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MattA 1.—A kattfnd IB i«tvr*u memm m.'nm ml rum Kas |Vr BAB A* A*- A I'BMW AWAbaAoO l#*L flm of tS»» T: rd ravmir* w A® o*-rr «w •or* t* • proa tiaaoB traia Tar A nor Vtt* armttofvA ABC vAtM- Murta&g. to at}. <wo MBA **» kOM Tk# IB fWjABBWi foot kenm uM a MHMtHBMl* of tkr toral try Aovoi Op*C do to»"t dfcAt llkr-rr Am e® tnBrkBkMk tktft Mf B forro Of fill JWMkiO «-M -BiWtiiiilt to BUAW-r MB BOB A*Ae«a ®»*0 (• I *»r iMlh. t 4® imAMLroifT K* M*f. a 2 -Tfe* * i oort of BpBuwiki. wcutoa bb orArr puca fWAUAS do *Tf«BWl AorM'A UBtil Ihr MprtAM tor* oAkrA Io«uui ta April TAo or dor of do « Am* juot #» Boro •M f» do maniii for lAlo otMa Bat — *»-l> adAtoo diB* to Jodpao Brill LONDON BECOMES LNSTERIC4L. N»«* Irun Ladituiilh *rl« the htuiid ( nrkart Wild with .lot. LONDON. March *—(New York A'ortd Cablegram)—London cele Nated the relief of Ladysmith by -i riotous enthusiasm without parallel. The entire population went frantic • tfc joy and the excitement, feeding » pon itself found vent as the hours sped in demonstrations of delight amounting to positive dementia. In rb*- populous city and west end the car nival of self-admiration attained its must astonishing manifestation, but • en ,n the quietest suburbs both col ♦ctlve and individual ebullitions of • nthusiasm assumed an absolutely grotesque form Business was suspend e on tfce Stork exchange, while its tneit:i*er*> abandoned themselves utter ly to the influence of the occasion, marching about in fours with linked : rms ringing the national anthem and ‘ SMdier* of the Queen." It was the reverse side of the medal tvtum the black week of Magersfontein. Colcnso and Stormberg. when the same individuals, their nerves shattered by s-. <-esstve disasters, displayed their feeling* by equally puerile evidences of poax in the sotmrlM it was no un < omffion thing to see well dressed women .areemng in the middle of the :o*d n a specie* of spontaneous car 's agti* ♦ while omnibus conductors w«-r»- shouting in childish frenzy; “To f reform All the way. 2 pence." In the we*i end a gan~ of students m th»- university college romman • :« ! heavy freight vans and dragged irons along through the principal streets loaded with others of their turn leer waving flags cheering and singing patriotic songs, which were taken up by the throngs on the pave mest un'il the streets partook of the aspect of a bedlam From eariv afternoon all business in the sf> wa* at an end and many ? re*. »t-rr closed altogether. Others deserted by their employes, who I into the packed streets, where *• *t#e* ed traffi. had l>ecome imprac t*<abie while hatless. and in many . .j. *a'i*-as they paraded, shrieking their tie .afct over Buller's belated suc < eas A* t. g; * ame on the throngs grew rh nset the demonstration became * >r and more unrestrained, finally aerating into a seemingly univer -a • r e Saloons did a rearing trade ♦ ore where and sc enes of mad revelry et.s e Bands of men and women ' » *■ je — as ion of omnibuses, which >u. 1 only proceed at a walking pace * u frequent stops, maintaining an ■ > nia’-ie :amor. waving union ja i,- indulging in all manner of ; <r*ei ay. *h; h with the clangor of • .tit!'•«.*. c hurcb bells created an in •-►-.ant \n and turmoil showing that be usually stolid cockney had for ot * • g »ne stark stanng mad. In the n.ng infection of excitement all ught of the terrible toll of dead and maimed. the bravest of their soldiers, v Li fa had been paid for this victory, wa* forgotten It was, on the whole, : painful exhibition of jubilation, tell ing a Sign :ft< ant tale of abysmal de sfe-n-ietic y and terror from which it v as the unhealthy reaction. SFURf FIGHTING 4T MARKING. W»b* 1*0 lirtrrmlhrd %»«ault» on Ibr Prfrn^a. IjOJCDON. March 2—A special from ' ape*«*n says that a telegram has | —-t re eived th-re from Mafeking attno -m :ng that the Boers made a se • r* anu protracted assault on Febru ary 17 but mere driven off at all j point* The truce which is usually j obeerv-d Sunday# was broken the 18th another f»er« e attack, but after de termined fighting the Boers were re j sed with a loss of forty killed and wound- The defenders, who were a‘*P to i«k<* advantage of the shelter 1 of the earthworks lost only two killed and three wounded ROOT AND RUN TO FIGHT. _ **4* »»t« «f Thirty lit* Hundred to l'l*» Tlioutund HOT SPRINGS. Ark . March 2 —Dan V Stuart representing the manager of Ji« k Hoot signed articles of agree ment. for a tight between Root and Ti ainijf Ryan, the battle to take place wIthia three months before the club j "• -:ng th- great-st inducements. The tattle will carry with it a side wager ct ti.j**• to f j.ouu. Hyan started west from Hot Springs t *da» for Los Angeles with Jim Jef frie* while Root will leave West linden for Chicago early next week. The I'abl.t Prbl *»tmIrBirnI. WASHINGTON March. 2—The ! r.«<*att. a -tatetnent of the public debt tmammd today shows that at the close -1 basin*- February 28 1900, the debt. ca*h in the treasury, amounted to f * swS.Ofig. a decrease since Febru ary 1 of |s.7#0.lc»8. Tbe decrease is largely accounted * r tv the increase in the amount of cash on hand.. Havana* laport*. WASHINGTON*. D. C.. March 2.— A- tirtS'ti* to a state meet made public t y the War d«jcarim*-nt today the total value of merchandise imported Into Havana during the calendar year 1889 a a* $4“ 920,774 of w hich 120.687.140 -me from the I'nited States. $7,005,419 fr >m the l cited Kingdom. $1,576,639 *rum <>miany. $9,377,095 from Spain j and $10,274 461 from other countries. i The total value of imports of mer chandise. gold and silver combined, ; »as $.'T.2M.«vv la Judge ■■nhair* Mem> ry. WASHINGTON. March 2—A sul* committee of the American Bar as wo- ration called on President Mc Kin ley today and informed him of the «e-j* •ration which has been arranged 1 for Fe ternary 4. 194*1. in honor of the c-entetimal of the installation of John Marshall as chief justice of the su- j presse <*»art of the I'nited States. The pr« -ident expressed great interest >n the proponed centennial exercises and a* epted an invitation to be pres ; ent Wo «*»gu of I uimrniton. BERLIN March. 2—In reply to a **«• rtiuB th« foreign office told the cor- j t« -ponded of the Associated Press * iia m pae of new>-paer statements to ibe contrary. Germany neither *so«» of any project for intervention ta South Africa, nor intends such it self. « mm*I*tea af tWa Treasury WASHINGTON. March 2—Todays •tatenrs c7 the condition of the • r—sury shows Available cash bal amne. $294,562,823: gold reserve. $53$. I mj2s> HARD ROM TRAVEL Buller Progresses Toward Ladysmith, Pay ing a Fearful Price in Blood. CASUALTIES ALL ALONG THE LINE. Uli Four Attempts to Soln White Cost Four Thousand Men — Desperate Straits of the Dattered Garrison — Horn as Yet Far From Bring Whipped. LONDON. March 1.—General Buller's distinct success in storming Piet«rs hill brings the rescue of Ladysmith i.**ar. but tne war office intimated last evening that an immediate announce ment of relief need not be expected. The going to and fro at midnight of officials and messengers suggested that important news had been received. If this were the case Lord Lansdowne decided to sleep upon it before taking the public into his confidence. General Buller's success came after bard fighting Friday, and it was im irovised and its execution begun dur | ;r.g the armistice of Sunday. In pro posing the armistice, the British commander stipulated that both sides should he free to move, but that neither should do any shooting. He was there fore within his privilege in immedi ately beginning to transfer his troops. , General Buller's tidings come weight <d with his long list of casualties, his losses in the four attempts to get Gen eral White out aggregating 4,000. l^adysmith is in desperate straits. Charles Williams, the military expert, cays he learns on very good authority (presumably that of Lord Wolsley) that General White*; force is "almost | at its last gasp.” "This is not so much," added said Mr. Williams, "on account of any lack of provisions or ammunition, neither ol which is yet exhausted, as because of the poisonous waters of the Klip river and the evil effects cf the heat on the terrane on which the garrison must reside. Even those who have escaped fever, dysentery and diarrhoea are in a state of low vitality. They can still man trenches and would prob ably hold their own against a last des perate assault, but they can initiate rothing. General Buller now knows that as units the regiments will be of no use to him for months. "The water of Klip river is not available for drink and to boil it is impossible because of the scarcity of fuel. It is thick with putrid animal matter. Tea made of it has suspended fibre something like beef tea. It is cau.-ed by the sewage from the Boer camps.” W llliams adds that when news like this passes under the tnumb of the censor it more than offsets whatever jolly news may be heliographed from Ladysmith. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Colenso, dated Monday, describ ing the famous advance of the Innis klllins on Friday says: “I saw the first company waver and then break before a sheet of well-di rected ieaden hail and within a minute not a man was left standing. It seemed to me that the brave company of fusileers wTas annihilated. ‘ Shortly afterward, however, I could see some of them move, then rise and finally walk quietly to the rear, taking cover. The supporting company was also cut up. but not uite so severely. “The Boers are placed on high, unas sailable kopjes and it would take ten times their number to carry these po sitions successfully. The kopjes com mand the railway from Colenso to Ladysmith and a real right flank at tack is rendered impossible, owing to a high and precipitous ravine wnich opens upon the Tugela. while the left is too open and void of cover and cannot be seriously considered as a means of assault. Itavitt'w SucceMor Elected. LONDON, March 1.—The result of the election which took place in South Mayo yesterday for representative in Parliament in succession to Michael Davitt. who resigned as a protest against the Boer war. was as follows: John O'Donnell, nationalist. 2.410; Major John McBride, nationalist. 427; O'Donnell's majority. 1.983. Major McBride was the organizer of the Irish brigade in the service of the Transvaal Boers. May Bring Horae Warnhips. WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 1.— The further increase, by the acquisi tion of three more Spanish gunboats of Admiral Watson s naval force in the Philippines, as reported by the admiral yesterday, will, it is believed, make it possible for the navy department at an early day to recall some of the larger vessels now in the Philippines. Ad miral Watson's acquisitions are larger vessels than the mosquito fleet bought in upon the Spanish evacuation of the island. A Rung? War Brewing LVSK. Wvo.. March 1.—There is a range war brewing between the sheep and cattlemen over in the vicinity of Twenty Mile. There are no less than twenty bands of sheep in that vicinity and a number of herds of cattle. Should the cattlemen move away and leave the range to the sheepmen the latter will undoubtedly quarrel among themselves ever a division of the feeding grounds. Discontents—Like boy’s snow balls rolling down hill, are increased byvcir culation. Tbl* W ill Plea** Rhode*. LONDON. March 1.—Gibson Bowles, liberal member of parliament for Ktngslynn, who was much struck by the statement of Cecil Rhodes the other day that the profits of the De Beers company last year were £2.000. wOO and that there are diamonds in Kimberly now valued at £167,000. in tends to suggest to Mr. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, that the rescued property be distributed among the troops as salvage or be at least applied to the relief of the widows and or phans of the fallen. Nnrainatiom by rmidrnt. WASHINGTON. March 1—The pres ident today sent the following nomina tions to the senate: Postmasters—Missouri: Charles A. Fawver, Jackson. California: H. A. Plimpton, Perris. Kansas: J. H. k mith. Downs. Army—Major R M. O’Reilly, surgeon to be deputy surgeon general, with tank of lieutenant colonel; Captain William J. Wakeman. assistant sur geon. to be surgeon, with rank of major; Second lieutenant C. H. Whip ple. Jr.. First artillery, to be second lieutenant ot infantry. INNISKILLINGS CIT TO PIECES. Low 14 Ont of IT omrers and 250 Prlrttn. COLENSO, March 1.—In the attempt of the Inniskillings Friday to rush the Boer position on Pieter's hill, the Boer tire was so terrible when the infantrv emerged from the cover of the trees, that every man in the leading half ot the company fell, wounded. The ad vance line of the British reached a donga in front of the firat Boer trench, which was not apparent until they were actually in it. The Boers retired to the crest and then returned on either flank of the Inniskillings. enfilading the captured donga with a terrible cross-fire. Finding it imposstoie to cross or to hold the position, the British fell back and intrenched themselves half way up the hill. The Boers maintained a heavy fire. In the course of the night the Dublin Fusileers and Connaughts arriving to support the Inniskillings. another determined effort was made to take the Boer positions. This also failed. A heavy fire continued through out the night. The Inniskillings lost fourteen out of seventeen officers killed and wounded, and about 250 non-commissioned offi cers and men killed and wounded. General Lyttleton's brigade relieved General Hart's brigade in the morning and the artillery duel was continued Sunday, though no great damage was done. Today an armistice was agreed upon to enable both sides to collect their dead and wounded. Ruller Report* Surce*s. LONDON, March 1.—The war office has received the following dispatch trom General Duller: “HEADQUARTERS. HLANDWANI, Feb. 28. 5 a. m.—Finding that the pas sage ot Langewacht's spruit was com manded by strong intrenchments. I reconnoitered for another passage of the Tugela. One was found for me be ; low the cataract by Colonel Sandbach. Royal Engineers, cn February 25. We commenced making an approach there to and on February 26. finding that I could make the passage practicable, 1 crossed the guns and baggage back to the south side of the Tugela. took up the pontoon bridge on Monday night and re-laid it on the new site, which is Just below the present marked cata lact. "During all this time the troops had been scattered, crouching under hastily constructed small stone shelters and exposed to a galling shell and rifle fire i and throughout they maintained the most excellent spirits. “Tuesday General Barton with two battalions of the Sixth brigade and the Dublin Fusiliers crept about a mile and a half down the banks of the river and ascended an almost perpendicular cliff of about 500 feet, assaulted and carried the top of Pieter's hill. This hill, to a certain extent, turned the enemy's i left and the Fourth brigade under Colonel Norcott and the Eleventh brig ade. Colonel Kitchener commanding, the whole under command of General Warren, assailed the enemy's position, which was magnificently carried by the South Lancashire regiment about sun set. We took about sixty prisoners and scattered the enemy in all directions. There seems to be still a considerable body of them left on and under Bul wana mountain. Our losses L hope are not large. They certainly are much less than they would have been were it not for the admirable manner in which the artillery was served, espe cially the guns manned by the Royal naval force and the Natal naval volun teers." DKcmint Unll«>r'» story. LONDON. March 1.—General Bul ler's account of The tremendous re sistance he is encountering in his ef forts to reach Ladysmith has brought public interest with a sharp turn from complacent contemplation of Lord Roberts’ victory to a realization of the serious conditions still existing in Na tal. Though General Buller’s lengthy dispatch is construed as a victory bravely won. the commander of the forces in Natal has so often reported similar victories without achieving his main objective that the public has learned to contain its jubilation until Ladysmith is actually relieved, while the long list of casualties invariably following any apparent gain by Gen eral Buller is always awaited with dread and anxiety, which temporarily rob his success of its acclaim. However, it is the general accepted belief that General Buller is deter mined to reach General White this time and though the stages are disap pointingly slow, the nation confidently awaits news of the relief of those 8.000 besieged troops. General Bul ler s report shows there is urgent need of Lord Roberts exerting every effort to still further draw off the Boers from Natal to the Free State. That he will do so. and quite likely is already doing so by marching on Bloemfontein is regarded as almost certain by the military circles here. With the addi tional 600 Boers reported prisoners at Kimberley, it seems that the num ber of men captured by Lord Roberts nearly reaches 5,000. ynffn PraiiM the Irish. LONDON, March 1.—The quten has telegraphed General Buller as fol lows: “I have heard with the deepest con cern the heavy losses sustained by my brave Irish soldiers and I desire to ex press my sympathy and admiration of the splendid fighting qualities they have exhibited throughout these try ing operations.” Vital Statistics of Havana. WASHINGTON, March 1.—Major John G. Davis, surgeon United States volunteers and chief sanitary officer of Havana, Cuba, has forwarded to the war department some statistics in re gard to births, deaths, marriages and immigration. These statistics cover the last ten years ended December 31 last and show that during that decade there were 40.509 births. 9.596 mar uages and 101.932 deaths, an apparent excess of 61.423 deaths over births. The death rate was heaviest during 1898, 1897 and 1896. in the order named. Bryan and Caldwell to Ran. BOSTON. March 1.—George F. Wash burn, chairman of the Massachusetts populist state committee, who has just leturned from the populist national committee meeting, says that the pop ulists will nominate W. J. Bryan and Judge Henry C. Caldwell for president and vice president at Sioux Falls. S. D., May 9. and that the democratic nation al committee will isdorse the ticket. Every mao of character makes un written law? that others have to live up to. FILLED WITH DENIALS rhe Complaint of the Business Men oi Norfolk Beplied to. CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS ARE DENIED Wli»t Attorney Sheenan of the Chicago. st. Paul. Mioneapo'.l* A Omaha Hatlway Company Seta Forth —Diaeriaaination Againat Norfolk Emphatically Oenieil. LINCOLN. Neb.. March 5.—Attorney Sheenan of the Chicago. Minneapolis. St. Paul & Omaha Railroad company has filed an answer with fhe State Board of Transportation to the com plaint of the Business Men's associa tion of Norfolk, which charges the road with unfair and unjust discrim ination against Norfolk in favor of towns no better situated with regard to both freight and passenger service. The complaint charged that when Secretary Laws and Edgerton visited Norfolk last June they found that there was no freight schedule posted by the road on which they might de pend for information and that the sec retaries promised to command the road to publish such schedule, but that they did not keep their promise. This allegation the road emphauaclly de nies. asserting that it has been guilty of no discrimination or injustice. The document filed bv Attorney Sheenan is filed with denials. It denies that the road discriminates against Norfolk in favor of points no better situated; it denies that no tariff sheet is pub lished; it denies the publishing of rates from Sioux City. la., and South Sioux City. Neb., other than Norfolk to the exclusion of the latter; it denies that the road published a rate from Omaha to Nebraska points other than Norfolk; it denies it will not accept freight at Omaha to be shipped to Nor folk. agreeing to transport it only to Hope, a small station a mile from Nor folk and asserts that the road is will ing to accept freight at Omana at any time to be carried to Norfolk if only a reasonable rate may be charged. The road also denies that it has discrim inated in any way against Norfolk. In conclusion the nswer says; "And further answering, this re spondent says that whatever disad vantages. if any. are suffered by the citizens and business men of Norfolk are due to circumstances and condi tions brought about by the location of the city; that the rates and charges made by this respondent are entirely equitable and just to the public and to the shippers; that South Sioux City is a village existing under and by vir ture of the laws of the state of Ne braska. and containing not more than 300 inhabitants; that no shipments of any consequence are received from that village to the city of Norfolk; that there are no manufacturing, commer cial. industrial, mercantile or jobbing enterprises at South Sioux City; that there are no commodities and staple goods, of any character, which are of fered for shipment from South Sioux City to Norfolk; that the demand con tained in said complaint, for a read justment of rates between South Sioux City and Norfolk. Neb., is not based upon any demands of shippers from South Sioux City nor from persons who wish to ship from Norfolk to South Sioux City. Cotner I'niveroltn** Debt. LINCOLN. Neb., March 5 — All obli gations standing against the property of the Cotner university at Bethany, a suburb of Lincoln, have been paid and the college, furniture and fixtures and campus are now entirely free from debt of any kind. The committee in charge of the trust fund recently raised to meet these obligation made the settlement with the Lincoln banks, the total consideration being approx imately 113,000. Plans are being matured for endow ing the institution. The churches of Christ in Nebraska have contributed a large amount to the trust fund and the balance was received by private contribution. Horace Morse of Cali fornia contributed $2,000. and Alfred Allen of Rising City and George Par menter of Plainview, Neb., donated $500 each. Cotner university is now in a prosperous condition. The build ing was constructed during the period of inflated values and for awhile the university was a successful institution. During the years of business depres sion the attendance was small ana the college became heavily involved. The settlement clears the institution of all previous debt. Howell Found Gnilty AUBURN. Neb.. March 5.—District court convened on Monday and on Tuesday the first jury was empaneled. The first case was the State against Howell, in which George Howell of Howe was charged with shooting with intent to kill. The jury deliberated nearly twelve hours and returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended all possible leniency. On July 31 Howell, who had had trouble with L. Hill, met Hill at the lumber yard and shot at 1 im twice, one ball passing through Hill’s hat. Railroad Flan is Popular. SPAULDING. Neb., March 5— The \tkinson & Northern railroad has made a proposition to extend its road from Ericson to Cedar Rapids if the people of Spaulding will subscribe for a small amount of the stock, give right-of-way. depot and other facili ties and re-vote bonds in the amount voted last fall. The plan is very pop ular here and it is probable the road will be built. Stewart I* I mpeached. TRENTON. Neb.. March 3.—The im peachment proceedings against the county clerk were concluded Saturday. Tbe attorneys for both the defense and prosecution made good pleas. W. R. Starr. J. T. White and J. A. McClure represented the defense and the pros ecution was represented by W. S. Mor ian and T. H. Blackledge. Tbe im peachment case against J. H. Brown was continued until March 14. Late in the evening the county commissioners gave in a verdict of guilty whereby W. A. Stewart is impeached and Geo. Noll of Stratton is appointed clerk. The Murder Trial In Gordon. CHADRON. Neb.. March 5.—Intense excitement prevails over the trial of George Coil for the murder of Tom Ryan. The public schools closed to allow the children to attend in a body, and men and women gained and held seats an hour before court convened. The room was packed within and with out the guard railing and men and women stood on chairs. The defense produced testimony showing the mur dered man had been bullying over and terrifying the neighborhood, and had confessed shooting at the defendant tour times. ! fl\£R4l Of MRS. M4R\ WAKELIN. 1 ' Service* Are Held in Woman * Ehr Uian Temperance Colon Temple. j FREMOXT. Xeb.. March 2. — The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Wakelin. who wrs murdered by her husband near Brook. Otoe county, was held from the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union temple in this city. The services were i under the charge of Rev. C. W. Brin 1 stead, for many ears a pastor of the Baptist church of this city. The large auditorium of the temple was filled with the many relatives and friends of the deceased. The remains were met at the Elk , i horn depot by a delegation from the ' Fremont Woman's Christian Temper ance union, which organization occu- j pied reserved seats in the front of the building. There were a very large number of floral offerings, many of elaborate design. The music was by a quartet, consisting of Messrs. George Murrell and J. H. Rogers and Mes ' dames Shiveley and Rovce. Mrs. L. S. Moe of this city spoke of Mrs. Wakelin as a member of the Wo man's Christian Temperance union, of her energetic character and her zeal and devotion to the cause of temper- j ance. Mr. Brinstead spoke eloquently of her purity and nobility of charac- j ter. of her breadth of religious views , and of her kindliness of manner, which won for her the love and re- • sped of all who knew her. After a School Superintendent. LINCOLN. March 2.—An organized fight is being made by 2 number of prominent men in this city to secure the removal of Dr. Charles A. Gordon trom the position of superintendent of the Lincoln city schools. The admin istration of school affairs in this citv has caused considerable dissatisfaction i.mong the parents of school children. All sorts of charges are made against J the administration of Dr. Gordon. He is accused of removing teachers with out cause and of employing others who ■ .are incompetent, with disorganizing j the schools and with showing favor itism to some, while being unjustlv ; rejudiced against others. A part of the trouble grows out of the new rules proposed by Superintendent Gordon , which have in part been adopted by the Board of Education. These rules | i.mend an old law of the board adopted several years ago. which makes all cer tificates of a certain grade permanent ; after three years' service in the city j schools. A majority of the teachers now employed in the Lincoln schools hold such certificates and until the rule of Superintendent Gordon was put into effect they were always recognized, not only in Lincoln, but in other schools in Nebraska of the same standard. Morgan Get* HI* Money. LINCOLN. Neb.. March 2.—Secretary of the Senate Alpha Morgan called on Secretaty Porter and presented a claim tor $270. This amount he claimed as ihe balance due him for preparing an index for the senate journal destroyed some time ago in the North fire. The property is of no value to the state new. as it will not correspond with the pages of the new journal being pre pared by Maggie Koese. Secretary Porter refused to approve the claim until he had consulted the legal de partment of the state. Deputy Attor ney General Oldham was of the opinion that since the legislature had appro priated $300 to pay for preparing the index, and since Morgan had done the work he had agreed to do. there was nothing to do but allow his claim. Therefore. Mr. Porter withdrew his ob ■ iections. Auditor Cornell drew a war j !&nt. Tieasurer Meserve cashed the pa- j I per and Morgan returned home happy. Pro|>o«* to Build Bridge*. GERING. Neb.. March 2.—Proposi tions are being circulated in the form l of petitions for building two new j bridges across the North Platte river in this county. This will give the 1 county three bridges, there being one now at this point. The proposition is : asked for the reason of the desire of south side people to reach the railroad now being finished through the ! county. l.o««e« Pm id for thr >m»on The United Mutual Hail Insurance ' ’ association of Lincoln, Neb., has al- | ready paid $63,000 on losses for the ! season of 1899.and will, as soon as out j standing assessments can be collected, ' pay the remaining $13,500. That this i class of insurance is a necessity for all farmers to carry is beyond question, the only question, being to get in a re I liable company. The above company is on a safe financial basis and is man- • aged by reliable men of Nebraska. EnsiMVf RadlT Sr«lded. ! NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. March 2 — William Lasher, engineer at the Ne | oraska City cereal mills, had a narrow ; escape from being scalded to death, j While taking out a valve in an engine, j i hot water was thrown on the right side I j ol his face, shoulder and arm. the | shoulder and arm being most severely ! burned, as a woollen shirt he wore re | tained the heat more before he could i | -emove it. He will be confined to the bouse for some time. ^|r». Lakt lnxan*. MINDEN. Neb., March 2 —Sarah E ! I Lake, wife of John Lake, of Logan > ' township, nine miles northwest, was | brought before the commissioners on j a charge of insanity and adjudged in- j sane. Pending the assembling of the I board she kept half a dozen attend- j [ ants and the deputy sheriff imprisoned j outside the door of her room while she l*eat a tattoo with a chair upon the door panels. She is a Christian scien- j tist. — New Entrrpntr for Broken Bow. BROKEN BOW. Neb.. March 2 — Broken Bow separator station has been formally opened for business. A very handsome plant has been erected by ; a company of forty farmers and busi ness men. The circumstances under which this plant opened was mo6t fav- I orable. The amount of milk received was about 2.500 pounds, which for a commencement this time of year is ex- ! eeedingly good. The forenoon was spent in examining the plant and at ; noon a lunch was served at the Wood man hall. In the afternoon there were ! exercises in the Woodman hall. _ It if Major Strait. LINCOLN. Neb., March 2.—The votes for major of the Second regi ment, Nebraska national guard, was canvassed in the office of Adjutant General Barry, resulting in the elect- • ion of Captain E. J. Straight, com pany F. of Lincoln, by the narrow margin of sixteen votes to fifteen votes for Captain E. H. Phelps, com pany K. of Schuyler, and four votes for Captain T. F. McCarthy, company H, of Austora. The election Is to fill the vacancy caused by the recent elec tion of Major W. H. Hayward as col onel mi the regiment. • Crazed Nebraska Farmer Kills His Wife ard Tien Himself. \ SKELETON. |\ THE CLOSET. Oo«e«U Infelicity S.id io HaT. ‘h* l “OM“ of *h- I>o«M* < rUae-Th. SUi"id- HU Hr., wif.*. L**Vr* * ^ote Announcing Hi, Intention. BROCK. Neb.. Feb. ;$ -Wileon r0rf-rri-— oo.th of Brock, attacked and murdered ms wife by cutting her throat with a razor and walked three-quarters of a mile to the cemetery, where he slashed his own throat from ear tQ ear. shot and killed himself over the grave of his first wife who died six years ago. The inquest revealed the fact there had b^en a dispute over the di vision of some property. The deed a madniai1' deliberately •‘-“ned antl executed dur.ng the mid night hours. Mrs. ^'akelin. formerly Mrs A H Hitchqjrk of Fremont wW prominent for > ears in the prohibition movement and served as president of the Nebras ka. W an on s Christian Temperance union. At 1 o'clock in the morning Wakelin called u the house of a neighbor Si mon Robertson. who lives half a mile south, about midway to the cemetery and told him to go over to his house! Icr liis w ife was very sick. At the same time he requested that Robert son’s son should go and tell his son in-law. Frank Houston, to go for . doctor. Robe, .son and his wife immediately went to the Wakelin home where they found Mrs. Wakelin lying detd with her throat cut. The bed clothing was soaked with blood. On the center tabl* they found a note written by Wakelin in which he said that he had cut h « wife's throat, that she was dead be fore he left the house, and that he was going to lie cemetery and kill himself. Other neighbors wc’-e aroused. A company of them lighted lanterns and went to the cemetery where they found Wakelin lying dead clutching a re voHer. Uy the side of the bodv lav an open razor smeared with blood and a deep gash from ear to ear indicated that Wakelin had made doubly sure of taking his own life. The murder was committed in Otoe county and the suicide in Nemaha county, and the coroners and sheriffs of both counties were notified. While the whole community is shocked by the horror of the tragedy it is not a great mystery, for it has been well known that Mr. and Mrs. Wakelin had not got along well to gether. The precise nature of their differences is not known, however, and little has been said in the neighbor hood about the unpleasautress between them. They bad been married five or six years. She was bis second wife and he her second husband. She vas formerly Mrs. M. A. Hitchcock of Fremont, and was for ten years president of the Ne braska W. C. T. U. A married daugh ter of Mrs. Wakelifl's, Mrs. Lumbard, lives in Fremont. Aydrophobla Among Cattle W1NSIDE. Neb.. Feb. 28.—Eitaer a peculiar disease his lately developed among stock in this neighborhood or some dog has become rabid unknown t > the owner. Mr. Edward Krause, liv ing on his farm southeast of Winside. had a dog that had been on the place for seven years, seldom if ever le.nv.ng his homo. This animal strayed to an other farm nearby the first part of last week and seemed to be sick, though no one thought him mad. He riled at a neighboring farm. Three cf Mr. Krause's cattle began to show symp toms of some peculiar malady in the middle of the week and they bees wo apparently mad and could not le re strained m any wav. tearing down whatever barn or fence in which th?y were confined. A veterinary turgeon. Dr. Hammond of Wayne, was sum moned and on his advice the animals were shot, he declaring that the symp toms were those of hydrophobia. Quarrel Over Property. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. Feb. 2S At the coroner's inquest it developec that W. Wakelin carefully planned the murder of his wife and suicide. A note left by him was addressed to S. P. Rot.?rtson, asking him to take charge of his property. Ke then wrote two other lines: “11:05—I am going t0 kill Mary,’ and another, "11:15—1 have just killed her, Yoi? will find me at the cemetery.’ He closed his wife's eyes, place® coins on them, washed and dressed the wound on her neck, and went to the cemetery, where he cut his throat and shot himself in the right temple. The couple had quarreled over the division of the property, 'Wakelin being vary rich. Relmbnr** the State. LINCOLN. Feb. 28 —One fire insur ance company has reimbursed the sta;o for money last b’* the defalcation of ex-Auditor Eugene Moore. A check for $22S» was icceived ty Auditor Cornell form the Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insur ance company, the remittance being ex plained in a brief communication. Get* After Coil Thieve*. AINSWORTH. Neb., Feb. 28.—Fred M. Hans, special agent for the Elkhorn arrested J Brown and S. W. Slattery, at Long Pice. The company has been troubled all winter with persons steal ing coal from its cars at that place, but Mr. Hans has not been able to watch until the last few days. He caught these two men loading their wagon. He brought Brown to Ains worth and lodged him in jail, while Slattery was left at Long Pine for a few days. Projecting S*» Line*. CHADRON, Neb.. Feb. 28—There are rumors of railroad building. Some are assured and others are prospec tive. It is certainty that a twelve-mile stub will be built by the Elkhorn from Hermosa to Keystone in the spring. A rumor is current that the Atkinson * Northern has closed arrangements for the means for the construction of the road to the gulf. Since Mr. Hill came into possession of the Pacific Short Line rumor has gained currency from a reliable source that it will be extended to the west, touching ths Burlington at Alliance.