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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1896)
THE NORTHWESTERN OKU. E. lIBKaCHOTBB, Editor * l ull. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA. Central Nebraska teachers had a very profitable meeting at Hastinga The Lancaster county democrats will hold their convention at Lincoln, April JBth. A Modern Woodman camp baa been organized et Alda with twenty-lire ebarter mein here. F. M. Cook, cashier of the Klret Na tional bunk of Lincoln, is minus a toe, •hot off while hunting. Huy home made goods and build up home Industries, is a good policy. Far reli's Fire Extinguisher, made by Far rell A co., Omaha. The 3-year-old son of O. iiarrakoet. living near Oakland, had his forehead laid open by the kick of a horse and la not expected to live. NebrusKS postofilcrs have been dis continued thus: Kosden, lloone coun ty, mail will goto Albion; Kldgely, Dodge couty. mull will go to James town. Charles F. Smith has beencotn misaloned postmaster at Stafford, and Johanna S. Wemjulst at Denman, Neb. I.aet weak inspector General N R Lundeen. In the presence of Adjutant General R H. Harry of Lincoln, reor Ssnized company A. First regiment, lebraskn National Guard, with a mem- , bership of forty-five, County Superln- | tendent George li. Iloldeman being chosen as captain. The conipsny Is made un of the best young men of the city of York. vs ti/ t • i_— v ui..... na. am. -— —J * — — gineer on the Omaha road, called at tbe Drexel hotel In Omaha and a.»Ue<l tor a room, leaving Instruction* to be | called at noon. At 12 o’clock the clerk rapped at the door, but Carrigau failed to reply. Looking over the transom, the clerk saw the man lying on the bed. Tee door was broken open and it | was found that he was dead. At a meeting of the Nebraska club j in Omaha last week, Secretary Will- j lamson made a statement of the work being dona in other states to aid and encourage immigration, giving an idea of the methods pursued in the north, west and south, and he also read letters received from different parts of Ne braska showing an interest in the movement of tbe club. One of the sensational cases in tbe district court of I'helps county last week was the divorce case brought by the wife of Judge G. W. Htover. The case did not appear on the bar docket* and never has. but the paoer* pur ported to have been filed In July. 1896. The case was heard by the court in pri vate for the plaintiff and she got a de cree of divorce ane $1,800 alimony. Work is steadily progressing for the Western Nebraska Irrigation fair to be held in North Platte. The people of the western part of the state are tak ing great interest in the matter, and the first buildings will be erected in tbe near future A $300 bicycle track ia being built, and with the old sol diers’ reunion, which meets there at the same time, will draw many people to North Platte. lJudge Ktull of Beatrice overruled a motion for a new trial in the bastardy case of Walker against Walker, giving the plaintiff judgment for $700 and fix ing the allowance for the support of the child at $7 per month for a period of twelve years. It is understood that Walker, who has been pastor of the Baptist church in Beatrice for some time past, has departed for parts un known, leaving his flock to take care of itself. L. (X Jackson, a fruit dealer of Friend for the past seven or eight years, and owner of business and resi dence property near the center of the city, left town last week, driving to Fairmont, and from there by train to unknown parts, lie deserts an estima ble wife and child, who are nearly dis tracted. There is no cause for his uc tion, his business affairs being in good condition and his domestic relations agreeable. On the application of ex-County At torney itoyd of Madison county, the governor has issued a requisition on the governor of Wisconsin for the return to this state of one Victor K. C Craw, who la charged iu Madison with "fraudu lently selling uad disposing of proper ty." It is revealed by the papers in the caaa that Craw was indebted to several pariiae in Madison county, and sold hit property there end moved to \\ laconsin without paying his creditors At its recent monthly meeting the tiraud Island l.iederkrans society en gaged I’rof. II. A. Ilartllng of that elty as director of the slate sangerfeet fes tivities, to be held there August 13, M and IS. I’rof. Hurtling Is a local mu sieian who, ss head of the I'aciHe Hoea company baud, which satisfactorily tilled an engagement at the last slate fair, as director of Oraud Island's or ehealra. has won quite a distinct posi tion lu musical circles all over the cen tral portion of the state Washington dispatch senator Thure ton and Kepreseutativa Meiheijuhn in tend tomorrow to eail upon t’rveldenl 1 levataud in regard lu the Thayer pea stun bill which passed the senate at tha close of the session yesterday, i heir ebyevt la to secure if possible, an early signature to tn« bill I he bill to pension tiovernor i hayer **ecalled up I* the einelM half hour of the senate by Neaatot Thnraton. while heaator Allen was out of the chamber, and was passed tn just thirty seconds, without debate. The Ki.uuu aere Farley pasture on the W iauebogu reservation la being Woken up prepare to* t to farming l aiug las county nee slaty gvepatteete la the Hastings Any lorn for iavaratds Insaaa The total number of taut a tea la that laatitwtion from ail over the atate la 43* Tha ofhee safe et M etarene lumber yard ia Ashland was tided of stout ||u by home tateei Ike burglars entered the hotldtag by the been door aed lowed tha safe d<uo uaioehed I hey opened It and with the help of a hem * Me# aad vSteed Won sat the iron money Was t hey tail tbe*r Cade aad tha ananey ho* on tha 4m • Rev. J. C Irwin, who ha* been pas tor of the I'resbyterian church at North Finite for the past five years, resigned his pastorate last Monday night Mr. Irwin has been in failing health for the past year, and will goto farming near that city. Major Clarkson says that on May 1 there will be over 500,000 acre* of land tinder Irrigation In Nebraska with ditches constructed and water In the ditchea. I.esa than 5 per cent of thla land, he says, la under cultivation, and forty acres of such land will give a sure living for a family if properly farmed and provide it with a substantial reve nue. lie predict* that within the nest year there will be at least >,000,000 acres of land under irrigation In thla state. Car No. 'tWU, which arrived In (trend Island from Omaha the other morning, was found to have been broken into and some goods stolen. A large lot of shoes, generally of a lino grade arid In summer styles, consigned to a dealer at Denver, were scattered all over the car. An old pair of shoe* were left In the car, as whs also a pair of mittens < andie drippings on the grerdsthal had been opened clearly Indicated that the roblrery was committed at night. It ia supposed to have taken place between (iilmore and Valley. County Attoiinky Mchpiiy of Nema ha county has been In Mncoln confer ring with liovernor Holcomb a* to the boundary dispute between Nebraska and Misaouri. A temporary truce haa been declared between the rival claim ants of the two stales for the land and there Is no Immediate fear of an out break. liovernor MUme of Missouri haa written liovernor Holcomb saying he Is anxious to co-operate In the courts In arriving at a settlement of any dispute that has arisen or may arise. The weekly crop report made to (ien eral Manager Holdrege of the Hurling toil shows that the outlook Is vsry good In Nebraska, and unless some unfor viiiibv' inn urn hitiw big crops in the stale. On the northern division email grain in being Beaded and forty arret In etigar beet* have just been put In near Vork In the last week Some potatoes are being planted and preparation for corn in well advanced. *ecd la cheap and farmers are planting more than in previous year* The win ter grain ia good. At St. Kdward the team of .lame* Northrup became frightened at the train and ran awuy in *pite of all the efforts of Mr. Northrup to hold them When they reached Heaver street, In atesd of turning op town, they turned toward the track. .fu*t at till* time one of the line* broke and the driver, seeing that it would be lmpu**lbie to atop them, jumped from the wagon, alighting on hla head, unhurt. A» they crossed the track the engine struck the wagon, cutting the horses loose and throwing the wagon into the ditch, rather badly demoralized, A man and hla wife of average slat* ure and of ordinary appearance were on the B. A M. train thi* morning, says the I’lattsmouth New*, bound for their home at Beaver City. They had been In Canada for the past four years and were returning to Nebrawka. There waa nothiug strange shout thi* fact, but they had with them a baby twenty months old that waa just beginning to tulk, and remarkable a* it may seem, the infant prodigy weighed ninety pounds, and was Indeed u sight worth seeing. The mother said the bube weighed nine pounds at birth but whan if was a weak old It began t>> take ou flesh at a wonderful rate and had con tinued to grow. There is much talk In Lincoln over the suicide of Masey Cobb, treasurer of Lancaster county. One of the most convincing proofs of suicide is the con versation Cobb held with some of the employe* in his office at different times. ! He had told several parties that they would find him In the bottom of Mult _1. * t. ..I..- iL.t 1... t. .. A about all he wanted of this world, and other remarks, showing that his mind | was lu a morbid condition, lie had talked of the subject of suicide with his wife, and a friend of the fam ily says that on four different occasions his wife had taken razors from him when he was threatening to cut his throat (iovernor Holcomb, president of the Nebrnskn club, is taking an active per sonal interest in its work. He has de livered addresses in Its behalf on cer tain occasions and his interest is indi cated by the following extracts from letters written hy him to the secretary and others: "I am glad to note tins movement is proceeding so favorably and see no reason why It should not extend to many portions of the stale and become a movement for great good in udvauring the material welfare of the state. I shall he glad to assist iu any manner In which i may to help carry to a successful end this move ment and will, in all probability, be aide to t>a present at the meeting you mention." 'I he editor of the iimaha lire, in a re cent discussion, said the Nebraska club has a great work before it and should meet wilh the cordial co-operation of •11 classes lie hod seen Nebraska grow from a population of ftu,uut to a milium and ibis was not the ttrst pe riod of depression through whieh the ■tale bsd passed He referred to the depression which followed the building of the I nmn I'oeihc railway when the impetus of that movement bad died out I hi* wee followed by the psliit of »•?*, and tnta almost immedistaly hy the grasshopper plague, but within iaas than three years after these d* struettve vtsiiaihw* Nebraska was the Mecca of immigration from all parts a) the country, and on the high read u prosperity t he delegation from the I'tne Uhlgt i reservation to Hashing too returned I lost wash and In the near future an j other big powwow wtU tor hatd ihei I Usurps t srthundei little Hound kicking Itear and ••plain t'huudci Hear, the dv.egslvv may Inform lh< vartuua Italy of their rveeptmn am the result* of the tr ip they on I* if* with the eevretary of me tate-u# and j among the te*{mr*l* made were Ihet ih< • nueltic* doe thr r ' » »*iy should tr j paid la money instead of met. handts* | eta, also that their per capita allow •nee, which hat not been paid pr mpl ly, be paid at once and lb tire tutors upon the date* due THE SENATOR CALLS A CONFER ENCE OF ILLINOIS FRIENDS. HI8 BOOM NOT HEALTHY The Peeling «f ilia Mete Mol P.nimgh in rieaee ih« 4a|>lranl for I’realilentlal Miiunra - Hellremenl Prom the Hare lla>« Than 1.1 half—Ton *f...h **n* llment for M. Hlnlejr, WaeuiNoroM, At>ril lit I'nHed Ntalea Me mi tor Hniilby M Ctulom of lllinoia, whoa# elute ha* not received with not hualaam hie candidacy for the Kepublicun nomination for I'n-aident, judging from McKinley In-lrucl one in varloua eongrraalonal convention*. ha» called for a conference with lead ing Itepunlieen* of lllinoia to conalder hie continued candidacy. It waa re ported yeaterday that he had ittcii a letter withdrawing from the race, but bad decided to defer ila publica tion. but later It wan declur-- l Hint lie bad not prepared the letter a< d would not do ao until after the conference Culloin'a frlenda In IlllnoU haw in formed him that he can have (he con veilidon'a Indore*in■ nt, hut that it will be by a email majority. Meveral of them liuve, within the pu*t weeir ad vleed him atrongly to withdraw, argu ing ihat Indoraeim-nt by a little over half of the convention woulil In- worac llian nothing The Menalor has lis tened seriously lo these advisers, hut has postponed lloul answer until ha can meet those leader* of the parly in tho state on whose original advice lie consented to he a candidate, The convention wilt not meet until April 2b, and the Senator feel* that there is no need of haste In acting upon the ijuesllon of withdrawal While he personally will not admit that he has reamed any decision, and while he probably has not fully de termined in hi* own mlud what he Is going to do, hi* friend* here, espe cially mem tiers of the Illinois delega tion, are satisfied he will In due time announce hi* withdrawal. They con slder It as good as settled that the State convention will not he asked to Indorse him for the presidency, ARMOR PLATE PROBLEM. Th» Nsnate Nsvsl I urn mlttss In a Qiisd ilsry »s to Private Contract# Wasiiimotom. April 18,—The senate committee on naval affair* had a se cret session to-day for the purpose of considering the testimony which had been taken In connection with tha ar mor plate Investigation Theonly defi nite conclusion reached was not to in terfere with the secretary of the navy In making centrart* for the Kentucky and Kearsurge. these vessels being so far advuuced In construction that any interference would cause delay In their completion. The cpiesllon of future contracts, es pecially on the war ship* authorized by the pending naval appropriation hill, is causing considerable concern to the committee. They fed that the price—about l-'.hn per ton—which the government has been paying for armor plate, is too high, hut have not found u feasible way of reducing it Thair Investiga tions, however the fact that the cost of the manufacture of the plate average* about gum a ton. The manufacturers make the plea, how ever, that the work furnished i* riot suftlcieut to keep their factories eon stunt I ..I..*#.., I unit ..... a!...* ... it. contracts running constantly (or five or ten years, they could reduce the price, but not otherwise. The com mittee hus considered the advisability of building a government plant, but the uuvai authorities have been op posed to this course As a conse quence, tin: committee is in somewhat of a quandary. The committee will, In all proba bility, report a blit forbidding naval otllcers, active or retired, to accept such employment. The opinion of a majority of the committee appears to he that the custom is prejudicial to the interests of the uavy. tins ut t lir 't risen It u b be rs. Mr. Louis. Mo,. April 13,—A man whose uMinc is thought to be ItoUert Hell, aud who i. supposed to he ouo of the robber , vs ho held up the Frisco traiu at Mleepy Hill, Mo., April I, ha* been arrested at l.itebtield, III. He was lekeii after a desperate struggle with a puss* of nfliiiers, during wlituh he was shot iu the arm. He refuses to tell the authorities auytltlug about himself, but from information re ceived at the Wells-Fargo Fsprree company a tilth:#, Hell answered tha description of one of the rubbers. Two hi«u who ware with hltu esc.sued. A* Maw Itsdly Meaiea i smut os Mo., April 13 — This Uturaing e» 'Sheriff James F I'ureell went to the Ulsir Tribune iiAia sag Jems ailed that t.ddur Wilbur Hang haw out, a leadiag I'opuilat, retract charges made in his paper agon t Hu reel I a Imatu'iai integrity dui mg his term a* sheillf Haugnawout refund aud I'ureell struck the editor, A Iter be encounter ensued, la which the edl or got much the worst of It Her cell's wife sat in the buggy la front of the oDiia and witnessed the a flair. Warder at krstM IH| Katana ttty, Mu, April 11 «Yha A Jon** was shot and almost Instant ly hilled shortly after II n'slueh last night by tieorge t m ml in a *«|tal nn I'm restutt the murder as- 'he outgrowth wl tea 11 usy and anger o>ar real or fsu.ed wrong* on the part of Mr Jam s Uoieraer «t hesada treed a*a Isiitfreu April H tiovern-.r I Jones of Setada dted at tha HaUen ’ hutal tn this city Inst neentug t! i srtrot Jons* ha* benn ill fwr -essrai months and eawv to the eily for m> 4 lent treatment EXPERTS ATTACKED. M»n truant Manor* I N|»#»»»k• tor thu Nle MN|nn < omimny mnl ll« I'l*nn. i Washington, April I,:, Lieutenant A. O, Men coal, United Htales navy, chief engineer of th" X raruguu Canal company, appeared to-day before thu house crimiiiittee on commerce, which I la Investigating the question, and sub mitted a review of the report of the commission sent to the isthmus last summer, lie said: "The company re gards and has treated the project as a business euterpi l*e, with a view to commercial requirements, technical success and tiiiuncial results. The hoard entirely Ignores two of these conditions and considers It from the point of unlimited expenditure* with out any question of tiuaneial results and provides beyond emu mere iel re qnlreitient* of the pi-c-ent for demand* tlm cun he only rarely occasional, The lieutenant said the hoard hud made a hasty trip through the terri tory, touching only here and there the route of tile canal, when it was con venient and had an Imperfect know ledge of the physical conditions of l he problems presented and the work already done The plans of I lie com pany were not for an Ideal mill re gardless of cyst, hut for one ample to satisfy the needs of eomrneree and larger than any ship canal now In op eration Norn* of the changes pro posed by the hoard was In thu inter est of economy or of a better canal, There was a long examination of Mr. Menoeal by member* of the com mittee, The company, he said, hud , paid to the Nicaraguan government *100,000 for its concessions and i.VhOOO for Its right of way and nothing to the I Costa Klean government. TWO CONVENTIONS, Kanwt litr llsiioxrats Split on tha tiolil and Silver yiirallim, Kansas Cinr, Mo., April i8,--Th« Jack son county lleiiiocrutlc conveu* lion for the selection of delegates to the Hedslls convention split wide open to day on the financial question. The Hloue-Grown silver faction and the antis elushed on question of contested I city delegates, and immediately two chairmen were presiding. This caused pandemonium to break loose, and tor a time unpsrslled disorder prevailed. The convention turned it self Into a yelling mob thel had no | equal iii the record of Kansas < ity's politics. After it had tired itself out : it finally adjourned to allow the lead* j era to confer on a compromise. The ' antis offered to let the Grown-Ktone men name the delegates If Marcy K lirown and Fred Fleming, Governor Mi tie's Kansas City managers, were ! not on tiie delegation, lint the Grown | leaders spurned tiie ofler. The two faction* then split und two conven ' lions were in full force In tiie same < hail, with tiie wildest kind of psutle ■ monium reigning. SHOT HER HUSBAND Tragic H*i(uel lo Hie ll»fi-«-Hii«*artl srnltli Mranilala tif Houston. Houston, Texas, April 18, — Hast night Frank Hmith, a well known young man of this city, was shot and probably fatally wounded by his wife, Herlhn lioyce Howard Hmith. fine bullet passed through Ilia leg, the other through his neck. About u veilr ago Mrs. Hmith, then the wife of William Howard, a cotton man, of this city, sloped with Hmith, f'oing to Han Antonio, taking one of ler children and leaving one with tier husband They returned, and Hmith and the woman's brother became in ! volved in a sliootmg affray, no one he | ing hurt, Howard arid Ilia wife ! parled. and she married Smith about three months ago The lioyce family is one of tiie old est and most highly respected in t s county, and the various sensational I happenings of the past year have at | traded a great deal of attention. I MaJ. J. II. Pink* Acquitted Sai iniii hv, Mo., April 13 — In the circuit court of * bar l ton county the J cbm? of Major J. II. Kinka, who wit* caaliir of the llauk of Huliabury, and indicted for receiving depoaita when the hunk waa in a falling condition, waa tried by u jury and a verdict of not guilty waa rendered. The eaae of Mi. I*. II iireuham. aaaiatant caaliler, charged with the aume ofTenae, nolle | proa’d. I *~ Henled h» the Porte, Conutaatinoi'I.k, April J3—An ottielal note haa been iaaued by the Turklah government catugorlrully de* uymg that the Uev. Heorge I*. Knapp, the American miaaionary, who ia "via itmg" the vail of liitlia, ia impriaoued there, aa haa been reported. The note alao alatea that the threatened eg uluaiou of oilier miaaiouarlea from Aaia Minor I* devoid of fouudultou lllg Mining I umpeuy luruiel. ToPKag, Kan . April 13. A charter haa been tiled with the aecrelury of i aiate by the t'olorado Hold and Ndver i Minlug Company, with headquarter* I at Kauaa* 1 Uy. Kan. The capital | at.M'k i* tigrd at *7 -00,(100, a ltd the dt . reel ora are l.erov llarvey, ,1 K. t aid I well, C J. Woodruff and Thoaia* II j How land, ail of Kauaa* City, Kan ah at MW Wife'* I nmpnale*. Mrai*i<rieii>. Ma, April 11 Harry Carauo went home laat midnight and found William Murder looked in a room 1 with hi* wife t araon broke wpeu the door and allot Mayder ia I ha brehat, Murder cannot live I araon ia in jail H-.lh are railroad krahemvu t araon . la the ton of J I* t araon, a leading grain dealer NfcWtt IN BHIKP | He Meaate Territorlee eon. in it lee Ha* re< on.mended admitting a delegnln to i ongrea* from Aleaaa The proportion for aa electro rati* way through fellutaaloae I'eth haa ke. n hilled l»y the *•«»!» The llnwee Invalhl Heaaloa commit lae hea rea mmendad peeaioaing the ben* of (Joanlrell’a victim* The I tone* Indian eowmtttee haa petitioned for aa opportunity to *eh* up the Inert ladma territory orgeat (allow kill t DON’T WANT M’KINLKY THE ATTITUDE OP THE A. P. A. TOWARD HIM. Titer mart a Hoorn for I.lnton of Mlrh l|M—J*il|« stereo* of the National Advisory Hoard Hectare* that the Order Holds the Kepnltllean Hslaoe* ol Power sod Will (lee It P.ffeetlrelf. her Me Mart Not He Nominated. 0t. Itoirie, Mo , April 9.—A schema wee sprung In title city yesterday which It*; protnoter* declare will de feat Major William McKinley for tho nomination for President of the United Htatos. It was the launching of the ! boom of Congressmen William H. I,In ton of Michigan for President hy ; Judge J. II. It. Nt*|>hens, chairman of ihe National Advisory board of the American Protective Association. The A. P. A has established head quarters In Pit. Loula at Ola Pine street, from whence Linton literature j will be sent broadcast* throughout I bo country. Linton himself la expected In Ht. I/Oiiis In four days, when Ills boom will formally Ini launched at a demonstration to be held In the Ex position building He will also speak In Omaha, Kansas City, Louisville and Other places and Linton dubs will be organfeed in every large city in the union within the next ten days. The national advisory board iqat in Washington about two weeks ago and aent a letter to the managers of Mc Kinley, Meed, Morton end Allison, asking that they appear before the board and state their positions in re gard to the order. The managers of all tha candidates except McKinley obeyed tne summons and appeared before the committee. They argued [ n/r umir nui'inmifn nn«» mnnn |inun ls«« of all kind*. Mark Hanna, Mc Kinley'* manager, did not put In an appearance. A second letter was sent him, and It brought a response, not to the liking of the hoard. It simply •aid that Mr, McKinley declined to treat with any faction, association or society within the party. This caused the hoard to place a hno on McKinley's name and It wa* de cided to use every mean* In the power of the organization to encompass Mc Kinley'* defeat. It i* claimed that at least 100 of the delegate* already chosen are A. V. A men, and the or der figure* on securing SO more del egate* by the time the convention meet* with ISO votes they believe they can defeat McKinley and prac tically dictate who shall bo nomin ated. in an interview Judge Hteven* said: "There arc nearly 4,000,000 members of the A. I*. A, In this country, and 90 per cent of them will vote as one man. We propose to heat McKinley for President of the United Ktates. We already hay* 100 of the delegates elected so far and we will hare more by the time the full number are elect ed We can, and will, beat McKioley for the nomination, and if by any hook, crook or political trick be should succeed in being nominated wa will defeat him at the polls." ETRICTLY NON *4ECRETERIAN The Hoes* Celt off All Private Char ities. WASiiinoToir, April §.—- Tha Dla rict of Columbia appropriation bill which wa* recommit led to tha committee by th* Ilou** because of the aid carried by it to charitable institutions was to-day considered by that committee and re modeled so far a* it applied to private institutions, all of the items for pri vate and semi-private institution* which had heretofore depended large ly upon the government for support being stricken out and a lump sum ol §94,7(10, crjual to the total of the va rious items added for the relief and care of the poor aud such charitabli and reformatory work as have hereto fore been provided for by direct ap prop rim ions, to be expended by tin district commissioners, either under contract or by employing the public institutions of the district. Contract! are limited to June1MU7, and tiic commissioners are required to render an account of their disbursements arid Strict limitations are placed upon tli ^ powers The amendment ends will this clause: “That no part of the money here appropriated shall be paid for the purpose of maintaining or ading, by payment for services or ex panses, or otherwise any church or religious denomination, or any insti tulion or society which is under see tariau or eoclaslasllc control." SOLID FOR FREE SILVER Svvrjr Missouri ('•nvvsllaa livid Ho fsi llos livrUrvd for Vrvv I'vlMgs I.khsmon, Mo., April •. Forty-eii counties have elected delegate* to thl Democratic Hlste convention to lx held at Medulla April it, for the elec ! tion of delegate* to the national con I venliuu. Kvery county, to far, haa elected solid silver delegations ami declared in positive terms for the free coinage »f silver at the ratio of It ii 1 More titan tw«ethird* of th* couu tiea mentioned have instructed their delegates for a oil 1,1 delegation ol unoonipruiuitiiig silver meu to tb« Chicago convention, aud instructed far Miami, sums. Vest and Ouebrell fur delegates at large The Metrte Sy«l*a* ter Amertsm WssMiNwros, April b My a vote o lit to 111 the House to day peaecd thl • bill to adopt th* metrle system « | weights and measures tu all depart meet* uf th* government ufter Julj 1, 1*W*. end to mah* It the only legs tysUm after January I, lt*J| ieseestOel Urlkeisn SgsUM Wsmes Naw lltvs*. tons., April t- A vesteroav * session of the New Yuri t.asleru eowferwucs tb* propoaltiol that delegates to the general confer ence may !*• men or women was to* by . vole of th to ltd The result wa greeted with applause 4 s*ete iSssu Mis U it* hisUy I,is set's. M>», April W l.uhs Ales antler, a negro of Milan, followed fet runaway wife to Hrmthtteid yestetdaj and last Wight after her refusal to re turn with him, shot her threw limes fw’wtty w>>eu>iieg her He was put Ii )al here before daylight this mureiug ARBOR DAV IN NE RABKA. Go*. Holcomb Enjoin. Cltlseos to Con ttrniH (h« I’uitom. I,ikooi.k, April 7.—Hovernor Hol comb has (sailed the following pro clamation for the usual observance of Arbor day In Nebraska: Hy legislative enactment, the 22nd day of April of each year la designated as a holiday to be known as Arbor day. In conformity with ihia provision I would earnestly recommend to all citi zens of the stale that Wednesday, April 22, l*m, bo devoted to the plent intr of trees, shrubs and vines on the i highways, public grounds and private property, to tho end that the landscape , may he rendered more attractive, the climate ameliorated and the cultiva tion of timber for the beneficial use, comfort and convenience of the present and future (fenerations encouraged. No (freater service to his state can be at this time performed by a Nebraska citizen than by devoting at least one day of every year to the planting and cultivation of tree* upon the broad prairies and fertile valley lands Tbe observance of a day especially devoted to arboriculture which had it* birth Iti Nebraska has now prown fo be national In it* character and it la to be hoped that ihe commendable spirit which prompted Nebraska to take the Initiative In thla salutary movement will ever continue to characterize the observance of the day, 1 Hy common consent, the cultivation of a sentiment favorable to the plant , ln(f In our state has been entrusted to the public school*, ami nobly have both teaehers anti scholar* performed this , Important duty, in the early history of our country, pioneers rattled in the l forests and cleared away the timber In order to make room for Helds of (fraln. The work of devastating the forest* ha# is now urgent need for united effort* In all section* of the country for the planting of tree* Jtl* well end fitting that thl* necessity for tree preserve f tlon to take place of tree destruction be Instilled In tbe minds of the youth, and to that end 1 would urge the Im portance of a continuation of the ap propriate exercise* which have hereto fore characterized this observance of i the day In the public school* of the state In testimony whereof I have hereun to subscribed my name and canned to 1 be affixed the great seal of the state of | Nebraska (lone at Lincoln, the capita) of the state, this eighth day of April, in the - year of our Lord, one thousand eight i hundred and ninety-six, of the state the thirtieth and of the Independence of the United Htates the one hundred and twentieth. Hii.ah Uom;omh. Governor. By the governor: J. A. I’lfttM, Secretary of Htate. CORBETT ARRESTED ffhe I.bar** Is lllrlni a doling DunUal Contrary to low, | Hr. Louis, April In—James J, Corbett , and his sparring partner, Mike Con nelly, were arrested at Marlin'* the ater and taken to the Four Courts, yesterday, chargedwith holding a box ing contest contrary to law. Before the curtain went up on the second act Captain O’Malley called on the champion and informed him that 1 there must lie no boxing. Jim said that he did not want to interfere with the law, but that boxing wax in the show, it was decided to epsr any way, and Captain O’Malley was spir ited away from the stage. Alderman Jim ' ronln took him aside, and while he was talking there waa a skillful exhibition of tbe manly art on tha stage. - ! After the show they were arrested, but released on bonds of tzoo, Alder man Cronin was surety. The proceed ing* were brought to make a teat case of the boxing ordinance. I _ | l.lVK HTO( K AM) I HOlWdC UAUkt.l* Quotation* From Mew York, Chicago, M. lout*, Omaha and 4 l»#where. OMAHA. Butter—Creamery separator us ® 1* ! 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Arh April* tieputy i he venue tulleutur Fla** t urpentm re 4 | turned yesterday Imp * raid on tXa muon* a in* dlalillarlae of N*«rcy , e-unly Ilia p*-*»* uaplured tw-i u( IXa largest wildcat eonvetn* ever (unad la thl* elate It-th wera la lull rua coy order, me ul them bavin,- mm r.tim* ul IU|uwr. with amide material r aeveral hnudrud yaUuu* n.„,a i The opt ialiit* u| both e**<ai<«d Hue ul the elllle w«» Im wIIm I run- euy habOatlun and »u *ituai*d that -me l man esaatd have delended It agn-aal Iweat* !•• men
