Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTHWESTERN
OKO. E. UMNSCHOTKR. Editor i- l ab.
LOOP CITY, NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS.
F. S. Traey has been Installed as
postmaster at Wlnslde.
L'tlea will store water for tire pro
tection In a huge cistern.
The Kearnfy Congregational church
celebrated lta silver anniversary.
Scarlet fever at Belgrade has stopped
educational work for the time being.
Polk county eaught nearly live
Inches of rnln In less than a week.
At a stock sale near Mead the other
day fresh cows brought as high as $51.
Over 1,000 ducks have been shot In
the reservation near Crawford within
the last two weeks.
J. N. fiaffln, of Colon. Is said to have
the finest flock of 2,000 sheep ever
brought to Saunders county.
A Burt county lady ninety years of
age took the first premium at the
county fair on fancy lace work.
Mrs. Lydia (.riffling, an early settler
In the vicinity of Table Rock, a very
estimable woman, died last week.
Joseph Lloyd, of C’ass county, has a
peach tree thut was well loaded with
a second crop when the frost came.
Charlie Raymond, of C.erlng, Is homo
from the Klondike with about *50.000
In the gold <1 list of the constitution.
Mrs. R. .1. McCracken died at Bayard
after a brief illness. She was thirty
five years of age. A husband and five
children mourn.
Superior has a bootblack who al
ways drifts back to town when times
are good. He has put In Ills appear
ance again this fall.
Newspaper men of all parties are
cleaning up their rooster cuts prepara
tory to the coming crow. None of
them expect lo dine on crow.
A (inrruitilni' /if Hxiitli Stem* Citv Is
manufacturing portable corn cribs.
When empty they can be rolled up and
filed away for future reference.
Tbe convention of delegates of the
mother houses of the Lutheran deacon
esses adjourned at Milwaukee lust
week to meet next year iu Omaha.
The National Education association
Is thinking of holding their 1898 meet
ing In Omaha. A committee was there
the other day looking the ground over.
Walluee has a full crop of rattle
snakes this season. Ted Funk shot
nine of the shiny reptiles within a few
rods of the schoolhouse the other day.
A hunter at. McPherson lake, east of
Columbus, shot and killed a line speci
men of a bird of the grail at ores, or
wader, measuring five feet niue and a
half Inches.
The Gretna schools and all of the
neighltorlng district schools are closed
on account of diphtheria. There have
been two fatal cases and there are two
cithers which are considered danger
ous.
One of the liargeg of the pontoon
bridges at Decatur sank while a small
bunch of cattle was crossing. A num
ber of cattle slipped Into the river and
had to swim ashore, but none were
lost.
John Nagle, of Seward county, swat
ted an old man across (he head with a
neckyoke and nearly broke his skull.
He will answer to the charge of as
sault with Intent to do great bodily
harm.
While In the act of entering the
house of John Ixigan, near Gerlng,
George Rlngler was shot by U>gan, the
Injury not being very serious. He was
arrested and will have to answer be
fore the district court.
Over $43,000 of outside capital is In
vested In sheep feeding In Hall coun
ty, representing 23,321 head of sheep
and over $142,000 of foreign money Is
Invested In cattle feeding, representing
over 5,000 head of cattle.
The 5-year-old son of Martin Werns
man, of Cedar Bluffs, tried to climb
Into the wagon by using the hind
wheel for a ladder. The team started
and the little fellow's leg was broken
before It could be stopped.
The Insanity commission of Dodge
county held a session to act on the
charge made against Tura Peterson, of
Hooper, and adjudged him insane. He
Is a young man 21 years of age, and
has been afflicted for the past year.
Register Hinman. of the United
States land office at North Platte says
that many more filings on government
land are lH*lng made this year than
last. The good crops and prices of the
last season are largely accountable for
the Increase In filings.
The Blair creamery Is finished and
will be put to work separating milk.
Its capacity Is Ifi.tttMi pounds daily and
with proper management will probably
receive a good patronage. The con
tractors will commence the erection of
a creamery at Arlington at (•nee.
The receivers of the Union Pacific
railroad, whom Fred Huathalitcr sued
lur f«,VW lUlUiiV * IS*’ ini' »•>» »»* -
rldent that befell him on the road In
Isutcasler county. Insist that b* has
sued the wrong tor po ration The road
running Into tdneuln. thev sny Is the
Omaha & Republican Valley road.
Two Bne silver mugs w. re stolen
from the Watson house. Nebraska
City. The polite were nntiltcd stul
suspicion rested upon a deuf and dumb
nun who has been about the rlty for
some days post Hr was baked up
and soon found to be the guilty party
Th« Swedish l.utheran rhureh at
(Ireeley t'entsr was dedicated last
Week The rfowd tn allendame was
very large and the itnan* tal eneoer*
agettient was most Haltering The
Mwedtsh people sire .ongratulat- d npt n
thetr ntw and handsome church *trw>
Mh
The general merchandise store of I
vi Wandrs d fa, at Weti so
bunted The butldta* sad s»o* * are
an entire bntn, nlnt Ik Smith » dl*e.
wbt h was neer the Store oa Ho »**•
The etosh and bethllng were »», .*d si
$b out*, insured M M M* **« *' 1
guilt a • library sad odlee B*tur«. e»r«
enved, _
lag* Trottimse who l‘»*» •*« k''•»
«l hensalkt nt.i with d*tte n ►* ■*«
arti tenl While shelling rw« k- * *
hie head fast In the shelter and t. d
to drew H on* hr pelting MM* •»
t..i against the shelter to ah! kin a
attracting hie fastened kMijili I '
M fan* *M»e vi kb »*««* h*4 ke b.
amputated
THE NEWS IN BBIEF.
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
roiidenimtlona that Kmbmlf «% CJoo<l I>r»l .
of Information Without Requirin'
Much spare—Foreign and Damaitlo .
Nawijr Note* on All Subject*.
Monday. October S.V
Severe earthquakes have occurred In
Algiers.
Eighty-seven warships are building
In Great Britain. 1
The thermometer reached 86 degrees
in Omaha on the 24th.
Work on new ships ot the navy is 1
delayed by lack of funds.
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the Arctic ex- j
plorer, arrived In New York.
There is great exodus from Selma, (
Ala., on account of yellow fever.
General Weyler announces that he
will Iravs Havana October 29.
Nebraska Is figuring on lighting all
of Its state buildings by electricity.
Deposits in Kansas banks have In
creased 4t> per cent, since January 1st.
The Prussian department of agricul
ture has resolved to encourage fruit .
growing.
Mrs. Idly laingtry benefits to the ex- (
tent of $1,500 yearly by the death of
her husband.
The probability Is that tho Darling
ton will hay tho Grand Island & North
ern Wyoming and the Big Horn South- 1
cm.
James Wallace Knox, the fnmous 1
turfman and former owner of Nut
wood, committed suicide at Kenosha, 1
WIs.
Colonel Schaeffer, an officer In the
army of Luxembourg, has been select- I
oil us provisional commissioner of tho i
is)wers for the island of Crete.
William H. Dole, president, of the | |
People’s bank of Pomona, Cal., and of (
the San Antonio Light and Power
company ami u reputed millionaire, is
dead.
The porte has demanded tho reeall
of two American missionaries from the
province of Aeippo on the pretext that
their mission for the distribution of
relief Is likely to cause disturbance. ^
T„HUH
Luetgert’s second trial will com
mence October 27,
The Yukon river Is closed and boats <
laid aside for the winter.
The Spanish note to the United
States fills thirty-eight pages.
George S. Hobbs, auditor of the
Southern railway, has resigned. ,
New York hankers complain of too
much idle money in their coffers.
Congressman Mercer Is putting up
some business buildings In Omaha.
None of tbo Injured of the New York
Central wreck are expected to die.
Investigation shows the Chilian
government to be perfectly solvent.
Silas Hamilton, an Iowa gold seek
er, was drowned In Fort Summit lake.
St. Joseph's stock yards are to be In
creased to four times Its present size.
Francis Turner I’algrave, the poet
and essayist, died In London, aged 73
years.
Aunt Nancy Daniels, s colored wo
man, is dead at Sacramento at the age
of 119 years.
A new device is being tried on the
state railway of France which, placed
250 yards from a station, will stop the
train at that distance.
In Kansas City C. E. Ililey, a travel
ing man, shot and probably fatally
wounded "Doctor" Allen, who. he says,
was familiar with his (Rllcy’B) wife.
WiMiiiPiflHT. October 27.
DIstastrous floods are reported in
Italy.
A fabulously rich gold strike is re
ported from Georgetown, Colorado.
Caroline Talman of New York, who
died October 20, left $126,000 to char
ity.
The ex-treasurer of the Greek na
tion is suid to be short In his ac
counts about $30,000.
Captain Ray. the army officer sent
to Klondike, has made his first re
port to the War department
A detachment of the West Indian
regiment, stationed at Lagos, has
started for the frontier of the Hinter
land.
The postmaster general nns appoint
ed John 1*. Cluin of California chief
of the mail depredations division in
the postolflce.
"Kid" MeCo and Australian Hilly
Smith have been matched to box six
rounds In Chicago November 13, (or a
purse of $3,000.
The western roads and the Southern I
Partite have finally decided to submit i
their differences regarding Immlgra-1
turn business to arbitral ion.
Wni. Carr of Liberty, Mo.. Is under I
arrest for having taken the life of!
his three-year-old daughter by throw- |
lug her into the Missouri river.
The Union knitting mill. Hudson, N. !
».. wan (i-iroyt-o uj lire amt ninny
of th. 300 perm’ns employed In the
mill hail narrow drupes fiom death.
Thomas 11(1.1 ,\lvonl died a! Kyra*
( line N Y . of old Hkr II*' Was rpi alt
er In llo< ub*. in lily In !*.'•* and w as
elnted lieutenant governor in tMia.
Th. world’s triplet r«ord for a mite
was low ere I from I tl to 1 tl by M. j
Inifftte. I'himh and Wuvlef, In the
fare of a strong wind at Willow
tlruve trark, I'hlladelphta
n..»t4. ii.i..i,r> «n
The ft wheel# will tie Without 1
chains.
(kHenttwr wheal sold In HI. Isiuls
sbove one dollar
The horse ttntnette made n mile In
i n *i Lowtsviiiv
The Wabash railway general .-lfl.es :
in HI I route burned
Nan - it the distinguished \r«lv tv
pbarer l| in W*>hingtnn
third min* have fallen nil over the
euwthern half of hta*a*
%n even twenty met death tn the
New Vorh Central disaster
Ihtring the tear the t what 1‘asiAe ,
received grants for M.IU San a
The fever sllwal'on at New Orleans j
lonitni *s no.mutinously the sain*
Yellow fever la tin-leasing tn tins
phla and paufMe am Oeeitig fr- tn Ike
pad
Tlcv. C. I* Berry has been convicted
)t wrecking the bank at Pawnee, Ok
ahoma.
Hon. William J. Bryan will not be
nvited to make a political speech in
S’cw York.
The twenty-ninth annual meeting of.
he Army of the Tennessee convened
n Milwaukee.
Chauncey Ddpew intimates that dy
lamite had something to do with the
iccident on his road.
American blcvtles will he barred in
he nation il show. Crystal Palace,
jondon, in lXceraber.
E. V. Debs Is speaking to Boston’s
vorking people on his co-operative
ommonwealth project*
During a quarrel Bookkeeper Metz
diot his employer, W. T. McCormick,
hrough the heart at Home, O.
William Carr, under arrest In Kan
las City, confesses that he tied a
leavy atone to his little three-year-old
laughter and threw her, breathing and
•onsclous, lnt» the Missouri river.
Mrs M. C. l,inn, of Galatia. Kns„
rave birth to triplets, all boys, nnl
die has named thorn Leedy, Simpson
in I Bryan. Jerry Simpson s-'iit the
woman a Oliver dollar becaiqja she
lamed one after him.
KrlilflVi Ortobfr 89*
Yellow fever has broken out at Ma
:atlan, Mexico.
The Kansas Pacific railroad will be
told December 15.
Fierce forest fires prevail in por
lons of Pennsylvania,
Two married daughters get the hulk
if the Pullman estate.
Senator Morgan, of California, Is re
overing from a severe Illness.
Warm weather Is increasing the yel
ow fever scourge in New Orleans.
At Bed wood City, Cal., Thomas
''’tannery shot, and killed his father.
A large elevator In Buffalo burned,
ogethcr with grain valued at 1106,000.
There Is provision for only 2,000 peo
ile at Dawson, and there are 0,000 to
eed.
Speaker Curtis, of the Illinois house,
vas marled In cieveland to Miss Mary
S. Grillln.
A thousand people fled from Mem
this In one night to get away from
fellow fever.
The total value of the estate of the
ate George M. Pullman Is shown to
.aru\ !U\i\
The Influenza has reappeared at Iler
In and many persons have been Bl
acked by It.
The Canada Pacific lias made ar
rangements to Issue $1,200,000 pre
'erred stock In London.
It Is aid that General Jamat will j
iticceeds General Hausler as command
>r-ln-chlef of the French army.
Mrs. Sarah Albert Woods Perry, wife
)f Right Rev. William Stevens Perry,
Protestant Episcopal bishop of Iowa,
lied In Philadelphia.
British capitalists promised only
£1,000,000 toward the purchase of the
Union Pacific railway, the other £9,
100,000 being found In tbe United
States.
The net earnings of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul for the month
af September were $1,152,897, an In
crease of $141,778 over tbe same month
af last year.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the trustees of the New York Sun
Printing and Publishing company Mr.
Paul Dana was unanimously elected
president of the association and editor
of tbe Sun, to succeed his father,
Charles A. Dana, deceased.
Vice Consul General Springer, at Ha
vana, has telegraphed the State de
partment that the Spanish authori
ties have pardoned Frank Agramonte
mil Tomaso Julio Saenz, two American
citizens, who have been Imprisoned at
Santiago de Cuba since June, 1895.
Saturday. Oct. 30.
Cleveland's boy baby will be named
after his father.
A distinct shock of earthquake wai
felt at Centerville, Mo.
M. Gaston Ilethune, the well-known J
artist, Is dead at Paris.
Sweden and Norway will send a ship
to hunt for Prof. Andree.
President McKinley has issued his
thanksgiving proclamation.
The Crow Indians are again be
coming troublesome In Montana.
In the Orphans' home In Anderson,
Ind., an epidemic of typhoid prevails
Mrs. George was prostrated and was
•ared for liyy the friends of the family
it the hotel.
Iowa State Hapitist convention hon
ored Mr. Retnlcy by again cliou.-in a
him president.
Topeka (Kansas! rouneilmen would
liar bats from churches, theaters and
nil public plates.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado lias ;
gone to Colorado to negotiate fresh
bimetallic proposals.
The National Pythian Press as ocla
tlon at Nashville chime ludiuuapoli*
for the next meeting.
Charles Ross, charged with robbing
the Pacific Express company at Mtl
roru, ivan.. was ronvicmi.
Count Henry do IVnalosa. one of th.'
leaders In Curls of lh<* Carlitd note
in* ni, has arrived In New York
Andrew Carnegie- says lie hna of
fered I be Carnegie armor plate work?
in the t’oiled State* government.
Mr llryuii. tn a speeeti In Ohio, re
ferral to lit min a* the "Cbler ron- .
ipirutor tn the ramixtigu of ituu year."
New Sou*h Wales lias appoint'<1 a
veterinarv m»t»«tor at San Cram i»<o ;
for later lean horn • to tie shipped to j
Australia from rbat p»»rt.
The pateRtr de part me at haa com
tile led ariaitgetiienta tor the dtreet M ■
■ hatige- of money orders between thi
t idled Si at..-a and Carpi
Twelve H ilda tie letro«u»titea have ,
arrived at Ton Tain. China, for th<
Tlea uta l.uktit l»ta-» iCeklut railroad
I* ght are of th* Mi girt type
1 he polka of Carta today netted *
Herman volute pa|«r the l.tealtg t*t«l
tar, eeeatataed nriwtae ii.lnuting
Cr«etd«at Came »nt tha Crwn. h r*
y ihttr
Th« Hertta ft*t»* haaaatvger publish
•w format notu• of the apteeea t meo t *> i
ttareo ve>a lt««‘oW reveal l| tie (mat
•wkaaMdetr al H me aa mtateter lot
foreign affaire atth th# raah ante.#
ter of elate aad ae.ie.tm of the Crete
eta a at inlet i y
HENRY GEORGE DEAD
- ! i
SUDDENLY SUMMONED IN THE
LARLY MORNING.
Death 1 bought to Hava Ifeen Du* to Ap*
oplriv, llrought On, 1'erbupn, by Too
llaril ('ampatgn Work—Mm. Oeorge
l*ro»t rated Over the bad and Sudden
Kvent.
Knddcn Death of Henry Oeorge.
NEW YOKK, Oct. 30.—Henry George,
the candidate of the Jeffersonian de
mocracy for mayor of Greater New
York, died In the Union Square hotel
at 4:45 o'clock yesterday morning.
Death Is thought to have been due to
apoplexy. Mr. George arrived at the
hotel about 1 o'clock In the morning.
He had Just come from several large
mass meetings in the Itoroughs of
Queens and Brooklyn. The work of
the night seemed to have told on him.
He complained of being tired, but'hls
friends and relatives who awaited him
thought it only the natural fatigue
that follows such hard carnpalng work
an Mr. George has been doing.
Not long afior reaching the hotel he
retired. Mrs. George awaited him. It
wus about 2:30 o’clock when Mrs.
George was awakened. She found Mr.
George sitting in an arm chair.
"I uni not feeling quite comfortable,”
said Mr. George to bis wife.
"Won’t you go back to bed?" In
quired Mrs. George, anxiously.
"1 will sit here awhile,’ was the re
sponse.
Mrs. George at once grew anxious t
as to her husband's condition. .Mr.
George gradually grew incoherent and
lapsed into semi-consciousness. Mrs.
George was now thoroughly alarmed
and called her son. Henry Georg' , Jr.,
from an adjoining room. Frank
Stevens was »!:;<> called in. Mr. George
was now unconscious. A call was sent
to Dr. Kelly of 117 East Fifty-ninth
street, and he came without delay. Mr.
George was still unconscious. All ef
forts to revive him failed. Without a
sign of recognition to those around
him he passed peacefully away ut 4:43
o'clock.
Henry Gporge was born on Septem
ber 2, 1839. He received a common
school education and then went Into
a counting room. He wus also a sailor
and afterward learned the printer’s
trade. In 1858 he reached California,
where he worked at the printer’s case
1 1.,. I.. -- - ----
nnd afterward an editor, working at
different times on the Kan Francisco 1
Times nnd Post.
He returned to New York in 1880 and
went to England and Ireland the fol- 1
lowing year, where he was twice ar
rested as a suspect, hut afterward re- 1
leased when his Identity became estab
lished, Mr. George Is best known to
the world at large through his writings
upon economic questions, notably his
work entitled "Progress and Poverty," '
published in 1879. His other works 1
are: "Our I.and and I.and Policy,”
1871’ "Irish Land Question,” 1881; “So
cial Problems,” 1893; "Property In
l.and,” 1884; "The Condition of La
bor,” "An Open Letter to Pope Leo
XIII," 1891. and "A Preplexed Phil
osopher,” (Herman Spencer,) 1892.
In 1886 Mr. Georgewas nominated by
the united labor party for mayor of
New York, polling 68,000 votes, against
90,000 for Abram S. Hewitt, the demo
cratic nominee, and 60,000 for Theo
dore Roosevelt, now assistant secretary
of the navy, republican. After his
nomination for mayor by the Jeffer
sonian democrats a month ago, Mr.
George made an extremely active can
vass, speaking several times every
evening and working from early to
late at his headquarters. He gave to
the campaign is most sensational In
cidents, Its attacks on Richard Croker
and Senator Platt, whom he threaten
ed to prosecute for various crimes such
as levying blackmail upon city con
tractors and aspirants for office, should
he be elected mayor. His candidacy
gave to the coming election Its great
est element of uncertainty, for, accord
ing to expert politicians. It was prac
tically impossible to estimate how
much of Bryan’s vote of last year
would go to George Instead of Van
Wyck.
The funeral will take place Sunday
afternoon.
WVftthrr liureuti Kxpn lifting.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 30.—Chief
Moore of the United States weather
bureau. In his annual report to Secre
tary Wilson, calls for an appropriation
of Si,044,050 for the next fiscal year
and says this will admit of the estab
lishment and equipment of new sta
tions in Important centers of popula
tion. An Investigation has been made
as to the Influence of climate, season
and weather on sunstroke and the eon- ;
elusion reached that sunstroke became
Imminent during the summer months
when the mean temperature of any one j
day or of several successive days |
equals the normal maximum tempera- I
ture of the period. Twenty experl- i
mental klte-flylng stations are contem- I
plated this year and confldt-nee in the
great value of the ultimate result 1* ex- i
pressed.
V'ritf Ainlrrp's It*IliHiit
cmtlriTIANA, Oct. 30 Olupatchca
i»«civet) ht*r<* from th** lhl.nn! of V&r- '
til in th** Arctic o* t uti off Kittmtirk, ■
whit li. with V mittfhitM im ill*- m.^i
northern fort, aaya the imhllc there
ih fully convinced of the truth of th*
report that a whaling ship sight*,I
I'rof Andrew's balloon lloatliiK Bcptvm
her 2k. near Prince t'harlea promon
tory, dpltitcul»*rg*n. The ii<wa baa j
caused ronatderahle deprastalon aim na
ih« friends of I'rof. Amlree,
llruhuio, (be Arctic ttplorer, prop ta- j
c*l to sail for Prince t‘harle« promon
tory In order to mveetigat* the truth
of tbe atory told by the crew of tha
w baler.
• MM•>*«• Ktlietl •»« • i|.i>t*|Eiii
TOURKd M e two to A dlsa*
troua syploshot occurred la tbe Anrp \
i|Km shaft uf the Mtand tVniral luioe
a> Minas TrPetaa Thirteen at. r were j
hilled out tight and lb*ee aualaltel
probably fatal tn|urte« In »tat« uwd«
trialta*d Maaaet a Urge ipcuitiy of
giant powder tdew up in the fourth
It ret uf th* *hafl tto great «•* Ih* |
tori* of tb« ** piuetuu I hot nut of foot
an who were ataltwMd fully .IN ftet .
dIslam three were hilled IUt iwtiy *t»
if the neutered bodice ««• t. dally ua<
r*tw«ai*abi# The tlran-l t'otirtl wire ,
•M resent I y pur, based fur IIWMW
by an Kagitah siu.iuaie I
THANKSGIVING DAY.
I la Named by the I’rorlaniatKm of the
I’rfitlricot.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—President
bKiuley today Issued bis first Thanks- <
;lvlug day proclamation as follows:
In remembrance of God's goodness
o us during the past year, which has
men so abundant, let us offer unto
lira our thanaksglvlng and pay our
ows unto the Most High.
Under His watchful providence In
ustry has prosimred, the conditions of
ibor have been Improved, the rewa da
f the husbandman have been Increns
d and the comforts of our homes mul
Ipiled His mighty hand has preserv
d peace and protected the nation, ltc
peet for law and order has been
trenglhened, love of free Institutions
herlshed and all sections of our he
aved country brought Into closer
onds of fruternnl regard and gi nor
ms co-operation.
Kor these great benefits It Is our duty
o praise the l/ird In a spirit of hu
nlllty and to offer up to Him our
aost earnest supplications. That wc
nay acknowledge our obligation as a
mople to Him who lias so graciously
[ranted us the blessings of free gov
rnment and material prosperity, I,
Vllllam McKinley, president, of the
Jnlted States, do hereby designate and
et apart Thursday, the 25th day of
iovomber, for national Thanskglvlrig
nd prayer, which all of the people aro
nvlted to observe with appropriate re
IgloiiH services In their icspeetlvs
ibices of worship.
On this day of rejoicing and cio
nestle reunion lit our prayers ascend
o the giver of every good and perfect
;lft, for the continuance of Ills love
nd favor to us. that our hearts m
>o filled with charity and good will
nd that we inay be ever worthy of His
icneflcent concern.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
et my hand and caused the seal of the
'nlted Ktutes to tie affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
wenty-ninth day of October, In the
'ear of Our Lord, one thousand eight
mndred and ninety-seven, and of the
ndependence of the United States the
me hundred and twenty-second,
Wm, M’KINLBY.
ly the President.
IOHN SHBRMAN, Secretary of State.
■ imiom DACine nrii
Ittornejr (ierier.tl Mthrnmt Talks nt
l.ength ,%tmiit It.
WASHINGTON, Oct. SO.—Attorney
general McKenna, In speaking of the
iresent Union Pacific situation, said:
There has been a great deal of mls
ipprchcnslon In the mutter of the w p
iratlon of the sales of the Union Pa
nic and the Kansas Pacific properties
I'hc fact Is, we have not separated
hem In any sense In which they were
not separated, except that the time
ietween the sales has been lengthened
)ut. Formerly the Union Pacific prop
rty was to be sold November 1 and 2,
which rule will now go on, and Kan
ms Pacific on the 3d, 4th and 5th of
SJovernber. That sale has been post
poned until December 15.
The reorganization syndicate did, ft
s true, guarantee, If the government
would proceed to foreclose, that bills
>n the two properties aggregating $50,
)00,000, would lie made; but there was
io statement as to what part of that
turn should rest on the Union Pacific
ind on the Kansas Pacific,respectively.
Vow wo have been assured our full
•lalm on the Union Pacific and beyond
hat point the government can not,
if course, bid.
On the Kansas Pacific property, the
isle of which has been postponed, there
mist he a bid of $12,3000,000 or no sale.
That upset price was made by Judge
Sanborn's division of the Interests.
This sum will give the government
ibout $5,000,000 and the bid may run
very much above that figure.
The government will get dollar for
lollar of Its debt on the Union Pa
il fle, and In consequence of that re
mit the Central Pacific must, In se De
ment of Its Indebtedness, pay the
same. It can not escape from ihat
low, and this administration thinks It
» entitled to the credit for bringing
ibout this condition of affairs.
Who would have thought, evrn ns
ate as a month ago, that the United
States would ever get out all the mon
ty she had put Into the Union Pacific?
[ venture that nobody except the p esl
Icnt. and myself. I think we have
lone very well. We started wlthaprop
isltlon from the organization commlt
ee to pay $45,000,000 for the road. Now
t has agreed to pay $53,000,000 for the
Union Pacific alone, leaving the Knn
(ub Pacific line to be disposed of srp
trately. At most. If the Kansas Pa
nic be sold at Its lowest possible
lirlce, under the terms of Judge Snn
iiorn's decree, the government stands
0 lose $7,000,000. But the government
will get every dollars of Its debt on
lhat line, as well us that on the Union
Pacific. The rood Is a good one a
profitable local line if nothing rise, nnd
well worth the $2o.ooo,0oo necessary to
■tear off the government debt. The
reorganization committee In Its pros
pectus provides for the placing of over
130,500,000 of securities for the Kan
ins line a fair Indication, certainly, of
iheir Idea of Its value,
Mi HIhIh* li »«•« |o Ohio
WASHING !ON, 0$ t. 10 Pr?«'<tenf
Mi kittl*y l«*ft WttMliiugtnii at 4 JJo *or
'im innan fur tli#* Ohio trl|» whUh Itaa
'* rii |»laitut 1 fur * vi ral «lu> a. Mu *
i*»lury l**>rt**r it * <-niii|iuiilm| him. Thu
1 ri*vl*l«’in *ll| utup lu Cttiitoit, mu! iiu*
i <• 11v will rrturn to W**hlt;*toit
Ihuruttny
Alter a w>ar> n lor Heir* emending
•ver a mm of >«ar«. the tael r.tatea
•f ltnb ily Clarke, now apprataed at
lt5.tKMt.tKm. M»n« about to mate to It*
rtgh'lul |M>»ae«iKir. the daughter of
I'lnrha. a mine owner who died in
huetralta am twenty y mm ago
4 SMttft Mrc>tt*g
WAKIUNfltON. <nt *t The tab
met held a abort to- tin* t'ndiy l*»t
tut only about au bt >»r No new bom
fa* waa brought forward and the onty
i t'.tar ronabtend waa not of a d*r*i t
menial nature but an abttrarl of th*
tpanuh reply aibteb VluUur Wood
ford bad tabled to Str retar> Hintaa
NSW VtHiK tki Ho It |a a. t un
Ibaiy that alt beta on the mayoralty
f. teat will be declared it aa a re* lit
•f Henry Oeorge a death It la eattmm
id that aonmtbiag lth» |iMm<o n«a
Man a a** red on Ua Stink *•- hanpy, !
PLEA IN ABATEMENT.
ANSWER IN THF STOCK YARDS
CASE FtLED.
What Attorney <«*n«>rnl Sniyfli. Who in
Miitli* I*art.y Dffrndant, Ha* to Offer
lleiilal In Ki'fMrd to Yalu* of I.ami*
and Yard*—A* to the Date L«RUl*tl*«
Act—Obeying It* **rovl»loo§.
The Stock Yard* C»ie.
Attorney General Smyth has filed
with the federal court an answer in
the stock yards ease, being a plea In
abatement to part and an answer to .
the balance of the complaint.
In the plea the attorney general, wno
Is made a party defendant In the case,
says that It Is not true that this unit
is not brought by collusion with the
stock yards company or its officer* to
confer on the Unite 1 States court jur
isdiction. It Is set forth that the of
ficers of the company tried to indue*
tho governor to veto the bill, and that
after it had been signed the others
had made many statements to the ef
fect that Its provisions would never
ho enforced.
In the second paragraph the. def ml
ant denies that the defendant < rn
pany would, if not restrain'd, submit
to the provisions of the act or any part
thersof. and alleges that "as between v,
the plaintiff. Simpson, and the defend
ant company it Is a friendly suit by
which the company seeks to transfer
Its controversy from the I* gislature,
where It was beaten, to your honors
and to the court."
in the Satbr part of th? answer the
attorney general denies that the plain
tiff, Slmi^on, is a resident of the
Htutc of Massachusetts, and that tho
Interest of the plaintiff Is worth $2,000,
exclusive of costs. He admits that
the defendant company transferred to
Fowler Brothers 1,000 shares, Swift
and (,‘omany 1,000 shares and Armour
it Co. 1,000 shares, all fr e of cost.
The answer denies the seventh par
agraph of the bill, which appears In
the following words: "The said yards,
counting the value of the lands and
the said works, are now worth more
liraii vo(uuu,uuu; twice inui emu
pended would not replace lis plant and
secure the business which It enjoys.’
The answer further Bays that the
railroad companies haul a greet deal
of stock to and from the yards, and
that It Is greatly to the Interest of thf
railroad companies to be connected
with the yards, and that the -aid con
nections were made because they were
a source of great profit to the railroad
companies. The answer denies that
the defendant company has by due
process Increased Its capital to $6,000,
000. It is udmltted that the lands now
occupied by the city of Mouth Omaha
were before the location of the yards
used (for agricultural purposes, and
that since that time they city has
hern built, but the claim that Mouth
Omaha has a population of 12,000 Is
denied, as is also the statement that
lands In thee Ity adjoining the yard,
are worth $20,000 an acre. The claims
that the company Is a private company
doing a private business, and that the
company, equal with the railroads. Is
engaged In interstate commerce, are
also denied.
The denial Is made that the act pass
ed by the legislature Interferes with
Interstate commerce, and deprives the
defendant company of Its proptrly
without compensation. Itdenlesthe al
legation that the act limits the charge*
below a reasonable rate, and says that
the answering defendant has no means
of knowing what would have been the
revenue of the company during the
years 1895 and 1896 had the rates In
the act been In force, ami asks that
the company he put upon its proofs on
these points.
The attorney general, In the answer
says ho docs not know what he would
do in the event said company and its
officers refused to obev the 'provisions
of the act. and that "he did not have
at the time said bill was filed, nor hits
he now any opinion with respect to
what his conduct would lie In respect
to the contingency referred to."
The St«t« University.
The close of the fourth week of ac
cural work at the Htate University ol
Nebraska shows an Increase In the en
rollment of the institution of 20 per
cent over last year. This indicates an
enrollment of at least 1,800 students
for the year. There Is a notable In
crease in the attendance from the
North Platte country. More university
spirit is evident than ever before.
There is general enthusiasm and unity
in all the work of the institution.
N'rliranknn Killed In r.ilomtlo,
Michael Walsh, a miner employed
In a lease on the Knhnyo, in the east
part of Victor, Colorado, wus f.ifally
injured by the explosion of a missed
shot. He was picking out the powder
with a spoon wlun it went off. hiring
away his arm from the elbow down,
fracturing Ix.tli legs nut bruising him
about the head- A companion who was
working with him was slightly in
Jured. Walsh was from McCook, this
state, where he has a brother residing,
Crmpiif(• of l ull tt#o«t.
The soaking rains this country says
«• Juniata dispatch, has received In
the last few da)shave done the gu tind
and crops IneatimaUh good The
ground Is thoroughly moistened p. 4
depth of llirc- tc. t slid full wheat will
go through the winter In ev.tiimt
sh»l» There never Wert* better proa
* '*»» * uuif m ur it
larger at ream* win than no*, The
farmer* are* Jubilant ami are eatutled
that the |mv| tine a . ••minn at*
near at hand tf they hate nut already
arrived
■eeeee I l» IlnUlle
The ttgaUlla rtmr mill* burned *
•* «* date tup* the bulbtlun ,„»t |.‘7,
tea* and tarried no t nan ram e The
tail! »«a md in operation, but wtttth'
have been in a fete need* It |* nut
kitunn ho* the Hr* ur l* mated
| tu wet M *11 rAHJMKHtt
*»•*• »v*«t«4 lulleli ft** » n.oen
The niauil beet eusar factory at
ttrend latand paid tan to ttreaw
farm***a fv* breda .Mitered In Hep.
I tot her the am.t n nt ut »u aw