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oup City Northwestern.
VOL. XVII.
LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1900.
NUMBER 43,
4 MAY ACT AS 01 HAS
Belief that the Powers Will Accept the
Ruaso-American Plan.
GERMANY RETURNS EIRST REPLY
KaUer Declare* He Want* to Know
More of the Condition* In Cliln*—The
llrltlnh Lion Likely to Italic « Hoar—
Mhjt Decide to Cio It Alone.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.>—The entire
•course of negotiations In the Chinese
situation Is now dependent on the re
sponses to the Kusso-Americau pro
tests. It was stated authoritatively
at the dose of official hours today
that no answers had been received
from any source other than those of
a preliminary and Inconclusive charac
ter heretofore announced. Moreover,
It Is stated by responsible administra
tion officials that not until the last an
swer Is received will the negotiations
assume any definite form, as the list
answer inay prove to he the dissent
from an International accord toward
which all efforts are now bending.
Much Interest was aroused today by
the dispatch from Ht. Petersburg giv
ing thp full text of the Russian pro
posal as it cleared up some discrepan
cies, which had existed owing to the
oral nature of the communication made
to this government by the Russian
charge. By far the most important
correction it makes Is in disclosing
that Russia has not ordered her troops
and minister to withdraw ‘'from
China” as was stated in the American
paraphrase of the proposal, hut that
she intends to recall M. De Glers and
his staff "to Tien Tsin, whither they
will be accompanied by the Russian
troops.” In short Russia has uot an
nounced a purpose to withdraw from
China, but only to withdraw from
Pekin.
As the negotiations progress the
view is strengthened among officials
that the Ameriean-Russian plan of
withdrawing from Pekin will he con
curred in by all the powers. In diplo
matic quarters this outcome is looked
upon as practically assured. It is
pointed out that !f the Russian, Amer
ican and Japanese troops are with
drawn from Pekin the other powers
would not have 5,000 men remaining
there, which would be a force utterly
inadequate to garrison and defend the
capital. The liritlsh force now at
Pekin is said to number 3,600 men and
the German force Is only a few hun
<1 red.
On the other hand the Russian and
Japanese contingents are very large,
and with their withdrawal the main
strength of the allies at Pekin would
he taken away. As a matter of neces
sity, therefore, It is held that the with
drawal of the larger forces will com
pel the smaller forces of Great Britain
and Germany to leave at the same
time.
1 ho reply that Germany has made
So this government has been to the
effect that any general a-:t.ion would
he dependent on the inquiries into the
conditions at Pekin. These inquiries
are in progress through the Gem.an
officers at the Chinese capital and their
responses are expected to form ihe
hasis of Germany’s general answer.
Those in positions to take an intelli
gent view of Germany’s coursi say
there is little doubt of Germany s ac
ceptance. One of the chief reasons set
forth for this course is that after all
the question of staying in Pekin is of
secondary importance and is quite in
significant compared with the far
reaching question of maintaining an
accord among those continental na
tions, which thus far have acted to
gether, not only as to China, but af to
many other questions of general policy,
in short it is felt that Germany’s ac
cord with Russia and other continental
nations is of primary importance,
whereas the holding of Pekin is of
secondary character and in such elr
i umstaneos the primary consideration
will prevail.
The course of the ilritish govern
ment Is being awaited with keen inter
est. not only for Its effect on the ques
tion, but because of the part It will
have in maintaining the accord be
tween the powers. There Is a noth ca
ble feeling among some of the for
eign representatives here that Great
Britain will decline to accept the plan
and will thereby become Isolated front
the rest of the powers.
RUSSfU 10 MRS. MUBUIth.
H f'l» th»l He TIu.uk 111 "»he Nlonitil It#
Hulnuil.
LONDON, Kept, 3 Before leaving
r'liRlaiui hr. Clark Hell of New York
gave lo a repreeentatlve of ihi* A .no
elated I'reaa a ropy of thr following
Inter written by Ilia lair . hlef Junttre
of England to Mrn Muybrl.V
"ROYAL CQI'RTd, Junr 27. I#»»
Mi< Maybrlek: Madame I h iv. been
abu ni on ihr . In till, heme ihe delay
In aiuweiing your Inter I Iwa to an
nul < you i luii I turn never related no
•ff.yrta. worn a nullable opportunity
oiler. I lit urge that your release ought
t«» hr granted | feel atrongly. aa I have
leii from the llrni, that you ought never
iff ton l». n mnv« l.-t >n«t lh > (i|.iit
tun I Very tlearly rvpren*ed io Mi
Aaffui'b. hut I am very norry lo say
hit be 1 Without effect. Kent annurrl
tbai I nhall renew my reprenentattoun
Id Up ih iuwl»| home am retar y. wfco
IHi be tun» he. aa noon an the gov
•mm - U formed and the amretary In
In n petition to deal with no. h mat
Inn faithfully yourn
HI MKM, Of KII MIWKN
HAY WILL STAY IN Tiff CABINLT,
Idle Humor* Affef'Jut Sortlurj of
Mate Set nt Itmf.
WASHINGTON. Scut. 3.—Mr. Adee,
tile acting secretary of stale, does not
hesitate to set the seal of his disap
proval upon the stories that have been
put afloat to the effect that there has
been a disagreement of policy between
the president and Secretary Hay as to
China, Involving possible changes in
the cabinet.
Mr. Adee says these stories are ab
solutely lacking in foundation. He
feels able to enter the broadest denial
of the accuracy of the statements for
the reason that he has been in dally
and almost hourly communication with
the secretary of state by mail and
wire at the latter's home and is per
fectly acquainted with the secretary's
views respecting pending issues. There,
fore, he Is able to say that Mr. Hay
is thoroughly in accord with the presi
dent In his Chinese policy, while on
the other hand the president has given
his unqualified approval to every step
in the negotiations which was directed
by Mr. Hay.
RLTIRN Of Tiff VOLlJNTf LRS.
Arrangement* firing Made for Home
ward Movement.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—So far as i
the War department has made uny
plans for the return of the volunteer
troops from the Philippines, it is in
tended to commence the nomeward
movement about the middle of Novem
ber. No orders have yet, been issued
on the subject, but It will take prac
tically all of the transport service af
tlie command of the department to ac
complish the return of the 31,000 volun
teers between the date named and June
30 of next year, when their term of
service expires by operation of law. It
is the intention of the department to
return the organizations in the same
relative order as they were shipped to
the islands, thus equalizing as near as
possible their teims of foreign service.
The above is practically the informa
tion that is being returned in answer
to the many private inquiries from
friends and relatives of the soldiers
now in the Philippines witli which the
department has been flooded for some
time past.
IncrDH^ lii Until: Motor
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3—The month
ly circulation statement issued by the
comptroller of the currency shows that
at the close of business August 31,
1900, the total circulation of national
bank notes was $324,223,810, an increase
for the year of $82,152,018 and an in
crease for the month of $4,208,454, The
circulation based on United States
bonds was $290,041,356, an increase for
the year of $81,468,007 and an Increase
for the month of $1,193,922.
The circulation secured by lawful
money amounted to $33,582,540, a de
crease for the year of $2,315,989 and an
increase for the month of $14,532.
The amount of United Slates bonds
on deposit to secure circulating notes
was $295,790,380, and to secure public
debt, $88,840,280.
CrfHle New Catholic Hm.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3— It is
learned from an official source that by
reason of Archbishop Ryan's petition to
Rome, supplemented with that of the
Philadelphia suffragan bishops, the new
see of Altoona probably will be created
this month. It is believed that Very
Rev. J. P. Garvey, I). L)., president of
the St. Charles college at Overbrook,
Pa., will be the first incumbent of the
diocese.
It is understood that nothing definite
concerning the creation of Sioux City,
la., as a diocese will be done until after
Archbishop Keane's return from Eu
i rope. Father John Carroll of Dubuque,
however, is said to be its probable ap
pointee.
fciuux rtty Take* » Tumble.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Sioux City
shows a falling off in population of
4,095 Binee 1890. Figures announced to
day make the population 33,111 this
year, against 37.806 in 1890.
The census bureau announced that
the population of Flntlra. N. Y., Is 35,
073. as against 30,893 in 1890. This Is
an Increase of 4,779, or 13.41 per cent.
The population of Davenport, la., is
35,354, as against 30,873 in 1890. This
is un increase of 8,383, or 31.19 per
cent.
Syracuse, N. Y., has a population of
108,304, as against 88.143 In 1890. This
is un Increase of 30.331, or 33 95 pet
cent.
Trsna|Mirla Iteacti Nagasaki.
WASHINGTON. Sept. ;t The War
department has been informed of me
arrival of the transportation transports
Garonne and I’uckliiig with two sipiml
rtrns of the First isvalry aboard, at
Nagasaki, on August 30. I.Uutenani
Colonel l.oho. alio is in command, re
ports the health of the troop* excel
lent. no casualties occurring during the
voyage. These .ransports will proceed
to Manila. In accordance with the dr
l>ai ino nt's de« talen to send no muru
troopa to t'hlna
Ills* J*l bet* is I Mll.lM.
MINIION. tie pi I I New York World
l aid.giam i The t tilted Mates train
lag cruiser, l»»ai aster, comiu iikU-iI by
Henry It MmsAeid. now lying at
Oiivra.iul will lease lee I hsates
Wedaesdar for Havre to glre the skip's
• i mi pans aa opportunity of seeing Ike
Paris e%|M>.iiiom Ike l-aic aaU ■ • kins
)a« k»ts are to he . .■« ait over la*
dun Tketr t» liavioi ha, been perfect
Tke ofR. era v tailed tlalaklll, neat
tlr*iio»4 wk*re lit. kena din
Would Like to Know the Import of Rus
sian-American Exchange of Notes.
OL'R ATTITLDf IS DISTIRUING
Cirent l&rltalu Op|>oN«il to Kt uniat ion of
I'ekln hi HlHttrri Ntan<l—Conditions
Ar® That Idemnltj Mutt It® Paid uud
illiiKlfiidfri of ICi'tolt I'iiii inlir<J,
LONDON, Sept. 3.—In the abac lice
of other uewH from China the papers
are again Ailed with discussions of
the Rugso-Ameriean proposals, which
so far as may be gathered from the
represen tat Ives of opinions in tno var
ious European capitals, are calculated
to subject the unity of the allies to
an exceedingly severe and dangerous
test.
In Germany especially these pro
posals are ho diametrically opposed to
Emperor Williams policy that they
have produced something like con
sternation. As the Dally News edi
torially remarks, “Count von Walder
see was assuredly not Bent to assist
in restoring the empress dowager."
Jt Is recognized on all sides that
Germany’s decision in the pivot of the
matter. Emperor William Intended by
dispatching Count von Waldersce to
have the master hand in the Chinese
settlement. Russia has taken the wind
out of that o/ncer’s satis and is now
posing as the friend and protector of
China.
The morning papers express the
greatest suspicion of the Intentions of
Itussiu. The Times’ editorial fairly
repiesents the opinion of all, saying:
“The advantages of Russia's policy
are not manifest and It Is very doubt
ful whether it will recommend itself
to powers like England and Uermany
that have large commercial interests
In the establishment of a stable and
progressive government to replace the
reactionary clique which has impeded
all progress and development in China
iu recent years.
“Negotiations with Li Hung Chang
would he a condonation of government
crimes and the throwing away of all
the advantages gained by the occu
pation of Pekin.
“Much mischief me? have already
been done by the hesitation to enter
the forbidden city. To withdraw from
Pekin would be interpreted as prov
ing not only that the allies are cow
ards. but that they are hopelessly di
vided. It may be that some of the
powers will withdraw, but that does
not imply that others are bound to
leave Pekin and to acquiesce in the
restoration of a government guilty oi
a gross international crime.”
i iic ntaiiuiiid Buyn. y
sometimes makes strange bedfellows.
It is curious to find the mighty auto
crat of the old world and the great
republic of the new gently coaxing
the other powers along the paths of
peace. Nothing could he better than
the spirit of these documents, and it
is interesting to find two suen pow
ers so anxious to determine the con
troversy in an unselfish spirit.”
The Daily Mail says: “Russia has
forced the hand of the United States
against the better judgment of the
latter. At the same time the United
States government has adduced such
valid reasons why the Russian policy
is a bad one that it will hardly oe ex
pected that the other powers will con
cur.”
The Daily News, which complains
bitterly that the British government
does not communicate a particle of
information respecting these Import
ant negotiations, calls Mr. Adee's dis
patch "very able” and asks what the
British government is doing in the
matter.
MAR TROM AERONAUT ANDREf
Buoy of I.ong MU«lnK Arctic Explorer
will* Hopeful Mmoagf Fotinri.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 3.—Captain
Orendahl telegraph* the following
BiesKage here from Skjcrvoe, Norway
Andree’a buoy, No. 4, has been found
here and contain* the following:
"July 11, 10 p. m.—Greenwich. Our
voyage gone well bo far; are now »* an
Altitude of 2*>0 meter*. Original direc
tion, north 10 degree# each, compm?
undevlatlon. Later norrth 45 degraa*
rant, compasB undevlatlon. Four car
rier pigeons di*pat< bed. They are
flying weat. We are now over lee
Which ia very rugged. Weather aplen
did the whole time. In excellent
spirit*. ANORRR.
"FKKNKRL
"S lltt'OKIlKKG? tSTHINOIGCHO I
"Above the clouds; fine, 7:45 Grren
Wkll m«an lime,"
I'naiirUlr Bmlle* an ('»•>«.
IITAHO. Cult*. Sept i tlovernor
General Wool ufter a careful can
vas* of tlo Island, will return to lla
vans Sunday The effect of hmi tour
has l»ei*it cxcelWnt Wherever he ha>
*n he Im* found rihhI order prevail
Ing and the laila fur the greater part
at* empty The reconstruct ton of the
country I* alow, but much t* being
a< i outpilshed Nowhere h*a he seen
• •ideiue of *uff)rlng from hung
The he*i>h of the l'ait*4 Mtatea troop#
•t all (Hiiata t* good
HrOt-b U»’I»N M lem,
HONG KONG. Aug II Th* HrlOah
e?ul**r UU will land nitty marine* at
, lh< HrttOh riiii-Mtlut at Amoy twltj
! Th* tr*n*|*>rt 1’uratoea will proceed to
| Tahoe though General Gaaelee, tun
■aandey i f the lirittsh fm>n at IV hi a
Wtrea that he •!••<** not regatta aaf
| Ibvie liwup* eawpt vatairy
BWDI1S TACKLE OVERLAND.
Five Mikkmi Men HolU I'p in I on I'hvIHc
Flyer In IVfiiiulni;,
CHEYENNE, Wyo„ An*. 31.—The
Union Pacific overland flyer wan held
up, dynamited and robbed near Table
Hock, 200 miles west of Cheyenne, be
tween is and 9 o’clock last night by
live masked bandits. The express car
was blown to pieces, as was the treas
urer':. safe of the Pacific Express com
pany, ami a largo sum of money, the
exact amount of which is unknown,
carried away by the robbers, who made
their escape on horses toward the no
torious Brown's park country in north
ern < 'olorado.
The holdup was well executed and
within twenty minutes after the train
was stopped the bandits were riding
away to the south. No one was in
jured, but the damage done to prop
erty is very heavy, as the expios-s car
was totally wrecked and its contents
ruined. One end of a mail car was
blown in and some mail matter sitgni
ly damaged.
Just after the train left Tipton, a
few miles east of Tabic Hock, a
masked man climbed over (lie tender
and covered the engineer with a gun.
Keeping hint covered until a small
bonfire alongside the track was ap
proached the bandit ordered the train
stopped. Here' the robber was joined
by four others. The express, baggage
and mail cars were run off and the
engineer ordered to run ahead. After
running about two miles the train was
stopped, the express messenger was
ordered out of the car and sticks of
dynamite were placed under the doors.
The messenger barely had time to es
cape when the car was wrecked. The
safe was then blown open and its con
tents hurriedly thrown into gunny
sacks.
Tlie robbers lost no time anil hur
riedly mounted their horses, which
were tied to telegraph poles.
Tlie wrecked cars were battled to
Green River and tlie robbery reported.
A posse was at once organized at Rnw
Ilns by United States Marshal Hadsell
and left for the scene oh a special
train, arriving there about four hours
after the departure of ihe bandits.
Another posse was started out from
Hock Springs in charge of Sheriff
Swanson.
rl he Union Pacific has offered a re
ward of $1,000 each for the robbers,
dead or alive, anil a number of de
tectives of the express and railroad
companies are being hurried to the
scene. Officials here will say very
little about the robbery or the amount
of money stolen. It is believed, how
ever, that the robbers secured a big
haul, as almost every train carries
large sums of money to the Pacific
coast poiuts and enroute to Manila.
The holdup was undoubtedly commit
ted by Hutch Cassblay's gang.
Tift CORBETT-M’COY SfT-TO.
Th« Latter Laid Low l>y Rig Jim lu the
Fifth Itound.
NKW YORK, Aug:. 31.—The long
promised ami long looked for meet
ing between James J. Corbett and
Charles (Kldt McCoy under the aus
pices of the Twentieth Century club,
at Madison Square Garden, is over,
and in less than live rounds Corbett
proved himself to be the better man.
'1 hat Corbett and McCoy are the clev
erest exponents of the art of self
defense among the present generation
of the heavy weights goes without
saying, and keen judges of the game
who saw tonight's tight declare that
it was the cleverest exhibition ever
witnessed In the ring.
I'p to the moment that the men
stepped into the squared circle opin
ions as to their respective ability
were widely divergent. Many claim
ed. and rightly too. that Corbett
would prove to be the stronger as
well as the cleverer and it was
through his superb feinting ml heavy
slugging that he put McCoy down
and out.
GRAND ARMV’S NfW UADfR.
M*Jor Kawnlrnr Him * enU Nliuw tt<i Com*
iuao«l«»r-lii*Cblrf.
CHICAGO, Auk. 31 -The national
encampment, (5. A. K., chose the fol
IowIiik officers for the ensuing year:
Commander-in-chief, Leo Hassleur,
St. Louis; senior vice commander,
K. Mllllkin Portland, Me.; Juuior vice
commander, Prank Meamon, Knox
ville. Tenu ; surgeon general, John A.
Wilkins, helta, O.; rhapUln-luchlef,
Uev. A. Jirahuis, Sun Quentin, Cal.
NiorsM Vlrilmi wt
BKATTIJC, Wash.. Aug *1.—The
st'vamahlp Senator arrived In port
from Nome today, brluging advices
Up to August 21. It made the trip
direct to this city. Them were 250
returning passengers. The Senator
brought about t l.*o non in treasure,
I loo imhi of It i unsigned to various
lompante* and hanks In this city.
The recent storms at Nome caused
large loss of life
a Minis* t • M*4l*H ll|HlltS.
I.ONIHIV Aug 30 The afternoon
isipcrs doubt that the rumors of pern#
negotiations are well fouaded and ap
plaud l inner a I Chaffee's prudente la
preparing (or a winter campaign They
regard the netivtty of the slit s at
Pehtn and the dm>ulty of discovering
a responsible Chinaman with whom to
• leal, ualews I i Hoag Chang la ahla
«• p)*ie himself in eommuni sH n
I elth the fugitive town and mvrv
| credent tale
Ua Eegx the Empregs to Appoint Him
Four Assistant Meditators,
PRINCf TUAN AGAIN HI PORT! D Dl AI)
galil to Matt Hern klllrtl Durlui; it Fight
wllh .Inimnvsa—Uaiera Are Not* I n
|iu|iular — I’euiiuitrjr Arountl I’ektii
Kite* Agnlimt Them.
LONDON, Aug. 30.— Sir Chi Chen
Lofengluh, the Chinese minister lu
London, asserts he is In constant com
munication with LI Hung Chang, who
Is still In Shanghai.
Dispatches received this morning
bring no lator news from Pesin. A
Sliangiiai telegram says LI liung
Chang has sent a memorial begging
Die empress dowager to appoint 1’rince
Ching, General Yung i.n and the Yang
Tse viceroys as Joint peacemakers with
himself.
It is rumored at Shanghai that the
Japanese gained a victory over the
Boxers and Chinese troops from Pel
Tsang and Ho-Si VVu last Thursday at
Teh Choua. The story says 1,500 Chi
nese were killed, Including Prince nan
ami that all the Chinese were driven
The Hong Kong correspondent of
the Daily Mail, wiling yesterday, says
he understands that General Gaselee,
the British commander with the allies,
has countermanded his order summon
ing more troops to the north and that
possibly the British troops will go to
A may.
The reform party under Kang Yu
Wei is said to be actively preparing
for rebellion.
General Creigh, in the presence of
Vice Admiral Seymour, received 3,000
troops of u 11 nationalities at Shanghai
Wed nesday.
It is reported that twenty-live re
formers have been executed at Han
kow, their heads being exposed.
The Taku correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, wiring August i!t>,
says the country-around Taku and l’e
kin is devastated, with the result that
the Boxers are most uni>opulnr and are
being attacked by the peasantry. The
Boxers, who were moving north from
Bhang Tung, are now returning has
tily to their homes.
Belated dispatches and the stories of
refugees arriving at Che Foo continue
to describe the terrible conditions in
Pekin. • One of the worst incidents is
the shocking desrH-rntion or the foreign
cemetery outside the west wall. The
details are too revolt’ng to he de
scrlved. Hundreds of bodies of Chi
nese are found in the streets of Pekin,
supposed to be those of traitors to the
cause of the Boxers.
i ne nnangnui corresponuent nr uie
Times says a native official telegram
from Pao Ting-Ku announces the ar
rival of the court last Sunday at Tai
Yuen Fu. Communication between Pe
kin anil Tien Ts.n Is interrupted, pos
sibly because the bands of Boxers
hake the road unsafe for couriers, he
county north of Yang * un is said to
be flooded.
A German Arm is negotiating wita
Chang Chi Tung, the VVu Chang vice
roy, to lend him 1,000,000 taels on the
security of sertaln viceregal industrial
undertakings.
A correspondent at New Chwang
says the Russians at Hai Cheng are
awaiting reinforcements, whose ad
vance is delayed by the impassable
condition of the roads to I.eao Yang
and Mudken. Meanwhile the native
population of the district is living
treated with the utmost severity. Eye
witnesses report an indiscriminate
slaughter of noncombatants and the
reduction of the country in the vicin
ity of Port Arthur to a state of utter
desolation.
CHINA IS WITHOUT A HMD.
Knipcror it h Pii|gitt%« ami r»%% rrlra fo
Make Ternm of I'eHro.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—The lat
est phase of the diplomatic tangle
with the powers Interested In Chinn la
the abandonment of objection to the
form of Id Hung Chang's credentials.
At least It may be said that thes * ob
jections have been suspended for the
ttnio being. The point of nttack on
the paid of the powers which are np
posing the recognition of l.| Hung
Chung as a plenipotentiary is now the
authority of the titular Chinese gov
ernment to Issue any credential wor
thy of recognition. In other wot da.
admitting that Id's credentials were
properly Issued by Kmperor Kwants
Hu. the contention u that that mon
arch. being a fugitive and powerless,
cannot by himself or through his
naent. Id llung Chang, enter 'nto
any engagement nr give sny guaran
tee which the Chinese people ns a
whole will accept as binding. This
sutije t Is now receiving the careful
attention of the Itepartment of ritate
Meanwhile, the department ami
ptesideiit are In Ignorance as to the
wherealtouts of id Hung Chang and
front the fa t that nothing has been
heard from t . ' ■ four days at least.
It Is conte lured that he may have
left Mhanghat by sea and that he will
| tievt appear In the north of Ch'na
probably at Taltu. and demand a«v«mi
j to IVhln
inf mm M» H«im
IdtNlNtN Au« So ' Hr l.eyds' In
{ frrvlvw with Ktoperur NltMti." sav*
1 a dtspati h to the l*nlly Mall from it.
INitsrwburg but'd barely ive min
I utes The rsar said he was sorry h*
rowtd do nothing for the Transvaal
iitsyl to urge it to mage peace, aa
he hated war **
LOCATE STOLEN HARNESS
Hunting* Offlcant Arront n rnnx-nger on
n Train.
HASTINGS, Neb., Sept. 2.—Ed. Ban
ton, passenger on Burlington east
bound train No. 12, was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Andy Mace, on author
ity of the officers at Norman, Ne
braska, Hanlon was wanted there on
the charge of stealing a $40 set of har
ness from a farmer near that place.
Deputy Mace was notified that the
harness could be found in hla trunk.
The trunk was searched but no trace
of the harness found. Uanton, how
ever, sympathizing with the officers
for the trouble they had been to, in
formed them that the harness was in
a cracker box on the train which had
gone ou east. The box was secured
was taken back to Minden.
A»«iiiilt former ontrtai.
BROWN VI I.LE, Neb., Sept. 2.—
Charles Wright, former city marshal
of Brownville, was assaulted here by
Claude Clary and Ed Mason. He was
stabbed several times wtth*a knife and
Is in a very precarious condition. One
wound on his back, just below the
right shoulder, is ten inches long,
Wright was in a saloon and was
called out by his two assailants, who
attacked and nearly killed him before
outsiders hd time to Interfere. Wright
Is about 50 years of age, while Mason
and Clary are not more than 21. When
Wright was city marshal he arrested
the two men and they have been
threatening to get even with him since.
\ Mlnlnter Promoted.
KEARNEY, Neb.. Sept 2.-Rev W.
S. S. Atmore, rector of St. Duke's
church here, has been appointed as
archdeacon of the Jurisdiction of Lar
amie by Rev. A. R. Graves, bishop of
Laramie. The work Rev. Atmore haa
accomplished for the church during
his two years’ residence in Kearney
has more than justified the honor of
this promotion. Two years ago, when
Rev. Atmore took charge of St. Luke's
church, the congregation was very
small, but through his efforts the con
gregation has Increased until at the
present time it is one of the largest
in Kearney.
County Haul Coiitail.
NIOBRARA, Neb., Sept. 2.—The of
ficial canvass of the election held here
for relocation of county Beat »tth
western townships estimated gives:
Center of county, 1,267; Bloomfield,
916; Niobrara, 407; Verdlgree, 205;
Wausa, 22. This la the first, election
and tlie county commissioners will
undoubtedly call another election Im
mediately when the first three named
places will only be in the race.
KlcliariU Muil <ii> Murk.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 2.—Governor
Poynter grunted the application for a
requisition from Minnesota for the
return of J. U. Richards, un itinerant
showman, under arrest at Fremont.
Richards is wanted for inciting a riot
and resisting arrest. The requisition
was bitterly contested on his part,
and the matter was argued at length
before the governor.
Madison Ofncliil* Want
MADISON, Neb., Sept. 2.—At a npe
dal meeting of the council petitions
from freeholders of the First and
Second wards were presented, asking
that a proposition be submitted to the
electors for the establishment of an
electric light system for street light
ing purposes. The city attorney was
ordered to prepare a notice and pub
lish as required. At present Madison
is without lights of any kiud.
I.igll t fllUtf I Kir*.
KEARNEY, Neb- Sept. 2.—Three
buildings at Miller were struck by
lightning a$d were burned to the
ground. One building was occupied by
a barber shop, one by Mrs. J. W. Day
with milinery, and the other was an
empty sore owned Frank liesaek.
The loss was covered party by Insur
ance. Had it not been for the heavy
rain storm the tire would have been
more serious.
I>»|»KB« by l.licMiilng
MILFORD. Neb.. Sept. 2.—A acrlea
of three electric Htorma, uccompanieil
hy about one and three-quarter Inches
of rain vial ted Milford, when the barn
of I*, liorgeluh, about two milea north
of the village, war, struck and burned.
The atock, which wan in the barn,
was aaved. II. C. Atwood's home in
the village wiw struck uud alightly
damaged.
termer llln Mudilenly.
PALM CITY. Neb,, Sept. 2 Henry
Stover, a prominent farmer living near
Ilaiada. In this 'ounty. came to ibia
city with a toad of wood and while
unloading It at a wood yard on South
Chase afreet waa stricken with heart
failure and died Instantly. ‘I he body
waa removed to an undertaking eatab
liahment and the coroner notified.
Victim «r llurelag Inn.
KIKIAK Neb, Sep! ; Mra J. C.
(Ur.tiier who waa reported aa being
*o badly bin tied by gaaollne last Wed
iteaday, l« dead AM waa dowa for her
that could be done phyab taaa wera
la almost eonatant atieudaaee but
•ha ruatlwued to atnh until death and*
ed la I aoArriltaa
All tha Iron ora handler* employed
on the bn* railway dm ka u> time
land O about M, went on a atrlke,
tha rawult of tha rafuaai of th# nwpere
of tha •teamei Miaou J Murphy la
•Mow a , lalia fur aalra luaiMMDat
, fur an load lag a art verge of ore