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Hew York.
"I'ui'l shortage' ia mill
the oiif seriously disturliiux
rlciiinit in lihu inihistriiil
situation. Tranxportntiim facilities hare
kwn diviTinl from utlier miTcliaiidiw,
to ths tliHadviuituKu of uliiiJiwrs, yet iron
umttc-cs-tFif uunblf-to- sccura Bufiieient
uii)lic of tokp, mid many other mania
Iactiirin pIutitH are cIgmm because of in
ifint; col deliveries. Mint are more
fully oi.urat.-d. but there U no prospect
ft liurmal conditions until spring." The
torcgoiuc Is from the Weekly Trade Re
view of K. (J. Dun & Co. It continue:
Extremely low temperature during the
iMt week stimulated distribution of
henry clothing an(j other 8ea8()l)abi,;
goods. Uctuil trade was accelerated by
Uic cuaUitnary clearance allien, especially
lu dry good and kindred branches. Trav
eling men are sending in large orders for
pritig gooda, tho volume of advance busi
ness surpa.sMinir the customary' amount
for thia time of year. Quiet conditions
in the iron and steel markets do not
mean dullness or diminishing consump
tion, but merely the oversold condition
f furnaces and mills, together with great
uncertainty about keeping plants active
on a day to day supply of fuel. Inquiries
arc numerous, especially in structural
lines, but makers are cot ready to accept
bids until the future appears more defi
nite. New plans consfanfly come forward
for lare olllce buildings, notably ut the
Veot, which means vigorous consump
tion of structural steel, and the demands
from ear builders are phenomenal. Prac
tically the entire capacity of the leading
plants is already booked for six months,
and at many concerns the last half of
the year will bring no idleness unless r
Jers are canceled.
Eastern manufacturers of footwear are
fully employed on spring shoes, but new
' orders are light for later delivery, al
though western jobbers purchase freely
of fall samples. Quiet conditions in
leather have been succeeded by an in
creased demand for hemlock sole and
standard upper, shoe manufacturers plac
ing liberal orders. Last week's slight
recovery in the hide market wag not sus
tained. Dry goods trading haa increased
in volume, buyers arriving in great. r
numbers, and the prospect favors still
more activity in the latter half of the
ruouih. There is little disposition to an
ticipate wants in the cotton goods divis
ion, but Immediate needs have evidently
grown more pressing. In the woolen
goods division the opening of piece dyes
wim made at an advance, but not as
much as some sellers anticipated.
Bradstreet's weekly report on grain
says:
Wheat export 11 since July aggregate
HW.yTO.SOO bushels, against l.X.oOt.l.TJ
IokI season and 107,2 iO.OllH in KtOO.
Corn exports aggregate 2,3:M,012 bush
els, acaiunt 2,K"i;.!lHti last week,
a yesr ago and 5,184.550 in 1001. For
the fiscal year exports are 15,978,1)18
bushels, against 21.255,447 last season
nod 10S(WJ5,4;j5 in
AGAIN BOMBARD FORT,
Three German Warablpa Pbell Ban
Carlo Fortreaa in Venezuela
Three German warships, supposed to
be the I'Hiither, Vitieta and Kalke, be
Kau shelling the fort of H in Carlos, Ven
ezuela, We(',utsday morning. The fort
returned the -,, The engagement lasted
several hour. This is the same fort
shelled a few days before by the 1'an-
ther. Fort San f!urlrio in ut l,n
I .. . ... ui. imc i-,,n iui;tt
, to Lake Maracaibo, in the,extreme west
ern part of Venezuela. The fort is
equipped with modern rapid-lire guns.
A correspondent of the A
Press in a run-bout approached to with
in tnr-e miles of thg Jort, . TUe mar of
uie guns was terrific. The I'mither up
l-eareu to be not more than 500 yards
rom we tort, Her guns were being find
every minute. The fort could not be seen
for the clouds of smoke, but It was plain
ft.., ..I
ins Tenczueiun gunners were an
swering the German fire bravely and
with great rapidity.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon an exolo
sion occurred, apparently in the fort, and
a cloud of smoke covered part of tlu ram
parts. A number of Indian fishermen
were intercepted tfeeing from the three
tmn of the fort in their dugout canoes.
They reported that the smoke seen was
from the burning village of Han Car
los, which had been shelled by the Ger
man ships and was in flumes.
The shelling of San Carlos caused
much excitement among the German res
idents of Marucnibo, who have protest
ed against the action of the warships.
At the foreign office in Merlin and at
the German navy department it was de
clared that no orders were given to bom
bard the fort. The navy officials admit
they knew the Vineta was proceeding
to Maracaibo, but they did not anticipate
a bombardment. The officials ndmit that
the incident is likely to "renew anli
Cermtin aKitation in the United Stat'-s"
and say they recognize the disadvantage
Germany is placed in through the impos
sibility of getting prompt reports from
Venezuela. The foreign office does not
ev.-n know what was the purpose of tlic
1'anther in its first action against Fort
San Carlos.
BANGED TO LIMB OF TREE.
TWELVE SENATORS CHOSEN.
Uaknowi Man Found Deal Near Norfolk, Met).
-Wire instead of a Rope.
Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 27. The body
of an unknown man, apparently
about fifty years old, with gray hair
and whiskers, was discovered Mon
day morning hanging by a wire to
the I'liitj of u tree at Spring biauch,
about two utiles north of the city.
The man was comfortably dressed,
wearing a blue overcoat and about
thirty dollars was found In one of
Ms pockets. The -body wag- taken la
the rooms of Sessions & Bell, where
it awaits identification. It Is sup
posed the man committed suicide,
FIGHT THE ROBBERS
CITIZFNS' STATE BAM( OP WATERLOI
WRECKED TUESDAY, COT SJ.500
NOISEAROUSED THE TOWN
nc KUBBtKS tXLHANGE SHOTS WITP
HATTH AND TIMMERMAN,
Five States in Which Elections Could
Not lie ()lti ineil Immediately.
Twelve United States Senators were
chosen Tuesday, as follows:
, I The wheat market show-
LIIX33O. e(J xrent strength and made
the week. Conditions favored strength
and the advance appears warranted.
There were reports of good business at
the seaboard and large sales of wheat
and Hour to go out later to Europe Here
In America, and more especially Jri the
Northwest, sentiment has favored higher
prUx'H for some time. But the foreign
tnarki Is, Liverpool especially, would not
follow the mlvances on Hits side. With
a good crop in sight in Argentina wheat
importers in Liverpool are slow to antici
pate their wants, and will naturally hold
off as long as possible. During lh we.-k
there was evidence that there was wheat
needed abroad for immediate use. At
present it looks as if there would be de
mand from Liverpool for good Ameri
can wheat in any event, while If it should
develop that the Argentina crop is not so
large or the quality not so good as has
been figured upon, the demand for Amer
ican wheat would be great.
H'mois A. ,T. Hopkins, It.
"haua C. W. Fairbanks. U.
-Michigan jt. A. Alger, It.
.New lork T. C. 1'lutt, Jt.
l--tnh , Meed Smoot, U.
North Dakota II. C. Itaimbroiigh, R
South Dakota A. B. Kiitredge, It.
M!'Hi,0ri W. J. Stone, D.
J'enn.sylvaiiia I'.oise I'enrose, it.
Connecticut o. II. I'latt, It'
New Hainpshiret J. II. Gallin-er, It
irk,""' J. P. Clarke, D.
Allien J. Hopkins will succeed William
P.. Mason in the Semite; Mussell A. Al
ger of Michigan fills the vacancy caused
by the death of James McMillan; Ch.irlos
W. Fairbanks of Indiana is relelected for
his second term; Orville II. I'latt of Con
necticut will enter upon his fifth term
as the result of the ballot; James V.
Clarke's election closed a sensational con
test in Arkansas, with James IC .Tones,
the present member, and chairman of tho
Democratic national committee during
tho pa.t two campaigns; William J.
Stone of Missouri goes to Washington as
Senator for the brst time in a long po- j
lineal career; Henry 0. Hansbrough of
North Dakota has already served two
terms; ISoice I'enrose of Pennsylvania
has occupied a seat in the Senate cham
ber for one term; Thomas C. Piatt, Ihe
New York boss, has been honored three
lures by being elected Senator; peed
Smoot of Utah is a leader in the Mormon
church, whose election has created miieli
discussion Jacob H. Gallinger of New
Hampshire is re-elected for bis third
term; Alfred II. Kittredge of South Da
kota is elected, after b-ing appointed in
l;t"M to succeed the lute .Tames II. Kyle,
ln Delaware, Oregon, Washington,
Kansas and North Carolina there were
two or more candidates fur the sen.itor
ship with strength enough to delay the
election.
Mr. L. W. Young a Suicide.
Wllsonville, Neb., Jan. 27. Mrs,
U W. Young, wife of ei-Senator
Younif, committed suicide Monday
by takicg carbolic acid. The acid
was taken in Hie forenoon, while all
members of the family were away
'from home. She was found at about
noon unconscious and death followed
at 3 o'clock. Deceased made an io
succcessful attempt to commit sui
cide about two years ago by takiDC
rough on rats.
Two Men Saw Out of Jail.
Mitchell, H. D., Jan. 27. A fall
delivery took place in this city Mon
day nitfht and a very important pris
oner made his escape. Jack Sully and
I1 red Haer, the two inmates, were re
leased from the prison aDd no trace
fit them can be found. They were
;assfsted by outsida parties, who sawed
uie kick- rrom an outside door that
is rarely used, and then sawed their
way into the Jail.
At 4:30 in the afternoon the deputy
snenusaw Sully in the Jail corridor
and when the deputy returned at 7
o'clock the jail was empty and an in-
vesication revealed that the pris
oners had gone. Ttlephr.ne messages;
werescne in all directions to Inter
cept the fugitives.
Sully Is the noted cattle rustler
who has operated on the Sioux reser
vation, west of Chamberlain, for a
number-of years and in that time
has marie way with hundreds of cat
tle. He has always been able toes
cape the olliecrs, or has stood in
with them to the extent of having
escaped arrest.
Last summer Su'ly was arrested at
Vcrdlrgrle. Neb., where he had driv
en a large Dumber of catHe and had
sdl them to Omaha dealers. He
was brought ba.:k to Lyman county
and later placed Id tho Mitchell Jal!
for safe keeping.
It Is believed that the plan for the
delivery had been In operation for
several days ana the fact that Sheriff
Hrnoka died Saturday afternoon ga e
Sully's friends a chance tn work all
the better. It was not a dilllculr
imatter to saw through the Iron bars
that held them cantlves.
Chicago Cuttle, common to prime,
4.u0 to $5..V); hogs, shipping grades,
4.25 to 7.00; sheep, fair to choice, $'00
to $i.'JC; wheat, No. 2 red, 7tSc to 77c;
corn, No. 2, 4ilc to 4ic; oats, No. 2, 32i
to 34c; rye, No, 2. 4!e to 50c; hay, tirn
otby, H..rl to JI.J,r0, prairie, fu.OO to
$12.50; butter, choice creamery, 2ic to
2fic; eggs, frpsh, 22c to 23c; potatoes,
40e to 4Hc per bushel.
lndiiuiaiolis "attle, shipping, f3.0Q to
$5.2.1; hogs, choice light, $1.00 to fi"',;
heep, common to prime, 2.50 to $.'i.50;
wheat. No. 2, 75e to "fie; corn, No. 2
white, 4;Je to 4-le; oats. No. 2 white, Hie
to :i5e.
St. Iyouls Cattle, $.i to $5.40: Imgs,
$3.00 to piMD; sheep. S2.50 to $1.75;
wheat. No. 2, 72c to ",'Jc; corn, No. 2.
41c to 42c; onts. No. 2, .'iic to 35c; rye,
No. 2, 4!c to 50c.
CiiiHnnatl Cuttle. $1.50 to' $1.75;
hogs, $4.00 to $DI5; sheep, $3.50 to
$4.20; wheat, No. 2, 7!c to We; com,
No. 2 mixed, 4tic to 47c; oats, No. 2
tnixed, 37c to 3Hc; rye. No. 2, 50c to 57c.
Detroit Cattle, $3.50 to JSH.25; hogs,
$3.00 to 0.10; sheep, $2.50 to $3.70:
wheat. No. 2, 7!c t Wc; corn. No. 3
yellow, 47c to 4V; oats, No. 3 white,
8flo to 37e; rye. No. 2, 50c to 51c.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern,
7r to NOV; corn. No. 3, 44 0 to 45c; oats.
No. 2 white, 35c to 30c: rye, No. 1, r.0e
to 01c; barley, No. 2, Gle to'fxie; pork.
Ilieis, $10.00.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 77c to
70c ; corn, No. 2 mixed. 45c to 40c; oals,
No. 2 mixed, 35e to 30c; rye. No, 2, 52e
to fSc; clover wed, prime, $7. 17.
HufTslo Cattle, choice slilpln steers,
$4.60 to $5.50; hogs, fair to prime, 51.00
to $fl.H0; sheep, fair to choice, ijl.1.25 to
$4.(10; limb common to choice, $4.00 to
90.61.
Ntw Tark--Cattle, $4.00 U $5.60;
bA t.W to $0 35; .beep, $3.00 to
f4.t4; vbant. No. 2 red. 81c t 82c; corn,
K,, t, SSe to 60c; oU, No. wbit,
4t If 44o; hotter, crrmfy, 24c to 20c;
O WiMn, 21f to 2Se.
mm?
Tho second clas railroad rate from
New England to tho West, established
eighteen years ago, bavo been abolished.
Additional measures are being taken
by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Itailway Company to facilitate rapid
handling of coal cam on its lines.
Official notification has beep given at
Asher, Ok., that work on the Pock Isl
am! Choctaw extension, from Asher to
Dallas, Texas, will begin at once.
Traffic olllcials of railroads east of
Chicago have determined to make
(hanges in the commodity freight lutes
which will resultui 11 5 per cent ndvaiiee.
The prospective movement of 7.IKK)
soldiers to the Pacitic coast will give tie
transcontinental lines much trouble if the
cheap colonist rates are to be kept in
effect at the same time,
The Chicago and Northwestern Pail-
road gave its 5,(H)0 locomotive engineers
and firemen a Christmas present in the
form of a wage Increase that will aggro
gale over ?iioo,000 a year.
A charter bus been granted lit tin' li
ne. Ok., to the let) it n. Oklahoma ami
North western Uailroad Company, capi
tal Mock S2.ihxi.ooo, to build a road from
vVichit.i Falls, Texas, northwest through
tho counties of Comanche, Kiowa nnil
fireer, Oklahoma, to Miami, Ti'Xas, a
distance of 200 miles.
President Itamsey says the Wabash
has a contract with the Carnegie Kteel
Company by which tho road Is to get one
fourth of the freight business from the
steel company for 11 period of twenty flva
years after the line is opened and ready
for business.
Locoiuoliv engineers on (lie Chicago,
I lock Island and Pacific Kailrand have
beau (ranttd in aggregste ware Increase
of $250,000 a year. In ailditian 10 this
many coueinlona were mad en running
ached u lea and work claaalncatlM, (Wing
the nan one of tba beat worklaa; a five. 1
maata In tba country.
Capture of a Coal Train
Pes Moines. Ia. Jan. 27. The towr
or Mratf'-rd, 100 miles north of here,
having a population of nearly 2,000,
Is gicath wrought up as the result of
the arrest of more than thirty per
sons who held up a train and seized
nearly twenty cars of coal. Put lit
tle coal has been shipped to Stratford
for manj weeks and a severe fuel
.famine prevailed.
lesterd.iya Nnithwestern freight
train of bcided coal cars nassine
through lb' "twn stopped for water
xnv Liui.; n.r. no sooner wame to a
stop thai, the news spread like wild
fire. Soon a mob of 500 people with
wagons, baskets and coal scuttles
were at tho tracks, a car of cnal was
broken open and people were help
ing inemseives. (If the train of
twenty cars but a few tons remained
when 11 'aid was over.
Toe rail oarl company at once no
tilled the sheriff, who Immediately
left WebMer City for Stratford, lie
made between thirty and forty ar
rests. A high stale of excitement
prevails. Tho amount of coal taken
was not much per person, but as a
whole Is sufficient to last the town
for sometime
j Much tr oble Is looked for when
the arrested petsons ate brought tn
trial. All, however.have b-en grant
ed ball pending the time of tilal
which Is set for the next term of the
llstrlct court.
NO TRACE OF IDENTITY
On Trail of Hank Robber.
St. Louis, Jan. 27. ll Andcrsot,
of Rudolph, and Frank Lewis, the
supposed Union, Mo., bank robbers
and murderers of Detective Charles
0. Schumacher, are still at largo A
rewarl of l,800 has been offered for
their arrest.
Sheriff Urucb of Franklin county
lias been Informed that two men an
swerlrig the description of the fugi
tives, one of them wounded, were
seen at lieaufort.
Ryan 11 Asked to Fight.
Hot Springs, Ark., Jan, 27. Tom
my Ryan, the champion middle
weight today received a telegram
from Jack Herman, manager of the
Fort Erie athletic club at Uuffalu
asking him If be would fight FIU
slmmoni there for a purie of twenty
live thousand dollar
' Hyan replied (bat be would It
flUalumaooa would tralo dowa tf
ib Biddlawtlgbt limit.
1 ne Bank Bulldlag a Complete Wreck Tin
ext Morolag-Pleces of the Safe Blowa
Throiif hout Walls of the Buildlaf.
Waterloo, Neb., Jan. 28.-The CHI
tens bank of Waterloo was wrecked,
by a dynamite explosion and rotbed
of $3,500 between I and 2 o'clock
Tuesday morning. The robbers es
caped without leaving any trace of
their identity or positive evidence of
their number. The building in
which the bank was located is a
wreck. Many of the pieces of the
safe were blown through the walls
and scattered about the street.
It was almost 2 o'clock when J. II.
naun, who lives Just across the
Street, was awakened bv the mike i,t
the explosion, lie. jumped out of
bed and started across the street.
Almost before he had his bearings
and cottki definitely locate the direc
tion from which the sound came ha
was attested by a growling voice:
Throw up your hands."
A large man whose face was cover
ed with a mask, appeared before him
In the dark. Close to the bank bui'd
fng and evidently busy with a meal
sack he saw two others. The larun
man never took Ills eyes from 'lath
and kept tho gun pointed at him.
'Nov step back, out of the way,"
he said. 1
He obeyed the order, but had only
taken a step or two when a shot
whistled through tho air, coming
from behl rid the bank building. It
startled the. robber who had covered
him with the gun and as the other
two called to him he turned and ran
toward them. The three disappear
ed in the darkness.
A. E. TlriJitierman, another citi
zen, had been aroused by the sound
of the explosion and started for tho:
bank, surmising Immediately that
the Hcene of the ttcuble was there.
He heard tho robber talking to Ilattli
as he came up from behind the bank
building. As the robbers disappeared
In the darkness he tired three mure
shots at them.
The police at Lincoln were tele
phoned to and Informed of the rob
bery. The bloodhounds arlved on
the morning train from Lincoln.
The bank will not suffer any lus ,
as It is fully coveted by burglar Insurance.
1ICKEY SPOKE AT OMAHA BANQUET
The Governors of Two States at the McKIa
ley Club Celebratloo.
Omaha, Iveb., Jan. 31. The six
tieth anniversary of the birth of
William McKinley was celebrated by
the McKioley club of Nebraska with
a banquet Thursday night. Four
hundred plates were laid, and the
honored guests included Governor
Mickey of Nebraska, Governor Cum
mins of Iowa, and VV. E, Bainbridge,
second secretary of the American le-:
-gat-km atr re'tin.
The banquet ban was decorated
with the national colors, and directly
behind the speakers was hung an Im
mense painting of the honored presi
dent. Governor Mickey responded to the
toast , "McKioley's Character;" W,
E. Bainbridge of Council Bluffsspoke
on McKioley's policy in the Orient,
and a telegram of regret wag read
from President Iioosevelt.
Governor Cummins of Iowa deliv
ered the principal address of the
evening on "McKinley and the Tar-Iff."
Fifty-two Were Burned to Death.
London, Jan 2S. Fifty two Insane
patients were burned to death by lire
at tie Conley asylum annex this
morning. The oui break occurred in
the Jewish wing of the institution.
The flames spread with great rapid
ity aud before they could be got un
der control rive wuotlen buildings, In
cluding dormitories and the doctors'
apartments were burned. All the
efforts of the olllcials were directed
to removing Insane Inmates, but the
latter became wild with excitement
and so panic stricken that not, only
were they unable to help themselves,
but groatly Impeded the operations
of those trying to save them.
There wore nearly six hundred
women in the burned annex at the
time the Hre was discovered and most
of them were s fely transferred to
the main building, which was unin
jured Some, however, escaped and
are still at large, rendering it dim-
cult 1 1 ascertain the exact number of
those burned to death.
The work of searching Iho ruins
continues. The olllcials admit that
about hfiv bodies have been recover
ed, but It Is feared that the full ex
tent of the disaster 's not yet known
All the victims were lunatics. Their
"barred remains presented a horrify
ing spectacle. Tho asylum was be
sieged oy anxious relatives anl
friends of the patients, who arrived
from all quatters. Pitiable scenes
were witnessed, as weeping men and
women left the premises after ascer
taining that relatives and friends
had perished In the flames.
The nurses had a tenlble experi
ence In trying to assist tho Insano
people who were so panic stricken
that they had literally to be driven
to a place of safety The Inflamma
ble premises almost immediately be
came a furnace, Nothing was left
standing.
A Good Chance For Engineers
Washington. Jan. 28. Scnutor
Dietrich Is anxious to recommend
tome well qualified civil enlgneer of
Nebraska to take the examination
for appointment In the navy corps of
civil engineers. Appointees will en
ter tho corpi wltb the rank of Junior
lieutenant and an anuria! pay of
12,700. At tbe eod of Ore years their
alary will be Increased to M,000 and
at tba aod of tea years to 13.000.
Without Water Twenty. four Day
Louisville, Neb., Jan. 31. Two
calves, one six tbe other seven months
old, were burled in a straw stack for
twenty-four days and were taken out
alive Thursday, It happened on the
farm of Frank Stander, who lives
three miles from Louisville.
The experience; of the two calves
has plated them above tbe freak at
tractions of tbe five and six legged
varieties found at county fairs. Tbe
"buried alive" man who has trav
eled the country over, frightening
women into floods of resolutions, has
been beaten at his own game.
"Dot ' and "Smudge" are the
names of the go calves They were
to a great extent the pets of eveiy
one on the farm. Having been de
clared dead for twenty-four davs.
their active condition is something
of an agreeable surprise.
The calves were in a lot with a
number of other cattle. The strong
winds of about three weeks ago were
tearing things to picees on the farm.
Hoards were flying and anything
loose was sure to he sent on an air
ship journey. The cattle were hud
dled on the lee side of the large straw
stack that'hnd been left in the lot
when the threshing was completed
last fall. They had ;cateu from both
sides of it and the dozen or two deep
inroads tbe animals bad made were
used for shelter.
Into a hole of this sort the two
calves had sought refuge from the fly
ing "brlc a brae' of farm tools and
fence boards. The remainder of tbe
cattle, as many as possible, were also
smuggled in similar places,
Mr. Slander bad started out across
the lot facing the wind. Tbe lull for
a few minutes Just previous had en
ticed some of tbe cattle away from
the stack. The tii id calves, how
ever, remained in C.eir place of safe
ty.
There was a sudden squall, coming
up iu iiiucii i ne same manner as a
''use whirlwind on a summer day.
Ihe revolving current struck the
straw stack and caught in the eaten
places on the windward side. .The
straw began to fly thick and fast.
When the whirlwind had careeDed
down tbe hill and disappeared, tbe
straw stack had been moved three
or four feet in a mass "and was re
piled, without boles.
The cattle had all stampeded down
to the other end of the lot. Mr. Stan
der supposed they were all safe. He
gave the matter no more thought for
a day or twr. Then the calves were
missed. The owner remembered hav
ing seen them close. to the stackand
their fate he surmised very quickly
It Is a big Job to move a;stiaw stack
as large as an ordinary five room cot-
tao. Mr. Stander postponed digging
out the bodies of the calves from day
to day. ilnally he concluded he
must get them out. Hy this time
the cattle had again eaten holes into
tbe sides of the stack. It was the
same huge affair as befuro the acci
dent.
Stander went to work resolutely,
An inroad by tho cattle had made a
larger hole than usual In one place.
I'be other n aces had not been eaten
away so much by tho cattle. It was
singular, thought Mr. Stander. A
noiso attracted his attention and af
ter about five minutes' work he
found the calves alive
Tbe hole eaten by tho cattle had
allowed them plenty of air. They
hid sutvived for twenty-four das
without water and with only straw
tor food.
President's salary $100,000.
Washington, Jan 31. Kepresenta
tlvi Hristow of New Yotk has Intro
duced a bill Increasing the salary of
tbe president of tho United SUus
tu Slot) 000 a year.
Think He Wa flurdcred.
Deatlioni, Mich. .Jan ut, S nbben
to death ty an uokno.ui as-aliant
and his body placed on tho tricks .if
an el iclilo road to cover up t ho cr lino,
seems to have been the ta'o of a
middle aged (leimau or lYlo, who
has not ye.t been Identified. A on
bound lor Dettolt t over tho body
last riluht, an when t remains
w te Axamliieti at t e morgue bare,
two deep stab whim ds we e r u 01 in
tbe bicast, apparently Inflicted by
a dagger.
Nebraska Notts
Milan G, Cook, of Fremont, waa
assessed $25 fur beating bis wife.
The Citizens' National bank of Te
cumseh has increased its capital stock
from 130,000 to $70,000,
The annual meeting of the Old Set
tlers' association of Otoe county
will be held in Neberaska City.
J. b, Roshong of McCook was run
over by toe cars and had a leg taken
0:1.
Mrs. L. W. Young, wife of ex Sen
ator Young, committed suicide at
Wilson vilie by takiDg carbolic acid.
J. B. Hoshong, an aged citizen of
McCook, was run over by the cars 1st
tbe yard losing a leg and receiving
severe Injuries about tbe bead. Oa
account of his advanced age an
feebleness, there is some doubt as te
bis recovery. Being hard of bear
ing, he did not hear the approacb at
tbe cars until too late .'
Thirteen cars of cattle have beea
shipped from the Ernest farmer aC
Tecumseh to the experimental faita
at Lincoln. Ten head of Shorthorns
are to be used in judging ano mark
Ing points and three Hereford cows)
with abnormal growths upon their
Jaws will be experimented upon. !
The Zellef Stock Food company baa
been organised at Hooper with a capn
ital of $40,000 $4,000 paid in. Tbd
company will continue the business)
of Dr. M. T. Zellers, who has beer
preparing this stock food for a year
nasi. The stock is held by citizens
of Hooper. '
Colonel McDonnell of the Secondl
Nebraska infantry has announced a
number of aipointmeuta as follows:
Regimental adjutant, Mayor Robert
A. Clapp of Fairbury; regimental
surgeon, Dr. ClilTord VV.;Walden oC
Beatrice; regimental chaplain, Rev.j
Addison E. K I It rjocker of Lin-
coin. i
A. B. Chelf, a grocery salesman
who left Alliance very suddeenly la
charged with bigamy. On January I1
Chelf was manied to a young worn-,
an at Wapella, III. It is alleged thafi
op his way to Illinois Chelf stopper!
off 1 t Grand Island, where he married
another girl. Mrs. Chelf No. 1 ar-
rived and Chelf left Alliance imme
diately. '
D. J. Sinclair, postorllcee inspec-1
tator has succeeded in capturing;
Pearl S. Kaseer, the postmaster at( -Gosper,
Neb., who is charged with
absconding with $500 of the money
order fur.rls of that office. Kaserleft
Gosper Jan. 13 with a companion!
and presuinab'y went to Denver. . In
spector Sinclair visited the postoflice
and found that the money order fund;
was short the amount mentioned anrl
immediately started to find tbe miss
ing ofriclal. He was captured at
Arapahoe.
The county clerk a.t Chadron an-,
nownced that the last available piec
of hind in the county to file oft
claims on has been filed on. The.
I ;st of the land, about i50 claim?,
was taken up by tbe Minnetonka Oil
Mining company. The oil belt,
which embraces what was known as
tbe "bad lands," is about eighteen
hy thiriy-s x miles. For years the
profi-ssnis and students of different
univeisittes have excavated for pre
historic relics there, and word has
been brought by them of small veins
of coal of an inferior grade, but no
attention was ever paid to what they
said. Now that interest in tbe re
gion has been aioused there as a hope
that coal of better crades will be,
found below the surface. Claims are
tiemg sold to some extent now for
three and four times what It eost tn
lile on them. The largest transfer
of deeded land was tbe sale of Hud
Mead's ranch to Nelson Up tun of
Omaha.
An unidentified man was found
hanging to a tree on the farm of A.
Hill, two miles north of N rfofV.
The body had evidently been hanging
there some time, Tte position was
such as to appear like one standing.
Mr. Hill first saw the man there,
the day before but thought it was
someone out hunting. Again seeing
I1I111 still in tbe same place, Mr. Bill
went near enough to ascertain thalj
Ihe man was dead. A piece of wire
hud been fastened around the neck
and ovet a limb of a tice and tha
man had strangled himself by Hftlnrf
his feet from the ground. The bod 4
was taken to the undertaking rooms
to await Identification. Inonep ele
ct was found $2'.).3r In casn, sod In
another some nicmorando, made on 4
piece of manila wrapping paper, evU
dently notations of farm prndnce-
taken to some grocer, and of soma
Items bought. Tiio man was between
fifty to sixty years of age, had gray
hair and wiihkers, wore a blue over
coat and was comfortably dressed. '
A runaway team of Paul Johnson
of Harvard, crashed Into he rear o
it carriage In which were Mrs. K. R.
Hunt and her mothei-ln-law, Mrs.
M. J. Hunt, of Bushnell, III. tfitb
ladles were greatly frightened and
badly bruised. Mrs. M.J Hunt, whi
Is 7:i yours of age, had her rlahl
wrist nod left aboulder broken anl
is quite seriously huit. tier dasuh-ter-ln
law Is not badly burt,' having
sustained no broken bonsis.
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