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O'NEILL, NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
A Grand Armv post will soon be or
ganized at Bayard.
IV Leffler Stum, the father of Judge
Stull, of Auburn, died last week.
The rainfall over Hall county
amounted to one and a half inches.
\ Gus. B. Speice, the mayor-elect of
iri- Columbus, “got there” by four ma
jority.
Steps are being taken to organize a
G. A. R. post at Harrison, Sioux
county.
Republicans of the Fifth district re
nominated Congressman Andrews by
acclamation.
W. H. Harrison, a former resident
of Kearney, recently died at Longs
mont, Colorado.
The German Lutheran Teachers’ As
sociation of Nebraska was in session in
Fremont last week with a good attend
ance.
Fremont’s new city directory con
tains 4,620 names of adults, doubling
which gives the city a population of
0,240.
Chadron people are determined on
having a sugar beet factory and are
encouraging farmers to cultivate the
vegetable.
Swan Olson, of Omaha, last week
took his life by hanging. Accounts go
to show that he had been deranged for
some time;
Farmers of Cheyenne county nototh
erwise engaged And plenty of work
fixing up the old irrigation ditches and
digging new ones.
Hon. Loras Clark of Albion, who
was thought to be fatally injured, is
now at the Battle Creek, Mich., sani
- tarium, and said to be slowly recov
ering.
G J. Bills, colonel of the Second
regiment, Nebraska National Guard,
has been chosen brigadier general, suc
ceeding Gen. Colby, who refused re
nomination.
The shipment of packing house pro;
ducts and dressed beef from South
Omaha during March was 197 cars
more than during February and 168
more than during March, 1895.
Comptroller Eckles has been noti
fied of the selection of Ed F. Gallagher
as cashier of the First National bank
of O’Neill, and Benjamin Lindsey as
president of the First National bank of
The thirty-fourth anniversary of the
battle of Shiloh was celebrated at Mil
ford by the Shiloh veteran association
in its fourth annual reunion on April 6
and 7. The exercises included music
and recitations
Charley Halley of Lincoln covered
the distance, forty-three miles, be
tween Lincoln and Beatrice on his
h wheel in two hours and eight minutes.
He says he lost forty-live minutes re
pairing a puncture.
The Young Married People’s club,
an organization of the younger Bent
diets of North Loup and their wives,
for purposes of social enjoyment,
has entered upon its fourth year of un
interrupted existence.
N. E. Bottom, of Ong, who was clan
■ destlnely married to Alma V. Sandberg
the first part of last week, has left for
parts unknown. It is charged that he
made an unsuccessful attempt to shoot
his brother-in-law, Oscar Sandberg.
A young son of Ed Ackerman, living
six miles northeast of Liberty, was
playing with matches about the stable
and set fire to it, burning stable and
content* Ackerman is a poor man
; the loss falls very heavily upon him.
The Commercial hotel in Ogalalla is
amass of rutna Fire caught from a
defective flue and only by hard work
was the Delmonte hotel, adjoining,
saved. A small portion of household
goods were saved. The loss is 94,500.
Insurance, |3,00U.
The supreme court has made an or
der suspending the sentence of John
and James Casey, who were convicted
in Richardson county of robbery and
sentenced to three years each in the*
penitentiary. The cases have been
Drought up to the supreme court for re
view and the suspension is pending the
hearing.
Os* thin? that ha* particularly
favored the Nebraska farmer this year
ha* been the exceptionally mild
weather during the past winter. This
has enabled farmers to bring their
stock through in excellent condition
and at a minimum coat, which they
are now selling for very fair prices and
at a good profit
Janus L. Paxton, Chief Government
Live Stock Inspector Ayers and L. C
Reddington, a prominent live stock
commission man, were recently in Pre
wont The object of their trip was to
examine an improved apparatus for the
inspection of diseased sheep at the
South Omaha stock yards if any such
should be received there.
John Anderson, a wealthy Swedish
fanner residing about five miles east
: of Wilcox, committed suicide by hang
ing himself. The body was found in a
cow shed on the premises by members
of the family with the knees almost
touching the ground and life extinct.'
No cause is assigned for the action.
He was an old settler in the com
munity.
John O'Donnell, who lives near
Goodwin, Dixon county, was badly in
jured by being attacked by a fierce
oulL The bull bunted him, throwing
him about ten feet The blow crushed
r, one of his shoulders, and he was other
wise considerably bruised. Assistance
came to him before the Infuriated aui
mal had time to repeat the attack and
trample upon him.
Twins were lately born to Mr. and
Mrs. Everhart of Grand Island, but us
one was born before midnight and the
• other afterward, the same birthday
can aot be observed only, as Captain
Billingsley would say. bv stipulation.
A Fremont man was fined five dol
lars for allowing his hens to sport in a
neighbor's onion patch.
While Mrs. Lashbrook of Fairmont
/ and her danghter Nellie were out tak
i- lag a pleasure ride, a neighbor’s dog
ran out and frightened their horse so
that ha became unmanageable and ran
away, upsetting the buggy and throw-*
. sag both ladies to the ground. Nellie
sustained a broken leg and Mrs Lash
brook a badly sprained ankla
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Last week attorneys fttt George
Morgan filed with the 'dl«rk of the
supreme court a petitions error sug
gestion of diminutioh *or record and
transcript in the caSb'of his application
for a new trial. Morgan was sen
tenced in December last in the Doug
las county district court to be hanged
on April 17 for the murder of little Ida
GaskilL
Gen. L. W. Colby will not be a can
didate for re-election as brigadier gen
eral of the Nebraska National Guard.
Company C recently met and requested
him to become a candidate, and he re
plies in a card in which he says be has
decided to sever his connection with
the Nebraska militia at the expiration
of his term of office. The old guard
will miss him.
51ns. Charles Cittkomp came to
Pierce the other day and proceeded to
County Attorney Quivey’s office. She
was battered and bruised and stated
that she could not live with her hus
band any longer and wanted a divorce.
Mr. Cutkomp, who also drove to town
and told his troubles to the county at
torney, was hacked and cut. He also
wants a divorce.
Tiie Great Eastern canal, which was
projected by U. E. Babcock, of Genoa,
is already an assured success. The
first section of twenty-five miles has
been surveyed, staked and located and
the right-of-way obtained for nearly
the entire distance. There appear to
be few kickers, principally those whose
land lays so high above the ditch that
no water but that which descends from
the clouds can ever reach them.
Washington dispatch: Acting Sec
retary of the Interior Reynolds today
affirmed the commissioner's decision
against Elijah P. Steen, applicant for u
tract of land in Valentine district. Ne
braska. The decision is affirmed, on
the ground that F. M. Wolcott, Steen’s
attorney, had not been admitted to
practice before the department and
could not therefore be recognized.
The Douglas Grove (Custer county)
Farmers’ club passed the following:
That we ask the co-operation of the
press of the state, of the state agricul
tural society, of all farmers’ clubs and
of all societies in any Branch or devel
opment of agriculture in obtaining an
appropriation from the next legislature
for the purpose of holding institutes
throughout the state on the plan so far
as practicable as followed in Wiscon
sin.
utto WAGNER, a farmer Jiving about
Fort Calhoun, has brought Assayer
t’arraway of Omaha a specimen of gold
ore that assays $10 to the ton, proving
exceedingly valuable Mr. Wagner
first stated that he dug the ore from
the bottom of a 160 foot well that he
was excavating. Later he hinted mys
teriously that he bad dug it up in the
city. Wherever he found it, there is
evidently a small bonanza lying back
of the piece.
A question is being agitated in the
three counties of Kimball, Banner and
Scotts Bluff of segregating Banner
county and attaching a portion to each
of the other counties named. Kimball
county has a large amount of railroad
land and railroad bed available for
taxation, and Scotts Bluff county is de
veloping through irrigation a healthy
assessment roll. Banner county has
neither of these, although an excellent
stock region, and her county organiza
tion being a burden, the agitation is
quite strong there. The other counties
have made no serious objection to the
plan.
Whii.k George Bartholomew of Mc
Cool Junction was assisting in unhitch
ing a livery team at his barn. George
Wallin rushed at him with a revolver
in one hand and an oak club in the oth
er, threatening to kill him. Bartholo
mew knocked the revolver out of his
assailant's hand, but received the full
force of the oak club on his head. Be
fore any one could separate them Wal
lin had struck Bartholomew three
times, laying his head open in three
placea Bartholomew is a white-haired
old man, and, although his injuries are
severe, he will recover.
mo other industry has yielded so
great a profit to all concerned in this
community, says a Lyons special, as
the Lyons creamery. The receipts and
output show there have been over
4,000,000 .pounds of milk received and
130,000 has been paid to the farmers
the.past year. Many farmers say it
has been the means of carrying them
over these hard timea Why more farm
ess do.not keep more cows is hard to
.understand. Over 82,000 is paid to
farmers each month. Many are begin
ning to realize that they receive more
profit frdm a few cows than from any
other .source on the farm.
The Veterans’ Association of the Bat
tle of Shiloh, at their gathering in.Mil
ford last week, passed the following:
Resolved, That the fraternal greetings
of the Shiloh veterans assembled at
Milford, Noh., April 6, 1890, the thirtv
fourth.anniversary of the battle of Slii
loh, are hereby extended to our hon
ored comrade, Gen. John M. Thayer;
that we heartily unite with the'na
tion's representatives in recognition of
his honorable services to his country.
Further, that we are gratified to learn
of his improved health, and hope for a
speedy recovery and his presence with
us at the next anniversary.
Preliminary arrangements for the
Arbor day celebration at the state fair
grounds were msde at a meeting of the
executive committee of the Fair and
Speed association in Omaha the other
day. Five hundred trees of all kinds,
elm, birch, sycamore, catalpa, oak and
other varieties, have been purchased
from ex-Governor Furnas, and he has
in addition donated 100 extra ones.
These are to be planted about the
courts, boulevards and walks in a fash
ion still to be laid out by a landscape
artist, who will be employed for the oc
casion. The program further provides
for a series of addresses and music. In
vitations to speak have been extended
to Governor Holcomb, ex-Governor
Furnas, Dr. & Wright Butler, W. J.
Bryan, Chancellor MacLean, Dr. Gea
L. Miller, and othera
A home talent minstrel Bhow is being
organized in Aurora to give an enter
tainment for the benefit of the poor.
For some weeks Miss Minnie Calfee
has been an inmate of St. Elizabeth's
hospital at Lincoln, suffering from ab
erration of the mind.. The best medi
cal treatment was given her without
avail. The other day she escaped from
the hospital and was found southwest
of Lincoln, sitting on the banks of Salt
creek. She was taken before the board
of insanity commissioners and adjudg
ed insane and committed to the asylum,
hopelessly wrecked in mind. The lady
was a very bright young woman and
for years a successful school teacher in
this state.
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TWO BIG CUBAN FAKES.
CONSUL BENEBAL WILLIAMS NOT
KILLED AND NO NOTE SENT.
COUNTRY MUCH EXCITED.
PoHitlT* Proof That a Madrid Story of
Assassination Was Unfounded—State
Department Oflleials Deny That
the President Has Acted Yet
■—Cleveland Consults Mr.
Whitney.
\Vasiiingtoh, April 13.—Consider
ably excitement was created here
early this morning by the publication
of a dispatch from New York that
the Herald had received a cablegram
from Madrid saying: ‘‘Rumor is cur
rent here in the cafes an'd streets that
Consul General Williams has been
murdered in Havana and his body
dragged through the streets. Excite
ment prevails throughout the city in
consequence of this report, but the
authorities have no knowledge of any
such event.” Inquiries from all parts
of the country showed that the story
had been generally circulated.
A visit was at once paid to the State
department to secure possible confir- ‘
raation or denial of the storv. There
it was declared that a dispatch dated
to-day had been received this morning
from the consul general, thus effect
ually disposing of the rumor that he
had been assassinated yesterday.
The reportof a great battle in which
S00 of Alaceo’s men fell is similarly
dismissed. No word of any such en
gagement has been received at the
Spanish legation or elsewhere, al
though circumstantial details of the
movements of the troops are con
•stantly forwarded.
Last night a report was sent out
from:here, with considerable circum
stantial detail, that the president had
made to Spain a formal proposition
that the good offices of the United
States be accepted in mediation be
tween that country and Cuba and
■ that this proposal was made in a
cablegram of instructions to United
States Minister Hannis Taylor. This
morning it was declared at the State
department that the story that a note
had been sent to Minister Taylor sug
gesting.mediation was a pure fabrica
tion.
It is not. denied that the President,
Secretary Olney and General Scho
field havebeen considering the Cuban
matter, but it is declared that no doc
ument has been forwarded in any
way, Ex-Seoretary Whitney was at
the White House yesterday, and it
was reported that he came to confer
with the President as to the Cuban
matter. He was in Europe when the
Allianca was fired upon by a Spanish
warship, and gave out an interview on
the outrage which attracted much at
tention by reason of the strong Amer
icanism in its tone. It is believed that
the President, desiring to get all sides
of this question, sent for Mr. Whitney
as a representative of the great com
mercial interests of this country.
Dynamite Under a Bed Room.
Gi.knwood Springs, Cal., April 18.—
A, l o clock this morning' giant pow
der was exploded under the bedroom
of the house of James W. Rosa The
house was completely wrecked. Mr.
and Mrs. Ross were both asleep, but
escaped death. Nothing is known as
to who perpetrated the deed, although
•Agrls Anderson was placed under ar
rest. It is said that he was keeping
company with a young woman in the
house, and threatened to take her
life.
1 Champ” Clark for Congress.
Mexico, Mo., April 13.—“Champ”
Clark was renominated for Congress
without opposition in a general pri
mary to-day. It is thought a light
▼ote was polled in some of the coun
ties on account of Democratic dissen
sion and because there was no opposi
tion. Clark’s Republican opponent is
the present member of Congress from
this district, William Treloar, who de
feated Clark in *894.
Imbsiilsd Money tost on Wheat.
Macon, Mo., April 13.—Vice Presi
dent Hayner of the First National
bank has returned from Chicago with
out recovering any of the money mis
used by ex-Collector Harvey Gray in
options on wheat Gray stated that
$3,000 was due to him, but the option
dealers said that he had nothing to
his credit, as he had bought wheat
and lost. The dealers will be sued.
Against the silk Hat.
London, April 13.—Lord Ronald
Gower has written letters to the
newspapers urging the Prince of
Wales and the Duke of York to dis
card the slik hat as being “the ugliest
and most unhealthy headgear of the
century,” adding that if the princes
djd so, our classes are intensely snob
bish, and would follow the fashion
adopted by a prince of the blood.
John I. Martin Sergeaot-at-Arm*.
Chicago, April 13.—John I. Martin
of St, Louis will be sergeant-at-arms
at the Democratic National conven
tion. _ Ilis selection was made this
morning by Chairman Herrity and his
committee of the Democratic Na
tional committee. He isa well known
politician and very popular in St.
Louis Democratic circles.
Meade Most Serve HU Term.
Topeka, Kan., April 13.—The Su
preme court rendered a decision to
day in the case of the State against
Richard C. Meade, affirming the judg
ment of the District court of Atchison
county, which had sentenced him to a
term of five years at hard labor in the
penitentiary for embezzlement.
Big Leather Dealer* Amiga.
Boston, April 12.—A. & E. Lane,
eather dealer, have assigned to Vice
President Stearns ot the Shaw Na
tional bank and C. S. Cobb, the liabil
ities being estimated at $1,500,00a
SEEDMEN MAKE CHARGES.
Chlcacoini Aeeuae Secretary Morton—
The Official Denlee the Ami nation.
Washington, April 13.—The recent
closing of the contract for furnishing
seeds for general distribution by the
government lias resulted in the filing
of charges at the Department of Agri
culture by Breslan, Goodwin & Co., a
Chicago seed firm, against Secretary
Morton. The allegations are that
their bid, though the lowest was re
fused because the firm had urgiid the
passage of the resolution providing
for the revival of the distribution
of seeds, notwithstanding Sec
retary Morton’s protests; that reports
furnished by officers of the’ depart
ment to Secretary Morton, to Senator
Proctor of Vermont, chairman of the
: Senate committee of Agriculture, and
to Mr. Wadsworth, chairman of tiie
House committee, had been manipu
lated in order to show that the firm's
seeds were below the standard; that
Assistant Secretary Dabney had in
sisted on the company, in case it re
ceived the award, using the machines
of the Brown Bag Filling Machine
Company, and that Mr. Dabney had
decided against the company because
of the refusal to do this; that the sec
retary and his assistants had falsely
stated that the company refused to
use its namcon the seed packets.
Secretary Morton and the other
officials of the agricultural depart
ment absolutely deny the truth of the
charges and say that the award of the
seed contract was based on a per
centage of purity and germinative
power of the seeds tested by the de
partment last year at a time when
there was no prospect of further dis
tribution.
A Probable lturglar Killed.
Holt, Mo., April 13.—The stores of
B. L. McGee & Son and Greason &
Kiley were broken into last night and
merchandise valued at $75 carried
away. This morning the dead body
of a man was found a mile south of
town under the railroad bridge with
his brains oozing from a wound in the
head. He is supposed to have been
one of the burglars and from all indi
cations was murdered by his compan
ions, as fresh tracks were found near
by, A small memorandum book found
near the body with the name of Dick
Flood, Gainesville, Ma, in it, is the
only clue to his identity.
Emperor and King Meet.
Venice, April 13.—The imperial
yacht Hohenzolle, with Emperor Wil
liam of Germany and the Empress on
board, entered the St- Marie dock this
afternoon. The king and queen of
Italy, accompanied by Premier Rudi
ni, all the cabinet ministers and Gen
eral Count Lanza di- Busea, the Italian
ambassador at Berlin,boarded the im
perial yacht as soon as she was
moored. The meeting between the
emperor and King Humbert and be
tween the emperor and Queen Marga
ret was cordial
Seed Firm to Sue Morton.
Washington, April 13.—A suit for
$100,000 for malicious libel will be
brought against Secretary of Agricul
ture J. Sterling Morton, by the firm
of Northrup, Braslan, Goodwin & Co.
of Chicago and Minneapolis, dealers |
in seeds. The basis of the charge is
that in rejecting the bid of this firm
for furnishing seeds under the resolu
tion of Congress, the secretary made
statements about the firm which were
injurious to its reputation and stand
ing. _
Wife and Son Stabbed to Death.
Denver, Colo,, April 13.—When
Manager Alexander C. Miller of the
Warner ranch, twelve miles east of
here, arrived home from the city this
morning, he found his stepson, aged
12, dead, and his wife unconscious and
bleeding to death. The boy had been
stabbed through the heart and the
woman had numerous wounds. The
house had not been robbed and the
motive. of the crime is a mystery.
Mrs. Miller was Miller’s second wife.
Waller Arrives la Mew York.
New York, April 13.—John L.
Waller, late United States consul at
Tamative, Madagascar, arrived to-day
from Southampton. He stated to a
reporter at quarantine that be was
released from prison in France Febru
ary 20, exactly eleven months from
the time he was sentenced at Mada
gascar. He declined to' discuss his
case at length, but said that he felt
confident of the ultimate justification
of his actions.
Kansas Cattlemen 'Win.
Topeka, Kan., April iC.—The Su
preme court this forenoon decided in
favor of the cattlemen in the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas cattle case, which
involves tl,„ act of the Kansas legis
lature for the protection of cattle
against contagious diseases. The case
has beeu stubbornly fought from its
inception by railroads and cattlemen.
Women Must Work on Roads.
Fort Worth, Texas, April 13 —The
Dallas county road law, enacted at
the last session of the legislature, will
shortly go into effect. It provides for
the working of all convicts, female as
well as male, on the roads or on the
county farm. Heretofore women con
victed in justices’ courts have been
allowed to stay in the county jail.
Grant Damage by Fire Bags.
Havana, April 13.—The insurgents
have burned the machinery houses of
the central plantations of Diana and
Barbon, near Moralito, the approxi
mate loss being 81,200,000. The insur
gents have also burned 90,000 tons of
cane on the plantation of Santa Ger
trudes, belonging to Antonio Gonzales
Mendoza. _
Rhode Island Is for Reed.
Providence, R. I., April 13.—The
Republican State convention was held
here yesterday for the election oi
delegates-at-large to the national con- ,
vention at St. Louis. The delegates
are uninstructed, but are for Reed. A
sound money platform was adopted.
Dermude Flllbusterera Acquitted.
New York, April 13.—After being
out eight minutes, the jury in the case
against the Cubans charged with be
ing concerned in the Bermuda filibus
tering expedition, returned a verdict
of not guiity.
DON’T WANT M’KINLEY
THE ATTITUDE OF THE A. P. A.
TOWARD HIM.
They Start a Boom for Linton of Mlch
!»•»—Jnd*o Stevens of the National
Advisory Board Declares that the
Order Holds the Republican Balance of
Power and Will Die It Effectively.
Say He Mast Not Be Nominated.
St. Louis, Mo., April 9.—A scheme
tvas sprung in this city yesterday
which its promoters declare will de
feat Major William McKinley for the
nomination for President of the United
btates. It was the launching of the
boom of Congressman William S. Lin
ton of Michigan for President by
Judge J. H. D. Stephens, chairman of
the National Advisory board of the
American Protective Association.
The A. P. A. has established head
quarters in St. Louis at 6!3 Pine
street, from whence Linton literature
will be sent broadcast throughout the
country. Linton himself is expected
in St. Louis in four days, when his
boom will formally be launched at a
demonstration to be held in the Ex
position building. He will also speak
m Omaha, Kansas City, Louisville and
other places and Linton clubs will be
organized in every large city in the
union within the next ten days.
The.national advisory board met in
Washington about two weeks ago and
sent a letter to the managers of Mc
Kinley, Reed, Morton and Allison,
asking that they appear before the
board and state their positions in re
gard to the order. The managers of
all the candidates except McKinley
obeyed the summons and appeared
before the committee. They argued
for their candidates and made prom
ises of all kinds. Mark Hanna, Mc
Kinley’s manager, did not put in an
appearance. A second letter was sent
him, and it brought a response, not to
the liking of the board. It simply
said that Mr. McKinley declined to
treat with any faction, association or
society within the party.
This caused the board to place a ban
on McKinley’s name and it was de
cided to use every means in the power
of the organization to encompass Mc
Kinley’s defeat. It is claimed that at
least 100 of the delegates alreadv
chosen are A. P. A. men, and the or
der figures on securing 50 more del
egates by the time the convention
meets. With 150 votes they believe
they can defeat McKinley and prac
tically dictate who shall be nomin
ated.
In an interview Judge Stevens said:
“There are nearly 4,000,000 members
of the A. P. A. in this country, and 90
per cent of them will vote as one man.
We propose to beat McKinley for
President of the United States. We
already have 100 of the delegates
elected so far and we will have more
by the time the full number are 'elect
ed. We can, and will, beat McKinley
for the nomination, and if by any
hook, crook or political trick he should
succeed in being nominated we will
defeat him at the polls."
STRICTLY NON SECRETE RIAN.
The Honse Cats Off All Private Char
ities.
Washington, April B.— The Dis
rict of Columbia appropriation
bill which was recommitted
to the committee by the
House because of the aid carried by it
to charitable institutions was to-day
considered by that committee and re
modeled so far as it applied to private
institutions, all of the items for pri
vate and semi-private institutions
which had heretofore depended large
ly upon the government for support
being stricken out and a lump sum of
894, fOo, equal to the total of the va
rious items added for the relief and
care of the poor and such charitable
and reformatory work as have hereto
fore been provided for by direct ap
propriations, to be expended by the
district commissioners, either under
contract or by employing the public
institutions of the district. Contracts
are limited to Jnne 39, 1897, and the
commissioners are required to render
an account of their disbursements and
strict limitations are placed upon th.Cr
powers. The amendment ends with
this clause: “That no part of the
money here appropriated shall be paid
for the purpose of maintaining or
ading, by payment for services or ex
penses, or otherwise any church or
religions denomination, or any insti
tution or society which is under sec
tarian or ecclesiastic control. ”
SOLID FOR FREE SILVER.
Every Missouri Convention Held So Far
Has Declared for Free Coinage.
Lebanon, Ho., April 9.— Forty-six
counties have elected delegates to the
Democratic State convention to be
held at Sedalia April 15, for the elec
tion of delegates to the national con
vention. Every county, so far, has
elected solid silver delegations and
declared in positive terms for the free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
1. More than two-thirds of the coun
ties mentioned have instructed their
delegates for a solid delegation of
uncompromising silver men to the
Chicago convention, and instructed
for Bland, Stone, Vest and Cockrell
for delegates at large.
The Metric System for America.
Washington, April 9.—By a vote ot
119 to 117 the House to-day passed the
bill to adopt the metric system of
weights and measures in all depart
ments of the government after July
J, 1896, and to make it the only legal
system after January 1, 1991.
Connecticut Method 1st. Against Women,
New Haven, Conn., April 9.—At
yesterday’s session of the New York
Eastern conference th9 proposition
that delegates to the general confer
ence may be men or women was lost
by a vote of 36 to 140. The result was
greeted with applause.
A Negro Shoots His Wife Fatally.
Linnevs, Mo., April 9.—Luke Alex
ander, a negro of Milan, followed his
runaway wife to Brookfield yesterday
and last night, after her refusal to re
turn with him. shot her three times,
fatally wounding her. He was put in
jail here before daylightthismoraing. |
ARBOR DAY IN NEBRASKA,
Gov. Holcomb Enjoins Citizens to Cos*
tlnne the Custom.
Lincoln, April 7.—Governor Hol
comb has issued the following pro
clamation for the usual observance of
Arbor day in Nebraska:
By legislative enactment, the 32nd
day of April of each year is designated
as a holiday to be known as Arbor day.
In conformity, with this provision I
would earnestly recommend to all citi
zens of the state that Wednesday,
April 22, 1896, be devoted to the plant
in? of trees, shrubs and vines on the
highways, public grounds and private
property, to the end that the landscape
may be rendered more attractive, the
climate ameliorated and the cultiva
tion of timber for the beneficial use,
comfort and convenience of the present
and future generations encouraged.
No greater service to his state can be
at this time performed by a Nebraska
citizen than by devoting at least one
day of every year to the planting and
cultivation of trees upon the broad
prairies and fertile valley lands.
The observance of a day especially
devoted to arboriculture which had its
birth in Nebraska has now grown to
be national in its character and it is to
be hoped that the commendable spirit
which prompted Nebraska to take the
initiative in this salutary movement
will ever continue to characterize the
observance of the dav.
.By common consent, the cultivation
of a sentiment favorable to the plant
ing in our state has been entrusted to
the public schools, and nobly have both
teachers and scholars performed this
important duty. In the early history
ofour country, pioneers settled in tho
forests and cleared away the timber in
order to make room for fields of grain.
The work of devastating the forests has
gone steadily on for years, until there
is now urgent need for united efforts
in all sections of the country for the
planting of trees. It is well and fitting
that this necessity for tree preserva
tion to take place of tree destruction
be instilled in the minds of the youth,
and to that end I would urge the im
portance of a continuation of the ap
propriate exercises which have hereto
fore characterized this observance of
the day in the public schools of the
state.
In testimony whereof I have hereun
to subscribed my name and caused,to
be affixed the great seal of the state of
Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln, the capital of the
state, this eighth day of April, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-six, of the state
the thirtieth and of the independence
of the United States the one hundred
and twentieth.
Silas Holcomb, Governor.
By the governor: J. A. Piper,
. Secretary of State.
CORBETT ARRESTED.
* he Charge U Giving a Boxing Contest
Contrary to Law.
St. Louis, April 9.—James J. Corbett
and his sparring partner, Mike Con
nelly, were arrested at Havlin’s the
ater and taken to the Four Courts,,
yesterday, chargedwith holding a box
ing contest contrary to law.
Before the curtain went up on the
second act Captain O’Malley called on
the champion and informed him that
there must be no boxing. Jim said
that he did not want to interfere with
the law, but that boxing was in the
show. It was decided to spar any
way, and Captain O’Malley was spir
ited away from the stage. Alderman
Jim Cronin took him aside, and while
he was talking there was a skillful
exhibition of the manly art on the
stage.
After the show they were arrested,
but released on bonds of $300. Aider
man Cronin was surety. The proceed
ings were brought to make a test case
of the boxing ordinance.
LITE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From Mew York, Chicago, 8t,
Lonli, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator..
Butter—Fair to good country.
Eggs—Fresh.
Poultry—Live hens, per lb.
Turkeys—Per lb.
Lemons—Choice Messinas.
Oranges—Per box .
Honey—Fancy white, per lb...
Apples—Per bbl.
Sweet potatoes—Good, per bbl
Potatoes—Per bu.
Beans—Navy, hand-picked,bu
Crunberries—Jerseys, pr.bbl...
Hay—Upland, per ton.
Onions—Per bu.
Broom Corn—Green, per lb..
Hogs—Mixed packing.
Hogs—Heavy Weights.
Beeves—Stockers and feeders.
Beef—Steers.
Bulls..
Milkers and springers.
Stags.
Calves..
Oxen.
Cows .
Heifers.
Westerns.
Sheep—Lambs.
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Wheat—No. 2, spring.
Corn—Per bu.
Oats—Per bu...
Pork.
Lard.
Cattle—Feeding Steers.
Hogs—Averages. ....
Sheep—Lambs..
sheep—Westerns.
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Oats—No. 2.
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ST, LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash.
Corn—Per bu.
Oats—Per bu.
Hogs—Mixed packing.
Cattle—Native steers...
Sheep—Westerns.
Lambs—.
• KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 hard.
Corn—No. 2.
Oats—No. 2.
Cattl—Stockers and feeders. .
Hogs—Mixed Packers.
Sheep—Muttons.
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Big Moonshine Distilleries Destroyed,.
Little Rock, Ark., April 6.—Deputy
Revenue Collector Flave Carpenter re
turned yesterday from a raid on the
moonshine distilleries of Searcy
county. His posse captured two of
the largest wildcat concerns ever
found in this state. Both were in full
running order, one of them having 600
gallons of liquor, with amplematerial
for several hundred gallons more,
rhe operators of both escaped. Ono
it the stills was four miles from any
habitation and so situated that one
man could have defended it against,
twenty-five men.