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Summary of the Daily Ifows.
CONGRESS. '
Tmc Senate on the 11th n- jn-roncumQ in I
me uouse aroenaineni roijc wu pensioning
the widow of General He inaclaian. re&uclng
the amount to K3 per mr xh. Senator Sher
man reported from the Fi amkc Committee the j
Din uccianng trusts unia- ttCL Tne Dili Known
as the Fourth of July Clc tma till was passed. A
motion by Senator Blair to reconsider brought
on another debate of t, petflical nature. Tl:
Chinese Exclusion bu'jro xhen -debated until
adjournment.... The ' Arase resumed considera
tion of the Sundry C tr& "bill, and otter debate
the appropriation f ? wclalminR lhe arid -re-pions
was reduced to iet,(W. -Tte vote or an
amendment by Mr Herman showed no-quorum
and the House ad'jbirrned.
In the SenatrsOB?feel2tb'S:nBtei'Gorge
offered an amen neat to the "Trust blUVene of
which makes t the duty of the President to
suspend by pr :2sxnton the collection of du
ties on article t ine prices o: which have been in
creased by a' t combination. 'This brosght out
another poli tjai debate on th3 subject of trusts.
A resolutio-1 y Senator Spooner In regard to a
recent she t&,g mTexas-extended the political
talkbutin saotherchannel. Adjourned.... The
House fr rfter 'considered the conference re
port on t' vtSusflrsr Civil MiL A further confer
ence was j&oallYTCked. The Senate-Mil amend
ing the gx to. regard to postal crimes was
passed, xn attempt was made by Mr. Springer
to call rthe 'Oklahoma bill but no quorum
could 1 obtained and the House adjourned.
An esu dMmosingaf 'motions and resolu
tions taje Senate on the 13th resumed consider
ation , the Chinese Exclusion bill, and Senator
Jonr k. el Serada, -addressed 'the Senate in
fav fits its passage. -Adjourned without action.
,V-e House again took up the Senate bill
am M-aatory-of the Inter-State Commerce lsw,
wl tVa. after a number of amendments. pased.
A .V?r a -short time the contest over the Okla
h rn.it bill was resumed, and the efforts to se
c tsKi a quorum 'led to more talk for political
C oct and the House adjourned.
Ib "the Senate on theUth Senator Vest
5okc in -reply to Senator Hoar of the day be
ts rein regaM to political subscriptions. Other
senators took part in the discussion, when
srbe cult ion to Teconsider the vote by
srhicli the Chinese Exclusion bill passed
-was "taken up and resulted in IS yeas
no IT nays As there was no quorum
tit "kus arranged that the next vote should be
taUan "Monday. The Senate non-concurred in
House amendments to the Inter-State Com--mercc
bill and Senator Piatt's resolution of in
quiry cs to the copper syndicate was adopted.
Senators Hoar and Payne encaged in a dia
orderly colloquy upon charges made by the
fonnor as to persons connected with the
3t.inIard Oil Company. Several bills passed.
:&moug them'the House bill providing boards of
-arbitration for settlement of disputes between
anter-State 'railroads and their employes. Ad
journed until Mouday The House, in Cotn-
mittee of the Waole. considered private bills
and passed a dozen. At the evening session
:thirty-two pension bills passed.
Neither 'House of Congress was in ses
sion en the .loth.
WASHINGTON XOTES.
-Chief Bell, of the United States secret
service, has received a telegram dated
Chicago, from Agent Porter, stating that
.be had captured, at Mount Carroll, 111.,
two counterfeiters, Keach andMcLaugh
'lin, "together with a large quantity of
lounterfeitmoney and a complete outfit.
Secretary Whitney authorizes the
statement that ho has no intention of re
signing from the-Cabinet and that he never
owned a -dollar in the Standard oil trust
nor had any relation to it.
The conditioir of Hon. SamuelJ. Randall
has so much improved since leaving Wash
ington that his physician, Dr. Martin, as
sures him he may safely count upon re
suming his 'sent in Congress when the
House reassembles in December.
President Cleveland has written to a
friend denouncing as a falsehood the
statement that he "believed in free trade
.as he believed in the Protestant religion."
.THE EAST.
A 'Rome cablegram to the Catholic News,
of New York, announces that a decree of
the '-HolyOHice on the Knights of Labor
question, favorable to that organization,
.has been. forwarded to Cardinal Gibbons.
The Prohibitionists of Massachusetts
"have nominated William H. Earle, of
Worcester,, for Governor.
The Jounial of Lewiston has returns
.from 450 Maine, towns, whichgive Burleigh
77,277; .Putnam, ftS.Sft'i; Cusbing, 2,S;
Simmons, 940. Republican plurality, 18,
tfc2; majoritY,il4,&3. The same towns two
years ago gave the following vote: Bod-
wel). 07,242; Edwards, r,2,27:.Clark, 4,233.
.Republican plurality, 14,615; 'Republican
majority,'10;S:.
The .corner -stone of the new Masonic
itemple.at Pittsburgh, Pa., on tthe site ef
the building destroyed by fire last year,
:bas been laid with impressive ceremonies.
.J. Newton Gotthold, the well known
.-actor, died .on the.l2th at his sosiflence in
:Sewickley, Pa. His wife, wh was May
sRickards, an actress, was with -him, but
she'is.an:invalid-and could do bothing for
her husband. f
'Richard A. Proctor, the weli.known
English .astronomer died atNewTork of
yellow faver on the night of the 12th. He
bad just previously arrived from Oak
ILawn, Fin., which place, it was thought,
was free from the plague.
Oliver Auss was "renominated SerGov
ernor of Massachusetts. by the Republicans
.at Boston on the 12th.
Jacobs. &.Pbootok's Grand Opera Souse
;and adjoining property at Syracuse, Si.
T., were destcoyed by fire at 3:15 (the
other morning. The hurt ling was owned
!bvMoore,& Lynch. The leases amounted to
300,000.
. MRS.HaRRiET Seecbek Stowe on tha
Toth was reported steadily Rowing weak
er and was not affected by itho usual ano
cfyne. 1'avid JL Hill was resominated for
Governor by the Nov York tDemocraU at
Ranald on .tho 12i
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destrayed by fire,
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Jf . Depew Arrived ia
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ice of the. Eastern Yacht
id. Mass.. on -the 14th
three das? yachts contested. In the
fifth class tie ISgiish cutter Bayreed won,
beating the Vlxon.- In the sixth class the
Xaria won, beatiag the Papooj and
Gaboon.
Fire in the lumber district on Albany
.street, Boston, receatly caused a losr of
. afcrot $80,000, of which $70,000 was that of
Andrew Leatherbee. An extensive cotf-
.flagration was with difllculty prevented.
As expert sneak thief stole $2,049 in a
packaze front the counter of the paying
teller ia tb Third National Bank of Buf
falo, N. Y., the other das', while he was at
lunch.
Frank a CorfrY and Minnie Taflley
were drowned in the Schuylkill river near
Philadelphia recently. .- 4
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'Jecoub, Eeboe & Son's lubricating oil
vorks, Boston, Mass., were destroyed by
fire recently and several employes were
injured. Loss, $70,000.
By a collision between freight trains
near Schenectady, N. Y., the other morn
tag, Conductor Baker was killed.
The Reading railroad mechanics are al
most to a man opposed to President Cor
bin's benefit association plaa.
In opening the campaign in Oswego, N.
Y. Governor Hill heartily commended
and indorsed the administration of Presi
dent Cleveland and declared that he want
ad no divided triumph. He would staad
or fall with the National ticket. This ref
erence called for the great applause.
Mrs. Harriet Butcher Stowe was re
ported much better at Hartford, Conn., on
the ICth.
Charles A. Percy, of Rochester, If. Y.,
went through the whirlpool rapids at
Niagara successfully in a boat on the 16th.
His boat capsized on striking the rapids,
bur righted itself soon afterwards.
C. M. Ward, a New York stock broker,
has made an assignment. He had lost
heavily by St. Paul's decline.
THE WEST.
A destructive fire at Harper, Iowa, re
cently destroyed the entire business por
tion of the town except one store and an
implement house. The loss was variously
estimated at from $l.r,000 to $25,000; insur
ance, $5,000.
The lease of the Cherokee Strip Live
stock Association of the grazing privilege
of the Cherokee Strip expires October 1.
The Live-Stock Association offered to re
lease for $175,000 per annum, but the last
Cherokee Coancil refused to accept this
bid and the grazing privilege is now open
to bidders. The Strip contains over 6,000,
000 acres of land.
In response to a call for a National con
vention of the Greenback party in Cincin
nati on the 12th but seven delegates ap
peared. They met aed issued an address
to the American people, the substance of
which is that the evils of the country arise
from the scarcity of money, which evils
the Greenback party proposes to meet by
issuing more money.
Jon.v Hanley, of Chicago, has been
elected president of the National Fire Un
derwriters' Association.
The barb wire manufacturers held a se
cret conference in Chicago recently, but
while all agreed that the situation was
lad, it was decided not to advance prices
yet.
Fire nt Wayne, Mich., the other morn
ing destroyed the Sowter block, the best
in the town. Loss, $75,00'.).
Major Warner, of Kansas City, Mo.,
has been elected Commander-in-Chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic for the
ensuing year.
TXas fever is plnying havoc among the
cows on the dairy farm of Bacon Brothers,
near Streator, III.
The California producers and dealers of
dried fruits have decided to form a joint
stock company with $350,000.
The two hundred and fiftieth anniver
sary of the first settlement of Swedes in
America, was celebrated at Minneapolis,
Minn., on the 14th in the presence of over
10,000 persons.
The Red Men occupied their last session
in Chicago installing new officers and
hearing reports. Baltimore, Md., and Sep
tember, 1SS0, were fixed as time and place
of the next council.
Walter Granthav, a salesman of Chi
cago, and bis two sisters were drowned
near Carey, II!., recently by the capsizing
of a boat from which they were fishing in
the Fox river.
A baggace car of an express train on
the B. & O. was derailed while passing a
freight train recently near Mansfield, O.
The consequence was a terrible disaster,
the cars being piled one upon the other.
Twotrainmen were instantly killed. The
express train contained passengers re
turning from the G. A. It- at Columbus,
many of whom were seriously injured.
A kike at Washburn, Wis., on the morn
ing of the 14th destroyed thirty buildings.
Loss $150,000.
Goldenson, a young Hebrew, was
hanged at San Francisco on the 14th for
the murder of Mamie Kelly, a school girl,
because she refused his attentions.
Hon. John . Edwards, who went to
California in 184!), died at Stockton, Cai.,
receatly, aged eighty-four. He was Gov
ernor of Missouri from 1844 to 1S4X.
A free fight occurred in the Westmin
ster Presbyterian Church at St. Paul,
Mian., after services on the Kith, caused
by a factional feeling arising over the
alleged immorality of the pastor, Rev. W.
H. Roberts.
A new reward of $20,000 has been of
fered by the widow of millionaire Snell,
of Chicago, for the arrest of Tascott, ac
cused of his murder.
The entire business portion of Florence,
Wis., was destroyed by fire recently, caus
ing a total loss of $75,000. oa which the in
surance was only $20,000.
Soke 300 members of the Irish-American
Republican League of Chicago visited
General Harrison at Indianapolis on the
15th.
xhk south;
It is positively denied from Catlettsburg,
Ky., that the principals in the McCoy -Hatfield
vendetta have bee acquitted.
Their trials have not begun.
The Democrats of the Third Arkansas
district have renominated T. C. McRae for
Congress.
John Kitchens, nearly seventy years
old, was so badly injured in a light with
his son, C. P. Kitchens, at Dawson. Ga.,
recently that he died twenty-four hours
later. The old man had been unkind to
bis wife for several months, sicce her
union with the Mormon Church and, while
under the influence of whisky had
quarreled with her, when the son inter
fered with fatal results.
Miss Clara Barton, president the
Red Cross, has contributed $1,000 from her
private means in aid of the yellow fever
sufferers. A part of it was immediately
applied to sending of nurses from New Or
leans to the stricken district.
The next great singing festival of the
Gerrnaa North American Singers' Union
will be held in New Orleans iaFebruarv.
J EATHfrom Yellow fever is reported
in .Decatur, Ala., and Memphis has or-
fdered non-intercourse with that place.
The damages by floods in Georgia have
heen -estimated at $1,000,000. Eleven per
aasjie wane reported drowned.
Cotton factors of Savannah, Ga., have
organized a pool to fight the bagging
trust.
Governoe Hughes, of Arkansas, has
offered a reward of $200 for tk arrest of
each of the ptxtieswho stole JHm Pnlsk1
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Floods in the provinces of Lombardy
and Venice have destroyed a number of
bridges and done much damage to proper
ty. Many persons have been drowned.
Coffee gambling, similar to that at
Hamburg is going on at Antwerp.. Meas
ures are demanded to suppress these op
erations. Owiso to the illness of his son, upon
whom a painful operation has been per
formed, Hon. Carl Schurz will not be able
to return to America before the end of
October.
Br the wreck of the Italian steamer
South America in a collision at the Canary
Islands recently, thirty-six passengers
were drowned and four seamen.
A cable message from Rear Admiral
Chandler nt Yokohama, Japan, announces
that the United States steamer Monocacy
has been declared unfit for general ser
vice. William Redmond, Irish Member of
Parliament, has been sent to prison for
three months for offenses under the Crimes
act.
The troops of the Ameer of Afghanistan
are snid to have bad an important victory
over the rebels. Ishak Khan's father-in-law
was among the captives.
The preparations for a German expedi
tion to search for Emiu Bey progress act
ively. Two hundred thousand marks have
been subscribed for the expense of the
undertaking.
Four hundred Irish stevedores, em
ployed in Glasgow harbor, Scotland, have
been dismissed. They will bo replaced by
Protestants from Belfast. It was feared
that a riot would ensue.
The Peninsular and Oriental steamer
Nepaul, bound for London from China,
went ashore the other night near Mar
seilles. All hands were saved. The cap
tain, however, died shortly after from a
stroke of apoplexy, which resulted from
the severe shock tho accident caused him.
Business failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended September 13 numbered
217, compared with 224 the previous week
and list the corresponding week of last
year.
The Chinese of Hawaii threaten rebel
lion. The males of that race number more
than the males of all other races, native
and foreign, on the Sandwich Islands, and
therefore much alarm is felt.
Major Baiixrllot, engaged in the Stan
ley relief expedition, has been murdered
by his native carriers.
The Imperial Bank of St. Petersburg has
been authorized to issu new credit notes
redeemable in gold. The first issue will
aggregate 15,000.000 roub!es.
In a conflict between striking workmen
and the military at Pierre B:i!liere, France,
the other day, several persons were
wounded. Many strikers were nrrested.
A dispatch from Paris of the l(th says:
In consequence of a municipal decree low
ering the price of bread the bakers of St.
Dennis have closed their doors. The work
ing people, becoming incensed, plundered
some of the shop antl a few have been re
opened. Great excitement prevails. Many
arrests have been made.
Advices from India say the widow of a
Brahmin villager near Cawnnore recently
burned herself to death upon the funeral
pyre of her husband. She mounted the
pyre unnoticed after the departure of the
funeral party.
Calvert BRos.,extensive woolen factors
at Halifax, Kng., have failed with liabili
ties of $000,000.
Business was active and prices irregu
lar on the London Stock Exchange during
the week' ended September 15. In Paris
prices declined, thre per cent, rentes
showing a decline of thirty centimes. In
Germany prices were weak and business
was dull.
Clearing house returns for the week
ended September 15 showed an average
increase of 3.1 compared with the corre
sponding week of last year. In New York
the increase was 9.'J.
Striking cigar makers of Havana
have asked the aid of their brethren in tho
United States.
Bisiioi Strassmeyer, of Austria, has
been rebuked by the Emperor for praying
fer the success of Russian arms. An ef
fort was being made to bavo him deposed
by the Pope.
THE LATEST.
George Q. Cannon, the fugitive Mor
mon apostle, surrendered recently at Salt
Lake and was immediately sentenced to a
short term of imprisonment and a small
fine.
A YOUX.G squaw was burned recently by
theMojave Indians of California. There
had been sickness in the tribe and she was
accused of being a witch.
Reconsideration of the Chinese bill
was refused by the Senate on the 17th, the
vote standing 21 to 20. The House ac
complished little owing to want of a
quorum.
Rumors were prevalent in Europe on
the 17th that Prince Bismarck had re
quested permission to resign.
Judge David S. Field refuses to abate
his order in the Judge Terry case, and the
latter must serve his sentence of stx months
in jail for contempt of court.
A fire at Paducah, Ky., on the morning
of the 17th cftused a loss of $200,0i.V). The
fire started in Rikop's saddlery establish
ment. At Ravine Station, twenty-five miles
south of San Antonio, Tsx., the four chil
dren of Byrd Smith, nil under fourteen
yeare, were burned to death recently, their
clothes being ignited by the explosion of a
can of kerosene.
The other morningatVille Platte Prairie,
near Opelousas, La., armed men sur
rounded the house of two negroes, Jean
Pierre Salte and Dean Pidier, and riddled
them with buckshot, killing them both in
stantly. Tho killing is supposed to have
been brought about by incendiary lan
guage recently used by the two.
The Secretary of ithe Treasury has or
dered customs collectors to exact discrim
inating duties against Costa Rica vessels
because favors granted other nations are
refused this.
The Wisconsin Central switchmen at
Ashland, Wis., struck on the 17th for in
creased wages. Six were arrested for
''killing" engines.
The parliamentary inquiry iato the
TTntes charges against Parnell commenced
at London on tho l?th.
Br a coHision between freight trains
near Akron, O., reoently caused by a tele
graph operator's neglect, an engineer was
killed and three other persons were badly
hurt.
Great excitement caused by the dis
covery of precious metals prevails at Cas
tlelL T., above Helena.
Tiatiity of Paso del Norte, Mexico, un
veiled p monument and bust to the Mexi
cjtBgftiriot and President Ben'to Juarez
oatiwltith. The name of the place has
beenaanged to Juarez.
Tsar-mayor ot fniladeipnia nns tele-
anne Hospital Bureau urg-
of more rigid quarantine
, if necessary, a military
Strain was thrown from the
sidd near Indianapolis, Ind.,
t and six passengers badly
NKliKASUA STATE SLAVS.
Nebraska MethoriUts.
At tho recent session of the North Ne
braska Methodist Conference the followinx
appointments were made:
Omaha district T. C. C.cnd-nln. presiding
elder. Omaha: First Church, T. M. House:
Hanscom Park, G. X. Brown: Seward Street,
W. M. Worlcy; South Tenth Street, a N.
Dawson; Trinity. J. W. Kobinson: circuit. W.
11. Slaughter: Ames, A. C. Gaines; Arizoua.
Thomas Hit hell; Blair, K. B. Wilson: Elkhorn.
O. Efc'glcston: Fremont, T. B. Hilton; Gretna,
W. Miller: Hooper. J. A. Fleharty: North Bend.
J. II. Brooks ; North Bend circuit, J. Charles;
Oaklaud. H. H Millard: Schuyler. D. Mar
quette; Scribner, J. T. Knacky; South Om;iha.
L. H. Eddleblute: Albright, V. D. Luther
Tekamah. R. L. Marsh: Vacoaa, H. C. UhotT:
Valley, T. L. Helhwell; West Point, A. A.
Davis.
Grand Island district J. W. Shank, presid
ing elder; Albson, H. G. Pittenger; Albion cir
cuit, R. Gillogly: Beaver Valley, to be sup
plied; Cedar Rapids, R. S. Crawford: Central
City, H. S. Hilton: Central City circuit, J. H.
Lecdom: ClarUs. R. K Pierce: Chapman. C S.
Moore: Columbus. H. L. Powers: Elba Wil
liam Kose: Fullerton. G. W. Martin: Fuller
ton circuit, C. D.Day: Genoa. G. A. Martin:
Grand Island. C. W. SavidKc; Peters
bur?, W. A. Wilson: Scotia, L. Campbell:
Silver Creek. S. Cates: St. Paul, J. E Moore;
Wood River. C. E. Harper.
Norfolk district J. B. Maxtleld. presiding
elder; Ban-rott, J H. Main Beamcr, J. B
Priest: Carroll. J. H. Hiuh: Coleridge. J. R.
Gearhart: Dakota City, J. V. Jennings. Deca
tur, J. H. Miller: Hawkeve. T. Stauin: Homer,
to be supplied: Humphrey, to be s'ipplie :
Leigh. W. Ksplin: Lyons. C. F. Haywood:
Madison. D V McGregor: Norfolk, J. W Mar
.m Platte Center. .1. Crews: Ponca. J. L. St.
Clair Staunton, H. W. Co.nley. St. Jan.es. W.
U. Carter: V..keti;Id. W. A. Davies: Wayne,
William Goist; Wis-ner, to be supplied.
Elkhorn district A. HoJgetts, presiding
eluer. C-eighton. W. H. Buuch: Elgin. W
Slothower; Ewin?, T. Thompson. Ininan. C G
K.uise; Minneo'a. W. II. Hurt. Xelevh. II. A
H:irton: Newman' Grove. F. B Ham: Xio"
3rara. C. N. Griffith; Oakd ile. D. C. Wlnship:
D'Xtill. D. T. Olcott; Paddock. D Blam; Plain-,-iew,
S. A. Bear.
MNwIlunemiK.
A younr man named Joel Trowbridge
A-as fatally injured north of Nelili the
other evening. He was riding one hor-e
and leading another, the 'iie lie wa-. riding
having a harnt-- on. The hor-e he was
leading dragged him o!F. and becoming
tangled in the harness he was dragged un
til he received injuries from which he died
next morning.
The Grand Legion of Select Knight-:, A.
O. U. W., of Nebraska, will meet in Hast
ings in October. Hundreds of prominent
knights in jniform from all over the State
will be present, and a grand competitive
drill will U: one of the features of the oc
casion. A young man named Charles Bonner
wont into an Omaha barber shop the other
morniUtj and asked how much it co.tto
shave a dead man. On being told that
live dollars was the usual price, he said:
"Then I'll save my friends that expense
by getting shaved now." and aceordiugly
hail the operation performed. He went at
once to tho hotel where he was boarding
anil retireil to his room. He failed to re
spond to the call for supper, ami at eight
o'clock one ol" the Lell boys opened the
door and found his lifeless form lying en
the bed. Physicians who were called said
death had resulted from quick consump
tion. John H. Bauer, a wealthy farmer liv
ing near Louisville. Cass County, was as
saulted by a crowd of drunken men the
other night and beaten into insensibility,
besides receiving several cuts from knives
in the hands of his assailants. His son,
who was in bed nt the time, hearing the
noise, rushed out to his father's assistance,
and was also badly injured. The crowd
then left, but the roughs were arrested the
next morning while asleep at a quurry
camp.
The Buffalo County fanners have formed
a farmers' club for the county, to meet
every year after harvest. j
By a recent tire John Medlin, a Butler '
Couiity farmer, lost his crop of oats, which
he had just cut aud stacked.
Kxcenti-Y T. J. McGuire and Samuel
Remer, employed in a South Omaha pack
ing house, engaged before WW people at
the base-ball grounds in n beef skinning
contest for 0 a side and the gate re
ceipts. Two de.id beeves were brought
in and when time was called both men set
to work. McGuire removed the hide from
his animal lirst, doing the job in 4:.'2.
Reiner's time was five minutes.
Shooting parties from the East are try
ing to clean out game in Garfield County.
Boone County hasn't half enough hogs
to consume tne immense corn crop and the
farmers are on the hunt for more porkers.
A si'ark Irom an engine recently sat
fire to the grass on the farm of Mr. Trow
bridge, near Hendlej-, and fifty acres of
fine hay was burned.
Petitions have been circulated in Logan
County asking the Nebraska delegation in
Congress to use their influence toward se
curing a railroad for that section.
E. Moffat, living near Greeiey Center,
was shot while hunting with a neighbor
named A. C. Rogers, the other day, by the
latter's gun beingaccidentaliy discharged.
He lived only a few hours after the acci
dent. A little daughter of William Winter, of
Norfolk, was badly bitten by a rattlesnake
recently but will recover.
Pensions recently granted Nebraska
veterans: Original invalid. Jesse Grover,
Calbergen; James P. Anderson. Dorsey;
Evans It. Vandegrifr, Johnstown; Har
rison P. McCIaflin, Nebra-ka City; Henry
Schwetger, Roca: William D. Persell.
Bloomington ; Jewett Barnes. Upland. In
crease, Aaron B. Mitchell, Woodlawn:
Benjamin F. Burr, Lincoln: Richard Bal
lard, Kalamazoo: William T. Drake, Strat
ton; John Emerick, Fairfield: Josep
Gray, LoupCity: Joseph Forsy the, Pierce:
A. W. Dutton. Stratton; Wilkinson Far
rer, Osco: William J. Babbidge, Rushville:
Thomas Sarc, Falls City: Thomas W
Huffaker, Lodge Pole: George Miller
Omaha; Alexander Hogg, Williamsburg:
Cepos Mears, Mentorville; Nichola
Holmes, Ainsworth. Reissue, J. M. Cre
more, Elmwood. Original, widows, etc.,
Delia Caroline, St. Martin, former widoi
of James Moore, Reynolds; Pha-be G ,
widow of Howard Allen, Rock Creek
Mexican survivors, Alonzo Perkins, Blair:
H. G. W. Spencer, Plattsmouth. Restora
tion and increase, David L. Blackburn.
Newark; Jacob W. Mumford, Freeman.
Ulysses has a brick kiln.
A team of mules belonging to Owen
Winslow. of Beaver City, rau away the
other day, throwing Mr. Winslow from the
wagon, breaking his leg. Mrs. Winslow
attempted to stop the animals and was
knocked down, receiving injuries which
may prove fatal.
The story is told on a well known citizen
of Platto Center that while recently dig
ging a post-hole he struck a pint bottl6 of
whisky twenty-seven year old, as shotvn
bv date of figures blown on the bottle. He
took a seat in a shadv corner near the
feiics and opened hi find, and when bis
wife came to look for him ha couldn't tell a
post-hole from a hole in the sky. j
Ten head of ca t'o belonging to a farmer
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near David City recently went mad from
the bit of a ralid dog and bad to bo shot
THE DOOMED SQUAW.
Burning of a Young Indian "Woman
For Witchcraft By Mojavo
Indians.
Horrible Dance and Incantations of tho
Benighted Fiands Surrender of
George Q. Cannon.
The Mormon Apostle Lightly Sentenced
The Gentiles Indignant Polygamy to
Be Abandoned.
8an Francisco, Sept. IS. A story comes
from good authority at Los Angeles of the
burning of a young squaw by Mojave In
dians because sho was accused of practic
ing witchery. The scene of the torturo
was near the Colorado river in the eastern
end of San Bernardino County.
For the past two months a strange dis
ease has attacked members of the tribe.
Its spread at last became so alarming that
the members of the tribo became panic
stricken and slaughtered their dogs and
burros as a sacrifice to appease the anger of
the great father. This proving of no
avail, a council was held at which every
buck in the tribe was present. The medi
cine men sat around a huge pot which was
filled with herbs, while the bucks squat
ted in a semi-circle some distauce away.
The medicine men watched the steaming
of the herbs until the mess hail been boiled
to a teacupful of liquid. Then a malo
pigeon and his mate were taken from a
basket and held by the medicine men
while the liquid from the herbs was poured
down their throats. The male bird. wheu.
released. Hew away, but the female Mut
tered a few yards and then fell help
less and dying on the ground. The medi
cine men teapedfto their feet and danced
while tho bucks sat in sullen silence.
I While the medicine men were in the midst
i of their orgte they declared that there was
' a witch in tho camp, as the female bird
. had died while the male bird had flown
' away in the night, this test determining
' the sex of the sorcerer. When the bucks
heard the words of the medicine men they
became wild with rage and each accused
the other of harboring tho witch in his
tepee or cabin.
With vol 1 and imprecations the frenzied
reds drove their women to the place where
the council had been held and where tiio
white pigeon still lay among the herbs aud
grasses. The squaws were driven in sin
gle tile with the medicine men watching
with nervous excitement the face of each
as she passed the bird. Finally u young
squaw, tho daughter Sf Cresco, a sub
chief, stepped out of the ranks and
was about to pick up the bird
when the medicine men with loud yells
seized her and pinioned her arms. She
pleaded piteously for her life, which sho
seemed to foresee was in peril, but tho
medicine men persisted in dragging her to
the council place. The death of the female
pigeon was conclusive evidence that a
squaw was the witch. The lirst squaw to
touch the bird was the fatal test.
The poor girl, who was but eighteen
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to a state ana a slow tiro built under tier.-
For two hours sho lingered in awful agony,
and while her death screams tilled the air
the braves danced about the tiro and the
medicine men muttered incantations.
When them jrningcanir? nothing but tho
whitened bones of the girl aud the black
embers of the tire remained about tho
stake. The disease from which so many
of the Mojave braves died is believed to bo
malignant typhoid fever. Tho details of
this strange story were brought to !.. An
geles by ranchers who had been attracted
to the camp of tho Indian by the noises.
MORMON CANNON SURRENDERS.
Salt Lakk, Uuh, Sept. is.. Shortly be-
fore ten o'clock yesterday morning Apos
tie George Q. Cannon, who has evaded tho
officers of tho law for two years, surrend
ered himself to United States Marshal Dyer
to answer the charge of unlawful cohabita
tion. Nothing that has occurred in this
I Territory for a number of years created
such a sensation as the circulation of this
report throughout the city.
Cannon was at one time a delegate to
Congress from Utah and had baen virtual
head of the Mormon Church foryears. He
was arrested several years ago in Nevada
as a fugitive from justice on the indict
ment to which he pleaded guilty yester
day and his sensational leap from a train
and his subsequent forfeiture of $!.',(WJ
bonds are matters of history. There are
two indictments against him ouo found
March 30, 18.0, charging him with two
wives. Martha Fulloy and Emily Little
the other found last Saturday, charging
him with cohabitation with five wive Iva
Jane. Eliza'T., Martha T., Emelia A. and
Caroline J. This last indict m an t was
found on the evidence of Bishop Clawson,
who had been Cannon's body guard ever
since he had been in hiding.
Cannon, on being arraigned, pleaded
guilty to both indictments and asked that
sentence be pronounced at once.
Judge Sanford in parsing judgment said
that on a ountof the prisoner surrender
ing and thereby saving the Government
considerable etpense, he would not im
pose the full sentence, which was a fine of
?3i and six months in the penitentiary on
each indictm-nt. The court then sentenced
him to seventy-five days' imprisonment
and a fine of $2J0 on the first indictment
and 100 days and ?2.V) on the secoud. Ha
was at once taken to the penitentiary.
The indignation among the Gentiles ij
intense. They think that under the pecu
liarly aggravated circumstances in Can
non's case he should have received the full
penalty of the law. Cannon is the first
Mormon who has been sentenced by Judge
Sanford, who was recently appointed
Chief Justice by Cleveland.
It is generally understood that the Mor
mon Church will soon abandon polygamy
by an edict aud theu apply for Statehood.
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Murilvr Hy Uriganrts.
Rome. Sept. 17. At Panadeigreci, Sicily,
yesterday brigands surrounded the con
veyance of the syndic, and failing to se
cure any plunder fired upon the family,
killing a son and one of the servants and
wounding the wife and a daughter. Gen-
aarmes nave been sent in pursuit.
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Thunderstorms ia Callforala.
8ax Francisc0, Sept. 17. Thunder
storms are rare in this city and vicinity,
and a heavy storm Friday and Saturday
accompanied by sharp lightning caused
considerable astonishment. The rain fell
in torrents, the total fall being nearlv one
inch in twenty-four hours. Throughout
the northern and central parts of the State
the rainfall was also heavy and much
damage is reported to grain lying in
shocks m the fields as well as to grapes
and dry feed. Following after ten tiavs of
great heat the rain has injured grapes so-
verely. although in Fresno, the cent.r" of
raum making, showers were light.
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"E "resident has pardoned Thpnifrmk
Bonla. x Kentucky counterfeiter whoS
ni with consumption. '
TRAGIC ibiOlUc.
JudP Krtiarilm t N.l:twy Ctmiitr. Mo.,
Kills llimsrir Tlif Allegrd t'a'w.
Marvville, Mo., Sept. II. The citueu
cf this city were greatly shnck-d about
eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon, by
hearing that Hon. John Edwards, a well
known member of the bar of Nodaway
County, bad committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head with a re
volver. Upon repairing to the dwelling
the reporter found the sad news to bo true.
Mr. Edwards' body was lying in his study
upstairs, apparently just where it hail
fallen when the fatal shot was fired. The
bullet evidently entered his head just be
hind tho right ear, passing through in an
upward direction and coming out in front
and above the left temple. It then passed
through the wall of the house, showing the
terrible power of the missile.
A pool of blood was on tho floor where
the body lay, with every thing indicating
that death was instantaneous. All man
ner of conflicting rumors are in circulation
the principal of which was that his suicido
was occasioned by sickness. It was also
said that Mr. Edwards had shown much
disappointment at not receiving the nomi
nation forjudge of the Kansas City Court
of Appeals, for which he was an aspirant
last month before the Democratic judicial
convention of Missouri.
Coroner G. S. E. Vaughn summoned a
jury. Nothing was elicited by the jury as
to the probable cause of the fatal deed,
and it returned a verdict in accordance
with the ft cts as stated above.
John Edwards was the fourth child of
Robert and Elizabeth Edwards, and was
born at Valley Forge, in Chester County.
Pa.. December 8, lt&ti. In 1SI7 his parents
removed to Highland County. O., and set
tled near Leesburg. Mr. Edwards was
reared on a form. In 1!nV he attended the
academy at South Salem, O.. then con
ducted by Prof. J. A. J. Lowes. In Sep
tember, l&S, he entered the freshman
class of Miami University at Oxford. O.,
in which institution he pursued the regular
classical course and was graduated with
the highest honors of his clnss for scholar
ship July S, l.2. He has been very prom
inent in public life.
Mr. Edwards was married to Mrs. Elisa
beth A. Hays February 12. 1MH. who sur
vives him, with their three children, Ed
ward D., Kobert J. and Mary L..a!l nearly
grown.
Mr. Edwards was one of the best lawyers
in tho State of Missouri. He was of a
poetic, even, dreamy, temperament, but
kept this guarded by line taste and pains
taking watchfulness. He was a ripe
scholar, a careful adviser, with a heart;
full of charity and noble impulses.
FIRE AND FLOOD.
Destructive I'orrst Fire in Michigan and
Fatal Flood In Other l'larrs.
Bay City, Mich., Sept. 1 1. The forest
fires which have been raging at vanoas
points along the bay shore north and
northeast of here are not being sulwliu-ii.
and it looks now as if great damage would
result before they are checked. News from
various pornts up the line go to show that
the tires are absolutely beyond control,
and that in the present condition of things
the gravest results are to be
feared. Arenaco is paiticularlv a
neavy suirerer. In many pieces
houses and other nropertv have bevne-
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stroyed and at others peopleare now either
fighting for their lives or rleeing to save
them. Quinn's logging camp has been en
tirely wped out, tho men saving them
selves only by precipitate flight, not even
saving their spare clothing. At West
Standish, two families are reported as
probably burned, as at last accounts they
were entirely surrounded by fires. In the
Tawas section thr fires are still sweeping
on and solid sections of pine ore going
down like wax.
Augusta. Ga., Sept. 14. The damage to
canals, streets, bridges, warehouses, resi
dences, stores and merchandise by the re
cent freshet will reach one million dollars.
No estimate can be mnd of the damage
done to farms and crops from Augusta to
Savannah, while the country along the
river is submerged. It is thought that
200,000 will bo required to repair tho
! canals, streets and bridges. AH railroads
have been injured and the cotton mills
have shut down and will be for a month or
more until the breaks in the canal are re
paired. Eleven persons have been
drowned.
City of Mexico, Sept. 14. Tiascala re
ports crops throughout the State lost. Ad
vices from Orizaba show that the los of
life will be forty-four persons resulting
from the floods. The damage to property
amounts to more than .r200,000. Manv cat
tle have been lost. In tho City of Mexico
rains have been constant since Saturday.
In the State of Vera Cruz dead bodies are
being found. The corn, rice and bean
crops are complete failures, od much of
the land formerly fertile and fenced is
now sandy waste. Ra ns continue falling
throughout the State and there are no
signs of the floods abating.
A WICHITA MYSTERY.
The Mutilated IttNlx of a Prominent Hazi
ness Man Found in the Brush.
Wichita, Kan., Sept. 14. Mrs. Mary
Slater and her twelve-year-old son were
gathering wild grapes yesterday morning
on the west bank of the Little Arkansas
river, near the Seventeenth street bridge,
when their attention was attracted by a
strong stench, and going up the bank a
short distance they found a human corpse.
The body lay on the left side with tho
head severed, the right arm off close to
the shoulder, the under jaw removed and
the feet anil legs horribly mutilated. A
Smith & Wesson double acting
revolver was in the loft iuml
and there . was evidence that a bul
let had passed through the skull. A fine
silk hat was a short distance away and the
bedy was dressed in conventional black,
costing about V). A gold watch was in a
vest pocket and :j'.0 in a purse. In the hat
were the letters "J. C. T.," and the same
were engraved on the watch. The remains
had been horribly mangled by hogs and
dogs, and the sight was a most sickening
one. The body was removed to an under
taker's quarters.
Steinmutz,of Steinmutz & Sullivan, con
tractors, heard of the find and recalled tho
sudden and mysterious disappearance of
J. C. Treboul August 4. Treboul wast
member of his firm and was one of th
leading business men of the citv.
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Governor Hilt Renominated.
Buffalo, N. Y., 8ept. 13. The New
York Democratic State convention met in
this city yesterday with a large attend
ance of delegates and visitors. The pro
ceedings were entirely harmonious and
the platform fully indorsed the National
Democratic platform and the National and
State Administrations, and denounces
trusts. Governor Hill was renominated
for Governor by acclamation amid great
applause. Lieutenant-Governor Jones
was also chosen by acclamation for a sec
ond term, aud Clinton Grav named for tho
Court of AppeiLs Governor Hill xvn
placed ia nomination by Daniel R. Look
wood, who nominated Cleveland l$4
for President.
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