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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1895)
fh Sioux County Journal L i. SIXMOXS, TnvrUUm. HARRISON, NEBRASKA It would appear that S"an Francisco iaa some fat messenger hoy. They j are now in jail for burglary. Andrew Carnegie n.ii-t.t psibly raise j the wages of hia worLrjj-n ( cent j more yet without Wiimj; to set greet j ree the danger be runs of dying rich A wornarf named A.ldams has been Appointed garbage Insj-tof in Chi cago. Before she has b--n long in Office she will doubdes need both the d's" in her came and several bitf ones In addition. A Chicago advertising company re fused to take the busings of an under taker who wanted to put his card in the trolley cars. It was argj-d, probably, that the passengers would not have time to make an ante-mortem state ment of their preferences in the matter of a funeral director. The telegraph states that "Kid" Thompson smiled faintly when seu tence of death was parsed upon him. This is certainly as much In the way of hilarity us could reasonably have l-en expected from Mr. Thompson. A l.ok of actual displeasure even could have been excused. One's surprise in the fact that do two persons' voice are perfectly alike ceas es when one U informed by aa author ity that, though there are ouly Dine per fect tones to the human voice, there are the astonishing number of 17.592, 115,044.413 different sounds. Of these, 14 direct muscles produce 10,32. and 13 Indirect muscles produce 173.74123. The oldest inhabited house within the limits of the United States is said to be that of Kilian Van Rensselaer. Which stands opposite Albany. It is of Holland brick; and the front wall still exhibits loopholes through which jhe first owner formerly shot at Indians and wild beasts. The house is still in fowl repair, after being in constant use lor more than 2o0 years. A Chicago paper wants ex-Presidents pensioned. The President gets a larger aalary than he could command honest ly In private life. He gets a good house and the Government pays the plumber. If the President wants to save money there is nothing to hinder, and 1 he doesn't there are naturally plenty of friends who will give him a lift A pension would constitute him a pauper, and in this country the atjle-bodied pauper yet has a place to win in public esteem. '' Another foolhardy navigator has set ut to sail around the world in a toy boat. He has already set out from San Francisco and is unfortunately already beyond the Jurisdiction of the Califor nia courts. Otherwise he ought certain ly to be examined by a commission de lunatico inquir'-ndo. These absurd ven tures are not brave but foolhardy. They add nothing to useful knowledge,, (.till less to the gayety of nations. They ought to be suppressed. . - . The Immigration RestrictionLesigue proposes! to present a bill to the next Congress providing that no foreigner between 14 and 00 years of age who cannot both read and write stue lan guage shall be received on any vessel aa aa emigrant to this country. It is a step in a right direction. It might be judged too severe to narrow this to the English language, yet where, outside of that and perhaps the German, can a foreigner get any notion of the princi ples of our institutions? There seems room for the inventor to do something for the steam locomo tive yet. One left standing on a side truck In Arkansas a few days ago thrw open its own throttle and "lit out" upon the road at top speed, totally wrecking a passenger train, for the passage of which it had been side tracked. This is the report But it occurs to one to ask if it was side tracked for this purpose, how did It get out on the main line without de railing itself at the end of the side track? The Supreme Court of Louisiana has Just rendered a decision In the Olym pic Club matter, which, it Is said, kills prize fighting In that State forever. It ia also to be hoped that it buries it beyond prospect of resurrection. At the same time the Florida Senate Is reported to have passed a bill which kills It in that State, and that the lower house is sure to concur. If this kind of thing goes on Corbett and Fitzsim mons and their imitators will soon hav to resort to some civilize! way of "making a living." The money order clerks in the Pbila delpbia oostorfiee are not as sweet tempered is usual, and one of them thus explains why: "During the last few days there have been nearly a hundred Norr.I School girls in here to buy money orders for a cent each. It eems their teachers put them np to It so as to educate them in the way fho money order business Is transacted by the United States Government. So they co-'ie piling in uion m with re rraet for 1-cent money orders. Of course, It Is just as much trouble to is ue a money order for a penny as for 10O, and so yon can imagine th ar. wyance It Is to us." iaimfgratlou Into the Houth seems t b taking the form of coloule rather tko lu'jjvldoal arrivals. This Is espe . tofy tt case with Immigration from Ittrtk aad Nrvhwest to Georgia and one or two i.tby States. One col ony from Indiana and near-by local lf.es Is said to number about forty tL.iU sand Individuals of all aes, aici to have bought some two hundred tit- J sand acres of htcl in the southern part of Georgia. Atiuth-r Hrs!a ' -loiiy is to come from Pennsylvania, a;, i l to locate on the Ucinulgee River, a'- It twenty five mile from Ma-"U. Krun KedhVld. S. !-. another ol-y ! ' 1 i to HeuipsteaJ County. Arkan.i-: -u-re are aid to be five thousand s-b la this Dakota colony, who are j :r -oly the owners of more than cfty t;4 sand acres of land. Every owner of spruce fret s-cnla be wide awake to the great iuip r'auct of the wood pulp bus. Less. 1 1. many places tu-day spruce logs are .& more for pulp than to mauufact'ir ? into lumber. By and by we xpect to hear of the shutting down of w.me t: , . I i-. ie cause their supply of logs ha 1 ti al sorlxij by the w 1 pulp nn u. This has already b- b the ease in many sec tions, and is bkely to inervase rapidly year by year. It will 1- well fr many of our luiulw-niiet) to estimate careful ly, and see whether lliey can te-w get more for wood pulp logs than they can realize by manufa. iuring and shipping lumber to the market.-.. Many a man who dislikes to change the character of his business, to shut his mill down or discharge his crew, would, ujkiij in vestigation, find that sue!) action would be to his pecuniary benetit. The magazine writer Is again deplor ing the decay of the an of letter writ ing, and shedding unnecessary tears. People who desire to write let ters will probably to the end of time and mail facilities continue to do so. If they prefer the frankly open card the cot is 1 cent , and the trouble slight The average letter written from a sense of duty is a nuisance alike to sender and receiver, and lays perhaps upon a wholly inno cent person the obligation of answering it Then, some jeople w ill preserve letters, so that ultimately they lind j their way into the brvacb-of promise case or the divorce court', or, piwsibly. the effusions penned to No. 1 fall into the unsympathetic hands of uuturer No. 2, whose pleasure thereat i not intense. People who can write matter worth reading are doubly foolish to write in a fashion that does not com mand a space rate, for such letters are apt to be seized upon later by wmo meddlesome and annoying Individual destitute of sense generally, but more particularly of the sense of honor, aad given to the public. By that time the public does not want them. So alto gether if the art of letter-writing is falling Into decay the matter Is rather one for congratulation than repining. ; Joseph Jefferson delivered a series of lectures on dramatic art Iwfore the students of Yale College. Just think of It! An actor, a man who make his living, albeit an epicurean one. by treading the boards behind the glaring footlights, exposing the unformed minds of the young men of the country to the pernicious and contaminating in fluences of the stage. And this in Puritan New England, where they wore bell crowned hats and burnt witches and persecuted Hester Pry i, he not very" many decades ago. The mat ter is still more remarkable when it is remembered that the great institution of learning is presided over by a doc tor of divinity. It show s that the world is moving and that the absurd and bigoted prejudices agalnM the stage, the stage In Its highest development, are dying out from the minds of men. There arc still Institutions of learning or rather of Ignorance, where it would be regarded as pollution for an actor to set his foot It would matter not that the actor was the greatest living exponent of the drama in his line or that he was a welcome guest in the most exclusive social circles. The fact that he was an actor, that the smell of grease paint was upon him. would debar him. Yale bag taken a step in advance and one which will be wisely followed by other educational institu tions of similar rank. As Charlotte Cushman said, music and poetry were the preparatory acts of creation, but the drama was the peopling of the world with human beings. The drama concerns people, not merely some of them. Scotch Humor, An artist is busy at his easel by the wayside. A rustic Is looking over his shoulder In the free manner of the in dependent Scot A brother rustic. Is in a field near by with his hands in his pockets. He is uncertain whether it Is worth while to tike the trouble u mount the dike for the uncertain pleasure of linking at the picture. "What Is he doing. Jock?" asks n- In the field of his better-situated mate. "Draw In wi pent!" returns Jock, over his houlder. "Is 't bonny?" again asks the son of toil in the held. ")cht but lKHiny!" comes back the prompt mid decided answer of the crit ic. Of considerations for the artist's feelings there is not a trace. Yet both of thesf rustics will appreciatively re late the incident on coming in from the tield and washing themselves, w Slh this rider: "An" 'he didna look ow r wee pleased. I can tell ye! Did he, Joel ?" The ('outem)sirary Kevlew, luterestlntt Itelfc, Andrew J. Cobb, of Atlanta. Oa has in his possession one of the most Inter esting relics of the Confederacy. It is the pen used to sign the constitution of the Confederal-.. It has never been disturbed since the hand of General Howell Cobb laid It In Its case; and the ink used then can be seen now where It has dried ujnm the pen. Uncle Ham's ftouks. Uncle Sam himself prints l,000,i0 books a year. A $ew Atratit Chica.' IU... Jane 12 There was a large attendance at the meeting of gen eral weteru passenger gut held yes terday in the o:fi e of the general pas senger as leti'.uu pursuum tJ the or ders of the suierior ofik-er to pet to gether and form a strong and firm agreement if a it hi a the bonds of possi bility. The preiiruirry iifc was iuii caUTe ot hariu'jii.v and Uitimate uo cess but nothing defm.te accom plished except to af puiiit '"hairmaa Cilv!l, ebitsi!an of U.e Ii ek Isiaod and Mmth of the Hurlmgiou V Mis souri river a committee ntt poner to Crat t the details of an igreern-nt which sh.i.l cover ill roads east arid esl of the .Mi$:oun river and alo Utait, tome of the agents of thetruuk lines are not eai.uiue of a permanent organization being effected, believing the obstacles will come from certain smaiitr roads who want to d;ctate terms, but an hon est determined effort will be made by all, becasise they have strict orders to do something. The agents adjourned their conference until tomorrow. W 11 i.r.ue suit. MlLWAt KKE, Wis, June 12. -Judge JsLkins will very soon order the re ceivers of the Northern l'aci:ic railway to bring suit against Henry Vlllard for an accounting of an alleged shortage in finances turned over to the ci uipany by him while acting as its financial gtntand in the capacity of a director several years ago. The alleged short age, a has been published, is ill the neighborhood of S200,(.hjU. When at ton.eya for the receivors went before Judge Jenkins and asked to have a da'e fixed for argument and an ap plication for permission to begin suit, the judge said he saw no use of any arguments, but would sign an order as soon as t was agreed upon by the at. torneys. George P. Miller says an ap plication will be made for an order within two or three days. Attmtd to Kt l li;itik. Butt, Mont., June 12. A desperate, but unsuccessful attempt was made at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon by a lone robber to rob the stiver Bow National bank. The man, ,no refuses to givej his name, walked into the bank when no one was in but a young clerk named Will Thomas, and celling hnu to the window levelled a revolver at him and demanded the casii. Thomas instantly stepped down behind the counter and grabbing a revolver began tiritjg-, and the robber ran out of the bank. The shots attracted the attention of Police Oi'.icer Ingram, who arrrested the rob ber alter a chase. The bank ia mtiutt d on the principal thoroughfare of ti e ton. For a time the bullets were fly ing thick and fast, but no one whs hit. So c-iUe Mstui. t?T. Loris, Mo. Jure 12. Fight per sons commuted suicide and two others made unsuccessful attempts at self-destruction in this city during the first ten days ol June. Of those w o suc ceeded in ending l!:eir earthly exis tence sir were tn-n and-two.wrt women. In nearly every case JPeAact was due to destitution and despond ency. Physicians Incline to the theory that the present hot wave ia repohsihlt 'for the increase in the ratio of suir-uJ-s. ) The hot wave continues in this city and at 2 p. m. the thermometer regis, tered in the shade. . veral ptewtra-1 tions from heat have been reported yesterday, but no fatalities h .Ve occur- red. Light shower at 1 p. m. relieved the heat's intensity. Mrt- JHUUthl.t, ia Jiine I-. I'U brewers from the east, soutt, arid west havfc been arriving at the Pfeister, 'Fiankinton and Schiitz hotels all day lor the national association. The St. L.OU1S aeiegaiion arnveu y-Meraaj morning and the big New York and eastern delegation on their special through train arrived at tioon. Tht New York delegation included brewers from tbe metropolis, from Brooklyn Jersey City, i-tateu Island, Union Hill and Newark. T he others on the special train were from Philadelphia, Hams burg and Pittsburg. At Chicago th special train was increased by the ad dition of two cars containing delegates rom Chicago and other western cities. crop. iu uood Cunditioo. (. i lie a go, J uue 12. Reports as to th condition of crops throughout th country, anu uie general iiiiiueuce oi iweatber on growth, cultivation and harvest, were made by the director?' oi the different state weather services yes terday. Upon the whole the week hai 'been more favorable to agriculture than any week of the season since the period from the first of May to the 7th. .Corn has made good growth during tht week and la generally in good condi tion and a good crop is promised ir Iowa. In Kansas and Minnesota it it growing well and has experienced im provement in Indiana. In Minnesota ai.d the Dakota warmer weather would prove beneficial to corn. Droulh Krokrn. Cjikaoo. 111., June 12. The long drouth in Illinois was broken last night by copious rains, which are reported failing throughout the state. Army Men Adltft. London, June 12. The Chronica today published a dispatch from Mos cow stating that the twentieth division of the Caucausion army, the e present) headquarters of which is at Kautruqua k'niitmnii,' nave been ordered to Kars and other Hillard of the same town was terribly frontier stations. Contractors at Kar.,t0Cked and cannot live, Mrs. Hill and Tlflis bave received large orden arrj-( lon wM ,. .truck and terribly Tor stores. This movement was nnex- turned bout the hips. He may re pected and has cansed much surprise, C0T.r. Sixteen others la tbe tent were It is conjectured that It has tome en- .oocked down and more or tee Injured section with tbe Armenian question Tu, maM into piece. T lo M 1.1 K- rm. Nni Falls, s. 1) , June 13 -Hor- J cer and Mewart, attorneys for W. W Taylor, the deUulung ex treasurer nni his bondsmen, together with II, M i;neuic Tayh rs brother-in-law, art in the city. They authorize the state ment that Taylor will return in cbarg of friend inside of ten iiy; that the) consider further flight useless, and fur ther, that the uncertain fa e of Tayloi is killing his parents, who are aged. Attorney-tic-orrai Crawford is also her and says tha". fiien is of Taylor have asked for a compromise, but to will not grant it. He nyi tit it the settle ment Of property heid by Taylor shows that the stale will get about all tht money back witixmt selling the pro perty of Loudsmeu, which has been at tached by the state. His trends wen given a warrant for Tavlor to avoid trouble from reward simrks, who are liable to arrest him while en route home. The story of Taylor's travels is quite in: .'resting and the earlier reports concerting tl em have been wceurate. He went irora Florida to Havana, then into Central America, thence to Dutch Guiana, thence to Kingston. From Kingstou he went to Paa and from there came north and is now n a sec tion of the continent where the weather is more endurable thm uoder the tropica. Tbe Soqi ion In Turkey. Boston, June 13. A reliable Amer ican resident in Turkey m a letter about tr.esituatiou ineave cTiitiey re ceived here, says.- ' Tiii q lestiou now pending iioldi within it th9 life or death of oriental Christianity. Are those wicked aud godless fanatics to ba permitted to dip their swords further in the blood of innocent Christians, not only in general massacre, but on high way, in their own homes, in the fields, aud even worse than all in the prisons by the hands of the government itself r Day after day the pitiful story is told over and ov again of pillage, burn ing, tortue, murder, violence, rape, ab duction, confiscation, desecration of churches, etc. Mere human aid is en tirely insuiticiant; the intricacies of the political question involved put the solu tion of the problem far beytmd our reach." 'j hi letter gives a new story concern ing the state of Turkisii prisons. In the Bittlis priaoc there are seven cells, lach one large enough for ten or twelve persons. There are between twenty and thirty crowd d into each one. There are no aaniiarf arrange ments. Armenians often have to drink the "Khuiitch" wa:er. This is th water of the tank where Turks per form ablutions for prayer. Xa; (tut m Kate War. Salt Lake City, May 13. The sction of the Union Paciiie railroad in tanking such a radical cut in rates from the Missouri river to Utah common points is likely to precipitate a rale of no small proportions. T he deter mination of the Union Pacific to maKe the cut a sfciet until it was imposiible for the Rio Grande Western to hear of it In time for them to come out in a limular announcement Tueday. The I!io Grande people are angry at the Union Pacigc and declare that the lat- i ter has violated all pledges and agree- ' meuts and also courtesy by the cut and particularly by the sudden way in which it was sprung. The Western j lays the purpose of it was to make the jl'iiioti Pacific appear In the light of a joenefactor aud savior of I' tab. Traffic j Manager Babcock of the liio Grande Western left fur Denver last niirht to jsongult about meetiug the Union Pacl- i3c cut and savs that his rond till make the rate both east and we.-t instead of me way if he is ttustaiued in h,s view by the Western ofliciais and he can get j lLe guruort o HnoU,er Jinet To Marry tho Lady or Hl Choice. New Youk, June 13 Carl Henry Wrsge, twenty-three years old, has re ceived notice from an adminisrator of ia annt's estate In Hamburg, Germany that he had been made sole beir to her fortune of II, (XXJ.OUO. The administra tor bad just arrived from Germany. He is a prominent member of the Y. M. C. A. aud secretary of a soap com pany. He came to this city poor and friendless a ye.tr ago. lie received tbe news of bis good fortune at if an or- hinary matter. "I will simply keep on . mending to business,- he said. "The first thing I am going to do is to marry tbe lady Of my choice, Kraaces Wnlard to Wd, London. June 13. The Mascitsays it is rumored that Frances K. Willard, president of the Women's Christian l'emperance nuion, who is now ia En gland, is about to be marred to an En glish gentlemen of wealth and position and of prominence In reform work, Tlds is a revival of a rumor which was in circulation about a month ago. Wag- iucreaiHut. Chk'aOo, June 13. -Tbe Crane com pany of this city, the largest manu facturers of pipe fittings and brass goods in the world, yesterday announ ced to lis 2.00U employes that their wages would be increased 10 per cnt, being a restoration of the rate which prevailed early in lH'.tX Tenl Sirw fc by Ughmlng- MvsKpitov, Mich., June 13. Light ning last evening struck one of the (tents of the Methodist campmeeting at iuvenoa, instantly killing Mrs. Bur. on of . -4 X . . . I F 1 .. it HyirtMO. iier sisier, Mrs. Km lb s. June !. Mii.u.. Karly yesterday evening the jury in the mill ion and a quarter dollar suit of Alfred Merritt vs. John Mandard oil ting. D, Uockfeiler, the after having been out five hours, returned a verdict of H'),UX) for the plaintiff. The case 11 probably one of the most important and bard fought ever tried in the north west, aiid has raued general rejoicing. j ue suit was oasea on the ground that Rockefeller, both by his personal! rt presentations W. au interview with i a brother of the plaintiff at his otlice in , New York city about a year ago and , also through the fraduk-ht represents. ! Hons of his agent, kev. F. T. Gate, a ; former Baptist preacher, and Ctarle8 W. Wetmore, a !New York capitalist and lawyer, had induced the defendant, together with his ir others, to place in a cousolidatiou of iron mining com panies their properties. Tbe jury de cided that the evidence showed that the representations -f Rockefeller and bis agent as to the toivency of the Go gebic and Cuban mices, which were put ia by them and their friends, were false and made with intent to defraud the Merntts. The case was fought for ten days and experts from Cuba to Cal ifornia and from Dulntli to Alabama testified. Rockefeller himself refused to come and his only evidence was by denosition. There is a large family of the Mer ritts, most of whom wtre induced to enter the consolidation and in a short time suits ag.regatmg t2.'JO0,0jO more will be brought on the samebasis. Shrouded la Mjaiery. Washington, D. C, June 14, In formation reached Washington that the steamer George W.CUlds, which It is said left Philadelphia a fortnight ago in the interest of the Cuban rebels, touched at Jamaica and sailed for 8an-to-Domingo. The vessel's movements are shrouded in considerable mys'ery. When she left Philadelphia she dropped down the river to Greenwich, where she is understood to htve taken on board a consignment of arms for the revolutionists. Some days later she put in an appearance at the Florida Keys. Here she is said to have re ceived the filibustering party under command of four lea lers, KjIoIT, .San chez, Garcia aud Castillo, as wn stated In the press dispatches on Tuesday last. It was originally announced that this nartv numbered 2.'JU0 all told, but it has since been known that the entire outfit did not exceed tiity persons. Nothing further has been heard .from the vessel since these people were tak en on board i.ntil the information came that she had sailed from Jamaiea last night. It is believed that the steamer was not allowed to remain any leugtu of time in Jamaican waters. A Torpertn Boat Koundrrd. SAN.FitAS'ciseo, Ca!., June 11. A letter from Niaruan tawrenee of the cruiser Charleston, received by the steamer Peru and addressed to friends on the receiving ship Independence at Mare island, reports the foundering at sea during a severe gale mi tbe morn ing of May 10 of torpedo b.at No. 10, Captain Oesko ol the Japanese navy, off Pang-Hui island, in the Pescadores. All the vessel's crew, excepting one man, were drowned. Among the lost were two English and two American seamen. The latter's names are re ported to be Alfred Lnws.ni, formerly of Hartford. Coun., nod Janus B. Benson, a Caiiforniaii, The ill fated ve-sel at the time was hall a mil from shore. While the sailors were cll-irm to the torpedo boat which Mai; caps. Zed a number of Japanese soeiiers aud foreign landsmen were rushing about among the Chioe.e lUiiermeti offering large rewards fur the rescue ol the men' but no: a Chinaman would respond, and the tUteen men perished like drowning rats. Indian Held 1 tirm at Bay. Siocx City, I., June 14 The uni que spectacle was presented in tills city vesterdav of tbe whole police force ol Hiout City being held at bay by a lotol drunken Indians. Yesterday over UK of the Winnebago Indians from th reservation nar Pender came over U sell gooseberries. On the proceeds ol the sale of the ben its the whole outfil became very drunk. They are encamp ed near the city and have become i nuisance to the neighborhood. Accord ingly warrants were issued for the ar rest of the whole tribe, but the Indian! refused to be arrested and refused tt. leave the city when ordered to do so by the police. The officers are afraid loj tackle the whole crowd and so they are permitted to enjoy their drunk iu peace. 1 rannrrrrerl lo Oenvar, ' Washington, D C, June 11. Among the orders issued from the wat department was one transferring Maj. Elijah Halford of the nay department from" Omaha, Neb., to Denver, Colo. Major llaiford has been stationed at Omaha since hU appointment aa pay master st the close of his Kervice at private (secretary to President Harrison. The promotion of Gener.d iMiintoh tc be pHymwsler-general neceacifated s reassignment of office of which this it one. '.Ntrtick by l.ialitnlng. . Ottawa, Out,, June 11.- MacKenzit tower of the parliament building wai struck by lightning yesterday. The tower room in the fourth story win badly wrecked. Five clerks were at work In tbe centre of the room, but all escaped with a severe shock. F. lire ton, clerk of the woiks, who was in tht basement of tbe building under tht tower, was knocked inseustule, lie will probably recover, although bit nervous system has received a seven alines. Jktlrtm I'lHTH, STATE NEWS ITEMS. A young man employed on the f irtt of John McMrhan, three cue sooni vj Xebraska City fell from a ladder and broke bis collar boue. j In the dlBtnct court We.,:nedi i Moses Kobertsou was couticfed ol ! biting off the ear of Charles Mjueford 'while they were lighting at llulo I hit soring. i . Arragrrueni8 li:tve b--u nisib- wnu til Klkhorn and Union Pad c rndi tll ru excursion trams o and Iron) j rt. ,nollt on the Fourth and I e hremeu of tl,e clty ure preparing the i-reHlest celebration m the history of the city. Another good rain fell at Got .enbury Sunday. Crops are in splendid condi tion now and growing nicely. There is aor a very large acreage of srmll grain owo in this vtciuity, but it now prom :ses from half to thiee-fourths Of 8 :rop. Mr. lUrtzm in of the Oxuard com pany at Grand Inlind, wai iu Table Rock examining fields of sugar, 'jeets. He pronounced them the finest looking ot at;y he had seen Pi the state, Some of the lields are nearly covered llready ty the plants. The river has lee(i cutting badly be ,ow Nebraska (.'it v and TuesJay after -aoou it was necessary to take up about 1 mile of track between Peru aud Brownville m order to save it. The Lincoln train ran down to Peru Tues iay everingTind transferred the pass engers. ' The Beatrice wheel has completed ar. rangements for a race meeting open to ihe stt to be held at the driving park June2o. Good prizes will be offored for the seven events and an invitation lo enter is extended riders of the state, who can secure entry blanks of F. E. Wheeler, secretary. The fecurity Mutual Life Insurence sompuoy, orga-iized under the law passed at the last legislative session, is about ready to begin business. Trie men nt the head of the company are the leading buniness and professional men of Fremont. Tho otlicera are in ihe F'remont National bank building. The commencement exercises of tbe nstitute for the blind was held at Ne braska City Wednesday evening. A :hoice literary and musical program was rendered. President Wilton of ".he boird of trustees presented diplo- j maa to the following graduates Harry Uenter, Alice Her,h, Paul Hagler. Henry .Schroder -and Lena Mr. Trues Jale, Conductor liergantyle of the Burling ton, running between Nebraska City tnd Red Oak, Ia, was accident ly shot at Red Oak Monday evening. In tak ing his coat irom a peg in the car a re volver dropped to the floor and was dif harged, the bullet Striking him just above the ankle, ranging upw ard and coming ou- at the groin. The wound is a dangerous one. Steps were ti km Tuesday nt Rig epraigi organizing an irrigation dis trict by DetieUud Keith county citizeni The ditch will be about twenty. fivi tuiies long and it includes about 5.UUC acrts of Deuel county land. The pre Iimiii ry turv.y wiil be made at once and the vv-.rk is to he pro-ecuted ai vigorously an possib.e. 1 here w ill be u opposition to Vo log the borHs. 'J he hanks of the Gothenburg Canal a:;d ii rp; itio i company's ca'isl gave way -u uy mght.ilooding the coun'r) went ot t-own and damaging the railway-rack s.i th .t seveml passengers and o'her tMios vwr- held here foi about ten hi. i. s. A construction train and :,... rapidly repar.ng the r "'' The canal Is also being repalreu and the water confined to iu proper course. Mr. James Lu of Omaha is in Fre mont visiting vvitu her parents, Mr and Mrs. D. M. linger. Neither Mrs. Ish nor hor father will talk about th famous shooting case. A newspaper reporter visited the Roger home, but was refused admission. Mrs. lsb has many warm lrieuda in Fremont who will stand by her in her great trouble. That has been her home sincein fancy and only words of sympathy are heard for her. A corporation called the South American Light Power and Traction company has been organized In Beat rice with a capital stock of 8l,flUO,000. The incorporators ate ex-Senator A. 8. Paddock, his son Frank A. Paddock Frank Murphy of Omaha, Marcus Stiue of New York city, K. S. Forbsof Wash ington and Kdwm W. Deh.n of boirb Carolina. The principal ollice will be In the city. The purchase and opera tion of street railways, it la understood is to be their principal business. The KuighU of Pythias owned Ne braska City Monday night the occasion being the annual district convention ol that order. Grand Chancellor Mm. man presided and ex mplilled the work. Af er an initiation ceremoitf had been performed the Knights fo-tued in lin, and beaded by the Nebraska City vorl net band,' marched to the Watson house, where an elegant banquet awaited them, speeches were made by Chancellor Stuiman, Will L. Selor, H. H. Fass, Dr. Hungiite, ana others. It was a complete ailuir and will long re mam a pleamtnt memory. I'fii, Clilial and Hru.h. Henry Harland, author of "The Yoki of the Thorah," Was atone time a clerk In the surrogate court of New York. William Watson, the poet, has been granted a pension of J.VJ0 a year. Tin Gladstone government had already glv iu him one of ll,UXi, T he first etching done by Whistler whs aserteeof maps for the United Mates coast survey. Tliey were not published, as the artist and autborltiri differed ae to how a tree ought to U ranrMMitad In a man.