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    Loup City Northwestern.
VOL. XVII. LOUP CITY, SIIERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1000. NUMBER 43.
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TROOPS OFF FOR CHINA I
—
Reported that British Government is to
Send More Troops to the Orient.
SOLDIERS ARE FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Portion* of Army Which Fought liner*
Kent In linll*—American* to Knl»lilhli
1’ernntnent Communication Hut worn
Pekin and Tlea Tim.
LONDON, Sept. 17.—In consequence
of the prediction by Sir Robert Hart
that there would bo further hoatilltiea
in China In November, the Associated
I’r/ss understands the British govern
ment is considering the transfer of
troops from South Africa to India In
order to make It practicable to send
more troops to China. The miltary
authorities consider the war in South
Africa so far ended that troops may
now be removed.
It is probable that tiic Russian lega
tion has already been removed from
Pekin to Tien Tsln, but tuere is no
definite news aa yet whether Li Hung
Chang will after all go to Pekin.
General Dorward is going to the cap
ital, leaving the troops at Tien Tsin
under command of Brigadier General
ilorno ..ampbcll. Vice Admiral Alex
leff has returned to Taku.
The Americans have begun at Ho Si
Wu a permanent telegraph line be
tween 1’ekin and Tien Tsln.
The Pekin correspondent of the
Daily News says that the assassin of ,
Baron von Ketteler has been shot. The '
Morning Posts representative says
that the question is being discussed of
sending relief to a few British, French [
and American engineers, who are be- j
sieged in a city 200 miles south of Pe
kin.
Shangnal advices say that a house
has been engaged there for Count von !
Waldersee, who Is expected to arrive
next Haturday.
Chinese officials estimate that 20,000
disbanded hlnese soldiers managed to i
remain behind in Pekin. Other dis
patches confirm the report that in addi
tion to Hsu Tung, guardian of the heir
apparent, Hu Lu, viceroy of Chi Li,
and Wang Y1 Yung, president of the
imperial academy, with 200 members
of official families, committed suicide
when the allies entered Pekin.
Chinese regulars are reported to
have relieved the Roman Cahtolic
stronghold at Ho Cbien, In the prov
ince of Chi Li, which the Boxers had
been besieging since June.
'i _e Shanghai correspondent of the
Times, wiring yesterday, says: Li
Hung Chang has been notified from
Berlin that he must submit his cre
dentials to the German minister at
Shanghai, who will then communicate
with Emperor William and await the
result.
Dr. Mumm von 8chwartenstein, in an
Interview with Sheng, expressed the
opinion that although the powers were
adverse to the partition of China, any
delay In negotiating was calculated to
produce that result, and that Germany
was prepared to remain in occupatiofl
Indefinitely pending a settlement.
Earl Li accordingly telegraphed Gen
era) Yung Lu to use every efTort to per
suade the empress dowager and em
peror to return to Pekin and to remove
Prince Tuan and his entourage.
TRAGIC DEATH OF A SOLDIER.
Captain M rfjumtlon Shot While In u Fit
of Inunnltjr.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The war
department today i^eived information
from General M&CArthur of the tragic
death In the Philippines of Captain
Charles McQueston of the Fourth reg
iment of United States infantry, the
result of a wound by a private soldier.
General MacArthur's dispatch is as
follows.
"MANILA. — Adjutant General,
Washington: Charles McQueston. cap
tain Fourth United States infantry,
died yesterday, Mangonone, Hacoon,
Cavite province, 8:30 evening, result
from gun shot wound caused b> private
soldier. Captain McQueston In a fit
cf temporary insanity attack'd men
of company. Shot one or more and
was shot himself in self defense. Fur
ther particulars when received."
BOIRS M4KF HASTY NIGHT.
(lineriil Millnnalit Captures W»|uui,
I'ruililivn* mill A iiiiiuotlttiot.
CAPETOWN. Sept 17 —The military
authorities have taken over The Neth
erlands railway.
(leneral McDonald, operating In the
northcnstern corner of Orange colony,
compelled the liners to matte a hasty
retreat front the Vot river. He rap
tured thirty-one wagons, a quantity of
rattle and alorea and tiS.uOt) rounds of
rllle ammunition
Ch ns tleetareil War In June.
imtl.lN, Sept |7 The Shanghai
correspondent of the l.ok.il Anaeiger
reports an Interview wltn Hr lloa
thorn, serrrtary of the Austrian lega
tion. In which the secretary Is quoted
as saying that the Chinese government I
presented to the H • *ter a forma! .
d«u Ural ton of war «a June IP ronstd |
• ring the capture of the Tahu forts an !
act of war The ministers were required
to leave ivhin In twenty four hours
|M|«f (HKI lM
I.UMH'N S. pt 17 A spe. c*l die
patch from Naples »avs that an agent I
i f the Transvaal say* (he utijn t of Mr 1
Kroger a visit to Europe la to n.got). I
ate a sedlenteat with Ureal Itiltala
and that he has tq'l power to a>t t. i
that sad
CUBAN ELECTION RETURNS.
Report* Show the N*tloiml Vnrty Agftln
Triumph* In IIhimii*,
HAVANA, Sept. 17.—lu yesterday’s
election of delegates to the fortbeom
ing convention the national party
again triumphed in the province of Ha
vana. Not only did It elect the flvo
delegates of the majority representa
tion, but it also captured one of the mi
nority representatives, the republican
party electing the other two, namely
Malucle Sanguilly and Berriel.
Returns from the other provinces
come in slowly owing to the heavy
rians. In I’lnar Del Rio there seems
to be no doubt of the election of Gon
zalo do Quesada itius Rivera and Civ
il Governor Quiles. Nothing dcflnlto
is yot know here as to Santiago be
cause of the difficulty of getting re
turns from the outlying territory, but
it is roporteil that Juan Guliberrto
In Puerto Principe Senores Cisneros
and Silva were the only candidates, so
that their election Is secured. It is
conceded that In Santa data the fed
eral wilt win. No definite news of the
results in Matanzas has been received
here. From no part of ttia Island is
there any report of disturbance. The
large vote polled by Honor Gener In
this province may be looked upon,
apart front his Individual popularity,
its an endorsement of Governor General
Wood’s recent appointment of Him as
secretary of justice. It Is remarked
that the republican and union demo
cratic electors bolted for Senor Gener.
The nationalists, as a concrete
whole, assume to he anti-annexatlon
ista, but it Is well known that they
are moderate In tone. More than one
of the delegates representing the ma
jority in this province ure pro-Ameri
can. Where Ihelr personal feelings are
concerned and Irrespective of politics
they desire closest relations with the
United States.
At 7 o’clock this evening the toturns
from twenty-five towns in the provlnco
of Havana, Including the city, with
only nine towns to heard from, show
the following polling: Lac ret, nation
alist, 12,767; Rodriguez, nationalist, 12,
106; Gener, nationalist, 11,281; San
guilly, republican, 11,043; Nunez, na
tionalist, 10,720; Berriel, republican,
10,022; Tamaxo, nationalist, 9,639; Za
yas, nationalist, 9,283.
10UBFT FIXES THE BOUNDARY.
DlfTt-rrnroa Ilf tween Cmla Idea und
Cnlombln are Derided.
WASHINGTON, Sept. la.—1The min
ister of Costa Rica at Washington, 8e
nor Calvo, has received a cablegram
from the minister to Costa Rico at
Paris, which conveys the information
that the president of the French re
public, M. Lou bet, who was the arbi
trator appointed to decide the boun
dary question between Costa Rica and
Colombia, by his award of yesterday
fixed the boundary limit between tne
two countries on the Atlantic side at
Mona Point (or P. Carreta), and on the
Pacific side at Punta Burica. The re
public of Colombia claimed that the
limit should be fixed at Cape Gracias
Adlos, In the Atlantic, including the
whole of Costa Rica and Nicaragua At
lantic coast, and that the limit on the
Pacific should be placed at Iloruca
river, to the northwest of Golfo Dulce,
which would have given Colombia a
right to half the territory of Costa Rica
and about two-thirds of that of Nica
ragua.
Costa Rica claimed the old limits be
tween Central America and Colombia,
placed at the island Sscudo de Veragua
on the Atlantic and the river Chiriqui
Viejo (at the base of Punta Burica to
the southeast), on the Pacific.
Sunday at <j»l veston.
GALVESTON. Tex.. Sept. 17.—Yes
terday was a dreary Sabbath in Gal
veston. Services were held In the
few churches made fit for use since the
great storm. All day men and boys
were at work clearing the debris. Only'
a few dead were found during the day
and they were quickly burned, no at
tempt being made to identify them.
1 ae military authorities and the civil
authorities are now co-operating har
moniously and conseuqently there is
less looting and desecration of corpses,
i l oops are ordered to make short work
of looters and arrest all suspicious
characters.
Object Inn* to Knx'iintlon.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 17.—The news of
the contemplated withdrawal of thi
allies from ivkm has caused n grest
sensation and is regarded hero ns a
great mlsiake. which is likely *o even
tuate In disturbances in other parts of
China, where the people are certain to
attribute the evacuation to a defeat of
the European forces. Even here the
Chinese as a wind- do not believe that
the allies ever reached l*ekln. They
think the story a fabrication concoct
ed for the purpose of Impostur on the
officials.
CiiKnetnlrilliin with U<tl>nl»«.
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept 17,. Telle
gruph anti railroad lines are being rap
idly restored This mornlUR the I'mul
Telegraph and Cable company has four
wires working Into ihe illy anil with- I
In 4* hours will bin its system almost i
colttl Irtely re-established to the ba
sis existing lifter* the storm Tha
Western I ni<>it is in ev«n better shape,
but with both i om pa nit a the stringing
of wires ha« been but temporal> time !
being the nil important ron»i4* ration
at present
SfkiMkt (IMS X tellies.
IbllK. Neb . S**pl If Attloilg th#
*ieiims of the Tito A ---I disaster srs
J Wl< km III wife and seven i hiidten
file \\ i ItHtan* sere formerly residents
i-f botk county where they were well
known had much respected.
TO GIVE
State Department is Still Wrestling with
the Chinese Problem.
THE SITUATION IS NOT SO ACUTE
Chinn* nl Attitude on tIn• Part of Ilut
tla tociui lb Unllern the hlra n — Mo
om< lal Couflrinuttvo HvrnlvniJ — I'uttflil
Htataa lla* Not t'uiniuUted Itntdf.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—There
were no developments In the Chinese
negotiations today with which the pub
lic could be made acquainted, the whole
mutter being still in the diplomatic
phase and therefore not calling for
military orders. War department offi
cials are awaiting word from the State
department as to the next step ex
pected from the troops, but it in now
Intimated that, this next step will not
be taken immediately.
The situation has lost something of
its acuteness, owing to the change in
the attitude of the Russian govern
ment, as indicated in yesterday's dis
patches. No ofikial eontlrmation has
reached Washington of the postpone
ment of the withdrawal, but the fact
is not doubted hero. Regardless, how
ever, of the course to be taken by Rus
sia, it is noted there is nothing In the
American note of response to Russia
that demands immediate evacuation
in the event that the Russian troops
are called away. Instead, it Is stated
that the control of the situation would
simply pass from the State depart
ment into General Chaffee's hands and
It would be for him, after conferring
with the other military commanders,
to determine when and how and to
what extent the American forces should
bo withdrawn. Ho might choose his
own time and In a degree his position
would lie similar to that occupied by
him in the advance upon Pekin, so far
as having a free hand Is concerned.
The statement of the condition gov
erning the American reply to the with
drawal proposal may be of signifi
cance, in view of the fact that It is
made with the express purpose of
clearing away an erroneous impression
that has been made upon the public
mind.
Mr. Adee was again acting as secre
tary of state today during the tem
poral y indisposition of Dr. Hill, who Is
suffering from a cold. The former
spent some time this afternoon In ton
ference with Attorney General Griggs.
BORROW IN m UNiTFD STATES.
New York Ilank i T»k« • I’ortlou of the
(irrniMii I.ouu.
BERLIN, Sept. 15.—It Is officially
announced by the board of directors
of the Discoute Gesellschaft that, with
the co-operation of the Internationa!
ar.d through the Intermediary of the
Dlsconto Oesellachaft, the Nord
Deutsche bank of Hamburg, the M. M.
Weldburg company of Hamnurg and
Kuhn, Locb & Co., of New York, act
ing In conjunction with the National
City Ihtrik of New York, have taken
over 80,000,000 ntatks of 4 per cent
treasury bonds of the German empire,
falling due in 1904 and 1905. With the
approval of the Imperial hank, Ihe is
sue will he placed on the market In
the 1'nlted States.
NEW YORK. Sept. 15.—The New
York Life Insurance company today
closed negoliations for taking J5.000
of the imperial German government
loan of the ?20,000,000 negotiated in
this city.
Suvetl hr :i Conftulon.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. 15.—Henry
Peyton, who Is In custody, awaiting
requisition papers to be taken to Sioux
City, la., to stand trial for alleged
murder, this afternoon confessed in
Captain Ueinold's oflico at the Four
Courts that it was lie who robbed the
safe at the big mercantile establish
ment at Clydesdale, Miss.
The confession will clear the name
of George Simmons, a young man of
Clydesdale, who has been accused of
the crime and who was compelled to
leuve the home of nU childhood be
cause of the shame that had come to
his family.
rn|iirtitlf»n «>f Topokn.
WASHINGTON. D, C., Sept. 15 —
The population of the cltv of Topeka,
Kan., ns officially announced today. Is:
1900, 33,608; 1890. 31.007.
These figures show, for the city as
a whole, an increase in population of
2.001, or 8.39 per cent, from lsao to
1900,
The population 1 n 1SS0 was 15,432.
showing an Increase of 15,555, or
100.67 per cent from I8SQ to 1890.
***' » ('*«• + • #*f I'm,
MU NCI K. ln<1 . Sept. 15 lu the vil
lage of Whicling n**»r the Grant coun
ty line, health uitberv today found
eleven cases of smallpox, the aihoul
and whole community having been ex
posed for weeks The malady was be
ing treated uj i hlelteiipox.
r«ol om.ts* U>i«
WASHINGTON. Sept 13 Walter
ft l>»*L, a ii»t-ni |M>',tmnt«f at Kan
•as City, tin been removed by the
f osGtta-ter tbeie No r »tor* Is as>
signe I, ^ut ike a ‘tlon will lw loaliuto I
by the postmaster general
Chicago will have a hors# sb >w IV
later lx. Set sad SI, sad November I,
3 and 9. H» te held at lbs hew mil
•sum on Wabi.tb avenue, under tbs
an*p*i ** of ibe New Cbkrago Horse
•how iMtsUItva
CABLE N10M LI HUNG CHANG.
Assurant* that II* Ha* Puw»r to l’rot*rt
A uierlmu*.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Minister
Wu ha* received a cablegram from Li
Hung Chang, answering the hope ex
pressed in the American note of a few
days ago that his powers are sufficient
to protect American lives and inter
ests In China. Earl Li say* he has
that power and will see that the pro
tection is given.
The Chinese government has made
swift answer to the latest communica
tion from the state department rela
tive to the recognition of Li Hung
Chang as an envoy competent to ne
gotiate a peace settlement. There had
never been any doubt here as to the
sulliciency of Li's credentials ns a
plenipotentiary, but the effort of the
state department has boon to cause
him to use any extraordinary powers
he might have for tho protection cf
American life and property in China,
peuding a Anal settlement. It has
succeeded in attaining this object, as
Is indicated in the response from Li
Hung Chang presented to Assistant
Secretary Hill this morning by Minis
ter Wu. The department asked 1.1
Hung Chang "without further delay to
give assurance that the life and prop
erty of Ainercians will henceforth ho
respected throughout the Chinese em
pll e."
The viceroy has given the assur
ance asked for. His word came In the
shape of a cable dispatch to Minister
Wu, dated yesterday, at Shanghai.
Mr. Wu called at the state depart
ment this morning and presented the
answer to Mr. Hill. Ho in turn sent
it forward to the president. It will he
for the latter to decide whether Li's
assurance is sufficient to meet the
needs of the case.
It is believed that if the powers ran
get together themselves and througli
commissioners arrange for certain
common bases of compensation for
certain clusses of outrages good pro
gress can be made toward a final set
tlement. However, If the attempt to
secure unity of action In this direction
is no more successful than that di
rected to the evacuation of Pekin the
United States government will look
to its own interests, and, appointing
its own commissioners, proceed to deal
directly with the Chinese commission
ers.
It Is believed here that LI Hung
Chang already has been advised by
Prince Ching of the urgent necessity
for his attendance in Pekin to Initiate
tile negotiations, hence his announced
Intention to sail tomorrow from
Shanghai for the capital.
CITY’S CBYING NEED IS MONEY.
Charitably Dlipourd Onions at a Distance
Advised of Want*,
GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 14.—To
the Associated Press: We are receiv
ing numerous telegrams of condo
lences and offers of assistance. As
the telegraph wires are burdened we
ask the Associated Press to communi
cate this response to all. Nearby cities
are supplying and will supply sufficient
food, clothing, etc., for Immediate
needs. Cities further away can serve
us best by sending money. Checks
should be made payable to John Sea
ley, chairman of the finance commit
tee. All supplies should come to W.
A. MeVlttie, chairman of the relief
committee. We have 25,000 people to
clothe and feed for manv weeks and
to furnish with household goods.
Most of these are homeless and the
others wll require i.ionoy to make
their wrecked residences habitable.
From this the world may understand
how much money we will need. The
committee will from time to time re
port our needs with-more particular
ity. We refer to dispatch of this day
of Major II. G. Lowe, which the com
mittee fully endorses. All compuinl
cants will please accept this answer
in lieu of direct responses and l>e as
sured of the heartfelt gratitude of the
entire population.
W. C. JONES, Mayor.
M. LASKER,
J. I). SKINNER,
C. II M MASTER,
R. O. IX)WE,
CLARENCE OWSLEY.
Committee.
An A ppm I to Drugs tutu.
HOUSTON. T£x., Sept. 14 —The fol
lowing appeal was issued tonight;
"To All Druggists: The storm-strick
en district la very much in need of the
following drugs: Iodoform, chloride ot
lime, gum camphor, as.sufoetida, crude
carbolic add, phenol sodlque, gauze
bandage*, quinine and Iodoform gauze.
"Contributions should he sent to the
Houston relief committee.
(Signed)
"Ilot;STUN RELIEF COMMITTEE.
"Ily A. K. Kesllng."
114 im * k * In Ike < ••llun
norSTON. Te*.. .dept 14 -There Is
no doubt the cotton crop has ton
< nnslderatily damaged throughout the
southern and central part of Texas
Owing to the excessive ratna this year
the cotton has groan to weed mor •
| than ever known and In some Aeldt
It ranges from six to ten feet high
and Is very rank with leaf,
lislsik Mss lltuBSi
W\milNllToN. It r Kept 14 The
population of the city of Ibiluth Minn , '
ss nil c.lly ssn msiel today. In Ikon.
SJIsJ HW, U.lli Theee Agures
show hr the city as a whole an n
cteaae In population of Ik Sit or i»,k
per cent, from liw* to Hot The pop
utatlun in Is so was Ids, ahowtaglng
an ln> reate of 33 -T? or 3.lit If per
cent, from I*x4 lu like
Unwilling Labor Forced to Help in Burial
of Festering Dead in Galveston.
FEAR PESTIEENCE MAY PREVAIL
Penned tfp Nurvlvnri of the Storm Fam
ished for Lick of Pure Water—Nitloum
Ordered Cloned—Ghouls Hliot t«» Death
for Robber/.
GALVESTON. Tex., Sept. 13.—(via
Texas (’tty and Houston.—At a meet
ing of the relief committee held this
afternoon reports were received from
various wards. The chairman called for
armed men to assist in getting labor
to bury the dead and to clear the
wreckage and arrangements were
made to supply this demand.
The situation In this city today Is
that there are plenty of volunteers for
this service, but an Insufficiency of
arms. There have been two or three
small riots, but the officers have man
aged to quell them. The committee re
jected the proposition of trying to pay
for work, letting the laborers secure
their own rutions. It was decided to
go ahead Impressing meii into service,
if necessary, issuing orders for rations
only to those who worked or were
unable to work. All of the ward chair
men reported the imperative need of
disinfectants. A committee was ap
pointed to sequester all i-e disinfect
ants in the city, including the lime
which escaped wetting, and to secure
more. Houston was called upon for a
bargeload of lime. The relief com
mittee was greatly encouraged by tne
offer made through Herman Frick and
William Cowan of the White Screw
men's association, tendering the ser
vices of all its members, own in num
ber. They wore placed at the disposal
of the various ward chairmen and
foremen appointed for each division.
Chairman McVIltie announced that
it was necessary for him to have help.
John Klnllcks and Dr. A. W. Fly vol
unteered their services.
Captain Sinclair Taliaferro of Hous
ton, who did such efficient work dur
ing the Brazos Hood, arrived here this
morning. He was asked to assist
Chairman McVittle in his work. Dan
Henderson announced that Mr. Van
Vleck, the general manager of the
Southern Pacific road, authorized the
committee to draw on that company
for $5,000, Mr. VanVleck returned to
Houston on the tug Juno to send a
bargeload of supplies.
The Galveston, Houston & Hender
son railroad is operating relief trains
over its line to Texas City Junction
and thence over the Texas City term
inal to, or nearly to, Texas City. Ar
rangements have been made to start
a passenger service tomorrow.
Work on the water works has not
progressed so satisfactorily as had
been hoped. The men did not work
last night. Chief Engineer Reynolds
has not been at the works since yes
terday morning. Alderman McMaster
took cahrge of the work today. i‘he
machinery has been cleared of the
debris and the pipes found to he bad
ly damaged and plumbers and steam
fltters and boilermakers are at work
on them. Mr. McMaster says he thinks
it will be possible to turn water into
the mains tomorrow.
All saloons wore closed uy the chief
of police on Sunday.
At a meeting of tile committee with
the city officials this morning the
policing of the city was discussed.
Mayor Jones announced that Adjutant
General Scurry would take charge.
The city is patrolled by about 2,000
police officers, special officers, soldiers
and deputy sheriffs. Deputy Chief of
Police Amundsen is acting as chief.
Orders were Issued to the soldiers
and police to kill nny person caught
In the act of robbing the dead. Up to
Tuesday morning seven negro vandals
had been discovered nnd had paid the
penalty of their crimes with their
lives. They were shot dead and their
bodies were carted away with dead vic
tims of the storm.
BRUTAL WORK Of ROUBLRS.
Ohio Man la Killed a«U III* Wife and Flee
(lillilrrn Tgrtureil.
CARRY, O., Sept. 13.— *V. C. John
Bon was murdered by burglars early
today. Me bad sold a carload of celery
yesterday and the robbers demanded
the inouey secured for it. After kill
ing Johnson his wife and tire chil
dren were bound and tortured till all
the valuables In the house were se
cured. The proceeds from iUe celery
had been to posited In the bank and
Mrs. Johnson showed tun bank book.
a posse Is In pursuit of the robbers.
I'rurrftl ll«»»rr*.
THEN TSIN. Sept. H —Via Shanghai
Hepi ||.| A body of 4.WW allied troops
Including loo men of the Fifteenth In
fantry, under command of Major Rob
erson. marched today against the cities
of Hheng llan Htcu sud Tills, where
the procure of lloaers threatens th»
Tien Tsin region. The advance was
mads in two ci, I a in n* fur t n<> purpose
i f Hanking the two towns. Mineral
la>rwatil personally cunimanded the
t ipvdl (ton.
Nolle ll-Me leilinii If,
TRKIN. Sept ft The ltusso4*hl
*»** bank, which as eaneutived ye*
terday. «lose* here today and removes
11 Shanghai, will rwRlIsili aa port
ml the indemnity te be paid to Him
ala the Imperial unlv»ra ty fund of
ftPSHM lasts deposited with It.
against which the t'hlaea# drew fur
Hit moment ef their Irwpo.
NEBRASKAN RETIRNS EROM NOME
He IJoea Not Ulr« Encouraging Account
of Hie Situation.
KEARNEY, Neb., Sept. 17.—C. V.
Evans, son of J. C. Evans of tbis city,
is home from Cape Nome, Alaska. He
was formerly a druggist of omaka and
went to Cape Nome last June to go into
the drug business. When he got there
he could not find a location for a build
ing and was compelled to sell his stock.
He tried mining but the beacn had been
gone over three times and would give
up no pay dirt. The people who had
been at Nome and were well located
were making money, bt late arrivals
could do nothing at all. An experienced
miner could not earn more than $3.50
a day and a prospectlug outfit was
worth from $300 to $500.
Mr. Evans said the city covered a
ten acre strip of beach a block wide.
The population of tho city was between
20,000 and 30,000 Inhabitants. Hack of
the city It Is hilly and to the north for
hundreds of miles extends the tundra,
which is a marshy formation of moss
and decayed vegetation. It Is impassa
ble and can only be used for travel
when it is froxen. Vessels are compell
ed to anchor five miles from shore und
their cargoes are landed by means of
lighters. He said that there were 860
passengers on the vessel that took him
to Nome, and 200 of this number re
turned on ths same vessel after they
had been t..ere six days. The fare was
$165 and the net earnings of the com
pany for one trip to Cape Nome was
$160,000.
Journeying to Prison.
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 17— Frank M.
Dorsey, formerly cashier of tne First
National hank of Ponca, came In Wed
nesday from Cripple Creek, where he
has been for some time past, and re
ported at the office of the United States
marshal in accordance with the man
date of the federal court In order that
the sentence Imposed might be put In
to effect. The sentence Is for six years
at the Sioux Falls penitentiary, and Is
for violating the banking law in con
nection witu the wrecking of the Ponca
bank. It Is expected that Judge Mun
ger will be in the city eoon and that
an "order will be entered and the de
fendant taken to Sioux Falls without
delay.
Dorsey Insists that the violation was
technical and similar to others that are
necessary in banks every day, and that
he was convicted simply on the failure
of the bank. The court of appeals af
firmed the action of the lower court,
and the supreme court refused to con
sider the case.
Supreme Court Docket.
LINCOL.4, Neb., Sept. 17.—The bar
docket for tne September term of the
supreme court contains 1,645 rases, or
about 1,000 more than can possibly be
considered by the three judges In one .
year. Among the cases set for hearing
at the first setting, which begins Sep
tember 18, are those of the state of
Nebraska against the Standard Oil
company and the various railroads do
ing business in this state. The casea
against the Burlington and Elkhorn
railroads were submitted during the
last term of court, but by general
agreement of all parties concerned they
have been reopened again for argument
on the constitutionality of tho board
of transportation.
KI1IC41 by an Knglno.
COLUMBUS. Neb., Sept. 17.—J. F.
SchafTroth, for many years a resident
of this county, was accidentally killed
near Hartlngton, Neb. He was in the
act of coupling a threshing machine
engine to a separator when the engine
started back and run over him. caus
ing almost instant death. Peter Schraff
roth, father of the deceased, left to
make arrangements for the ourlal,
which will probably be made In Cedar
county.
One Faintly Kscaped.
OVERT cm. Neb., Sept. 17.—George
Crandell is In receipt of a letter from
his daughter, Mrs. McCall tun of Hun
gerford, Tex., stating that town was
completely annihilated by the storm.
Mr. and Mrs. McCallutn escaped with
their lives by clinging to posts for six
hours during the storm and flood.
It Is feared that Mr. und Mrs. E. C.
Wales and family, who removed from
here to Galveston, Tex., have been
killed, as no tidings have been received
from tneni as yet.
Nntla fur
COLUMBUS, Neb., Sept. 17—Two
damage suits for f3,000 each have been
I filed In the district court against Prank
Ilelder of Humphrey by Hernaru llode
wig and George Uloedorn, minora,
about 15 years of age, by their fathers,
Jacob Hu.lev. ik aud Martin C. Jlloe.lorn.
The allegation la made that on August
21 In the presence of divers persona
Ilelder falsely stated that the plaintiffs
had stolen a lot of postage stamps aud
143 from his lumber oHcr,
Arrssled After • llr«||l«
flYllACUhK. Neb. Sept 17,-Jennie
Jennings was committed to th* county
i Jail for want of bell, on a charge of
assault with Intent to do bodily Injury
to one James freutmun He not only
1 severely Injured Mr t'reaatnan. but de
fied the whole community to arrest him
and It was only after much chasing
and the persuasive argument of a sis
; shooter that brought him to time lie
claims to hall from t'otfeyfills. Kan
Visit Seek Vaeer fi keel*.
THKNiU.V Neb Hspt 17 The final I
sa>h of No 1 the Ivenver flyer, went
under the trata and waa badly dam
! aged I “a pe»s were strew a tg« length
of the switch The letter each was
nut found hut It waa learned No so
had pt< bed It up ua the cow catcher
| and carried It to MtCuuh