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i Catt and Yield Thereof
. Jjrm, Viticulture u Vtori
HERE has been ft
difference of opin
ion In respect to tbe
feeding value of
white and yellow
corn, but chemistry
baa come to our aid
and abows ua tbe
dlfferen c e, and
numerous feeding;
teats have substan
tiated the chemist
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, Ttg general membership book
m wwitai in jonmuKB
V-JJtn Health Club oi wasn
, 'JVC, fives the following an-
' Northern Southern
yellow. white.
If
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lsarn that the Northern yel
J t nearly double tbe amount
ita, which are tbe beat pro
- fattening propertlea of tbe
it the Southern white corn
i con of the nitrates, which
1 cuch tbe best feed In warm
. The white com baa nearly
::. more of tbe nitrates, which
i t-aselt and growth, making It
- Cl strongest grain to feed to
7 Uams and growing animals.
- Ilia U also more than thrw times
-la phosphates, which supply
"-tat to the nervous system, ln
3"tl brain. The yellow being
. tt richest in carbonates, will
tit moat fat and heat In the ex
: -rtiern portion of thla country
IX tbe yellow lllat varieties
ttlli In tbe far South are
1 cs-tly large white kinds, and
i caif arstasd what la meant by
northern and white South
. 'za. As food for the table,
Irrlty just quoted says: "We
C i craia of Southern corn with
i r-rtiaa of muscle food, plenty
x fod and less of heating food.
r typical nourishment of the
t ::i:r who believes in exercise,
' ::i who work with their mua
l t U wheat If Li the best food
i!-7. Northern or yellow com
t:vcrx of this, containing a
1 et heaters or carbonates,
:Lanj the blood, as buck
i rJL:s do, causing pimples, sores
lluet. Let ua understand
. t j risit la meant tbe whole grain
13 Ceur: the white flour Is
i t :ra beating, and, like yellow
; c:l .--i wheat makes bad blood,
r :;-a with oats, white corn
1 ts t lata heating and a bet
tj fsod. Does not this account
1 tzr the tact that Southern peo
) t more corn than Nothern
, rr freer from blood and akin
I Let ua appreciate what we
1 cake use of it, rather than
i o muob of our breadstuff in
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Fruit Callers. .
) Live n perfect cellar It must be
:.;:y froat-proof ; therefore, dig
Croond eight feet deep, and wall
i triek, aaysj Michigan Fruit Grow
, U rock Is more convenient, use it,
I Xst-r well, as a smooth surface
j;ts easentlal in keeping the germs
a, that would otherwise find lodg-
places in the crevices of the wall.
- sand floor. Cover by building
t It a "cooper's shop" or any other
ag you may be In need of. Be
v U ceil overhead. Have a stalr-
from upper room, and have door
'.t:m. to keep hot and cold air out
j you enter. The Important thing
, rrzClatlon. This you get with
ty-incb tiling, placed in each cor
Have bottom of tiling level with
cf cellar; build wall close around
j, cementing same. Run tiling
i ctae eight feet, then up to one
'. r feet above ground. Place wire
" ;j between last two- Joists to keep
-V-'.zx from entering the cellar. This
1 tlx hold the old carpet which will
oat frost and act as a damper.
put ft 24x36 flue from ceiling to
ir up through the building, that
1 carry off all impurities and draw
air down through your tiling
x This flue should have a damper
to enable you to abut off draft
Will. It the temperature does not
Own to 40 degrees before you want
. ttsre your apples, place a large piece
: l:a at the' mouth of each tiling in
) cellar and open all drafts. The
. .Ia flue will soon carry off all hot
Yftnd the cellar will be filled with
3, damp air. If your cellar should
.ve to be dry, keep a basin of water
i i it, or your apples will shrivel; but
C ) cot allow tbe water to become stag
: V Cetore cooling cellar, whitewash
- ;j and ceiling; add sulphur and car
's acid freely to whitewash. Do
1 keep vegetables in tbe apple cellar,
v I store away none but choice apples
il cood keeping varieties. After cold
x -ither comes, ventilate to keep tern
f rrture as near 33 degrees as .possible.
U yon meet with the eame success oth
( i have, you will have fresh, ripe ap-
";i every day In tbe year, and be able
( ) coll In May and June at an advance
:r present prices at least
f'f 'c' ' JBheep Illlnol.
Li m report of the State Board of
'isation the number of sheep re
1 assessed In 1896 in Illinois is
X and these are valued at $410,
f ourtb the supposed ' actual
. rrom 1893, when the sheep in-1
f i tils state was in reasonably
. i : . I'.'Aoa, to 1896, there has been
: f I 403,889 sheep of the value of
l. 7hlle this great decline in
; lT.:itj has for a Um almost
jlII ai I'm
- j Kind when it's bia tura imjuv.
" l bad been made captain of tbe
T the removal of Hooper, and
' r-lzl't were enti-
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destroyed tbe raising of sheep for wool,
it has Increased tbe demand for rood
mutton, so that this production has
been benefited. There is a surety that
sheep raising for the better quality of
mutton will be profitable, and tbe sort
that will bring the best results can be
raised in small flocks on tbe farm at
less cost and trouble than any othr
farm animal. If, as may be expected,
wool production again becomes profit
able, the farmer will have two good
sources of Income Instead of one; in
the meanwhile having a supply of the
best of meat for family use. Every
farmer should have a small flock of the
best of mutton sheep. The raising of
scrubs will not accomplisb the desired
results.
- The gold medal presented to Mr, Geo.
McKerrow, Sussex, Wls for the best
"show records of Southdown sheep at
fairs in 1895," was of pure gold, of new
design and as fine and pretty a piece
of the kind as any exhibitor baa se
cured. Mr. McKerrow writes: "I have
a large number of medals, but the
Southdown Association's puts the rest
all In tbe shade. Everybody that sees
it pronounces it a beauty."
Southdown breeders have in tbe way
of selling breeding stock, done better
than many of the other sheep breeders,
and from number of animals sent for
registry recently It may be considered
that not only this but breeders of other
sheep are encouraged to believe that
the sheep industry has reached the bot
tom of decline, and will now commence
an era of prosperity.
J. G. Springer.
Old Apple Trees.
The theory is quite . prevalent
among many farmers that apple trees
should be cut down when they cease to
be productive In consequence of tbe
decay of the branches, writes E. M.
Shaw In. N. E. Farmer. Oftentimes,
and In most cases, such trees can be
restored to a vigorous growth and
healthy condition by cutting away the
old decayed portion and allowing new
branches to take their places. This
will nearly always follow when trees are
well cared for and a liberal supply of
potash be given them. I saw an apple
tree recently on Orchard hill in the
town of Kensington, In this state that
was the remaining tree of an orchard
set out ninety yeara ago. All of the
other trees were cut down thirty-live
years ago. Thla one, bearing ft favorite
apple, by the pleadings of a large fam
ily of children, was allowed to remain.
Of late years the ground around it hat
been cultivated, and It is a constant
bearer. It is now covered with a dense
green foliage, and the limbs have made
a growth thla year of over ft foot Its
condition to-day showa the folly of cut
ting down trees as soon as they oaase
to grow and bear fruit Plow around
them, or where this cannot be done use
a spring tooth barrow. Mulch them well
and put on a good supply of muriate oi
potash, out off the old, decaying, moss
covered branches, grow out a new top
of smooth wood and you will have the
pleasure of seeing large, smooth fruit
growing, where once were only small,
inferior apples. Age haa but little to Ac
with causing ft tree to decay. One bi
tbe apple trees set out by the Arcadiant
more than 150 years ago, la still stand
ing near their old home at Grand Pre,
Nova Scotia, and in 1894 was loaded
with fruit
Some Commercial Fertilisers. Gyp
sum (land plaster) has tbe power oi
holding ammonia and preventing ltt
loss. It must however, be moist In or
der to be effective. The best way tc
use gypsum is to sprinkle It on the
moist dung or urine. Stables In which
the excrements are properly treated bj
this means are noticeably free from
offensive odors, - as a rule. Kainit
sprinkled upon manure tends to check
fermentation and also to attract and
hold moisture. One precaution should
be observed in the use of kainit; It
should be kept from under the feet oi
animals, since injury may result to the
feet of animals treading on it. It is,
therefore, best applied to fresh manure
and covered with litter. Acid phos
phate contains a considerable propor
tion of gypsum, and, to this extent, ltt
action is like that of gypsum. The
soluble phosphate In the acid phos
phate tends to unite with ammonia and
prevent its loss and also to check fer
mentation. Ex.
Fine Soli. Within certain limits, the
finer the eoll is the more available be
comes the plant food It contains. In
the case of stiff clay soils, Professor
Corbett holds that the state of division
of soil particles can be carried too far.
To pulverize it into dust makes it
pack, and if rain occurs It becomes
adhesive and upon drying loses its fri
able consistency. In general, however,
the danger does not lie In too much
cultivation, but from tbe contrary side.
With sandy, gravelly and loamy soils,
the more thorough the cultivation the
more available food will be utilized by
tbe plant. Tbe primary requirements
for success are deep plowing followed
by a thorough harrowing as a prepara
tion tor a suitable seed bed. Ex. ,
The Dandelion. The dandelion Is an
Old World flower, not native In Ameri
ca, save far to the north and on some
of the highest of our western moun
tains. But somehow it was brought
here, perhaps from England in old
colonial times. Now we see its golden
heads and feathery balls at every
grassy roadside, the "clocks" the boys
and girls blow to tell the hour. A few
years ago farmers In the northwest
found a new weed a- vile prickly weed,
in their wheat fielris. In a very short
time this weed, thf Russian thistle, haa
spread over wide acres oi the best farm
land in that pari' of the country, and
has done great njury to the crops.
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On!y by combining In some degree
can the producer of fruit protect their
right j. ,
t
ihfil if
though all the convicts upuo
DftiVU r
sound asleep when I looked into the
ce3 tho positions of some of them
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VAN NORTWICK BROTHERS
FORCED TO ASSIGN.
A BIG ILLINOIS FAILURE.
KUIIom left b Their rather la 1890
All Osed l't in Vjrinua Katerpriiee
The Inlerent of tbe Young
Men VIlcly Extended and
Large Two Minneap
olis Hank Failure, .
Batavia, 111., Dec. 30. The liquida
tion of the Atlas National bank of
Chicago has participated the suspen
sion of the Van Nortwick bank of
Batavia. and the assignment of Will
iam M. and John S. Van Nortwick of
all other property interests, aggregat
ing 82,500,000, to the Equitable Trust
company of Chicago.' Their schedule
of indebtedness was not filed with the
articles of assignment, but the liabili
tfes are said to aggregate f 2,000,000.
The Van Nbrtwick interests, aside
from Batavia property, are largely in
paper mills and manufacturing indus
tries. Their last statement, of assets,
p -epared a year ago, placed their
w alth at $3,500,000. They own a bus
1 .ess block, residence and two farms in
Batavia township, the v.' hole valued at
$150,000; the Western Paper Bag fac
tories of Bataria and Kaukauna, the
largest concerns of the kind in the
world, with a daily output of two mil
lion bagf 5 a straw board mill at Bata
via, unused paper mill at Appleton,
Wis., valued at $800,000; valuable pine
lands in Wisconsin, and stock in the
old Second National bank, of Aurora,
the Aurora cotton mills and the Kau
kauna and Appleton banks, and are
principal owners of the Appleton man-
Meeting company, of Ueneva,lU. They
own 460 shares in the Atlas National
bank, of Chicago. .
The Van Nortwick bank in Batavia
had a large clientage. The bank had
been soliciting deposits for some time
past, paying large interest a fact
which, with good business men, gave
evidence of weakness, if not distress.
Chicago, Dec. 30. In regard to the
assignment of Van Nortwick Bros, at
Batavia, I1L, the Tribune prints the
following: ''When John Van Nortwick,
who was known as the 'King of. Kane
county,1 died in 1890, he left $5,000,000
to bis two sons. The elder Van Nort
wick bad been a pioneer in Western
railroad building. He surveyed the
old Galena road lrom Chicasro, and for
eight yeara was president of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Vulncy railroad.
From tne modest beginning oi $3,000,
which he had with him when he came
to Illinois fifty years ago, he, ac
cumulated the fortune which went to
his two sons. This property was in
tne shape oi large paper manufactur
ing interests at Batavia and along
the Fox river In Wisconsin, in bank
stocks, in Kane county institutions, in
large farms around Batavia and in the
paternal bank in that thriving Illin
ois city. The sons, instead of follow
ing in the footsteps of the father, be
gan to spread out in many directions.
Large sums were spent in lines wholly
distinct from those in which their
patrimony was earned. Going south
as far as Tennessee and west as far as
Kansas City, no new enterprise seemed
unworthy of a portion of the Van
Nortwick fortune. It was in this
manner that some $000,000 in cash
went into the Combined Lock Paper
company at Appleton, Wis. A baga
telle of $20,000 went into the rebuild
ing of the old mill at Batavia, for
which no use other than a storehouse
has yet been found. ,
Had the National Bank of Illinois
not failed a week ago all might have
come out well for the brothers, but
that failure put off negotiations they
had under way for a long time loan on
a new plant at Appleton. United
States Comptroller Eckels was all this
time calling in no uncertain tone upon
the Atlas National to reduce its loans
to its directors, particularly that to
William M. Van Nortwick.
Failing to secure money on the Ap
pleton plant the borrowing director
was unable to reduce his obligations to
the imperiled bank of which he was a
director. This inability to reduce the
loan foreed the Atlas National to ap
ply to the clearing house for assist
ance, and then liquidation of the Atlas
compelled the assignment of the Van
Nortwicka. - x
MINNEAPOLIS BANKS FAIL.
The Colombia National Follows Clotely
on Scandla Collapte.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 30. The
Columbia National bank, a small insti
tution of comparatively recent estab
lishment and $200,000 capital, closed its
doors this morning. Though this fail
ure followed the closing of the Scandia
National yesterday there was compar
atively little excitement.
Cashier Joseph Jobleter said: "We
could have stood tbe pressure a little
longer, but to protect the majority we
closed. We have $33,000 cash in the
vaults, and inside of sixty days expect
lo have fully $100,000 more collected.
Our total liabilities are only $247,000.
There is no doubt but what we will be
able to make a full account with our
depositors and a fair settlement with
the stockholders."
The Washington bank, ft state insti
tution, closed its doors at noon. It
had a capital of $100,000, and by its
last statement, at the close of business
December 17, had $507,104 loans and
discounts, $14,228 drafts secured, $20,
165 stocks and bonds, $14,475 real es
tate and $88,272 cash on band. Its de
posits were $363,132, certified deposits
$112,587; bank deposits, $84,937. A. C.
Ilaugsn, city treasurer, was one of the
founders and is one of its directors. O.
E. Breecke is the cashier. '
' "Gas" Addicks announces that he or
no one will be United States Senator
from Delaware.
A motion for a new trial in the Den
ver Sank wrecking case was overruled.
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RlpaBS Tabulrf ours saujea.
PLATT'S FINE WORK.
The New York City Repabltcaa Clak Ba
faeaa to ladorae Mr. Choat.
New York, Dec 30. Tbe Republi
can club of New York has refnsed to
endorse the candidacy of Josephh II.
Choat tor United States senator. For
the resolutions laid over last week, en
dorsing Choate, a subsitute was
adopted, declaring it ill-advised that
any action should be taken regarding
the possible cand'dacy of any person,
and that it was the sense of the club
that no action should be taken.
The Union Republican club of Brook
lyn and the IVogress Republican club
of New York have adopted resolutions
endorsing Thomas C. Piatt for senator.
Plagiarism by a Stadent.
Topekx, Kan., Dec, 30. P. S. Elliott,
a student of Washburn college of tbls
city, who, on November 17, won the
honor of representing that institution
in the oratorical contest of the state
association, is accused of plagiarism by
Paul Love well, a fellow student Love
wells charge is "parallelism of
thought" and a committee, consisting
of Profs. Ellis and Hyde and Dean
Mattox. has been appointed to investi
gate. It is claimed that Elliott bor
rowed and used in his oration, "The
Needs of the Hour," ideas and lan
guage from an article in the American
Magazine of Civics.
Banker Jane' Beqoeet.
Hiawatha, Kan.', Dec 30. The will
of the late Banker Charles H. Janes
provides that $1,000 be given the Hia
watha public library, the interest to
be invested in new books. II is private
library is presented to the public li
brary. To Hiawatha is given $1,000,
the interest to go to the poor. The
Hiawatha academy gets about one-fifth
his fortune, or $10,000. Mrs. Albert
Lawrence, Mrs. Will Mason, the Rev.
J. B. Richardson and C. D. Lamm are
each given a fifth. Mr. Lamme is
named as executor.
Seventy Per Cent of Ballot Throws Oat.
Obeat Bend, Kan., Dec. 30. Evi
dence in the contest case of Nimocks
against Diffenbacker shows that the
board threw out on technicalities 70
por cent of the ballots cst in. the
county, and in some townships more.
In this' township only 18 votes ort of
123 were accepted, while in tows about
half were counted. The board appears
to have acted fairly, but is generally
censured for too great strictness.
Shot Down After 10O Years.
Easton, Pa., Dec 30. The Lehigh
mills In South Easton; manufacturers
of cotton goods, have shut down for
four months, and there is said to bo
but little prospect of a resumption at
the end of that period. Depression in
business is given as the cause. The
plant was started nearly one hundred
years ago, and this is the first shut,
down it has experienced.
Turkey Finance In Good Shape.
Constantinople, Dec 30. It is an
nounced that the budget estimates for
1807 show that the assets exceed the
expenditures by 82,000 Turkish pounds.
This result has been brought about by
reducing the war estimates' 1,000,000
nnds Turkish, by making economies
ther districts and by an Increase Iq
the tithes.
A Kansas Pastor FaUely Imprisoned.
St.. Louis, Ma, Dec. 30. L. P.
Scbardon, a Presbyterian minister
from Columbus, Kan., was arrested
here December 8 on a charge of hav
ing obtained half rates from railroads
by falsely representing himself to be a
clergyman, fie proved his 'profession
and has been , released after three
weeks' imprisonment for which he will
Sue for $2,000.
A 8Uer Bullion, Certificate Schema.
Denvkb, Col., :,Dec 30. Governor
Mclntlre has received a letter from
State Senator C. W. Beal of Nebraska,
proposing that the Cdl or ad q legislature
appropriate money to construct a de
pository at Denver f orv silver bullion
on which certificates may be Issued at
the market value, the Certificates to
be used as money by the people.
AnAher ftenver Wrecked on Trial.
Denver, Colo., Dec 30. The trial of
Frank K. Atkins, president of the de
funct Colorado Savings bank, has been
begun . In the District court 1 There
are ten indictments against him and
an equal number against his brother,
C. . O. Atkins, cashier of the bank,
whose trial will follow.
Democrat Working- for Oabol.
Washington, Deo 30. Senator Du
bois and C. A. Walsh, secretary of the
Democratic national committee, have
gone to Idaho to conduct a canvass in
aid oi the lormer s re-election. The
Democratic senators here have written
a letter to the Democrats of Idahe
urging Di'bois' re-election.
Noted Musicians Dead.
London, Dec. e0. Wasielewski, the
noted violinist is dead, and word from
Paris is that ' Barbot, who sang the
tenor role in the first performance of
Gounod's "Faust," died there yester
day. M. Halanzier du Fresnoy, for
merly a director of the Paris opera, Is
dead. He was born in 1819.
' A LeadwiUe Bank to Liquidate.
Denver, Col., Dec 30. Dr. D. H.
Dougan, president of the Carbonate
National bank of Leadville, has ac
cepted the office of cashier in the Bank
of Commerce, this city. At the Janu
ary meeting of the Carbonate bank a
vote will be taken to reduce the cap
ital stock, and the bank will gradually
go into liquidation.
A Week' Lay Off for 80,000 Hen.
Shenandoah, Pa., Dec. 30. Notice
was posted at all the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company coller
es here and In the vicinity, numbering
forty, and also at a number of individ
ual colleries, that work would be sus
pended until next Monday. Twenty
thousand men and boys will be Idle.
An Old St. Joseph Hotel Cloeed.
St. Joseph, Ma, Dec '.30. The Bacon
housb, one of the largest hotels in the
city, was closed to-day and will be sold
in a few days on a mortgage. It was
established thirty-five years ago.
a discount youth and enthusiasm arc
above ua-. V '
Every
Of 1& ta
Will make the best possible appearance if "clothed in
their right minds," and a suit of "THE HUB'S" famous
clothes. Speakers, clerks and the rank and file of
the coming legislature should demonstrate their ability to
make laws and discharge the grave responsibility resting"
upon them, by first attending the JANUARY SALE of Suits,
Overcoats and everything worn by man at the very centre of
the clothing business of Nebraska, namely,
A COUNTY INSOLVENT.
Lane Coanty, Kin. Overloaded With
. Debt Interest Payment Stopped.
Diqhton, Kan., Dc. 30. The board
of county commissioners of this (Lane)
county, in meeting to-day, formally de
clared the county insolvent and issued
instructions to Treasurer John Schie
reek to refrain from further payment
of interest on the bonded indebtedness
of the county. The county has hereto
fore always made its interest payments
promptly, its warrants have circulated
at a very slight discount and conse
quently its credit has been high. , The
funded debt of the county is $125,000.
The bonds are held by about forty dif
ferent corporations and Individuals la
New York and New England and when
last heard from they were quoted at
par. There seems to be no prospect
that payment will ever be resumed
upon the debt as it stands.
Edward Helvie, " chairman of the
board of commissioners, made the fol
lowing explanations of their action!
''We have stopped payment of Interest
upon our bonded debt for the simple
reason that Lane county is insolvent
We cannot raise eno agh money by tax
ation to meet our interest and that is
the whole story. Of course, we took
this course with great reluctance, be
cause this county ' has heretofore,
among all the counties of Western
Kansas, maintained its credit at the
highest Our home people are not re
pudiators. They ; pay their, taxes
promptly, but not so the non-resident
Jroperty owners. For instance, the
arris-Conklin. Mortgage ' company
owns ninety quarter sections of land
in the county, upon which they have
not paid a cent of , taxes for nearly
three years. Other loan companies
and Eastern individuals are delinquent
the same way. ' The county has bought
In land at tax sale until it can buy as.
longer." .
Victim of a Conspiracy.
Bait Dieoo, Cal., Dec 30. Americana
throughout Mexico are watching with
great interest the movements of the
authorities in the case of Carlos A. Mil
ler, an American citizen and resident
of Cuaginicullapan, state of Guerrero,
now in Belim prison. City of Mexioo,
charged with the murder of a Mexican
engineer named Eduardo Zepeda, at
Ometepeo on October 6. Miller claimed
from the first that the local 'officers at
Ometepeo and his own town oonspired
to bring a murder charge against him
and encompass his ruin ana death if
possible.
Dr. Clyde Davis, dentist Richards Blk.
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Biaang Woman Under Arreet for Killing
a Wealthy Ranshr.iun.
, Topeka, Kan., Dec 30. George W.
Gilmore, a ranchman in Rawlins coun
ty, Kansas, was assassinated last Sat
urday ,night and a strange woman,
who gives her name as Prudence
Holbert has been arrested for the
crime. Gilmore, who lived alone, had
been out buying cattle and returned to
his cabin about 9 o'clock at night He
prepared his supper, and sat down to
eat it when someone fired a load of
buckshot into his face through a win
dow. He was found in a dying condition
tbe next morning by a neighbor. Gil
more related the story of the shooting,
and said he staggered to the door and
saw the figure of a man hurrying away
In the darkness. Asked if he had an
enemy, Gilmore confessed that he had
jilted a girl at his old home in Orange
county. New York, and that sho had
threatened to kill him. He said that
he had lately received a warning from
her that he had only a short time to
live. He declined to give her name or
tell an more about his past nistory.
A posse was organized to hunt down
the assassin. Near the Nebraska line,
fleeing northward on foot, the posse
captured the woman referred to, and
took her to the Gillmore cabin. She
was greatly excited when she saw the
dead body, but refused to talk further
than that her name was Prudence Hol
bert She is in jail and no trace of
her identity has been found. Gilmore
located In Rawlins county twelve
years ago, but his neighbors were
never able to learn anything about
him. He was regarded as a man with
a past which he sought to conceal.
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Logislaiure
Lincoln, Nebraska.
THURSTON WARLIKE.
the Mebraakan, Would Not Car If Spain
Should Declare Hostilities.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 30. Senator
phurston spoke before the members of
(he Chautauqua circle on the Cuban
lituation. In beginning he announced
his intention to vote for the recognition
of Cuban independence, and towards
the latter, part of his speech his words
gave the impression that he would be
a little disappointed if that action
failed to bring on a war. He declared
Chat he did not want war, bnt thtrj
were worse things. He seriously
prenenaea that when this country
piacea useix on record tor vuoan recog
nition the Spanish ministry would de
clare war on the United States, re
gardless of the consequences. The
Cuban situation was a blot on the
civilized World and a reproach to every
American citizen. Its condition called
for patriotic action by every lover of
liberty on this side of the ocean.
MlMourl Teacher Meet.
Sedalia, Ma, Dec 80. Upwards of
100 teachers attended the first day's
meeting of tbe thirty-fifth annual ses
sion of the Missouri State Teachers'
association. President W. H. Martin
of Lamar was in the chair. Text
books in use in Missouri were taken up
for discussion. : '
Held Up In a Rectory.
St. Loots, Ma, Dec 3a Father
Chaw, assistant pastor of the Holy
A n rval a ,niAVl wa.a hftlA nn in ftla waa- 1
tory and robbed by a stransre wher '
seealfaarl In f.T.a us f Tam nnn as. on -4in ek-X '
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visitor would da -
Heavy Sentence for a Flra
"Kww Vnlw Tbu, Qrt Tea a
Who was convicted of arson in the flail 1 1
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degree, was scuwucea w vniriy-t"
years in prison. The maximum per
ally is lorty years.
Too Warm for au Ice Ft"
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 30.-iC .ring til
the mild weather, the St Pi' I 71at
Carnival Association has hr a foroil
to abandon its plans for an i jalaa j
.his season.
The British foreign office stat s Ik
tt has not warned the Ur 1 ta
against intervention in Cu:
Snipper Bater Yf V
AJtNSAS UITT, MO., 13C. , .Hal.
City shippers and recti n
started a movement throng a tie tr
portation bureau to have t '. Jurhi
tlon of the Kan a lMt r .
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association extended so as ta I JL
the cities of St Joseph, Leavemwcfti
ana Atcnuon. xne trouble Is
shipments of merchandise and '!
are being diverted from Kansas CU
the cities named because la tl
places shippers are practically alto'
to unload cars at their leisure.
Hutchinson Foatofflce I Shy!
Hutchinson, Kan., , Dec 30.
spector Cochran of the postoffita
partment yesterday discovers!
shortage of 13,000 in the aceoual
Postmaster Mead of this oisyM
shortage occurs in the money r
and Stains denn.rf mnu U1 aaa I.
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former and lnn .v, . I..
w.ww .u ura w.wsr. jj
Eva Beum is the clerk for these depat
men ta. - She has bean ni.n.nj.
Ing an investigation, bus
oeueves ner guilty. . ;:v ;
One Wreck a Day.
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Sea than in any other place itt ;
world. The average is doe wree
day throughout the year. l
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Earthly Influence.
It is a high, solemn almost awfuj
thought for every individual man that
his earthly Influence, which has had a
commencement will never, through ail
ages, were he the very meanest of us,
have an end. Thomas Carlyl
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