news "ST THK NE,VS. EstaMslied Nor.S.1891. ' rjoxisolldiitftd l.n. i ik THE HERALD. Established April 10. i86t f uonsouaatea Jan. 1. me. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB., NOVEMBKR 20, 1897. VOL. VI. NO. 4. THOSE OREGON PHEASANTS. SMYTH GIVEN MORE TIME. II They Plead Guilty and Get One Year Each. UeudirmiD I Very Much Affected fly Hl Sentence and Crina Uk a Child-Catherine ISecIc I Uranted a Ulvoree Other Important Ha ppt'oloca About the Court House. FromWedoesday'a Daily. Chas Harris, the man who broke into the M. P. depot while drunk, and went to steep there, came before Judge Ramsey this morning and pleaded guilty, and wad sentenced to one year in the penitentiary, ilia sentence was in iJe light because there was no properly taken or disturbed, and the evidence appeared to show that ho merely wished a place to sleep. Ltobt. Hendersoi, charged with stealing a cow; also came before his honor and pleaded guilty. He was given a sentence of one year, the sen tence to date from the time of his in carceration in the county jiil. This wiilbhorten the sentence he has yet to serve to about ten months. Hen derson received his sentence with much emotion, crying like a child when the judge pronounced sentence upon him. A statute recently enucied, made Henderson's conviction possible, as previous to that time the stealing of cattle of limited value was a misde meanor, punishable only by a jail sentence. - This disposes of all the prisoners awaiting trial in the county jail with the exception of Chas. Haight, whose trial will begin next week. Katherine Beck whs married to Geo. Beck in April. lS'.id. Heck was at that time a bak;r in the employ of A. H. Weckback. In two weeks after her marriage, Heck skipped out, and has not since been heard from, and accordingly Mrs. Beck applied at this term of the district court for a di vorce, alleging non-support. Judge Ramsey on yesterday granted her a decree. AmIc for AsdlBtaure. A step-daughter of Walter Haines appeared before ths county commis sioners today and asked if a little as sistance would be rendered the family, in caee they left Haines. She stated that she and her sifter weie earning $2 and 11.50, per week, re spectively, and would do all they couid to assist the mother and small children. All the assistance they would ask would be, perhaps, a little fuel during the hardest part of the winter. It is caid that Haines, who has been getting assistance from the county for some time, is mean to his family and does not use for their benefit the assistance ren dered by the county. The girls will be allowed to look after their mother and family and Haines will be sent to the county poor farm in case he cannot Support himself. The Shryock Insurance Case. James Robertson was called to Om aha today as a witness in United States court, the case on trial being that of Mrs. Celia V. Shryock vs. the Masonic Accident association. It will be remembered that Mrs. Shryock's husband carried consider able insurance in this association at the time of his death, the payment of which was refused by the company. The case has been fought through several courts, but if the insurance company loses this time, it will be compelled to pay up. Licenses to Wed. Two marriage licenses were issued in county court today. The first was William II Taber of Manly, aged 23, and Grace Stanley of Lincoln, aged 18. They will be married tomorrow at Weep:ng Water by the Rev Donegan. The other was to J.-t-i.es Buskirk. aged 25, and Elizabeth Kger, aged 24, both of South Itend. They were married by the county judge. A, R. Eikenbary and William J Sireight acting as wit nesses. The ccunty commissioners adjourned today aft r the transaction of considerable business. A contract for painting the waits of the second floor of the court house was let to Louis Otnot, the price named being $300. Kansas Cnlverslty Challenge. L.YWKKXCE, Kan., Nov. IS. The controversy over the result of last Sat urday's foot bill game at Lincoln, Neb., between the Kansas and Ne braska universities, which resulted yesterday in a challenge by the Ne braskans for a game to bo played in Kansas City, provided the Nebras kans be given a guaranty and an east ern umpire and referee be namo.l, brought out a counter challenge tod iy by the Kansas University Athletic as sociation. It proposes a game to be played in Kansas City on December 4, with A. A. Stagg as umpire, he to se lect the referee, or with both officials o Stage a selection, instead ot a guaranty to Nebruska, it is proposed to divide the receipt's after expenses are paid. Nebraska taking $500 before KaOs..s receives anything; or Kansas will play $o00, Nebraska to take every thing else and pay the expenses; or Nebraska to 60 per cent of the net re ceipts. S. P. Holloway has purchased the baKory and restaurant of Sahl in the Fitzgerald bloek and will take pot) session in a month. A Chh County Man Telia of the Habits of T heart Intermting Blril. TotheEd.torof TheNews ALVO, Neb., Nov. lb. 1 s:iw in at late fcsuo of your p iper an article in r-gard to the Mongolian or China i pheasant, in which it is stat-d that j t'iev are rarelv "fourd in the timber, As I was in Oregon for aont seven i months recently.. 1 had a chance lo ; learn something about them. I have seen thousands of them in the timber on the coast range. As a a general thing they buiid their nests at the base of young oak t-ees und i j ine iem'e uiius n ru netr ut3 ct'ii'i , , of the dead leaves and tr:ssa person . ' can pass within a few feet and not no- ticetbem. The "Chinamen, .'as they are called there, do not fly like the prairie chicken. They first run sev- era! yards and then raise, lhcy do not make a curve like a prairie chicken, but fly almost straight away fn m a person, making a touch easier mark tor the hunter. On a smooth i p'ece of ground it takes a gocd dog to keep up with them on the run. The male is a rather lighi-colo-eU b.rdnnd , hs a tail feather from a foot to eigh-; teen inches in length. . . . j A great many of ihe bird are cap-. tu-ed alive and sen. east for pets. ' They are fine eating and increase verv J - rapidly, hatch ii tr two nu three i . v , 3 . K , . ! . , . , , to twenty-five birds each time. Harry A. Zkiikung:' HEARING ON RAILROAD PETITION. December t Fixed by the Interstate Com- ' L lborde, the Captain of the Coispeti uerce Com mission . i tor, a native of New Orleans; William Washington', Nov. 17. On D.c m- ! Gildea, the mate, a naturalized citi ber 1 the Interstate Commerce com- j y-on'- Da Melton, who claims Kansas mision will give a haarinsr to the rail- I as "is "a'ive siate and who went on roads that- have petitioned for ao, ex-; tension of the time in whioh to equip their freight ' cat s a id lo.motives j with autona itic brakes and car-coup lers under the law of 1S!I3. The law. with its pjnal ties and tines, is to be come operative January 1, 18 )8, unless the commission exercie-i the au-i thority granted to it by the 1 iv to grant an extension of tima. Monday was the last diy for the ro. -option of petitions for extension. The commis sion estimates that something less than 5 per cent of the railroula h:ive complied fully with the provisions of the 1-tw. The New York Central and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy sire the only prominent systems thor--ou?hly equipped. About 30 per cent of the pther roads have app id for an extension and the remainder,' prob ably 600 or more, havj taken n ac tion whatever. Seven! of the indi vidual branches of the various rail road orders have protested against an extension, and probably they will he given a- hearing in connection with the roads. None of the rail road or ganizations as a whole have entered protests against an' exteiit-on. There seems to be little doubt but that the commission will extend the time. UP THE RIVER ON A FLAT B AOT. John Wilson and Family Navigitt Ing the Muddy in Novel Manner.. John Wilson and fatni'y passed Omaha yesterday morning, going to South Dakota, via the Missouri river, says the Bee. The party occupied a flatboat that left Kansas City thi ee weeks ago. The members' of the family expect to., reach Chamberlain before the river freezes. Wilson is an old river ma", hnving spent a greater portion of his life navigating that portion of tho Mis souri between Knnsis City and St, Louis. Several months ago he con cluded to emigrate, having an eyo on the Fort Randall reservtibn in South Dakota that was opened tp reltlement some weeks ago. Haviugja larg.i f im ily, he concluded that trn-portalioD by rail would b rather expensive and consequently he concluded to ry the river.. Wiih this idea in , mind, he constructed a flat boat and embarked upon the voyage, having made this port in good time and without acci dent. The bo.'t that th-it the mariner uses is about e ghty feet long and sixteen feol wide. The propelling power is 'furnished by 'ihrei hordes, two working on.a windlass at the stern and the extra hors wo'k ng another windlass.-this one being looted in the center of the boat. Thus tho craft is pushed along at the rate f ab mt five miles per hour. When tho windisfav-. or able,, a. 'sail is raited and n couple of miles per hour are dded to the speed of the boat:. Bucklen'ii Arnica Salve. The hortsaive in inn world for cuts. burns, sores, ulcers, sat rbeum, fe ver sores,. tetter, chappe?' hands, chil blains, corns, ai.d all ;-kiu eruptions, and M)sitively cures pi'ie., or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Pyice 25 cents per box.. For sale by P. G. Fricke. Dividend on ltorlifigloii Stock. Bostox, Nov. 17. A quarterly divi dend of 1 per cm whs dec an d by the Ch icago, Burlington & Q.iincy Kail- id comany-'s .director uci:ir. It is road payable December lo to t -etiho'ders of record November 2-'." .. DtfttrifeuOnft Ki-sh. . SlDXEY, Neb... Not. IS. The Nc - braska tish car was here today and , uiuuu ......i.ta. - fish and perch. Commissioner Ober- lelder superintended me woi k. Royal Favor Through Which Three Prisoners Are Released. n.r,,iB ieth sentence. a..a Facing Another the t llliltitrrs Are Libe r med iy hic utive tienirnry-tiovern merit Kiiilojc Mast I'ay Their Debts Other News. Washington, Nov. 18. Minister Woodford has telegraphed the state ' (lt-ni rtmnnt tl.at thn Sn:inih -Vinrt. hjM m).lfied him fa fa h , , . . y , ... p irdored tho Coinpeiitor prisoners, T.. , . , . . I T. he .-tiit : depart meat now announces , ,hal ihQ Co lilop pris0ners were tpnd(i ovep tQ CoHSU, General Leo . ,iwt Mond ani, will be 8ent bv him j dh.ect tQ Nuw York todav it is not doubteu he:e that tLe pris oners ate I inert ted on some such con ditions as were imposed in the case of former prisoners, lii .t is that they wiil not return to Cubt. After their bittjr experience in the I Ou ban i:i i it. is not. m vpH Vippo thnt. th(j mt n wi;1 b,di;D0,ed to violateny uudw,.slandiliff of lhis kind lo which they m iy be pa-ties. It is singular th(j mcn faave been for , , , . ,,.. i fou- djivs in the custody f'f oeneral T , ... , . t Iee without the fact becoming gen- ,. , , . .. , , , erally known, but it is supposed that 'secrecy was olserved in order t; m- sure dep irture fro;n Havana without exciting trouble from the extreme Spanish faction. There are fou'- prisoners Alfredo tu-' Competitor in the capacity of a twspaper correspondent; Charles 15;irneit, of British birth, but who c;a m l the protection of the Uoited- States government by virtue of his sailing on an American vessel. - J he conditions under which the ( f nipetit.i,r was captured ou April 27, lMiii, olf the Cuban coast while en gaged in landing arms for insurgents, have bein often described. The de fense of tho men was tuat J.hey were forced into the expedition against their will by the insurgent party on boi.rd. 'I hey were tried by a naval court-martial,, before which the3' could make a poor showing, principal ly becau-o of their ignorance of the Spanish language, in which the pro ceedings" Vere'conducted, so that their coif viction 'and the "'imposition of " the deaih 'sentence was not a matter of surprise. At that point, however, the case assumed diplomatic importance. Out government, through its consul general at Havana, then Kamon Wil liams, unrl also through Minister Tay lor, of Madrid, interposed an ener getic protest against the execution of the sentence, claiming that the men were improperly tried without the guarantees held out in the famous CusLiog protocol. This protest caused the removal of the case to the higher judicial authorities at Madrid, by whom a new trial was ordered. The Spanish government, however, did not and has not yet conceded that the Cushing pi otocol applied to such cases. To a'lmit that would, in the opinion of the Sptnish authorites, greatly i-liin-jlate the fitting out of filibustering parties in the United dates. A new trial had been or dered by the Madrid supreme court on the ground of irregularities in the original trial, and not by any conces sion to the unsoundne-s of the objec tions. It was given last Mcnday, and it is thought would have resulted in the imposition of the death sen tence. This would have provoked an explosion in this country that would have been haidly less than the feeling causep by the famous Virginium episode. So it is a matter of satisfac tion that the Spanish queen has cut the diplomatic tangle by the pirdon of the'men before the second trial. Clerk Must I'ay Their Debts. ' Washixotox, Nov. 18. The secre tary of the treasury has issued a cir cular to the effect that clerks receiv ing" a stated salary who neglect to pay their debts contracted for the neces sary support of themselves and their families, without presenting satisfac tory reasons therefor, will not be ro'.ained in office. liana Albert Very 111. The numerous friends of Hans Al bert wiil hi grieved to leirn that for the last few days he has been seriously ill at -the home of his wife?s mother, Mrs. Sherraden, in Councii Bluffs. Albei t has been very hard at work lately-practicing his violin, having a very impo-tant concert engagement in prospect. The strain upon bis nerves proved to h too much and the whole fabric col.apred. With his usual peisi-tertre he refused to lay down his bow and has been hard practicing as late as 2 o'clock in the morning, his mi:id seeming to comp?l him in an unnatural way to keep on at all hsz-irds. I he final crash came last Saturday and he was taken to the j li ufTs b-v hi" Iriands v ! been conliced to his bt where' he has bed ever since. i TheatUi ding phyician hasdiagnosed bis case as . congestion of tho brain, j and predicted a turn for the better in j the near future. Albert has been dt ,litious since Saturday, but yesterday ; anernoon snowea signs oi improve- , meat It will be some time before he . be nble to resume his work if everything nV.kes for the most speedy recovery pos-ioie iiee LlNX'OLN, Nov- Attorrey-Gen- eral Smyth made a showiug in the su- preme court this morning why he had 'not filed the brief in the hartley case within the required time. He . filed an affidavit which set fvirth the , arffe amount of work reouireoT t6 be 1 done by his office in the preparation "J of state cases and stated these had been taken up in their regular turn. Mention was made of the wprK re quired in preparing briefs in the Home for the Friendless case, the Harlan county embezzlement case and the Eugene Moore case in the district court, and the affidavit said that the t3"pewritingr of the brief in the Barrett Scott case took four days These many cases, together with the board meet ings, required all his time and he had only been absent from his work two days. The statement was also made that the stenographer oi the attorney general's oftlee was unable to keep up with the 'A-ork. The brief in the Bart ley case was now b.'ing prepared. I'a t of it was already typewritten and the balance was bjing dictated. Mr. Smyth s lid he had intended to ask for thirty days' time, but would try to get ready so that the case could be heard at the next sitting of the court, on December 7. The court granted the extension, requiring that the brief be tiled on or before November 30. Oral argument will be m.ide at the sitting of December 7, and the court will arrange so as to allow an entire day to be taken in the hearing of the case. l'rison Labor Contract. The Board of Public Lands and Buildings has come to an agreement on the Buckstaff peniteutiary contract. Secretary of State Porter says the matter of an settlement with Back statT for money due was the principal subject of discussion at the meeting And that the final result was that a check was given Warden Leidigh for tho amount in full. Mr. Porter says the amount due was about $1,100. As to a new contract he ays that Buck- staff only wanted a limited number of men in the stove foundry and asked to make a contract for six months only. This part of the busiaess was left to the warden to arrange to the best ad vantage pos-sible. - The news i given out today for the first time that a contract was entered into wi ih the We:ch Cooperage com pany last September for the employ ment of 100 men for two years at the rate of 3 cent a day per man, Welch to pay in addition &75 tmo:ith ior steam. At present in the foundry operated by Buckstaff the amount paid t,er man is 50 cents a day, with steam p iwer extra, and it is on this basis that the board desired to enter into a contract. Fred E. Mauer, a graduate of the Univeisity Law si.hool, and E. P. Walker, a young attorney f om Illi nois, were admitted to the bar of the state by the supreme court this fore noon. District Judge Cornish his an nounced that he will have bis decision in the Eugene Moore case ready by a week from next Mouday. The legislative investigating com mittee up to Novexber 1 has drawn a total of $7,040.14 for salaries, leaving $2.009. SO, of the appropriation yet to be drawn. Supreme Court In Session. The supreme court was in session all day today, and a few cases remain tobe heard tomorrow morning. Opin ions will be handed down tomorrow. and the general expectation is that the Omaha tire atd police commission and the Broatch-Moores case will bo among them. At a meeting of the City L'brary board last night, new by-laws were adopted. They were made brief as possible and will be submitted to the city council at its next meeting. Ar rangements were also made for issu ing new Unding lists. The Lincoln Woman's club cele brated its third birthday with a re ception at the home of Mrs. Lahr this afternoon. After an interesting pro gram tea and cakes were served. The club now has a membership of 4o0 and is steadily growing. Mrs VV. U. Milter, living- in this city, received news today that she has fallen heir to a fortune of U,()00,000 ar.d a silver mine in Germany. seiner Arrestert. Mr. Carbce, deputy fish commis sioner of Iowa, was in the city last night, and this morning left for Sid ney. Ia.. having in his custody six men whom he caught in the net of seining in the pond across the river. He watched the men while at work, saw them m.ike a good haul, pur chased some of the fish and thtn put the six men utider airest, also confis cating the seiua. The Iowa law is very t-evere on seining and no doubt these men will be taught a lesson they will not soon forget. It is a pity the fish commission had not made arrests lat spring. Nbrafka City News. It's a pity Nebraska hasn't an offi cer whose duty it is to enforce the law. Evry year the creeks and bayous along the PUlte and MUsouri, which become wefl stocked with bass, perch and croppies, only to be slaughtered and wasted by people with seines who catch fish for the Omaha market. If this wei e stopped, the fishing in the vicinity of La Platte would te fine. Subscribe for Jhg News 15 cents per week. Meeting to Consider the Bering Sea Controversy Closes Canadian Representatives Will Submit Their Ideas in Writing and Interua tion Commission May Kesult From De liberations llenerai luster's Official Statement. WASHINGTOX.Nov. 16. The Bering sea meeting in which representatives of Great Britain, Canada and the United States have participated,came to a close tonight. The seal experts made a unanimous report concerning the condition of the seal herds and the diplomatic reserves for the re spective governments each have an understanding upon which they hope at a later day to effect tiDal adjust ment, not only of. the Bering sea questions, but of other pending border conti oversies. For the present, how ever, no final action was taken as to the sucpansion of pelagic sealing. - The Canadian delegates urged that other questions bo brought into any plan of settlement and suggested an international commission to accomp lish this. This was fully discussed and an agreement reached that the Caiiadia officials would put their views in w: iting after returning to Ottawa and submit them to the authorities here. All parties concerned say the outlook is favorable to a satisfactory adjustment. The following official statement was made by General Foster: I'lianimoun On Some 1'oints. "The delegates to tho fur seai con- fei enie have agreed unanimously on certain propositions touching the fur seal herds ol the Boring sea. The re port contains sixteen propositions which aie brieflly epitomized as fol lows: "That the l'ribyloff herd has de clined in numbers from 1884 to 1897; that the number was formerly three to five times that which now exists; that the death rate among pups is great, not more than cn e-half to one- third surviving to the age of three years; that the number of breeding females in 189(5 and 1807 was between 160,000 to 130,000; that the decrease from INOG to 1807 was notable, though its extent could not be definitely de termines; that land killing of males as now practiced does no harm to the herds; that the pelagic sealers re spect the limitations of tho law; that pelagic -seating, involves ..indiscrimi nate killing; that the catch at sea con tains a marked excess of females; that the killing of males on land is the cause of this; that among the females killed are not only those both nursing and pregnant, but also many who are immature, or who have already lost their pups; that the fur seal being polygamous, a large number of males may be killed with impunity; that females caunot be killed in similar numbers without checking the in crease of the herd or bringing about an actual decline; that a small number of females, less the annual increment of breeders, might be taken without producing actual decrease: that ex cessive pelagic sealing has led to a reduction in the herds; that pelagic sealing has of ia;e fallen off in greater ratio thau has the herd, thus produc ing a tendency toward equilibrium in numbers; that in estimating the fu ture conditions of the herd must be taken into consideration reductions in number of surviving pups caused by the pelagic catches of 1894 05; that the herd is not in danger ot actual exterm ination so long as iit haunts on land are protected and the protected zone is maintained; that botb land and sea killing now yield an inconsiderable profit either to ths lessees or to the pelagic scalers themselves." Signature to Agreement. The delegates ' signing the agree ment are as follows: Charles Sumner Hamlin. David Starr Jordan, D'Arcy Wentwortb Thompson, James Melville Macoun. Following tne agreement of the ex perts the diplomatic officials as- eiubleu at Uenerai roster s nouse to discuss the larger increase of pelagic sealing and larger bo der controver sies. Owing to the continued illness of Sir Julian Pauncefote, who is con fined to his room, the British govern ment was represented by the first sec retary of the British embassy, Mr. Adam. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir Louis Davies were present in behalf of Canada. Diplomats in Session. Tho afternoon's meeting began at 4 p. m.and lasted until o'clock. Dur ing these hours the entire border af fairs were discussed. Primarily the purpose of tne meeting was to secure an agreement in the Bering sea mat ter. The Canadians made it clear thatthev wished any plan of settle ment to take a broader scope than the one subject of the Baling sea and to embracj the many souices of friction along i he bolder. In this connection the plan oi an international commis sion was discussed at great length. The Canadians felt that the commis sion afforded the best means of recon ciling 'l difference and of opening the way to reciprocy. lhe discus sion w s of tho most friendly nature throughout and no sharp discussions were allowed to crop out. It was felt that the plan of the commission w-s too large a question for immediate dis cussion. A final understanding was reached, therefore, that the Cauadiao matter should be put in writ'ng. This concluded the meeting and the dele gates made their farewells in the ut lnosit cordiality. Sir Wilifrid and Sir Louis leave at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for Ottawa. Will You Come In and inspect the best selected stock of Silverware in the city before you buy? We know you will not regret it if you do. Every piece is new and of the latest design. We also carry a fine stock of everything to be found in a first class Jewelry establishment. There is no possible chance of getting old and undesirable goods, as every thing is up to date. Every piece of goods and every repair fully guaranteed.- You run no risks. Watch repairing a specialty. m m JOHN T. IS & Hi! JEWELER. .. THE LEADERS .. IN THE GROCERY TRADE -ARE. A. H. WECKBACH & CO. rTPIIEY carrv the largest and tuost i JL (hint? ftofi nnd nrkiv I'lifixr niir mori the advantage of snecial discounts. A comnlete line of canned cooda always in stock. The only place in tho fresh Cheese. Call and see us. A. H. WECKBACH & A Short .Talk. . ...Is all we expect to make. Just want to mention thefactthat we have just received a beautiful line of Sterling Silver Novelties. All other lines are complete and prices were never lower. It's a pleasure for us to show goods. You are welcome. 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