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J V,-." THE UZZTJZ'MtlDZFZlWZtiT. rrJL cat t:":i. 'J THE PUBLIC. . Greai M Mere J. L OFFI- I M tk 1 Ceetloa E" Wit ...lae. Jem Not t, Doe. ( When a com--:ir I 1 ti collapsed cf I .laoU called on J. i tS--J lor a per il rt'.rdlng the tank' -"7-re locked and to Mr. Eckels ke a statement ctlon with the r u explain their meat, since the In 1895. ? I ke felt confident ) it the bank had tJ the director Vt' l receipt of IZr, repeatedly tried ( pr the sale of Jl way, .but the I lie country, the i and the trouble 1 . toh company had Jl, :e negotiations Jted a desire to i , power to aid the ' tie utmost from k..' ;',,,:.. .4 upon the dl ' 1 expect them to l effort to realize li and at the best i w .I: Termed the comp ly I .1 no one to recom- tad no protest to . ointment of any -My willing to co j Jr. Eckels might ' A the directors . it the affairs of completely settled vslve months and l would be met, probably would be . i real estate dear. ) Ur. Adams of the out the following; r'easant interview r. Our purpose had tried to do tion of the bank . the comptroller's Our talk wua main JlSJhet Electric. We 'Viler will do all he tat ean possibly be asset," 1 CHRISTMAS. vQutot, Bat, Tredl noma Ooaerved. ; ;.The queen's Christ lied very quietly at of Prince Henry of 1 made all festivities ' s old traditional cus- . Vis were unlnterfered 1 usual 'presents were A baron of beef, which A dish on the queens i i cut from a Devon ox, ;.ltened on her majesty's I in Windsor Great park. ' roasted at Windsor and t j .'.orne Christmas eve, -nr's head and wood- . s 'ColonUts. , joi., Dec. 28. Cuban ter have formed an or .'.oh contemplates fight urjents without viol a t SUites neutrality laws, to go to Cuba f col . Tage in "other oi vie , t. iiecided upon later." ;ttri "bership of the col- -Tot k than 100 nor more I tie ae in.be rship fee, to ( arriving in Cuba, is set I colonists are to provide . Uh fire arms at their own 1 fo ones of NcTada. at., i: sa 28. It had been .t ohn P. Jones would sitioi i from the silver men n i ut United States Sen I fear Republican votes " try jwould be cast against ich from Winnemucca , i eorge Nixon, banker t the Silver State, a paper 3 r V strongly supported t t for the seat Minister Recalled. J, Dec. 28. After seven i Id Washington as repre ! V'i government, Alfred s lielgian minister, pre .al letter of recall to :veland to-day and e.x--Tttt he felt at being ob . . the ties which had -lerlca. The President "able terms. Be has , to St. Petersburg. 'AMOclatet Roleaaad. ' Colonel K, Gray , Irth of whom . ' eson to ! tfar- T t r 1 ' i trestara Cepltaltete Behind t la ButM Cavatjr, Great Behd. Kan., Dec. 28. F. B. feoen, who represent a company of Western capitalists, has completed the preliminary surrey of the irrigation ditch to connect the Arkansas river with the Cheyenne bottoms and has found no serious obstacles. A meeting of farmers and citizens of this place was held Wednesday and Eoen, for the company, said that if he could get the right-of-way free he would put 200 teams to work on the ditch at once and that by April 1 next he would bare it completed, thus securing the water of the spring freshets. - A committee .of prominent citizens and farmers was appointed to secure right of way for that ditch. So far as heard from the farmers have expressed their willingness to give the right of way and it is thought the committee will win over the undecided ones. When this ditch is finished it will run into an artificial lake with an area of 64,500 acrt's. The practical irrigators all unite in saying that this will greatly benefit this section. BOLD BURGLARS. Kansas a Ble Cltr Craokaten stake Haul oa Mala trees. UajrgirCr?r, rta-'f. O?'' opened two tc:i ta C 57 7. 1. Ctetilnj oor;:y, 1C:J liti I aiJ cz c . " .zd Uilxtt t... lrol..ry rta oea f i r .1 -7 1- t-j r?rTumI Ij ' t. ji ri v Ubr-'" bnieUr aUuayaMiia aji a.. by a Pinker ton detective. None of these were sufficient, however, to pre vent the robbery, which, from traees left behind, required an hour or mora of hard work. The two safes were opened with bur. glara tools and were badly . battered ana scarred. There were no attempts to drill into them. The combinations were- broken. Alter the contents were removed, the safe doors were carefully closed and everything In the office set to rights. Shot Dead by His Daughter. Rohinson, 111., Deo. 28.-fohn A. Seany and his wife had been separated and the 'daughter, Mrs. O. J. Tohlll, had been caring for her mother. Wed nesday Seany came here and spent thi afternoon in drinking. On his way home at night he stopped at the Tohil) home and, finding Tohlll absent, threatened his wife and daughter. Mrs. Tohill loaded a rifle and ordered her father to leave. Seany started toward 4ier and she shot him througk the heart " Shot Dead by Mlmoarl Miners. Leadvii.i.e, ' CoL, Dec, 88. About two o'clock , this morning four Missouri miners on 0eir way home from down town, met Patrick Carney and hit wife, who had been attending a ball, and called Carney across the streei and talked to him a few minutes. Then one of them shot him, killing him In stantly. Carney had a lease on tna Star mine. The Missourians were all arrested, but It Is not known yet which one fired the fatal shot. Declared Elected It is now about definitely settled that the two men elected as contingent judges of the supreme court will be declared elected and seated. It will be remem bered that the returns show that the proposition to increase the Dumber of supreme court justices from three to fire received a large majority of the votes cast on the proposition, al though not a majority of the whole 280.UOO votes cast at the election. 1 - The vote on the proposition waa cast in a separate box. It will also be re membered that the two fusion contingent candidates for the two new seats thus created received a majority over their republican opponents.' The state canvassing board canvassed the vote, but entered no definite finding more than that the proposition to in crease the number ol justices did not re ceive a majority ot the total rote cast at the election, giving the 1 figures for ' and : against the proposition. ,7 t It is learned that after investigation Governor JiaJeoinb has prepared cer tificates of election for the two -fusion candidatesjMrt Secretary of State Piper has declinedto sitfn, them." a ' ' It has further been ascertained that before Senator John Watson in troduced his joint resolution for an pmondment to the constitution provid er t increase in the number of ' .:3Vln compauy with Hon. E. L.zzlzr of the Omaha Bee, cousuitea n:lrs of the supreme court aoi j Lt rrmrted to have secured irea :t i til c pinion that if the vote on the :t were cast in a separate bo would be required to carry t..j .-;i:ti would be a majority cl tie votes cast on the oroDosition. It is also remembered that in or 1888 an amend nient was subr.'.tri to increase the pay of legislator! : to ta per diem and extend the legislative term, which uassed iust as t: J amend ment has passed. The lc-tlaturs by vote in joint assembly djclared the amendment to have pe:r.d abd the legislature has ever since t:,i operating . i& i i It is probably the 4stxtion of the legislature to follow tfcU republican pre cedent. ' THE WHOLE 8TCHY Of the wonder ful en res by Hood'a Lirsnparilla is soon told. It makcH tlis blood rich, pure and noui-mliing. Itcma scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism. ' HOOD'S P -3 f I barinoniously with Utorid'a I ...:-z:..Jfc Curs all liver ills. 2 b centi . . , . Oeaeral Lee Back In Havana, ' ' Havana, Dec. 28. General Fitzhuga Lee, United States consul general.Mrs. Lee and their daughter arrived .today via Tampa, Fla. Joseph A. Springer, the vice-consul general, the staff ol the United States consulate and the representatives in this city of Ameri can newspapers received the genera) Oa landing. ; . Bx-Seaator Browa's Widow Dead. Atlanta, Oa., Dec. 28. Mrs, Eliza beth Brown, widow of the late ex Governor and ex-Senator Joseph E. Drown, died this morning at her home in this city. " Sho was 70 yoara old. She had just returned from a tour ot Europe and the Holy Land lasting a year and a half when seized with her fatal illness. , Noted Musician United. , San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 28. Gus tav Hinricha, the musical director, and Miss Montgomery Fleming, contralto, were married at the home . of his par ents in Alameda, Deo. 17. There were , the factory, testing less than 12 per cent WAt.'Ta EOOMTY. j 1 , , Beat Sugar tZ :'-trm Ask the Grow era to Pu3 for them. ' The anthdttaa of jtbe Oxnard com pany have sent out tl following letter ; Gband IsXaJlD,-)ec. 19, 1896.-Sir: The late der.;!oa llbe supreme court, rendered T-.vnZrJ 16, 1896, having made it lr "Prthe factory to re ceive the V s for sugar made un der an attzzz J by the wgixlature on the 29th x. 1 u L.areh, until a sbeeiflcr .rriation shall be made for the payf. t of sail warrants, we beg to call yocr ( ' " " tloi to the clause of your contrar ' i as follows: "Ina V as the state of Nebraska passed I on the 23th day of March, 1895 j . ..' Jzj to existing beet sugar factor. i ..:tae state of Nebraska a pay ment ci ;eighths of 1 cent per pound on "-:- ot ninety test made in this statu .. 1 sets for which f 5 per ton was paid, V c'.eet of such bill being to se cura .-J ti grower the price of $5 per ton, arl, inasmuch as the Oxnard Beet Surr CJUipany, in consideration of the saM fifx-eighths of I per cent per pound oa suar of ninety tet, raised the price ot beets from $4 to f 5 per ton, it is of coarse understood and is a part of this aXfeemeiittbat should the factory dur to life of this contract be in any way deprived of any of the rights guar anteed by the bill of March 29,1895, then the beets delivered under this con tract shall be paid for at the rate of f 4 per ton for all beets that shall contain not less than 12 per cent sugar to the weight of the beet with a purity co-effl-eient with 80." As there are beets already com'nsr to - Doing Scxa Bosintsa The state association of st: .2 k-J an interesting meeting Sat- " y t"r noon at the Grand hotel, ar ' Cla tallo? ing officers were elected: P. Ll.xt f "V nel Startzer, Papillion; prz? ' t, John Trompeu, Lincoln; t: zz7T, ' . L. Ackerman, Stanton; t ;xt y, -- Lewis, Omaha. An ad.L..-j -' ;;at was left as it waa last J : " " ; I m uel Startzer, N. T. Jci j, i . j, Jahn Trampen, John Lull ;r:!j4t was authorized 107;-!zt V-Jitive committee of five, Some discussioa xz hti over the action of the lati r rstar cl the asso ciation, H. Rokit.'j, wlo la bow in Butte, Montaax It a;i ttat be issued 1 sight drafts n Ct rae .va for various sums and tb t soma of the r't8 were honored. 1 1 money ' is allcred to have been blows U terirx the legislature, when the e?tJ acted a lobby. No accounts r :rt let and when Rosen- weig's sr.: ::r into the office he found lot of unpaid bills, amoniTto swwraifiaidred dollars. BefdW t meet'.BZ adjonrned some dis eased"! rr,s kid over what is wanted fron t. 1 "J-Ature, bet this was not mil r-i-i t i rr.l'.rr tn Una Holiday Batei. i xt 4C"daya" excursion tickets I t aoU December 24, 25, 81, and Xxxaxry 1, 1S37, a t bne and one-third :re let te ronni trip to points witnm it':taceof 200 miles. Final limit Jan-r-ry 4, By this lint all northern and .itheastera Nebraska points are best rsctid, also Iowa points through Mis souri Valley and Sioux City. Depot corner 8th and S, city office 117 south 10th street. A. S. Fielding city ticket agent. V tf STATS SCHOOL FUND. present only the parents of the and groom and Carl Uhlig, who as best man. bride atted A Sedalla Woman's Quest.??' Portland, Ore., Deo. 28. Missllary Ellen Thaxter of Sedalia, Mo., is here endeavoring to obtain positive evidence of the death qf her father, Everett Thaxter if he is indeed dead to ex pedite the distribution- of a- $500,000 eat&td lu St, 1-OUIS, in W"icr am i m tores ted to the extent of $250,000. i( Burled la His Institute. Paws, Dec 38. The body of Pro; fessor Louis Pasteur, who died Sep tember 28, 1895, was removed to-day from the cathedral of Notre; Dame to the I'asteur Institute, where it waa re ceived by a gathering of distinguished men. - . . - ' : Efflcy Hansjlna-s In New Jersey. Ksw York, Dec 38. Effijiea of Captain General Weyler of Cuba were banged in two New Jersey town last night, citizens 'of Cape Mt v and New Brunswick celebrating .Cnrktmas by demonstrations in favor of Cuban lib erty. , The Rev. Richard Wake's Atabltlea. Topic ir a. Van . Dn 98 Rev. Rich. ard Wake, formerly president of the ?e,'e' State Temperance union, avants to be a member of the state board of chari ties. sngar, with a purity coefficient of 80, we shall irom this date until the clow of the campaign test every load of beets that shall arrive and pay for them under the conditions and under the terms of theon tract existing between us; but with a view of protecting your ' interest we shall retain at the factory all state official until the close of the present, campaign, and should the incoming legislature provide by the passage of a specific appropriation sufficient to pay the factory what they would be entitled to receive under the act of March 29, 1895, then we will immediately pay for all beets grown that shall be received at the factory under the terms of this year's contract,1 the difference between price pain and o per ton. We pursue this course becaune the amount of beets that will ruu nuder our test of 80 and 12 will be small in propor tion, and to avoid the necessity of mak ing a separation. ' We enniHstly hope that the -farmers may get together and insist upon the in coming legislature promptly making the required appropriation, thus enabling u to pay them the entire amount of f 5 per ton. We also invite your attention to the fact that we shall be pleased to have you employ a chemist of your own selec tion at our laboratory who can check all ! teats made by our chemist of beets re- ceiveu. ve are now maxiog up our ac counts for all deliveries to December 1, and check in full settlement will be mail ed you within the next few days. Debs to Help te4vtir Aetkevs. Terre Haute, lad., Do (tl Eugene V. Debs has promised th'' president of the Western Federation of Miners that he will go to Colorado is first of next week to help the Le ivilte. strikers. via speak jlil.c- la Co rado cities, be- No fits after first day's use of Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle and treatise sent by Dr. Kline, 931 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa. New Horse Collar. A horse collar has been patented that has this advantage, that its size H t-? - ,tt fVf-7,'l;i-vvX.i W. L H. A. Go to the Metropolitan Dining Hall for best meals In & ( ' at Lowest Prices. Oysters served in any style day or nfx' Everything first-class. i Don't Forget the Place. 936 P St. ? Ston. 'h Baily & Homolto: "V. " GOOD OAIIPLC IIOOLI8. nn fii) k Jl nnnn Cemi-Annusl Appropriation Equal Sixty .Seven Cents Per Capits. The semi-annual . apportionment school funds by the superintendent public instruction distributes $231, 958.80 among the 346,200 school children in the state. From the total there is deducted $24,624.58 lost in state depositories, and there is added 0501 received as dividends on a $5,000 deposit in the defunct Buffalo county national nanx. , rne amount on hand allows a distribution at the rate of 67 cents per capita for school population. WEYLER" TALKS, Finer del Rio BebcU Declared HeVpten No Cruelty to Thou Who Surrender. . New Yobk, Dec. SiV-rA dispatch" U the Herald from Cam p Arroyo Grande foot of the Bangel Hills, Pinar del Ri province, December 25, via Havana Cuba, says: "In an interview with your Correspondent, Captain Weylersald: 'l have twenty-six battalions, ranging from 800 to 1,000 men each, occupying all the hills of the province These columns have destroyed everything in sight and have been able to subsist on the cattle of the insurgents, whicli were found grazing in the hills, and with whose destruction died the re maining hope of sustenance. They must either starve or submit and som may prefer to do the former, owing to their remarkable apathy.' " 'But why are there so few presen tados, general, in ot her words, persons willing to lay down their arms?' 'That point is easily cleared up. I know that they have held meetings with the idea of cominjf in as presen tados, but have been told that I mur der them all, which n absurd, is it not? Certainly I shall not harm them, knowing that they hope to throw away ieir arms and pose as pacificos.' "You can tell pretty well by tb' number of arms given up how mry have been concealed, caii't you?' " 'I am not sure there are mora arms than there are insurgents. Thep show their desperate condition. ' I can tell you that 1 know positively that Maceo himself went three days with out food before he was killed.' ' - " You still believe him dead? , " 'Beyond a . doubt, certainly. We even know where his body is, but we do not like to disinter it, as it would savor too much of the profanation of a grave. " 'Why has Arolas left the troche with 8,000 men to take part In the ac tive camDaitrn?' "'Because the necessity - for the trocha as a defensive line no longer ex ists. There is, however, it considera ble force there still amply sufficient lor all nresent mirooses. ' " 'De vou expect to ciipture Rius Rivera' "'' " 1 dont think Rivera will show himself at all,' said General Weyler. ! We never hear from him. but some times do one of the Ducasse brothers.' " John Drake Towtuend Dead. New Yokk, Dec 58. John Drake Townsend, eminent lawyer and poli tician, diedv suddenly at Christmas dinner. ' - ; - Bratal Jetteraon City Warden' . Jeffibsoii City, Ma, Des. 28. The body of a 12-year-old colored girl was found in the rear of Stamflis' furni ture store with the head crushed and the abdomen cut open. '.( obe Lana han, a negro, was arrested, but thfe evidence against him is meager and circumstantial. A lynching is possi ble.' Reynard Got the Best of It. A queer fox hunt is reported from Barren county. Kentucky. A farmei going one morning to open the door of his noultryhouse louna mat me piace had been raided by a fox that was still inside. Reynard appeared to havt worked up the sliding door until h effected an entrance, when it dropped and made him a prisoner. The farmei and his son concocted a plan for hli capture. Turning a dog inside; th . noultrv-houae. they held a bag firmly over Che opening, and on the slide fiss U3ft there waa a swift rush inU J. G. RUSSELL, Proprietor. Special HatC3 to Uembcrs of tho Legislatr CORNER ELEVENTH and Q STREETS, X-ixicolaau, IT". HALF PRICE for30 DAV, CLOSING OUT I Going to Missouri. Have about 70 head of choice FOLWID CUIUS : : . ..., .AND i - - .i- c Ocrlisliiro lions L j Consisting of 4 herd boars, 22 brood sows, (bred for spring farmers) 24 gil"i ani the balance, boars ready for service. This is choice stock. No culls. Uy entire herd of fine Holsteins same price. Must sell. For Genuine Bargains write at once, . ... Mention Ihdepindent. H. S. WILIIDSOU. Zzzm City, Z: mo eimne u hmht. mm 'in . ii , kill - 1Vr" - ' ,uiMu:tr.'i Cripple Greek Bold ; We advise the immediate purchase tf tbefol lowing stocks, for either a speculatlracrinTC INDEPENDENCE ETS3i:i Just South and within 300 feet of tfca trrrU-fzx: Independence Mine. Write for prices. GULL HILL GOLD TUIIGL Gi A Tunnel sight through Bull Hill, running unrfe. many shipping mines, at 3c per share. The Mutual Benefit Mining & Leasing to. Has a three years lease on the oldest tunnel sit ' Cripple Creek, containing 100 acres, between Anchoria Leland and C. O. D. mines, also T Alia min. containing 10 acres; 700,000 shares 1,100,000 still in the treasury. Ift000 Piant . machinery, etc. This stock is now selling at Write to us for further information. ; r.tTr.nTTRTif mVESTMEIJT 00 Colorado Sprinso, Co, 1 i $8.00. BEST TEETH J. L. HODGMAN, D. D- S . . . . . PRICES REDUCED. . . 1105 OSt., LiJ Alloy Fillings. 'siVfSCiJP Gold Fillings S ! 2 UP Best Porcelain Teeth 4C3 Best White Teeth 8 C 3 : Extracting Teeth Without Pain...... - IQ-Remember the name HODGMAN. Bring this with you. - Ho For Colorado. Would you like to own a Fruit Farm, - -vr. J - Dnf.fA a Kerry Farm, a vineyara, Farm, a Melon Farm, an Alfalfa Farm, a Stock Farm, a Dairy Farm, a Bee Farm, a Farm or Country tiome, ior health and Independence, with the Dee soil, best climate, best irrigating canal. best water supply, Dee ---ties, best markets, best titles, and the most rapidly growing country in Amert ca? The Colorado Immigration velopraento., loai Vur .'.Il'ZV Colo., is a state organisation for assist ing people to just such locations. Write thenVfully and receive by return mad handeomely illustrated literature telling about the climate, irrigat on andv won derful profits to be made In Colorado by growing fruit and other farm products; Prices on fine irrigated farm and orchard lands were never so low as ttody, those who take advantage of the oppor tnnitina now existing will never regret Every Thursdajr evening a sleeping car for Salt Lake Git Francisco and Los Angeles leav ha and Lincoln via the Bui route. It is carpeted, upholsv- rattan; has spring ssats and bae is provided with curtains, b towels, soap, etc. An expert enrsion conductor and a v Pullman porter accompany, it to the Pacific coast. While neither an expensive! nor as Sue to look at as a paW it is jast as good to ride in. N class tickets are honored, amij ' of a berth, wide enough and- for two is only f 5. For a folder giving full at the B. A M. depot or o. ner Tenth end O streets. J G. V. TiOBKELLyC . . ' Baakroyt Brtt'' A peer Ttabecomf' r -rts T. "S, t'sugr. "?1 f e t: r c 28.-:: i j leeendlcj, C 7 r - o.ua M.frca sitanj c y t.:.:i cl l- l t'. La 4. . , J,. tC it tr im -tell lords. . t ) r r-'? corr.tr. trrsvtr. ta t;i ada to "" 1 or m 4 t t - T lrr. ci t. .1 t's H O crt of Ce tlsJ 1 v ic C it t?.-t czi tolt czt tt t'lt Usite Karkef I There an 1C3 licensed n it :;ltl:r;! la Londo v t-r r c:.."Jx ti rts