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aOVUWOR TO HA YE ORDER! MILITIA COLONEL TO ENFORCE PROCLAMATION DENVER, Col., Dec 5. -Governor Peabody Issued proclimation de larlng Cilpple Creek to be under cailial law, aod suspendios: the writ of habeas corpus lie declarn tbat tbe gold camp is Id a Mate of Insurrection and rebellion and that tbe clTll authorities are powerless to auiotalo order. Id support of Ms action tbe gov ernor cites tbe blow log up of a por tion of tbe Vindicator mine aod oth er acts of lawlessness, aud Declares tbat it is Impossible to cootiol tbe tuibulance of the caip by ordloary peaceable methods. Tbe proclamation does not state In soman words tbat martial law has been declared aud tbat tbe writ Of habeas coipus has beeo suspended, tut officials at tbe state bouse say lhat both these things aie intended. The military will not deal with all alleged offenders and try to punish them. Governor Peabody bases bis action lin the decision of the Idaho supreme tourt which declared that the act ol the governor of Idaho iu putting Into force to a limited extent martial law In theCouer d' AKne was lu ihoiougb harmony wltb the constitutional provision relating to suspension of the writof habeascorpus in this state Is similar to Hut of the Idaho con Itllutloo. Col. Edward Verderkberg, cmn tnander of the military fuice in Crip ple Creek, wa with the governor when he dictated the proelan aih.n. He left Cilpple Creek l iter in the day 'wlLh a copy of the proclamation. Wbo'esale arrests of strikers sus pected of Implication In the Vindica tor explosion and othei cases of vio lence will be. mane tomorrow. Dowie Wih Pay Up. CHICAGO, Dfc. 5 Stronger prooi .Of the fact that all of John Aleiand r Dimie's credit' rs are uuta uiiltiu the desire to have his estate ad ji mistered by the bankruptcy couit was given yesterday afternoon. Seven credi tors, representing claims of more than $10,000. Uled an answer in the Celled Sutes district court lo whlcn they asked Juiuc Kohlsialti Inquire luto thequ'Silou of Duwle's slveucy at once. They denied that the head of Zlon City Is insolent. Siiuiltjneous'y with the tiling f tbsu objections attorneys represent ing the IIUO.OOJ claim of Samuel SU vensou, Duwie's brother-in-law, an nounced that they would appear in tbe federal con it this morning with Dowie's representatives to ask tl.at theoiiglnal petitioners be requested to give an Ind (unifying bond in the sum of S.'oo.ox). This request will le made, it is sild, for the purpose if baving something to h id those win brought the bankruptcy petition tesputilstjle in the event the case is dismissed on a shoeing of Dowie's sol.eney. A middle aged man, known to Dowie's fo lowers only as the "Mil waukee millionaire." arrived at Zlon City yestetdav. A prominent Dcwie Ite who refused to allow the use of his name said that the visitor was the "deliverer" whom Dowie rnetloned at his rally Wednesday us beIn will ing to pay Dole's entire indebled- ties If Duwie wished. Have Falling Out WASHINGTON, Dec 5.-Recent reference lias been made In a public way to charges tiled against Alouzo JR. Cruzen, a Nebraskan appointed to tbe position of Unit d Slates collec tor of customs for Porto Kico. Mr. Cruzen visited Nebraska In August, ana then Hated lie would resign next spiing If his enemies would stop pur suing him, but he wntild not resign jrider Are. Recently the treasury department sent two special olllceis iotitoSan Juan to cheek up Cru aen'si nice, and their report was filed a few weeks ag j. A hlh ofli I il of ihe treasury derailment stated that Cru acn's accnurils were all rU'ht, and that he was regarded hs a competent official. Tom Cooke, a Lincoln man now of Porto Rico, whom Cruzen de jx:d is said to have been active to tffirts to have Cruzen supplanted. Boy of Eight it Kidnaped. ELGIN. 111., Dec. 5.-Irvlue Miller, aged eightycars, was kidnapped from the v 1 11 iuc school at Hamishite by a man and woman whos Identity li tonkoowri. The hoy Is an orphan, ;i.b considerable property due him When he become of awe, and tun b' en 'living with h'S uriele, Knd Weltering fiu n 7a im two miles Irom town. Lots of a Half Million, '6AL1XA, Kas.. Dec. 6 -Fire thai jtated here at nnou yesterday, and 'which f it a time threatenc I the cu jtlre business fllstrlct, de-.lroyed t lie (four-story building occupied by the !H. D. Lee Wholesale Grocery c unpaiiy, .damaged the building and conteriti of tbe H. D. Leo llardwaie company land burned several srnallei hull Un (Causing in aggregate luas estimated jataQtf.OOO. lusurance about 2V COLBY SUMMONED CONTAGION OF INVESTIGATION INVOLVED HIS NAME. WITNESSES ARE SENT FOR Inquiry rappoard la Hrar an lacui "" of AIJa ant Urncraa'a VOica ( alvar Callad la Ttltj. (facial to tL.lt Journal) OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 1.- The coo (agloo of official investigation arising I oiu the presiut federal grand jury ill affect For-jir State Adjutant General L. W. Colo of Beatrice.. Summons was issued Saturday for Adjutaut General J. 11. Culver and I). Davis of Lincoln and for A. O. Smith of Beatrice to appear before Ihe grand Jury in coi nectiou with tertaln events In the ( Bice of the ad iitam general at Lincoln pi ior to the Incumbeucy of General Culver. Mr. Culver Is required to bring with him lie bonks, accounts and records of ihe adjutant general's ofllce for the (ears 1901. and 1903. Various rumors ate current reeard itig thij sunder, ir.jcrllon of the ad jutant general' offlce into the grand j'liy deliberations. A, O.. Smith, a farmer clerk Id that otlice uufler Gen. L. W. Coiby'8 administration, is said to be back of tbe Investigation Mr. Smith and General Colby were form erly warm pirsoual liietds and have recently, It is said, become en itrangled. and the vinUctivtness of Ur. Smith toard his firmer chief, It Is alleged, is now even more bD ter tnau their former friendship was cor- li.il. Mr. Smith was Colhy's chief clerk l.irlng the latlers' term of otlice, aud Ihe calling fr the hooks of the otlice Inr the years duilng Geneial Colby's lei in is taken .to indicate that soma in. cresting developernerils are com Inif. It Is reported that the value of $.1. loo worth of blankets given by the Idjutatit general to convicts at the penitentiary following Ihe burning If the ceil house and the value of liilplies sold to national guard otll ters are some of tbe Items under (uvistlgaili n. Wheti er the adjutant leneral's olllce was ever riliubursed for the value of the blankets or ho Ihe a -count was tiualiy adjusted of Inquiry by Mr. Smith since he was removed from the clerkship by Geu- Iral Colty. Blot On Naiioa. LONDON, Dec. 7. linger Case went, Uiilisli consul in the Congo Btate, has Just completed a tour of luvestigation undertaken uudei toe I orders of the llritlsh government, ari l Le fully confirms the worst reports jof outrages perpetrated on natives jtf that part of Afnea. Mr. Case ment's tour was to have lasted six lluonlhs, but after the scenes tie wit- ocftsed and the Information he ob tained lu the titsl two mouths the t'onsul decided that futther evidence wjs uuiieceSiary. The report which Mr Casement Is now piepariug fur Ihe furllu bttlce will show lhat the most h rrl ble outrages are still being uer petratcd under the "lubber it giine," Slid that slavery and barbarism It. ti.elr most revolting fuims still txist. 'lbe Casement party traveled ovei thousand miles from the Cial, along tbe Congo and its trtinnaiks, visiting the Ablr and Lu.onga rub btr zones. Pending tbe delivery of Ihe report to the furtlgu i tike the Investigators refuse tu f u iuit.ii anj H nails, but a member of the mission tummed up the situation by saying: "l'he must terrible slave y txlsis, the administration is atn clous and If there is nut speedy niterven.iuu it will be too late. New Move In Bennett Will. NKW HAVEN, Cunu., Dec. 7. Ci unsel for Hilliatii J. liryao jes.er day made a umllou lu the pi' ioute court asking ti at the sealtd letter ieferted tu lo the will of the late I'hllo S. liennett by wlild) the widow, Grace Inn gene lieiineit is dlrecfd to give .lo.OuO lo Mr. Hryui and family, ho placed lu the cusiouy Of the probate court. In the molu It is slated that the lett r will un doubtedly be tiCvioed wneti the ap peal from piobaie reach's the suptt lorcuuit, and lhat It sh.mld there fure be kept with other documents Iu tbe case ttlihoug'i the pmbaie coirt excluded it fioru probate nu Hie ground that It was tint a part of tne will. The coutt will lake :ust ody of tbe leiler. Everyone on Board Lot. ST. JON IIS, N. F., Dec 7. Ati unknown bijaate-il.ged vissel, be lieved to be a Norwegian cmft, btrm k on Ferry land head, tiear Cpe K.ice, during a furious storm at mfunuht I t may mghi. Every soul uln uid per ished. One body was wished ashore yesteiday moruing but boro iiotinng which could possibly lead lo Its Identification. It m .y be p.-sslble to tofplify Iba vcaael when tbe tea goes tuwo and learn tbe Dumber of loal. 1.1 NO HASTE TO APPElR SENATOR DETRICH HAS NOT YET SHOWN UP IN COURT. Ojx-cUl to Suu Journal) OMAHA, Dec. 8 -United States Senator Dietrich spent tbe day io Omaha with bis cour.cil, General Cow in, arranging details of bis de tente in lus f .rib coming trial in tbe federal court on charges of conspiracy and bri'.ery in connection with the appointment of a postmaster at Has tings, Neb. The senator has not ap pered In court fur arraignment, and General Cowln stated tbat be pro bably would not do so. Tbe grand jury resumed its labors yeterda afternoon. Tbe pistoOlce cases still have the floor aod the V li ft luville aod Falrburr cases are under consideration;. Several of tbe wit nesses are yet to arlve, and lo tbe Inttrlm the, gj-and Jury is looking over ibe laud fencing ;se again. Tin grand Jury hIso began the In vest Egatloo of matters io tbe department of the adjutant general if Nebraska, duiing tbe last state administration, when Gen. W. L. Colby was at the head of be depart ment and witnesses have been sum moned. The investigation is In con nect, on with the appropriation of money to reimburse the government for b ankets supplltd to the state pen itentiary after the fire at that In stil ut Ion two years ago. Arljut int Ger.eaal Culver and Store keeper Davis of the national gu ild aaivel in Omaha yesterday af.er noon from Lincoln, brii.gltig with them the records of the olllce cover ing General Colby's Incumbency. General Culver made this statement tit tie press : "Aec Tiling to my understanding, the charges against Gitieial Colby grow out of the use of tbe flat I'inal guard blaukets at the penitentiary subsequent to the Ore In 1901. There weie seven hundred blankets Issued from our stores, on the ruder of Act ing Guvernor Savage, Governor Diet rich being absent from the state. Tnese blankets, valued at S3.20 each, have since remained In the possscshn' of the penitemlar. The legislature, as I undeistand it, appropriated ".onie $2.0hj for the purchase ofblatkets, and, as the militia blankets were handy, they were used. The que-t-lon. I think, is as to the disposhlun of t tie m ney vnted by the legislature. "1 hardly think it Is chaiged that Gener.l Colby appropiiated this mnjey fur his t wn use. lie may have convened It for the use of the mid t'u for other purposes, and this might constitute a technical In frli gement of the regulati ms. Tlii8 is a matter I know absolutely noth ing about, having never i vis lirated the question. I do knnw that Mr. Smith. General Colby's chief clerk, who Is said to have preferred the charges, had a cialm for $000 or 700 fur expert services In General O'lby's olllce, which the general refused to allow, and which the legislative outi mlttee turned down on his re.com men atlon. Twenty Indictments are' known to have been voted by the federal grand 'jury and there Is not a little ititeiet to know against who they are directed It is exueeted they will be reported to the coutt witbiD a short time. Have Him Dead To Rights SIOUX CITY. Dec. 8.-Just as Andrew Lee asked for a package at tbe American Express company offlce xesl- dav ruurning Chief of I'oilca D ivenport tapped him on t lie s ould er and Deteetlve Harvey drew a re volver from bis blp p icket. "Take me, you've got me dead to rights," 'Lee exclaimed and made no reslst (ance He confessed to the burgbny of Joht son's harness shop at IN nd r, ,N h., last Friday night, lie had taken the goo Is wo-ili $250 and ex piessed them to Sioux City. Dowie Proposes to Settle. CHICAGO, I ce. 8. In a statement which places his ssets it more than f .ur times as tuu-li as his liabilities, John Alexander Dole at a meelli g Hiltetided by a majority of tils credi tors submitted a proposal by wh ch it is elievcdlhat the financial le i Va n City will be stralghtet. ln,u satisfactory manner. Winers Become Temperate. POITSVILLE Pa., Dec .8. Asa rr suit of the Increase of temperance s n lnt nt umoig tbe nnthrailts tiitneis, nearly one-third of the 1,11;) s I n keepers ( f Sc!iiiyklll county will go out of business t ext year. Tins Is shown by the decrease In the. number of apillciitils lor llceuse. Fear Con ng ous Disease. PIITSI'UUG. P,j., Dec. 8. -The engineering and collegiate depart mints of the Western university of Pennsylvania, In which there tiro over two hundred students, were closed yesterday for an Indefinite I, erl d owing to lbe presence of con- t glous disease In the family of the Jan t' r occupying a portion of the hiilMlng. One of the family It afflicted with dlohtherla and two ara aown wltb scarlet fever. OLDEST ENGLISH PAPER. oDdoi Gaictta Ja the Laaat Bead, bat Fay. lOO,OU0 a Year. The London Gazette is the oldest ind least read of any English newspa per. It is at once tbe biggest and the ast of all our papers, for it is the inly paper in the land which change ts size from one page to a hundred, iccording to the pressure of tbe news, .t is tbe only newspaper whose word s law and whose authority is accept--d in tbe witness box. It can make bid unmake bankrupts. It is tbe only paper in which cer Mia persuns are compelled to adver Je. aud in which certain other pe lting cannot advertise for love or lioney. It yields a profit of $100,000 i year. Time was when the editorship of the Gazette was one of tbe spoils of )tnce, worth $4,000 a year. It was tna recognized reward of party service In tbe press. Under the old regime the Gazette lad. besides Its editor, a staff of flv lerks appointed by the treasury, but u 1S89 the treasury remodeled th aianageuient elsewhere and left tl, (vhole responsibility of the Gazette OA ts present publishers, Messrs. Harrl ion & Sons. The printing of the pa jior has been in the Harrison family for practically 130 years. Absolute secrecy as to the contents if any furthcoming Gazette prevails it St. Martin's lane, and though there ire a thousand workers lu Messrs. Harrison's ofllce, no Item of news has ;ver leaked out before Its time. 12 v ry sheet of copy is private and confl lentlal until It appears for all the world to see. The copy for the Ga tette Is written In the government of fices, often by cabinet ministers them selves, and Is Invariably returned with tbe proofs. Each secretary Initials his copy, and in cases of promotion in the services no paragraph Is accepted even In proof without being initialed a sec ond time. Now and then on very rare occa sions a piece of copy Is received auto graphed by the sovereign. Westmin ster Gazette. aLUAI, FLINT AND SULPHURIC ACID. It Is reported that In many localities houses are infested by ped tiers trying to Sell or Intro uce so-called "cheap" or low priced baking powders, either directly or by an order upon a grocer, in most Instances deception is used, and it is clt med that the article is a genu ne baking powder an 1 has all the me lts of a pure article. Housekeep e 8 i-hould be on tt elr guard against this danger to their food. Alum pow ders are almost a ways low priced. But they are well known t be detnmen'&l lobealh. In Eng'and and In some 'ections of this country their sale Is roh I hi ted by law. Congress has for bidden the sale of food containing aium In the District of 0 dumb a. The ilghestau hori ties condemn their use. Dr. S. W. Johnson, for Instance, Pro fessor of Chemistry at. Yale Co'lege, ays: "Bread made with a baking powder containing alum mustyied a sol ub e alun 1 ia salt with the gastrlo juice, and mist, therefore, act aa n poison " It l wll known that these so-called "cheati" goods are made from a um or the very cheapest of materials. One of them was recen ly ana'yzed at Yala College and found to be one-qusrter sharp pointed grains of ground flint. 1 it hers are tilled with sulphuric acid, and salts of lead are also found In nem lu baking powders be sure to gat a reputable well-known cream of tartar brand, and never buy from pedd era. SAGACITY OF MR. SAGE. Bla Keaaoa for Kefuain to Adranc Another Loan. One day a young man of Russell Bage's acquaintance In fact, thi p-andson of au old friend of othei days approached him on the sub.,ect Df a loan of In dollars for two week! and got it. He promised faithfully t return the money at a stated h iur, and Ihe promise was as faithfully kept Mr. Sage had very little to say wuei be gave up the ten, and quite as llt.lt When he got it back. A week or ten days later the youn limn came to see him again, and tub time asked him for a hundred dollars Inaking all sort of representations ol what he would di with It. Mr. Sng jefused to unto. The young man wai surprised, int to cay pained. "Why," he exclaimed, "you know IT pay it all right. Didn't 1 say I'd liavi that ten for you on Monday, and wasn't I there to the minute with It? Mr. Sage beamed softly on the grand son of bis old friend. "My boy," he said, with no trace ot uiiklndne8 In his tone, "you disap pointed me once and I don't want yon to do It aualn." "I beg your pardon, I did not,' nrgued the youth. "I, said 1 would pa) you back and 1 did." "Yes, yes, my boy," purred Mr. Sage "you paid back the ten, and I nevei expeetoil yon would. Now If I let yon have n htindml 1 should expect you t ). buck, and you wouldn't. On fii.-appoiutment at my time of life It enough, my bny. Good-morning " Collier's Weekly. ' Senator Sorghum' View. "There are always two sides to luestton," said the brond-mlnded man "That's true," answers Senator Sor ghum; "and the question must nlwrtyi he carefully studied to ascertain whlcb side la going to pay the beat" -Want) 'ngton Star. Borne families have TacytlLl&c an i till have aoibloj. V OUTLINES HIS CASE SENATOR DIETRICH EXPLAINS PLAN OF DEFENSE- HINGES ON OFFICE RENT DEAL WITH FISHER MADE TO ELECTION. Iaclaraa tba Smaller Poatoffloa Pluaa Ware hi Hia affair. Hoi lhat ef p. . Thump-on and Mia supuuiter. (Special tocute Journal) OMAHA, Neb., Dec. i -lo a re presentative of tbe Journal yesteiday Senator Dietrich outliueabis defense In the coming trial. For the evidence given so far be declares be hus'con l ra ck ory proof. Up to yesteraay tbe senator lias declined to be inter viewed at length. Io this he was acting oi the ad vice of counsel. His statement yesterday was a history In m bis standpoint of tbe entir case. Tbe smatoi's attorney, Gen. J. C. Cow in, said yesteiday lhat In every piubabiiity the etfoits to have tb; trial next week will succeed. Senator Dietrich said: "The first point in my favor Is that Postmaster General Charles Emory Sm th, when he isited Hast ings iu tbe fall of I'.MX) examined the old post iflice building auo witt.out suggestion from others said the quarters were too small. I Diomised Jacob Fisher my recommendation for his appointment as pistmaster at llastinns wnen I wis governor, and 'bad no Idea whatever of beci'tnitig :nator. As politicians knew, I was k compromise candidate, the select I m b.ing made in a few hours. I'tior to the action of the caucus vvheu I was agreed on I bad rented to the government a floor in n.y tjiiildinz to be used as a postofflce. Immediately there were ptotests of exorbitant rentals by ptouet ly own ers In the otner end of town. At Hastings there exists between resi uents of the two ends of the town a feeling as bitter as that animating a county seat tinht. My building was forty feet from tne old postofflce. Hither than have tbe postofflce go to the other side of town 1 consented to a reduction in the rent rrom $i,koo to $l,3n0 a year, with the under standing tbat the fixtures aod jani tor service which I had agieed to furnish would be provided by the postmaster. Nebraska Court Keversed. WASHINGTON, Dc 9. -To it opinion hy Justice White the sup reme court of the United States re versed the decision of the supreme court of Nebraska, in the case of Sch uyler National bank of Schuyler, Neb., vs. Giorge Thrush and others. The case luvolved a que9'i"n of the exaction of usury by the bank. Thrush and his wife were debtors to the president of the bank in the sum of rjve thousand dollars, and they gave a nnte for that ammint, with interest at the rate of 12 per cent. This rate of Interest was usurious under tbe Nebraska state law, and Thrush asked for a computation of the interest, which showed that, counting the payment of Interest, as the pavment of principal, as p r f ided f ir by the state, the note h id beeo reduced to $200. The state "ourt held this plan to be valid on the iiround that the use was gnvet ned by the state and not by federal law, Inasmuch as the note was made payable to an officer of the hank and not to the bank itself. Justhe White's opinion reversed the finding and was favorable to the contention of Ihe bank that the case came within the purview of the federal la, and lhat the interest payments could not be computed as payments of P'lncf pal. Dowie Again Has Control. CHICAGO, Dec. 9. -John Alexand er Dowie Is again In control of Zlon City and all its Industries, ihis turn in the affairs of the head of the. Christian Catholic church fi. llowed a financial showing mado which satisfied all the creditors, who Im mediately marie a formal motion he foie Judge kohlsaat to have the re celvcrshlp, appointed by the United States district court a week ago, dis solved. Girl Shot Ihiough Window. RISING SUN. Ind., Dec. O.-MIsi El zibetli Gillespie, piomliicnt lo local society, was assassinated lasl night while sitting In the front renin of her residence. The murderer shot at her thruuuh a window, the entire chargo of shot taking effect In th side ol her head. On Side of Safety. COLON, Dec. K A company Oi marines from the United States auxll lay cruiser Dixie, under comuifnd of Captain McCreary, were landed here this morning and took a train for Empire, a to n on the rallroiri near Panama, where a camp was es tablished lo the canal company'! buildinyg. Another company oi marines, to tbe number of titty from the Dixie, left on the afternoon train for Empire. The camp at Empire li OJ ineirnugmy equipped. NEBRASKA NOTES W. H. Smith, an old settler of De So . '-a, la dead. He was known every- where aa "Corn King Smith." J-' . Tbe Register is the name of a new newspaper just established at Kulo' i by Messrs. Hurlbutt & Haynea. j W. g. Martin, one of tbe oldeat aefc PRIOR tiers In Bellevlew, is dead at tbe ag . 66. He belonged to tbe first MaaotV . Ic lodge in tbe state. Mrs. L. C Richards will be succeed ed on tbe Line In library board by Mrs. John S. Eeed, former city libra rian. A number of Plattamoutb wonsea attended tbe Ninth district oonven linn of the Women's c'nba held la Council Bluffs Wednesday. Daniel Harpster, aged 67 years, and for tbe past thirty years a resident of the vicinity of Blue Springs, ..died Saturday. - He is survived by a wlfa and one daughter. Mr. Robert Austin and Miss Flora Cuminlngs rere united In marring Sunday afternoon at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Thrum In West Beatrice Rev. Edger Price offlcatlng. Rev. H. W. Burton will become pa . tor of the first Congregational church at W hio. ne re-ign the pastnrata of the Havelock Congregational Church. At a meeting at Lincoln of the 'J?e hnska Prison association addrwMes were delivered hy Dr. George L Ml'ler of Omaba. Mayor Adams of Lincoln and Professor Davlsson. J. W. spfckler, supervisor Of th Spcond district at Humboldt, has fl 'edl a contest on the el ctlon returns,. He w"s defea'ed for re election by four votes by W. J. McCray. At a meeting of the printers at Pev trice, P. M. Jones of Omaha, organi zer of th typncrrsphlcl union, was presen. and enough names were ob tained to secure a charter. Judge Klnkaid recmraendej ati Washington the following postmas ters: Jacob H. Walhurn, McKintrlck, Ou-ter county; Christina Chr'stense Hunter, Sioux county; Wi'llam F Munt, BrocVsburg, Keya Paha county. - The senate ha Just confirmed the fol owlng appointments of postmas"; ' ters for Nebraska: T. T. Varney, Alna- 1 y; T. B. Walker, Atkinson; n. L. Cre-" lin, Plalnvlew; Edward McLernon,: Sidney; 8. W. W Ison, Wood River; Melathon Pcott. South Auburn. The wife of W. J. Van Leer dropp 4 dead while getting the afternoon mall la the postofflce at Fullerton. Mrs. Van Leer was a young worn in and aprfnred to be in perfect health, nenrt failure wa? the cause of tea young woman's death. -. Dakota City seems to have Some per sons In it t' at "worV while others sleen." Last night the c'othes lines of J. T. Spencer. R. B Orr and Mrs. W. I. Brnvhlll were robbed and Mrs. Ells aheth Mlnter reports the loss of ab ut twenty-flve chickens. ' :; The stuff had the appearance of hai In? laid thfre for some time and waa no doub- pat there by fellows who had a hand In the Emerald bank robbery hst month. The stuff was taken in , chrg by the chief of police and will' destroyed. " L. A. Biggins and Sheriff smith of; f'ay county returned to Harvard with the man who is alleged to have robbed Biggins' store on the nigh of Novem hft 13. He had $200 worth of the goods when arrested He gave hla iijme as E. L. Ferguson of Seneca, Kansas. B. W. Tice came to Cass county fr m New York City with about ona dozen' children from -the Madison Sqiare Branch Orphanage. Tba little ones were all bright appearing children and no trouble was exper- . lenced in finding good homes for ., them. Word has just been received that t-o'riie Minxk, the 20-year old son .if Mr. an I Mrs Edward Mlntck, of Auburn, died of typhoid fever atTut con, Anz. Some two weeks ago hla . parents rec lved word that he waa vrv low with the disease at the rail road hospital. HI' mother at once repaired to his bedside, but was unable to save him. W T. G-ace and Hugh McLean, twe. employes In the BurMngton round house, chased a rabbit under a pl'eof ties in the yrds. When they got to noking around this tb y found stuck away undor the ties an elgbt-ounoa rttle of nltro-glycc-'ne, twi sticks ot dynamite, a coil or blasting fuse, about a pound of beeswax, a dien large per cussion raps, several tallow candles In short a regular safe cracker's outfit. The new Lutheran church at Plerca was r'eaicated Sunday. Services w ' held In the morning, afternoon and hk r,he evenlrur. The morning and fcJter--"oon "ervlces were rfe'l vcred In GermaV ' d the evening service in English. I the afternoon the music was furnish o) hy 'he Lutheran choir frctn Norfolk. The two brick yards of Table Roeto a ve closed down, with a number ef ,rd. rsyet unfilled. About lO.tAC" briek bate been aude aod tfUpcej of thto
