TilK NORTHWESTERN. HENUCIIOTKK £ UIIIHOK.Ed* and Pub*. 1X>UI» CITY, • - NEBRASKA. Parties are arrnnglrg for putting In a new telephone line In Nebraska City. Fremont's rharlty ball will be given Noveml>er 11th. (Jreat preparations are making for the event. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Claycomb of Bradshaw made a raid on the par sonage, leaving many testimonials of their love and esteem, Miss Idlllan Morris, who was mur dered In Omaha, formerly resided In Fremont with her father, VV. O, Mor ris, being engaged In promoting a company for the construction of a patent fence. The board of trustees of Hastings college Is trying to secure the old Cath olic convent building, which Is situ ated on a flno location Just on the edge of the city limits north of the city. More room la needed. A bloody fight occurred in Beatrice between a man who claimed to live In Omaha but who refused to give his name, and a young horse trader named Blowers. The two had traded horses, and out of this the fracas grew. Arrangements are being made to per mit all the poor people whose means would not allow them to see the ex position heretofore, to see It on Omaha day. The matter Is In the hands of the county charity authorities. Will Root, a farmer living on the Bean farm near Washington was found dead In his bed. His wife was visit ing her father the day before and did not return until the next morning. Heart trouble is thought to have been the cause of his death. Fight hundred and eighty acre* or land belonging to Joseph Ellis was Hold recently at iheriff's sale In Gage county. The purchaser was the mort gagor, J. L. Peachy, who bought the property for $G,068, subject to another mortgage of $10,000. Mr. lleacby re sides in Salisbury. Pa. The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Ilenry Cooper, old and respected cit izens of Table Hock, was celebrated last wM< the eon trot of the production of the white, black and sail g.as.nl stoneware in the t ailed Male* and the Using and main lainlng of prices hit* lawn formed I wvaif'ili ooneerns are interested in l he coot bine The trust has already advanced the market a half cent a gallon tu sum instances a cent likme* Sis si UmS h sassal in. Mil . Nov I I lie Ualy of Michael Kelly who died on lletubvr to, and was boned In Mount M. Mary a cemetery U'lutwr S ' w*s stolen | some lime tntwceo the date of the In ter u»ent aud yesterday after mam at 4 Trlttck 1h« Isllsr iMHiaslIw Isil |li«ua I'mis tnasi i, H I N * I i tie re psirt that Joseph letter had bought the KHihI* Island leastuwitv* Work* b«r# t* ilentc I bv Rugeaa It M**>m Id lb* eoiumlttev In eharg* of ih* Ss irks ami by other meu i ultra* led INDIANS GOOD, BUT LAZY. An Agniit Tall. Ilnw Worthing* an Idaho Tribe la. Wasiiixotox, Nor. 1.—The majority of the annual reports of thu Indian agents to the commissioner of Indian affairs are of an encouraging nature. Nome of the reports, however, are not so gratifying and make some surpris ing statements. Unusual in an annual report is tha following arraign* ment in the report of K, M. Yearin, in charge of tlio l.cmlii agency in Idaho. Ho says in part: "These Indians us a tribe lire honest and peaceable and kindly disposal!, but arc about as degraded and ungrateful a set as one finds. They have been hu mored and, like spoiled children, want things their way, and their condition, mode of living and barbaric practices should indicate that undue concessions have l)Citn made on the part of agents. While some will avail themselves of the opportunity of earning their living by civilized pursuits, others lead a lazy, vagabond life. "They am uddlctcd to gambling, horse racing and done ng, anil the in fluence of the so-called ‘modlelne-msn' operates to the disadvantage of the tribe, •■.Morally them Indians nro prac tically the same us they were twenty years ago; financially they are but little better off. Aside from a fow small farms, wagons and farming im plements, held by aoiue of the more energetic and industrious, they have comparatively nothing except a great number of worthless ponies. No horned stock is owned in the tribe." .1 It Jewel I, in charge of the New York agency, in ids report, alleges that after careful investigation the funds of the Seneca nation arc almost wholly absorbed l.y the officers of the nation, and that they arc in collusion with white men for such purpose.” WARING TRIED TO FINISH IT. While Hying ilia Colonel ,\»li«.l for ( Nlrix.Krapliar lo Taka HU Kaport. New Yokk, Not, 1.— Dr. btlmson said that Colonel Warlng’s report on Ilia investigations in Havana nod his suggestions as to sanitary improve* met)ts in tlint city, for President .Mc Kinley, was practically eoinpleted be fore Ilia dcatli. On Thursday he wanted a strnographer sent for that hu miff lit finish it. He was too weak at that time, however. I)r. Ktirason, however, said that the President can obtain all the information that Colonel Waring had gathered essentially from the report as it stan*po*itlo i of lisin, «ml the let ter's eulleagues to President Faure this morning Much Ill-In laf I a.a(M Putt SMsiPltU Pa, Nov | More than hn <**i botiie « o| wheal and eora e%> tf I the ntiiia it* i«* satuiday oa • ‘ •fit f I |1, the st< j >svi,ti e ••.titled mostly mI rura ai>l hcu.es sec Ms* t>—,1, dr loirs Me, Noe, f Will ism II)de, at one time managing editor of the Si t.*r F. C. i’cndlcton, superintendent of tlic gun factory, to go to England to inspect tlic methods pursued there in the construction of (funs, mounts, torpedo tube*, etc. Wire wound gun*, which have been to successfully developed for the En glish navy, will lie carefully examined by the visitirg oflicer, and, its under water discharge tubes for torpedos have been adopted for the battle ship* Missouri and Ohio, lie will learn the method of their manufacture at tlic ordnance works of the Armstrongs. The department lias purchased the right to use the method of manufacture of under-water discharge tubes from the Armstrongs and has also bought tiie right to use the breech mechanism of guns built by Vickers' Sous and Maxim. J lio Hindi rapid tiring gun hint hy Muxiiu Ik one of the latest weapons of tlmt caliber constructed. They have made a splendid record in recent firing triiiU. In this (run the powder anil projectile are separate 1, while in the 6-lnch rapid firing (funs of the United htates navy the shell and powder are combined by ineaiiK of a cartridge cum*. A O-inch (run, on plunn in gold Hy comparing the contract of iss; with this one you will observe that this future one Is far superlot. It is more practicable, yet eueourage* and assures belter foreign capital iu undertaking so great au enterprise and one that carries with it so many eventualities It is also in many ways more ad vantageous to Nicaragua It is true the contract of I*s7 promises the ceualUatloit of tha Yrlpape rieer be tween Lakes Managua and Nicaragua, but lVagin A Kyre offer aouietk.iig more positive iu a iiue of iuteroceanie transportation from the Aliautio to the 1‘acitto that shall breuma rotu ple‘ed three years after the eotupauy is urgau.aed terlo Ills ta a Wot la M telle h tiHIlstnil, Nut I iletteral this reports under date • f yeateldat twelve deaths In a week among the soldiers at Manila Among those who died of ty phoid fever are A I* i.n lam.au and kart tt laftf'Sl both of tha llrst Nebraska CUBANS ARE OFFICESEEKERS. General Wood IlBlugatl Wllh Apptlea (lon* I'roin Them. M AXZASli.r.o, Nov. i.—The visit of General I-connrd Wood, gorirnor of the military department of Santiago, ha* been instrumental in bringing all tlie elements a mo n if tlie Cubans to tho front. No fewer than 2,000 insurgents, of whom 500 are oflicers, want offices, and their clamor amounts utmost to a demand. There are two leading factions, one headed by General Jesus llahi and the other by General Uios. At present, inott of tho offices are held by repre sentatives of the Itabi faction, includ ing tho mayoralty and tho custom house inspectorships. General Wood, in order to pacify tho Kios fac tion, has given them six posi tions on tho rural police force and lias turned over to one of their people tho lighthouse ut Capo Cruz, together with several other minor ap pointments. Hut neither parly is satisfied, each thinking that it ought to have all tho offices. General Uios does not dare express his opinion pub licly on General Itahi, bi^t. lie feels that tills is Ids district, as lie has had the nominal charge of it for three years, and that it ought to belong to him, so far as appointments of < ubans to office are concerned, and all tho more so because he represents General | Calixto Garcia. »no majority or mo insurgents here iiuvo no money and go about living from band to mouth and wondering what will happen next. Armed men are not allowed ration*. Ah the Cubans will not disband and will not work, nothing remains for them but to strut around the city, with muehetes and re volvers. bon 10 of them are nearly naked; others appear in long-legged patent leather lioot* with silver spurs, carrying superbly wrought Toledo machetes. A few wear immaculate white suits and Panama huts These are, for the most part, the New York contingent, each man now a veritable bombates furtoso. General Wood and Colonel Pettit re gard the outlook as rather discourag ing. Still, they hope that some means may soon he found to break up the Cuban army. The uw*>erH of the rank and lile are anxious to go to work, but the leaders refuse to allow them to do so, and the men do not dare to do so, us they would certainly be shot if captured. General Wood is hoping that the Other towns he will visit in his trip around the province will not present the same vexatious conditions as pre vail here, where the Cuban problem is presented in a very difficult form, the most difficult lie lias yot encountered, ' Nhoolliig l)u« to Hot Nmixos, Ark , X’ov. 1.—Mrs, X. A. Peterson, of Montana, was shot and painfully wounded by Mrs. Owen Carrington, of this city. Jealousy growing out of Carrington’s attentions to Mrs. Peterson was the cause. Mrs. Carrington called upon Mrs. Peterson, Thursday, and requested her to keep away from her husband. Last evening Mrs. Peterson received a note from Carrington requesting her to come to liis place of business When she entered the office, .Mrs. Carrington, who was standing at the ficad of tbu stairway leading to the second floor, opened fire on her, shooting twice. The second shot took effect in tho ankle. The affair occurred on one of tlio most prominent thoroughfares in the city and created a sensation. Carring ton ami Mrs. Peterson were arrested, but were promptly released. Mrs. Carrington was not arrested. Reaily to I.anil In Cuba. Washington, Nov. 1. — Arrange incuts for the landing and ramping of the American forces practically have been completed in Cuba, although ■ami' of the details have not yet been worked out. The recall at this time of Colonel lleeker and Colonel Lee from Havana is simply to secure their aid here in the working out of these details. NEWS IN BRIEF. Toledo, Ohio.- The young son of Jacob Oreen, while going through the burnyard at liucyrus, was attacked by a flock of geese. Ho was knocked down and his nose and cars were torn off aud his face badly bitten. His calls brought help, but he was sense less when found und the get-se were still tearing him to pieces. Norwich, Conn.—llavid A. Wells, the economist, is not seriously ill, ac cording to his physician. Mr Wclla is TO years old, und recently took cold, which aggravated his debilitated con dition. He is in no immediate danger of dyiug. W. Iahhs, Mo. Johu K. Coyle, Nine teenth infantry, stationed at Horlo Kieo, here on a furlough, was shot to death by John IVrr, of Coin pany A. Twenty Mrs! Infantry, sta tioned at I'iatlshurg, N Y , also here on a sick furlough. The affair oc curred iu a saloon. Witnesses say Coyle attempted to stall IVrr with i j knife aud Here »li*d in self-defense. New York Nllvla »alharina Coffin, a Med Cross nurse who did nuhte work during the war with U|taiu died at the 1 Host tiraduale hospital of typhoid frier contracted Is the service of the country niie was on a of the first women to volunteer lor service 111 tit* war la t uba. Omaha. Neb lieorge i**nf( a mem- . her of the fulled Hiatus mat me surge, died here of typhoid fever keif Is the | ffrst uremia r of the msrtee oiiim to die | from disease since the hegiuutuguf the I esiapaiga against hpalu. j 1 America Has Notified Spain TM the Whole Group Will Be Taken, ONLY A PART OF THE DEBT. I'nlteil Nlati‘1 to Aiiainn Onljr Iho I.lsblll tin* liiriirrml In ImpriivliiK tlio Iilnmt* —Co*t* of Oprrntlnit A-;xln, O.. Nov. !.— Rose l.aurer aged 22, and J, K Cleckner, aged 3’, walked out to the end of the dock of the Cleveland Yacht club this morning and tied themaelves together with strips torn from a sheet. They jumped into tlie lake. Two Lake Shore railroad detectives dived into the ley water after the cou ple. The man and woman hud sunk several times, but were rescued after a long struggle, lioth were taken to a hospital, Clackner is a conductor on the Cleve land .1 Pittsburg road Iteyond saying that they were tired of living the man and woman would give no reasou for '.heir attempted suicide. s«ni|Muu May*il Away Again. Havana, Not. I, —Rear Admiral Kainpsou did not attend the services yesterday ill the Independent church, as he had lieeu advertise 1 to do. This fact has given a great deal of satis faction to Americans here, who feared that his presence might be used to give a 1111 dh ial mdur-.em.-ut to an tnti-i ulliolie luce ting Hum Fire In Ur tot Rountt, Nov 1 \ great Ire In * ft. riuagur, oue of the capitals of 1 asio > lucre, destroyed all the publie build ing* and many residences yesterday, (>ne man Mae killed. The damage la tutui .'.' l at ten lakhs |fMW,wu^ t •••!.»Iti 1 In* Items. 1‘NM-IMtfSU, Nor |, Rev. Mam net Mutch more, one of the must prom llteut ministers tu the Presbyterian vhur. k, died yesterday at his home tu this sUy. lie was aged su years and had keen ill fur about a year.