The Sioux County Journal
BARRISOX,
NE.AS'CA
:
MILLIONS I M UI-MJ..iJi.
Znormova Increase tn the Product
Since the licovcrie! in Africa.
T'' discovery and working of the
great South African mine have enor
mously increased the production or
diamonds. During the last quarter
century ten tons of these gems, selling
for Ki.iNttix n uncut and for .yi,
000,ni afti'r cutting, have been added
to the world's health. This utility
of stones is twice as great JS the Mini
total of all that were known to exist
before, the value represented being iu
the most concentrated o.ssille form.
A single corporation controls more
thau nine-tenths of the entire world
output of diamonds owning practical
ly the whole of the mines iu South Afri
ca. Thus it is enabled to reflate and
maintain prices, restricting the pro
duction so that the supply may not ex
ceed the demand. Cp to late it has
placed upon the market aliout U.Soo,
CNKi carats. During the last year it dug
and sold $lti,Ooo.iH worth of dia
monds. During l.N!3 diamonds to the
value of about $13,iJtK.,im were Im
ported into this country. Since lsiis
$17."),fliii).( worth of these wins have
been brought Into the Cuited States.
The cutting of diamonds Is carried
on in the Cnlted States by tifteen
firms, employing l.'iO cutters, elea ers
and polishers. The American public
demands a much higher quality of cut
ting thau is required by European
markets. At the same time, less is
paid for the work here thau abroad,
$'J being considered fair wag" per
diem. The pioneer cutter on this side
of the water was Henry D. Morse, of
Boston. In he cut the famous
Dewey diamond the biggest gem of
the kiud ever found In this country
which was dug out of a clay bank uear
Klchmoinl, .weighing twenty-five car
ats In the rough. In his shop was in
vented the first diamond-cutting ma
chine, which made it possible to do the
work faster and with more precision.
It has not been adopted abroad o any
extent as yet Amsterdam, the great
est center of diamond-cutting, has seventy-two
factories engaged In that In
dustry. The largest employs l.Dixi
hands. Next in importance is Ant
werp. Loudon ranks third. In the
world there are (." i0 cutters of dia
monds and 8,'xmi dealers. The latter
carry in stink $.'i."i,XKUli)0 worth of
stones, representing probably one
third of all the diamonds possessed
by human beings to-day. --New York
News.
She Spoke Too Soon.
In front of Trinity Church a stylishly
dressed young woman stepped from
the sidewalk directly in front of a team
of heavy horses attached to a well-load
ed truck. She was endeavoring to catch
the eye of a cable car gripmati, and did
not see the rapidly moving truck bear
ing down upon her. Passers-by ex
pected to see her ground to the earth,
but one of two fashionably apeariiig
young fellows with slightly dudish pro
clivities rushed to the curb and. lifting
the woman by the arms, quickly swung
her around and landed her out of dan
ger on the sidewalk.
She, all unconscious of her dangerous
predicament, turned on the young man
sharply with an Indignant, "How dare
you, sir," and looked as If she was con
templating an assault on him with her
parasol.
The young fellow looked surprised,
and then, taking olT his hat, bowed and.
with an "Excuse me, madam," passed
ou with his friend.
She turned toward the street again,
and for the first time observed the truck
which now stoofl in her path. The dri
ver of this calmly remarked: "That
dude saved your life, lady; why don't
"y scratch his eyes out?'
jnijyomnn, jfor the first time realiz
ing her narrow escape, hurried after
the rapidly disappearing youths, who
had nearly reached Rector' sTreet by
that time. Touching her rescuer's arm,
she quickly apologize!. for her rudeness
and thanked him for "his timely" act.
"Don't mention it, please, the pleas
tire is entirely mine, I assure you," was
the response. Two hats were doffed,
and the blushing woman was left
ou the sidewalk with a humiliating
sense of her previous rudeness.
"Beastly queer things these girls are,
Harvey," said one to the other as they
disappeared In the arcade leading to
he L station. Commercial Advertiser.
John Jacob Astor.
All New York society Is agog over
the social diversions devised by John
Jacob Astor, says the Philadelphia
Press. That wonderful young man,
when he has once put the Inst of his
mourning behind him, Is likely to be thf
Beau Brummel of the metropolis but he
will assume the part after a fashion of
his own. He is very resourceful In
ideas to entertain guests with, but they
all have a somewhat scientific element
in them. Mr. Astor puts electricity to
very novel uses. He Improvises elec
trical pastimes, of which his wife Is
very fond. In his laboratory is a bat
tery communicating with a complicated
cries of wires by means of which light
Is transmitted to the very china ou the
table.
A wonderful experiment wan shown
by Mrs. Astor lately, when she held
aloft an arc light which she brightened
-and subdued at will, as if it was a gat
Jet. Were the discovery of Mr. As
tor's commercially perfected, it would
undoubtedly earn a good deal or money
for nlm. The young man himself con
stantly declares that be I merely an
experimenter, and baa not done a tithe
at tit wonderful thing attributed to
Mok .
Marh o An at
liiroujh. the city
t ten.- a ;iu,.t'i
g eal and t'e at
"rt.p'.ei bribing of
n"Hr all tin 1 !;r'r.en lots just com
to light and has cr-a'ed a sensation
through jut the city. La a lall Joh:i
(. lide submitted a proposition of the
city council looking to the construction
of a pumping station, a water iu tin
extension and a duplsca'e of the pres
ent plant owned by the city, and asked
the city to award him the contract at
SVjO.OjU without auvert.sing for bid.
One of the bondsman ou the contract
offered was W J. Holmes. This pro
position whs d leated, ami it vr
general ly considered that the scheme,
was dead for all tluib to come. Jiut the
exposure mads shows that the parties
interested have been using every means
iu their power to accoiupiiMi Af .r euus
and have even maue aired offers o;
money and threaiened several city offi
cials with loss of their positions uulefs
they indorse the scheme, Iiecei.tly V.
J. Holmes approached Thomas Wood,
a well known lawyer, and made a prop
osition to him to -IU" the aldermen.
City Ehgireer D. K. Feed was next
cailed ou, and it was intimated to him
in a somewhat forcible way that, un
less he favored the scheme he would
lose his oilicial head. An attempt was
made to swing City Attorney Morris
.uto line in a similar manner.
Alderman Olafsoa admits that Mr.
Holmes effered him Sl.ijiJO in cash tc
support the measure. Alderman Leech
was approached by Mr. Holmes, but no
direct offer wag made. Alcerman Cor
declares in unmistakable terms that
Attorney ood, who said he wag act
ing for Mr. Holrn-s, came to him and
offered him S5,UO0 if he would support
the Glide measure. It was Mr. Cox's
understanding that the other aldermen
were toilet ,5 Q each. Holmes, since
coram? here from Fergus Ful.s four
years ago, has always posed as a re
former. Not long ago be was at the
beau of a citiz-u'g committee to Lexow
the city. He was not seen ou the street
here last night. It is probable that a
warrant wid be sworn out, today.
Will Supplied Vi Oil Se-cJ t.noi.
Van, ton, S. J)., March 5. Two
hundred Yankton county farmers ap
peared before the county board of com
missioners yesterday and applied for
wheats, oats and barley seed for spring
planting. It is estimated that one.
third of the farmers of the county will
ask for seed grain this month. Fifteen
thousand bushels of small grain will
be required to meet the demands and
tho couuty commissioners will supply
everybody, l'he shortage in seed arose
from the feeding of small grain to
hogs during the winter. The small
grain harvest was first class in Yank
tor, county last year, bui. the corn crop
was short, and in order to keep the hogs
larrners were obliged to leed smail
grain. Wheat is worth 5) cms per
bushel on the market, but 1 per bushel
lor fat tening ork, and the farmers
generally adopt this plan for preserv
ing shoals. The seed is issue. J to
farmers at cost, secured by chattel
mortgage on the crops of IH'.i-i. "'he
mortgage wlil draw 8 per cent interest.
There is no poverty or distitution in
Yankton county. This issiug of grain
is simply a business proposition and
arrangement with the farmers of the
county.
IndiHtta should Phj- Thim.
Wichita, Kns., March 5. The at
tempt of the authorities of Payne
county, Oklahoma, to levy a tax upon
the Indians who occupy allotments
within the county has aroused an op
position which is almost equal to re
bellion. When the plan of assessing
Indian property was first promulgated
a short time ago the red men entered
into an agreement uot to permit any
valuation of their belongings to be
- - t - - . -r -r - '
made ou .-a'crday. J his agreement
was broken by an Indian named John
Ambeand he has given the assessors
information about other allottees which
has aroused their anger to such an ex
tent that they have sworn to kill him
by the forms of Torture usually applied
to traitors among the Indians and
Amble is now under the protection of
the whites. This Is the first attempt
that has been made to lax the Indians.
The authorities in Oklahoma claim
that the Indian enjoys all the privileges
o. citizenship and should therefore pay
taxes.
Ileitdj to strike.
I'ittsbuho, March 5. The district
convention of coal miners held here
yesterday voted to demand the restora
tion of the 90 cent rale and will strike
t secure ii. The operators' associa
tion, wliieli meets today, will be notified
of the action and requested to give an
answer. The men will declare a strike
unless the operators will give an im
mediate favorable reply. They do not
expect to be answered at once, but will
not resume work until the 6r.t-cent rate
Is paid from now uutil .May 1 next.
This is really the beginning of a
general suspension throughout the coal
districts. The date of the suspension
is unknown at present to all save the
national executive board. The mineri
will not hare more than twenty-foui
hours' warning.
f ndgmeHt Sntnlfied.
Washinoton, March 5. Two cases
Involving claims made against th
United States by the lte Gen. Hiram
Berdan for the nse of breech-losdini
firearms inventions patented by him.
were decided by the United States su.
fireme court yesterday. They cami
rom the court of cla ms, which .
lowed General Borden V5,000 royalty
on ooe patent and denied bis clam
UUe other. The Judgment of th
eourt of claims was sustained in boil
Dl tl ' -l, Miu.i.,
tern 1. 1 t tailrjal
council a sCiume en
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Miwkai' iliu. M ini., Mtrch
Never beior.-, perhapt, in the annals of
a mu-der (rial in t'tks country hn ih
smgu ai epsctH-Itt bet i preiite i t,f a
juror tv-ing crrml into the c .urtroom
aud oep s t-! u:io,i a cot be I. Tin
was iIjb con liUoit of Juror Der yeuer
dav morning when hu w ts brj.i.'hc in
an ambulance to ttys criminal court and
borne by hit fello j irors upttairt.
Harry Hay ward, when n came info thw
court room, looked so ptle an! ill ton
he w is t'iesu''jc- oTij terai coTiment.
County Att .rney Nye, ciosing for the
state, mal-a stirring spj-cu lo the
jury. Anion; other tii igt he said:
"A poar grett-r tiu i in t i hat eyer
been at work up.m the ti im m cou
bcienc. It hit be i at worn an 1
brought tne hmni:i atsasnu to his
knees bsfore his M ik-tr. It is a in ir.il
eartliq'uke. It ma-ies a miu feel very
small wh oi h-i cjnsiders Ii jw the law
of God has workei out to a perfect
solution that winch wat a deep tn?s
tery. i"h:s defendent here has been
me oniy one liiailiereui. Aye, worse
than indifferenca. The cold sneer hat
played over his bloodlesa aud conscien
celess fitro as the Ule of blood was
told upon this stand.
1-1-.EI.S SOUKV FOIl B1.1XT.
"I feel different toward Claus Bdxt
then any other criminal. I have pity
for him. It is the greatest moral mis
fortune that ever overtook human bouI
that that poor man Blixt should have
even lal.en into the hands of Hrry
Hay ward."
Mr. Nye then reviewed the scenes
with Jili x t during his examination
after his arrest.
"Let them make all they can out of
the bloody buggy, the way the body
lay and such things." cried the speaker
with a dramatic sweep of his right arm
"It will avail nothing how the body
struck the ground, the girl was killed.
And the murderer has confessed. Jt
has been proved conclusively by three
of the best surgeons iu the city that the
fractures in Miss Giug's skull might
have been caused by the fall or by the
buggy as ii went along. We could
have got twenty more to swear to tha
same facts had we desired"
Th-re was nothing iu the case from
beginning lo end. Mr. Nye held, that
was not absolulety consistent with the
statement of lilixt. The statement
this man made was corroborated by
Lrhard, who live! two blocks from the
scene of the rn irder. He hid otily left
t lie street -car half a block when he
found the body. He met the horse ou
the run. That was natural, for Hie
born was scared by the falling body.
paints a dakk furn ::"
At the afternoon session M . Nye
again took up "he milter of H ty ward's
loan to Miss (Um and commented
sharply on the sincerity of Harry,
whose lirsl retn-irk when he tie trd of
the murder wa: "All my money has
gi)ii to hell. lie deicnbed again,
with horrible emptiatis and dramatic
iresture, tha scene in the ) leida bloc-i
ollice letween the two brothers. The
attorney drew up many circumstances
to prove that Adry llayward had at
firsl attempted to shield his brother.
He doubted whether any other young
man under the same circumstances
would h;tve been more hono.atjle or
more fair. Nye did uot know at what
length he might commeul ou Adry's
insanity, but lie wouli lei it go. The
curt had ruled it out U lut was tiie
good of dragging the family down by
trying to show that A Jry was a high
wayman? Either Harry lied fully and
completely about it or else Harry was
coguiZ'thl o." it all and had arranged it,
else why should Adry Uy the watch
where Harry could see it? Adry was
not a saint. He might haruor evil
thoughts toward his brother, but lie j
had not trod the path paths of crime
that Harry had. Krwin's poinl regard
ing the weight of bullets and cartridges
was characterized as another piece of
thin air. "'"--'
As to Harry Hay ward, the speaker
had thought before Harry got through
that he had but intensified the truth
of the state's theory. He did not
think Miss Wachler's evidence had
enough of truth to ca.l for atlentiou.
Xye, would rather trutl his life to
Clans B'ixt thau to a Uiomaud Miss
- - ..
achtera.
As Nye spoke the oefendant sit out.
wardly calm aud dell in t, but his chest
was heaving rapidly aseo irt a ijojrned
Mr. Erwin will Bpeak tomorrow.
Moxtoomkky, Ala., March 6. Con
siderable excitement was caused in Au
burn, twenty-live miles from here, the
seat of the . ale agricultural and mec
chauical college, Sunday night by a
ftisilade of pistol shots at a colored
bagnio near the college, in which Will
Larver was snot in the leg and George
Turkey through the wrist. Uoth men
are negroes When the dummey from
Opelika reached Auburn about dark
that eyenuig mere were several cadets
at the depot. Turkey, in company
with a negro became involved in a
quarrel with them and stooping to pick
up a rocK swore he could whip the
crowd. During the flight the town was
excit-ni by Ihe futilade at the bagnio
and citizens rushed to the place but be
fore their arrival the parties who did
the shooting had disappeared. The
,rofesora of the college will make a
horough investigation of the affair.
Child Horned to lth.
RrK'HKaTKR. N'. T March o. Mrs.
Byron Birdsell of No. 56 1 1 ay ley street
went away yesterday morning, leaving
her three children alone in the bouse.
Fire broke out in the afternoon and au
alarm was sent In by neighbors. When,
the lire department arrived the place
was all ablaze. After the fire bad been
extinguished It was found that one
child was burned to death, the others
being rescued by neighbors.
I
lM- Al'nl h ! Ii . u c.l i. i
'enown of l,M4yr K w i the mi
net undoubti d Mh' iii-u to tne II. w
ward trial in b- criminal court roon
yesterday in ru ng the enoi m on eio o
that pourel up ant arooud ti at
torney ' and rep rter's t tb es ami
threatened even to sw nop the sa red
precinct of tne judicial bench itself.
Mr. Krwin began his spe-ca to the jury
as follows:
"If this were an ordinary cse I
could not resist the temptation to sa
tire. I would raiebefore this jury the
attempt to deify the led-haoued mur
derer and perjurer. Clans Jtlixt. 1 hi
doctrine adopted by this iielene re
carding Claus lilixt is that because a
mnruerer repents bis penitence is now
to become the criterion of a jury's
judgment, and to ellectualiy destroy all
me laws of the human mind. Such a
proposition is unnatural and monstr
ous."
Mr. Erwin in theatrical bursts fo
speech, drew a picture of Claus A
Ulixt as a red-haiide 1 murderer, and
pointing dramatically he arose on his
tip-toes before the jury and cried;
"And from the mouth of such a crea
ture comes the voice of God."
Il'TV ok .11 ixii: AM) .it'liv.
Then he continued: "In toe last lew
years of these modem time every rtT"rt
has been made by past powers and
classes to make the jury simply one of
Hie aids of public prosecution. A deep
movement has been going on for the
past, twenty years to destroy this most
ancient bulwark of public liberty.
Public need, pubdc opir.iou undigested,
the creation of public journalism, the
informed judgment of p-issmn has been
used to give these attempts greater
weight and power. Tins is the un
spoken movment in this ctse. W hy,
we have tried this case before two
juries. One lias not spoken a d will
not speak lefore it can declare ils con
science before its God. And here is
inottier jury, not uevo'cu to the inves
tigation of the truth, but given to the
most sensational parts ol daily hie.
"This jury tears down civilization,"
thouted the tall atlorkev. turning and
gazing Into the faces of the reporters,
then a long linger was solemnly
raised and the attorney cri-rl; "Every
:ime it dips Its pen in th" ink, it is to
write hasty and uudigt -tr d fact."
IHTTKIi A. A IN- I HI. I XT.
Mr. Erwin was bitter in ln arra gt
aent of lilixt and mad- a s.iva.'i- as
tault upon his character. ( onliuuing,
lesald: "Now, at the i.rsl biush, in
the ordinary cares of liie, m retereic e
'o a man of lilixt's character, if he
ihoulJ make charges against one of
your neighbors, you woual not oi
linarily belli v a wori of it. Who
iver thought ot usuig .1 mias as a wit
ness after the betrayal ol tiie Master?
That was true penitence. And from
uch penitence forgivene-i oines. He
went and hung himself, lie conlein
plated ins own usel. ksiu ss That's
what your man ought to do ( urniiig to
Assistant Attorn-y Hall ) I would
lake this penitent by Cardinal Euxtis
to another conlestor t.:iau that of Friar
Odell, to anothet churcii, not presided
aver by Elder Hall or Ehicr 8teart.
1 would hold out as a tar to Into that
jnly after this world could he get for
giveness mercy. You scoundrel, only
alter you have hung yourself that's
the forgiveness of ( d. 1 have got to
lake issue wilh the pn-niciiee of Claus
A. Blixt. I've got to do it. I think
lilixt has proved himself the most as.
touisnmg ana aaruig perjurer 1 have
ever seen on Hie witness i-tand. And
one thing I have to thank the Almighty
for for my skill did not bring it out-
thai Blixt himself has ilemonstra'ed
his character of a perjurer, lil xt's
testimony is a structure) ot vile fabrica
tions; he built it well, and when be had
finished the attorney lor the slate put
a spire upon It and called it the church
of the living God."
( IIAIK.f S AIIIY WITH MUKIlKR.
Then he tLrned his attention toAdry
Haywurd and directly charged hinr
with being one of the murderers, i ne
green goods story scoffed at and Mr
Erwin akd if the whole jury had goto
daft to be.ieve suun a piece of testi
mony as that, that she had gone into a
scheme to go after green goods wilh
such a looking thing as lilixt. It was
shameful, "i cannot believe," said
Frwin, "by ail that's in me that he was
in the buggy with Catherine Ging.
Wilh a final shot at the unreliability
of lil'.xt's testimony Erwin rested, and
court adjourned until tomorrow, when
Erwin will close and the case w ill be
given to the jury.
Meet rig uf Iowm Miner.
Oks Moinks, a., March 7. 'l'he
largest and most representative Hirel
ing of coal mine operators ever held in
Iowa is iu session here, but no definite
results have been readied on any sub
juct before It The conference with
miners' representatives will occur to
morrow. 'I' lie miners will demand the
restoration of the scale of IV.l.l. The
nporators are divided.
HmdIi Clou itt Iftiom.
Tkx aki- ana, Ars.. March ".The
Fust National bank of this city closed
Its doors yesterday and Examiner N il
son is In charge. The condition of the
books is not known. Inability to meet
obligations isihe csuse.
l'he Knout ItMnlKhrrl.
'llKitl.iN, March ".A dispatch from
St. Petersburg to the Lokal Anzelgei
sat that an imperial edict lias been
issued abolishing the use of t .e knout.
Hitherto the peasantry have been com
pletely at the mercy of the local judges,
The issuance of the edict is due lo the
fact that statistics were submitted lu
war which showed that within the lasi
ten years 8,000 persons convicted ol
petty thefts have died from the effecti
f the knout.
I I ii llu , w rU 1 1 .
I Mum'aI'hi.h, Minu., M trull.
Mr. Erwlti retu tnl hisa llr-st for the
'defense Iu the Hay ward trial as filiow
"What will you dJ w.tu It ixt's
credible, unreliable testimouv? on
will p'a-e no cr -der.ee iu it. If )ur
minds have become morbid l,e time
has come to throw it olf. aul judge
this case with common seine au 1 cour
ageously. I go over these things not
to spur you to act; Id jnot doubt as
to what your action ivdl b-," declared
the attorney, "but I read t..eni bet'-re
these people that they may see why
vou render such a Verdict; so that they
may ee why you cannot accept this
testimony.
"This is the case where it is admitted
that Claus Ti.ixi alone com ni' ted that
murder or whe hertlaus Jiuxt wita an
unknown did the crime. Cannot J0"
see the danger of permitting Adry and
lilixt to take you or me it Harry Hay
ward at their own sweet will and make
us the mover or originator ol act ol
murder. ?
"These two men who have attempted
to put uto Harry Hay ward the author
ship of this crime; they must be held
to be corroborated, or you mint not be
lieve them.
"In defiance of the principles of the
grand jury, Adry and Plixl have en
tered into collusion to place this crime
upon Harry Hayward aud the grand
jury has violated its principles and
said to these men that If you, by your
testimony, can convicv Harry Hayward
you shall receive clemency and an in
nocent man shall hang.
"1)0 not let this self confessed mur
derer and this self-confessed accessory
of the crime before the fact' Bluft the
responsibility by their witnesses."
TKLLTAI.K HI. (Kill KI'ij-IS
Then the bloody clothing was ex
hibited to ttie jury and the attorney
proceeded as follows:
Dbl she bleed before death? I onk
at that shirt, front. Did she bleed from
the nose? Lot her blood tell you. Can
there be a better witness than her
blood? Itsjwahs to you in thunder
tones. Mie hlel before the h tt was
found. Does not the blood show!
Does not the bows show the bloody
hand that raised tne ton?
What was it that tore Hie hat out of
her hair and disneavelei her hair and
left it hanging down? Wu tt was it
clotted her hair unlets lay ihere? It is
true that I was particular about the
veil. When the veil was rent tne eter
nal truth came out. Here is its front
(spreading the veil out over Ms two
hands lor the jury ) Here is ita back.
Well, we won'l tear It any more. Now,
what rent the veil? Unas the blow
lhat cut the lip. It was a hammer or
revolver, or something. It was that
blow that rent the Veil, Was il be
fore or after death? Let the biood an
swer. Illlowed Here It is (Holding
by its clot the rent interstices of the
veil.) Here is violence before death.
Here are the clotln s of the murdered
woman. 'I here is dust on the front ol
the skirt, just as Ethardt's brother told
you- It is in accordance wilh lilixi's
first statement. She slipped out and
did not fall."
Cr.lTIUSI-I) -I K MKUM AI. !.X!';ITh.
Mr. Erwin at the afternoon session
severely criticised the medical exeru
for the state who test I Med as totht
probable cause of the skull Irautures,
Then he took up Miss Wacuter 's testi
mony, which was to the effect that
Hlixt had opened his statement to his
attorney by charging Adry wiur the
crime, lie asked the jury to decide
whrther it would believe lilixt or tiie
stenographer.
The copies ol the letters on which
' Klixt had laid his leprous hand" erij
fought lor and red. hrwiu called it a
profound libel of Kltiie G;ng for lllixi
to say that Harry ordered her to write
them. The speaker wou'd come lr
Harry's suspicions lter. Erwin said
to thecourt that he Would not liuish to
nighi, but would try to finish in an
hour in the morning.
A I'rubAble Manler.
Los Anoklks, Cal., March H.A
story of the probable murder of Mrs,
Louis L Hoffman by her husband,
formerly a constable but now abutchef
leaked out yesterday. Recently one
human leg was found in the garbage1
dumps. Yesterday afternoon a Mrs.
Wallbridge called on the chief of police
nnd said she believed that lor daugh
ter, the wife of Hoffman, had been
Durdered and the body mutilated by
the butcher. They had been married
five years, but had quarelled fremietilly
lit late owing to it bavins beenma
known that the supposed eight-year-
old son of Mrs. Wallbridge was in real.
ity the son of her daughter before she
married Hoffman. About roouiu
ago Mrs. Huffman disappeared and she
has sought in vain to get Hoffman tc
give her any Information as lo her
whereabouts. In an interview Hoir
man said his wife iell in a temper am.
went to New York February 3. Mrs.
Walbrldge says that Hoffman one
threatened to chop his wife up with
cleaver. Delectlves are walptunu II.ot.
nian's place of business to see that h
does noi leave town until the rnysinr)
is cleared up.
A Ch!er Couimltu Kulrlcto
WonaiKSTElt, Mass., March 8
Henry A. Wing, chashier of the Graf.
ton Savings bank, committed suicide
by shooting himself with a pistol
In his barn about 1 :30 vesterii..
morning. Jt is suld he has been brood-
Ingover financial troubles lor some
time. Mr. Wing wae for thirty. eight
years cashier of the Grafton National
bank, for thirty years treasurer of the
strings bank and for a quarter of s
century has been town treasurer.
STATE NIWS ITEMS.
The IV3 I J i.l ut of C
Missouri
r.v.-r.
T.ie "tavor w:!l i.o In so handy with
I: s p fdoi s in t.i- fu urv.
George H. Dtlv has pure!is-d the
1'yron l ew of ;. K. Wi.-u.er,
Wymor? wau's ! encainament of
the uiiivtr.I'y unlets this r ng.
G. 1. Darlaiid w;il take charge of
the Piainview posto-li -e the lirst of
April.
The soldiers' home at Grand Island
will shortly be supplied with incandes
cent lights.
No", a nun in M 1 1''ti county who
pl tnlel u' tr he.-'tlas'. year has b-en a
canU'd de lor refef.
Mr-i. James McAllister, a resident of
Columbus Mr nearly f.-r!y years, is very
low and her recovery ,s doubtful.
Valley couuty has perfected arrange
ments for s curing e,-d without "waiU
ing for any other nation oh earth . "
The new O ld Fellows temple at Fair
bury wi.l be dedicated April 2, the
seventy-sixty anniversary of tie order.
Several Logan county farmers are
preparing to m ve south in the spring.
They will be gnt 1 to get back III the
fall.
Charles Davidson, a youn nrm liv
ing near .-tauton has twtn arrestei
charged with being the ruin of Miss
A blue Holui' s.
The annual meetiuqr of the Fast Ne
brahka conference of the ( lilted Itreth
reu In Chriht will be held al ISIuei
Spring, March '."i.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Cotlereil of North
Bend have been marr ed fifty years and
have celebrated ti e event with belit
ting ceremonie.
People from St niton and f'.erce
counties drive to Norfolk every even
ing to attend the meetings a', the Meth
odist Episcopal cliurca.
L. L. May ,V Co. of -t. Paul. Minn.,
donated t.Vi pounds of gar Jen seeds to.
the drouth-stricken farmers of the
Sixth con gresionai dis'net.
.launs McKe-gaii. prominent farmir
ofCilinitig county, has sold his lands
In liani T'di and ( leyelan f townsiups
for an average price of an acre.
John ,A. Mac dur;,hy taiks French to
the people of Feati ice hi his salutatory
as edror of Uie IVatnce limes. And
stl.l he a-iKS for "fair play and eijual
rights."
An eff rt is being nia le, an 1 a meet
ing will si). hi be heid at Norfolk, lo ar
range for a circuit of fair this fall, in.
eluding Antelope, Pierc, Knox, Mad
ison and lioaiie counties.
l'h chief of the Nebraska Clly lira
department f,as asked trie city counc.l
to purchase a ctiemlc ti engine. There
hae bea i too many fires in lowu re
cently to si:il the (iretiie::.
The mayor and police j. i L-e of Ne
braska City came very near having
trouble because the chief executive,
took the liberty of pardoning prisoners
whom the polic- ju Ige wanted held.
The management, of the Klair can
fling factory has decided to put up corn
and peas this year. While il will not
be a heavy pack they wid contract for
I'll) acres of peas and 5 1 acres of com.
The lirokonbuw relief ass x-iauoii ex
pects lo raise money in Chicago with
winch to purchase the Heed and feed
neeieu for the spring trouble. The
Herald is making an eff irt in their be
half. Work on the new Creightou theatre
at Omaha Imgan Wednesday tn ruitig.
Workmen were marking out the
ground preparatory to the excavat ng
for the foundation, which was started
Thurs I ly.
Henry G -ntrup of West Point re
ceived a paper this week f om Ger
many that was recovered from thejun
lorlunate Elbe's mail. Ii shows marks
oftheiiea. Mr. Gentrup refud 5
for the relic.
Seth Moliiey says that the piano used
in the Nebraska building at the world's
fair was loaned to the state uy the man
ofacturer and afterward presented lo
the Grand Island school by that gentle
man, ami Seth ought to know.
G. L. hhuinway, proprietor of the
Coaisburg liev.ew and formerly of
Hanner county, has beet, compelled to
abandon the newspaper business on ac
count of faiing health. H ,IHh c
- ,..,mnoii us salesman for the ihi
ioyer
nrooui factory, of Galesburg, 111.
Dr. Walter Maxwell, who was fha
director of the beet ,,, eM,,rillimit
station at Schuyler until it
abolished, will shortly leave for th
Haudwlch Islands to take charge of u,
agricultural bureau and experimental
sutlon of the uiands. Kecentiy !,
has bee,, lecturing the s .uth on
scientific questions.
Itenresentatlve ck jrUh (j
Dougla, county ha, jt purchased th
Atkinson Graphic and when the leg,,,
ture adjourns h will remove to tkin
ton and mould it,.,,, ,,t , t,lH mi),t
proved style. lie is a gentle,,,,, ,,
. scholar and an experienced news
paper man aud he ,ll contlm.e t...
Graphic as one of ti., brightest ami
best country paper, , the su e, l.
Ldiior MoArthurlu. , .
niont Tribune.
Frank Fields of Nebraska City hsi
Purchased th. grocery business off)
of this place, taking pose
..on this morning. Frank Is . popt
Jar young ,. of ,,,, P
will doubtless make a succes, of it.
The team oi Fred llosfecker (ler
man farmer living near battle Creek
became frightened and man. . ...a
inn, throwing bin vlolen.ly to
Mrth. beyond a broken arm .nd
temporary Vm of breath he was nln!