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C;. KOLCO'JB'S ADDRESS. fiPEAKS ELOQUENTLY TO THE TENNESEEANS. Tim Beauty, the Cranduer, the Past, the Future, the Hope of OurCorr -mon Country What We Have to -Ee Proud Of. Iradles and Gentlemen: If, in response to the most cordial words of welcome to which we have Just listened, my words seem cold aud formal, I know you will ascribe it to -the Inadequacy of language to suitaMy -empress the appreciation and gratitude which the heart prompts us to jiake for your kindly greeting, and not to Insensibility on our part to this splen did manifestation of regard and friendship by the people of Tennessee for th commonwealth of Nebraska And her citizens. On hebalf of the peo ple of our young state, represented here today by officers both civic and anillUiry and citizens of high standing -and renown, I beg to return their sin cere acknowledgments for the hospi--A&ble manner in which we have ien ceived. We accept with gratitude your hospitality so graciously tendered and hope to Join you in making this -one of the chief days of interest of -this great centennial exposition of the development and advancement of you: noble state. Tennessee has now pass ed fhe one hundred year mark in its JUstory as one of a sisterhood of state contributing to the glories and achieve ments of a republic of self-governing people, the most powerful ard yet the most just and generous of any upon the fate of the globe. I doubt not there ar many hen? today who are proud of the history of "Tennessee, of its resources, indmt-ies and development, of the great men who, reared within her borders, have contributed to build up the free in stitutions of our common country. "There are hearts here which thrTl with pride- and patriotism when it is proclaimed that you are the sens and daughters of the great state of Ten nessee. We of Nebraska rejolca in the name "Nebraskan" and have brought to the altar of the state of our adop tion our filial love and unswerving devotion In a ceaseless effuri to build tip a great commonwealth of happy koines, affording shelter tnil comfort to millions of industrious, thrifty, pa triotic and liberty-loving people under the aegis of the Constitution and the laws of our national Union. But, my fellow citizens, while we jflory in the history, achievements and possibilities of the states of onr nativity or adoption, while we love to peak with pride of our own slait, there Is yet another thought, nobler and grander than any of these, to Which I would call your attention. We are to remember that our happinesj, liberty and prosperity do not depend o much upon our being a citizen of any one of the several great states in the Union, as to the fact that v e are all citizens of one common country that we are Americans. Here It is that we may meet upon common ground and, -wut patriotic sentiment, point 3roudly to this wonderful coun try, its government and its people, to Its historic past and its glorious achievements; ana tnju 10 me uiraii .able possibilities of the future; a gov- nsment restituted among mm and -dedicated by the heroism and eacri- ncesoi our ioreiiU':i s iu imr ij mu Justice to all men and equality under the law; a gov.rnn.ent xtvtv,hf.U"J and made sacred by the blood of a million of its bra-i sons on mar.y a "historic battle field, several of v hich hallow the soil of Tennessee and toring to mind ths ter.derest of memor ies of the great conflict of only a few ryears ago between the brave men of khe North and the equally brave men rf the Sonth. My f ;llow citizens, I rejoice with you that the estrangement rhleh gradually srow iid in this coun try betweenthenorthandthe south, cul minating in that greatest of all wars, rand out of which grew 30 much bit terness and ill will, has passed and .gone and that only the memories of the itruggle of gallant men, and the lessons taught by that terrible con vict, remain. We rejoice with you .hat all imaginary lines dividing any por tion of our reunited country have been blotted out and that to-day from rail portions there is a constant In terchange of business transactions and friendly intercourse, making us indeed people of one, common country, each and all interested' in and solici tous for the advancement and welfare of the whole. ' We of the west appreciate as we have never done before the mutual advantage of the social and "business relations which are constantly -growing and cementing more closely the friendly relations already existing between the west and the south. We realize more and more the advantage to be gained by sending to the near--st ecean port, lying to the south of ie, our Immense surplus of wheat and -corn and cereals and packing house -products of all kinds produced by us -fa abundance and to spare, and to re--ceive In return articles for our con--anmption, which must be brought -from other shores; there to exchange, .also, our surplus products for many products of your sunny south land, which we need for our people and -which are not adapted to our soil and -climate. Not that we would cease our -friendly relations with the people of -the east by the exchange of our sur lns products for their manufactured articles which are so necessary to the -eotnfort of our citizens, for we have etonty to exchange with them and yon, and still have untold quantities far feretgn export. But we are be--Clanlng to believe that we should take advantage of certain great channels -r arteries of trade constructed by na tsr throughout our land and along "tar border with the result that much -cf the buaiaesa that heretofore haa been O'eeted along lines east and west -t tat Atlantic seaboard, many hun--74 mils farther from the seat of fjaiaattoay caay be carried tty the Z. direct root to the nearest point 1 t deep water transportation, which O to tit sooth of aa, fi & grant era of fsaeral good Ciit2 aad frieadly feeling which seems to extend to all portions of our broad land, and the marvelous facili ties for transportation of freight and passengers, we might well have a more general distribution of the sur plus produce of all portions of the country and of the different states along readjusted and naturei lines of travel, communication and commenrce with mutual advantage to all alike. It is a strange coincidence, and yet one that I assume may be adverted to with propriety upon this occasion of expressions of felicitation and amity between the citizens of Tennessee and Nebraska, that over three hundred and fifty years ago, during the year 1541, when the proud Spaniards of the pow erful kingdom of Spain were over running the entire new world in search of riches and for conquest, to say noth ing of the fabled fountain of perpetual youth, that Tennessee was first visited by the Spanish explorer I)e Sota, who touched where Memphis now stands, and during the sam year Nebraska was visited by the cavalier Coronado with his army of Spaniards and Indians, who 6tarted from the land of the Ezteca and endured untold suffering and hunger while following their visions of fabulous riches and treasures to be found in the land to the north. But It was only a coincidence, for while Ten nessee was destined to be settled by the hardy pioneer and huntsmen of Virginia and the Carolinas, long be fore the Revolutionary war, to become the third state of the Union after the original thirteen, to enter upon its statehood almost coeval with the in auguration of the republic, Nebraska remained in the undisputed possession of the Indian and the buffalo, seldom visited by the white man until its formation as a territory only a few short years before the great civil war. Under the exciting scenes just preced ing our internecine strife, her beauti ful prairies were settled by a brave hardy race from almost all the older states of the Union. They forced the Inian and the buffalo farther toward the setting sun and carved for them selves and children out of their rude surroundings homes which have since been made beautiful and comfortable, and laid the foundation for a new com monwealth. Another star was made to brightly shine in the. azure blue of the flag of our country. At the time the clouds of a great civil war were lower ing over the people of the United States, but a small portion of the ter ritory of Nebraska had been wrested from its savage possessors by a few hardy pioneers the vanguard of civil ization. By the census of 1860 she had within her borders less than forty thousand people. After the war was over the, settlement and development of the territory were marvelous indeed. Ad mitted into the Union as a state March 1, 1867, she cast away her territorial garments and was clothed in the regal robes of a sovereign state. Three years after the privllegps of statehood had been conferred upon her her popu lation had increased to 122,993; a de cade later 452,402 people found happy homes within her borders. By the year 1890 the population had grown to 1,058.910; and at the present time it may be safely asserted that a million and a quarter of Intelligent, Indus trious people inhabit her domain. They have converted the vast and treeless plain into innumerable farms of wav ing grain and grasses with commo dious dwellings surrounded by beauti ful groves of planted timber, adding to the- beauty of the landscape and giving additional comfort to man and beast. With over forty-five millions of acres of the richest soil, capable of supporting many times its present population, a climate that cannot be surpassed for health and the development of the best talents of man in mind and body, broad prairies waiting only to be tick led by the hand of man in order to bring foflh in abundance, with cattle feeding on a thousands hills, with farm houses dotting the landscape, as far as the eye can reach, with Delds of var- j ing grain and growing crops, whichj - according to tne vicissitudes or the season, the face of the country is adorned with a silver wave, a verdant emerald, and the dep yellow of the golden harvest;" with cities and vil lages, factories and foundries, trans portation facilities unexcelled; an en ergetic, educated and patriotic people, rearing their children amir1 h- -n--onment of schools and r . .. !"H is Nebraska of fhe pretr. '.ay ihe "Tree Planters State." Bear with me for i'Mt a moment while I present to y.Ttome statistics as to the wonderful acricultural resources of our beloved sUte. During the pres ent season we produced in round num bers, by conservative estimates, thirty five million bushels of wheat. This Is according to the crop report of the agricultural department of th United States, app-ox'maly me-twelfth of the entire production of wheat for the year 1896. We raised in round numbers, ac cording to the same report, for the year 1896, two hundred, ninety-eight million bushels of corn, making Ne braska rank second among the cora producing states of the Union. Our corn crop this year will approach the same enormous figures as tha' of last season. In fact, It may be sa-id that one-twelfth of all the wheat and one seventh of all the corn produced in the United States may be grown on Ne braska soil, and yet the state in the development of its agricultural re sources Is In its Infamcy; with oats and barley, and rye, and flax, and pota toes In abundance; with sugar beets sufficient to supply twolargebeetsugar factories which will produce this seas on nearly ten million pounds of sugar and yet this is not enough to supplv over one-sixth of the population; with live stock Interests that are consianly growing more Important, which eon tribute to supply the demands of the great packing centers of Chicago, Kan sas City and South Omaha, whose finished products of fresh meat and lard go to the uttermost parts of the earth. Consider, I say, all these fac tors of agricultural and manufacturing wealth, with numberless others of mailer Importance, which I have not the time to mention, and you will real ise the hr.nest pride we feel In the history and development of oar rrett state. I trust I may not be considered aa accroaching on your hospitality or ae endeavc t lag to draw unfavorable comparisons with any other part of oar eoaatry when I speak of these thing?, for ewery state ha resources of which Its peoile art Justly proud, and all of which contribute to the greatness of our nation. ! A native poet of Nebraska lxas aptly said: "There may be homes as dear, But none are dearer, There may be skies as clear. But none are clearer. Than in Nebraska There may be days as rare. But none are rarer. There may be lands as fair, But noue are fairer, Thau In Nebraska. There may be skies a blue, But none are bluer. There may be hearts as true, But none are truer. Than in Nebraska." I am proud of Nebraska and of the great Trans-.Misslssippi country, the greater part of the territory of which was acquired by the matchless diplom acy of that peerless statesman and patriot, Thomas Jefferson. West of the Mississippi river we have twenty-four states and territories with a popu lation of over twenty million people, embracing an area of j over two and one-half million square) miles the greater half of the United! States. The people of this magnificent : country, so rich in varied agricultural i and mineral resources, observing what ! has been accomplished by great expo- I sitions of the arts, industries, sciences, ! resources and progress of a country' and its people, such as we have vlt- nessed at the National Centennial, the! Columbian Exposition, the Atlanta Ex-! position and your own grand Centen nial, have undertaken to hold a coins-' sal Trans-Misslsslppi and International Exposition at the metropolis of T.'e braska from June to November, While this exposition is primarly undertaken by the people of the great west for the purpose of exhibit ing and making known the boundless undeveloped resources and the possible achievements of the future of over one half of the territory of the UnUed States, yet it is desired that every state In the Union and foreign countries shall join us In making this one of the greatest expositions ever held on Amer ican soil. We cordially Invite, the peo ple of Tennessee to visit the Trans-Mis-Issippl Exposition and to participate in makings its exhibits. We believe tin lessons learned from your own exposi tion will give you a better apprer iatt m of the educational character, and the advantages to be gained by obsrva tion and a study of those evidences of the wonderful progress and the inven tive gen'us of our people in amending to a civilization grander and more use ful than the world has ever known. In congratulation for the success of this, your Centennial Exposition, a1! Nebraskans join. The evidences of greatness of your state and its re sources we witness on every hand. For the state, its cities and people, and its natural resources and rapid develop ment, we entertain the greatest re spect and admiration. Its noble history and great men who have contributed In so marked degree to the preservation and development of our country and its free institutions, are sources of in spiration and pride to all American citizens, but to none more than to the native Tennesseean. We have in this country no nrvmi ment of antiquity, no ancient ruin3 of civilization, that have come and gone nothing but the simple mounds of an aboriginal rare. And, perhaps, it Is well that in building in a new world a gov ernment dedicated to human liberty and human freedom, we should not be re minded of some government which grew up, tottered and fell. But rather that In this new country our fathers have given Is a system of laws end a theory of government for us to perpet uate and make better, which shall be as enduring as time and shall embrace those principles of government which bring mankind the sum of human hap piness, human progess and national ac hievements. It Is well that we have no ruins of baronial castles of some feudal age, calling to our minds the oppression. suffering and tyranny of the people for j the ages they were permitted to flour- Ish by the toll and sweat of countless j thousand who knew not the blessings I of liberty under a popular form of I government. Instead of the ruins of an ancient and crude civilization, let us orpr Veep fresh in our memory a Mount irm where lived the father of 'lis count r: a Monticello with its Jeffer son: and The Hermitage, where lived and d'ed the warrior and statesman and noble son of Tennersee Andrew Jackson. Can I close with more flttlng words than to express our admiration of his life, character and distinguished services to his country; so courageous and impetuous, yet gentle as a woman; so imperperlous, yet hvibla as the slave he delighted to make happy and contented; fervently devout in his wor ship of the Imnlsclent God; with a constitution as hardy as the hickory; a mind that could not be swerved nor deflected In the least from a course once determined upon; a public s rvant who faithfully represented his people and stood as bulwark against any en croachments upon their rlgjts; in peace and1 war, in public device and private life, our Ideal American citi zen. All hall the name of Andrew .Tack son, the Hero of New Orleans, the Im placable foe to tyranny, wrong and op pression; the friend of the people and the unflinching advocate of a demo cratic form of government. Delta, Cal., Oct 18. William Harald of this place and the sheriff of Sis kiyou county were shot and killed and Deputy Sheriff Stewart seriously wounded Friday morning, while the officers were attempting to arrest Har ld for complicity In the robbery of the Yreka and Fort Jones stage September 26, last. About 8:30 o'clock this morn ing Radford and Stewart presented themeselves at Harald's house and asked for Harald. When he came to the door Stewart said, "I want to see you Harald." The latter replied; "I'm ready," and opened Are upon the officer with a big revolver. The first shot took effect In Stewart'e let;, while the second bullet struck Radford In the left breast, killing him almost instantly. Stewart, who had fallen In front of the door when shot, emptied bis gun at Harald, who fell mortally wounded, with several ballet boles In hie chest and abdomen. Ho died shortly afterwards. SUPREME COURT RECORD. A PART OF IT AS MADE BY JUDGE A. M. POST. Some Judges Seem to Think That the Big Corporations are Always Bight and the Common People Always Wrong. (mah World-Herald.) "To know what the law is, you must know the judj.'"' administers it," say the Scotch. They might have added, "and you must know the school in which he received his training." J udge Poet is pre-eminently a railroad lawyer. As a lawyer, his retainers came from that source. He was never known to try a case against a railroad coniany. For years before hia appointment to the dis trict bench, he was the attorney fur the Burlington & Misuouri railroad. When he was appointed juiifje, no one under stood better than himself that be owed his appointment to that company. J udge Post, whatever his faults, is not ungrate ful, and his position on thedistrict bench gave him ample opiiort unities to show his gratitude to his old client and liencfac tor. When the iiurlinyton &. Missouri secured his selection to the supreme bench, it increased his debt of gratitude as well as his ability to discharge it. An examination of the reported cases for the past six years will disclose that his ex-employer and benefactor has never suffered. It is pleasant to note that the gratitude is not all on one side and that those near hiui say that his old place in the law department of the Burlington .t MiHsouri is open for him after he is de feated this fall. On the other hand, Judpo Sullivan, though he attained higher distinction at the bar than J udjje Poet ever did, never conducted a case for a railroad in his life, lie was always on the other side. During the five years preceding his elec tion to the district bench ho was re peatedly engaged in litigation against the Burlington it Missouri and the Union Pacific railroad companies, as the records of the courta of his district will show. The last case Judge Sullivan tried, be fore his elcvstion to the bench, was one of two cases against the Union Pacific in Boone county, in which he obtains! sub stantial damages for his clients. During the six years he has leen on the bench he has earned the reputation of being absolutely fair, not only in railroad cases but in all others. Neither the railroads nor those engaged in litigation against them have ever complained of being un fairly treated in his court. The record of Judge Sullivan on the bench, as well as that of Judge Post, is public property. A study of these rec ords will enable the voter to know the men, one of whom will assist in the administration of the law for the next six years. Knowing how they have ad ministered it in the pat-t, the voters w ill know what to expect of each of them in the future. The Lincoln News, a republican news paper, charged, in that the Ne braska supreme court was affected by railroad influence. This statement was criticised, and in response to this criti cism the Lincoln News said iu its issue of September 13, 1!1: A corresjiondent takesexceptinns to the recent statement made by the New u, that a majority of the people have lost in a measure their respect for the justice and integrity of our courts, and insist that the News must have been in error when it stated that in the past eighteen years but two or three jiersonal damage cases to which the railroad companies were parties had been decided adverse to the corporations. The records of the courts for the past twenty five years are altogether too voluminous for the News to scan them for the purjiose of corrobor ation of the statement, which was mad" on the authority of a reputable lawyer of this city, but it has taken the record of one corn puny the Burlington, admitted ly the most powerful corporation in the state for the past rive years, merely as an illustration. In that time the Burl ington has been a party to twenty-one eases, and the results lead one to wonder if the corporation is always right and the. judge, jury ami plaintiff always wrong. Here is the list of cases: No. 1. C. B. &. Q. vs. Moore, action for money paid to a garnishee of an em ploye's wages who lived in Nebraska and was sued in Iowa. Moore secured judg ment. HgainBt the company for paying wages exempt by law. The company ap pealed. Judgment reversed. No. 2. 27th Neb., page b'73, action by administrator for killing employe. Plain tiff had judgment lelow. t Jouipany ap pealed. Judgment reversed. No. 3. Koenig vs. C. H. A Q., 27th Neb., page CM, action by plaintiff for laying a railroad track across his garden in the city of Lincoln. Company recov ered lielow. Koenig apjM-als. Judgment reversed by Judge Maxwell. No. 4. C. B. A Q. vs. Hogan, action for killing stock. Hogun recovered dam ages. Company appealed. Judgment reversed. No. 5. 28 Neb., page 118, aotion for killing cow. Plaintiff got judgment for FJ). Company appealed. Judgment af firmed. No. 6. 30th Neb., 197, action for kill ing stock. Judgment for company bo low. Plaintiff appealed. Judgment af firmed. No. 7. C, B. 4 Q. vs. Kriske, 30th Neb, 215, action for malicious prosecution. Kriske recovered. Company appealed. Judgment reversed. No. 8. C. H. & Q. vs. Hogan, 30th Neb., page OHfJ, action to require com pony to fence line. Judgment for Hogan. Company appealed. J udgment reversed. No. 9. C. B. 4 Q. vs. Goraeke, 32d Neb., page 90, action for killing cow. Judgment for 120. Company appeals. Judgment affirmed. No. 10. C. B. A Q. vs. Barnard. 32d Neb., page action for killing brake man, Plaintiff secured judgment Com pany appealed. Judgment reversed. No. 11, C. B. A Q. vs. (Justin, 80th Neb., page 86. Action on tender of 11.25. (Justin recovered. Company appealed. Affirmed. No. 12. Anderson vs. C, B. A Q., 35th Neb., page 95. Action for killing brake man. Plaintiff got judgment for 11. Company appealed. Affirmed. No, 13. A, A N. R. R. Company vs. Forney, 85th Neb., page 807. Action for damages for taking right of wry. For ney recovered below. Company appeala, Reversed. No. 14. 0. B. A Q. vs. Merrick county, 3flth, page 176. County sues for taxes. County recovers. Company appa ls. Affirmed. Merely a question whether the taxes were to be paid to the eovnty or th state. No. 15. C. B. A Q. vs. Lnd,ieur,rrth. page 042. Action for injuries. Plaintiff recovers t5,UU0. Company appeals, lie vertmd. No. lfl. C. B. A Q. vs. Anderson. M N. W., 7'.4. Plaintiff recovered below. Company appeals. Reversed. No. 17. C. B. A Q. vs. Graven, 50 N. W., 7WJ. Actiou for killing child. Plain tiff recovered. Company appealed. Judgment reversed. No. 1 . Woolly vs. C. B. A Q., 58 N. W., 444. Action for killing deeedent. Defendant recovered lelow. Plaintiff appeals. Judgment affirmed. No. HI. C.li.tg vs. more, 58th N. W. 1120. Action for killing p'sititiff's husband. Plaintiff recovered. Company apea!ed. Reversed. No. 20. Oliver vs.. C. B. A Q , 59th N. W., 351. Company recovered below. Oliver appealed. Affirmed. No. 21. C. B. A Q. vs. Olsen, 59th N. W., :i."Vl. Olsen recovered judgment for f L'tl for lossof leg. Company appealed. Heversed. Of these twenty-one cases four were appealed by the plidi.tilfs in the lower courts; of these one was reversed ami three were sustained. SKVRNTEKN OF THKSE CASKS WF.KK APPEAL ED BY THE RAILROAD COMPANY, AND OF THAT NUMBER THE JUDGMENT OF Til H LOWER COURT IN FAVOR OF THE PLAIN- i TIFFS WAS REVERSED IN TWELVE, WHILE BUT FOUR WERE SUSTAINED. In thisconnec tion it should be slated that in the cases decided adverse to the railroad the amount of the JUDGMENTS IN VOLVED WAS EXACTLY (11, while in the other cases the amount of the judgments involved against the com- ianv which were net aside was away UP N "THE THOUSANDS. Is there not sufficient justification in the appalling figures for the feeling that is steadily growing against the ascendency of cor rupt influence in party circles and for a purging and purification of the courts? They are proof positive that there is something wrong with tle courta, as nothing save a perverted sense of justice could account for such one-sidedness in judicial decisions. It is to the interest of the people to have at least one judge on the supreme lc!ich who will be free from corporation influence. ABOUT $400,000 IN SICHT. The Next School Apportionment Will Be a Record-Breaker. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. IS. For many years the republican politicians have been long on flags for the school bouses, but short on school funds. It appears that the more vehement they talked about waving flags over the country houses, the deeper the public thieves stuck their hands down into the school children's cash fund. At the present writing there Is now on hand In State Treasurer Meserve'a office over $.100,000 for the December distribution, and it bids fair to run the total up to $400,000 by the first day of December the day whta the apportionment is to be made. 'Hie showing made by the present administration Is all th." better when upon winch the administration draws It is taken Into consideration that there is not a single source of revenue which the n publicans did not have. The proper, y valualon on which tax es were raised was lower than at any time during the last ten years, and it might le reasonably supposed that the amount of money would be less. The present administration has pro ceeded upon what the republicans would call old fogylsh ide?, that the school lands and funds belonged to the schoolB and the school children of the state and not to republican poli ticians and friends of republican of ficials. The simple plan of pns rvlng every dollars for the schools has en abled the state treasurer to pile up a sum over and above the best which the republicans ever did, which will pay for a live months' school, as it costs in an average country district, in 500 school districts. This Is what the half yearly apportionment which will be made next December means. The republicans pretended friend ship for the public schools and Bteadily and systematically decrejised the amount of the state apportionment to those schools. The present adminis tration goes quietly and honestly to work and succeeds In providing for better schools and longer terms for every school district In the state by honestly handling the school funds en trusted to Its care. SENATOR ALLEN ON U. P, SALE. Says the Question Should be Set tled by Congress. The New York Journal telegraphed to Senator W. V. Allen and requested bis views on the Union Pacific reorga nization sale and the proper proceed ings to be taken. The senator wired his reply as follows: Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 14. The acts of 18C2. 1864 and 1887 provide a specific course to be pursued by the govern ment In the enforcement of its lien on the Union Pacific railway properties. Any other course Is therefore highly irregular and Inexcusable, If not ab solutely illegal. When a statute creates a new right and provides a remedy for Its enforce ment the remedy thus provided is ex clusive of all others, Is a settled rule of law In this country and applies with full force to this case. The remedy provided by the above-named acts should be followed. The attorney gen eral had no authority to enter an ap pearance for the government, and there fore the decrees are not binding upon It. Ordinary official courtsy would have dictated that. Inasmuch as con gress had cognizance of the matter, that the attorney should do nothing until It acted. I think the situation Im peratively demands that the president should direct the attorney general to appeal from the decree of foreclosure and hang the cases until the question Is disposed of by congress, WILLIAM V. ALLEN. John D. Rockefeller expects In the course of another year or two to con trol completely the carrying trade ol the great lakea. Will Rogers, a oung fanner, wai run over by a passenger train at West Plains, Mo and had both legs cut off. He bled to death In a few hours. BAD WKECK AVERTt-P. A Horse on the Railroad Bridge at Grand Island Causes Trouble. The Union Pacific fat null west bound had a close call three ni lies east of Grand Island Friday night. Had the train not been duly flagged there would probably have been a A wreck. Shortly beftire dark last evening a team of big brown horses became frightened on Fourth street. The horses ran out of town in the wildest gallop. About three miles out of town they took the track. In this vicinity there is quite a long curve, referred to as the Black Hawk bridge. The horsf started across the bridge, but of course did not proceed tar. Their legs went down between the ties and they were securely fastened there. Fritz Ernstmeyer, a German farmer living near, had noticed the approach of the horses and Immediately set about, with the assistance of William Lehman and Leopold Spethmann, two neighboring farmers, to get the horses off the track. But It was a big task and they soon realized the Importance of flagging the fast mall, which they knew would he thundering along in a- few minutes. Mr. Ernstmeyer ran up the track with a lantern, for it had by this time become quite dark, and It was not long before the headlight of the ap proaching train was In slsht. He swung his lanter furiosuly, and the engineer obeyed the signal at once. The long, heavy train came to a stand still. Superintendent Sutherland was on the train and personally superin tended the work of removing the horses. With any number of men to as sist this was soon accomplished and the train completed the trip to Grand Is land. JUSTICE FIELD 9TEPS DOWN. The Oldest Member of tha U. S. Su preme Courtto Retire. Washington, D. C, Oct. 17. Justice Stephen J. Field, the oldest memtier of the supreme court of the United States, has officially notified President Mc Klnley and the other memliers of the court of his determination to retire from the bench on December 1. The resignation of Justice Fields was hand ed to the president last April but he did not take any official cognizance of It until recently, when It was accepted. It Is an open secret, here at Washing ton, that President McKinley Intends to appoint Attorney General McKenna, the great Huntington railroad attorney of California to succeed Justice Field. On the 10th of .March SC3 Justice Field, then a member of the Supreme Court of California, was appointed "y President Lincoln a member of the United States Supreme Court. He haa served a period of thirty-four years and seven months, the longest time any member of the court has served alnce Its creation. Justice Field has written a kng fare well address to the court nnd the court has replied in befitting language. Rates Take a Rise. Omaha, Oct. 19. Agent Agent Weaver of the Merchants' Dis patch, yesterday afternoon re ceived a message from his head offica slating that on November 1 the tariffs would be restored on freight from Bos ton and New England points, taking Boston rales. This means that the rates In effect September 1, 1897, will be In vogue on the date given. It also means a big rise In rates. On shoes the rate will ba raised from $1.10 to fl.47. On dry goods the same, and other commodities In proportion. During th summer rates of the eastern lines have been slashed all to pieces, but judging from the Merchant' Dispatch notice, they have at lust got ten together, and the Indications are that they will all make the tsatne rats on November 1. The notice of the Intended rise In rates will have the effect of causing shippers of merchandise to get as much winter stuff over the lines as possible before the rates are restored. Last Tuesday a fellow called at Clint Ross' livery stable at Kearney and engaged a team ostensibly for the purpose of going to Elm Creek. He has not yet returned the team. About the same time a fellow culled on Seldon Trott and engaged a team from him for the same purpose, as he said, of driv ing over to Mlnden. He also has failed to bring the team back. As It waa about the time the bank at IJoelus waa broken Into and the men answer re scrlptions of men supposed to bo In terested in that affair, the liverymen at Kearney thing there was some con nection between the two circumstances. The father of a lawyer now well knowrn In San Francisco waa In his last Illness talking with a clergyman, when the latter asked him If he had made his peace with God. "Sir," replied the old gentleman, "the Ixird and I have never had any trouble." A New York girl Is receiving com pliments galore for having killed or of the biggest bears ever slain In tl Dead river region In Maine. The tri test of a woman's courage Is not t bear, but a mouse. Worcester Spy. 0. Collier, owner of the Falrbury plaining mills, while working at a plaining machine has his left band caught by the knives and so badly lacerated that It was neeemary to am putate three fingers. George Derrick, a farmer living east of Oweola,, waa thrown out of his wagon In a runaway a day of two sjjb nd severely Injured. Several of his ribs were broken and It Is doubtful If be will recover. J. II. Myers, aged IS, was fatally In jured at Blackburn, O. T by being pulled Into a large gin by his coat sleeves. He was terribly mangled. The thermometer at Chicago yester day registered 85 degrees. This Is said to be the hottest weather for this tlmi of year In in twenty-five years. The Central Illinois Association of Holiness Churches Is holding It an nual conference at Beard stowi. Thirty pastors are In attendance. Henry Kaufman, 3d years of age, re siding at 4273 St. Ferdinand street, St, Louis, disappeared on October 7 an has not been seen since.