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FIGHT AT MUKDEN JAPANESE MAKE SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON RUSSIANS. ARTILLERY DUEL ON THE LEFT Firing Lasts All Night and All Day and Spreads to the South—Chinese Say Extensive Preparations Are Making to Turn the Russian Right. MUKDEN—Fighting began at 10 o’clock in the evening southeast of Mukden. The Japanese have advanced to the village of Jendagan. which they are reported to have captured after a fight lasting until morning. There was an artillery fight on the night of October 26 on the north shore of the Shakhe river, directly south of Mukden. The cannonading, which was heavy, was continued to day, the Russians attacking the Jap anese unsuccessfully. The fighting, it is believed, will continue up to the walls of Mukden. The artillery firing on the Russian left, which began yesterday and last ed during the night, has spread south. The weather has again cleared up and is much better for active opra tions. The days are warm and sunny, but the nights are cold and some of the Russian troops, whose winter overcoats have not arrived, are suf fering from the cold. ATTITUDE OF WAR This is What is Assumed by English Papers. LONDON—The tone of comparative moderation and calmness hitherto shown by the press of London is ob served to be yielding to one of an out-spoken bellicose nature. The Daily Mail editorially speaks of war threat ening and gives in scare headlines, “Ultimatum to Russia Expires This Afternoon,” etc. Without going to these lengths, nearly all the papers are discussing the possibilities of war should the war party in St. Peters burg be able to influence the emperor and government into a determination to shield the officers of the Baltic squadron. The unofficial explanation of Admiral Rojcstvensky, telegraphed from Vigo, is stigmatized by the Morning Post and other papers as ap parently that of a lunatic, whose con tinuance in a position of responsibil ity is a menace to every vessel that navigates the sea. The Daily Telegraph, representing the government view', says: “There is no doubt w’hatever of the government’s seriousness. No re sponsible ministers would order a fleet athwart the path of vessels of a foreign powrer without recognizing the responsibility of such a grave step; yet this is what his majesty's govern ment has done with its eyes wide open." An equally bellicose tone character izes the British correspondent’s dis WHERE GEN. KOUROPATKIN IS ADVANCING. . ■ ___ Map showing approximate positions of the two armies near Mukden. Rus sian forces are shown by unshaded rectangular figures. Japanese posi | tions are indicated by black rectangular figures. The two stars mark r the location of Sha, where Russians crossed the Sha river, and of Bentsiaputze, recaptured by Russians in their advance. Suspicious movements of the Jap anese have been observed west of the railroad. The Chinese say positively that the Japanese are preparing to turn the Russian right or break through a vulnerable point of the lines. News has just been received here » that the Japanese assumed the of fensive on the east front and made a slight advance. It is rumored that the Japanese have taken all the Russian positions at Erdagou, between Hunsian and Findapu, on the road from Mukden to Bentsiaputze. but the report has not been confirmed and looks improbable. There was a reconnaissance In force last night by the Russian western flank and desultory firing continued till 2 o’clock a. m. The Japanese were discovered to be hurriedly fortifying along the whole line, but this does lot, on the contrary, preclude the pos sibility of an attack by them. It is the general opinion here that serious events will not develop for some days, out judging by the hurried manner tn which the Chinese are settling their money affairs in Mukden they are of a different opinion. The whole army is delighted with the appointment of General Kuropat kin as commander-in-chief of the land forces in the far east. The one idea among the men is to advance. There is every indication that when the next fight comes it will be of a desperate character. CALLED ALARMIST REPORTS. Belief at*St. Petersburg Port Arthur Will Hold Out. ST. PETERSBURG—Alarmist re ports from foreign sources of the al leged critical situation of the Port Aruthur garrison and of a renewal of the Japanese attack on that strong hold have created considerable popu lar anxiety over the fate of the for tress, which, it must be confessed, had almost been overlooked by the public the last few days, on account of the absorbing interest taken in the North sea complications. The government simply says that *.t is without direct advices, though it realizes that the situation in the fortress must be growing daily more difficult. However, it maintains the firm belief that the garrison will be . i able to hold out. The statement that * General Stoessel is scorning all ques tion of surrender is declared to be simply what might be expected. He is regarded as a man who will fight as long as there is a finger in Port Arthur to pull a trigger. Christian Home Manager Dead. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la —Rev. J. O. Lemen, manager of the Christian home of this city, died at 3.20 a. m. Wednes day, at his home, 714 Avenue D, after two weeks’ illness. Although his death took place after so brief sick ness, it was not unexpected. Mr. Le men has been in declining health for two years or more, and when the seri ous character of his malady became manifest several days ago. grave fears were felt that his enfeebled system could not stand the attack. He was 56 years old. Note on the Hague Meeting. ' WASHINGTON—Acting Secretary pf State Adee on Tuesday dispatched | a note looking to a reconvening of 7 .The Hague conference. This is an in vitation from the president of the United States to the signatory powers of the original Hague treaty to come .together again. The note is directed to the American ambassadors and minis ters abroad, with instructions to sound jthe governments, to which they are I accredited and to extend President 1 Roosevelt’s invitation in such terms as they see fit patches from St. Petersburg, which openly impute the Russian delay ow ing to the belief that Great Britain is determined not to risk war and express the conviction that the ‘Rus sian govrnment is determined not to punish the offending officers. Madrid dispatches comment severe ly upon the attempts of the Russians to defy the Spanish government by the pretense that their vessels are damaged and by proceeding to coal from German vessels, and also Admir al Rojestvensky’s alleged explanation tnat the firing on an approaching ves sel was necessary for the protection of his squadron. Lord Rosebery, in sending a check for $500 for the sufferers, describes the North sea affair as an “unspeak able outrage.” The Morning Post’s Copenhagen correspondent gives a report that the captain of a British steamer, after passing the Baltic squadron Friday evening in the North sea, saw, two miles away, a two-funneled steamer in distress, which apparently sank before he was able to reach her. It is suggested that the steamer had been attacked by the Baltic squadron. CHEERS FOR MRS. GILBERT. Venerable Actress Appea-s in New Play at New York. NEW YORK.—With the audience on its feet, cheering Mrs. Gilbert and singing as one chorus “Auld Lang Syne,” the curtain went down at the Lyceum theater on the first perfor mance of “Granny,” the new play written for Mrs. Gilbert by Clyde Fitch. In every act the play was fre- \ quently interrupted by cheers and ova tions. Mrs. Gilbert, on her first entrance, was almost overcome. The venerable old lady was so affected that it was several minutes before she recovered, sufficiently to go on with her lines. At the end of the performance Mrs. Gil bert recited an epilogue written for her, and this was the signal for the noisy tribute, the like of which is rarely witnessed. “Granny” is the last play in which Mrs. Gilbert is to appear. It will run for three weeks, after which Mrs. Gil bert, who is now 83 years of age, will retire, having been in the theatrical profession for sixty years. “Granny” was written by Mr. Fitch at the re quest of Mr. Frohman. and was des ignated as a tribute to Mrs. Gilbert uopn her retirement. The story is one of a grandmother jealous of her grandson that causes much trouble, but the plot is straightened out in the end with a love match. Lieutenant Neglected Duty. LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — First Lieutenant William H. Plummer, Sixth infantry, U. S. A., whose home is in Worcester, Mass., and who was a member of the Thirty-sixth United States volunteers, a Massachusetts regiment, during the Spanish-Ameri can war, has been convicted by court martial of neglect of duty and other offenses and sentenced to forfeit $25 of his pay check each month during the next six months and not to leave the reservation at Fort Leavenworth during that time. Lull In Paraguay Row. BUENOS AYRES—No news has been received concerning develop ments in the Paraguayan revolution, either in regard to the terms of set tlement that are being discussed by the government and the insurgents, or of lack of funds to actively prosecute the campaign. At Assunclon the posi tion is daHy growing worse. Today the territorial bank of Paraguay sus pended payments. The amount of the liabilities la not yet .known, but la believed to be quite small. BATTLE BPECTED MOVEMENT AT THE FRONT INDI DATE READINESS. ONLY SKIRMISHES AT PRESENT A Decided Engagement Was That at Buddist Temple Hill—The Third General Attack en Port Arthur Be gan Oct. 24. ST. PETERSBURG—The military situation has not developed anything of great importance, although the fight at the Buddhist Temple hill on October 27 appears to have been a decidedly heavy engagement. It prob ably indicate that final moves on both sides are now occurring preparatory to another long and serious battle. Viceroy Alexfeff is now on the way to St. Petersburg. The nature of his reception here is the food for much speculation. Some of his friends still cling to the idea that he will be made chancellor of the empire, with his residence in the Winter palace, where, it is said, a suite of apartments has already been prepared for him. On the other hand, many declare that his political career is practically over and that his reception at St. Petersburg, while officially cordial, will mark the end of his political ascendancy. It is rumored that the viceroyalty of the Caucasus will be revived for his spec ial benefit, which would constitute a complimentary and comfortable sort of exile. General Kourpatkin has telegraphed as follows, under date of October 29: “I have received today no dispatch reporting encounters with the enemy. During a cavalry reconnaissance yes terday, after an infantry fight sup ported by artillery, we occupied the village of Chiantsanhenan. The en emy has retired from Sindiapu. On October 28 our chausseurs, with in significant losses, retained a village a kilometer west of Chenlianpu against a violent Japanese bombard ment.” General Kouropatkfn also records other outpost affairs, Including the Russian re-occupation of the village of Tynsin, a short distance south of Luidziatung. whence they had been previously expelled by the Japanese, who burned the village. CHE FOO—The third general attack on Port Arthur began October 24. ac cording to unimpeachable authority. On October 26 Japanese shells set fire to the only smokeless powder maga zine in Port Arthur. Portions of the town caught fire and the conflagration continued the whole day. On October 26 the Japanese captured the Russian trenches on the slope of Rihlung mountain, also a fortified position protecting that fortress. The Japanese consider the progress of the siege to be highly satisfactory. COMPILATION OF INDIAN LAWS. Two Volumes of 1,200 Pages Each Fulfy Indexed. WASHINGTON—A revised edition of the compilation of the laws and treaties relating to Indian affairs, compiled and edited under direction of congress by Charles J. Happier, chief clerk of the United States sen ate committee on Indian affairs, has been issued by the government print ing office. This compilation Is em braced In two quarto volumes of 1,200 pages each, and contains all treaties ever made with the Indian tribes and all laws relating to the various In dians enacted by congress up to the present time, together with executive orders creating reservations, procla mations, statistics, trust funds, etc. The revised edition includes the sig natures to the treaties, many treaties that were heretofore unobtainable and other useful information. Each volume is fully indexed, making re search easy. The statutes at large is followed in its makeup. The com pilation of the Indian treaties and laws has been recommended for many years by the secretary of the interior, commissioner of Indian affairs and both Indian commissions of congress. Two Queens Worked for Peace. COPENHAGEN — The Associated Press learns that the North sea af fair caused the deepest anxiety to King Christian of Denmark, who de clared that, should an Anglo-Russian war result, it would be the cause of his death. The dowager empress of Russia promised her father, the king, to use her greatest efforts to prevent a conflict. It is stated that hundreds of dispatches were exchanged be tween the dowager empress and the queen of Great Britain during the week just passed. urops Dead at Political Meeting. MILWAUKEE, Wis.—A Sentinel special from Baraboo, Wis., says: Former County Treasurer Archie Christie dropped dead at the feet of Governor La Follette on the platform of the local hall in which the gov ernor spoke just as lie was about to grasp the hand of the executive In congratulation at the conclusion of his address. Parker Ready for Speaking Trip. ESOPUS. N. Y.—Judge Alton B. Parker will start for New York at noon Monday to begin his speaking campaign. He spent a quiet Sunday. He attended church at Kingston, ac companied by George F. Parker, chairman of the literary bureau of the democratic national committee, who has been a guest at Rosemount since Friday and who will go to New York with the Judge Monday. The candi date has practically completed the preparation of the speeches he will make this week. Wreck on a Southern Road. NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A Murfrees boro, Tenn., thirty miles south of here, Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis passenger train No. 2. north bound, was wrecked at 5:45 Sunday afternoon. Engineer James Grino was badly scalded and bruised and Assistant Express Messenger Frye re ceived painful bruises. No passen gers were injured. An open switch caused the engine to leave the main track, colliding with freight cars on a siding. The engine was overturned and rolled into Lyttle creek. r'-X. NOTE TO RUSSIA. British Government Demands Apology For Attack. LONDON—Great Britain has sent a long and urgent note to the Russian government, officially detailing the circumstances of the amazing and un explained attack by the Russian sec ond Pacific squadron during the night of October 21 on British fishing boats in the North sea. The text of the note has not been given out, but it is officially stated from the foreign office that it contains the significant announcement that the situation is one which, in the opinion of his ma jesty's government, does not brook de i lay. Meanwhile the conservative public and press are remarkably undemon strative. As usual the jingo element, democrats and even some officials go so far as to say that it may be nec essary to stop the Pacific fleet pend ing settlement of the whole affair, though this extreme measure, it is believed, will not be necessary. Ev erywhere there is evidence of the very positive opinion that this is no time for the usual diplomatic dilly dallying; that there must be no de lay and no limit set by Russia to its apology or the extent of compensation for sufferers by what King Edward himself terms “the unwarrantable ac tion” of the Baltic squadron com manders. The king sent the following mes sage of sympathy to the mayor of Hull: “From Francis Knollys, Bucking ham Palace, Oct. 24, 1904.—To His Worship, the Mayor of Hull: The king commands me to say that he has heard with profound sorrow of the unwarrantable action which has been committed against the North sea fish ing fleet and asks you to express the deepest sympathy of the queen and bi3 majesty with the families of those who have suffered from this most la mentable occurrence. “KNOLLYS.” (Francis Knollys, baron of Faver sham, is the private secretary of King Edward.) The deep resentment of the whole British public, however, is reflected by the incident at the Victoria sta tion Monday night on the arrival of Count Benckendorff from the conti nent. There is no attempt anywhere among men of responsibility to mag nify the occurrence into a deliberate act of war, but in view of the pres ent inability to find an explanation there is being poured upon the heads of the officers of the squadron a flood of invective and insinuation, though incompetence first and thereafter complete panic is the most generally accepted explanation. Thus far no of ficial word has been received from St. Petersburg as to the attitude of the Russian government. The/ fact that it ha<? been decided dnring the day to prepare a semi-offi cial note expressing the regret of the Russian government and its willing ness to make full reparation so soon as the responsibility was fixed was communicated by the 'Associated Press to Lord Lansdowne and was the first information on the subject he had received from St. Petersburg. RELIEVES TENSION IN PARIS. Thinks British Coolness is Giving Way to Excess. PARIS—The news from London 'late Friday evening that the Anglo Russian trouble had been put in the way of settlement by adoption of the principle of reference to a commttee of inquiry, in connection with the lines laid down by The Hague con ference, has relieved the tension which has been felt the last few days. The sentiment of the public and press in regard to the North sea incident has undergone a change since Thursday. It was then in fa vor of Great Britain. The dominant note Friday is criticism of Great Brit ain's precipitancy. The Gaulois re fers to the “impatient British effer vescence,” and the Figaro says the real situation did not warrant the alarmist British reports. The Echo de Paris comments sar castically on the “ultimatums” issued by the British press and declares that British dignity and coolness are giving way to excess. The view continues to prevail that Great Britain has right on her side, but she was likely to lose this posi tion of vantage by the imperativeness of her attitude toward Russia. The tone of the evening papers was much more optimistic. Yellow Fever in Mexico. MEXICO CITY—There are six cases of yellow fever at Texistpe. There are in all twenty-four patients. The last patient has left the hospital at Te hauntepec. Merida reports two new cases and Santa Cruz four new cases. Torpedo Boats Put to Sea. TANGIER—Five Russian torpedo boat destroyers have put to sea. The remainder of the fleet has been coal ing and provisioning all day. Ranchman Disappears. STURGIS, S. D.—Word has been received here of the disappearance of James Garrett, a resident of the Cave Hills country. It seems Garrett had gone out to place some poison for wolves. The horse he rode is said to have come home to the ranch with a bullet hole through the saddle. This as led the people of that vicinity to believe that he has been murdered. A large number of men have been scouring the country for the man, but at last accounts he had not been found, nor any trace of him. Japanese Capture a Town. TOKIO—A press telegram from General Kuroki's headquarters report* that on Thursday the Japanese cap tured Waitaoshan after sharp fight ing. The attack began at 8 o’clock in the morning and ended at 4 o’cloek in the afternoon, the Russians retreat ing. The Japanese captured two ma chine guns. The Russian casualties are estimated at 200, and those of the Japanese at 170. The Russians occupied Waitaoshan on the 14th In stant with eight corps, end began con centrating defenses. A MINE DISASTER BETWEEN THIRTY AND SIXTY MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES. FIRE FOLLOWS THE ERUPTION Great Timbers and Rocks Thrown from the Mouth of the Mine—No Hope of Rescuing Any of the En tombed Miners. TRINIDAD, Colo.—A terrific ex plosion occurred at mine No. 3 of the Rocky Mountain Fuel and Iron com pany at Teroio, forty miles due west of Trinidad, at 1:30 Friday afternoon and the number of dead is variously placed between thirty and sixty men. The number reported as having gone into the mine in the morning was seventeen miners and four company men. In the afternoon many more miners are known to have gone into the mine and the exact number of dead may never be known, as the mine is burning and in ail likelihood the bodies will be cremated. A large number of mine officials left here as soon as word of the acci dent was received. Company doctors were picked up all along the line, as well as all other available physicians. United States Government Stock Inspector F. J. Foreman was at the Teroio when the explosion occurred. , He returned her last night and gives the following account of the affair: “I was standing not more than 300 yards from the mouth of the tunnel when the explosion occurred. The ex plosion was preceded by a low rum bling sound resembling an earth quake, which made the earth tremble and startled the whole camp. “I looked toward the mine and out of the mouth of the tunnel and the two air shafts came great volumes of smoke and dust, which continued for nearly a minute. Out of the two air shafts, each of which are seven feet in diameter, timbers that were fully two to three feet in diameter were shot into the air and broken into splinters. Rocks were thrown over the camp for a distance of a quarter of a mile. In fact, it rained rock, broken timbers and all kinds of debris, for fully a minute and many people were injured by being struck with these missiles. “Immediately after the explosion, which was for all the world like a volcanic eruption, the wildest excite- 1 ment ensued. Women, men and chil dren rnshed to the mouth of the tun nel and women whose husbands were in the mine had to be brought away by miners to keep them from being killed by deadly fumes coming from the month of the tnnnel.” The mine works eighty men and it is believed that sixty men were in the mine at the time. News of the explosion brought as sistance from the adjacent camps and hundreds of men are trying to get into the mine. Deadly fumes overcome the rescuers frequently, but their places are immediately takn by othrs ready are immediately taken by others ready possible that anyone In the mine can escape death, if they are not all dead already. GREAT CROP OF POTATOES. Yield This Year Estimated at 8,774,245 Bushels. OMAHA—The Union Pacific has just issued an agricultural bulletin, dealing with the potato crop of Ne braska for 1904. The bulletin shows that the avreage of Nebraska’s potato that the average of Nebraska’s potato yield 5,523,767 bushels. The acreage this year is estimated at 74,552. The bulletin adds: "It will be seen that a material increase has taken place in the acreage planted to pota toes. It would seem that Nebraska can successfully engage in potato raising for commercial reasons. When one reflects that the total acreage this year is about one-third the area of the smallest county in the state it is evident that potato raising is very profitable. The western portions of the state will produce potatoes in great abundance if the climatic conditions prevalent for the last four years con tinue.” An estimate by counties of the 1904 yield is then given and the total yield is estimated at 8,774,245 bushels. NEBRASKA DAY AT THE: PAWL. One Thousand Resident*, of State Take Part in Ceremonies at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS—Headed by Governor J. H. Mickey 1,000 Nebraskans cele brated “Nebraska day” at the World’s fair on Tuesday. The formal cere monies took place in Festival hall. Chancellor E?. Benjamin Andrews of the University of Nebraska offered the invocation. Addresses were made by President Francis of the exposi- j tion. Governor Mickey, Hon. John Lee ' Webster of Omaha and G. W. Wattles of Omaha, president of the State World’* Fair commission. M. S. Phillips Drops Dead. CHICAGO—While listening to the pitiful tale of a deserted wife Myron : S. Phillips, a real estate dealer, dropped dead Friday in the grand jury room. He was serving as a mem ber of the October grand Jury and had been an attentive listener while the woman testified. As he rose from his chair to demand the husband’s indictment for abandonment, he fell to the floor unconscious and died three minutes later. Heart disease was the cause. Phillips came to Chi cago in 1892 from Hebron, Neb. Vatican Sounds the Powers. ROME!—The Vatican is sounding the powers on the subject of the admis sion of its representative at The Hague conference on the same ground as the suggested admission of the South American republics, which were not represented. The Vatican em phasized the fact that it was excluded from the first conference chiefly be cause of the opposition of the Italian government, supported by Great Brit ain, which asked in exchange Italy’s support for the exclusion of repre sentatives of the Boers. | NEBRASKA STATE NEWS I RAILROAD AGENT MURDERED. Evidently Had Killed One Of Hi® As sailants Before Expiring. NEBRASKA CITY—About 3 o'clock In the afternoon a telephone message reached Nebraska City that S. M. Sells, Burlington agent at Nebraska City Junction, about five miles across the river, had been found murdered. The agent’s body was found by a farmer, who was driving home from the Junction store. He at once dfov^ back to the station and gave the alarm. Men at the store immediately ran up the track and found the body of the agent and that or a tramp lying near each other, both dead. The agent’s revolver, with two empty chambers, was lying near his body. He was shot through the temple and the tramp in the right eye. Two tramps had slept the night before in a barn near the Junction store. Ne braska City Junction is composed of only a store, depot, elevator and two or three houses and tramps are quite numerous around there, and the agent has been very active in driving them away. In the morning there were three tramps noticed hanging around the elevator and about 3 o’clock in the afternoon the agent went up the road to the elevator and then presum ably walked over to the track, intend ing to return that way to the depot. Two of the tramps were sitting near the track, and while no one witnessed the shooting, it is thought they at tacked the agent, and he shot the one and was then killed by the other, who then disappeared. In the evening word was received that the second tramp had been caught near Percival. Ia„ and that he claimed that when the agent realized he had killed the other tramp he ex claimed: “My God. I did not mean to kill you,” and then shot himself in the temple. SUE FOR SUGAR BOUNTY. Oxford Company File Briefs in the Supreme Court. LINCOLN—Attorneys for the Ox aard Sugar Beet company and the Norfolk Sugar Beet company filed briefs in the supreme court in the suit against the state for a total of $46,262. claimed to be due because of the law that authorized the state to pay a bounty to the manufacturers of sugar made from the sugar beet. The last legislature granted the companies permission to sue the state and suit was begun in the Lancaster county district court. Atorney General Prout filed a demurrer which was sustained and the cases filed is an appeal from the decision of the lower court. The attorney general holds that tue legis lature had no right to authorize the payment of a bounty for a private en terprise and as a second defense that the bill had two subjects. Company to Comply With Law. The Continental Investment com pany of Chicago, which has an office in Omaha, has notified the state bank ing board that it will not attempt to do any business in Nebraska until the state banking board has given it the proper authority. Some days ago Sec retary Royse got hold of a prospectus of the company and straightway signi fied his intention to put a stop to it doing business here until a few rules and regulations were conformed to. Retired Farmer Kills Himself. FREMONT—L. H. Tank, a retired farmer, living at 218 North D street, shot himself in the neck and died soon after from the effects of the wound. He had been in poor health and for some time very despondent. Ranch Foreman Commits Suicide. ANSLL.Y—Manager Campbell of the large Adams ranch on the bouth Loup river, southwest of Ansley, committed suiciue. The owner of tne ranch came from Chicago Sunday for the purpose of checking up the accounts and personal property belonging to tne ranch. It is reported that the ranch, consisting of 5,300 acres of hill pasture land, of which 50 acres is seeded to alfalfa, was sold for $56,000, and the personal property will sell for $25,000, subject to inventory. Iowa and Illinois parties are buying the ranch. Builds New Round House. NORFOLK—After a year of open dr for their locomotives in this city, caused by the destruction of their roundhouse here in last fall’s blaze, the Union Pacific railroad company has determined to rebuild tbe struc ture and to once more house their engines from the elemnts. The com pany has just established, also, in Norfolk, a commercial agency, the first outside of Omaha and Lincoln. Plattsmouth Exhibit at St. Louis. PLATTSMOUTH—Many favorable reports have come to the city regard ing Plattsmouth's school exhibit at St. Louis. I^ast week the local schools were awarded a bronze gold medal for the collective exhibit. This is sec ond only to Omaha, la grade work alone Lincoln and Beatrice make a better showing, but considering the exhibit as a whole, PTattsmuoth was second. This is not only gratifying to the teachers and superintendent, but fills each pupil’s heart with worthy pride. New Corn on Market. BEAT ill CE—New corn has made its appearance on the market. Wil liam Spellman, a grain buyer of this city, purchased 1,000 bushels, for which he paid 40 cents per bushel. The corn is of excellent quality and will grade No. 2. Father Fatally Shoots His Son. NEBRASKA CITY—John B. Boese, a well known German farmer living oae mile sonth of the city, fatally shot his son Joseph, a young man about 25 years of age, during a quarrel. THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA. A new elevator is about to compete for business at Adams. Tecumseh’s new $16,000 school house is nearing completion. Cedar Rapids has experienced a great building boom this season. The York Commercial club is mov ing in the matter of getting a new depot. C. F. Pettigrew, a Chicago con tractor, is to- put in a gas plant at Co lumbus. There was a good attendance from Nebraska at the exposition on Ne braska day. Johnson county is shipping potatoes by the carload to Kansas and Mis souri points. , Joaehin Miller, six miles north of Utica, blew the ton of his head off with a shotgun. No cause is given for the act. At Hardy, Mattie Forsha fell from a footbridge into the Republican river, but was rescued as she came up the third time. Nebraska dentists are not well pleased with the present dental laws, and will be before the next legisla ture for relief. At York Charles and William Marke were arraigned before Judge Taylor and held in bonds of $1,000 each ©a a charge of kidnaping. Charley Smolinski. a Polish lad. while fishing in McPherson’s lake east of Columbus, caught a turtle whicb weighed nearly thirty pounds. The city council of Wymore has granted a franchise to the Gage Coun ty Independent Telephone company and work on its lines will be com menced. The new mill which has been built in Ithaca by the Ithaca Milling com pany, with a capacity of 100 barrels per day, commenced grinding wheat last week. After a successful pastorate of seven years. Rev. F. E. Janes of Fre mont, pastor of the Christian church, has tendered his resignation, to take effect next month. The new wagon bridge across the Platte river at Schuyler has been nearly enough completed that teams are crossing daily from Butler county in great numbers. Stanley M. Rosewater of Omaha won out in a competition with over 150 students for one of the two va cant places on the Unitrsity of Mich igan Gree ane Mandolin clubs. The Fremont Concrete and Artific ial Stone company filed articles of in corporation. Richard Whitfield. F. McGiverin, Conrad Hollenbeck and A. E. Littlechild are the incorporators. A. S. Gregaret, who is looking after the sugar beet crop near Ames, says he has sixty-five acres still in the ground, the gathering of which is de layed on account of the heavy weath er. At Lincoln, Louis Folts Is dead anri his bride of three months is under the care of physicians from the ef fects of inhaling gas that escaped from an instantaneous heater in their bath room. The work of excavation for the new Burlington depot at Crete has been begun. Since the burning of the old depot last spring a small wooden shanty has done service jts a pas senger depot. The new chnrch edifice of the Unit ed Evangelical denomination at Hast ings was dedicated last Sunday at three services. The new chnrch is a wooden structure erected at a cost of $7,000 and has a seating capacity ol 500. Farmers who desire the privileges of a winter institute can get full par ticulars by writing to Prof. T. L. Lyon of Lincoln. The farmers’ institute is supported by the state and is under control of the regents of the Univer sity of Nebraska. Bert Egge, the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Egge of Tecum seh, has disappeared and his parents are alarmed at his absence. The young man was employed on a farm east of Tecumseh. County Attorney J. H. Linderman of Dawson county secured a requisition for the return of Leonard E. Morton, who is under arrest at Loveland. Colo. Morton is accused of getting money under false pretenses. Extensive improvements have been completed about the Hastings asylum this summer, the greater part of the work having been done by the in mates. Numerous new walks and: drives have been made'. Mrs. Catherine Ziska, formerly of Wilbur, imagined that she was tor mented by demons and tried to com mit suicide in the county jail at Lin coln. A prisoner gave the alarm and the woman was rescued. The owners of bottom land on the Little Nemaha river, between Anburn and Nemaha City, have organized a mutual company for the purpose of straightening the Little Nemaha river and cleaning and dredging the same to prevent the overflow. The Farmers' State bank of Ans ley has been incorporated with a cap ital of $25,000, of which $7,500 Is paid up. The Incorporators are Walton E. Newcomb and C. O. Rltchmeyer. Judge Basil S. Ramsey of Platts raouth has been selected as vice presi dent for Nebraska of an association to be known as the Ramsey Family Association of the United States. The object of the association is to collect all data available, both in America and Europe, pertaining to the gene alogy of the family, whether the name Is spelled “Ramsey” or “Ramsaey.” Having brutally beaten his wife and imprisoned her, Charles Steinberg of Norfolk, angered at her escape, at tempted to kill himself and two vis itors, John Bossard and Charles Stout, in his home near Oakdale. Bossard was shot in the shoulder. Treasurer Mortensen and Attorney General Prout returned from Hast ings, where they went to look ah some land which the state board of public lands and buildings contemplates buy lug for the Hastings asylum. It ia probable the board will purchase 100 acres, making g total ot 322 acres.