UKE EGYPTIAN BONDAGE.
XfeplwraM Condition of the liclirew
In Kouiuanlu.
lUiuiiiHikiH-Impoverished by the ex
liniyrtiou of bcr natural wealth, ttie
failure f irupn nnd the laKUimj of In
dustrie, c u r e .1
.Hid disgraced by
hearties ! ulrri
whose laws Uave
made degeneratCM
of tile peasant
and have forced
the Hebrews Into
a state worse than
that of brutes and
not unlike that of
Israel In Kjryi't of
obi -this shadow
ijt a- nation - U
SC1.1U II M i
blot on the civilization of Kurope. At
tention has recently been directed to
the wretched condition of the Hebrew
by Secretary Hay's uwte to the nigua-U-y
powers of the treaty of Berlin
which guaranteed protection to the peo
ple of lioumauii. This action of the
ohlof adviser of our President has
atvused much sympathy for the unfor
tunate, but only the mot heroic meas
ure can rescue not only the Hebrews,
but the Christians of this blighted
auuiilry from Uieir awful wretched
uei-s. Hulu confronts Itoumania. Her
government Is as Imbecile aa it Is cruel,
ud the eople themselves are Impo
tent. Their King Is a man of broad
nyuipathle. but Is powerles. Their
uej-Carmt5U Sylva Is a womttn of
Urawdmary intelligence and mental
llbur who can writ romancea and
fvtms, but Qctioa will nut appease
jtuawLug hunger and rhyme cannot
ioUie the naked. The Christian world
ttuut stood aghast at the horrors of
ITrkUli rule in Armenia. No less
should It shudder because of the aw
fuliMws of Roumanian desLilattiou and
Waelitlc persecution.
Hwumaulu la one of the Balkan states
a creaceuvslmped territory of about
tli BHine aze as New York and with
almost an equal population, viz., about
0.000000. Bucharest, with a popula
tion of 250.0IJ0. has many of the archi
tectural features of Constantinople and
much of the poverty of that great city.
It Is tli e residence place of King
Charles and his Queen. The former
comes of a branch of the Hohcnzolleru
family and has reigned Hlnce 1803. but
did not assume the titie of King until
liSl. Uoumanla claims to be complete
ly Independent politically, yet she pays
annual tribute to Turkey. The consti
tution Is liberal, guaranteeing to all
cltiKetis equality before the law, yet the
(Imposition upon the Jews shows that
the constitution Is a meaningless shatn.
The legislative power Is exercised by
two elective bodies, the representatives
of the people. The laws which they
pans prove that our sympathy for the
supposed Christians of the east of Eu
rope has bcn misplaced. They are
ia reality barbarians, for the laws
Again the Jew made In the pajst few
years are amazing In their unfairness.
In the flnrt place, all Jews were made
aliens. Latter the police were given
rights of domiciliary visitation and ex
pulsion, so that In Uoumanla a Jew's
house was no longer his castle. Then
they were prohibited from street
hawkliig, which ruined 5,000 families.
They were excluded from membership
In the Chamber of Commerce and
Trade. Law by law they were driven
ut of the profes
sional classes and
onflnnd to the
artisun class.
Then the artisan
employ incuts
were slowly clos
ed to them, until
In March of this
year a law was
passed prohibit
ing the employ
nieiit of Jewisii
work Ingmen in
CARMh.N SYLVA.
any trade or calling, and forbidding
their even taWns part In the meeting
of the trade or artisan societies.
Although they had to pay school tax-
free education was limited to Uou
uianlans, the Jews being comitellcd to
3ay, and even then were admitted only
If there was room after all the others
"were accommodated. They were ex
cluded altogether from the higher
Hchools and from the technical schools.
They were not only driven out of the
public service and from public works,
but fines were enacted for Roumanians
employing Jews In reiail trade. It Is
estimated thor Die nrti-sjiH law of 1 ist
March will w n deprive '.lo.ooO Jewish
workmen of nil mean of livelihood and
reduce over loo.imo men. women and
cblldivn to lwirg:ir.v. Although taxed
for the suppor; 6f local hospitals, they
imay not enter those Institutions. I'un
'Ishmenta for nfTeiises committed
against them i ro made light or remit
ted altogether. They can ho iirmucl
and beaten with Impunity. Their noli
lire recruited for the army wltUout re
gard to any of the exemptions allowed
by law to other Koumnnlnu. They
may not write letters to the newspa
pers. They may not hold public meet
ings and they have no right of petition
to the government
But the Injustice of the law Is not all
the Hebrew In Uoumanla must contend
.'with. There are 210 000 of the race In
jthe country and not more than W0
'have wealth amounting to $.ViO, al
though few years ago many were
comparatively rich. The average earn
'inga per fam'Iy before employment
was prohibited was $1 per week. No
wonder that hundreds of Hebrews are
starving In the street. Rev. Dr. Ca
ter, of London, chief rabid of what
are known as the Hepliardl communl
itlea la England, hna recently visited
Koumanla, to learn tht condition of
things, awl. If poaalblc, to move the
'Kin. He waa (riven renpectful hear
ing tad King Cnarle made promlaes
mm
which create the hope that the coun
try may be awakened to the frightful
hardship It la Imposing.
SEMINOLE WAR SURVIVOR.
duly One Man Left of the 50G Who
Marched l.'nder CoL Tuylor.
Of the &O0 soldiers and volunteer!
who marched under the command of
Colonel Z.acbnry Taylor against the
Seminole In Flori
da, but one now
lives, so far as Is
known, to tell the
story of that cam
paign. The last
military operations
aguiust the Keml
noles took place
the latter part of
1KJ7. The sole pen
sioner of that war,
cj.AiKidi.Nii vttnii. and probably the
only survivor. Is Claiborne Webb, who
lives near Blue Springs, Mo.
Mr. Webb Is now in his eighty-seventh
year. lie was but 22 years of
age when he and fifty other young men
of Jucksou County, Missouri, enlisted
In the Volunteer company of Captain
James Chikls of Independence. He
was iu service but six inomhs, receiv
ing Injuries in the last and most de
cisive battle near Lake Okeechobee, In
Southern Florida.
Of all Indian wars that in Southern
Florida Is described by the aged veter
an as being fraught with as hard, If
not with greater, diiliculties than any
other. Disease, swamps, venomous in
sects and dangerous reptiles were com
batted as well as red men. Long
marches were undergone and often
whole companies were for days with
out their rations.
The Seminole war was caused by an
endeavor upon the pnrt of the United
States government to drive all Indiana
went ward across the Mississippi Klver.
The Creek tribe as a whole were forced
to terms of submission by General An
drew Jackson In 181-4 and were com
pelled to yield their lands. But the
Semiuoles, who were members of this
tribe, escaped into Florida. There,
under the leadership of Osceola, who
hud become a trained soldier in the
government ranks, and Sam Jones, an
Americanized Indian, they committed
many depredations upon the popula
tion, destroying both lives and property
and devastating whole sections of the
country. Several campaigns against
Osceola and Jones, all of which proved
futile, were made by Generals Clinch,
Call and Jessup. A detachment of 112
men under the command of Major
Dade was surrounded Dec. 28, l&JG.
and all but three privates were killed.
This wholesale slaughter aroused the
United States government to renewed
efforts to put an end to Indian warfare
In the South.
During the summer of 1S37 a com
mand of GOO men was given to Colonel
Taylor and be was sent against the
Indians. Many doubted the wisdom of
the campaign, undertaken as It was
with a mere handful of men. outnum
bered by Sam Jones' braves three to
one. But It was successful. The Sernl
noles were put to rout at a battle In
one of the marshes of the Ivlssimmee
Hiver near Lake Okeechobee. A treaty
was made during the ensuing winter
which provldod for the removal of the
Indians to a tract of laud west of the
Mississippi Ulver,
In spite of years and an active life,
Mr. Webb Is still an energetic old man,
one to whom time has been kln.L He
has living eight children, twenty-six
grandchildren, and eighty great-grandchildren.
He has outlived three long
lived wives, the last of whom died
last summer.
The Queen' Itebuke.
Some years ago, when the present
Queen of England was Princess of
Wales and her children were very
small, they were staying at a (julet
watering-place. The Montreal Star re
peats this little story of the royal fam
ily, which shows that Queen Alexandra
Is much like all other good mothers,
and that her children are like children
t he world over:
Once on returning from a short sail
one of the little princesses was walking
up the plank. An old sailor Instinctive
ly said:
"Take care, little lady!"
The child drew herself up haughtily
and said:
"I'm not a lady, I'm a princess!"
The Princess of Wales, who over
benrd the kindly Injunction and the
rather Ill-bred r';l ". fnM v'c':?y:
'Tell the good sailor you aie not a lit
tle lady yet, but yon hopi; ti be some
day."
Iong View.
Persons who wish 1o in:t off the evil
day of spectacles should accustom
themselves to lo;i- vUn Te eye is
always relieved, and sees better, If,
arter rending a wlille, we direct the
sight to some far distant object, even
for a minute. Great travelers and
hunters are seldom near sighted. Sail
ors discern objects at a great distance
with considerable distinctness when a
common eye sees nothing at all. One
Is reported to have such acute sight
that be could tell when be was going to
see an object On one occasion when
the Hliip was In a sinking condition,
and all were exceedingly nnxloiis for a
sight of land, he rported, from the
look-out that he could not exactly see
the shore, but could pretty nearly do
so.
Cheap Tranxportallon.
In the early morning Ieeds workmen
can travel live miles for a penny by
the municipal electric tramway curs.
The women think men bave nothing
to do, and the men are dead certain
the women haven't.
There la more work In the care of a
garden than is the care of twlaa.
New York City bas 150,000 organized
w age workers.
The South Wales Miners' Federation
lias a membership of 120,000.
It takes the constant labor of 00,000
people to make matches for the world.
It Is estimated that there are over
22,000 union electrical workers In
North America.
ltailroads In this country employ over
J ,000,000 people at an annual cost for
wages and salaries of over $000,000,000.
New York bricklayers received !
cents a day for fourteen hours' labor in
177U. They now receive $4. Ho for eight
hours.
The employes of the various ceme
teries of San Francisco have formed
theuiselvus into a union. It is their
purpose to organize the cemetery Work
men of the United States
It is estimated that there aiv WK',000
working people in the city of Chicago,
and the 525 different trades unions
cliiiui about 4) per cent of that number
as members. About 85 per cent of ail
the various cfts in the city are organ
ised, and during the last two years, the
most prosperous period Chicago has
ever seen, the labor organizations have
leached their greatest power and Influ
ence. The Increase In Uie number of
unions has been 200 per cent and the
membership 400 per cent.
After working for thirty-two years
William S. Hughes, a New York ma
chinist, perfected a smoke-cousiiiuing
device for locomotive and other engine
boilers. Hughes had no capital to back
his Invention, but succeeded In having
it brought to the notice of Cornelius
Vanderbllt. The millionaire mechanic
had the device tested ou an elevated
train locomotive un .er his personal in
spection, making a trip from the Bat
tery to Harlem. Mr. Vamlerh'lt has
decided to aid Hughes in the matter.
Iu Its annual report on strikes and
lockouts in 1001 the British 15 ard of
Trade notes a large (U-creane In the
number of labor disputes and in the
number of workers Involved. There
were 012 disagreements that year, nf
fectlng 179,540 work people. This la
the smallest number boili of disputes
and persons involve 1 reported since
1897 and the Improvement is attribut
ed to a growing tendency to settle la
bor troubles by arbitration. The report
says that 73 per cent of ell chnnge
In wages and hours were put in effect
after arbitration.
A machine which will drill square
holes has at last been made Au Eng
lishman named Edward Segltz is the
inventor, and his apparatus is said to
have solved a problem heretofore re
garded as being about as unaccouipllsh
able as the mathematical ImpooKsiblllty
of "squaring" the circle. Scgritz's ma
chine Is a "three-winger' drill, seinl
round, which cuts four straight edges
in its rotary motion. That is, the mo
tion appears to the eye to be rotary,
but there Is, of course, a manemcr In
the triple flange which produces the
square cut, -triangular, or other angular
boles, with automatic regularity and
machine spdd.
CURED BY MILK.
A Simple Treatment for All Kind of
Nervom l'ieae.
"Want to learn how to Increase your
weight and gain strength and nerve
force In the easiest possible way?"
asked the plump Idle, wonutu. as she
settled Into a corner of the divan for (
a comfortable chat. Her listeners were
half a dozen women who go in for the
strenuous life to a greater or los de
gree, and consequently uny one of
them could stand a few extra pounds
without Inconvenience. "Of course,"
was the rei.lv In rtwo-im "Well 11nn 1
drink milk, nothing but milk lor a few
months," said the plum) one. "I've
tried It and I think Ilia' 1 am a pretty
good Illustration of the effectiveness of
the milk diet. Four months ago I was
a nervous wreck. Couldn't stand any
thing; wept If the least thing went
wrong at home, jumped a foot every
time the door bell rung, and was fast
becoming a nuisance to myi-elf and all
the rest of the family. Fortunately, I
have a little common sense and my
doctor has more, so when I was or
dered to drop everyth:ii'; and Just 'rUHt'
for a while I did it, with the result
that I bave gained fifty one pounds in
weight and my health Is i omplciely
restored. I lived ou milk, as I told
yon, and rested according to directions,
spending my time In a lovely old rest
cure home up the State. The diet and
the rest effected a cure wit bunt any
medicine whatever. I might add,
though, that the milk was not the ordi
nary decoction served by the dealers
of the metropolis, but n rich, creamy
suliKtance furnished by the (Inevt breed
of Jersey cows. How hard It was for
an active body like me to rust' for
sixteen weeks, you strenuous folks can
uppreclnte, but If you wh.ii to become
plump and contented with the world
In genernl try my remedy. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Caul en on llie lOitiic.
It is stated that from the mouth to
the sotircp of the Itlilne 72." castles,
formerly the homes of war-llko chiefs,
re to be found overtoiling Its waters.
Hi. lent ItoiUllmt I'loiiiH.
In considering bouts the dory, a flat
bottomed, lap streak bout, though but
twelve or thirteen feet long, Is tlia
aufest that float.
Every one bate a coward, and every
ooa at heart la one.
DROPS BELOW ZEK0 LIME
York State Shivers la Face of Wlitry Blast
Ho Waraloi of Coll Wve
New York, Dec. lO.New Yoik
and New England bave experienced
during the past twenty-four inurs
tbe coldest weatbei for many years.
In tbls city it was tbe coldest 9tb ol
December in twenty-six years, the
thermometer registering as it did in
that year, eight abovu zero. The
severity of tbe cold was intensified
by tbe fact tbat the people were, not
prepa-ed for it, tbe cold wave hav
ing descended upon tbe country sud
denly and without warning. Then,
too, the scarcity of coal caused much
suffering among the poorer class and
those who could not afford the luxury
of a ton of anthracite coal had to
use it sparing for the cold snap
might last and they might Dot be
able to get a fresh supply. Every
effort is beiDg put forth to alleviate
the Buffeting, charitable organlzat
ions having taken steps to supply the
poor and the board of aldermau hav
ing voted 8100,000 to help along the
good cause.
Du.lng the day the rivers were cov
eted with a heavy mUt showing the
great difference between the tem
perature of tbfs air and the water
The cold In tbe city was mild corn
pated with that pievailing in the
Dorthern sections of the state and
In New England. At Albany the
mercury fell to ten below zero ai d
in some nearby districts It went
down to twenty. '1 he river Is fioz n
over at Albany, putting an end to
navigation. Hallstreu reported thirty-two
below, the lowest registration
since 180, and Saratoga felt the grasp
of weather thirty below.
In the Adirt ndack rnon and along
the Champlain valley the' thermomet
er registered between 17 and 20 tc
low. Navigation on the upper Hud
son closed earl in the day, steamers
which had not reached winter quart
ers having tr. be towed out of tne Ice
The cold wave stru.:k New Eng
land at the same time it arrived In
New York. Throughout Maine and
Connecticut the thermometer regis
tered from eight to twenty below, a
fall in some places to forty degrees
in twelve hours. Norfolk, Cood.,
reported a temperature of twenty
three degrees below zero, the coldest
in years.
Perhaps never in the history of the
retal' coal trade Id this city have
dealers had to face such a situation
as confronted them today. In
every office there were numbets of
anxious buyers, and at the same time
eager inquiries for coal weie constan
tly coruiog by telephone. To all but
a few the dealers were forced to turn
a deaf ear. "We can't promise you
more than one ton, and we may not
be able to deliver that for a day or
two,"wastho stereotyped reply to
ail demands for fuel. The situation
was admitted to be extremely bad
and according to one dealer there
appears to be no way of relieving it.
A tour of the East side today reveal
ed the fact, tbat there is much suff
ering among tbe poor." The operat
ors bave ceased to send coal to be
sold by the ptil and the tcnemcot
dwellers find it difficult to get fuel.
The Salvation Army also reports
widespread distiess occasioned by the
coal famitiQ.
Wltb the thermometer marking
elgtit above zero the coldest weather
ol the winter thus far prevailed to
day. On Staten bland the body of
John Stallenwerf, a blacksmith, was
found in the roadway. He had ap
parently been frozen to death.
There was much suffeiing. especially
among the poor, because of the fear
city and high price of coal.
Two Killed on the Santa Fe
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 10. he
eastbound California limited passen
ger train on the Santa Fe wis
wrecked at Kothvllle, Mo., shortly
after noon today, causing the dealb
of Engineer Sarnucl Wise of Arg
entine, Kas . and his fireman, and
great damage to the engine and
coaches. John McKean of New Yotlt
w ho receKed slight bruises, was the
only passenger injured. A colored
waiter had Ills arm broken and two
other waltets were injured. Con.
urcssman Loud of California and
Itabbl Illrsi h of Chicago weie among
the passcn,jn, and helped to care for
the Injured. The wieck was caused
by the couches being derailed id
open switch which the enlgne had
passed safely when the train was
going at a high rate of speed.
A Year Imprisonment.
A druggist In Paris has been sen
tenced to a jcais' Impiisnnmerit tor
adulterating sulphate of quinine.
Should he tesiimo ouslnesson the ex
pltatlon of his term i f Irnptlson
ment, he will have to dlplay In his
sterna card containing a brief de
scription of his crime.
Suifering In D-nmirlc
Copenhagen. Dec. 10 The wlr'o
spread suffering here resulting fro n
Industrial stagnation and rummer
clal depression has been Intensified
bv tbe unusual severity of the win
ter weather, which set In a month
earlier than list al. Building opera
tl'ins has largely been alandond,
tht.i Increasing the number of un
employed to an extent iirpasalna;
moat records and aerlously taxing
I the rcaunrcas of Mm charity Ofgaol-'utlott.
STARTED FOR BETTER LAND
Frtmoat Butciur Trt't To Kill Himself
BtcauM Lrscoadea; -Farmer Loses
H.. Le
Fremont, Neb., Iec. 13. Despond
ent over bis failure to provide main
tenance for himself and family, Enos
Rush, a butcher of this city tried to
kill himself by taking a dose of wood
alcohol. His wife found him gioan
iug on tbe floor in the contortions of
agony, and through tbe assistance of
the neighbors ana the attendance of
a physician be as recalled to the
land of tbe living.
At the time of taking the poison
Itiisn was nearly crazed from drink,
i nd he claims to remember nothing
ui what he did. He had been work
ing in a butcher shop until a few
week ago, when lie quit bis job to
run a boaiding shack at a hay camp.
He lost money there and threw up
the undertaking ten days ago. Since
that time he had been drinking
rather heavily. Ou two previous oc
casl us be has tried to terminate his
earthly existence liush's wife was
very much frightened to find him in
the condition that she did, and hur
riedly called seme neighbors. He
paitially recovered after a little,
when he pulled a bottle of wood al
cbool out his pocket and tried to
drlOA some more. The bottle was
taken from him and then he tried
to get a revolver and a shotgun iu
turn, but was held back by those in
tbe room, A physician soon arrived,
and relived him by administeringan
opiate and causing him to vomit.
To the doctor Rush stated that be
had been reading tbe Bible and bad
come to the conclusion that there
was a better world than this to live
in. lie also said that he knew God
would take cate of his family. The
next day he promised that he would
never touch liquor again.
Rush is a very competent workman
at his trade and is also a good carpen
ter and painter. He lias a record of
dressing a beef in nine minutes from
the time of knocking the animal
flown to having it ready to split.
He is thitty-h've years old and has a
wife and two small children. ,
Volcanoes Still Smoking.
San Francisco, Dec. 13. Two new
craters of Santa Maria volcano, which
burst from the side of tbe mountain
on' tbe morning of October 24 last,
and devastated a large section of
Guatemala, are still smoking. From
one of the craters, beneath the cloud
of white smoke, hot lava exudes in a
sluggish stream and from tbe other
cold mud is thrown in spasmodic
fashion. This information has been
brouhgt here Dy people arriving on
the steamer Acapulco. On the trip
own the coast tbe Acapulce was at
Cbempericoa week after tbe outbreak
of Santa Maria, when tbe inhabi
tants of the town and had thsoe who
(led from the neighborhood of the
volcano were in a state of terror.
The Acapulco carried 170 of them to
the port of San .lose. One of tbe re
fuges, Alfred McKionon, an Anieri
:au, died on the steamer.
Capture Last of the Lot.
Chicago, Dec. 13. "Toronto Jim
my," said to be the leader of the
gang of six men who cnte-ed the Ex
change bank at Gardner, 111., Octo
ber 28, and robbed it of $4,000, has
been aire ted in Chicago. Tbe pris
oner is thought to be the last of tbe
gang, Edward llouser, Hugh li!ake,
Charles Mitchell, Jonh Freelaod and
Samuel Ritchie, the other members
having ncenlly been atrested and
sent to Morris. The man is now
under indictment iu vat ious states.
Rnbbeiies of the bank of Dover Minn,
and a bank and postollice at Neils
v i lie, Wis., a bank at Milton Junc
tion and another at Dcerrield, Wis.
ate crimes in which ho is said to have
had a hand.
Pilgrims Killed in Wreck.
Meilco City, Dec. 13. At Tepa, on
the Hidalgo railway today, a special
train bearug one thousand pilgrims,
retaining to Tulanciugo from this
city, was injured, killing three per
sons and injuring many more. The
train was backing from a switch to
the main line when the rear car was
dertllnd. It roiled down an embank
ment, drawing live other coaches
with It. Six bundled persons, chlcllv
women, occupied the coaches, and
the scene was sickening In its horror.
The Injuied were taken to tbe hos
pital at 1'auhuca. Twelve thousand
pilgrims from all parts of the re
public have thus far visited tills city
to worship at the shrine of Guada-
loupe.
A Vtnlieae (Joat
The height of a Maiteso goat Is
about two feet six inches, its weight
n uily 100 pounds, and the cost ot a
good milch animal is f'uin $50 to
4125.
Water Famine At Detroit
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 13 Anchoi
Ice cloKgi d the Intake pipes of the
local water works system Iu Lake St.
Clidr during the nlgnt and the city
suffered Irotn a water shortogu until
neiriynoon. It wis so set Ious din
ing the early hours of the morning
that a nil in her of factories were cnni
ni 1 1 art in suspend for the day for the
lie'.- of water. It is estimated that
3.0K) or 4 ihni men were compelled to
being Idle and lone cue day's pay on
account r tbe water fainloa.
Nebraska News
Olaf Zimmerman fell from his wig-'
un bis way home from lloldrege aad :
was dragged to death.
Jolin Pisar and Frank Docckal war
fined $100 for keeping their saloon
upen on Sunday at Wymore.
Howard J. Chapman, a wealthy
young farmer of Table Rock had Ms
left foot amputated by the cars.
It is reported from Br trice that
William Hattersohl has elUed with
Miss Rartels, aged 16, of Plymouth.
Dan Swanson bas been nominated
for pcstoiasler at Fremont; Harvey
S. Mosely at South Omaha.
Fred L. Eames bas been appointed
postmaster of the village of Smart
vine, vice John R. Riffle, resigned.
Howard II. Baldridge of Cmarta
has been admitted to practice befor
the supreme court.
At Lynch, Herman Hagerli.a brake
man on the eastbound local freight
slipped while svitcbing, was dragged
by the cats and killed.
The most ordinary gingham dreas
takes on an altogether different
aspect when done up in one of those
pretty holiday gift boxes.
Time flies but you can't make the
man believe it who is compelled to
wait rive hours for a train at a eo
try station Chicago News.
The tonnage of merchant ships ia
course of construction in Great Brit
ain is less than at any time siac
1897.
Clifford Williams, one of the lead
ing merchants of Syracuse, dropped
dead as be enteredbis home and start
ed to sit on a chair.
The state board of charities aad
corrections recommend tbe passage
of law by the next legislature mak
ing wife desertion a crime.
Congressman Burkctt has recom
mended the aDpointmeut of A. A
Hyers to be postmaster at Havelock
to succeed G. S. Copeland, whose
resignation takes effect February 1.
William H. Till, charged witb em
bezzling $236 from tbe local lodge of
the Ancient Order of United Work
men of Humbolt, has made good tbe
shortage and bas been released from
custody.
According to tbe report of Land
Commissioner Folmer, the gtand
total of all transactions in state
lands during tbe last two years is W,
564, 9671.13, considerably larger than
the previous period,
Tbe annual report of Mrs. Sarah B.
Soujs, superintendent of tbe Home
for the Friendless, states that ' 123
children bas been received into the
home during the present year Tbe
cost per capita of maintaining tbe
home was $181.03 last year.
Tbe sugar beet season just closed
has been very satisfactory. Over CM
carloads have been shipped to Grand
Island from McCook alone. Tbe .
)ield per acre under fair circumstan
tbat tbe factory will soon be running
witb a full force of men. Tbe fac
tory employs 250 men.
At a meeting of tbe Commercial
club it was decided to send a tabulat
ed statement to tbe officers of toe
Great Western railway as to tbe
capabilities of Fremont and Dodge
county as shippers. Tbere is a pos
sibility of having an extension built
to theie they believe.
The university regents will ask tbe
state legislature for about $600,0M
this year, $200,000 of which will he
required for new buildings and tbe
remainder for tbe maintennce of tbe
university. Tbe general government
and tbe students furnish $1,650,00 ot
tbe above sum.
One of John Waltemath's children,'
the family residing southeast of Te
cumseb. got a grain of corn fast ii
its nose. The services of a physicist
were required to remove tbe obstruc
tion. When take out th: grain had
swollen to tbat extent that it was re
moved witb difficulty.
Articles of Incorporation for tb
Klllinsman Cattle company bave bees
Died with tbe secretary of state.
Capitalization is to be 50.000 and a
general buying, selling and tradlruj
business will be engaged In. Real
estate will be nandled. Tbe prircl
pie place of doing business will be ai
Sargent.
Mrs Al Sechrest, wbo participated
in a fake suicide recently In ordei
that she might not be dragged la
to testify against tbe m.iu whom stw
feared, and wbo bad killed her but
baud, has returned to Lincoln, afte
visiting in Kansas and Omaha. Sba
says site will remove to Omaha ot
Council Bluffs.
Some time ago a futile effirt waa
made to change the name of Smart
vlllc to Helena. The village w
named after Its earliest settler,
Hubert Smart, for many years de
ceased. The reason fur wanting U
change the name was that to tomt
people's ears "Smartvllle" did not
have a pretty ling The peti.loa,
auctioned by the dutrlct court. for t
change did not have the desired efeet
witb higher author Ilea.