Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1900)
3r- t I Pi FGR13H0URS BRITISH SOLDIERS MAKE SLIGHT ADVANCE ON LADYSMITH ALL LOUDON NEWS. In Stronghold of the Boers has not vet cieen Kencned ana trie uutcn ia be Heard from London. Jan. 22 -Hhe kit office post ed the following: from Girc-t.il liull-r. dated Spearman's (."amy, January 20 evening: '"General Clery, with a part of Gen eral Warren's force, has been in action frum ( a. m. tiil 7 p. m. today. "By a Judicious use of hiji artillery be ha fought his way up. capturing ridge after ridge for about three miles. "The troops are now bivuua king on the ground he has gained, but the main positron is still In front of them. "The casualties were not heavy. About 100 wounded had been brought in by 6:30 p. m. The number of killed ha not yet been ascertained." Spearman' Camp, Jul 20 Evening The Boer trenches were shelled con tlriuously today. General Lyttleton's brigade advanced and occupied a kopje 2,000 yards from the Boer position at Brakfontein. A. company of rifles ad vanced with a balloon into action and were received with a heavy Are from the Boers. . The artillery and musketry fire con tinues from General Warren's position. The enemy had not shifted its position at the time this dispatch was sent, and the shells set fir to the grass. Lord Drrndonald's force on Thursday surprised 250 Boers. The British, who were posted on a kopje, allowed the Boers to advance leisurely before open ing fire. The Boers did not reply and a majority of them galloped off. It is reported that the remainder aurren- dered. TOTAL BOER LOSS ABOUT 6000. Boers of Cape Colony Waiting for Orange Frea State. Riensberg, Cape Colony, Friday. Jan. II. A gentleman, who has escaped from Colesburg, reports that the Dutch Inhabitants who are sympathiz ers with the Boers are proceeding to lh Orange Free State, in anticipation of the evacuation of the town. Mr. Vn:i Ter Wait, a member of the Cape as sembly, has already gone. The LV r force there is estimated to number fr-rs 6.000 to 7.000 men; besides a str force at Norvalspont. The British shells did much execut'.:: east of the town. The Boer loss, up to date, is probably 200 men. Carefully compiled figures, from re publican Bources, some of which have been investigated and found to be cor rect, show the Boer losses up to date, are approximately 6,425 men. Including 2,000 casualties at Ladysmith. OUIDA DENOUNCES THE WAR. London, Jan. 22. "Ouida" (Louise de ia Ramee). like George Meredith, Fred- eric n, cracar crowning ana n majority of the other leading writers, is utterly opposed to Great Britain's war on the Boer republics. She fiercely de- nounces it in the following letter: ( "No change of fortune, no victories, no vengeance, however complete If tar dy no marching on Pretoria will alter the feeling of Europe as regards the violation of right and justice of which Great Britain is guilty in this Insincere, Ignoble, gold brokers' war, or as re gards the fact that this war was de clared less than six months after the British representative had given his adhesion to the international peace congress at The Hague. "Ever since the South Africa com- j mittee sat and presented to teh world a spectacle of secrecy, suborned evi dence, suppressed truth and distorted testimony, beside which the Dreyfus case was mere child's play, Chambsr lain has led the English nation from one fault or folly to another. He has perverted and poisoned the mind of the country, inflated its worst passions, fed Its most greedy appetite and the nation does not retain either the cour age or common sense to call him to ac count, although ministers less guilt have been impeached for far minor rea sons. "I don't believe the country In the least realizes the shame it draws upon itself In the eyes of the other nati ins in leaving Its colonial minister in pow er. It is Joseph Chamberlain, not the burghers of two small African repub lics, who is the enemy of England. "He has rendered Great Britain odi ous and ridiculous in the eyes of Eu rope. He and those who made this possible should alike be removed from ail power in future for evil. Vntil England shows herself capable of doing this she must remain without dignity, capacity or honor in the sight of other peoples. "What shall it serve the country if It gain a hemisphere for its colonies and lose its own good name? It is its good name in the eyes of the world that England loses and will lose so iong as the tawdry impertallfm of speculators and the morality of which Chamberlain Is the chief prophet shall scream from her tongue and blaze on her banners. "That her press with a few excep tions ha been sold to this doctrine marks her action asainst it more dlffl flcult, but also more incumbent and Imperative. "I know this to be the opinion of many of the clearest and finest minds on the continent and therefore think it my duty to say so If you care to give It publicity. OUIDA." TXJKH TAKES FULL. RETINUE. London, Jan. 22. The Duke of Marl borough, to his great chagrin, failed to get an appointment on Lord Rob erta' staff. So he has gone to the war after all as a Heutenant In the Oxford shire yeomanry. His personal trans port arrived at Southampton on Thurs day. The other yeomanry officers take sjch two chargers and one sumpter (pars) horse. The duke has four char ssjm and four sumpter horses In the car of (oar servants, a light luggage cart and a smart carriage. t acromDanled by two valets, two ooachmen and two footmen and has provided himself with a large stock of reserved delicacies, cigars, choice wine and ,a medicine chest, surgical crvllaaes and enough linen and under mjarto render him Independent of 1 limn for month. Every one t n aims tkac he will be Invalided J - n?ks tha tkrM moatb. He is ! t Ittt fotawt aad ! young I X to V tn mr. I8EBS COKFiDEJiT OF VICTORY. American frcm Transvaal Discuss the S tuation There Aden. Jan. 21 American passtngerj j on the steamship K oriig from the Transvaal make the following state ments concerning the war: The total of the Boer losses in the entire war in killed, wounded and pris oner. Including recent battles, does not 'exceed Mu. and that !ess than nalt the 'adult Boers 6ie now under arms, the government not having required the seiv.'cea cf ail tuigbeis. Tne Boers have ammunition to last three yeais and Fru,t:a is provisioned tor one year A!l the Boer victories have been won by forces greatly inf. -nor to the L::t ish hi r.un:Vv. The B.-er p!m'i .f campaign purely defensive, ani thev aie co'.iiii -n'. '.'.i they can maintain th- Tranviat borders agiirt a:iv number of Br:i1 which an be Sint asainst th-.-n. Two of th thr-;? Amer icans with who:u 1 ta:ked r.'sv that tne Uritis.1 cannot successfully operate with lefs than .Jeo u troops m the Held ana the third it confident that the Uri'. ish u. ill ovendn.llv .vln They all agree that the Bil'isii pris oners and wounded are being most kindly and humanely treated. A gentleman, whose name I cannot quote, but who thuuid know the Trans vaal side, gave me the following inter view: "The number of Boers in the field has been greatly exaggerated. I am confident that they have less than Zi, 000, but as many more are ready to answer the call of the government whenever needed. "But there are plenty of Mausers and ammunition for all. In no battle have the Boers had more than 4,000 men engaged. "They had that number opposed to General Buller at Tugela river. At Nickolsen's Nek the British had re treated to a strong position on a rocky kopje. There they were Isolated from the rest of the army and attacked by 1,200 Boers. They lost 800 In killed and wounded and the rest surrendered. It was Majuba hill over again. "The Boers have really completely beaten the British in every engage ment of any Importance so far, and they have not yet learned how to fight tne tsoers. "Any statement of inhumanity to the British wounded or maltreatment of prisoners is absolutely untrue. The average Boer, for all that has been ! &aili about his Ignorance and narrow mindedness. fully realizes that Tom my Atkins is not responsible for the war. It can do England no credit to discredit the Biers. The Transvaal is surrounded on all sides by hills pe culiarly adapted to the methods of de fense in which the Boers are skilled, and to penetrate that line of defense is a task the cost of which I think the English nation has formed no ade quate idea of. "General Joubert is suffering tem porary disability from a rupture caus ed by hard riding, but his advice Is In valuable to the Boers. General Joubert will come out cf this war, whatever its result, a bright figure in history BOERS ARE WELL EQUIPPED. In Times of Peace Oom Paul Pre pared for War. New York. Jan. 22. The following ap pears in the current Issue of the Jew elers' Review of this city: "Cincinnati, O., Jan. is. A letter was r,.Jeived from D. Gruen by his sons a coupie of days ago that gave some interesUng information regarding the Ko.r The ,etter waa .-.- from Dr-mien. Germanv. where the fartorv for turning out the watches for D, Gruen & Sons is located, and where Mr. Gruen is staying for a month or so. Mr, Gruen is close to the acting head of Loewe & Co., the largest manufactur ers of ammunition and small arms in the world, and from him he learned that President Kruger had purchased ammunition for 200,000 men for two years; that 14,000,000 marks had been contributed by Germans alone to the Boer cause; that several thousand men had joined lhe B((,r arrny from Ger. many and that 300 regular German army officers had left Germany since November 1 and reached the Transvaal republic. Mr. Gruen says that we in America are not in a position to learn the news as it is. since we get our news through London." BOSTON'S BROKEN BANKS. Depositors of the Globe National May Live in Hopes. Boston, Mass., Jan. 22. Receiver D, G. Wing o the Globe National bank has announced that he is ready to prove cliams. It will probably take several weeks to prove all claims. As soon as this task is finished and receivers' cer tificates can be issued the bank will be gin to pay depositors. J. A. Matthews of Washington has been delegated to assist Receiver Wing In settling some of the complicated legal problems that confront him in connection with the affairs of the Globe bank. Mr. Mat thews will probably begin his work here at once. Bank Examiner Ewing is making a special examination of the books of the Globe bank for use In the trial of President Cole. It Is expected that the examination, will be completed by the time of the next adjournment of Cole's case, so that the government need not be compelled to ask for further con tinuances. 6A6E WANTS MORE SILVER. Demand forSmall Chans; tooCreat for the Supply. Washington, D. C, Jan. 22. Secretary Gage was before the house committee on coinage, weights and measures, and spoke In favor of the adoption of the metric system. Mr. Gage also referred to the need of fractional silver curren cy. He pointed out that the present de mand for fractional coin was so ur gent that the Issue ran considerably be yond the $50,000,000 authorised by law and he recommended that this restric tion be repealed, leaving the treasury to determine the proportion of fractions; coin necessary. t:::ss tzn n mlbiers. Cargo of Matalle Caskets for th . Philippines. , Washington, D. C, Jan. 22. Quarter master General Ludlngton is Informed that the Transport McCIellan arrived at New Tork from Santiago with the remains of seventy-sli soldiers, whe died from yellow fever In Santiago pro vince last summer and spring, and a cargo of 37S metallic caskets for th Philippine. These casket were sent tc Santiago when there was a large forct of troop there and are no longer needed la Cuba. KICKED OUT. UTAH'S CONGRESSMAN WILL BE OUSTED. SUBSTANCE OF REPORT Majority Want to Exc:uda H.m Wnilo the Minority Would Seat And T hen Dismiss. Washington. IX C. Jan. CI. Report of the epe.ial commute- of mvcstim uon m the i a.-e of Hnyhivn H. Hub erts of Utah were piefceutcd to t lit I . . ' ... urt 1 1,7. .Z'V, v natrman layior una - ' ns associates, and is a Volum a buninidr of the law and ict gives the details of the h irings, the ample opportunities afforded to Mr. i'.obt-i ts to I r, sent his case, his refusal to testify and the unanimous finding ut tacts, heretofore published. MAJORITY REPORT. The grounds of disqualification as ferted against Roberts, the report de clares, are: "First By reason of his violation of the Edmunds law. "Second By reason of his notorious and defiant violation of the law of the land, of the decisions of the supreme court and of the proclamations of the president, holding himself above the law and not amenable to it. No gov ernment could poslbly exist In the face of such practices. He Is in open war against the laws and institutions of the country, whose congress he seeks to enter. Such an idea is intolerable. It is upon the principle asserted on this ground that all cases of collusion have been baaed. "Third His election as representative is an explicit and offensive violation of the understanding by which Utah was admitted as a state." As to the objection made to admit Roberts, that the constitution excludes the Idea that any objection can be made to his coming in. if he Is 25 vears of age, has been seven years a citizen of the United States, and was an In- j naouant or t. tan when elected, no mat ter how odious or treasonable or crim inal may have been his life and prac tices, this reply is made: "First That the language of the con stitutional provision, the history of its framing in the constitutional conven tion and its context clearly show that iv cannot ije construed to prevent dis qualification for crime. .Second That the overwhelming au thority of textbook writers on the con stitution in to the effect that such dl- qualificatlon may be imposed by the oouHe, ana no commentator on the con stitution Specifically denies It. "Third The courts of several of the states in construing- analogous provi sions have with practical unanimity declared against such understandings." The majority further insist that the only proper procdure Is to exclude. MINORITY REPORT. The minority report is signed by Mr. Littlefleld, republican of Maine, and Mr. Le Armond. democrat of Missouri. The report exhaustively reviews the laws and precedents bearing on the case. The main heads are as follows: First It is a grave question as to whether congress can, by a law duly enacted, add to the qualifications neg atively stated In the constitution. There is no decision of the United States su preme court directly or Indirectly con struing this provision. There is no de cision of any state court directly in point. Second-If the right to add a disquali fication by law Is assumed the disquali fication Imposed by the Edmunds act does not apply to a member of con gress, and, therefore, doe not affect Mr. Roberts. The only portion of the section that can be said to have any application to a member of the house of representatives is that which de clares that no polygamist. etc.. "shall be entitled to hold any office or place of public trust, honor ,or emolument, . . . under the United States." Un less a member of the house holds an office "under the United States" with in the meaning of the constitution and the law, there is no disqualification. Continuing, the reiiort says; It seems to us settled upon reason 4nd authority that the power of the house to exiiel is unlimited, and that the legal propositi ms Involved may be thus fairly summarized: The power of exclusion is a matter of law. to be ex ercised by a majority vote, in accord ance wl!.h legal principles, and exists only where a member-elect lacks some of the qualifications required by the constitution. The power of expulsion Is made by the constitution merely a matter of discretion to be exercised by a two-thirds vote, fairly, intelligently, conscientiously, with a due regard to propriety and the honor and integrity of the house and th rights of the In dividual member. For the abouse of this discretion we are responsible only to our constituents, our consciences and our God. THINKS IIOBERTS SHOULD BE SWORN IN. "We believe that Mr. Roberts has the legal constit'itlo-.ial right to be sworn In as a member, but the facts are such that we further believe the house. In the exercise of Its discretion, is not only Justified but required by every proper consideration involved, to expel him promptly after he becomes a member. "We recommend the following as a fubstltute for the resolution proposed by the committee: "'Resolved. That Brlgha'm H. Rob erts, having been duly elected a repre sentative' In the Fifty-sixth congress from the state of Utah, with the qual ifications requisite for admission to the house as such, is, entitled, as a consti tutional right, to take the oath of office prexcrlbed for members-elect, his status as a polygamist. unlawfully cohabiting with plural wives, affording constitu tional ground for expulsion, but not for exclusion from the house.' "And If the house shall hild with us and swear In' Mr. Roberts as a mem lier. we shall, as soon as recognition can be had, offer a resolution to expel him as a polygamist, unlawfully cohab iting with plural wives." Fraternal Order Assign Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 22. The su preme lodge of the fraternal Insurance order known as the Knights arid La dis of the Fireside made a voluntary assignment In the circuit court. The total ussets of the order listed only $2,T60. Nothing is stated In the docu ments filed In court as to the number of creditors or the amount of the or der's liabilities. James Pyle, the well known soap manufacturer, died at his home In New York, aged 77 year. UUST FURNISH MORE CARS. State Board of Transportation Jacks upthe Railroads Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. Z'i . Sci retriy Edgerlon of the state board ct trans portation has given to the press the following finding of the board in the complaint of P S Sandman of Uar bine. against the Hock Island liailioad Comi any. tor refusing to furnish him cars' for ti e shipment .f grain: "P. if. landman, plaintiff, ac'.iir.M the L hi:ag i. Rock fiand A: l'afii.t lef. iid.ir.r. Th;-' 1 ! y p S. fji: 1- uai.roa'i coir.i irtjy. was a on.p.ujr.t J! n.an cf Haib !;. Jt m tv;i:.:y. . -l.ruska. &;!.; u.at th -M'.ii.'.;i.t company o:s. : n.i :.! ; . f r,; ,:,..?' ..:v. .j. the m.ut.r of furnii-riim; :ui t r . sr.ipm.-nt of pram. Th- uie w : . for liearirg O", trie I.'ith of ! . : . 1:'0. Ti.e !air.!::I wii r-pr" -; -r .' 1 1 y Doyle S;..:i-. of Lincoln nr. 1 i'-: ! I. rnlant by K W. fcvuns. iU .'.,: a :r. attorney s-r.eni. "From tiie tet:m ny hitrolu I :'. appi-i's tint the plaintiff. P s S.u I iiiiin, had been engaved In l.-uy.nit c; i j. at Haibine and loading the h:v i' "io iti.. . 1 I to ml out a caiio;nl h.-n th-.- - shortace from ungors, the.t there are two elevators at Harbine, and that dur ing the months of IK-tober and Nove oer ana Uecember Mr. riandm.in was unable to secure cars as ti -ired for the shipment of his grain. Inning these months there was a car famine, the roads being unable to supply the de mands of shippers, and it does not ap pear clearly from the evidence whether plaintiff received his just proportion of cars or whether the failure to receive same was from the Inability of defend ant company to furnish the required number. But the evidence does show that on the 30th of December, the day of the last shipment made by plaintiff, the defendant's agent at Harbine noti fied plaintiff that the company would furnish him no more cars. This state ment was also repeated to Mr. Wrlgley by the agent. The company's commer cial agent, Mr. Thornburg, testified that from his knowledge the company pre ferred to handle grain through the ele vators as it was more satisfactory. Mr. Wrlgley testified that the farmers in the vicinity received from a half to a c-nt more per bushel for their corn when Mr. Sandman was on the market buying grain. H Is clear from the evidence that the company does not wavor track buy ers or warehouse men. It Is clour that the Independent or track buyer compe tition with the elevator men benefits the farmers. It I also undoubtedly true that railroads would experience less trouble by dealing alone with the elevators, but in their capacity of com mon carriers they should serve the in terests of the public. The board of transportation long since made the rule to be observed by the roads in the fur nishing of cam: "When all demands of shippers can not be supplied cars must be sumilled pro rata In proportion to the amount of urain In sight readv to be shinned " This applied to elevators, warehouses ain snoveiers. The requirement that grain should be in sight was made for the benefit of the roads, that there might be no delay in loading the cars. This cannot lie construed to mean In the case of track men or shovelers that the grain should be In warehouses; If so. the track men could not secure cars under this rule. But where a reputable dealer has bought grain to be delivered at a cer tain date It should be considered to he In sight, or where a carload of grain is stored and a car la ordered It may be loader) from u-nfroria anH hn ffttrain would still be In sight, and under .such conditions one carload bought and to tie delivered on a certain date snd one carload In warehouse, two cars could be ordered and should be furnish ed by the company, if cars are acces sible and other shfppers have been supplied their Just proportion. We would therefore recommend that an order be made requiring the de fendant company to furnish the plain tiff all the cars he may require for the shipment of his grain if cars are avail able, and In case of a scarcity of cars, so that the requirements of all ship pers cannot De met. then that thev fur- nls hhlm cars In proportion to the amount of grain in sight and ready to re snipped, and that grain bought to be delivered on a certain date Bhall be considered in sight on that date within the meaning of the order. J. W. EIX3KRTOV, JAMES r. DAHLMA.V, G. L. LAWS. It Is therefore, by the state board of transportation of Nebraska, considered. adjudged and ordered that the defend ant railroad company herein shall hereafter furnish the plaintiff all the cars he may require for the shipment of grain. If cars are available, and In case of a scarcity of cars, so that the requirements of all shippers cannot be met. then the said company furnish said plaintiff cars in proportion to the amount of grain In sight and readv to be shipped, and that sraln bought by plalntinff to be delivered on the track on a given date shall bo considered in sight on that date within the meanlns of this order. fated at Lincoln, Neb., this lSlli dav of January. 1900. JOHN F. CORNKIX. Chairman. W. F. PORTER, Secretary. NEBRASKA SUGAR AFFECTED. The Oxnarda Fighting for a Tariff on Sugar. Washington, D. C, Jan. 22. The sen ate committee on Puerto Rico and the Pacific Islands held a long session and listened to arguments for and against free trade between Puerto Rico and the United States. The Puerto Ulcan committee appointed by the federal party, which recently arrived In this country, was heard. These gentlemen were all for free trade with the United States, wanted a territorial form of government, desired United Htates cur rency as the standard and wanted a loan authorized. Most of them favored an extended suffrage and believed that under the United States laws fair elec- Henry Oxnard of Nebraska . argued against free trade, because of the effect It would have on the beet sugar Inter ests. Mr. Hill of Louisiana, represent ing the sugar growers, took the same view. Mr. Frye of Connecticut opposed free trade on account of the effect upon tobacco Interests. Herbert My rick made a general argument against free trade between the United States and Puerto Rico, because of the effect It would have upon the agricultural In terests of the United States. Major Awes, who was for a long time sanitary officer of the island, gave some Infor. matlon concerning conditions there. Omaha Man Bankrupt. Chicago, III., Jan. 20. In a r"t)tlor, filed In the United Stales district court today, J. A. CKeefe, a railroad con tractor who was In business in Omaha in IW, asks to be relieved of an Indebt edness of $411,354. He has no assets. The largest creditor Is H. H. Mallory of Chariton, la., (or 122.000. A LYNCHING. MOB HANGS HALF BROTHERS CONVICTED OF MURDER. THE MEN DIED GAME rha Third Mm was Overlooked by tho Mob-Authorities Surprised and Helpless. Fort Senit. Kan.. Jan. 22. George Silbe- an i Ed M--k. half brothers, who were convicted of mm tier here early in the week, were lynched by a mob in the county jail yard here Saturday night. At a late hour their bodies were dangling from t.vo trees In the yard, the authorities having been si com pletely surprised that no fi'ort had been made to r-move the ghastly evi dences of the mob's work The two men. who hailed from Kan sas City, had teen convicted of mur der in the first degree, their victim be ing a young German farmer named Leopold Edlinger, whose murder oc curred near this city In October last. The murderers disposed of Kdllng'-r's pair of mules, one horse and a wagon, in Bates county. Amos Phillips, an accomplice of the two brothers In the crime, was convicted of murder In the first degree. The evidence showed that the three men belonged to a gang of thieves who had been regularly dispos ing of their plunder in Cedar county, Missouri. imiiun, The lynching was the work of a mob that began gathering in the vicinity of the purpose of the assembling crowd seems not to have been suspected until the Jail was attacked. A barb wire trocha that had been previously built around the Jail was torn down, the heavy doors leading to the prison were battered in and when the mob came howling out of the Jail with Its Intend ed victims the Interior of the place looked as if It had been wrecked with dynamite. George Silbee, the elder of the two brothers, defied his captors to the last. Me placed the noose around his own neck and died cursing the crowd. Just as he was Jerked Into eternity he turn ed to his brother with an oath and com manded him to "die game." The broth er obeyed, maintaining an outward calm until he was Jerked Into the air. Before this Silbee had shouted to th mob in defiant tones that he himself shot Edlinger and that Amos Phillips struck him on the head with an axe. He insisted that his brother Ed did I not participate in the crime. I 'Be Kure and get Phillips," the doom ed man urged. Then, shouting to his tormentors, he bade them, with a curse to string him up. The vengeance man ifested toward the accomplice. I'hll llps. was probably due to the fact that Phillips, soon after his arrest, made a full confession of the crime, though when he was put uimn trial he repu diated his earlier confession. . Ed Meeks was equally fearless In the hands of the mob. but be did not manifest the spirit of bravado shown by his brother. His last words were: "Hang me If you will, but I did not help kill Edlinger. George shot him and Phillips struck him with an axe. I did " The doomed man got no further In his statement, for four or five men had him by the feet, while others drew the noose around his neck, throw ing the loose end over a limb, and in a moment he was strangling to death, JAILERS HIDE PHILLIPS. When finally satisfied jrlth their ven geance upon the two brothers, the lead ers of the mob went back to th Jail in search of old man Phillips. In the meantime the Jail-keepers had secreted him in a room In the rear of the struc ture, and when the lynchers came back they were told that Phillips had been hurried away. After a brief search the lynchers seemed satisfied with this ex planation and left the scene, thus spar ing the life of the third murderer. Phillips wil -(probably be taken out of the city. There Is some question as to the old man's sanity. The direct cause of the lynching was a vicious attack by Silbee and Meeks uikih Deputy Sheriff Hehmer. who went to their cell to Inspect the cage. Hehmer then discovered that the con victs had sawed the hinges of the eel! door all but off. He entered the cage to remove the prisoners Into another cell, and as he did so was felled by Silbee with an Iron bar which the prisoners had secreted. Other d-pu-ties came to Bonner's rescue and In the scrimmage fired s. veraTshots at Ih I ronviets. One bullet took effect In Si bee's Us. This shooting attarcted a crowd, wil l stories of the assault were mum In cir culation among the crowd which gath ered .-.ouud the Jiil anil It only re quired the few leaders who came later to Incite the gathering to violence. Affer the assault upon Deputy lMimr, Silbee and Meeks were shackled, and the Irons were still upon them as they were swung to their death. How Plngree Will Run Detroit, Mich.. Jan. 20 Governor Pln gree has announced that If D. M. Ferry of Detroit Is nominated for governor by the next republican convention, he will be a candidate for re-election on an ml dependent ticket. Governor lingree declares that Mr. Ferry Ih not In ac cord with taxation reforms he has been working for the past four years and bases his objection' to til in as a candi date on this fact. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Many a tenderfoot has been fleeced In the woolly west. In a happy household there should be no room for doubt. The amateur poet Is ery apt to find the market overstocked. The automobile driver should be a person of horseless sense. Some dogs are so .worthless that It Ih Impossible to give them away. It takes an authority on ways and miens to compile a book of etiquette. Every dog has his day, but a man who fights a duel has only a second, Home men use a lot of warm words In thawing out a frozen hydrant. A few of man's troubles are dun to love and the rest are due to friend ship. It looks like a wsste of money, to buy wood carpet when one can Imvt the bare floor for nothing. When bis wife nsks his for money the average man doles It nut to her as If he were paying his taxes. Any one can be a weather prophet. Alt he has to do Is to predict a certain kind of weather and stick to It, THE BARTLEY CASE A8AII. Attorney General Smyth Keeps at Work on It. Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 22 The attorney general has filed with the clerk of the supreme court his brief on a motion for a rehearing on the court's recent decision In the case against the Bartley bondsmen. The supreme court remand ed the case to Douglas county district court, which found the bondsmen, with the exception of Mrs. Fitzgerald, liable for hartley's deficit. Attorney General t-myth's brief is a lengthy one. it argues that the whole matter hinges upon the admissibility of the transcript of the petition filed in Ijincaster county, which petition ha hold is clearly Inadmissible. Following Is a resume of the atgu tnenta set forth in the brief. First Thet e is no Issue here with re spect to whether or not Hartley ac counted at the close of bis first term. No pleading asserts that he did no 1 leading inserts that be did not. Second The i.isue which we are now discussing is w hcihi r or not be received for hllnseif ti'dV.'J"! 7.1. Third Wixson testifies that the books at the close of Hartley s first term showed that he had on hand rjS.'WS."o. This testimony, was offered by the de fendant furetles. They then offered the Lancaster county petition admit ting that he embezzled 000 and had never accounted for It. That did not contradict or tend to contradict Wixson's testimony. Fourth-Hut if it did. It agreed with Bartlett's testimony, which was thaC Hartley had H61.54H.76 In depository banksand 147.000 in cash, and only that, thus leaving a balance of 1449.518.99 not accounted for. Fifth Governor Holcomb's testimony and the entry of January 21 neither contradict Bartlett's testimony or the admission of the Lancaster county pe- i - - . ! 'iU"n- 11 l! "insistent .",it"hIbo,h- A"d It shows conclusively that Bartley did receive from himself J'J jS.OSS . 1 5. Sixth Hence, tho Lancaster county petition, no matetr how Its admissibil ity Is viewed. Is utterly immaterial. BI6 POWER CANAL. Project to Make Fremont a Great Manufacturing City Bogan. Fremont. Neb., Jan. 22. Actual work has commenced on the big Fremont power canal, which, when completed, will Involve the expenditure of over $2. 000.000 and make this city one of the largest manufacturing cities In th west. Under the personal direction of Engineer Rosewater of Omaha the sur veys have been made and the actual excavation commenced. This canal will hiJimedlately south of this city on the south bank of the Platte river and a large reservoir will be constructed by damming Elm creek. rhe water of the PlaUe river will be diverted into Elm Creek by means of a canal some distance above this city. The dam will be 1.10 feet In height and the reservoir will hold a sufficient quantity of water to supply the large power even when the Platte river is low. The promoters have received suffi cient encouragement from their eastern capitalists to Justify the commence ment of work, and the people of this city feel hopeful that work will go or ward uninterruptedly until the comple tions of the gigantic enterprise. CAPTAIN HILLS ACQUITTED. Will not bo Punished for Killing the Despoller of his Home Salt Lake City. Utah., Jan. 22. Cap tain Frederick J. Mills, former lieuten ant governor of Idaho, has tieen acquit ted of the charge of murder. The jury was out only a quarter of an hour, just long enough to elect a foreman, and take a ballot. Captain Mills killed John C. O'Melve ney, chief engineer of the Oregon Short Line, In this city on October 1 last. The evidence showed that while the defendant was absent serving as an of ficer of the volunteer army of the Unit ed States his wife and O'Melveney be came criminally Intimate. The captain learned of these facts on the day of the tragedy, his wife making a full confession. The killing followed. The defendant pleaded the Utah statute which Justifies the act' of u husband who kills his wife's seducer and also set up the plea of insanity. THE EDITOR WHIPPED. Boaver City Merchant Tackled tho Wrontr Man to Win. Beaver City. Neb., Jan. 20. F. N. Merwin, featherweight editor of ' the Tribune and wcreiary of the Nebraska iiess association, mad" a record today as an all-around pugilist bv defeating' I. G. Orr, a heavyweight. In a general knock-down and drug out. Mr. Orr Is a transient clothing dealer ft ho has been here a few w eeks. Hu took offense at a roast In yesterday's Tribune and vislt-d the editorial sane turn to do Mr. Merwin Br.nt bodily In Jury. He left the olllce with his head split open In several places, as u result of a sudden contact with the mallet and shooting stic k, dexterously wielded by Colonel Merwin. BRYAN CLUBS IN THE EAST. Domocrats.Popullstand Free Silver Republicans Join In the Work, Boston, Mass., Jan. 22.Willmm J, Bryan will be the guest of the Bryan club of Massachusetts at a breakfast on January .10, a telegram accepting an invitation having been leeelved. The Bryan club of Massachusetts la the result of a number of conferences held during the past two months by democrats, populists and free sliver republicans, and has been formed for the purpose of propaganda work. It is the intention of the club to form clubs In every city, town and hamlet In the state and to make the president of each local club a member of the central club in Boston. WHOOP IT UP FOR IMPERIALISM. Chicago Republicans Start th Club Organization Ball to Rolling Chicago, 111.. Jan. 22. -The Illinois state organization of the National Commercial and Industrial league was perfected. The league Is a political or ganization In the Interest of "sound money" and a protective tariff. It be lieves In the principles of the rtpub-. Mean party, its ublllty to deal with trusts, currency and other questions, Indorses the administration of Presi dent McKlnley, believes In lhe expan sion of trade and the establishment by congress of a department of commerce and Industries. It Intended by tho projectors that this organization take the place of the McKlnley clubs or ganized Id 1H. It will publish a mag azine, commencing with February 1, entitled. "American Commerce and Industries." t f.