AH THERE, MR. MUTZ
ART THOU NOT A DEFAMER OF
CHARACTER?
fw ir. So Branded by Ka-Commlaaloner
Rowell—A Cowardly and Contemptible
8tahd.tr that No Honorable Man
Mould Be Guilty or—As to the Bcbobl
Laud Kstenalen*
M(. KiihiII to Mr. Mots.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 27, 1897.—
Hon Otto Mutz, Chairman Legislative
Investigating Committee. — Lincoln,
K Neb.—Dear Sir: I have read at least
two long letters wherein you under
take to tell the people that you ore
one of those goody goody little fel
lows that we read of in Sunday school
if books, some of whom die early. That
you wonld not slander your fellow man
for the world; that you are as pure as
the snow from heaven; that in your
honest little heart no thought of par
f': tisan prejudice ever found a resting
place; that from the time you left
your mother's knee you have ever had
the golden rule as your guiding star.
Your attempted deceit is commend
able, for It shows a lingering thought
of man’s duty to man. But let us see;
were those letters tTue, or were they
the words of a hypocrite? Have you
acted the. part of an honest, upright
man? Have you done unto others as
you would have them do unto you? Is
\C‘ It not a fact that you started out as
chairman of this Investigation com
mittee not only to get a big lump of
that 810,000, but with a fond hope of
blacking some person's character?
You never gave your political oppon
ent that which the law gives to all,
the benefit of a doubt. You never
asked for an explanation of anything.
You forced, so you say, a girl employ
ed In Wolfe’s office to testify to some
f thing she knew nothing about. You
;f say In your report: “The fee charged
for recordlrg assignments was 81. The
accountant says this fee was usually
collected from non-residents, and
While It is believed that a large and
lucrative fee business was done by Mr.
Russell, the committee does not con
sider it would be justified In tracing
the matter. *
The above Is a cowardly, contempti
ble slander that no honorable man
would be guilty of. But what could be
expected of a committee made up of
such men as Mutz and Beal? Beal was
horsewhipped by a woman In Broken
Bow for slander. And, my dear Mr.
i* Mutz, when I was at the reunion at
Bordeaux last summer, a man told me
that he had been told that there was
a rumor around that you had cheated
• poor widow out her only cow. I do
not know whether it Is true or not.
You may have done a “large business"
of the kind. I don’t know; “I did not
M consider I would be justified Jn tracing
the matter.’’
You say I have In my hands belong
ing to the state 8197.80, as follows:
Twenty dollars received for old boiler
heads, This was received and paid to
Mr. L. W. Wilkinson for cleaning and
varnishing the wood work in the of
fice, a voucher for which is now on
file In Mr. Wolfe's office. Two dollars
for recording. I never had It, and It
was never collected or charged, and
there never was a fee of 91 for record
ing. For field notes 9175. You know
I never had that; you put It In to try
to injure mo; you were told that I
never had It. Then the 80 cents bal
ance as appears from Mr. Royce’s
books; I have no doubt but Mr. Royce
ban explain that to any honorable
man’s satisfaction.
As'to the school land, I should rath
•r have your partisan censure than
know that I had driven one poor fam
ily from their home. The state had
given severe! hundred thousand dollars
to the* unfortunate to tide them over
the hard times. I am proud that I did
not lend myself to any scheme that
would deprive them of a chance to save
their homes. That was what they
asked—another chance. And the truth
is that tWo-thirds of the money that
: to now being paid into the county
treasuries is from men whose time I
extended. During the time I was in
' office no state officer or employe ever
Ky profited through the misfortunes of
, school land leaseholders. As to money
expended'by me, the state got value
: ? received for every dollar paid out. Re
spectfully; H. C. RUSSELL.
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Kansu City Journal: Hr. Choir*
Mon, and follow citizens! ■.' '
Ladles and gentlemen, and members
of the brass band!
It Is time for me to go on the ram*
page again, and here I am.
Owing to great crowd I Bhall speak
to you from three sides of tbo plat
form.
I am the only man who hu ever
performed this difficult Trlbly teat. I
can talk from an exposure, on any
aide of any old platform.
It Is possible for me to talk to the
chairman, address this vast audience,
end cany on an Intelligent conversa
tion with myself, all at the same time.
In fact, I am the only throo-rlwjed
orator that America hu yet produced.
Thera are positively no others.
; Now, my friends, I want you to draw
near and listen to the oracle with all
your auricles.
I »m going to give you something
to think about; something to ponder
and pour over with bated breath.
Bay what we may, do what we will
the startling fact must ever remain
that a good man Is a good man.
What we need In this country is
More money of a kind that will buy
.leas wheat. It la a hard job to talk
calamity with a bursting granary on
every quarter section, and farmers lift
ing mortgages by the acoopful.
The republican party hu been sow
‘ tag the seed of discord ever since
Tames Buchanan turned over the reins
of government—and the reins were
about all he did turn over.
Some of this seed hu blown over
to India and propagated a famine upon
which the republicans of our own coun
try are now waxing fat
I know what it la to famish. I wat
la a railroad wreck recently, and whez
a thirsty passenger uked me for watei
1 gave It him. Had he ordered beer II
would have been different—we were li
This wu not my Brat wreck ex par
since. Last tall I had a head-end col
Baton with a piece of chaos about ■
m-A~ “ my native atate of Illinois, wl*
'1 that McKinley didn’t do In
seven or eight things to me.
The fact Is, I was permaturely dis
charged. You have all heard of the
hunter who was so swift of foot that
he outran the game he pursued.
That is what ails your boy Wlllfe.
I am always ahead of the game. In
1900 I propose to tie try legs together
and wait for the band wagon or an
ambulance.
They say that prosperity has return
ed and brought all her folks with her
for a long stay. In answer I have to
say that it is nothing but luck my
friends, nothing but republican luck.
If I had had Bill McKinley’s cinch
I wouldn’t care anything about the
price of lead pipe. Talk about men of
destiny—McKinley can get to his room
on the fifth floor and have his boots
off, before Cleveland can sign the ho
tel register.
Somebody has salted the gold mines
in far-off Alaska to make it appear
that the yellow metal is more plenti
ful under a republican administration
and to draw attention from the real
Issue.
Ed Wolcott has been working up a
friendly feeling for silver In England,
In order to show that the republicans'
make a pretense of keeping faith with
the people.
An attempt has been made to debase
silver to such an extent In Mexico that
small boys refuse to pick it up in the
streets, and Japan has been forced to
the gold standard.
All these things are republican con
spiracies and a disgrace to true states
manship.
George Washington would not have
resorted to such subterfuges. Neither
would Abraham Lincoln. I wouldn’t
do it myself.
But at the contemplation of these
foul wrongs Mark Hanna still laughs
ha! ha! and Foraker continues to quaff
ho! ho! and both of them take ice in
It., too.
The treasurer has not advised me of
the amount of the gate receipts this
afternoon, but from the appearance
of the crowd I think I have given you
your money’s worth. And so, farewell.
Some of you may not have heardi me
distinctly. But when you return to
your homes just tell the other members
of the family that you saw me, and
they will be able to make a fair guess
at the rest.
In conclusion, let me admonish, you
to stick to the Chicago platform and
keep the Ores of liberty kindled, if you
have Wlfse kerosene and last year's
corn.
The Blow Almrnt Killed Allen.
Lincoln Journal: SenatorWlndy V.
Allen feels like an orphan since the
latest news about the Union Pacific han
been promulgated. The senator’s
hold when he faced a pop audience was
In denouncing the government’s
“Union Pacific steal." The burden of
his song was that the government was
going to let the Union Pacific stock*
holders organize and buy in the road
at less then Its mortgage against It,
and wasn’t going to bid for the road
itself.
What the senator wanted was that the
government should be loaded up with
the Union Pacific and then prepare to
run it, regardless of expense, against
the other trans-continental railroads
at rates lhat would break them up In
business. Then the government would
go into the business of bankrupting the
rest of the railroads in the country, de
priving the stockholders of their prop,
arty and buying in the wrecks as they
came along and finally becoming the
owner of all the roads in the country.
But the offer of the Union Pacific re
organizers to bid an upset price for
the road that will satisfy the govern
ment’s claim in full is a wet blanket
to the pop plan of destroying the value
of railroad property In the country by
government competition.
As a matter of fact, this sort of
cheating by the government would not
be at all less odlus than If it should
undertake to get all the land that It
has granted to homestead settlers or
sold to pre-emptors, by buying them
little by little at mortgage sales, and
then selling the products of its farms,
at such a low price as to bankrupt pri
vate owners, and force them to sell at
a great sacrlflca This might suit
Henry George and the other single tax
ers, but the common run of farmers
In Nehraska would probably not see
it In a very favorable light. A gov
ernment cannot afford to use its povf r
end the money in Its treasury for the
purpose of ruining private citizens by
depriving them of their property with
out just compensation. But that was
the Allen plan.
Mr. Hrynn nod other Fakir*.
The ordinary fakir of commerce may
be found any night on the streets of
any large city. He may be found in
email towns and villages whenever a
circus or any especial attraction calls
together a large crowd of people. His
business 1b generally to offer a pan
acea of Borne sort for all human Ills.
As a rule he is a densely Ignorant man,
but he has a cretaln gift of rectlng
falsehoods written for him by some
other who has more talent, but not so
! good a voice. The fakir, following his
Instructions, expatiates on the infalli
bility of hlB panacea, and after awhile
someone begins to buy It. The ex
ample is contagious, and one after an
other purenases the quack nostrum,
and the fakir goes away delighted.
Those who purchase his wares find
them utterly worthless, but they nevei
see that fakir again.
There Is where Mr. Bryan makes a
mistake He stood in the streets and
market places last year and held uj
the panacea of free silver as a rem
edy for all financial ills. He delude)
many, but he failed. Those who lnvest
, ed In his quack nostrum went down
I to political death and disgrace. Hi
! should have Imitated the ordinary fa
kirs who never came back to see th<
people they have deluded. But Mr
Bryan does not appear to realise tha*
his game has been exposed. He comet
back with his silver brick, his rtlittlt
Joker," his shell game, his check rack
et, and tries to impose It upon the samt
people that he deluded last year. Thli
Is not regular. It is not the practlc*
of other fakirs, and it will not work.
Mary and Louisa Harrsch, who art
attending the High school at Creigh
ton, were found In their room In that
city very sick from the effects of pois
on, self administered. For some rea
son they had become despondent an l
thought to end their troubles by death.
Both will recover, through the timely
aid that was rendered.
MUST ANNEX HAWAII.
POLICY AGREED UPON BY ALL
POLITICAL PARTIES,
Trentlea from Ware? to McKinley—Wo
Need the Gibraltar of the Pacific—
Prompt Action Urged Upon the
Senate,
xuti uuueu aiaies senate snouia
promptly ratify the Hawaiian Annex
ation Treaty next December.
For fifty years past the policy of the
United States has been to exclude oth
er nations from the political control of
Hawaii. Secretary of State Webster
said:
“I trust the French will not take
possession (of Hawaii); but if they
do, they will be dislodged, it my advice
is taken, if the whole power of the
government is required to do it."
Since the days when Secretary of
State Webster uttered these words, and
President Pierce and Secretary of State
Marcy negotiated a treaty of annexa
tion, down to the date of the negotia
tion of the present treaty of annexa
tion by President McKinley and Secre
tary Sherman—during this long inter
val we have seen Democrats, Whigs,
Republicans, Populists, Gold Standard
men and the friends of free silver, re
gardless of party, all advocating Amer
ican control in Hawaii. Nor is there
any Indication of divergence from this
truly national policy. It was, in tact,
emphasized by the Republican party in
their national platform at St. Louis in
1896, in the following words:
"The Hawaiian IslandB should be
controlled by the United States, and no
foreign power should be permitted to
interfere with them."
This was the true Democratic doc
trine before the Republican party ex
isted. It is distinctly an American
and not a party policy. It is a policy
that has been championed by Pierce,
by Marcy, by Johnson, by Grant, by
Arthur, by Seward, by Fish and by
Blaine. Today this policy is advooated
by Gold Democrats like J. R. Proctor
and Thomas F. Bayard; by Silver
Democrats like Senator Morgan of Al
abama and Senator Rawlins of Utah;
by Gold Republicans like Senators
Frye, Lodge, Davis and Thurston; by
Silver Republicans like Senator Teller;
by Populists like Senator Stewart of
Nevada and Senator Allen of Nebras
ka; by Senator Kyle, the Independent.
It is advocated by such radically antag
onistic newspapers as the “Herald,”
“Tribune,” “Sun” and “Journal” of
New York. It is advocated by such men
as ex-Secretary Foster, General Scho
field, Admirals Belknap and Walker,
and by Captain Mahan. It is a com
mon groudd upon which all can come,
together, because Hawaiian annexation
is a policy as broadly national as the
Monroe doctrine.
The reasons for the adoption of this
policy are self-evident. Hawaii is the
equator, that is near enough to the
Pacific coast to be used as a base of na
val operations against us. A foreign
power, in possession of Hawaii, would
be within four days’ steaming distance
of San Francisco. Shut out from Ha
waii, foreign nations would be forced
back the entire width of the Pacific, a
distance prohibitive of effective naval
operation, because battleships cannot
carry coal enough to steam that dis
tance.
A foreign power in possession of
Hawaii would compel the elaborate for
tification of every port on the Pacific
Coast in order to afford protection to
our people and property out there.
With all foreign powers excluded from
Hawaii, our people and property on the
Pacific Coast would be comparatively
free from foreign danger. If we do not
annex Hawaii some other country will,
and it is more economical for us to
CHASE 1
Hawaii prbduces sugar, coffee pud
bananas, all of which we buy largely
from foreign countries. By annexation
we will produce these articles for our
selves. The acquisition of the Hawa
iian sugar lands will the sooner re
lieve us of our dependence upon Ger
many and other European countries as
the base of our supplies of sugar. We
can absorb the Hawaiian cane sugar
as well as all the beet and cane sugar
that we are likely to grow for very
many years to come. American citizens
have emigrated to Hawaii in such num
bers, and have acted there with such
energy, that they already own three
fourths of the property there and trans
act three-fourths of its business. It is
American policy to protect our citizens
there, as well as their property, just
as it is American policy to protect our
people and property on the Pacific
Coast.
Hawaii is already Americanized in its
laws, its customs, its business and in
Its society. The Hawaiian senate has
rati fled the treaty of annexation. The
ratifying vote of the United States is
now alone needed to make Hawaii be
come American in law as well as in
fact. That ratifying vote should be
given by the' United States senate
promptly in December next. Then the
Stars and Stripes will rise over Ha
waii, never again to be lowered.
Republican Dollar Wheat
Dollar Wheat of Democracy.
Btulnm Improve* In LiMUlui.
“The Shreveport Jobbers and whole*
salers unite In saying that the business
season Is opening nicely and promises
to be unusually active. They are in a
position to know, and we hope and
suspect that they are correct in this
conclusion. Confidence is generally
Increasing in all departments of trade,
sad it really seems probable that the
long expected era of prosperity is abont
to dawn upon our fair and fertile
Southland. It is trusted that the ex
HE RAT.
fortify one point in Hawaii than twen
ty points in California, Washington
and Oregon.
We need Hawaii far more than Ha
waii needs us. We need it as England
needs Gibraltar, not so much for its
territory nor its commerce, but for its
location. We need it, not for aggres
sion, but for the protection of the in
terests that we have there and for the
protection of our people and property
upon the Pacific Coast.
Another, and a subordinate, reason
in favor of annexation is because Ha
waii lies in the direct track of all
trans-Paciflc trade. With one excep
tion, all of the seven different steam
ship lines that cross the Pacific stop
at Honolulu. All the China and Japan
trade, to and from the Nicaragua ca
nal, will subsequently do the same.
Hawaii has been rightly termed the
“commercial crossroads” as well as the
“strategic key” of the Pacific.
Hawaii, although but partially de
veloped. is a rich and prosperous coun
try. It already consumes more of our
United States products than any other
country bordering upon the Pacific.
Under annexation we shall not only
protect this trade, but we will multiply
it tanfold through the resulting devel
opment of Hawaii.
pectations may meet full realization.'*
—Shreveport, La., Times.
We are glad to learn of this business
improvement, and trust that It ex
tends throughout Louisiana. The un
swerving efforts of United States Sen
ator McEnery to secure protection for,
and to promote the interests of his
state are promptly bearing good fruit.
Whenever the sugar industry of Louis
iana is prosperous, then all its whole
sale and retail Interests must be in the
same happy condition.
The Outlook for Forman.
The wheat market has probably
reached its best Dollar wheat is sat
isfactory, and if it remains in that
neighborhood it will be abundantly
satisfactory to farmers. There may
not be a short crop in Europe next
year, and the demand for export wheat
may not be so great. But by next year
American labor will find better em
ployment, and the domestic demand
for wheat will be greater. We may
not have dollar wheat next year; but
It will be much nearer the dollar mark
than the 26 cent mark, as predicted
by Bryan and his zealous followers a
year ago. The outlook for the farmers
is encouraging. — Knoxville. Tenn.,
Journal.
THE RULING UNJUST.
A DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
NEBRASKA WHEAT.
The Chicago Board of Trade Makes a
Baling that the Nebraska Grain Deal
ers* Association Will Be Called Upon to
look Into—A Discrimination In Taror
of Soft Wheat..
Concerning Nebraska Wheat.'
When the Nebraska grain dealers’
association meets Nevember 10, says
the Liuccln Journal, it ■will probably
be called upon to take up the opposi
tion forming against the amendment
passed by the board of trade of Chi
cago recently restricting the kinds of
wheat which will be accepted as con
tracts, as there is very little wheat
raised in the state which will pass
muster under the new rule of the Chi
cago board of trade. So dangerous is
the amendment said to be that one well
known Chicago man has taken it up
and insists that if the board does not
repeal it there may be a revocation of
their charter.
The amendment was introduced by
W. T. Baker, who naturally argues*in
its favor by claiming that the restric
tion will increase the quality of the
wheat received in Chicago and bring
a better class of buyers into the mar
ket. The amendment is as follows:
“On contracts for grain or flaxseed
for future delivery the tender of a high
grade of the same kind of grain or
flaxseed than the one contracted for
shall be deemed sufficient. All contracts
made for wheat unless otherwise speci
fied shall be understood as for ‘contract
wheat,’ and on such contracts a tender
of No. 1 red winter wheat. No. 2 red
winter wheat or No. 1 northern spring
wheat, in such proportions as may be
convenient to the sell, subject, how
ever, to the provisions of section 5 of
rule 21 shall be deemed a valid tend
er.”
As may be seen from the amend
ment, nothing will be received as con
tract wheat except No. 1 red winter.
No. 2 winter and No. 1 northern spring
wheat. Nearly all the Nebraska wheat
is spring or Turkey red. Being barred
from selling on contract because if
when the time comes for delivery they
would be unable to furnish the contract
wheat the grain men are forced until
the first of December to sell in open
market or on the track in Chicago.
The order practically debars Nebraska,
Kansas, Iowa and the Dakotas from
the contract market.
Nebraska wheat is graded No.' 2
hard and No. 2 spring, the greater part
being called No. 3 hard in the Chicago
market. Out of the 195 cars of wheat
on the Chicago market Tuesday ten
passed under the new amendment.
Eight out of 168 were able to enter as
contract wheat Wednesday. Baltimore
recognized the dissatisfaction such a
ruling would create long ago and as a
result opened its market on a broad
basis. The St. Louis board of trade
is now considering the feasibility of
doing so. If the board does, St. Louis
will be the destination of a. great deal
of Nebraska wheat in future.
A grain dealer stated yesterday thai
an alteration in the ruling of the Chi
oago board of trade would mean the
transfer of many dollars into the pock
ets of the state’s grain men. At pres
ent if a man contracts to deliver De
cember wheat the buyers in Chicago
may have a cinch on all the wheat ana
can hold up the dealer from Nebraska
who is unable to furnish wheat be has
contracted for. As a result thrf will
get whatever they please for wheat that
he has to purchase while at the timt
he may have his elevators filled witl
the Nebraska product.
Senator Paddook'i Death.
Washington Post: Announcement o:
the death of ex-Senator Paddock at his
home, Beatrice, Neb., has given a de
ciiied shock to many residents of thii
city, official and otherwise, who hat
known him during the last sixteen
years. He counted his warm friends lb
Washington by the hundred, and the
expressions of regret over his decease
will be numerous and heartfelt. Hj
was singularly gentle and generous‘in
his nature, in defatigable in the di»
charge of his official duties, alwayi
loyal to his Btate and devoted to hi*
friends. During his twelve years oi
sci vice in the senate he was a persist
ent friend of the District of Columb's
and took an active part in the dis
cussion of the various measures for th!
promotion of its interests.
Makes a Con felon.
Mrs. C. B. Barbour, who was arrest
ed with George Knight on the charge
of setting the Arlington Are several
weeks ago, has confessed that she was
an accessory of Knight in the deed and
that she had hidden a part of her
goods. The confession covers six sheets
of foolscap paper. This will material'y
lessen her fate and on trial she will
probably go free or escape with a light
sentence.
Things to Remember.
“Cyclone Bill” « (William Brannon)
who suicided at Falls City by shooting
himself through the heart, left this
note: “Five minutes of seven. If I
have any go>»d traits remember them."
No cause is given for his act. except
poor health and loss of property and
family during the tornado in May, 1896,
when he loot his wife and child.
Omaha Man Shot In Texas.
Harry Hodgson, a single man, 26
years old, who formerly lived in Oma
ha. is reported shot and killed' by an
enraged father in Dallas, Tex. The
father, John Willi, a former policeman
went to the house where Hodgson was
staying and committed the murder.
Hodgson had confessed to assaulting
Willi's daughter.
Heavy Shipments of Broom Corn.
Stromsburg dispatch: There has
been * heavy shipment of broom coin
from this place this month, nearly 500
tons having been shipped out It ha?
brought in nearly $25,000. The qual
ity was good and the quantity was over
the average. A good many farmers
weer netted over $13 per acre alter
paying the expense of harvesting it
Charles Blue Jacket, the head chief
of the Shawnee Indian tribe, died 1%
the village of BUM Jacket
NEBRASKA LEADS ALL.
Cndihiy Ficklnf Company Awarded
Hint Prise a* Nashville.
Nashville American: "The Cudahy
Packing company of South Omaha has
again scored a triumph, the Jury of
awards of the Tennessee centennial
having given them the large gqld med
al as a testimonial of the superiority '
and general excellence of their prod
ucts. It is doubtful if any exposition
ever held has had a more competent or
experienced jury of awards than the
Tennessee centennial exposition, and
certainly they were experts in the mat
ter of judging the worth of goods such
as were exhibited in the contest, for
among the six judges were Prof. P. W.
Clark, at present connected with the
United States Geological survey, and
for ten years professor of chemistry
in the University of Cincinnati, and
Charles Richards Bodge, special agent
of the United States Department of ag- .
rlculture, who was a member of the '
jury of awards at the Paris exposition,
where he represented the United States
government and also a judge at the
Chicago and Atlanta expositions. The
awarding of the gold medal by such ex
perts as these is worthy of comment.
"Although the youngest of the larg
er packing companies, the Cudahys
have become the largest packers in re
spect to the number of products packed
and third in the amount of their out
put. At the present time they are
placing more goods with southern
trade than ever, and their exports for
this year are more than double those of
last year, which gives to the causal
reader an idea of the rapidity of their
present growth.
in the contest which found its close
In yesterday’s decision of the judges
the Cudahy Packing company received
the gold medal for their superior
packing house products, together with
hams, Rex lard, breakfast bacon, Rex
canned meats, Rex beef extract and
their Diamond “C” soap, which is fast
achieving a world-wide reputation. For
each and every single exhibit'and for
the exhibit collectively this company
drew forth the praises of the jury of
awards and secured their unanimous
and hearty endorsement.
“In determining the relative supsri
ority of the canned meats offered in
the competition the judges found that
the Cudahy Packing company’s prod
ucts were made of the choicest meat
from cattle in the pink of condition and
that great care had been exercised in
the selection of the choicest portions,
the tough parts being rejected as unfit
to be offered to the public under the
great seal of the Cudahys. By these
wise methods their products were
found to be most delicious and tooth
toothsome variety.
Widow Gets Pension Moner.
Osceola dispatch: The widow of
Owen Wilson, who disappeared from
Omaha about seven years ago, has just
received from Washington over $500
pension money.
Wilson was an old soldier. He dis
appeared July 8, 1890, and it was be
lieved at the time that he had been
robbed and thrown into the Missouri
river. He had just drawn his pension
money for June, amounting to $72, and
was supposed to have the bulk of thif
in his pocket at the time. A claim wag
immediately filed for a widow’s pen
sion, but after dragging along for six
years it was finally rejected by the
Cleveland administration on the ground
that the widow had not been able to
prove her husband’s death and that the
money, therefore, could not be paid un
til seven years had elapsed. The seven
years expired on July 8 last and Sen
ator Thurston, at the request of Mrs.
Wilson's friends, had the claim made
“special,” with the result that it has
been allowed to date from May 25,1892,
at the rate of $8 a month.
Chteorr Fnotory Start*.
The American Chicory company has
started Us plant at Fremont. During
the summer some improvements have
been made in the machinery and every
thing placed in good shape. The to
tal amount of chicory ')eets dried at
Fremont this year will be considerably
less than last season, the management
estimating it at only 5,000 tons. The
yield per acre Is smaller than last year,,
which was an exceptionally favorable
season for raising chicory, but will be
large enough to make the crop a profit
able one to the farmer. The company
has recently shipped a large quantity
of the dry root to Omaha to be pre
pared for the market. The demand for
chicory is improving and many new
customers are being added to the com
pany’s list. As it Is not practicable for
the factory to shut down during the
season, two full crews are employed of
about fifteen men each. The factory
will probably be In operation about
eighty days this season.
Honeymoon Soon Ended.
Chicago dispatch: Death robbed a
bride of her husband at the Palmer
house today shortly after noon and
turned a honeymoon that had Just be
gun into a season of tears and mourn
ing, with but a few hours’ warning.
Alonzo Barnes, a wealthy and prom
inent real estate dealer of Lincoln,
Neb., came to the city last Thursday
morning with his bride. His 72 years
sat lightly on his shoulders as he ming
led with the guests of the hotel and
shared in the plans of his companion
for the future. A sharp pain in his
heart, a hurried summons for a phy
sician, and all was changed. He died
of heart disease within an hour after
the true gravity of his complaint had
been realized.
A Pont office Robbed.
The postoflice at Genoa was robbed
of $300. Postmaster Hoffman was as
sault t-d by two masked men. Depart
ment officials have been notified. The
robbers escaped, and so far no trace
of them has been discovered. The
robbers went east from Geona.
Rescued Nebraska.
Sam T. Wilson of Royal Oaks, Mich.,
left his home November 1 last year for
Beemer, this state, and has not been ’
seen since. His paretns and friends
supposed he was there until a few days
ago, when his mother wrote there re
questing him to come home, as his
father was dying. The missing man
is about six feet high and has deep
blue eyes and auburn hair. He is about
thirty years of age. He had several -
hundred dollars with him when ha
left home a year ago.
James Fagln. Omiths, ended his Ufa
with strychnine. Despondency.