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Trial of rraixtargaaat.
Chicago, Dec. 8.-D1 the trial rf
! I rendergast for the murder of Mayor
j Harrison three more juror were e-
Icted, making four thug far secured.
! Th y are G W. Hamilton, a purchasing
j-j (r" or country buyers: Charles K.
ibii.B.iroiir'a k.u(. . i Itetd, travelling salesman; John W.
Washington, Da 4.-Tbe annual f AUU !'", and Alf-ed Wander,
11 -art of Jan. H. Eckels, comptroller i ff1-80-. ,b fotenoon fesioa but
DfO flblT ffO f li mil crTi ahitii a tVuiWl. io
directly to congress tod differs from ! acc. pted. The state b:id seven perip.
farmer reporu in that 110 tables ap-j ton challenges Mid the d-fense four
pear in the body of the text. It shows j 1'rendergast interrupted theexami a
1,75 national oauks to have been in j tion "SalD and was suppressed by the
operation at the close ui the report ! ?urt Mr- i de was examining John
Jr, with a capital stock of 310.538.. ' 'S' i' oun !nk.
r ' , to suy opinion he innzht hav as to h .
ISO, represented by T.45O.0OU lres. j guilt or mnocei.ee of the accused ' In
nam Dj JJ,0u0 shareholders. At the 1 one way I think he s guilty and in an
.-
e to
the
other 1 think he la innocent." replied
the veu'renian by way of an answer to
the attorney s quest ion. Then Preider
gast's harsh voice was heard saying to
me court:
1 ouieci 10 mat statement nnr
... .. .. . .. . '
" " 9m,sv',j... curing me uonor. that iu soone th nirs he think 1
i
an report ot condition the total re
source of the banks they in operation
Was 3,10J,5a,2S4.;. Ihe total
Mount of circulation was, on October
81, 8209,31 l.itttf, a net increase durinj
year 119 banks were organized in
thirty-two states and territories, with a
capital stock of $1 l,iU,oou. Within
the same period 15 banks suspended,
with a capital stock of i-kJ.3 0,000. ( if
this number eighty-six, with a capital
stock of $ 18,205,000, resumed, and sixty
fife passed in o the hands of receiver;.
with a capital slock of 10,8,0u0. At j
th Close of in year seven remained j:i 1
charge of examiners, pending resuuip- j
liOB. j
The aggregate recourses or liabilities
on October 1, IH'Xi, the date or the last
report of condition, compared with
those of September 30, tW2, wet? 510tJ .
531.613 less.
HJS POLICY OK LKSOIPTlOX.
Upon the question 0! resumption 01
national nanus me comptroller says:
am guilty and iu others innocent,
.. r. . .it i . . 1 . , . .
.ou-jui uc iiiiioceni, wiinoui oeing 111
sane."
11 uac was the last statement ol
you-s, Mr. Prend-rgast ? 1 did no
catr 1 If," asked Mr. l'rude.
. i'-e prisoner waa on the point of
speking at'ain when Attorney Mc-
Goo-iy squelched him by saying:
-I object to the state interrogatius
me defendant.
The court thought that 1'rendergast
had done too much talking consider
mg he had lour lawyers to defend hhu.
and said:
".Mr. l'rendergHst your attorneys will
cunrd your iuterc.ita here," aud the
prisoner subsided, resumiug his sullen
(lemeanor.
rOMt'ARtl W ITH (U ITKAU.
In questioning the veniremen the at
'With a full knowledge of the general I ly ff H'b state attempted tr.
solveocy of these institutions, and the
causes which brought ab-ut their sus
pensions, the policy was inaugurated ol
giving ail oaiiks which und-.r ordinary
elreumstanci s would not have been
closed and whone management had
beet honest, an opportunny to resume
bnsiness. This policy was one which
eemed to commend itseii to the comp
troller as proper to pursue under the
rreate a comparison between the critiu-
of 1'rendergast and that of Ouiteau
but upon vigorous objection from the
defense Judge ilretano decided tha;
the parrallel was not proper. Mr.
Trude's line of examination indicr.nd
that even if it win proven by the pre
ponderance of insanity expert testi
mony that Pieiiderirasl's mind was
affected on one particular snbiect the
circumstances, and it is believed ibe i slat', wouu insist upon his execution
results have justliied the e.xi.ennieni of I b.'cau-ehe knew the difference between
has a I r,Khtand wrong at the time he tired
..uce
Its adoption. In no ins
bank been permitted to resume ou 1
money borrowed, or for which as an j
association it has become liable.
is. j
vwienever inose active in i.i manage
ment in the banks winning, either
executive officers or directors, have
been debtors, their indeUednesa has
been paid or secured, ;. d whenever
impairment of the capital stock bus
existed such impairment has been mdt
good, either by voluntary or enforced
HMSittent on the shareholders. Iu a
. nnmber of instances changes have been
made In the directory and official corps
of the ban..
The one -eneral criticism, however,
to be mat 011 the management of
these banks was the improper distri
bution of their 'loans a circumstance
which greatly retarded the conversion
ot such loans into cash, thereby ' caus
ing suspension."
Thlr Annual K. part.
Washington, Dec. 4. The seventh
annual report of the i; tersta'e com-sacreecommission-clain.
, that although
all expectations have u 1 been f uliy re
alized the operation an i administration
of the statutes have brought ab jut. re
forms in transportation whu ii com
pared with the evils that exist? 1 prior
' to the law amount to commercial
. ssancipation. The conomissiuu argues
In favor of giving It a thority to pre
scribe minimum as 1 as maximum
rates at large centers orks great in
jury to the general pu as well as to
railway investors; also to provide for
th adoption of a uniform fremht
classification, and to make corpora
tion sobject to the act liable to in
dictment for violations of the law and
to provide a penalty for failure on the
part of the carriers to file their annual
reports within a specified time, j
Both ld rirm.
Tl'K Nit an nock. Pa., iMc 4. .Vear
Msboopany station two wildcat coal
and freight trains coming east ' had a
Mb -up at 4 o'clock yesterday morn -lag.
The engine pulling the second
train telescoped the caboose of the
othar, injuring the conductor and a
ktrwkaaMti severely. 11,., caboose was
homed and a couple of irs derailed.
Tasrs hi no marked implement in
the p lasanger service here.
Eajtton, Ia., Dec. 4 - g reigned
n raunMM ana strike t 1, the
weatber being against both si.ics. The
eeepaay sent out a few trains, but
tlsn was not much life about the
jrrJk 'Ike strikers kept mostl in
CMva, tkeof h they managed to meet a
.V,., .ttsietec new men and induced them
UftuN company's employ. There
the fatal slicts
1 he slow progress made in the case
during the afternoon was due chieiH
to the fact that, so many veniremen
were strongly impessed against the
slayer of the -mayor; thai they ou
kilered the plea of insanity a clock to
cover up crime ana a bar to punish
met t; that while admitting the de
lem ant's right to choose the plea they
Uionght it was an abused plea. One
ven. reman who wa quickly let go de
clare! that he would punish Prener
(jas' even if the evilence showed the
fellow was insane. The court and
lawyers had considerable trouble with
veniremen because de la ler confused
the question of the defendant's guik or
immcence accord in ; to Die law with
the act of shooting and killing Il .rri
son, which was not denied by the de-
fence.
ll,re was an ontburst of laughter, iu
wu'ch even the prtcie judge and the
sullen prisoner joined during the exam
ination of ISaker. a salesman who was
excused for cause. Attorney Trnde,
who never tnUses nti opjortuuity to
give the newspaper a slap, although he
has won more libel suits than my
other lawyer in Chicago, asked the
ven'reman.
' 1 Id you form your opinion
from what you read iu the nts
pap rs ?"
"No," replied Maker, "I have !. en
in t'oj newspaper business myself."
Af'er the roar of laughter had "sub
side '. Attorney Trnde remarked: u on
aro i'uyiuuj i me lact inai we JIV in
an P of fakes; Ih.T editors write ti'ieir
arties in a back room; that they are a
delirious lot. '
"I would not believe the news
papers," replied tbo venireman, 'but
decide the case ou the law and the
evidence."
M.auicr Wlllu Vtyimim
Pobt Towksexd, U'ash Dee.
The barkentine Klicketa arrived
terday from Honolulu with advics
November J0. tour davs after
steamer Alameda sailed for San Fran
cisco. In an interview published in
the evening star. Minister Wiliis is re
ported to have said;
"I brought with me certain instruc
tions from the I'nited Mates eovern-
metitnnihe Hawaiian situation, butt
since my arrival contingencies have I
arisen of which neither the govern
ment nor myself were aware when
left Washington. I have thought best
to submit those matters to Washington
oelore proceed further to carrv out in
original instructions. Xo one need
fear trouble, and no lawlessness nill be
pernrtted."
This statement gave the annexatio
its much satisfaction ud the royalists
were much displeased. Continuing,
mi. wmisfajs:
i mean mat, until me time comes
for me to carry out my Instructions
the peace and good order of this com
munity will be kept undisturUd in the
interests of humanity; that any at-
iciupv maue uy any person or persons
to make trouble will be promptly
cneckeu ana punished, l ou may put
me matter more plainly and say that
even if the provisional government dis
charged all its troops, no lawlessness
would be allowed for one moment.
Lnder the present situation of affairs
the whole Hawaiian question is now in
abeyance, and nothing that the news
papers can say or do will alter the
statement one iota. I make this state.
ment on my own responsibility and in
me nope mat it will allay the present
excitement o one nee fear trouble,
uu no lawlessness win be permitted.
After this statement, rumors began
to fly about that the queen's supporters
would make a finai rally in their be
half. The crews of the United States
men-of war Philadelphia and Adams
a ere held in readiness to be lauded on
a month s notice. The queen s advo
cates came out next day with a denial
of Willis' interview, savini? ha was
misquoted, ami oy lnie-ence gave en
couragement to the idea that Willis
had or would receive an imperative
order to restore t he queen. The news
papers containing iilouufs report had
not reached the island when the
Klicketa sailed.
DRIVEN ON THE ROCKS.
Twenty-Six of the Ill-Fated Jasoa
rind Gravei in the Deep.
STORY OF THE SINGLE SURVIVOR.
Caught la anuria Si.r H'chlad, Haas.,
"! Irif ilia Kurka.- Tha Snip a
Total rk-llirult rarljr
ItliuUail hf it lurm.
ceople of engines taken to the
J ,, i from the New Jersey division,
, me been disabled while drawing
A,
CsatMavtlaaa
"XMJtk SritiNos, Ark., Dec. 4.
.1 f X3 Friday night, at Beaver,
r 'id Men entered J. W. Carson
at ere, In which is located the
. Kr, Swepe, ne of the
" ttd two customers
. 1 f their valaables and the
The robbers secured
t
rt t: .
Nolaat Kill l, Cafilarrd
Xew Oci-kans. Dec. 8. II. Kay
Coy, the noted Mississippi and Arkan
sas out-law, has again been captured
and is in jail in this city. Coy is
wanted for horse stealing, for burning
a livery stable, and for other crimes
and he has been leading the authorities
a long and hard chase. He was cap
Hired in Arkansas some weeks ago by
Sheriff White and brought to this city.
1 1 be officer permitted him to go to his
sister-in-law s house in this city, and
while in the house Coy gave him the
slip. Some time ago White learned
that Coy was working in Texas. Coy
was arrested and White brought him
to this city and locked him up. He
will be taken to Ilattiesburg to stand
trial.
Caplarvri at Nvw Yo k.
kbw i oitK, Wee. 7. Frederick C.
Lncchoye, who was the agent of the
American Express company in Omaha
Neb., until October last, when ha die
appeared, his accounts showing a de
ficiency of over S'JUO, was arrested here.
He admits his guilt. (
Arftlca at Waafciaftoa.
Washington, Dec. 8. Yesterday
the following cable dispatch to the war
department was received by Secretary
Herbert from Captain Picking, com
manding tbs Untied . States naval
forces In Brazilian waters.
Bio Jaxkiho, Dec 7, 1 803.-1 toty
anchanged since departure of
firing between ferts and
tawf-ewta and rs X lotif - sCa
ewaiei 4z2f. ltmcxiM ttry ke
fxesl te ttcar farCar irr;i Caee.
In the Senate.
Washington, Dec. 6. There was
a heavy snow storm prevailing
when the senate met at noon yesterday
and the attendance of the senators was
much below what would constitute a
quorum.
Washburn, who was recorded yester
day among the absentees, was present.
The vice-president laid before the sen
ate a communication from Governor
Altgeld inviting the co-operation of
the senate in the ceremony to take
place for the placing in statuary hall of
the bronze of the statue of Oeueral
James Shields, contributed by the
Ststeof Illinois, and Cullom gave notice
that he would offer a resolution on the
subject.
Sherman presented a large number
of petitions from soldiers of the late
war, without regard to party, pray in?
for an investigation into the pension
bureau.
Among the petitions presented ana
referred were some from the state of
Oregon for the maintenance of the pre
sent duty on prunes, and Doiph tave
notice that he would address the senate
on the subject, and on the tariff gener
ally next week.
Hoar offered a resolution requesting
the president (so far as may not be in
compatible with the public intere t) to
communicate copies of all instructions
which may have been given to any rep
resentative of the United States or any
naval officer thereof sence the 4th of
March, 1881, in regard to the preserva
, tion of public order in Hawaii, or the
' protection of the lives and property" of
American citizens, or the recognition
or support of any government thereof.
Sherman said that while he was in
favor of the resolution he thought i;
should not be acted on in the absence
of the chairman of the committee on
foreign relations (Morgan), and It was
allowed to lie over for the present.
Dolpb addressed the senate on the
subject of Hawaii
Highland Light, Mass., Dec. 7.
When dtylight came on yesterday
morning it was seeu that the liristol
ship Jason, which went ashore the
night bt-fom had woken amidships.
Her main and ir.xzen masts are gone.
Only cue of her ciew has been saved
aud he was washed from the riggiug
and brought ashore by the tremendous
seas. The crew numbered twenty
seven, of which number tw.uty-six
were dr-iwued,
All ti rough the night the sound of
the vesel pounding on the rocks could
be heard, mid the wreckage thrown
upon vhe shore indicate plainly that
she was going to pieces, and that there
Was no hope for iter crew. It was im
possible to do anything for them from
the shore, the se rutinuij st high that
no boat could live in it. Added to the
furious wind, the snow fell so thickly
that there was no way of guiding a res
cuing party, except by the sound ot
the Vtssel thumping upon the rocks.
Nothing could be een, but the regular
beating, accompanied by the crashing
timbers, which could be head above
the roaring of the hurricane in a gen
eral way told of her location far up
the line of rocks, just off shore.
COl'LI) IK) NOTHING.
Wlien morning came and the wreck
could be been, it was known that noth
ing could be done for the c.ew which,
by this time, had long disappeared,
having been washed off by the- tieavy
seas. The Jason was a three-master,
in the Indian trade, and was of 1,540
tons burden. She was built at
ireeuock, Scotland, where she was
owned.
According to Kvan's story, as sooii as
he oflii ers saw that the ship was gone
he crew was ordered to tlm rigging.
The hhiii struck in the changing seas
of East ham and the seas begau rolling
all over her. Evans was clinging to
the lee side when she struck, but before
he could reach a place of safety in the
rigging he was swept away. The life
savers, alter several unsuccessful at
tempts succeeded in shooting a life-line
over the doomed shio, but the sailors
did not seem to le utile to secure it.
The cargo of the wrecked ship con
sists of 10, Mil bales of jute butts, and
was consigned to the l.udlow Tallow
company of this city. The cargo is
fully covered by insurance in a New
York company, but it is not known
whether the vessel is insured or not.
The ship is a total los.
TELLS UK HIS REMTK.
Samuel J. Kvans, th only survivor,
tells the following btory of the voyage
of the ship Jansou:
We sailed from Calcutta Inst Feb
ruary with a cargo of jtiie butts for
Boston. Two days after leaving nuit
we were nearly di uasted in a storm
and had to put into Mauritius for re
pairs. After leavin r Mauritius we had
fair weather np to the equator. Since
November 13 we nave encountered
easterly gales, wi' i frequent snow
squalls. We came Mirougu the south
channel last Monda-. ' We shaped our
course for Boston Tuesday morning
oia to the south-
Mam Thtf lnu- u. Kia It.
CnCAOO, Dec.. A special to tSM
Tr une frffti Washington says:
A gentleman possessing to an emi
nent degree the confidence of the klgn
est otlic al circles avs the administra
tion policy toward the Hawaiian gov
eminent has br-eu'determined on after
repe.ted consultations between Prui
dei t Cleveland, Secretary Gresham,
Mr. Biount, who went to the islands as
th s;ecial emissary of the govercment,
and a number of democratic senators
who are supposed to be particular
well versed in diplomatic quest nns
The policy of the administration has
no particular precedent in diplomacy,
and has its origin in the fertility of re
source of some of the statesti u above
mentioned. It is iirop. sed in brief to
subsidize the queen and have her abdi
cate all claim l) the i aaaiiau throne.
'Ihe sum to be devoted to the purpus-e
is estimated at .1"0 0)0. It is not to
be given to the queen in'BCt, Mmply
the interest ou the sum is to be paid to
her annually, on cerU:n condi'ioo.
She is to abdicate all claim of tvery na
ture to the throiu of Hawaii, retaining
oniy an empty title.
A provisional government stis'ac
Wy to the I'nited states is to be estab
lished aud recosui.ed by the govern
ment at Waohiugton. Ihe matter has.
It is said, already as. tiled definite pro
portions a'ld will, it is belieied, b;
mad the subject of an executive com
munication at the earliest opportunity.
NEUKASKA NEWS.
Alyea has been elected presi
Webster County Agricultural
Iionbam of Wallace, has
reuion, and was taken to
Nm Doubt Thry lrihril
New Vouk. Dec. 5. A ipecial to the
Times from St. Johns, N. F., says:
Hev. Dr. Harvey of this city received
the following brief message in the mail
by the steamship Assyrian from Liver
pool: Southeast Caky Islands, Aug. 1
18'.ti Passed over Melville bay AnuiM
13, after being nipped in lialliu's bay
ice in latitude degree. Ke::ched
Darey islands August M. Please lor
wsrd inclosed letters to relalives In
Sweden. (-lgned.) 1!jh:i.ing.
iijorling was a young Swede Hho in
company with a companion mined
Hal,tiius, sailed fiom M. Johns in July,
bound for Muhh's bay. a small
body of water direcily north of lialliu's
bay on the direct route to the north
pole, to make same t'. ocraph cal liive
tigat: ft s and collect s eoirnens of the
fauna and Mora of ila reiriou. ''heir
plan was to j.roe.-ed di i-ctlo Ninth's
bay, linif.li th iri:.vesni:i.tio sand then
return to one of toe lianish tettle-
inenia. n iveiMier 1 1, 1 'r. Harvev
received a cah-eriui irmu England
mai ii.e si-niHiittT Hippie, winch aim
purchased by the two young men, hud
been found m li.iiriu s bay with the
skeletons of the crew on hoaid. Noth
ing was said about the two young men
and nothinij was known regatdin.'
their movements after leaving Dysci
Greenland. Tne me's-inge from iijor
Jmg Miows that 'hey renched only the
entrance to Smith's s mud, winch leads
into Miiiih's bay.
When Lieutenant Peary, who was
spec. ally requested by the Swedish
ambassador in New York to make in
quiries regaidiin: ihem, was preparing
to set outoir his hecond attempt to
reacii the pole, he said that the only
chai-ce ttie young men had was to
winter among the Eskimaux. There
appears to be no boubt that they per
ish ed.
t be .'an to snow,
on tor two days,
ernoou we made
our ee and a few
ie laud. Wre tried
an! the wind pu'lc
east, and at 9 a. m
We had no ohserva
At 3:30 in the a.
breakers right unde
mo menu, later saw '
to drive bv the cape, but we had no sea
room and at 6:15 finding that we must
soon strike, the ship as headed for the
beach. The ship struck with fearful
force and we all sprang for the life
boats. Before we could cut the lash
ings, the spars begau to fall and the
vessel to go to pieces. "The crew then
rushed for the lee mizzen rigging.
Only half of them succeeded in gaining
a footing. Some of them were swept
overboard and was seen no more. I
clung desperately to the rigging for a
few moments, when a great wave broke
Optoilng of on s re s.
Washington, Dee. 5. The tap of
Vice-President Stevenson gavel was
heard precisely as the hands of the
gilt-rimmed clock over the maiu en
trances, so of'eu tampered i h in
times past by Father lfameit, pointed
to the hour of li Then the blind
chaplain, Mr. Milburn of Illinois,
offered the opening prayer. It was
brief, earnest and eloquent, but not in
any sensational or dramatic, as
was frequently the ea-e when Mr. Mil
bum was chaplain of the house of re.
preseutauves.
At the outset of the proceedings the
leaders of the senate, in the changed
relation of parties, came immediately
to the front. The echo of the chaplain's
amen had scarcely died away befoie
Cock reil, chairman of the committee
on appropriations, was upon his feet
to move ihe customary resolution to
notify the house.
Sherman took the lead on the repub-
Ilatte county has been having a mad
do. sare.
pples bring seventy cents a peck at
North Platte.
Columbus is setting the pins for a
canning factory.
The Lyoi s Mirror has entered upon
its thirteenth year.
A revival is In progie s among tte
Presbyterians of Nelson.
The foreign grocery sharks are Dow
doing burioess in Richardson cou ty.
Sharp compelion has raUed the price
of corn at Uurchard about a cent a
bushel.
It. L
of the
society.
J. H.
lost bis
Norfolk.
C A. Waruer, wlii used to edit the
Stockville Kabcr, has gone to farming
and is getting rich.
A stallion belonging to Eugene Mock
of ISealrice, valued at IH.oOO, lost its
life in a burning barn.
A lodge of iloyal Neighbors has been
organized at Fairmont with twenty.
five charier members.
IlufTalo Hill donated new uniforms
(o the band boys al North Pla te. Th
entire expense was I0 .
The big sewer from the state Insti
tute for the blind at Nebraska City to
the river has beeu completed.
O. M. Peierson has became associated
with C. W. bames in the publication
of the McCook Times-Democrat.
Pupils of the DUir schools con
tributed liberally on Thanksgiving day
In food and clothing to the poor.
A petition has been signed by many
projKrty owners of lllair lor the ex!en.
siou of the city limits on all four lidea.
The Lyons creamery divided among
its patrons during October tI.4tMJ.7y,
the net profits of the factory for the
mouth.
(Jus Kreager, living near Cortland,
fell out of a a agon heavily loaded with
corn and a wheel ran over his leg with
the customary result.
Irrigation meetings are being held
regularly at Lidge Pole and an effort
is being made to work up sentiment in
favor of slate aid.
West Point's city attorney has begun
prosecution against the gin millers of
lie yim r. iu looipei I'JCBl to Wliat'K Up
Th Haut.
Washington, Dec. 6. After the
Journal bad been read and approved a
large number of executive documents
were laid before the house and referred.
These included the annual reports of
bnreaa chiefs and beads of depart
ments. A letter was received from Governor
Altgeld of Illinois, announcing the
completion of a statue to General
Shields, which has been placed in
statuary hall, and inviting the members
to attend its unveiling.
A bill to confirm private cash entries
to certain lands in Alabama, Mississippi
and Arkansas, which oricinallv em
braced 10,694 acres, was taken up. At
present 2,922 acres are open to rein
statement by legislation.- A desultory
discussion followed. Mr. McKae re
ferred to the bill and it waa passed.
Oev. WaltattheBTlr'C'aaila.
Dvnvkr, Col, Iee. A. Governor
Walte is in Sadalia with his great ad
dress, which be will deliver before the
miners convention, called by, him
te consider the measures forthelrs
Hef, which be will propose. Only a por
ttesi ef the oewsUea uasaiiened sn the
nil will be rsarasinted awd eonse ef the
twy Tjrt tu tsvea! aw actri
my grip and I went into the bowling j lican side of the chamber by suggest-
I thought it was my end, but the
water threw me here and there for a
while, when I suddenly found myself
on the sand.'
Kndad Casajoeaaarally.
Doluth, Minn., Dec. 7. A decision
was banded down by Judge Ayer yes
terday which so far as the probate
court is concerned, disposed of the
claim of Lutie Pomeroy, to any share
In the estate of'tbe late Neimia Hulett
Mrs. Pomeroy, who was Huletl's house
keeper, after his death attempted to
establish a common law marriage, yhe
attempted also to have the probating
of Hulett's will set aside. The de
cision in both questions Is against Mrs.
Pomeroy. The question of her marri
age turned upon the genuineness of
Hulett's signature to an alleged marrl.
age contract. The value of the estate Is
about 600,000.
lug that a call
order.
of the roll was first in
Van Allan Sal I a leaf.
; New York, Dec. 7. -J, J. Van Aln,
who was appointed minister to Italy by
President Cleveland and then declined
to serve, sailed for Europe on the
White Star steamer Majestic. Mr. Van
Alan's name did net appear on the pas
senger Hat, as he wished to avoid re
porters. His Intention is to remain in
England for mm time.
Mr. Van Alan declined to talk about
tke resignation. Ufc departure
knew to mly few of his frleoda
A Dangrraua Mia.
Kansas City, Dec. 5. Uobert J. In
grabara, law partner of Mayor Cowherd,
was assaulted by John Kelly, a crank,
on the street. Kelly assailed the law
yer with a heavy walking stick and
felled him to the ground. As he was
about to continue the assault bystand
ers interfered. Ingrshsm's face was
badly cut and bruised. Kelly was not
arrested. His fancied grievance is not
so much against Ingraham as against
the firm or Cowherd & Ingraliam, and
tbe mayor's friends fear for his safety.
Kelly, during an altercation with a
man in a theatre here some year ago
used a revolver, The bullet missed In
mark, but struck and killed an inno
cent witness. Keliv was tried for
murder and acquitted.
rir at Wliaallaad.
Wiikatlavd, N , D., Dec. 5. A fire
broke out In a barber shop iu the cen
ter of tbe main block on front street
yesterday morning at o'clock and by
day lln ht ten buildings had been de
slroyed, tbe loss upon which amounts
toM6,OOOth insurance being for less
than one-half the smonnt Among tht
balldlngs destroyed were the Wheat,
land house, C. J, Bella's Jewelry store
Kkmard Dayle's atom and hotel and W,
' wsi aw -
w. n enters sieve.
their occupation tax.
Ifobert Wyckoff, 12 years old, of
Tekamah had his leg broken in two
places by being thrown from a horse
and was otherwise bruised.
Albert liartlett of Alma, has been
found guilty of attempting to murder
his own sister, Mrs. A. E. lirown. The
jury was out twenty hours.
The llaplLstsocieiy of Wayne is the
one to join. There hasn't been a death
in the membership of the church since
it was organized twelve years ago.
For making love to one gi,l and
marrying another, J. U. Tober, cashier
of the bank of Cook, Johnson county,
Is confronted with a I,.X) judgment.'
Richardson county farmers have
found that sorghum makes valuable
food for stock. Two crops can be har
vested from one sowing, and it is proof
against dry weather.
Jim IlalsUn cf Steiling put too heavy
a load in his IJelgian musket and when
he shot at a bear the breech of the gun
went throunh h s hat and his eyes were
badly disfigured.
E. E. Mendenhall of Salem h din.
covered that there Is virtue in sorghum
wed as a substitute for buckwheat
and is eating cakes made from the
flour thereof. This Is a patentable dis
covery. William Walsh, jr., a prominent
farmer, grain and stock dealer of Violet,
was driving cattle the other day when
his horse fell and pinned him to tbe
earth, breaking his leg and injuring him
other ways.
An elgliteen-year-old son of Hon. J
a Pepoon of fable Rock ot hi hand
caught in the rollers of a sulk cutter,
one day last week, and in a desperate
effort to free himself, pulled the ten
dons off in his forearm. The doctors
emputated the hand at the wrist.
Fred Blandharo, residing sis miles
outh-west of Cortlsnd, while adjusting
the chain belt of a corn shelter one day
last week, had the misfortune to get
his left hand caught in the chain and
so badly crushed that amputation
of the Lbamb close to the hand was
necessary.
About a week ago, while a 6-year-old
son of Dan Leach of Ponca was play
ing in the yard, he fell, running a large
sliver into his knee. Mrs. Leach ex
tracted the sliver, as she thought, and
dressed the wound. The wound, in
stead of healing, began to swell aud
get very sore. A doctor was sum
moned. He probed for the remaining
piece of the s iver and could not find It.
Tbe knee has now swollen to enormous
proportions and Is very painful. It is
thought that amputation will be neces
sary to save the child's life.
Emerson wants a new e8,000 hole..
Some fellow, without fear of the here
fter or any respect for this religious
editor, stole our Thanksgiving turkey
Tuesday night lie didn't only take
our turkey, but took two from oar
neighbor, K. A. (irotjan. What any
men needs with three turkeys for
lliMksgivlngdayis beyond our com
prehension, lis must be going to thank
Ood for tbo whole Beignberhood 1
which he U ves for a shower of turkeys.
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