Nebraska Newspapers

    "LIVABLE."
AaOld Faahlonad Word that Bx
What It la Intended To.
'Tea," said Mr. Farren, decidedly,
"Milly MuitIh U a nice girl clear
through, and if anybody ought to get
along easy wllh a trylu' uiotlii-r-lii-law,
he ought. A more livable person I
never knew."
"Livable'" repeated her listener,
"Livable? That must be a local word.
I don't think I ever heard It before."
"It may be local," rejoined Mrs. l'nr
ren, a trifle loftily, "and It may be bad,
and It umy be food; but anyway. It's
Jiwt what I uieau. M lily's livable. She's
been brought up !n a Jl .Invalid and
she's had to be, if she meant to be com
fortable herself anil let oilier folks be
couifoiiable, too. There were more liv
able folk when I was a girl than there
are now, and I think the big famiiirs
bad a good deal to do with it, tho.inh
of coarse not everything.
"There were plenty of people then
who never got their corners worn d wn,
no mutter how ninny brother and nls
ters they had: but even when they
rasped, tho.se days, they not along to
gether after a fashion. Nowadays, lai.d!
Sometimes It stumps me fair and
square why the nice people I know In
Dice families can't seem to stand each
other' little ways.
"Oil, 1 don't say it isn't no; when the
doctors say they can't and It generally
ends in doctors why, 1 suppose they
truly cun t. It's nerves, and nobody un
derstands nerves unless the doctors,
jind I'm a lung way from belli;; sure
that they do. 1 1 tit Just you count up
some time the families where there's
always one member mysteriously off
visiting, and then the number of folks
you know that separate when they'd
naturally stay together, If only they
-uuld hit it off lone sisters and only
surviving bachelor brothers, and moth
ers and only daughters, and all sorts of
family remnants that ought to be each
other's best comfort. Hut as goon as
they try living together, one of 'em gets
nervous prostration, or has hysteric
xpells, or Is ordered off quick to travel
somewhere where the climate doesn't
agree with the other one. They're fond
enough of each other, generally, ami
they aren't generally ugly-tempered;
they Just aren't livable.
"It can't be endured, always, and It
can't be cured, sometimes; but I'm firm
in believing it tould be prevented most
times. If, when folks first began tc
Jinrden in their own little crankums, i
and fret over the cranks of the folks ,
they cure most for. they'd stop and
think where they were getting to; why,
liino times out of ten they'd pull up In
time, aud get their nerves and feelings
and foolish frettlngs tight in hand be -
fore they run away wllh 'em!
: "Yes, that's what I surely do believe.
Uid outside the great, big, deep foun
dation ylrtueR, If I had a daughter, the
little virtue If It is a little virtue I'd 1
father have her have than any other
"iwould be Just that being livable. It's
n all-round, life long blessing to whom
soever it concerns."
"It may be good or It may be bad, or ,
It tuny be local," nsented the listener,
thoughtfully, "but whatever It Is as a
word, livable Is a good thing to be. I'll
swu that."
Tlio Break I'tint Food Family.
John Snra'.t will eat no fat,
.or wjfl he touch the lean,
fie scorns to eat of any meat;
. He lives upon Fooditie.
Itut Mrs. 8pratt will none of that;
Foodinc she cannot ent.
Her upeeial wish is for a dish
Of Kxpurgnted Wheat.
To William Hpratt tlint food is flat
On which his mater dotes.
Ilin fsvorile feed his special need
is Kut a lleupa Oats.
I$nt luster Lit nili't see how Will
Can touch such tasteless food.
As breakfast fare it can't compare,
: She says, with Shredded Wood.
(Now, none of these I.ennder please;
Me feeds upon Butli Mitts.
VliiIe sister Jane Improves her brain
With Cero-Grnpo-Grits.
Lyeurgua Voles for Father's Oats;
1'rogginc appeals to May;
The Junior John subsists upon
Uoeeda Bnyla Hay.
torrected Wheat for little Pete;
Flnkfd I'hie for Dot; while "ISub,"
fl'be iufaut Hprnlt, is waxing fst
J On Untile (.'reek Near Grub.
Chicago Tribune.
WugR lii I'onnoKu.
The people of Formosa have Just lie
come up-to-ilale enough to have a rail
road track of their own, and a detailed
reHirt of lis construction has been for
warded to the stockholders, many of
whom ure Frenchmen nnd Englishmen.
The rails are English; the locomotives
tire English and American; the brldgo
work nnd girder are American, and
the rolling stock Is native built on
America u trucks. The labor employed
was Formosan and Japanese, but the
work was done under the direction of
"French, English and American en
f loecrs. The rntc of wages paid per
day to the machinists and laborers fur
niali an Interesting contrast between
tbe value put upon work In the Oecl
dead and Orient. Tbe Jap, on an aver
age, received one-third more tban the
ForiuosHii, and tbe day was of ten
hours. Ilerev Is tbe schedule of the
highest rates paid: Carpenters, 02
cents; sawyers, M cents; masons and
plssterers. NO cents; , roofers, (18 cents;
coolies, 37 cents; workmen on scaffold
ing, r2 cents; navvies, 47 cents; paint
trs, iSH cents; blacksmiths, 70 cents.
Wlicti It is known at a funeral that
Ihe deceased picked out tbe liytnna
and arranged the program la advance,
tbe women present find Uie ejecaaloa
m sweetly huUi al stoat aajey-
USE CORN FOR FUEL
MDGE COUNTY FARMERS ARE BEGIN
NING TO USE IT.
SWATHED IN DEADLY FLUID
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH IN CAGE
COUNTY DUE TO GASOLINE.
DISCOVERED UNCONCIOUS
Pcrochcd tht Stove With a Saturated 'Ctr-meot-Ao
Omaha Lawyer found Dead
ty Ihe Koadslde.
Fremont, Neb,, .Ian. 13. Ilistorj
jfems about to repeat itseir In Dodge
i'Minty. Farmer are beginning to
burn corn for fuel as they did In the
arly nineties when It was selling for
leu cents a bushel and the crop was
overwhelmingly large. Now It Is
""t so much the fact that corn Is
low In puce but that fuel Is high
find in some cases practically Impos
sible to get that acjunts lor the use
iif cum as a heat producer. Only
the poorest part of the crop is being
devoted to that purpose. I'art of the
corn filled late and was caugbthy the
frost and It Is this which Is being
utilized to supply the place of fuel.
Coal Is very bard to get in Fre
monk Citizens are going from one
dealer to another endeavoring to se-
'.ire It but are met everywhere with
foe response that more orders are al
ready on ha d than can be OlietJ.
The dealers have no coal in stock
and rely only on what they have
ordered. The situation Is as acute
us It could be withuut entailing cen
tral suffering. A local resident tried
In vain today to get some nut soft
coal and finally bought half a ton of
anthracite for $7.W. It is actually
easier to get the anthracite product
than the hitumlDous article at pres
ent.
Poorer people have been In great
need of fuel of any kind during the
zero weather. Children have been
seen going along the railroad tracks
picking up pieces of coal or out in
the timber across the river gathering
branches to bring home. Some who
are in good circumstances will have
, to resort to burning wood If the Dres-
ent condltlonscontlnue much longer.
Lawyer Found Dead
Omaha. Neb., Jan. 13. W. D.
Beckett a well known lawyer was
found frozen dead Monday at noon.
His boy was lying two miles west of
Benson near the Little Paplo creek.
Henry Rapp, a milkman, found It
tod reported to the coroner. As the
milkman reported that the body was
net there when he passed early in the
m 'tnlng life had evidently not been
extinct many hours. The limbs were
frozen stiff but the body was no yet
rigid. Mr. Beckett was forty-four
years of age, He leaves a wife and
four children, two of the children by
a former wife. He was a prominent
attorney for many years, but during
the pist year has been dilnking
heavllv. Ills wife recently s ied for
a divorce. The last time Beckett was
seen as at 1:30 Sunday morning when
his nephew, Mr. Wood rough, talked
to him. The nephew supposed he
was then on his way to his room at
the Her Grand hotel Instead of go
ing there he evidently started Into
the country toward Benson. During
bis professional career In Omaha
Beckett was a member of several firms
and had appeared as counsel la some
of the most Important suits tiled In
tbe courts. At one time he was the
law partner of Judge R. C. Read.
Woman Burned to Death.
Wjmore, Neb., Jan. 13. Mrs. J
W. Roberts, tbe wife of a prominent
farmer living south of town, died
this morning from the effects of a
terrible burn. Mis. Roberts had
been washing a waist In gasoline,
Saturday evening, and had gone near
the stove wllh It. The article tu''k
Hre and before she could help thorsclf
the (lames enveloped her. She thiew
a camet over her head and ran out
of doors, where she fell In an uncon
scious condition., and was In that
utate when the family returned from
town late in the evening.
No Extortion at Des floinea.
Des Moines, la., Jan. 13. The soft
coal operators' association of the Dej
Moines district held a meeting tlitsj
ftern.xin and decided to icfuse tq
ell cool to Des Moines retail dealer!
and teamsters who Have In the past
or may lo tbe future sell coal to con
sumers for more tban 13 a too, tin
retail price Used by tbe association,
Doubt Legality of Will.
Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 13. A pecu
liar contest began here In the pmhati
court today when the widow of I tit
lite millionaire, John McCormlck
Gibson of this city, who died at
Aibevllle, N. C a few months ago,
presented for probate a copy of hit
will, made from stenographic nntef
alleged tt hive been preserved bj
Atorney wens or Asneviiie.
' Hk. n,l.l..l III it I- ,4
'hJ 2 1'rlSli f.n,i if Jl
baa never beta found lloo tbe otaU
of Mr. Olbaon.
TAFT WILL REMAIN.
Stan
It PbrtlMliet for lideflitte
WriMad.Uila Hit Work
Period-
Washlntgon, Jan. 14. After ma
ture consideration It has been decid
ed that Judge Taft shall remain in
tbe Philippines as clvij governor
The decision was reached only after
tbe president had discussed the Phil
ippine question thoroughly with Sec
retary Root and the other members
ofthe cabinet, and with Vice Gov
ernor Luke E. Wright, who has been
In this couutry for two months.
For several weeks it has been re
garded as settled that Gov inor Taft
would return to this country, perhaps
In a few months, to become a Justice
of the United States supreme court.
President Roosevelt indicated to
Governor Taft in a letter dispatched
to the Philippines more than a month
ago that he could hate the apppnint
merit to the supreme bench if he de
sired It.
It was the president's purpose to
name General Wright as civil gover
nor of the Philippines.
As soon as it was learned in the
Philiopines that Governor Taft was
likely to leave the islands cabled pro
tests began to pour in on the presi
dent from prominent Ftllipinos.
Even yesterday the president was In
receipt of a rabelgrani Irom some of
the nif'si Important interests in the
Philippines urging the letentioo of
Governor Taft as civil governor. The
protests receive! In no manner re
flected on Vice Governor Wright, for
whom the people of Manila and of
the Islands generally, have the highest
regard, but It was pointed out to the
president that Governor Taft was
Ideally equipped fur the position if
governor, and that any change at this
time would be disastrous to the ar
chipelago. It was maintained that I
Govrenor Taft's relinquishment of
his post would retard the. devclope
nient of the islands fully five years
Governor Taft is known, as one
high oillcial expressed it, "to be
thoroughly wrapped up in his work
In the Philippines." Ilis ambition
has been 1 1 round out his career as
a justice of the Uoitid States su
preme court; hut he has become Im
bued so entirely with the spiiltof
the great work to ba accomplished in
the Philippine? and so perfily In
sympathy with 'he ideals of the best
classes of the Inhabitants, that he
hesita ed to relinquish his post at
tills time, eveu to accept the rlis in
guished honor the president offered
to confer on him. Today iD response
to the president's letter offering to
biro the supreme Justiceship, a cable
gram was received from blm, sug
gesting with a sincere appreciation
of the tender made to him by the
president, that it might be better
for blm, In view of all the circum
stances, to remain where ho was.
After this It was announced unolll
clallv, hut entirely authoritively,
that Governor Taft would remain In-'
dolinltclv a civil governor of tbe
Philippines.
Languish in Mexican Jail.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. If. Form
al recognition of the oft tepefied
charge that railroad employes who
are Americans are discriminated
against under the criminal laws of
Mexico, and that many of them me
now languishing in Mexican prisons
without having been tried, was given
today by division No. f" of the order'
of rallriad conductors, at a meeting
held In this city.
Division No. 53 by vote appointed
Its presiding (.nicer, W. II. Hollis, as
Its representative to start a national
movement for a searching inquiry
into the matter.
Ihe movement also contemplates
that three other great orders of
American railway employes, the en-i
glneers, trainmen aud firemen, will
become Interested in the Invesllg -
Hons. The four orders have (iUO.lH rf
members.
The action was the result of an ag
itation started by Hariy II, Adams,'
formerly a locomotive engineer in
Mexico. While employed on a Mexi
can railroad on May 2, P.iO, Adams
says that his engine and seven cars
were wrecked and that he was abso
lutely without fault In can ting the
wreck. Ilis 1 f t leg was crushed and
later had to he iiinpuated.
Adams says that oven before ha re
ceived medical nUentlon he was'
taken before a magistrate, atieslkncd
and then thrown Into prison where
he remained a month.
Other Americans arc in Mexican
prisons, he snys, whose trains were
In wrecks through no fault of tbe
prisoners, and some of them have
been In prison seven or eight years
Adams, while In prison met some
of these men, who begged him to ap
peal to some of the railroad men In
America to Interest themselves In
their cases.
Plague Hard to Control.
Mazatlan, Tex., Jan. 14. The
plague does not yield as rapidly ;s
was hrped tn the new SiOltury pre
caution and medlcnl treatment. Six
pors'insdled yesterday and eight fatal
Chscs are reported today. The num
ber of patients In the Lnzarcto is
Steadily Inrceaslng.
V II 1 lllin II U, Hit., dull. II II
"Ported here that a ease of bubonic
Bi.ull. ha. hn fm.nrt in th. minin
flnlhi... L..... Lf T.. It J
of BBtoplM to lbit ittUi
THE STATfc CAPITAL
Mrnters of the Letlslatme Gather la Llacola
id Proceed to Orcanize the Lefisliture.
MESSAGES OF GOVERNORS
As Interesting Reception fcy the Outgoing and
Incoming Chief executives The State
Officers Swoio.
The state legislature Is now fully
oiganized and in working order.
mely-iiine members of the House
of Representatives gathered In Liu-
coin last week to perrorm this doty
one member having died since elec
tion. The thirty-three senators weie
all on hand in due time and ready
for work.
Many members reached Lincoln
Sunday and some earlier than that
and all were on baud before Monday
night. The usual preliminary skirui
i . t . ; ,i
isoiiug was none, inougti mere was
not as much excitement as usual.
Monday was the busy day with the
candidates aud woikcrs, as well as
with the army of busy seekers after
appoint merits to the numerous small
er positions about the legislature.
As early as Sunday eveulng the re
publican members held a conference
and agreed upon Hon. W. II. Har
rison, of Grand Island, fcr president
protemoore of the senate. That par
ty having a large majority in both
houses it went without saying that
Its nominees would be elected. Mon
day evening John II. Mockett. Jr., of
Lincoln, was nominated by the re
publcans for speaker of the house and
John Wall for chief clerk.
When te two house convened at
noon Tuesday Chief Justice Sullivan
was called in to administer the oath
to the members, and the above named
were elected. A. R. Keim, of Falls
City vas eiected secretary of tbe sen
ite. These preliminaries being fin
ished the two branches of tbe legisla
ture were duly .organized ana ready
for business. They then adjourned
until Wednesday.
At eleven o'clock Wednesday both
branches convened. The only busi
ness transacted was the announce
ment or appointments am canva-s-
Ing the vote, for state odicers. This
done, adjournment was in order.
Thursday, Immediately after as
sembling the house and senate met
In the house of representatives in
Joint session and proceeded to Install
the state officer'. Chief Justice
Sullivan, accompanied hy associate
Justices Holeomb and Sedgwick ap
peared at the speaker's desk and ad
ministered the oaths of office to the
state officers elect. Governor Savage
read his message as also did Gcver
nor Mickey, after wh!h the legisla
ture took a recess until Tuesday af
ternoon. In the evening a reception was
held lo the senate chamber, which
was attended as usual by a throng of
onople. It was a gala occasion and
oassed off very smoothly.
LITTLE SAYIQS
Men are prone to forget the sensi
tiveness of a woman's disposition.
Women snout at the utility of
thinking twice before speaking once.
Men dislike to be considered lack
Ing In ability to size up a schemer.
One-hair of the Imports Into this
country are of materials for manufac
ture. Canadian trade with Great Uritain
has Increased over 0, 000,000 the past
year.
Men are possessed of the Idea that
women are buund to take their ad
ylce. Women often show an obstlnancy
which Indicates want of mental bal
ance. Women aro disposed to overdo the
evidences of gratitude for favors
shown them.
Men resent the linpuf aton of seek
ing association with what Is c tiled
swell society.
Women usually make the most of
an occasion which seems to enhance
their social status.
Men frequently fall to enjoy pleas
ure because or a disposition to demand
more than a fair share.
Women often Indulge In extrava
gant expressions ii. a way lo lead to
unfortunate circumstancs.
Tenty-three thousand 'tables coy
cred with hieroglyphics have been
brought from Nippur, In Mesopotamia
by Prof. Hllprceht.
The water power available on tbe
Pacific slope for produclnuj electric
energy Is equivalent to thecombua.
tlon of 300,000.000 tons of coal a year,
A ureat many mod'sh women are
wearing the heavy, mercerized chev
lola ao much In evidence last sum
mer.but whether cotton, silk, or wool,
white Is the approved color.
In 1880 the value of farm product
of the south exceeded that of manu
factured products hy more than 1200,
000,000, whllo In inoo manufacture!
etceeded farm products by mure than
lUO.OOO.OOO, though during that per
iod the number of persona engaged
In arlci't.ure Increased 34 per otot.
Nebraska Notes
William Wyorj an aged citize; of
Plattsmouth, fell on tbe I".-) and
broice two ribs.
Mrs. J. W. Roberts, of Wymore,
died from the effects of terrible
burns of a gasoline tire.
Fire destroyed Archie CaropbelFa
burn at Hastinsg. Loss $300. No
Insurance.
Walter Houston of Gerlng, charged
with the murder of Clarence Fuller-
t m on October 5, has been acquitled
Henry liurrow, a German farmer of
Klk Creek, had his ankle crushed by
falling beneath amoviug wagon.
Ncal Milligan, a compositor on the
Falls City.Uiur.ral, fell and broke his
left arm.
The Nebraska State Horticultura
society held its annual meeting in
Lincoln last week.
At the annual meeting of the
Chadron Volunteer Fire department
ollicars for the ensuing year were
elected.
During the revival meetings at
Nebraska Cily at the Free Methodist
chinch Miss Ties burst a blood vessel
and nearly bled to aeatb.
A child of Mr. Illoora on his way
from Urighton, Colo., to Nebraska
City, died from the bitter cold while
they were encamped near Coumbus.
The Gibbon Normal and Business
college notified ifs students that t lie
college will close. Inabillity to make
evpenses is given as the cause.
The high school building at Wol
rn cn lias been destroyed by hre.tl e
origin of which is unknown. A pnl-
cv of $750 expired several days pre
vious to the .'ire.
Preparations are being made by the
First Christian church at Beatrice,
tn build in the spring at a cost of
$10 000. The t,ew church will be
erected on the site of the present
frame structure.
The Lincoln district Epwoith
League held its two days' session at
Waboo last week. The meetings
were held in the Methodist Episcnpu
church. There was a large attend
ance.
Oscar Werlker of Pierce has been
adjudged insane and will be removed
to the asylum at Linoon. Wedkcr
has become so violent that it is con
sidered dangerous to have him at
large.
The cattle stealing case against
'Four Spot" Hurlburt of Gering,
was dismissed after the evidence
showed that the brand of the com
plaining witness, Mrs. Haynes of
Alliance, was not recorded wllh tbe
state brand commission.
Mrs Thomas Colbert, living ceir
Memphis, was taken to the insane
nsylum at Lincoln. She tried to
hang herself last week tut was res
cued hy her hus'iand Her mother
Is an Inmate of the asylum at the
present time.
The farmers met at Edgar to com
plete the oragni.ation of the Farm
ers' Commercial association. One
hundred and twenty farmers had
taken shares at $75 each and three
times that amount was guaranteed
Articles of incorporation and by-laws
were adopte 1 and a board uf dlrei-
tnrs elected,
The value of self-help is being felt
w th new power by the citizens
h round McCook, and an organized
effort Is to be made fur the bend t
of southweslern Nebraska to secure
enterprises and Industries, to pro
mote the culture of sugar beets und
encourage the location of a beet
sugar factory in the Republican val
ley in the near future. Southwest
Nebraska Industrial association is
the name of the organization effect
ed. The organization commences Its
existence Hb a membership of over
fifty, which will be materlaly In-
reased as the matter is brought to
the attention of the people and the
purpose of the same becomes better
known.
Unceasing efforts have hern and
aro being made to recover the body
of George Ruehl, i f West Point, who
was drawn under the Ice at the dam
ncarlvja week ago. but without success
A mass meeting of citizens wascalled
and a committee appointed to super
vise the work' of tho volunteer
searchers. Nearly the entire mem
bership of the local lodge of the
Woodmen of the World or which de
ceased was treasurer, turned out and
are cutting the ice away and search
ing the bottom of tho dam. Tbe
weather being so cold and the water
being fifteen feet deep renders tbe
work very difficult. The search will
not be abandoned until the body Is
found. His wife Is prostrated with
grief.
Charles Etherton has been aricstcd
at Fremont for stealing a solt of
clothes, an overcoat and $21 from E.
A. Docherty, a butcher at the Va'
ley house. Etherton was traced by
bloodhounds to the railroad and fol
lowed by the officers to Fremont
where, he was found wearing the
stolen clothes and with 117 of the
money, the rest having been apent Id
a sporting house. .
FAMINE IN SWEDEN
THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE FACING
STARVATION
EATING BARK FROM TREES
FlSt UPPLY FAILS AND POPULATION
ARE DESTITUTE
TRYING TO SAVE CATTLE
De;imation Threatened If Assistance Is Not
Furnished. Limited Help Given
London, Jan. 17. Telegrams from
Stockholm confirm thejdistressing ao-
ounts of famine in northern Sweden,!
as given in these dispatches. j
About 30,000 people are affected by
this famine, which extends from the
sixty-lirst to the sixty-seventh degree
u irth latitude and from the Gulf of
Pothna and the Russian border Into
the interior.
Tbe starving people are eating;
bark, which is dried, ground into!
p iwder, mixed with stewed Iceland
moss and made into a kind of famine
biead.
Coincident with tbe failure of the)
crop is the extreme scarcity of fish.
The lisiiermen return from their ex
peditions empty handed. Even
ptmargin, usually found In great
numbers in the stricken district,'
have almost completely disappeared.
Jt is estimated that the expenditure
-jf about $(5,1)00,000 will be necessary!
to save the population from decima
tion. Thus far about $200,000 has been
subscribed, of which sum over $12,
500 was sent by Swedes in the United
States. Tins amount does not in-
elude the money necessary to sa3
the breed of cattle which alone cani,
live through an Arctic winter, oi!
jupply seed for Uie spiing sowing.
The peasants are making great)
sacrifices to prevent the exterminu
tlon of their hardy northern cattle
lo previous times of scarcity good
fodder was obtained by mixing rein
deer moss and aspen bark,.
Now this is not available and fine
ly chopped twl ;s of biich. willow and
ash are substituted. The mixture isi
boilel and'ted to tbe cattle warm, but;
i; is found that the milk of cattle)
fins ted caused typhoid fever. Thiai
and ocber discuses are ceitaln to
spread unless relief is hastened Tbe
situation threatens a repetition of the
terrible famine of 1807, when tbwos-j
ands died of starvation aod typhoid.
A special commisssioner of tba
Swedish government, who has just
returned from the scene of tbe dis-i
tress, emphasizes the necessity for tba
adoption of immediate plans to abate
the distress.
His report has caused a most paln-j
ful impression and will, it is hoped,;
enhance the national efforts to pro
vide remedial measuies Up to the
present 1,300 carina Is and $1,100,009
represent the total qunntity of pro
visions and fodder shipped te the
(amine stricken area.
Acts Worthy of Savnges.
San Franci-c, Jan. 17, Among
the passengers on the steamer New-j
p rt, from Panama and way ports,,
were Lieut. Arthur II. Dutton ands
3. J. Many aud four enlistd men of
the American-manned Colombia
cruiser Pogota, which sailed from
this port Oelohcr 7.
They hpeak in any thing but en
thusiastic terms of their experience
iu Colombian waters.
"A triiflng odeoso was at time
punlshea by 100 lashes on tbe bare
back with a flexible cane. Mea were)
shot for mete nothing.
"A few days after peace was de-i
clurcd two liberal officers who bad re-i
fused to acquiesce in the conditions,!
hut were captured were taken to the1
Cbl iqui foi tress in Panama and there
lahhud brutally until dead.
"Some prlsoneis who had beeni
taken after a particularly stubborn,
resistance, had their legs or armi
cut off. or their eyes o ears removed
and were then released to go ma Inert
through life. Some died from loss of;
blood
"One of the several schooner
loadeo with .refugees which Bogota,
was to wing, sprung a leak In dee at
water at sea. Tbe refugees was res
cued and tbe captain and crew of rive
men were about to follow them,
when the Colombian official In charge
orderd them back on board tbe
oiiomed schooner. Let them perish
wlthln.be exclaimed. The iwi un
fortunates, Innocent of any wrong
doing, were left to their fate oat the
sinking schooner without sal la ana)
no boats."
Shoot Nefroea to Death,
Anglcton, Tex., Jan. 17. Late last
nlgbt several men entered a o4l of
the county Jail In which Hanson
O'Neal and Chailcs Tu'stli" wera.
oiuiiicd, with a number of other
neg iocs, and shot lie Un riiwu tn
death. The other nnsoncts were
warned lo cover their heidsj wiiu
blankets which ibiy did.
The negroes ere chained with the
murder of Onuurity Attorney U O.
8mltb at GulumbM several weeks eft.