Nebraska Newspapers

    PENSION ROIL IS HIM!
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Gratuities Paid to Surviving Soldiers1
Show Increase for the Year.
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ARRIARS OF WORK BFIMG MAOf UP
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Bureau la Nun Itaaily ti> T«L< Prompt
Action on I'UInu — l.rgi«lutlon U Hug- |
(citcil for Dooil of (lie McrvUe — Num
ber of Claim* Ki jecUd During the
If cur.
"WASHINGTON, Sept. 1,—The annu- ;
aI report of Hon. H. t lay Evans, the ]
commissioner of pensions, for the fis
cal year ended June 30, 1889, presents
some very Interesting facts In connec
tion with the condition of the pension
roll and the operations of the bureau.
,'i'he pension roll is made up of 753,451
surviving soldiers and 237,415 widows
or dependent relatives and 653 army
urseu. To them last year was paid
>131,617,961, being >649,496 more than
aver before.
The average of each class of pen
sioners is also higher. The cost of
bureaus, attorneys' fees, etc., brought ,
the total expended up to >138,555,062,
being >1,644,498 less than the appro
priation.
The payment for pensions for the
year are classified us follows: General
iaw, >71,115,703; Spanish war, >28,606;
act of 1890, >64,321,460. Fees paid to
attorneys were >476,969, against >730,
000 in 1898.
Total number of claims filed during
the year, 48,765; allowed, 37,077; re
stored, 3,914; total allowances, Includ
ing increases, 89,054; totul claims
pending June 30. 1898, 635,059; June
30, 1899, 477,239.
The total disbursements to pension
ers since 1866 were >2,389,910,974.
During the same period >15,490,986
went to examining surgeons, >12,092,
178 to pension agencies and >62,237,228
for salaries and other expenses of the
bureau.
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1 Hr* JlUIlliM'l UI itoh.s»ss0
Jn foreign countries Is 4,306, to whom
Is paid $633,309. Of this number 2,139
reside In Canada, 415 in Ireland, 605
in 0**rmany and 321 in Kngland. Thpre
arc four surviving widows and seven
surviving daughters of the revolution
ary war on the rolls. Hiram Cronk
of northwestern New York is the only
surviving pensioned soldier cf the war
of 1812, He la 99 years of age. The
number of pensioned widows of the
war of 1812 is 1.998. On account of
the Indian wars 1,568 soldiers and 3,
899 widows are pensioned. For service
in tiie Mexican war there are enrolled
9,204 soldiers and 8.179 widows. June
30, 1899, the total number of pension
ers was 991,519, being 2.195 less than
on the same date In 1898.
The report says that considerable
progress has been made in bringing
tip the arrears of work in the bureau.
The work on original claims is pro
< urrent and the work of aiding medical
examination in Increase claim.: is be
ing pushed so that very little time now
elapses between dates of filing and
ordering the medical examinations.
The commission! r reports the work
in far better condition than at any
time since April, 1897, and it Is be
lieved that further progress will be
attained by the systems instituted in
the different divisions.
The commissioner calls attention to
the. fact that order No. 225, issued
June 9, 1893, which provided for a re
adjustment of rates of pensions pre
viously granted under the operation
cf order No. 164. <s still in force, hut
he states that no revision of rates
under said order has been made un
der bis administration.
During the year 107.919 claims of
all classes were rejected in the bureau.
A careful analysis of the causes of re
jection of so many claims Is given,
showing that a large percentage of re
jections occur in which additional al
lowance of some kind Is claimed.
A full and detailed explanation as
to the causes of delay In the adjust
ment of claims is presented, from
which it appears that In nearly every
case of unusual delay the fault lies
with claimants or their attorneys and
not with the bureau.
In order that the present complex
system of pensioning may he simpli
fied and to serure a more uniform
practice in the future the appoint
ment of a commission on the revi
sion of the laws, rules and regulations
Is recommended.
Legislation Is suggested extending
the benefit of the acts of June 17, 1890,
to persons who served in the confed
erate urmy and afterward voluntarily
enlisted In the union army or navy
prior to January 1, 1865, and were hon
orably discharged.
SHlgcilliMi Humor t'ontlriMvil
W A8H1NOTON. Sept. 1 .—The navy
department has received official con
Urination of the Associated Press dis
patches announcing the resignation of
President Klguero of Kanto llomlngo,
in the following cablegram from Cap
taiu l.ougnei her of the New Orleans:
President Klguero resigned at 4
o clock yesterday"
Oils WIU ratal a rapar.
MANILA. Sept I -tNew York
World Cablegram Special Telegram I
Ueaeral Otla la arranging to begin
tbe publication of n newspaper neat
wnab Tba soldiers wbo bate been as
signed to duty In tbe compimlng room
• onplaln that aa tbey bnv* bees or
dered to set type tbey wabt type** I
lera pay
Natives Paeeea la native
MANILA. Sept. I Dispel. ha* Joel
received from Cabu aaaooa.e that tbe
American truopa under fobm-l liar
lees wltb two Setd ptarea. sallied, on
Monday lata tbe bltla. against a band
of natives, wbo reveal I y ambuabad
four of our soldiers. and a bo bate
been generally troublesome Tbs
Americas force hsuul I be natives ea
iren. bed and drove them from I belt
trea< has further lata tb» bills I h«re
»*r* M raaualllea on tbe Amerlvaa
aide, though there were s..wm> heal
prostration* The native* ton* la not
gn«wn
‘TREASIRY IS fill Of GOLD.
Lirgrut Amount on ll«ml In th® llltlory
or tli« rieptrunriit.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—'Yester
day’s treasury statement shows that
tho amount of net gold on hand was
$247,880,601. This Is the largest
amount on hand at one time In the
history of the department, tho next
largest amount having been $246,873,
026, on December 31, 1898. This situ
ation Is accounted for by the fact that
during the last two weeks or more,
the revenues of the government, of
which from 80 to 90 per cent are paid
in gold, h ve largely exceeded the ex
penditures.
At New York the customs receipts,
with the exception of from 8 to 10
per cent, are being all paid in gold
and at other lmportiftit points the ex
cess of gold has been nearly or quite
as large.
The receipts today exceeded the ex
penditures by $1,460,668 and for the
month the excess amounts to nearly
$4,500,000. Since July 1, however, a
deficit is shown of $4,036,658. The to
tal receipts for the month are $49,978,
173, of which $20,546,697 came from
customs, $24,327,039 from internal rev
enue and $5,194,437 from miscellane
ous sources.
The expenditures amount to $45,
518,000, of which $14,981,000 was
charged to the war department, $4,
698,000 to the navy, $13,130,000 to pen
sions and the remainder to civil and
miscellaneous interest and Indian ac
counts. For August last year, the pay
ments to the war department amount
ed to $24,115,934.
NATIVfS RUE THEIR OWN TOWNS
General l.awton Kitende Privilege of
Nelf Government to Filipino*.
WASHINGTON. Sept. I.-Oeneral
Lawton's course in extending munici
pal government In the Philippines la
explained In detail in Manila news
papers Just received at the war depart
ment. They state that the general has
made a tour of many towns along the
line of his division, including Santa
Anna, Pandacan and Han Felipe, und
has established in each a complete sys-*
tern of civil government. The inhabi
tants of the* towns are to have entire
charge of affairs according to General
Lawton's system. The general called
before him the principal men of the
towns and after pointing out the gen
eral purposes and desires of the Amer
ican government hud the natives desig
nate a mayor, vice mayor and head
men for the several wards. General
Lawton explained to the Inhabitants
tliut the United States government did
not wish to meddle nt all with the local
affairs of the people and they were
told to proceed with tax levies, to start,
schools and public improvements and i
to establish such civil offices us they |
saw fit.
The people were told that the tux
money was to be expended at home
and none of it was to he contributed
to the general government. General
Lawton also established the first civil
government at. Balinag, Senor Guerrero
being installed as captain general.
Local governments'also have been put
! in force at liacoo, Paranac and Las
Pinas.
LINCOLN HONORS H R BOYS.
Great Crush of People ut the State llouie
IInrruli» for the Hoys.
STATE HOUSE, LINCOLN, Neb.,
Sept. L—Lincoln people turned out
last night when the First regiment ar
rived from San Francisco. The citi
zens of Lincoln and hII the state for
100 miles on either side of the line of
travel of the regiment testified by their
presence In Immense crowds to the
pride the state feels in the regiment
as a whole. It remained for Lincoln
to show last night that she has a per
sonal and possessory pride In Company
D. the company which xvent from the
capital city.
The crush of men, women and chil
dren at the state house was a new
experience to even those who had
stood at the depot Tuesday night and
who thought that the feelings of the
people had been then and there given
full vent. For an hour before the time
set for the opening number of the pro
gram the corridors of the state house
were filled with hundreds, anxious to
get within seeing or hearing distance
of the stands from which speeches
were to be made. To not more than
one in a hundred who caiue was this
a possibility, and still the crowds
waited, overrunning the state house
lawn und waiting In the vain hope
that somebody who had been favored
with a good place would leave It and
permit others to come in.
<JU«Ua nt M»l« Mllrtl.
WASHINGTON, Sept. L—Adjutant
General Corbin said today that there
were less than UN) appointments of
volunteer officers yet to he made and
they tielonged mainly to the states of
Wisconsin. California and Ohio. The
iiuotas of the other states are prac
tlcally full. The president has made
a small list front which the remaining
regimental appolutiuents will he mads
and It la expected that the reeult will
be Msouicat la a few days.
A HIl»u> la Kaltat.
ST. I .or IS gapt l.~Tloth (ho army
and nary mrruitlag »ff|««* in Si.
Unit* ara huaiagad dally by applicant*
fur aalUHaaat aad iba uffb-ara la
• harga ara awurlug all tba ata thay
•toad Na»al l.lamanant Waal lunlgbt
mmiI aightytbraa man aad boya ua a
«pa* la I irala for Iba Mara lalaad aa*y
yard Tba wan aad boya la tbla rug
llacaat oara aallaiad aa laadaawa aad
appranibaa. raapartlraly
a»i Asiioaa laa U4'aa
NKW YORK Rapt | Mr* Ala*. j
aadat llbldlnaa uf liar aland baa »ri|.
laa lu Iba Oaoay rwaptioa ay*, ultra
.«»wadH— U'uwaaaoai uf iba Wblla
Kwurl uf t'laralaad aaklna fur a
PU»* la Iba llaa during Iba purada j
Nba daat f'baa bar > .iwwaad aa i ua- |
•Uiiag uf IM young ladtaa all draaaad
la pura a Mia and rarrylag brlgbl allb i
Saga Tba Mlar uaa fur oar dad lu
tloaaral R<w obw baa > barga of iba '
n»uba up of lb« land purada Oaa*r«l
R<«p aabl tba id bar day that only will,
lary t>ra*al*«iua« tiuM ba*a a pi ua
la tbo liaa
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The Air Full of Rumors iu Cornuo.ion
VTitb Dreyfus Trial.
THE ATTITUDE OE GEM. MtiTCIER
Merlon* IMvIalons Hoorn* Apparent
Aiuong the Orurrul Stuff I lie Tide of
Kviilenr* In (lie Prisoner's l.mr —
Uiv ding l.lnm llutr Heron* Manifest
— As to the f.ullt of Ksterli'l/s
RENNES, Aug. 31.—The air of Ren
tes is filled with tumors of conspira
cies and predictions of coupB de thea
tre, but nothlug precise can be ascer
tained. General Mender's attitude dur
ing the last few days has rnvp.tifled his
followers In the case. He is extremely
clever, and the general feeling Is that
he Is preparing something, the exist
ence of which will be revealed in a few
days.
it Is now accepted as beyond ques
tion that there 1h a serious division of
opinion on the part of the generals.
While the <ase was running smoothly
against Captain Dreyfus they all pulled
together, but since the tide of evidence
began to turn in his favor, as wai
notably the case during the testimony
of Captain Freystaetter and Colonel
Cordler, which proved much more dam
aging to the genera) stuff than the lat
ter anticipated, certain dividing lines
have becomp manifest between the
various cliques. General Roget, Major
Lauth, Captain Culgnet and M. Oribe
lln, the principal keeper of the archives
of the war office, form one coterie;
General Mereler and General Goose
form another and General Billot and
General De Bolsedeffre a third. Ac
cording to one report, the first two
coteries Intend to throw over General
De Bolsedeffre, whom they feel to be
faltering and declare that he Is re
sponsible for all the errors and illegali
ties of the court-martial of 1894, Gins
making him the scupegoat.
According to another report General
Roget, who was not implicated In 1894
and who only fought against Dreyfus
because he Inherited from Ills prede
cessors the responsibility for' so doing
and placed over-confidence in the ac
counts of the matter furnished him by
the general staff, will cut himself loose
from Generals Mereler. Gonze nnd De
Bolsedeffre. This Is a plausible hy
pothesis, since Roget has assumed
throughout the role of defender of the
army and with a large section of the
nation, and he probably would not lose
by separating himself from the wrong
doers of 1894 and declaring that his
opinion had been changed by the evi
dence given during the present trial.
Yet another atorv is that the gen
erals are going to give way to the au
thorship of the bordereau in view of
the strong expert evidence, and will
admit that Esterhnzy wrote It, alleg
ing, however, that Dreyfus furnished
the Information, not direct to Ester
hazy, hut to a third person, who acted
as Intermediary without Dreyfus
knowing Esterhnzy.
Today's proceedings beh'nd closed
doors will deal with the question of
whether Captain Dreyfus was In a posi
tion to divulge the information re
garding the artillery which was prom
ised in the bordereau. The session will
be very Important and Is bound to have
a tremendous influence upon the Judges
one way or the other, because they are
all artillery officers and will be able
to appreciate such evidence better than
the cryptographic Intricacies that have
been laid before them by the hand
writing experts.
M’LEAN MEADS THE TICKET.
Ulilo Democrat* Name an Killtor at Can
didate for Uovernor.
Governor.JOHN tt. M'l.EAX
IJeut. Governor.A. W. PATRICK.
Supreme Judge. .DEWITT C. BADGER
Attorney General.J. G. DO RE
Auditor.GEORGE W. SIGAFOOS
Treasurer.JAMES. I. GORMAN
Member of Hoard of Public Works
.FLETCHER D. MAUN
ZANESVILLE. Aug. 31.—The demo
cratic state convention closed tonight
after a day of dramatic politics. While
there were a half doaen other candi
dates for governor, the McLean men
claimed everything with such confi
dence that they undertook to be mag
nanimous In minor |>arlH. although
they were at the same time careful
that the star candidate was not
eclipsed. They stated early in the
day that the flrst ballot would have
none of "the second choice” vote for
McLean, that none of the reserves
would be called out until the second
ballot and that all the candidates
would hare their respective votes on
the first ballot. In this play McLean
was nominated on the first ballot by u
half vote and the figuring was so
close that the dramatic scene of
changes on the second ballot with
"second choice" reserves disking to
Mrl.*ans standard did not lake place
The ticket tu full as uomluatad la
given above.
A Dtawrral *urr«tl« IllauS.
8T, LOUIS, Aug II.—Returns from
four Afths of the voting preclude In
the Eighth congressional district In
this state and dose estimates of the
remaining one fifth give the follow ms
vote for each candidate Judge D W
Shackleford democrat. II UU, William
J Voahull republican. I4.MI; W R
Itals populist 414 ' This given Shark
leford n plurality of i on Htaad a
plurality U| ISM was 4.441 and in lass
il was 1.444
*•••4 4IlM MUfU
HMAINKMI> Mlaa, Aug II Tfca
k«4t d Kraal Kaat* ll* **roaaut
»l« Nil la ll* tal« laaaly lotr gat*
*••• allN ota I lag a Walluua **f ***i<mi
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•utnianl lat Util I TIN 14)
• a* NfM It IN i«n*D
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KMII.AHMI.KMIA Ka Aug II II*
Karla Nt<* »*li*f tu«»ii|«« aill Uao*
aa •*» >N gallit for |««a
Mar* la r*a4 4 *•< uM cargo ul Imai
•h4 tuttllrr Aub** rtgiuiaa la ll* r*
lid awa *!»•< ti< ia n*art? t *•»««*
FIRST NEBRASKA REGIMENT.
Country. Town mnl City filrf |bt Uoy»
a Moat llrarty Welcome.
OMAHA, Aug. 31.—All through the :
3tate the Nebraska First regiment was
given- enthusiastic greeting;. In this
city clanging bel s and screaming
whistles, fluttering flags and ringing
cheers, welcomed back to home and
loved ones the boys who, sixteen
months ago. shouldered their muskets
and marched away to bring It hack
stained and bullet-torn, but wreathed
with the brightest lauiels of the long
campaign. It was a greeting worthy
of th«‘ city, worthy of Nebraska and
worthy of the gallant regiment that is
the proudest possession of the Prairie
statF. The soldleis came home to find
that they were greater heroes than
they had ever dreamed of when they
were tempting death In the miasmatic
rice fields of Luzon or facing It In the
murderous storm of Filipino bullets.
Fivory face they saw was jubilant with
welcome, every hand was outstretched
in cordial greeting and every cheer
that rose from 50,000 patriotic throats
voiced the love and sympathy of
friends who were proud to do them
honor.
Almost before daylight the pilgrim
age to the depot filled the motor trains,
and long before the hour at which the
first section was to arrive the viaduct
was jammed with people, and hun
dreds of busy hands wet's preparing
the breakfast that was to he the first
offering to the bovs, who were pre
sumed to be hungry for home cooking.
The march from the depot up town
was one continued ovation from thou
sands of people who lined the streets.
A little over half of the regiment
came through to this city.
Malor Killian mild: “I wish we
could have brought In all the boys,
but home pressure was too strong.
When I took a vote of the men of m.v
battalion there were 229 In favor of
coming here and only twenty-three
who were opposed. On reaching Den
ver they begun to hear from home, and
the committees that were sent out be
gan to get In their work Last night,
lust before we reached Lincoln, the
Beatrice company voted to come to
Omaha In a body, but a few minutes
later, after the people thpre had a
chance to work with them, the com
pany derided that It would go directly
home In n body. Yea, we are all tre
mendously glad to get back and no one
can blame the hoys for wanting to
see the folks at home.”
Lieutenant Colonel Eager, Just as the
assembly call sounded for the parade,
said: "Two days ago It looked as if
we would have nearly the whole regi
ment In line here, but after we struck
Denver, r.nd still litter on the way
across Nebraska, the home ties began
to draw Irresistibly. The boys' folks
Just picked them up bodily and carried
them away. When a mother threw her
aims around her boy and wept over
him there was no more Omaha and no
morp anything hut home.”
FALLS CITY, Neb. Aug. 31. The
old town was all bedecked with Hag.;
and bunting and hundreds of Falls
City citizens, beaded by the band,
marched to the depot to welcome home
the members of the Fighting First Ne
braska. who went from here, in all
about twenty-five.
GHAJS'D ISLANI>, Net*., Aug—31.—
Jacob Wludnagel, the only Gi'and Isl
and boy In the Fighting First Nebras
ka. left tiie special train at Hastings
and came iKirae last night. Seven
members of Company M of Broken
Bow also left the train there and came
through here on their way home.
KENE8AW, Neb.. Aug 31—There
was a hearty greeting for the First
Nebraska here. The whole town was
out with flags.
GENEVA, Neb., Aug. 31.—Company
G. First Nebraska volunteers, was
welcomed home by almost 10,000 peo
ple on Ita arrival at 8 p. m. Excur
sions from Hebron, DeWltt, Exeter,
Grafton, Shlekley and other points
along the Burlington helped to swell
the crowd, all anxious to give three
cheers and a tiger for the home coming
soldiers.
YORK, Neb., Aug. 31.—Company A
of the First Nebraska arrived in York
at a late hour. Their arrival was her
alded by shrieking whistles and ring
ing bells. About 3,000 people crowded
anil Jostled them at the station, but
they slipped through the rrowd and
vanished almost at once. Ample pre
parations have been made for 'a re
ception to them on September fi In
which the entire county will Join. The
boya are in good physical condition.
SAY AtilliMALDO IS DEAD.
I'»|>rr Itrpoitia Ilia Alleged
Muriler of the Filipino l.eadrr.
HAMILTON, O.. Aug. 31.—F. O.
Maya and 7. TaiiK. Japanese tea mer
chants In this rlty, today received a
ropy of the t'hu Kizo Hhlnko. a news
paper printed in Nagoga. Japan, July
22, which contains a dlsputch from
Manila that has not yet become public
In America. Under the heading, "New
Philippine Information." the paper
prints the following
"In the latter part of June near Han
Fernando. Agutnaldo was killed by
General Pto del Pilar. Pilar visited
him to Inquire about the death of Gen
eral Luna and Agutnaldo answered
that he never knew anything about
this rase and told Pilar to mind his
own boaluesa Genera Ptalr then called
Agutnaldo a liar and pulhna a pistol
shot Agutnaldo in the forehead, htlltnf
him Instantly."
Oyl Qny
WAHHIN4ITUN Aug SI.- Captain
Audraw C Quay. a»n of Hanalor Quay
of Hannaylvanln. baa rwalgnad from lb*
army to go Into prlval* buatn*#* Ha
la a gradual* of tba military aradamy j
rlaaa of l»« Hla resignation baa
b**a ar rapt ad by tba praaldai t, to laba
•farI Augual SI
Tba** a««la>aai* 4ra««a.
HAN rHANl IHCO Cal Aug II —
Tba traaaporl Oraal baarlug tba Wye
mine. Idaho aaH Hakota lyglmaata.
a m atgblaH abortly bafora II or lor b
Tba llraal laft Nagasaki iaaaa. ea
tba lltb Inal
a*»i hta*M raoMd
MAMNNUO la A04 SI At a bar
»<at peat* near Udm* laanty H*a
yrtaao •*»* Magal by <atiag ba
■ »am Tba anllta M*« of dioi«u
bara **«* ulM lo that yblait* Caul
rvaotta at* l»a»*l la **«*r*l »«•#«
ALL OVER r'“ STATE:
Ilnj »rown« In the Loup.
COLUMM S, Neb., Sept. 2.—A 15
year-old son of Carl Mayberger. a •well-'
to-do farmer living near Oconee, was
drowned in the Loup river while en
gaged with others In seining. He got
into quicksand and before assistance
could reach him he had been drawo
under the water.
T" alflli IimIUiu I'nvilry Reunion,
LINCOLN, Sept. 2.—-Jerome Shamp.
president of the Twelfth Indiana Cav
alry association, has sent out notices
for the annual reunion of that regi
ment at South Hend, Ind., on Wednes
day and Thursday. September 27 and
28. Nebraska members of the associ
ation are requested to be present.
Ilrakvuntn Badly Ctuahrd.
CLAY CENTER. Neb., Sept. 2.—
Charles Rlake, a brakeman on the
Kansas City & Omaha railroad, was
crushed between two freight cars
while trying to make a coupling at
this place. He was taken to his home
in Fairfield and is In a critical condi
tion.
Burglar* Operate at Nlanton.
STANTON, Neb., Sept. 2,—The groc
ery store of J. M. Mitchell at this place
was broken into, and about $f»0 worth
of goods were carried away. The job
bers gained entrance to the store by
prying open a window from the top,
after first cutting away the wire
screen. There is no clue by which
the parties can be Identified.
Inrinvr'a Nn k U llrotam.
SUTTON, Neb., Sept. 2 —While Will
Robinson, a farmer living south of
town, was hauling a load of shelled
corn, his team became frightened at
some pigs in the weeds by the road
side. They gave a sudden leap and
Mr. Robinson was thrown to the
ground, breaking hU neck- Mr. Rob
inson was about twenty-two years of
age.
Farm llm.ar It atrojred.
RU8VIUJB, Neb., Sept. 2.—The
house of Paul Orogsenberg, living
about fifteen miles southwest of Rusli
vllle, was burnt to tae ground and
everything consumed in the flumes
except a couple of tuhles and chairs.
The fire is a complete mystery and It
occurred while Grossenberg was work
ing on the farm of a neighbor, a mile
away. The loss is about $800.
I |it<!« Onion It t mIii;'
CHAORON, Neb.. Sept. 2.—Raising
onions in large quantities for market
in northwest Nebraska is a new ven
ture made this season by Arthur Weir,
a young printer, who left ('hadron
and went down to Gordon and rented
a patch of fifteen acres of bottom land
that Is under the Irrigation ditch and
well tilled. Mr. Weir then put it all
in onions, and hired a hurtle of town
boys to spend a month weeding
onions, swimming and fishing. That
army of boys made the crop, and now
Weir bus nearly a carload of the choic
est large white onions to the aero
and expects the market to yield him
nearly $1 a bushel. It Is a new indus
try here, that many farmers next year
will follow. Weir has made a few
thousand dollars and the cash is in
sight. __ „
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Souvenir Flag* Clven Away.
OMAHA, Sept. 2.—Cadet Taylor, sur
veyor of customs for the port of Oma
ha, and fatlier of two officers in the
First Nebraska, and who went to Hail
Francisco to meet the regiment when
it arrived and remained with it until
it came to Omaha, expresses regret
that when the cars bearing the Thurs
ton Rlflan to the city Wednesday morn
ing and while the soldiers were at
breakfast people tore off the bunting
that was stretched along the car and
carried away the flags that the mem
bers of the company bought at San
Francisco to be put in the armory as
souvenirs of the trip. About one
third of these flags were taken from
the cars. It is understood, of course,
that those who took them wanted
them as relics, but it is not thought
that they can get the satisfaction out
of them that the members of the Rifles
and their friends could if they were
In the armory, and therefore it is re
quested that they be delivered at the
armory.
Norfolk licet Nngar Factory.
NORFOLK. Neb. Sept. 2.r-The fac
tory of tbe American Hcet Sugar com
pany at this place is now on tbe eve
of its ninth annual ‘'camitaign," an it
la called. Since the factory finished
grinding last winter extensive Im
provementH have been made. Cem
menrlng last May a force of fifty men
was put to work enlarging the grind
ing capacity of the plant. Six weeks
ago fifty additional hands were added
to the force and the Improvements and
repairs are being rushed with the in
trillion of completing the work by the
10th of September. The factory has
heretofore been rated as a 350-ton
plant. Several times during the last
campaign, however, tbe factory con
sumed ss high as 370 tons of beets In
twenty-four hours To glvs the plant
an increased output, a new second car
honatlon press and a new rrystalltxer
have been added and the two vacuum
pana, weighing nearly twenty-three
tons, each raised sis feet All tbs ma
chinery In what la known as the An
tahtng end of ths factory has also been
raised several feat It Is expected that
the tmprovemeata made and addlttoaai
machinery added wilt lucre see the
grinding capacity of the factory to too
mas which meaaa that Nebraaha will
this year largely lacrsaas lu produ
Itoa of hast sugar
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TECUMSEII. Neb., Sept. 4.—A Te
cumseh party has received a letter
from Church Howe. United Slate*
consul at Palmero. Sicily, In which Mr.
Howe speaks of having called on
Dewey and met Ensign Arthur Kava
naugh. The letter is written from
Naples, under date of August 11, and
reads In part as fallows: *Ye**erday
I visited with Admiral Dewey and offi
cers on board the flagship Olympia, at
anchor in the harbor of Naples. The
officer on duty to receive us as we
boarded the Olympia was none other
than Arthur Kavanaugh of Tecumseh,
to whom I needed no Introduction.
Young Kavanaugh is the picture of
health and a fine specimen of a typical
American sailor. He made a splendid
record at Manila, and the officers of
the Olympia speak of him in the high
est terms. He should receive a warm
reception from the people of Tecumneh
and Johnson county on his return
home."
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Mate Itlnwn at 11 smlng font.
HEMINGKORI), Neb., Sept 4—the
large safe In Miller Z. Wildy’s grain
office was blown Wednesday night.
The robbers succeeded in wrecking and
opening the outer and inner doors of
the safe, but the steel chest was not
tampered with. It is evident that the
culprits became frightened and left
hurriedly, as a pocket knife, bottle of
glycerine and a syringe, with which
the explosive was applied, were left
near the building and a pouch con
taining about fX in silver, which had
not been placed In the chest, but was
lying In the safe within full view, was
not molested. There was about $1,300
cash In the chest.
Only One «nl(llor for Albion.
ALBION, Neb.,8ppt. 4.—Sidney East
man. Albion's representative In t,h*
First Nebraska, returned August 31 on
the evening train from Columbus. All
the business bouses were closed. Com
pany M. a delegation of the Grand
Army of the Republic, a brass bund,
the mayor and city council, together
with a concourse of citizens, escorted
the returned soldier from the train to
the Albion house, where he was given
a reception. It Is a noteworthy fact
that Mr. Kastman has been In America
a very short time and proves that
America’s foreign subjects are loyal
by fighting for his adopted country. ■
Warm Wrlitomr In M'glit.
HOLDKKGK. Neb.. Bept. 4 —Great
preparations have been made for u
celebration here of the return of the
men of the First Nebraska. Eighteen
enlisted from this place and were
enrolled In Companies I and E. On
Monday the town will he filled with
people who come to welcome the sol
diers back home. The Grand Army of
the Republic will act as special escort
In the procession. An elaborate pro
gram bus been prepared. Including a
parade, speeches, a bountiful dinner
and fireworks In the evening. Free
lemonade and 300 watermelons consti
tute a portion of the hill of fare.
Ilu«t>:i>i<1 Itrtiirn* Moms 1'nMpict.dIjr.
FALLS CITY, Neb., Sept. 4.—A. L.
Meadows, proprietor of one of the lead-,
lng livery barns here, returned unex
pectedly from a trip to Mound City,
Mo. On arriving at his home he caBS1**"
his wife and the hostler In his employ
In a compromising position. Meadows
kicked the door down and attacked
the couple with a knife. In the dark
ness the woman received several had
gashes, the worst being about the
throat and breast. In the excitement
the hostler made his escape and the
neighbors saw him running with but
•little clothing.
Ontlnff of tfio NnlloiiMS Uuftnl
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 4.—Adjutant
General Barry has nearly completed
all arrangements for the annual en
campment of the National Guard forces
of the state, which will be held at
Lincoln park, near this city, from Sep
tember 9 to 14, Inclusive, Orders were
Issued for Troop A of Seward to move
overland to Lincoln from Its head
quarters. This will give the cavalry
men a taste of outdoor service. Ad
jutant General Barry has completed an
estimate of the amount of food neces
sary for the troops during their stay
in camp. .t- j
New Foe to fleet Fields.
FRKMONT, Neb.. Sept. 4—A new fon
has appeared In the beet fields of the
county and threatens some damage to
the crop. It is a worm which spins its
web around the tojj of the plant, then
eats the leaves. It hns already covered
hundreds of acres of the Standard Cat
tle company's fields. The company
has tried several kinds of remedies,
but has about concluded It will have
to rely upon Furls green to exterminate
the pest.
Corporal Hull* \V*li»mr.
FREMONT. Neb.. Sept. 4 - Fremont
gave an Impromptu demonstration tn
honor of Corporal Arlendel Hull, one
of tin three aoldters who nerved tn
the I’hlllppluea He w«a a member of
Company II of Nelaon and went with
the company to Superior from Lincoln.
He arrived home on the aftrrnum*
train from that place and 1.000 cltlaena
with band and cannon were at tha
train to Rive him welcome He wna
escorted to hta home by a lone pm
reealon.
rvteaie derree Very atop.
OKNKVA, Neb . Sept 4 - Private
Stanley Morruw, who reached haana
Tuesday with the reet nf the hoy a. wan
m etch he could wot walh and ta re
ported no better
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Wenteete* ta Pay Ik* m*a
PUATTSMOCTN. Neh. Sept 4 —
Judge H i Haakaey convened dtetrtet
court ta thte rtty and lletenad In Ike
evidence In the man of (ha Nehawha
baah anoinei t O laser— II. e4 ai
Hon * M rhapatau appeared tor (ha
plaintiff and Attorney Oeaerni Smyth
b*r the defeadaaU The evldanea
* bowed that I age retell burrowed money
from the haah aad bought a carhaad
>*f rattle, ehhh he ehtpewd la Suo4h
i On* be aad m44. hut neglected In pay
the baah