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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1900)
THE FRONTIER^ Published Ee*ry Thursday by thi frontier fiurtIwo com rant. O'NEU-T I - NEBRASKA mum < ♦»» ; BRIEF TEUGRAMS. » « * _• ». J. A « * * -* ♦ if.it> it-J tf if ► New York City has 24,000 more wo Ben then men. The Chicago stock yards is accused of stealing Chicago water. High death rate ot live stock Is offered as evidence. The census bureau announces the population .of Racine, Wls., at 29,10t, against 21,014 In 1890; intrude, 38.49 per cent The steamship San Pedro has ar rived from the north at 8eattle, Wash., with 300 passengers and $80,000 in Nome gold. Captain Daniel F. Stiles, United States army, retired, died at Okla homa City. O. T., of inflammation of the bowels. Dr. Frank Ounsaulus has presented his resignation as president of the Armour Institute. The resignation was accepted. The comptroller of the currency has Issued a call for the condition of na tional banks at the close of business, September 5, 1900. A Washington dispatch says: A daughter was born to Senator and Mrs. John M. Tnurston this morning. The mother and child are doing well. At South Bend, Ind.. an overhead friction clutch pulley Bet fire to the South .Bend foundry, and half the plant, valued at $70,000, was destroyed. Governor Sayers of Texas has placed Galveston and the island under mar tial law. Adjutant General Scurry is ordered to take state troops there at once. Fire destroyed the opera house block at Douglass, Kansas. Four bus iness establishments were also burned. The Tribune office and poetofllce were 1 badly damaged. Loss, $20,000. Failures in the United States for the calendar month of August, as re ported by telegraph to Bradstreet’s. number 705, with aggregated liabili ties of $6,255,092 and assets of $2, 936,047. The Prussian government has Issued instructions permitting convicts, in gangs of from twelve to thirty, to as sist in reaping the harvests through out the kingdom, owing to the scar city of labor. One man was instantly killed, four others at the point of death and four more are seriously burned as the re sult of the explosion of a steam pipe in Baldwin’s locomotive works at Philadelphia. At Williams, Cal., Rev. Lorenzo Waugh, the oldest Methodist minister in the world, died suddenly aftor alighting from a tram. He was 92 years old and had been in remarkably good health. The statement of the treasury bal ances on the 11th in the general fund, exclusive of the $160,000,000 gold re serve In the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance, $136, 288,297; gold, $69,381,927. Rural free delivery service has been ordered established September 16 at Dorchester, Saline county, Neb., with one carrier, A. M. Roberts. He will cover an area of forty square miles serving a population of 800. The census bureau announces the imputation of Atlantic City, N. J., Is 27,838, as against 13,056 in 1890, an Increase of 14,783, or 113.24 per cent; v the population of Nashville, Tenn., is 80,865, es against 76,158 in 1890. Fire destroyed the farm house of E. R. Calmerton near Northville, S. D. Two boys, aged three and fifteen respectively, perished In the flames. The other occupants escaped in night clothes, saving nothing from the fire. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minis ter at Washington, made indignant denial of the statement cabled to the London Times by its correspondent at Pekin, Dr. Morrison, that he and Min ister Lo Feng Luh at London had promulgated “shameless lies” and transmitted bogus Imperial edicts, thereby delaying the departure of re lief until it was nearly too late. Mrs. Norma Selby, wife of Kid McCoy, In an Implication for divorce from her husband, confirms the affi davit statement recently made by Mrs. James J. Corbett that the fight be tween Corbett and McCoy, which took place at Madison Square garden oh August 30, was a fake. The forthcoming German census to be . taken In December will for the first time include Germans on Ger man vessels In foreign ports. At Manchester, England, at a meet ing ef cotton spinners it was decided, practically unanimously, to net pur chase American spot cotton during ths month of September. At Troy, N. Y., Russell F. Benson, the third oldest letter carrier in the United States, died. He was born in 1821, and when a boy was ia the em ploy ot Russell Sage. He was appolnt {; ed a letter carrier in Troy In 1864 and continued in the service up to the time of his death. A bill has been prepared by the. Prussian government for the diet pro viding heavy penalties for braech ef contract by rural laborers. Lieutenant Hobson, of kissing fame, will return from the Asiatic station very soon and will got at once to the naval hospital at Brooklyn for treat ment. At Evanston, I1L, the Cltlsens bank was robber of 93,000. The cashier was :f , called Into the street by men driving a phaeton. When he returned to his desk be discovered that a second per son previously concealed in the base ment had stolen Into the vault and v secured the booty. There is no clue. Governor Joseph D. Sayres of Texas | was authorized by, telegram to draw on 'the Kansas City Star for 92,271 for the relief of the storm sufferers at Galveston and other points on the Texas coast. More than 91.000 was subscribed by stockmen as the result of a subscription circulated at the stock yards. ■ • :> » Reported that British Government if to Send More Troopa to the Orient * SOLDIERS ARE FROM SOUTH AFRICA Ftrtlm of Arof Which Fought Boon Boot la Indio—Aaoorleooa to Establish Borasaasat Communication Botarosa Bahia and Tlsa Tlso. LONDON, Sept. 17.—In consequence of the prediction by Sir Robert Hart that there would be further hostilities In China in November, the Associated Press understands the British govern ment is considering the transfer of troops from South Africa to India In order to make It practicable to send mors troops to China. The miltary authorities consider the war in South Africa so far ended that troops may now be removed. It is probable that the Russian lega tion has already been removed from Pekin to Tien Tsln, but taere is no definite news as yet whether Li Hung Chang will after all go to Pekin. General Dorward is going to the cap ital, leaving the troops at Tien Tsln under command of Brigadier General Homo ^ampbell. Vice Admiral Alex ieff has returned to Taku. The Americans have begun at Ho Si Wu a permanent telegraph line be tween Pekin and Tien Tsln. The Pekin correspondent of the Daily News says that the assassin of Baron von Ketteler has been shot. The Morning Post's representative says that the question is being discussed of ; sending relief to a few British, French and American engineers, who are be sieged in a city 200 miles south of Pe kin. Shanghai advices say that a house has been engaged there for Count von Waldersee, who is expected to arrive next Saturday. Chinese officials estimate that 20,000 i disbanded ^hlnese soldiers managed to j remain behind in Pekin. Other dls- j patches confirm the report that in addi tlon to Hsu Tung, guardian of the heir j apparent, Hu Lu, viceroy of Chi Li, j and Wang Yi Yung, president of the Imperial academy, with 200 members of official families, committed suicide • when the allies entered Pekin. Chinese regulars, are reported to have relieved the Roman Cahtolic stronghold at Ho Chlen, in the prov ince of Chi Li, which the Boxers had been besieging since June. l-e Shanghai correspondent, of the Times, wiring yesterday, says: Li Hung Chang has been notified from Berlin that he must submit his cre dentials to the German minister at Shanghai, who will then communicate with Emperor William and await the result. Dr. Muram von SchwartenBtein, in an Interview with Sheng, expressed the opinion that although the powers were adverse to the partition of China, any delay In negotiating was calculated to produce that result, and that Germany was prepared to remain in occupation Indefinitely pending a settlement. Marl Li accordingly telegraphed Gen eral Yung Lu to use every effort to per suade the empress dowager and em peror to return to Pekin and to remove Prince Tuan end his entourage. TRAGIC DEATH OF A SOLDIER, Captain McQuvallnn Shat Whilt In a Pit of Insanity. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The war department today received information from General MacArthur of the tragic death in the Philippines of Captain Charles McQuestoii of the Fourth reg iment of United Stnteo infantry, the result of a wound by a private soldier. General MacArthur’s dispatch is as follows “MANILA. — Adjutant General, Washington: Charles McQueston, cap tain Fourth United States infantry, died yesterday, Mangonone, Ilacoon, Cavite province, 8:30 evening, result from gun shot wound caused by private soldier. Captain McQueston in a lit of temporary Insanity attacked men Of company. Shot one or more and was shot himself in self defense. Fur ther particulars when received." BOLDS MAKE HASTY FLIGHT. g*n*r«l McDonald Captures Wagoni, frovlalona and Ammunition. CAPETOWN, Sept. 17.—The military authorities have taken over The Neth erlands railway. General McDonald, operating in the northeastern corner of Orange colony, compelled the Boers to maRe a hasty retreat from the Vet river. He cap tured thirty-one wagons, a quantity of cattle and stores and 66,000 rounds of rifle ammunition. Cklm UMlarad Wnr In Jana. BERLIN, Sept. 17.—The Shanghai correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger reports an interview witn Dr. Ros thorn, secretary of the Austrian lega tion, in which the secretary is quoted as saying that the Chinese government presented to the minister a formal declaration of war on June 19, consid ering the capture of the Taku forts an act of war. The ministers were required to leave Pekin in twenty-four hours. Kruger Guns to Negotiate Pnoeo. LONDON, Sept. 17.—A special diB patch from Naples says that an agent of the Transvaal says the object of Mr. Kruger's visit to Europe is to negoti ate u settlement with Great Britain and that he has full power to act to that end. Illn Barton’s Appeal. "HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 17.—E. C. Foster. Washington: Arrived here safely last night after a Very rapid j journey. Met by military and civic escort. Waited on this morning by citizens’ relief committee, including the mayor, who are now arranging for our transportation to Galveston. Hous ton losses aggregate $1,000,000, hut she is working night and day to relieve Galveston; and the villages of Harris and others must have aid from the outside. Greatly need money; can pur chase damaged goods very cheaply.” CUBAN ELECTION RETURNS. Report* Show the National Party Again Triumph, in Havana. HAVANA, Sept. 17.—In yesterday’s election ot delegates to the forthcom ing convention the national party again triumphed in the province of Ha vana. Not only did it elect the five delegates of the majority representa tion, but it also captured one of the mi nority representatives, the republican party electing the other two, namely : Maluele Sanguilly and Berriel. Returns from the other provinces come in slowly owing to the heavy I rtans. In Pinar Del Rio there seems | to be no doubt of the election of Qon | xalo de Quesada Rius Rivera and Civ il Governor Qulles. Nothing definite Is yet know here as to Santiago be cause of the difficulty of getting re turns from the outlying territory, but it is reported that Juan Guilberrto In Puerto Principe Senores Cisneros and Silva were the only candidates, 30 that their election is secured. It is conceded that in Santa Clara the fed erate will win. No definite news of the results in Matanzas has been received here. From no part of the Island is there any report of disturbance. The large vote polled by Senor Gener in this province may be looked upon, apart from his individual popularity, as an endorsement of Governor General Wood’s recent appointment of him as secretary of justice. It is remarked that the republican and union demo cratic electors bolted for Senor Gener. The nationalists, as a concrete whole, assume to be anti-annexation ists, but it is well known that they are moderate in tone. More than one of the delegates representing the ma jority in this province are pro-Ameri can. Where their personal feelings are concerned and irrespective of politics they desire closest relations with the United States. At 7 o’clock this evening the icturns from twenty-five towns in the province of Havana, including the city, with only nine towns to heard from, show the following polling: Lacret, nation alist, 12,767; Rodriguez, nationalist, 12, 106; Gener, nationalist, 11,281; San guilly, republican, 11,043; Nunez, na tionalist, 10,720; Berriel, republican, 10,022; Tamaxo, nationalist, 9,639; Za yas, nationalist, 9,283. 1 LOUBET FIXES THE BOUNDARY. Difference. Between C'o.tn Rica and Colombia are Decided. WASHINGTON, Sept, li.—The min ister of Costa Rica at Washington, Se nor Calvo, has received a cablegram from the minister to Costa Rico at Paris, which conveys the information that the president of the French re public, M. Loubet, who was the arbi trator appointed to decide the boun dary question between Costa Rica and Colombia, by his award of yesterday fixed the boundary limit between me two countries on the Atlantic side at .Mona Point (or P. Carreta), and on the Pacific side at Punta Burica. The re public of Colombia claimed that the limit should be fixed at Cape Gracias Adloe, in the Atlantic, including the whole of Costa Rica and Nicaragua At ! lantic coast, and that the limit on the I Pacific should be placed at Boruca ! river, to the northwest of Golfo Dulce, which would have given Colombia a right to half the territory of Costa Rica and about two-thirds of that of Nica ragua. Costa Rica claimed the old limits be tween Central America and Colombia, placed at the island Sscudo de Veragua on the Atlantic and the river Chiriqui Viejo (at the base of Punta Burica to the southeast), on the Pacific. Sunday at Galveston. GALVESTON. Tex., Sept. 17.—Yes terday was a dreary Sabbath in Gal veston. Services were held in the few churches made fit for use since the great storm. All day men and boys were at work clearing the debris. Only ..a few dead were found during the day and they were quickly burned, no at tempt being made to identify them, 'toe military authorities and the civil authorities are now co-operating har moniously and conseuqentiy there is less looting and desecration of corpses, iroops are ordered to make short work of looters ahd arrest all suspicious characters. Objections to Evacuation. SHANGHAI, Sept. 17.—The news of the contemplated withdrawal of the allies from Pekin has caused a great sensation and is regarded here aB a great mistake, which is likely to even tuate in disturbances in other parts of China, where the people are certain to attribute the evacuation to a defeat of the European forces. Even here the Chinese as a whole do not believe that the allies ever reached Pekin. They think the story a fabrication concoct l ed for the purpose of imposing on the | officials. ! - Communication with Ualvaatou. GALVESTON. Tex., Sept. 17.—Teile graph and railroad lines are being rap idly restored. This morning the Postal Telegraph and Cable company haB four j wires working into the city and with in 48 hours will have its system almost completely re-established to the ba lds existing before the storm. The Western Union is in even better shape, but with both companies the stringing of wires has been but temporary, time being the all important consideration at present. Kcbraaka Storm Victims. YORK, Neb., Sept. 17.—Among the victims of the Texas flood disaster are J. Wlckman, wife and seven children. The Wickmans were formerly residents of York county, where they were well known and much respected. A False Report Corrected. AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 17.—Governor Sayers gave out the following today: “Reports sent out from this place by whomsoever may that $80,000 or $90,000 has already been paid in are absolutely false and made without au thority and calculated to do great harm to the needy sufferers along our coast. No such sum of money has been re ceived or anything approaching it. It is believed that the stories have done great harm*in that they have prevented tne contribution of money which is so sorely needed at Galveston.” State Department ia Still Wrestling with the Chinese Problem. THE SITUATION IS NOT SO ACUTE Ckiag* of Attitude ea the Part of Bu ll* Beeai to Relieve the Strain—So Official Conflnaatlen Received—United States Has Mot Committed Itself. ' WASHINGTON, Sept 16.—There were no developments in the Chinese negotiations today with which the pub lic could be made acquainted, the whole matter being still in the diplomatic phase and therclore not calling for military orders. War department offi cials are awaiting word from the State department as to the next step ex pected from the troops, but it is now intimated that this next step will not be taken immediately. The situation has lost something of its acuteness, owing to the change in the attitude of the Russian govern ment, as indicated in yesterday’s dis patches. No official confirmation has reached Washington of the postpone ment Of the withdrawal, but the fact is not doubted here. Regardless, how ever, of the course to be taken by Rus sia, it is noted there is nothing in the American note of response to Russia that demands immediate evacuation in the event that the Russian troops are called away. Instead, it is stated that the control of the situation would simply pass from the State depart ment into General Chaffee's hands and it would be for him, after conferring with the other military commanders, to determine when and how and to what extent the American forces should he withdrawn. He might choose his own time and in a degree bis position would be similar to that occupied by him in the advance upon Pekin, so far as having a free hand Is concerned. The statement of the condition gov erning the American reply to the with drawal proposal may be of signifi cance, in view of the fact that it is made with the express purpose of clearing away an erroneous impression that has been made upon the public mind. Mr. Adee was again acting as secre tary of state today during the tem porary indisposition of Dr. Hill, who is suffering from a cold. The former spent some time this afternoon in con ference with Attorney General Griggs. BORROW IN THE UNITED STATES K«w York Bank* Take s Portion of tbe German Loau. BERLIN, Sept. 15.—It is officially announced by the board of directors of the Disccnte Gesellschaft that, with tho co-operation of the International, ancl through the intermediary or the Disconto Gesellschaft, the Nord Deutsche bank of Hamburg, the M. M. Weldburg company of Hamburg and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., of New York, act ing in conjunction with the National City Bank of New York, have taken over 80,000,000 marks of 4 per cent treasury bonds of the German empire, falling due in 1904 and 1905. With the approval of the Imperial bank, Ihe is sue will be placed on the market in the United States. NEW YORK, Sept.. 15.—The New York Life Insurance company today closed negotiations for taking $5,000 of the imperial German government loan of the $20,000,000 negotiated in this city. Rand by n Confession. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 15.—Henry Peyton, who is in custody, awaiting requisition papers to be taken to Sioux City, la., to stand trial for alleged murder, this afternoon confessed in Captain Reinold's office at the Four Courts that it was he who robbed the safe at the big mercantile establish ment at Clydesdale, Miss. The confession will clear the name of George Simmons, a young man of Clydesdale, who has been accused of tho crime and who was compelled to leave the home of his childhood be cause of the shame that had come to his family. ropn'atinn of Topeka. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 15.— The population of the citv of Topeka, Kan., as officially announced today, is: 1900, 33,608; 1890, 31,007. Those figures show, for the city as a whole, an increase in population of 2,601, or 8.39 per cent, from 1890 to 1900. The population in 1880 was 15,452, showing an increase of 15,555, or 100.67 per cent from 1880 to 1890. **any Caavi of Small Pox. MUNCIE, Ind., Sept. 15.—In the vil lage of Wheeling, near the Grant coun ty line, health officers today found eleven cases of smallpox, the school and whole community having been ex posed for weeks. Tbe malady was be ing treated as chickenpox. Postal UScial Rrmovod. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Walter M. Davis, assistant postmaster at Kan sas City, has been removed by the postmaster there. No reason is as signed, but the action will be confirmed by the postmaster general. Chicago will have a horse show Oc tober 29, 30 and 31, and November 1, 2 and 3, to be held at the new coli seum on Wabash avenue, under the auspices of the New Chicago Horse Show association. Lynrhrrt Three Kobbera. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 15.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Memphis, Tenn., says: A masked mob of be tween sixty and 100 men broke into the jail at Hunica, Miss., early today and took out three negroes, whom they strung up to a tree within 100 yards of the Jail. Not a shot was fired. The dead negroes are Frank Brown, who shot Frank Cheshire, a prosperous planter at Oak Landing, six months ago; David Moore, who shot Dan Bos wel ten days ago, and William Brown, who with confederates, shot and cut to death a young white man at State Levee one month previous. NEBRASKAN RETURNS FROM NO$1E He Does Hot Gift Eaooan|ln| Account ot tko UltMtton. KEARNEY, Neb., Sept. 17.—C. V. Evans, son of J. C. Evans of this city, is home from Cape Nome, Alaska. He was formerly a druggist of Omaha and went to Cape Nome last June to go into the drug business. When he got there he oould not find a location for a build ing and was compelled to sell bis stock. He tried mining but the beach had been gone over three times and would give up no pay dirt. The people who had been at Nome and were well located were making money, bt late arrivals could do nothing at all.' An experienced miner could not earn more than 93.50 a day and a prospecting outfit was worth from 9*00 to |500. Mr. Evans said the city covered a ten acre strip of beach a block wide. The population of the city was between 20,000 and 30,000 inhabitants. Back of the city It is hilly and to the north for hundreds of miles extends the tundra, which is a marshy formation of moss and decayed vegetation. It is impassa ble and can only be used fbr travel when it is frozen. Vessels are compell ed to anchor five miles from shore and their cargoes are landed by means of lighters. He said that there were 860 passengers on the vessel that took him to Nome, and 200 of this number re turned on the same vessel after they had been tuere six days. The fare was 9165 and the net earnings of the com pany for one trip to Cape Nome was 9166,000. Jnraiylni to Prison, OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 17.—Frank M. Dorsey, formerly cashier of tne First National bank of Ponca, came in Wed nesdiyr from Cripple Creek, where he has Been for some time past, and re ported at the office of the United States marshal in accordance with the man date of the federal court in order that the sentence, imposed might be put in to effect. The sentence is for six years at the Sioux Falls penitenitary, and is for violating the banking law in con nection with the wrecking of the Ponca bank. It is expected that Judge Mun ger will be in the city soon and that an “order will be entered and the de fendant taken to Sioux Falls without delay. Dorsely insists that the violation was technical and similar to others that are necessary in banks every day. and that he was convicted simply on the failure of the bank. The court of appeals af firmed the action of the lower court, and the supreme court refused to con sider the case. Supreme Court Docket. LINCOL-i, Neb., Sept. 17.—The bar docket for tne September term of the supreme court contains 1,645 cases, or about 1,000 more than can possibly be considered by the three judges in one year. Among the cases set for hearing at the first setting, which begins Sep tember 18, are those of the state of Nebraska against the Standard Oil company and the various railroads do ing business in this state. The cases against the Burlington and Elkhorn railroads were submitted during the last term of court, but by general agreement of all parties concerned they have been reopened again for argument on the constitutionality of the board of transportation. Killed by an Engine. COLUMBUS, Neb., Sept. 17.—J. F. Schaffroth, for many years a resident of this county, was accidentally killed near Hartington, Neb. He was in the act of coupling a threshing machine engine to a separator when the engine started back and run over him, caus ing almost Instant death. Peter Schraff roth, father of the deceased, left to make arrangements for the nurial, which will probably be made in Cedar county. One Family Escaped. OVERTun, Neb., Sept. 17.—George Crandell is in receipt of a letter from his daughter, Mrs. McCallum of Hun gerford, Tex., stating that town was completely annihilated by the storm. Mr. and Mrs. McCallum escaped with their lives by clinging to posts for six hours during the storm and flood. It 1b feared that Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wales and family, who removed from here to Galveston, Tex., have been killed, as no tidings have been received from them as yet. 8u!ta for Damage*. COLUMBUS, Neb., Sept. 17.—Two damage suits for $8,000 each have been filed in the district court against Frank Helder of Humphrey by Bernaru Bode wig and George Bloedorn, minors, about 15 years of age, by their fathers, Jacob Bodewig and Martin C. Bloedorn. The allegation is made that on August 21 in the presence of divers persons Helder falsely stated that the plaintiffs had stolen a lot of postage stamps and $45 from his lumber office. ',t Amitcd After a Struggle. SYRACUSE, Neb., Sept. 17.—Jessie Jennings was committed to the county Jail for want of ball, on a charge of assault with Intent to do bodily injury to one James Creasman. He not only severely injured Mr. Creasman, but de fied tbc whole community to arrest him and It was only after much chasing and the persuasive argument of a six shooter that brought him to time. He claims to hail from Cofleyville, Kan. Mall Seek Under Wheel*. TRENTON, Neb., Sept. 17.—The mail sack of No. 3, the Denver flyer, went under the train and was badly dam aged. Papers were strewn the length of the switch. The letter sack was not found, but it was learned No. 80 had picked it up on the cow catcher and carried it to McCook. Lexington Man Found Dead. CLARKS, Neb., Sept. 17—The man gled body of Walter Long, son of O. W. Long of Lexington, Neb., was found on the Union Pacific track one mile east of town. His identity was proven by letters on his person showing he had been driving an ice wagon this summer for Otto Baker of Columbus and by Robert Douglas, who formerly resided there. Co/oner Kombrick deemed it unnecessary to hold an inquest. The remains will be shipped to Lexington for burial. AID fOR TtXAS SUFFERERS, Sot. Poyntar Isaacs » Proclsustloi Call* A for Help. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 15.—Govern or Poynter has issued a proclamation calling on the citizens of Nebraska to extend aid to the Texas flood suffer ers. Following is a text: A Proclamation.—To the Generous People of Nebraska: Complete infor mation of the devastation of the city of Galveston by wind and water re | veals the fact that not only have thousands of citizens lost their lives, but several thousand who escaped death are left destitute and without food or shetler. So urgent are the necessities that the mayor of that city | has appealed to the citizens of his owl as well as surrounding states for immediate assistance. I therefore call your attention to the existing conditions in our sister state, knowing that from your abund ance you will not hesitate to lend as sistance. Proclamations having al ready been issued by the mayors of Omaha and Lincoln, contributions may be sent to them or to this office. The manager of the Western Union Telegraph company and the manager of the Postal, both of Lincoln, having generously offered to transmit all con tributions free of charge, the funds sent to this office will be transmitted daily to the mayor of Galveston. W. A. POYNTER, Governor. Executive Chamber, Lincoln, Sept. 12. Commanuer Hubbard issued the fol lowing appeal to Knights of the Mac cabees, asking aid for Galveston suf ferers: * 'jit. To the officers and members of the Knights of the Maccabees throughout the state of Nebraska: ifou are earn estly requested to make a donation at once for the Galveston sufferers. Act freely and quickly send all dona tions either to the mayor of Lincoln or Omaha. ,. , Nebraska at Washington. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Emanuel Spelcb of Tecumseh was today ap pointed chief of the mail depredations division of the postoffice department. Mr. Speich has for a number of yeare been in the office of the sixth auditor. In 1897 he was made chief of the for eign division, which place he now re signs to accept the. more responsible one in the postofflee department. Rural free delivery will be estab lished at Dorchester, Saline county, on the 15th inst. The service will em brace an area of forty square miles, with a population of 800. A.’-M. Rob erts is appointed carrier. The order discontinuing the postof fice at Simeon, Cherry county, has been rescinded. The postoffice at Orlando, Deuel county, has been moved three miles east with Charles A. Avery as post master. A Jail Uellvery. GENEVA, Neb., Sept. 15.—A mys terious jail delivery was made here during the heavy rain storm. At the usual hour in the evening Jailer J. L. Baldwin locked the cells containing two prisoners. During the night two men entered the jail, turned the com- ^ bination lock and removed one George ' W. Gates, held for trial in the district court on a charge of incest. Tippen, the other prisoner, was then locked in his cell by the strangers, who quietly left the building with their man. It is not known whether the men were friends or enemies of Gates. There was much feeling against Gates at the time of his preliminary hearing and there was some talk of a possible lynching bee. Bring Cattle to Nebraska. AINSWORTH, Neb., Sept. 15— H. N. Chapman, a well known cattle dealer of Rapid City, S. D., disposed of 300 western cows with calves by their side to Wales Bros, and W. H. Ken nedy of Lakeland, this county, the consideration being J12.000. Last week he disposed of twelve carloads of the same kind of stock to parties at Wood Lake at like figures. Brown county is fast filling up with good cattle. There is no lack of feed for all that can be secured. Burglars Lose their Nerve. GIBBON, Neb., Sept. 15.—Burglars broke into the postoffice here, drilled three holes in the safe knocked off the handle and combination, but did not get it open. Entrance was gained by prying open the back door with chisels taken from the wagon shop. They were apparently scared away. Home From Cuba. CLAY CENTER, Neb., Sept. 15.—H. ’ K. Wheeler, who has served a term, of enlistment in the Eighth United^ States cavalry, and for the past year In a civil capacity in Cuba after being discharged from the army, came in for a visit with his parents. He looks hearty and robust, and talks interest ingly of conditions in Cuba. He will return in about two months. Much Land Chunking Bands. TRENTON, Neb., Sept 15.-rMore land is being purchased and trans ferred than ever before in the history of the county. A number of farmers are buying adjoining lands, thus giv ing them more good pasture and cul tivated lands. Several buyers in east ern states are buying and a number are coming to purchase good farms. Lang on Trial at Beatrice. BEATRICE, Neb., Sept. 15.—The case of Grimes against Lang, wherein Lang is charged with resisting an officer, Is being heard before Judge Swiler at the district court room in this city. High Water Delays Traffic. COLUMBUS, Neb., Sept. 15.—The Looking Glass creek in the western part of the county is running out ol its banks and is causing much trouble. The water rose higher than ever was known before from the effects of the heavy rain Monday, and last night over two inches more fell. The freight on the Columbus-Cedar Rapidt branch, which left here at 6 o’clock this morning, found over 100 feet of track washed out between Oconee and Monroe and had to return to this city.