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Apple sell io North Platte at $2.2 a
barrel.
North Platte it agitating the school
bond question again.
The new Swedish cbarch at Valley
il dedicated last Sunday, i
The Fulierton Journal has beea re
duced in size for economic reasons.
Girgressman Rein is in Colorado fil
ing shelter lor the cattle on hii big stock
farm.
Judge Sullivan of Brokenbow expect
to succeed Judge Green on the diitrict
btneh.
H. 8. Swenaon ha associated with
Mr. M'lla in publishing the Laurel Ad
vocate. . P. N. Kir pat rick of Harrison shot a
deer the other day that weighed 140
pound.
Henry Storch of Nancecounty got tan
gled up in a runaway and broke hi leg
ui to placed.
Kiity per cent of the corn in Stanton
county is still in the tie d and it looks
jke a ctorui.
Sixty per cent of tlie corn in Stanton
souoty is still in the field and it looks
uke a storm.
Rev. E. H Bryant of Munrie, Ind.,
vill preach Methodism at Wallace the
xtming year.
Blaine county (srtners have stopped
aiihbiiiK corn, and are waiting for the
mow to melt.
A Stroumburg man is manufacturing
rn crios nut ol galvanized wire and
ne pickets.
R A. Biiby, B. & M. agent at Inland,
1BH leeii transferred to (iarrison, on the
Doliiuibus branch.
Soribner is to have a cold storage
vault f r b-er, and the inhabitant are
.engmg for summer.
Milo Terry of Norfolk wan kicked in
the face by an ugly horse and narrowly
escaped fatal injuries.
Phillip Kine of Dixige county has un
dertaken to fatten 6,000 bead of sheep
lor the eastern markets.
Kd Seifert, living near Lexington,
lost his bouse and contents by fire. A
defective duo was the cause.
The new ballast deposited along the
Union Pacific track has stopped all bl
:ycle riding on that roadbed.
B. A M. shopmen in Plattimouth
ire working nine hours a day, an addi
tion of one hour to the former schedule,
Elmer U. Blake, formerly postmaster
ol Butte, is again under arrest for the
shortage in bis accounts while in office.
Charles liinger of Randolph toyed
with a loaded pistol. The ball went
through bis ieit hand without breaking
any boiien.
The Times is the only newspaper ever
published at Columbus that nev r
fee ii ied to lack for advertising. Colonel
Dale must be a hypnotist.
Buffalo county people begin to think
that township organization failed to
atrry in Cedar county, few voles being
cast either for or against it.
Dr. F. N. Dick, who has practiced
medicine at North Platte ever since the
town was started, is recovering from
what was thought a fatal illness.
"Growler rushing" has become such a
nuisance in North Platte that an ordi
nance will be passed making it a m it de
meanor to buy beer in bucket lot-i.
Cheyenne county ranchmen hae sold
over seventy thousand dollars' worth of
aattle since the 1st of July, and Wyom
ing rustlers have stolen the usual
numb jr.
The Elkhorn has hauled three train
loads of sheep from Superior to Wahoo
during the past week, Thesa sheep are
from Mexico and were hauled to Supe
rior by the Santa Fe.
Ira Wilson of Gothenburg cut in be
tween bunches of cattle that were being
driven across the Platte river bridge
and created stampede. The horses
got through alive, but the buggy was a
total wreck.
W. II . Tuttle, who died last week at
Broken Bow in his sixty-ninth year was
a hotel keeper nearly all his lite. He
same to Nebraska in 1SG8 and "kept
tavern" at Friend, York, Aurora, Calla
way and lastly Broken Bow.
A lady, assuming to be the authorized
agent of an eastern charitable organiza
tion, succeeded in working several Grand
Island people for valuable contribution
before her true character was made
known. She was a bate impoater.
A woman residing at Harrison, this
state, waa terribly abused by her hus
band, and some of the leading men of
the county ordered him to leave town,
which he did. Now the woman is suing
he.' philanthropic neighbors for alien
ating ber husband's affections.
Tony Bronson and Walt Rosengreen
were found guilty of vagrancy at Fre
mont and sentenced to ninety days in
jail on a diet of bread and water. They
.pleaded for mercy and were granted lib
erty conditioned that they get out of
town in fifteen minutes, which they
did.
, Sioux county is bravely battling along
without a dollar of bonded indebtedneas.
Peter Bovee, a Madison county farmer,
ordered a hunter off his premises, but
the man added injury to insult by beat
Ing toe farmer with a pair oi brass
knuckles. He Is in jail for it.
Capt J. W. Harding of Dawson conn
ty, while repairing a broken fence, be
came weary and using his cap fore
pillow, reclined in the bosom of mother
earth, and while sleeping waa called to
ills long home. He waa, dead when
found by hit wife. The doctor! at
tribute bis death to heart disease.
WAR TO WA(.E HhKULi
WtjUi on Hii Mettle aud Mjit De
8ometiog.
RECALIED UNLESS THINGS CHANGE.
100,000 Troop War oa the IsUud lna
Wvlor A imIiIk Hal lie Kipaciaa)
Booa Frasldrnt Walls
i Washington, Nov. 17. It is learned
. iere on authority tha the Sjvanish gov
' rnnient has given General Weyler to
un lerstand that he must push his oper
ations against the insurgents aggress
ively sol vigorously. Unless he aoon
chievis a decisive victoiy over .he
Cubans it is Urlieved be will be rt called,
tieneral Weyler, it is understood, is
1 ware of the alternative and his present
campaign in Piuar del Rio Is expected
to result in an engagement that will put
a new aspect on the Cuban situation
one way or the other The mpaign
therefore has liecome to him a personal
matter and with , the knowVlge that
his prestige and rank are at stake,
the Havana cahles are being watched
with interest for news of more import
int battles than the ski'mlth and
guerilla fights thai thus far have come
by way of them.
deneral Weyler has all ihe troops
that lie can use. There are o'er 200,1)00
Spanish soldiers in Cuba, and the furoe
under the captain general iri his pres
ent ojierations in the field in f erHon is
over 00,000, Mace.), against whom he
now operating has under him, it is esti
mated, about 7,000 men. Spain, having
fulfilled all of General Weyler's wishes
as to troops, now expects results from
him. Consul General Lee has ac
quainted the administration with the-e,
facts, and the president is at present
imply awaiting events and will shape
his course by the developments.
I' it thought by General Weyler that
he will be able to score a decided vic
tory liefore the assembling of congress
1 ecemlier 7. Spain fears adverse action
by that ' body soon after it meet, and
has urged General Weyler to deirion
itrale bis ability to crush the rebellion
within the next two weeks if possible.
In view of the fact that Spain is now
making a strong and almost supreme ef
fort to subdue her insurgent colony and
that a crisis aDpareitly is at band the
president will delay writing that pat t of
his f irthcoming message on the Cuban
situation until the last moment before
ttie meeting of congress. The position
ol the chief magistrate will 1) largely
d tterniined by the news received before
iJecember 7. Should the news be fa
vorable to the success of the Spanish
arms, it is probable that the president
will continue to pursue hia policy ol
non-inteiference; should it, on the
other hand, be distinct. y favorable to
the insurgent cause, and especially if it
should happen that Weyler was defeated
Mr. Cleveland, it is believed, would no
longer hesitate to recommend the recog
nition ol their rights s belligerents ol
some other action equally undesirable
to Spain.
Kky WeT, Fla., Nov. 17. Prominent
Cubans in this city state that no news
has been received of the alleged battle
between Weyler and Maceo. It was re
ported Saturday night that Weyler was
at the trocba and sending out small de
tachments to locate Maceo, The Cu
bans claim that Weyler's plan of cam
paign against Maceo has failed.
I'lttahura Fctoiia4ltuiheri.
PiTTBCL'RO, Nov. 17. The Consoli
dated Steel and Wire company at Brail
dock have started their works in full,
employing 800 men. The Edgar Thom
son steel works are again in full opera
tion on a large order for light steel rails
for uee in Japan. The Homestead steel
works of the Carnegie company is now
working full time in all departments,
8,500 men being employed.
The force of employes at the Westing
hoose electric works was increased yes
terday by 100 men. Preparations for
starting the -Westinghouse air brake
works are well under way. A large
numher of air brakes workmen will be
transferred to the Westinghouse Cana
dian plant w hen it is opened.
Almost Lynched.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 17. The cool
ness of Tom Sykee, a white man who
has been working for the Southern rail
way, saved him from being lynched.
Sykes was arrested, charged with mak
ing an assault upon Louise Crouch, the
daughter of a farmer. His description
tallied with that of a tramp who visited
the city. He was identified by the child
and her mother.
A crowd of angry countrymen sur
rounded the man. A rope was placed
around bis neck, but standing there an I
looking them in the eyes he declared
his innocence, daring the mn to put
upon themselves and their children the
curse of having taken the life of an in
nocent man. His coolness resulted io
his being turned over to the proper au
thorities and being acquitted by tht
courts.
tlolcl Keserve.
Washington, Nov. 17. At the close
of burliness yesterday the gold reeerv
stood at $124,680,751. There was with
drawn from the New York sub-treasury
2,0OO in coin and f.12,100 in bars, leav
ing a gain for the day of (44,000.
Mow tho Spaniards War Whipped.
Madrid, Nov. 17. A dispatch to tin
Imparcial from Hong-Konrf state that
the report from Manila that the Span
iards had won a victory over the insur
gent at Novaleta, the latter losing four
hundred killed, waa incorrect Tho truth
is that the Spaniard! attacked the rebel
position at NovalsU on November 10, but
could not carry the rebels being strongly
fortified, Another attack was made on
on November 11, when the Spaniardi
were repulsed with lots of 300 men.
ar- It Waa d be a Terrible Thing, but It
Ma,f Cenie.
Wabiiikmton, D. C, Nov. 18. Senor
Dupuy da Ixmie, the Spanish minister,
was asked Monday the ui-ect question:
"Do you believe there is any danger
of a war between the United States and
Spain?"
"It is podfitle," the minister an
swered. "It would be terrible. One
em foresee its beginning but not its
end."
This remark of the Spanish miniftea,
made in all seriousness by a diploma'
"f bis standing, is remarkable. It ad
mits the tension in the relations of the
two countries, and shows that the
spirit of desperate bravado that would
push Spain to war with the United
States is not confined to the '-panish
common people, but even effects thce
in high authority, who are better ac
quainted with this country's resources
and power.
Senor de Lome is far more inclined to
talieve war poseiMe than is generally
supposed in diplomatic circles. Spain's
minister has not so much confidence in
the next president nor the next secre
tary of state. It is feared at the Span
ish legation that a desire for popularity
may move the new administration to
actively a:d he inaurgents and in that
aso Spanish pride will rebel and trou
ble may result.
An official communication from
Spain's political agent at St. Petersburg
informs the Spanish minister that the
recently published report that in a war
between the United States and Spain,
Russia would be favorable to the United
States, Ib rot true. The communication
alleges that 'he Russian government
has assured Hpain that it w ill preserve
an absolute neutrality to a certain point.
From this it is argued at the legation
here that, as a war with Sp un would
be tiased on Interference of a foreiirn
power in her inalienable right to hold
her territorial possessions, the United
States need not expect sympathy from
Russia or any other fiuropean nation.
France having recently acquired colo
nies would bitterly lesent, it is thought
at the legation, any country's efforts to
aid Cuban independence. Russia like
wise has immense interests at stake,
besides having a treaty of alliance with
France.
The Spanish minister believes the re
volt of Cuba is the beginning of trouble
with all the West India islands, and
that England and Holland are watching
their colonies with ill-concealed uneasi
ness. Jamaioa has of late manifested
marked restlessness, and reports re
ceived at the legation say that Great
Britlan has been on the alert for six
months to suppress incipient rebellion.
Tukr I'lr.luns at Night.
Bayonnk, X J , Nov. 18. William A.
Eddy has discovered that photogiaphs
of houses an 1 streets can be taken at
nih, owing to the present wide preva
lence of electric light. The first out
door electric light photograph on record
was taken by him at 9:45 p. m. Novem
ber 3, 180fi, and includes a fair view of
th" corner avenue D and Fourth street,
rtayonne, followed by a clear view at
9:50 p. m. November 13, 18, twelve
expi eures were made at Bayonne be
tween 11 p in. and midnight, and on
November 15, between 8 p. m. and 1 a.
m., twelve exposures were taken in
New York, including Madison square,
the New York postothce, Herald square.
Twenty-third street, Broadway" and
others. The photograhs in New York
reveal whole blocks and streets. Mr.
Eddy says the discovery will be valuable
to the press by making It possible to
take important photographs in time for
the morning editions.
To DIscum Montr tlie IMght War.
Imdiamapoms, Ind., Nov, 18.-f Presi
Jent J. C. Adams of the board of trade
has called a special meeting of the gov
erning committee of that body for thi-i
evening to consider the question of call
ing a general conference of boards of
trade In the states of the central west
for the purpose of discussing the ques
tion of monetary reform. This con
ference will probably be called with a
view to holding a national convention of
boards of trade for the purpose o! dis
cussing the question and makintr such
recommendations to congress a may
seem all right. Along this line a general
meeting of business men has been called
for this evening by the officers of the
Commercial for the purpose of discuss
ing with Gen. Roy Stone the sugges
tions for monetary reform, which he
made in a paper read before the na
tional farmers' congress here last week,
Want lha KvwarcJ.
Ciiicaoo, Nov. 18.-The suit of W. R.
Roach against W. P. Rand, T. T. Conk
lin, James Boland, John F. Scanlan and
others to recover $6,000 reward offert d
by a number of Irish-American societies
for information regarding Dr. Cronin,
after his disappearance in May 1889,
came up for trial yesterday, but wai
passed and will come up later in the
week. Roach discovered Cronln's body
in the catch basin. He claimed the re
ward, which was withheld on the ground
that the money waa offered for evidence
on which to con Vic, the murderer and
not for finding the body.
Mrs. Davis Visits at. Louis.
St. Lotis, Nov. 18. Mrs. Jefferson
Davis and her daughter, Miss Winnie
Davis, arrived here yesterday evening
from the south. They were met at the
anion station by a committee of distin
guished cltlsan and escorted to the
Planter's hotel, where tbey are enter
tained m the guesU of the local brancn
of the daughters of the Confederacy,
This evening Mra. Davit and bar daugh
ter will be the gneets of honor at the
Daughter! of the Confederacy ball at the
Merchant! eicbanfe. .
MACLO IS IHE MOUNTAINS
Intrenched in All the Strategic Poiutj
and CsBDOt be Rr moved.
SPANIARDS CLAIM A VICTORY AGAIN.
Coi'-al-G nrral Lee la 1'onaul tai loo with
Oloej Will Ketura ta (nb In a
tmw lm,m. Weyler touilug
Back to liar sia.
New Oklkakh, Nov. 19 Captain Ar
mando Am e, cne of the youngest and
bravest of eneral Maceo's staff, 1 as
arrived here from Cuba. In an inter
vi w in answer to questions, Captain
A;. dre said ;
"General Maceo counts in the prov
ince of Pinar del Rio some 20,000 men
of all arms, which are divided in groups
of fyK) and over, or lesa, as the case
may lie, and which operat , each in one
district, but in constant communication
with the general headquarters of the
main army. Maceo, with his staff and
and jierhaps 4,000 men, has his bead
quarters between San Cristobal and
C.iyabo8. Tl e me n are all well clothed
and fed, having plenty of ammunition
and will give an account of themselves.
"The Cordillera of hills it- hich Gen
eral Maceo is established is ZuO miles in
length by sixty to forty in width, and
every bill is a stronghold. The sides of
these hilis which often tower 10,000
feet above the sea level, are covered
with a very u iclc underbrush of mani
gua, often in stretches by thick forest,
and here and there are pieces of open
land. Ttie only way to get to the top of
the mountains is by mule paths, and on
these no more than t wo to four men
can go. These places at all held by
the Cubans and are also protected by
mines and traps, which are unknown to
any but the guides of the Cuban army.
Should the Spaniards succeed in getting
to the top of any hills, they would have
to pass oer countless dynamite mines,
which are ready to be set off by the
pressing of a button.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19. Senor Co.o
nado, formerly editor of the La Discus
sion, passed through he on his way to
New York, bearing important messages
to the Cubans, there.
Coronailo's paper wag suppressed ie
cently, and an order waB issued by Gen
eral Weyler for Coronado's arrest. His
offense consisted in printing an account
of an execution of a prisoner which was
headed "Another Murder."
claim a victokv.
Havana, Nov. 19. Colonel Moncado
has had an engagment with combine 1
parties of rebels who weie found strong
ly entrenched in the Crillo hills, in the
province of Havana. The enemy was
dislodged and dispersed, the Spanish
column advancing and capturing the po
sition of the rebels under a heavy Are.
The Spanish troops bad Bix privates
killed, and a enptain, two lieutenants
and thirty-eight privates wounded. The
rebels left seven dead on the field and
carried off many others. Gen. Conzales
Munox has had two engagements with
rebel parties between Sito Hondo and
San Christobal in the Pinar del Rio
province. The 8panish had a private
and one captain killed and twenty-seven
privates wounded. The insurgents had
twelve men killed.
Washington, Nov. 19. Consul-General
Lee called on Secretary Olney yes
terday evening and spent five mintues
with him before taking the train for
Fredericksburg, Va. He told Secretary
Olney he expected to return to this city
in a few days and would then be practi
cally ready to return to Havana if the
deraituient so desired.
KevWkbt, Fla., ov. 19. Advice!
rec lived in Havana from ArteniiBa said
tliat Weyler was expected to arrive at
Cajabar or Colomas Rubi soon. A par
lor car p ated with iron is waiting for
h;m at Artemisa. The insurgents are
reported in force near Cienega, the lead
inif military authorities being in com
mand. General A Tolas believes the time has
not yet airived for large operations and
that it is necessary to wait for cooler
weather o improve the sanitary condi
tions. It is believed Weyler has the
same opinion and has annonced hii in
tention to return to Havana. The in
surgent leaders, Perico Diax and Pel ico
Itelgado, are reported hard prensed by
Spaniards.. They have asked Maceo to
assist them with reinforcements, but
they were told it was impossible to do
anything for them and they must do the
best they could. It is thought that Ma
ceo will attack the trocha.
It is reported that Weyler will return
to Havana inside of three or four days.
W, C. T, U. Convention Closits.
St. Louis, Nov. 19. The last day's
session of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance union national convention
opened with the usual prayer-meeting
in Schuyler memorial house. After
singing and prayer at Music ball, the
minutes of the sessions of Tuesday were
read and approved. The report of the
executive committee, containing the
names of organizers, superintendents ol
departments, evangelists, editors, and
business managers of the Union Signal,
president of the board of trustees of the
temperance hospital and members of
the standing committees, recommended
for appointment, was read. It was ap
proved without division.
Injury Not so Had.
Bhooki.vn, N. Y., Nov. 10. An even
ing paper says that the massive timbers
forming the steps of the new timber dry
dock at the navy yard have hulge.u from
four to eight inches and the cost of te
palring the damage is estimated at
160,000. When discovered the timber!
were driven back into place, but bulged
out again. Repairs on the dock have
been abandoned for the present and
Civil Engineer R. E. Peary has mad!
an examination of the injured portion
of the dock.
TI1I111U k Warlikr-W.jrlrr Must Ka-
! sli -vaiuard Ar Oiuus.
NewHavkm, Conn., Nov. 20. The
Register yesterday afternoon prints a
story that the government, 'bei4c noon
today," will place an order with the
Winchester Arms company for 100.OJ0
rules of the Lee pattern, the standard
small arms of the American navy. This
announcement is made on the authority
of a statement by a commercial anent
who hud it from an official of the Win
chester Arms company. As usual the
Winchester will not talk.
According to this aent the contract is
due to the relations between the United
Suites and Spain and a desire on the
pirt of the American government to be
' prepared for an mer-ency.
fT. Loris, Nov. 20 In an interview
yesterday imrningin regard to General
Weyler's management of the warfare in
Cula, Gen. O O. Howard said:
''As I see it General Weyler s a teat
en man and it is time for h 111 10 re?ign.
His troops were whipped ami hid rtraie
irie resources were at an end when he
went hack to Havana. The individual
rear movement of General Weyler
showed the inability of the Spanish
army to dislodge the insurgents. If be
could have hi ped them he would have
stayed a.id done so. His retirement
was the Wuinning of the end, so far as
Weyler is concerned Mv view of the
Cuban war is s 111 ly this: It is a ques
tion ol finances, not of fighting. Spain
: is hi.' enough to crush out every cane
hiiali, as well as every insurgent in
' (!uba, if she can raise the money to pay
hii1 provision the troop' required. But
I Spain has a mighty bia job on her
j hands. It has alre-idy been cleariy
j proved that the Cubans are greater
fisihtern, greater strategists and a greater
I peop'e. When Spin can raise enough
1 louey to pay her men is, something
--)ut which the wo Id is nie-Hini."
(ieueral Howard thinks that the C'l
'iiu war has developed nothing in mili-
ii'y tactics. He declined to express an
"oinion as to whether the United Status
I should interfere on behalf of Cuba.
I WEVI.KH MCKT RKHMN.
New Yok, Nov. 21). A special cable
dispatch to the Journal from Havana
;eys :
j It appears to be a posit ve fact that
Genera Weyler has been asked to resign
on account of an open rupture with tho
home government. General Prando, it
is thought, may succeed him.
! It is conceded on all sides that Wey
I ler's personal leadership of the forces
lagains' Maceo has ended in most signal
failure. The atterr pts of the Spanish
to make victories out .of the so-called
1 capture of reliel strongholds of Pinai
ilel Rio are lauirhed at.
i Maceo, with the science of Fabian, al
ways retr ated in tim e to defeat Wey
ler's tactics. Maceo, it is conceded, it
out of ammunition, which is the great
sat rason for his not accepting battle
Havana. Nov. 20 Major Bazan ol
Captain-General Weyler's staff has ar
rived here from the front. Ilesiys that
the operations are most difficult and
Stys. that, the captain-general slept twe
rainy nights on the ground and without
hla kets, and that he hud been several
times without meals The major fur
ther says that the captain-general was
between Zoroa and Condeleria. In
spite of the fact that the wea'her has
greatly improved, in Pinar del Rio, and
that .the authorities assert that the
health of the troops in the field shows
improvement, 700 sick men have already
arrived here, and 800 more are eyiected
to reach this city during the day. Lo
cal newspapers are joining in raising a
popular subrcription to provide funds
with which to make Christmas presents
to the troops.
General Munoz, who is now suffering
from sickness, has had two engagements
with the insurgents at Sitio and Hondu.
The enemy left eighteen killed on the
field and retired without its wounded.
The troops had one captain and one sol
dier killed and twenty-five men wound
ed. Colonel Mondoca, while reconnoit
ering on the heights of Grillo, this prov
ince, has been engaged with the insur
gents under A'rango. The enemy was
entrenched but after three hours' fight
ing the insurgents were dislodged from
their positions and left seventeen be
hind them. The Spaniards had six.
men killed and three ollieers and thirty-j
six privates wounded. 1
The insurgents are said to have four
teen factories in operation between
i Soros and Cabanas, in Pinar del Rio.'
Nevertheless reports are received of
scarcity of food and clothing. The con-
, stant rifle volleys which have been
heard since the invasion of Pinar del
j Rio by Weyler have frightened the
cattle, and they have hidden in the
mountains, where it is difficult to secure
them for food.
I The police, by forming an ambush,
succeeded In surprising a party on the
1 Avenue Infante in the outskirts of the
I city, who were preparing to join the In
surgents. Two of the party were killed,
but two succeeded in escaping. A
policeman was wounded in the melee.
Captain', Neila of the garrison of Cas
corro, wljo was relieved during the siege
by the assistance of General Caslellanos,
has arrived at Puerto Principe, where
he waa tendered a reception character
ised by the greatest enthusiasm.
Professors ltetnrnlnfc.
Naw York, Nov. 20. Profs.. Alexan
der Agaeiis and E. N. Leavitt of Har
vard university were in this city yester
day on their way east Bftor executing s
government commission with ten otheri
In the Rocky mountains. They revised
a geographical survey and collected all
the flora and fauna in the Yellowiton
park which ii not on exhibition. The
expedition started in August and most
of the time has been spent In Idaho.
Wvotnlna and Montana.
FLOOD AND FAOE HORRORS
Deris at.ng Floods in Waihiogtoi
Cause Bufferi g.
HOMELESS REFUGEES ARE STARVING.
Urowued On Llka Kata Haadreds Huddla
in tba t old on Klrvatad Flaea With
out fcbalter and W ithout Food.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 21. The Chi
nese passengers on the Great Northern
train, which was tied up between Wel
lington and Madison, arrived in Seattle
yesterday. '
Through an interpreter they told a rep
resentative of the United Assoc' ted
presses that while on the tiain they
were given two meals a day for four
days, at the end of which the food sup
plies gave out and they were forced to
walk seven miles through snow from
five to fifteen feet deep to a railroad
section house, where they were supplied
with three meals a (lay. The postoffioe
authorities announced yesterday after
noon that but one eastern mail had
been received in Seattle since last Sun
day. This got in Tuesday morning.
Owing to the crippled condition of the
Great Northerr, Everett & Monte Cristo
railroads, there is liable to be a serious
food famine in towns in the Cascades
flooded diBtrict. In fact Mr. McCarthy,
a merchant of Sultan City, who is now
here foi the purpose of purchasing sup
plies, said that it has already begun.
A special dispatch from Snohomish,
says : The first party of 200 miners, who
left Monte Cristo early this week to
walk out to the lower town, reached
here yesterday.. The reason for this
wholesale exodus of miners is a lack of
provisions in the mountain stores.
From the reports of the condition of the
Everett & Monte Cristo railroad, it is
evident that it will be three weeks at
least before a train can reach Monte
Cristo. All the big aiines at Silverton,
Goat Lake and Montb Cristo have fol
lowed the example of the Monte Cristo
Mining company and sent out their men
until the railroad could bring in more
more provisions. There are from three
to four hundred farmers in the Snoho
mish valley who are losers from the
floods. Their losses range from a few
head of stock to the loss of their eutire
personal property.
Spokanoc, Wash , Nov. 21. The con
dition of the submerged Coeur d'Alene
;ountry grows more serious each day.
All the wagon bridges between Wallace
and Wardner are out and several rail
road bridges are entirely gone. At
Kingston, the people are huddled to
gether in a school house, the houses all
being afloat.
The situation atCataldo is even worse.
The town is completely submerged and
in the second story of one house eigh
teen people are huddled together.
The food supply in Coeur d'Alene is
short, but so far there has been nu actu
al suffering.
Over the Toll.
Frankfoht, Ky., Nov. 21. The toll
?ate war in Franklin county is serious.
Having torn away the toll gates of the
sounty the raiders have turned their at
tention to punishing owners of turnpike
Itock by destroying private property.
Three t'mes in the past two days has
telephone connection between this city
and Farmdale been cut off. At first the
wires were only cut, but now a mile
and a half of the wire has been cut
down and carried away. Mr. Farmer,
the telephone manager at Farmdale, is
a big owner of telephone stock and the
raiders evidently believe he is inter
ested in the telephone company.
Trouble In the Fhoi.
Nkw Smyrna, Fla., Nov. 21. T. H.
Roberts shot and killed Charles Bowne
Wednesday night because of the latter's
intimacy with Mrs. Roberts. Bowne
returned the fire and dangerously
wounded Roberts in the side. The
wife and Bowne were entrapped in a
compromising position by Roberts, who,'
instead of leaving home, laid in am
bush near the house. All concerned
are well connected.
Died In Koh Other's Arms.
Valley City, N. D., Nov. 21. A man
and woman of middle age, well dressed
and of refined bearing, arrived here
Thursday night and registered at the
hotel as Thomas Owens and wife, New
Rockford. They at once went to their
room and were not 6een again alive.,
Friday morning when the couple did
not appear the room was forced open'
and they were found lying across the
bed, both dead, luev were ciaa in weir
travelling clothes and clasped in each
other's arm. A partly empty bottle of;
pruBsic acid on the table pointed to their
suicide with that poison. A note was
also left by the suicides stating.
"Though separated in life we are one
in death. Make no inquiries as to ui."
Money was inclosed for burial expense!.'
The woman was Mrs. A. C. Swain of
New Rockford, N. IX, and her compan-'
ion in sin and death was Frank Addi
son of Baltimore, Md. They eloped
Wednesday from New Rockford and the
news had been suppressed on account ol
the high esteem in which the tamllyj
was held, they being wealthy and prom-;
inent. Mrs. Swain was forty years old
and the mother of four children, one
aged eighteen, a daughter. Addison
was forty years old. The Swain family
sent word here to have the remains of
the woman sent to New Rockford for in
terment. Nebraska Han Drowns Himself.
Clivblano, O., Nov. 21. The bo'ly
f a man found in the lake at the foot ol
lluirson itreet Wednesday evening hai
been identified a! that of William Cody,'
who recently came to Cleveland fromj
Omaha. He waa employed here si a
jle.k In the New England hotel. He.
waa stricken with typhoid fever a ihortj
time ago and taken to St. Vincent'! hot,
pital, from which place he was dl&
charged Wednosday. It is thought that,
be drowned himself in a fit ol Insanity.
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