Nebraska Newspapers

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OYER THE STATE.
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Nance county is to have a new court
house.
Friend has voted water bonds to the
amount of 918,000.
Thk bank of Westerville has gone
into voluntary liquidation.
Tub German Lutherans of Basin have
decided to erect a large church.
Fui.i.ebton is to have a brick yard
with a capacity of 20,000 brick a day.
Devri. county is out of debt and its
warrants go at 100 cents on the dollar.
The first hail storm for 1894 in Ne
braska occurred last week near Dun
bar.
i he streamr of lloyct county are to be
stocked with fish from the state hatch
4 cries.
W. H. Bowman of Fullerton sold his
famous trotting horse, Ontonian, to a
Chicago man for $3,500.
John Kki.so, caught passing counter
feit money, is in the hands of the
sheriff of Burt county.
Box Butte county Sunday school
workers will hold a convention at Alli
ance in the near future.
The ninth son came to the home of
Joe Williams of Lincoln county on
Washington’s birthday.
Mrs. Baii.kv, wife of an Omaha sa
loon keeper, suicided the other day by
swallowing carbolic acid.
Evangelist Miss May Phillips of
Aurora, 111., has commenced a series of
revival services in Fremont. *
The editor of the Deshler Herald
threatens to leave town unless he finds
» house to live in pretty soon.
Grand Island papers havo been
roasting a worthless* fellow who in
sults women by exposing his person.
The postmaster at Nebraska City has
sent in his resignation. Business mat
ters of a personal character demand his
attention.
L. A. George of Lincoln, a man 54
years old, was found guilty of com
mitting rape. Amelia Barr made the
complaint.
Adolph Neburg, of Oakland, lias
been adjudged insane and sent to the
asylum, where he was eight months ■
about four years ago,
An attempt was made by prisoners
in the jail at Lincoln to escape. The
keepers, however, got onto the racket
and nipped it in the bud.
It is said that John Hollenbeck of
Du Bois has fallen heir to an estate of
$500,000 left him by a relative in Vir
ginia. He has gone to claim his for
tune.
The governor has issued an extradi
tion warrant to the governor of Utah
for the return or J. B. Finnleigh, under
arrest at Omaha on the charge of em
bezzlement . ■
. The livery barn of Thomas Bros, at
Brewster was destroyed last week by
fire. Five horses and other stock were
consumed. The loss will be $3,700,
with $1,000 insurance.
Between SOO and COO teachers and
prominent educators are expected to be *
present in Beatrice March 38, 39 and 30,
the date of the southeastern Nebraska
educational association gathering.
According to the Courier no tract of
land midocean to Missouri can equal
the territory traversed by the railroad
from Callaway to Broken Bow for bar
renness and wind-swept desolation.
"Kid” Johnson, who has just com
pleted a sixty days’ sentence for lar
ceny in the Gage county jail, was rear
rested by Fall City authorities and
given a severe sentence for burglary.
Fire at Oakland destroyed the barn,
containing a buggy and hay, owned by
v Mrs. A. Wagoner. The loss is small,
with no insurance. The fire was caused
Aojp a lighted cigar thrown into the
hay.
• <t to Beatrice the attorneys for John
Baker, who was recently convicted of
Incest, argued a motion for a new trial.
/ Judge Babcock overruled the motion
and sentenced Baker to six years in the
penitentiary.
The dwelling house of B. F. Mizer,
the finest reiidence in Bed Cloud,
caught fire and was nearly destroyed.
Loss $4,500; insurance $4,000 on build
ing and $500 on household goods in the
British-Amerlcan.
William Moffat, a farmer living
north of Juniata, had John Karl and
wife, Fred Urouton and John Hontzar
. rested on the charge of forcibly enter
ing his home and ejecting himself and
, family therefrom.
The governor has, through proclama
; tlon, offered a reward of $300 for the
arrest and conviction of the murderer
of H. C. Still of Hay Springs liis name
is not known and no clue has as yet
been found of him.
j - County Attorney Kai.ey of Douglas
county requests the governor to issue a
' requisition to the governor of Iowa for
the apprehension and return of H. L.
Wilson, who is wanted for embezzle
ment in South Omaha
. Joseph mcuraw has filed a petition
in the district court of Lancaster county
praying for a judgment against the
Bock Island railway for 820,000, alleg
ing as the cause that in December,
1893, he was struck by a passing train
and was badly and permanently injured.
When a retail dealer patronizes home
.Industry he enables the manufacturer
- to employ more men who in turn
become his patrona Farrell <fc Co.’s
brand of ayrups, jellies, preserves and
and 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. ’s
Silver Leaf and Borax soap; American
Biscuit & Manufacturing Co., Omaha,
crackers.
; Bi.aab and \Viehelow, the men ar
rested for robbing Buck's jewelry store,
at North liend, Were given a hearing
before the county judge at Fremont and
placed under 81,000 bonds each to ap
pear at the next term of the district
court In default of bonds they were
remanded to the county jail.
Tire country roads around Lincoln
are said to be in the worst condition
they have been for years. Farmers
coming to town must drive through
and and water up to the hubs. Every
pond and creek in the country is full
aad overflowing. This water is
considered a sure indication of an
overflowing crop of winter wheat
, •- .
bmiinu ii lias earned a wound on
the foot of H. Q. (ireenfleld of Table
Rock to become dangerous and he has
been taken to a ‘hospital in the hope of
laving his life. He cut his foot with a
italk cutter last September.
Wii.t.iam F. Combs whs arrested in
Table Rock for gambling. ' His prelim
inary trial was held before Justice
Taylor. He waived .examination and
gave bond in the sum of 8100 for his
appearance at the next term of the dis
trict court.
Pi.ainview is making serious efforts
to secure a normal school. A tract of
land has been platted and four hundred
lota placed on sale, the proceeds to go
toward the erection of a building. It
is stated that over 31.000 worth of lots
have been sold.
Thk office of the Oakland Independ
ent was destroyed by fire last week..
The second story was occupied by the
Miltor, Will Brewster, .as .a dwelling.
Everything was burned. Insurance on
the plant was 31.S00. The building
was to have been sold ait sheriff's sale
next week.
j BDt TTvuiieHua'y, wane g’o.u^
from north of Macon to Franklin, Mr.
ind Mra. Will Carpenter of Franklin
had the misfortune .to lose their four
months’ old infant. When about four
m*les north of town they noticed the
ehild was all right, and when they got
to town and into one of the stores they
discovered that the child was dead.
A farmer in Gage county named
Acorn had his premises visited by sneak
thieves. His cellar was raided and a
quantity of provisions, meat and lard
taken. The thieves then appropriated
his horse and buggy and drove off with
the articles. Mr. Acorn followed their
trail, and managed to recover the horse
tnd buggy but did not get the thieves
There is at least a probability that
the much talk-of college for Beatrice
may yet become a reality. Miss Alice
Minnink, in honor of whom it isunder
itood the university will be named, will
endow it with ItSO acres of land and
(.'10,000. it is claimed that work will
be commenced as soon as the weather
will permit and that the original struc
ture will cost fully $50,000.
Mrs. J. P. Soudenherg, an old resi
dent of Oakland, who was universally
respected, was found lying dead in the
lot back of her residence by a neighbor,
Mrs. I* P. Carlson. It was evident that
she had been in the act of hanging out
a lot of clothes to dry when stricken.
Stae had been subject to attacks of heart
trouble for some time past and it is sup
posed that this was the cause of her
death.
Receiver Westervei.t- has an
nounced that a dividend of S5 per cent
has been declared to the depositors of
the Citizens National bank of Grand
Island, payable about April 1. A divi
dend was expected about April 15. The
news is received with delight, as it will
do much to loosen the stringency in
that community. The dividend is con
sidered as an exceptionally early and
good one.
The annual meeting of the North
west Nebraska Irrigating association
was held in Crawford last week and a
large and enthusiastic delegation from
the four counties of the district was
present. Among the important resolu
tions adopted was one in favor of a gen
eral state irrigation law with provis ons
for experimental artesian wells in that
section of Nebraska, and another favor
ing congressional legislation for an ir
rigation Survey of the western states.
Mrs. Hugh Norton of Talmage is
afflicted with a rare form of disease
called bone hypertrophy. All the
bones are enlarging and the bones of
the skull have exercised such pressure
on the optic nerve as to already cause
blindness of the left eye. She recently
visited Kansas City and Chicago to con
sult with eminent specialists and re
ceiving no encouragement, all special
ists agreeing that the disease is an in
curable one. Medical literature cites
but 100 cases of this disease.
An unusual degree of interest is man
ifested in educational affairs in Nuck
olls county. On March 3 the county
educators were invited to Nelson by the
county superintendent, Miss Celia A.
Gorby. About 300 people, composed of
teachers, district boards and friends of
education, were present at the Nelson
High school building and were enter
tained with a bright, interesting pro
gramme of beautiful music, excellent
papers and able discussions. A perma
nent association was organized.
The residence of R. C. Outcalt, cash
ier of the defunct Capital National bank
of Lincoln, was sold at Sheriff's sale for
$9,430, the purchasers being Yonkcr
Bros, of Des Moines. The residence
was sold to satisfy a judgment secured
in the district court by Yonker Bros.
This is one of the pieces of property
tranferred by Outcalt the day after the
failure of the bank, and for which the
depositors blame the bank examiner
for not proceeding to attach, as soon as
he learned that the bank was insolvent
A SMA1.I. cyclone struck the farm of
George Reitter in Cass county and tore
his large barn into fragments. Mr.
Reitter, who witnessed it from his resi
dence twenty rods away, says the wind
lifted a wagon near the barn just as if
it were a feather, and the next instant
his barn, 280 by 30 feet, was rent as
sunder and scattered, leaving the teams
standing unharmed. The barn was
built three years ago and was excep
tionally strong, and noted for its size
and interior arrangements for housing
stock. It was insured for $900.
o. Baii.ky, a young farmer of
Prairie Creek township, Nance county,
while engaged in a quarrel' with Will
iam Murphy, who hails from Colorado,
was shot and severely wounded. The
quarrel was over some cattle, which
Murphy was herding, getting into Bai
ley’s corn and Bailey shutting them up.
Murphy undertook to take tho cattle
out of the lot by force, while Bailey re
sisted. Murphy then went away, pro
cured a 38-caliber revolver, returned
and renewed hostilities, which resulted
in the shooting of Bailey. Murphy was
arrested.
It is suspeeted - Uiat incendiaries
caused the destruction of the 915,000
mill at, Dawson. There was* no ineftr
auce oh the burned building.
Hydrophobia has appeared among
the canines of Gering, and the Courier
advocates general extermination of the
dog family as the only sure cure.
The city council of Crete, by unani
mous vote, telegraphed the following
to the president: ’-Be it resolved bv
the mayor and council of the city of
Crete that this 'body joins with the
rest of the state in earnestly request
ing the appointment of Dr. George L.
Miller of Omaha to the vacancy on the
Interstate (ommerc commission.” I
DAN COUGH LAN ACQUITTED,
.Be Is,Hound Kot Guilty of the Murder of
Dr. Cronin.
Chicago, March 10.—The happiest
man.on earth at 6:35 o’clock last night
was Daniel Coughlin. When the clerk
read out the words: “YVe, the jury,
, find the defendant, Daniel Coughlin,
not guilty,” a warm flush went over
his face, which before had been of
deadly white. He half rose in his
chair.and was the next instant pushed
back by Attorney David, the law
partner of Mr. Donahoe, who has so
stoutly defended him throughout the
long trial. Then it was a push that
almost pushed the happy man off his
feet. Newspaper men, old-time friends
of the prisoner before his troubles,
came upon him in a body and nearly
wrung his hand off. “It’s all right,
boys, all right,” gasped Coughlin, as
he reached for three or four hands at
once. “It’s all right boys, I won’t
forget you. You treated me all right.”
Then the prisoner worked his way
up to the jury box and shook hands
with as .many of the men as be could
reacn, dui ine crowd was too much
for him, and yelling and cheering to
show its delight, it pushed him away
from the bo*. He gave up the effort
to greet the imen who have given him
freedom, and in company with the
bailiffs started to leave the room,
passing behind Judge Tuthill's chair.
Just as he was directly behind the
judge, a cry of “Make way there;
open up a passage; make way,” was
heard, and two stalwart bailiffs
pushed through the crowd and close
behind them, her hat awry, her veil
half up, and gasping with sobs that
choked her, came Mrs. Coughlin. Ban
was striding to liberty as though he
wore seven-league boots.
“Ban, come baek, here's your wife,”
called fifty voices, and Coughlin re
traced his steps. Just at the foot of
the little flight of stairs leading up
to the judge’s rostrum he met his
wife. The woman gave an incoherent
cry. her arms went up, fastened them
selves around her husband’s neck, and
then she gave way utterly. She only
said “Ban, O, Ban,” but nowhere, not
even in Ban Coughlin's heart, was
there such joy as in the bosom of the
little woman who was clasped tight
against her husband's heart, and felt
him her's again. Coughlin bent >his
big blonde head until his moustache
swept her cheek, and then the two
rocked to and fro until the woman
was able to stifle her emotion and
then she was lead away by Coughlin's
father, who was happy enough to
dance a jig.
Attorney Donald Donahue, who had,
with ex-Judge Wing, defended the
prisoner,was the recipient of a shower
of congratulations from friends and
fellow attorneys. “It is just as I ex
pected,” he said.
Neither Assistant Prosecuting At
torney Bottum nor Associate Prosecu
tor Scanlan would express an opinion
as to the verdict. “It was a surprise,”
they both asserted, but further than
that they declined to talk to inter
viewers. The jurors refused to talk
with reporters.
The jury was out just eight hours.
The verdict was not expected so soon,
and created a great surprise, as a dis
agreement was almost believed to be
certain.
The Immigration of 1893.
Washington, March 1.—A statement
has been prepared by the immigration
bureau showing that 431,713 immi
grants arrived at the ports of New
York, Philadelphia, Boston and Balti
more during 1893. This represents at
least four-fifths of the whole number ,
which arrived at all American ports.
The ports of embarkation are given as
follows: Liverpool and Queenstown,
101,051; Bremen, 93,739; Naples and
Marseilles, 50,065; Hamburg, 27,167:
Antwerp, 33,442; Rotterdam ana
Boulogne, 26,073; Glasgow and Lon
donderry, 24,683; Relsenborg andGold
enborg, Sweden, and Christiana and
ChristTanland, Norway, 20,135; Havre,
15,687; Southampton, 11,269,
St* LoqU'i New Postmaster Named.
Washington, March 1 0 —The presi
dent has nominated James L. Carlisle
to be postmaster at St. Louis and John
C. O'Donnell to be postmaster at Pitts
burg, Pa. The president has appoint
ed Walter L. Wilson of West Virginia
the son of Chairman Wilson of the
ways and means committee; Lewis
Green Stevenson of Illinois, son of
Vice President Stevenson; Henry A.
Dent of Alabama, Philip M. Moliun of
the district of Columbia, William
Jackson Little of New York and Sam
uel McGouan of South Carolina, to be
assistant paymasters in the navy.
Twenty Thousand Bids tor Anna.
Guthrie, Ok., March 10 .—The gov
ernor has just awarded a batch of
Cherokee Strip school lands to bidders.
Over 20,000 bids have been received
for various sections, some single quar
ter sections having as high as 350, and
the offers for three years leases are in
many cases more than thv value of
the land. It will take a large force of
clerks several months to comple'3 the
work of awarding bids.
actuator Aiaricn nay net ire.
Providence,R.I., March 10.—Senator
Aldrich has notified the state central
committee that he intends to resign
from the United States senate if the
legislature elected by the people next
month is Republican.
Ke.ra.rge Contract Awarded.
Boston. March 10.—The contract for
raising the wrecked United States
steamship Kearsarge has been award
ed to the Boston Towboat company, of
this city.
Amlek Vindicated Everywhere.
Sr. Louis, March 13th.—Judgment
was rendered yesterday in favor of Dr.
rAmick, ,0f Cincinnati, against-the St.
Louis Cliniqu|». ‘This medical journal
• questioned the merits cn his treatment
for Consumption, which many physi
cians here say is the only cure for this
disease. Amick keeps his formula to
himself and sends, free, medicines prov
ing to the consumptive he can be cured.
All this is against the medical code,
hence the attack and vindication.
Hazing Made a Criminal Offense.
Albany, N. Y., March 10.—The sen
ate committee on judiciary, without a
dissenting vote, has agreed to report
out Senator Coggeshell’s bill defining
hazing as a criminal offense.
MEETING OF THE FULL SENATE
TARIFF COMMITTEE.
DETAILS OF THE BILL DISCUSSED
If the Importation* Are the Same a*
l.a»t year It Will Haiae •38:1,129,000
Revenue—Tht* Added to Other
Source* Will Bring the Total
Revenue Up to •493,900,
000— May Be ModlBed.
Washington. March 12.—When the
senate committee of finance met to
day for the purpose of discussing the
tariff bill as presented by the majority
only seven members were present,
Messrs. Jones of Nevada, Vance,
McPherson and Sherman being the ab
sentees. Those present examined
the details of the ' bill and
discussed its salient features,
but in the absence of figures showing
the effect of the bill in the production
of revenue, they adjourned until Mon
day morning, when the statements
will be ready. There statements
have been prepared under the auspices
of the committee and show that the
revenue will be $383,500,000, if the
importations prove to be of the same
quantity and value as those of the
last fiscal year. The amount added
to vhe receipts from the. postoffice de
partment and from miscellaneous
sources* will bring the government
revenue up to $493,500,000. Under
the senate bill * the customs
receipts, it is estimated, will amount
to $105,000,000 as compared to $134,
000,000 under the Wilson bill and $193,
000,000 under the McKinley law and
those from the internal revenue por
tion about $199,000,000 compared to
$180,000,000 received last year from
this source, the income tax being
estimated at $30,000,00$, spirits at
$20,000,000 and cigars at $9,000,000.
A member said after the committee
adjourned that they would begin
work Monday morning and might
conclude it next week. The Repub
lican members will make an effort to
secure some changes and if they meet
with success, in a few, will probably
try to secure others. They are hope
ful, from assurances which Senator
McPherson is said to have given per
sons who have called upon him that
he will join with them in trying to
secure the modification of several
schedules.
THE BOMB WAS LOADED.
A Sew York Boy Terribly Maimed— The
Explosive Hidden By Anarchists.
New York, March 12.—Joseph Hoff
man, aged 13, and Charles and
Frank Oberly, while playing on
the sand lots of Williamsburg to
day, turned up the sand near the mas
sive boulder, and found a box con
taining six bombs. The Hoff
man boy, being the oldest, took
charge of the find and examined the
bombs carefully. Finally he picked
up one of the bombs and said he was
going to hurl it against the boulder.
The other boys ran away and had
gone about a hundred feet when Hoff
man threw the bomb at the boulder.
The Oberly boys say they felt as
though the eartli had opened under
them and when they turned Hoffman
was lying on the ground screaming at
the top of his voice. All the skin of"
his face and hands was peeled off and
he was terribly wounded on the body
and limbs.
The police have the box containing
the five bombs which are of tin and
oblong. About three months ago half
a dozen bombs were found in the lots,
but the police were unable to find the
makers of them.
The district abounds in, anarchistic
societies and in the vicinity is the
home of John Most.
WAS M’KANE A DEFAULTER'.
Accounts of the Ex-Bon Short a Large
Sum—Township Bonds Missing.
New York, March 12. — Lawyer
O’Ferrall and the citizens committee
of Gravesend who have been
investigating the acts of John Y.
McKane.tlie imprisoned ex-boss,allege
that the chief failed to account
January 10 last regarding' the dis
position of $500,000 of town bonds as
required by law. It is reported that
a' portion if not all the bonds have
been hypothecated and there is an
apparent shortage in his accounts of
$200,000.
McKane’s friends say the apparent
deficit is due solely to the lack of
business methods in conducting the
affairs of the town.
inmates or soldiers' Homes May Vote,
Wichita, Kan., March 12.—In the
federal court yesterday Judge Wil
liams handed down a decision holding
that inmates of Kansas soldiers' homes
may vote at any election held in the
precinct in which their home is located.
The state constitution holds that any
inmate of an asylum or almshouse,
supported at the public expense, can
not exercise his franchise. The de
cision renders unconstitutional the
Populist act of 1893, which expressly
provided that inmates of soldiers’
homes shall not be allowed to cast a
ballot. __
A Chinaman In n Divorce Court.
New York, March 12.—Yue Lee, a
Chinese gambler of Mott street,
enjoys the distinction of being
the first Chinaman to secure a divorce
in the courts of this city. He appeared
in court, in a gftfgeous costume of
changeable colored silk in which the
predominating color was purple. His
pig tail vvas bound with parple rib
bons. His wife, an American girl
named Louise Schneider, had eloped
with another Chinaman.
A dispatch from Singapore says that
in consequence of the scarcity of Mex
ican dollars, there is urgent local de
mand for the coinage of a llritish dol
lar. The banks and merchants are
almost unanimously in favor of the
proposal. ,
HAWAIIANS FEAR TRCACHERV.
Recent Arrivals 'From America Believed
to Be Kgyallst Importations.
San Francisco, March 12.—Mail ad
vices from Honolulu up to last Satur
day report that, owing to the
arrival from America on every
incoming vessel of men with
no visible means of support
and no purposes, the conncil, March
1, passed an order requiring all ar
rivals to furnish good evidence that
they were coming with no hostile in
tent and providing for the deportation
of certain suspected persons. This
order was the result of fear of mem
bers of the provisional government
that the Royalists were importing
men to aid them in a cuop.
The annexation club ha^ been
merged into a new union party and
will oppose the importation of any
more Chinese laborers.
F. M. Hatch, formerly vice president
of the provisional government and a
member of the advisory council, has
been appointed minister of foreign af
fairs in the place of President Dole,
who found the duties of his two offices
required too much of his time. D. B.
Smith, the American league candi
date, was defeated for the place in
the advisory council, it being gener
ally understood that he was bound by
an oath to the league that would con
flict with his oath as councilor.
Some of the leading Chinese mer
chants have openly announced their
intention of calling on their govern
ment for aid in the event of a Chinese
registration law and have more than
hinted that a man-of- war will be sent
to enforce their demands. They have
already declared a boycott against a
prominent local merchant, a member
of the advisory council, claiming that
he is working against their interests.
They threaten other boycotts against
white merchants. The Portuguese
have also held a mass meeting and
protested vigorously against the
introduction of any more Asiatic labor.
TO SUPPRESS LOTTERIES.
Kansas Methodists Will Take the Gam
bliat; Issue Into Legislative Polities.
AHii.kne, Kas., March 12.—Bishop
Vincent opened to-day’s session of the
Kansas Methodist conference with a
lecture on preacher's deportment. The
following were made superannuates:
.lames Marvin. S. M. Hopkins, John
Moorhead, C. F. Tee ton and O. G.
Robb. Routine reports occupied most
of the day. The following resolutions
were adopted regarding the lotteries
in Kansas City:
Resolved, That we deplore the es
tablishment of lotteries in our state
and urge that all lawful means be
used to uproot them.
Resolved, That we demand that ouly
such men be elected to the next legis
lature as are known to be in favor of
the suppression of lotteries and that
no man who has any connection with
them be approved for any state office.
This afternoon the memorial ser
mons in memory of the Revs. Davis,
Markham and Spencer were preached.
EDITOR VS. LEGISLATOR.
State Senator Brower of Iowa Strikes a
Newspaper Man Three Times.
Des Moines, Iowa,March 12.—In the
cloak room during the discussion of
the temperance bill to-day, S. H.
Shoemaker, editor of the Hampton
Chronicle, spoke to Senator Brower.
The latter asked if he was not editor
of the Chronicle, and then said he de
desired nothing to do with him.
Shoemaker followed Brower and
asked if he had not promised to re
tain the present prohibition law if
elected. Brower replied that he had
not and any man who said so was a
liar.
A heated discussion ensued and
Shoemaker said Brower was a liar.
He had scarcely uttered the words
when Brower struck him in the eye
and followed it up with two more
blows. Before any serious damage
was done the men were separated.
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AN ORIGINAL ROBBER.
A Cincinnati Man Decoyed into a Hall by
ad Appeal to HU Heroism.
Chicago, March 12.—Frank CLeue of
Cincinnati, who had stopped in Chicago
to see the sights on his way to the mid
winter fair, was walking on West Mad
ison street when a well dressed young
woman rushed out from a hallway,
exclaiming that the house was on fire
and her children were in peril. Cleue
ran in the hallway and turned to ask
the young woman on which floor the
fire was. For answer he received a
stunning blow in the face from the
woman, who seized his pocket book
and ran out on the street, slamming
the door after her. When Cleue
reached the door he found it locked,
leaving him a prisoner.
»iui« kcsuido at Reduced Wages.
I’roivdknce, R. I., March 12. — The
employes of the E. L. Sayle and com
pany woolen mills at Pascough have
been notified that the mills start up
at full time Monday after a shut down
of several months under a ten per
cent cut down. The William Orrell
woolen mill at Olcndale, which has
been partly shut down for several
months, will start on full time Mon
day under a ten per cent reduction of
wages.
The Extreme Penalty (or Rainey.
Paoi.a, Kan., March 12.—The judge
overruled the motion for a new trial
for Jap Rainey, convicted of murder
of his sweetheart, and when Rainey
asked for mercy, replied that even if
such were meted there was but one
sentence possible under the jury’s
verdict. He then sentenced the pris
oner to one year in the penitentiary,
he then, whenever the governor should
so will it, to be hanged.
* I Twelve Hone* Burned. *
Kansas City, Mo., March 12.—The
stable owned by the Fulton transfer
company at Twenty-fourth and Cen
tral streets, together with twelve
horses, was consumed .by fire last
night. The loss is about 83,000 and
was fully covered by insurance.
Lieutenant T. F. Hrainerd, the hero
of the Kearsarge wreck, had an inter
view with Secretary Herbert, and has
been ordered to accompany the party
which will start at once for Roncador
lleef to float the vessel.
has been printed * and is !*«' °n
tnbution. ead^,or dis
•“We note with regret a >
crease of accident?,” the v!kfd >»■
tinues. “The totai nt,mber°*frd C0D'
ties on all the roads running ?asua1'
state for the year eS* nto thi»
1898 was 8,213, while th«^« Ju.ne 30,
the year ending June 30, i89“be,rno°r
an Increase of 32 per cent ’w’022
pected this would be^ccountedlVv'
the increase in the number nf by
sengers carried, but an L f pa!
of the reports shows that the“n“^l°“
of passenger traffic over th» as*
lines of road was only llDer^sn.^®*
ing the same period wl tdur'
should be adopted for the^te®*™'
tection of human life i..:j r pro"
boundaries of the staTe aloSe m
?on* have been killed and 736 T
jured during the twelve months-,
tal of 839, equal to a small army X
would seem that safety appliance, si*
other means and precautions could ^
used in making human life and limb
more sacred. u
“The total number of milpa *«•!
road within the state, as reported t
this office for the year ending i.
30, 1893, was 8,900.06 miles ^ JUU*
June 30, 1893 were $40,579fo44; for^thf
preceding year, 837,428,767; increa«
for1*^’177' Th® ^tol frei^ht earning
for the year ending June 30, ism
were 8105,545,789; for the preceding
year 8100,704,!27. increase, 84,840
The total income from bonds, stock,
rentals, etc., was 87,478,267; net ini
come, 811,393,800; dividends naid
86,183,023; net surplus for the year
85,210,777. Dividends were paid bv
four roads as follows: Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy, 5 per cent on com
mon account, 83,829,281; Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific, 4 per cent oil com
mon account, 81,840,232; Chicago Great
Western, 8379,080; Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Memphis, 5 per cent on pre.
ferred account. 8137,490.
TO AVOID MISTAKES.
Notices of Reduction ot Pension Now
Mode by Registered Letters.
Washington, March 8.—Hereafter
all notices of reduction of pensions
will be sent to pensioners by register
ed letters. This plan has been adopted
by Commissioner Lochren and neces
sary arrangements have been made
with the postoffice department
The first batch was sent out this
morning. No notices have been sent
out during the past few days
pending the completion of the arrange
ments. The number mailed to-day
and to-morrow will probably aggre
gate 800, but after that daily ar
rangements provide for between 225
and 300. It was stated at the bureau
yesterday that a margin of nine or ten
days in addition to the required thirty
days from time of receipt of notice in
which additional evidence could be
filed would undoubtedly be allowed.
Further time will be given if asked
for by the pensioner.
Illustrated Book Free.
The new Hutchins house at Hous
ton, Texas, is still sending free to all
who write for it, a beautifully illus
trated book describing Houston, Hous
ton Heights and South Texas. The
only real estate activity in the United
States is in the Texas coast country.
For the Benefit of Farmers.
Washington, March 8.—Secretary
Morton has just added a new division
to the weather bureau to be devoted
to the subject of “metereology in its
relation to agricultural soils.” It is
to study the climatic conditions of heat
and moisture under the surface of the
ground and the relation of these con
ditions to crop production. The sec
retary has appointed to be chief of
the new division, Professor Milton
Whitney of Maryland, late of Johns
Hopkins university.
LITE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations from Now York, Chicago,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery Drint. 20 ®
Butter—Choice country. *
Honey—Per lb....... .. §!
Chickens—Dressed, per lb. ! f
Geese-Per ». ® 2
BSSasSS, g
Apples—Per box. *t!
Potatoes. .AX b.»
Cranberries—Cape Cod.perbbl 6 UO ©
Hay-Perton......fl
sweet Potatoes—Jersey per bbl a -_> o
SS5T5SS5.bto«::::::::::«g J
Bee^s-eFeVe5e™ 8 3 w f*
es- retjueia. o ivi (it'1
Beeves—Stockers..... XXX r* 4
Fair to good. i
Steers- _
Steers—Westerns
Sheep—Lambs.
Sheep—N atlves.
NEW YORK.
2 75
2 50 © '
2 75 © 5
Wheat—No. z, rea wimer....
Corn—No. 2.
Oats—Mixed western.
Pork.
Lard.
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring.
Corn—Per bu.
41 9
at
.13 23
57
; 35
at
Oats—Per bu..
Pnrlf ..1* —
7 37
an 73
®: t>o
a sit
@ :«-4
a 30'»
@11 3711
a 74U
Pork
Lard... i li') all*1
Hogs—Packers and mixed..... J w Sf 5 «
Cattle—Com. steers to extra... - {! ,£ 4 s
Sheep—Lambs. " '
ST. LOUia
Wheab-No. 2 red. cash.
Corn—Per bu.
Oats—Per bu.
Hogs—Mixed packing..
cattle—Native steers
Sheep-Mixedj^^in, “
Wheat-No. 2 red, cash.
Corn—No. ..
Oats—No. 2...
Cuttle—Stockers and feeders
si ®
31 ®
: 0 <if
4 60 Wj*
2 90 ® 11*
0 a 3 .5
60
31' i li j>L
2tt'i® »*
(to @ J “
9:i®
t utile—etocKers an*. 4 t5
Hogs—Mixed packers. 4 w
Confession of a Bank Thief.
Dexter, Mich., March 8.—Q- ’ ter
ory, assistant cashier of the
Savings bank, has confessed to
tective Baker of Detroit that ,tof
self stole the 83,200 from the ^
the bank last Thursday, and t • ,
story of being attacked and ; 8lon.
by masked robbers was pure >
The Kau.as stralghtouts.
_ _ s a ,A call l***a
Topeka, Kan., March 8. - (al.
been issued for a meet.ag ot m.
wart-’ Democratic state cen r . j in
mittee at the Copeland _ 'e Df
Topeka, March 20,. for thefPholdiug »
fixing the time and place of h°lcu „
“straight” Democrat!* convent;ion