroy and Charles Link, two
farmer boys living near Cozad, were ar
rested, charged with stealing $15 from
Cadet York, another farmer's son at a
dance. They were bound over in 3300
bonds.
Peter Westenberg, charged with
selling beer without license, w’as given
over to the sheriff of Kurt county by
his bondsmen and is now in jail await
ing district court, which convuues
March 30.
John Baker, a" farmer living near
Blue Springs, has been lodged in jail
as a result of an indictment charging
him with incest. It is said the daugh
ter will soon become a mother. The
ease is one exciting pity and contempt.
At Fairbury in the case of W. H. Cur
tis against the B. & M. in the district
court the jury brought in a verdict for
the plaintiff for $1,000 for the loss of
his hand. This is the second case of
this nature the B. & M. has lost this
term.
The large frame house belonging to
Rev. Mr. Harms, pastor of the German
Lutheran church, located six miles west
of Bancroft, was totally destroyed by
fire, with its entire contents. He car
ried no insurance. The cause of the
fire is unknown.
Victor Abrahamson, cashier of the
First National bank of Minden, and one
of the most prominent citizens of Kear
ney county, died last week of gravel
and heart failture. He was in the bauk
the day before his death, and was sick
but a few hours.
Lee Schofield, a St Joe traveling
man, was hastily married to Bertha M.
Ruga of Nelson the other night and
then jumped the town without even
wanting to kiss his bride. He.preferred
being tied to the woman rather than
being locked up in jail.
mu runes occurred in ,>eorasKa nty
the other day. The residence of Thos.
Boss in the southeastern part of the
city was entirely destroyed. Shortly
after, the residence occupied by Will
iam Esser, near the scene of the morn
ing’s fire, was burned to the ground.
A Washington dispatch says: Ex
Senator Charles H. Van Wyck walked
down town today and weighed himself.
He tipped the beam at 180 pounds and
he says that he has almost fully recov
ered from his recent illness. He has
aot looked better in years than now.
Twenty-five cars of Canton Planters
arrived over the B. & M. route last
week, consigned to Parlin, Orcndorff &
Martin Co., at Omaha, from the factory
> at Canton, 111. This represents about
one thousand planters, and shows that
the Canton planter is popular among
the farmers of Nebraska and Western
Iowa.
Money will never be very plenty .in Ne
braska so long as people send all their
money outside of the state for goods.
Patronize home institutions: Farrell
A Co. ’s brand of syrups, jellies, pre
aervesand mince meat: Morse-Coe boots
and shoes for men, women and children;
Consolidated Coffee Co.’s brand of cof
*! fee, extracts and yeast; Page^Soap Co. ’a
Bilver Leaf and Borax Soap; American
Biachit & Manufacturing Co., Omaha,
crackers; Union Life Insurance Co. of
Omaha.
Constabi.e William Ritchie, of
Wayne was thrown from his buggy
while enroute to the country on official
business. His left foot 'was badly
crashed, the bones of the ankle and leg
broken and the foot turned up against
the side of his leg. It is thought am
putation van be avoided
Elam Lewis, the young burglar who
about two weeks ago broke into the
home of Mr. T. Hermansen. at St Paul,
was captured at the house of a Mr.
Brahl, at Brayton, Ureeley county.
Young Lewis has already served a term
In the penitentiary for horse stealing,
and the chances now are that he will
agadn do time in the penitentiary.
A DisoiiACRFi'L row occurred »t the
restaurant of Matt Lourine in Stroms
burg, in which the proprietor was stab
bed, receiving four flesh wounds. Bar
rel staves und pocket knives were the
weapons used. Albert Hallberg is un
der arrest, charged with the stabbing.
The twenty-seventh annual conven
tion of the Nebraska State Sunday
School association will be held at York,
June S, 0 and 7. County and township
associations are entitled to three dele
gates each, every Sunday school in the
state is entitled to delegates, together
with pastor and superintendent.
A I’i.attsmouth butcher kept two
hogs in a pen, near the slaughter house,
and went down the other day to pre
pare them for the sausage mill, only to
find that someone had saved him that
trouble und left no clue but a sled track
that was lost on the main travelled
road.
One of the largest transactions in
real estate ever made in Dodge county
was effected last week in the transfer
of the great Hcrshey ranch, comprising
3,644 acres, to John Dern, Thomas
Killeen and John Heimrich, three
Dodge county men, for the princely
sum of $111,000.
The supreme court has decided that
the Omaha Street Railway company
must pay the damages sustained by
reason of the injuries of Matthew W.
Clair, who was run over by the cars of
the company In Omaha on the evening
of December 34, 1880. Judgment in
tho lofver court was for $35,000.
l hr state board of control of the bp
worth league of Nebraska met at Trin
ity Methodist church in Grand Island
and located the next convention, also
fixing the time for the same at June 21
to 24. This city's superior hotel and
railroad facilities were considered and
the place chosen is Grand Island.
A pack of about twenty wolves at
tacked young Herman Werner in the
vicinity of the West Point creamery us
lie was returning home from a masquer
ade one night, and had relief not come
in response to his cries his bones would
have been picked by the ferocious
beasts. That locality is infested by
numbers of the animals.
Mr. Lowi.n, watchman at the Kear
ney mill in Kearney, got into a scrap
with a former employe named Can
canon. In about the second round Can
canon was knocked out and went home
bruised and bleeding. Mrs. Cancanon
then took up her husband’s cause und
went after Low in with a club, doing
him up in great shape.
E. T. Campbell, county attorney of
Custer county, petitions the governor
to issue requisition papers to the gov
ernor of Wisconsin for the apprehen
sion and return of George W. Kck, who
is charged with selling mortgaged
property. Eck is under arrest in Wash
ington county, Wis.,andC. C. Woodruff
has gone to bring him bade
A well planned jail delivery was dis
covered and frustrated by Deputy Sher
iff Gass at Kearney. Two prisoners,
named Hurt and Quigley, had cut the
iron grating between the iron cells and
the wall and had intended to assault
the deputy when ho came in. Their
work was noticed, however, and draw
ing a revolver quickly, Deputy Gass
inarched them buck into their cells.
Edward King, a young man residing
at Uoone, was accidentally shot and
killed at the residence of his mother.
A friend was visiting Ihd Kings and
was handling a revolver, not knowing
that it was loaded. It was discharged,
the bullet passing through his hand,
striking King in the forehead. The
deceased was a very promising young
man.
At the conclusion of the irrigation
convention at Goring a proposition was
made to segregate what is known as
the “Panhandle" of Nebraska and an
nex it to Wyoming on account of the
supposed advantage of the irrigation
laws of that state over those of Ne
braska. ■ The counties affected would
bo Deuel, Cheyenne, Banner, Kimball,
Scotts Bluff, Dawes, Sioux and Box
Butte.
The local railway mail department
lias been notified that the task of
weighing the mail on the Pacific divis
ion will begin April 10, and continue
to and including May 20. This gives
the clerks thirty working days to make
their calculations. The re-weighing of
the mail carried by the various rail
roads, is the method by which the gov
ernment reckons the rate of compensa
tion to be paid the roads for carrying
the mail.
Governor Crovnsk has prepared a
proclamation relative to shipment of
diseased cattle into Nebraska from the
south. The proclamation is based on
instructions received from J. Sterling
Morton and in accordance therewith a
quarantine will be established, dating
from February IS to December 1, U94,
and no cattle are to be transported from
the quarantined area to any portion of
the United States north or west, except
by rail for immediate slaughter, and
when so transported the usual rules
Lee Scofiki,d, a travelling salesman
for Doviphan <& Co. of St Joseph, was
made defendant in a bastardy case at
Superior on complaint of liertha M.
Ruga, who said that her valentine, a
fourteen-pound boy, was the said Lee
Scofield's legitimate heir. The sheriff
found Scofield and brought him to Nel
son. During the night the proceedings
were brought to a close by a marriage
of the parties. Scofield disappeared
the same night and has not been seen
in the town since the ceremony.
J. II. Mackey, editor of the Madison
Reporter, was horsewhipped by Mrs.
Peter Rulf, the wife of a promi
nent citizen of Madison. The weap
on used was a big blaclcsnake whip,
which the woman wielded with ef
fect, inflicting ssvere punishment.
Mrs. Rulf added to the editor's discom
fort by setting her dog on him when
she was tired. The dog chewed Mac
kay’s leg ^considerably. The trouble
fcrose over an'article published in Mac
kay’s paper concerning Peter Rulf, the
woman's husband, which aroused her
anger.
About two months ago the Union
Pacific depot at Cozad was robbed by
two men, who held up the night opera
tor with guns while they went through
the safe, securing about 8200 in cash,
leaving the agent securely tied to the
furniture in the office. Last week
Sheriff Hobson arrested Elsie Thomas
and Sam Huffman on warrants charg
■ng them with the robbery.
Otoe county grand jury promptly and
thoroughly investigated the hanging in
effigy of J. Sterling Morton and son
»nd found only two perrons implicated,
Zack T. White and Henry W. Hocrath,
one a constable and the other a painter.
They have been indicted under the stat
ute for what all term a dastardly act.
COOD ROAD MOVEMENT.
Report of General Stone of the Progress
Made In the Cause.
Washington, Feb. 34.—The inquiry
by the agricultural department into
the system of road management and
road making methods in the United
States is meeting with favorable re
sults. Among other things the co-op
eration of practically all of the princi
pal railroads in reducing freight rates
on road material has heen secured.
The 3,000 copies of bulletin No. 1 on
“Recent Road Laws of the Various
States” have been exhausted’and a re
print ordered. Information is being
gathered for further publications for
which many applications are now on
file.
Concerning some of the results
reached, General Roy Stone, who is in
charge of the investigation, said to
day: “It appears that while many
short sections of good highway are
being built in various parts of the
country with a gratifying general
cheapness in cost and freedom from
burdensome taxation, yet in some of
the states a serious set-back to the
movement has occurred'through the
failure of legislation intended to ad
vance it and relied upon for great
results. Then optional country road
laws passed in 1893 have nowhere
pruveu accepiaoie 10 ine coun
ty boards, except in two counties
in .Michigan. Yet these boards
are in close touch with the people and
doubtless voice the popular verdict on
this legislation. It is clear therefore
that these laws are either in advance
of public education or at variance
with the public judgment in the states
concerned, and that a new departure
must be taken to insure any prompt
and general advance in highway con
struction in those states. Under these
circumstances the department has
asked for information and suggestion
regarding other lines of investigation.
Fortunately it has been able to point
to the remarkable snccess of the state
aid and lecaloption law of New Jersey
and to commend it with certain modi
fications to the consideration of other
states. That law proceeds upon the
theory that while the county as
a whole may be unwilling to
embark in road building, those
smaller communities which are
themselves willing to contribute
fairly toward the improvement
of their highways may justly demand
county and state aid in carrying on
such improvement. The law provides
for a survey and estimate of the cost
of building a road when a petition
signed by owners of not less than one
half of the lands abutting on the road
is presented to the county board of
supervisors. It will be the duty of
the board to construct or improve the
road whenever the petitioners file with
the board a map or description of the
land which they believe will be bene
fitted, together with the written con
sent and request of owners of three
fifths of the lands, that these lands,
as well as the personal property in the
district, be assessed for the cost.”
State Geologist John C. Brenner of
Arkansas lias submitted a report to
the department on road making ma
terials in the state. The state, he
says is well supplied with good road
materials in the alluvial bottom lands
in the Eastern part and even available
gravel may be found in stream beds.
When the Telford system is used al
most any hard rock will answer for
the bed rock of the roadway, but only
a few kinds of rocks are' fit'to be used
as dressing or road metal. Limestones,
clay shales, syenites or granite, and
clean sandstones are cited as inferior
materials. The materials best adapt,
ed for roadmaking having a wide dis
tribution in the state are arenace
ous shales, flint rock, novaculite and
gravels.
IMPORTANT TO PENSIONS.
Several Decisions Rendered by Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Reynolds.
Washington, Feb. 24.—-Several de
cisions of considerable importance to
pensioners have been rendered by
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Reynolds. He holds that the govern
ment may reimburse itself for money
fraudulently obtained and erroneously
paid for pensions under the old law,
from the pension granted under the
act of June 27, 1890.
It is held that where an affidavit ex
plaining or amending an original
declaration is filed, which is germane
to the. original and properly explains
the mistakes, it will be accepted as a
part of the original declaration.
Seven Mill* on the Dollar.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 24.—The
affairs of the St. Paul real estate firm
of Itushnell & Buslinell, which failed
for 8200,000 about two years ago, are
being settled up. Out of the wreck
only a little over 81.600 has been
saved, netting each creditor a fraction
over seven mills on the dollar. One
Minneapolis creditor has just received
a one cent postage stamp in full for
his claim.
All Quiet at Honolulu.
San Francisco, Feb. . 24.—Tlu
steamer Oceanic, from Hong Kong via
Honolulu, arrived yesterday after
noon. She reported all quiet at the
islands, the situation being unchanged
since preceding advices. D. P. * Smith
has been indorsed to fill a vacancy in
the advisory council. He is the choice
of the Annexation club. This is a
victory for the American league.
A Tariff Caucus Likely.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Senator Uor
man, chairman of the Democratic cau
cus committee, said to-day that he
thoughtgthe caucus would be insisted
upon and that Hie call would be issued
for a caucus Monday morning in ac
cordance with the term's of the re
quest circulated yesterday.
Against Statehood.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Two repre
sentatives of the Cherokee nation,
Messrs. Thompson and Duncan, ar
gued to the committee on Indian
affairs yesterday against the admis
sion of the Indian territory to state
hood, either as a separate state or
with Oklahoma. The representatives
declared the Indians are not ready for
statehood, and that the representa
tions of the evils incident to tho pres
ent system of land holding are untrue.
A baby's smile is tangible evidence of the
i existence of a Cod.
ASSASSIN PRENDERCAST’S EX
ECUTION DAY FIXED.
JUDGE BRETARO PASSES SENTENCE.
The Murderer of Mayor Harrison Makes
a Rambling Address In Court In
Which He Denounces His Attor
neys and Their Insanity Flea—
Compares Himself to Christ
and Scores the Officials.
Chicago, Feb. 36.—Judge Brentano
overruled the motion for a new trial
for Prendergast and sentenced the
assassin to be hanged on March 33.
As the court addressed Prendergast
and asked him if he had anything to
say why sentence should not be passed
upon him he arose to his feet, nerv
ously drew a small sheet of paper,
covered with notes, from his vest
pocket and addressed the court as
follows:
1 don’t suppose, vour honor, that it
will do me any good to say anything
to the court now. I have made no
preparation to say anything in par
ticular. I suppose your honor is
under the impression that you have
done your duty. But this plea of in
sanity has been set up by my at
torneys without my consent. It was
an infamous, a dirty and a disreputable
plea and done against my objections.
Now as for Juror Murray, it is cer
tain to my mind that from the manner
he answered questions he was anxious
to be a juror in this case. There was
something wrong also in regard to
summoning the veniremen. Juror
Larkin came here on a written state
ment, but of course the defendant
had no control over this part of the
court’s work. The Evening News
contained a whole column about it at
the time and it is not necessary for
me to go into it further now. We
had no opportunity to watch the pro
ceedings in summoning the jurors.
But this is not the question. At
the very beginning of this trial the
court told me my attorneys would at
tend to my case. Nevertheless, they
did not. As stated, j’our honor, be
fore, they set up this infamous plea of
insanity against my will. But, your
honor, the issue is, did I do right or
did I do wrong? Did I do my duty or
did I not? Did I do the will of God or
did I not? This point has never been
touched upon and I say it is the only
issue before the court. Of course, if I
did wrong I should be condemned.
But, your honor, if I did right I should
»e jusunea ana acquutea.
As for this talk about the Dacey or
the Guiteau case the court all along
ruled that no reference should be
made to it but he attorneys for the
defendant con inued it throughout
the trial. As far as these doctors are
concerned, they came to me without
my consent and without my invita
tion and I did not write them nor
give my consent for them to come and
find out whether I was insane or not.
No doubt the motives of these men
were humane but it was through the
connivance of Jailor Morris that they
got into the jail#
Now, your honor and everybody say
that Harrison was a great and good
man. I deny this. A good man is
generally faithful to his friends, and
Harrison was not. If he had been a
good man he would not have been
hostile toward me.
But this newspaper trust, you#
honor. We have been attacked by
this newspaper trust, and if the sen
tence of this court is carried out you
will all be at the hands of this news
paper trust. No man’s character or
reputation will be safe. I don't know
what will be the result.
Even while I was in your county
jail I- was threatened with death.
This man Morris, the jailer there,
said to me: “I’ll kill you before you
leave this jail, no matter what the
court and bailiffs do with me.”
The sheriff of this county is a Re
publican, while my principles are
Democratic and that is why this is.
But the issue, your honor, is whether
I did right or wrong. If this court
wants to shirk the responsibility in
this case it will not be my fault. The
most of the motions made by the
attorneys for me have been overruled
by the court and that was wrong.
Then there is this grade crossing
issue. If your honor consents to my
death, to my murder, you also con
sent to take the lives of these people
on the infamous grade crossings. That
is what caused me to shoot Harrison,
although I had stood bv him in times
or distress.
I am feeling much better now, your
honor. My health is much better than
when I first went to jail. The terri
ble food they gave me there shook me
physically and mentally.
In this ease 1 have been charged of
being vainglorious and a notoriety
seeker. This is not true and it has
been disproved in this trial. Christ
was not a vainglorious man, neither
am I. The temptations that were
offered Christ on the mount showed
that he was not vainglorious and any
one that has withstood such tempta
tions as I have is certainly not vainglo
rious.
The court room was filled when the
judge read his decision. Prendergast
appeared indifferent for a time, but as
the reading proceeded, seemed ready
to make one of his old time scenes.
□ When the court concluded the pris
oner moved ^forward a step or t\yo and
said: “f dM'not wish to apologise to
the court, for I think I did my dutv.”
Prendergast was led away to his
cell in the .jail by the bailiffs.
Just before Judge Brentano began
the delivery of his speech denying the
motion for a new trial. Attorney S. S.
Gregory filed a lr otion for arrest of
judgment which was overruled. He
then asked for thirty days in which to
file a bill of exceptions upon which to
take the case to the supreme court.
This was granted. It is probable that
the bill of exceptions will be filed
within ten days.
The four witnesses who perjured
themselves to save the notorious How
ard at his trial at Jackson. Tenn.. were
sentenced to four years in prison and
a fine of *100 each. j
WRECKED BY INCENDIARIES.
The Great World’* Fair Agricultural
Building Ruined.
Chicago, Feb. 36.—The handsome
Agricultural building at the world’s
fair grounds was almost completely
ruined by an incendiary fire this morn
ing and for a time other great struc
tures were in danger.
The flatneB first started in one cor
ner and running up the outside of the
pillars gained headway in the roof
and spread towards the dome in the
center. Once having a start in the
lofty arch, its destruction was a mat
ter of short order. As the fire spread
through the dry timbers of the roof,
bnrning embers soon began dropping
to the floor and the supports,
gradually weakened, at last gave way,
carrying with them connected parts
of the roof, and the dome pitched in
ruins to the floor. Its fall practically
put an end to the firemen’s work.
Small patches of flame still were visi
ble around the ragged edges of the
roof, but floods of water directed
against them soon drowned out all
danger of a spread of the fire.
The destruction of the dome left the
already partially ruined building even
more unsightly and it now bears little
resemblance to the ornate structure
surmounted by the statue of Diana
which formed a feature of the Court
of Honor.
But one theory was advanced at the
grounds regarding the origin of the
fire—that an incendiary was again re
sponsible for the destruction. The
repeated attempts to burn the fail
buildings have been ascribed to this
cause.
The gilded statue of Diana was re
moved about six weeks ago and so
escaped destruction in to-day’s blaze.
HONDURAS CONQUERED.
The Nicaraguan Forces Capture the Cap
ital—The War at an End.
Washington, Feb. 26.—Senor Guz
man, the minister of Nicaragua to the
United States, has received a cable
gram to the following effect:
The minister of foreign affairs oi
Nicaragua—The capital of Honduras,
Tegucigalpa, capitulated last night.
Publish this cablegram. Our victory
puts ar end to the war in Honduras.
“So,” said the minister smilingly,
“Nicaragua came out victorious.”
ROUTED BY SLAVE TRADERS.
A British Force In West Africa Falls
Into an Ambush.
London, Feb. 26.—British sailors
and marines were ambushed by slave
dealers on the west coast of Africa re
cently and three officers and ten men
killed and forty wounded and the ex
pedition driven back to the coast.
Democratic Campaign Managers.
Washington, Feb. 26. — Senatoi
Charles J. Faulkner, chairman, has
appointed the following senators and
members who, together with the
officers of the Democratic con
gressional committee, will constitute
the executive committee of that
body: Senators James K. Jones, S.
M. White, John L. Mitchell, James
Smith and Samuel Pasco; Representa
tives James P. Pigott, William Mc
Aleer, W. D. Bynum,Benton McMillin,
Thomas C. McRae, Justice R. Whiting,
John T. Heard, Joseph Wheeler, Wil
liam A. .Tones and W. S. Forman. The
full committee has been called to
meet on Tuesday when a plan of cam
paigg will be discussed.
Wing Scores Coughlin's Prosecutors.
Chicago, Feb. 2 6.—Ex-Judge Wing
began the closing argument for the
defense in the Coughlin trial to-day.
The court room was crowded. He
viciously attacked the methods of the
prosecution and, referring to the in
cident of the former trial when ex
State’s Attorney Longenecker called
Mrs. Thomas Whalen up at midnight
for a severe examination, said that
Whalen should have shot the official
down in his tracks.
Republican Editors Organize.
Springfield, Mo., Feb. 2 0.—Twenty
five Republican editors, who were
here attending the League conven
tion, perfected a temporary organiza
tion of a Republican editorial associa
tion of Missouri. Thomas H. Music
of the Hartville Republican, was
chosen president. The next meeting
will be held prior to the Republican
state convention at Jefferson City.
Princess Colonna In Favor With the 400.
New Yoke, Feb. 26.—New York’r
“400” have welcomed the Princess
Colonna, stepdaughter of Bonanza
Mackay, now here as a virtual fugi'
tive from French courts. At a recep
tion in her honor, Mrs. Paran Stevens,
Mrs. Charles Oelreichs, Mrs. Wilmer
ding, Mrs. Austin Corbin and Miss Mc
Allister were among those present.
Erastus Wiman Released on Ball.
N’-w YoRK.Feb. 26.—Erastus Wiman,
the club man and promoter, accused
of forgery, was released from custody
at noon to-day on $25,000 bail. Charles
II. Deere of Moline. 111., depositing
twenty-five $1,000 bills in the office of
the city chamberlain. Deere is the
father-in-law of Wiman’s son, William,
who is now lying in a precarious con
dition at his home on Staten island.
A Centenarian Slain In Bed.
, Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 26.—Rosa Has
wood, over 100 years old, was found
murdered in bed near this city. The
crime was committed by her niece,
Mary Smith, and Orange Page, an ex
convict. Search for the murderer?
was conducted quietly and news corner
, of ike-arrest of the„8mTth Woman neaV
Rocky Mountaiu and Page oh an ad
joining farm.
Man and Wife Foully Slain.
Stroudsburg, Pa., Feb.26.—Richard
Prior,a negro employed on the Wilkes
barre and Eastern railroad, last night
shot and instantly killed Christian
Ehler, -a merchant, in his home at
White Oak Knn, this county, and also
fatally wounded his wife. Their son,
aged about 12 years, escaped by jump
ing from a window.
Tho Pope Tries the Water Cure. •
Rome, Feb. 20.—The people held a
consultation Tuesday with Father
Kneipp. the Bavarian water cure
priest, and Wednesday consented to
make his first trial of the treatment.
▼oorh... •
luff Tariff Worfc blr*«
,Washixqton, Feb. 20 __T_ ..
Ate to-day Mr. Allen of Nehr!»i! S*n'
seated a resolution di^STth Pr"
torney general to inform thL ^ at'
whether he had, in an ™;
secretary of the treasury.heVY^
silver certificates werenot . &t
money and if so, to transmit tv, egal
ion with all correspondence
senate. The resolution aft** ,-^e
amendment, was adopted. ** sllght
loIedlyTquest^ fol
Mr. Voorhees regarding^
in the Philadelphia pjLs tw r,atlon
cratic membersPof the filtf De“°
mittee had been receiving, “ce e°*
and directions from the^r,r/g^S*'lons
to the course to te ob^r^ed ,^1 a,s
in* with the new tariff bill dT?'
paper reported with some detail1 i‘6
interview yesterday between a™.. “
on the tariff framing ators
and the president, Senator Vo”r‘hUee
denied its accuracv in any partied*8
He declared that no Pfnti! ,ar'
took place and that it had beta™,"?W
factored. “The circumstantiality1^!
the account,” said he, “involving,i°f
president of the United State! was
such and circulation it would recede
so extensive that I thought it my dTv
to lay it .before the public and start
truth on its tardy way afterwards of
course Ttruth will never overtake
jy?e..n * 8.ee these things, I sometimes
think that seven-tenths of human hk
tory is untrue.” 5
Mr. Chandler took this occasion to
i“lu’re as to the exact membership 0f
the finance committee. “A short time
ago, he said, “an order was passed hv
the senate constituting Senator Mill's
a member of the committee in the
place of Senator McPherson. Does
this assignment continue? Which is
acting as a member or are both actinir
as members?” ®
At 2:15 after the discussion had
taken a wide range and several sena
tors on both sides had taken part M r
White of California, took the floor to
speak on the Hawaiian resolution.
CROW’S BIG PLURALITY.
When the Return! Are All In It Will
Reach Nearly 160,000.
Philadelphia, Feb. S3.—The elec
tion held in this state yesterday to
choose a successor to the late Con
gressman-at-Large Lilly, resulted in a
victory for the Republican ticket
greater than any in the history of
the party in this state. When the re
turns are all in it is believed the plu
rality of Galusha A. Grow will reach
nearly 160,000. When the Republicans
elected Jackson state treasurer last
fall by a plurality of 135,146 it was be
lieved that this would serve as the
high .water mark for years to come.
Philadelphia complete gives the fol
lowing vote: Grow, Republican, 117,
286; J. D. Hancock, Democrat, 5S.:i4(i;
A. D. Markley, Pennsylvania Demo
crat, 1,212; Henry F. Morrow, Prohibi
tionist, 706; V. A. Lotier, Populist, 205.
Not Moved by Pond Creek's Act.
Washington, Feb. 22.—Senator Mar
tin declines to discuss the action of
the people of Pond Creek, Ok., who
hanged him in effigy last Friday night.
He says that he never pays any atten
tion to actions of that character.
Miss Anna L. Bicknell, an American
lady, who was instructor of the chil
dren of one of the ladies of the Impe
rial household, contributes an article
to the March Century on “The Tuiler
ies under the Second Empire.” Miss
Bicknell was an inmate of the palace at
the time of the downfall of the Emperor
She describes the Tuilerios as a most
uncomfortable habitation, with no con
veniences of modern life, its sanitary
arrangements and drainage very bad.
while in parts of the palace the air was
absolutely pestilential. A careful
watch was kept on the inmates, and
they were subjected to military disci
pline. No parcels could be removed
without authorization, and any one
who was out after midnight was report
ed to next morning.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations from New York, Chicago, t
Loo Is, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Batter—Creamery nrint. }* ®
Butter—Choice country. J® «s
0
Eggs—Fresh.. J'J g.
Honey—Per 1b— .. .. W
I1UIIC*-.131 ..•*. ft
Chickens—Dressed, per 1b. '
Geese—Per lb. *
Turkeys—Per lb. j
Ducks—Per lb. *
Apples—Per box. siK
Oranges—Florida. * i.
Potatoes. . 00
Beans—Navy...
Cranberries—Cape Cod,per bbl 6 (*>
Hay-Perton......••••.
sweet Potatoes—Jersey per bbl 3 ->
Onions—Per .. .2,
Hogs—Mixed packing.
Hogs-Heavy weights.
Beeves—Feeders.
Beeves—Stockers.
Steers—Fair to good.
Steers—Westerns.
Sheep—Lambs.
Sheep—Natives.
NEW YORK.
Wheat—No. 2, red winter....
Corn—No. ..
Oats—Mixed western.
Pork.
Lard.
CHICAGO.
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Corn—Per hu.
Outs-Perbu.. j7..i@li 20
Pork.. it fa r 55
Lard...........— y-i. 1 % asm
Hogs—Packers and mixed. *
Cattle—Com. steers to extra... - <■>
'beep—Lambs.
3 10 @ < 3
ST. LOUIS.
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20*
15
Wheat—No. 2 red. cash. 27®
Corn—Per . 57
Oats—Per .. .
Hogs—Mixed packing. * 5K a; ;.i
Cattle—Native steers.■ ■■
KANSAS CITY. m
i’,
Outs—No. 2.■■■■■■■. ,S ® ;:5v
Cattle—Stockers and feeders.. - " 27 5 no
Hogs—Mixed packers. 4 '
A Fountain of Petroleum.
Fort Recovery, Ohio, Feb. 22 — *®
latest well drilled in this field is 0
of the heaviest producers in the s a
Tlie well was shot yesterday
eighty quarts of nitro-glycerine, ^
at short intervals since throws l ‘
column of oil to the height of SC4L
feet. ___
Judge McDlll In a Critical Condition
Creston, Iowa, Feb. 22.—Tu "c '
W. SlcDill of the interstate c.0_IT*n“ ltll
commission, who has been sic ‘ '
malarial fever and thonglit to ,3
covering, has suffered a relaps
now in a critical condition.
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