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A. C. H01MIE; Proprietor.
BED CLOUD.
NEBRASKA
OUBRMNT
Tot new bridge over the Rio Grande
between NIbo Larias and Laredo waa
penedllayS.
The Italian Government refuses to
surrender Villela and Benevinde, the
ssurderers of Paymaster McClure, who
are now under arrest in Italy.
O. F. Chappeix, the Confederate
soldier with whom General Roger
Pryor left his horse when he west to
the Yankee lines, has sworn to a long
statement in which he says that Pryor
deliberately deserted and was received
by the Union forces as a deserter.
The indictments against Hronek.
Capec and Sevic, charged with con.
spiracy to blow up the homes of Judges
Gary and Grinnell and Police Inspector
Bonfield. for their part in the prosecu
tion of the Haymarket Anarchists,
have been stricken from the docket at
Chicago. .
Secretary Rusk and Chief Clerk
Bockwood took scythes from the
astonisned laborers in a neid near
Washington the other day and began
to swing them in tho most approved
style in a friendly contest at that
work. The Secretary won the honors
as the best mower.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Glesraad by Tslocraph sod IfsJL
The Michigan Senate has passed the
Rogers bill prohibiting the sale of to
bacco to minors under seventeen years
of are and the Jackson bill prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of cigarettes.
Both of these bills have passed the
House and only require the signature
of the Governor to become laws.
WniLE the schooner W. L. Collins
was making the harbor of South Man
itou, Mich., the other day a sailor,
Theodore Gabrielson, was caught in
the jib topsail sheet and jerked over
board and drowned. Gabrielson was
one of the passengers of the ill-fated
Danmark and leaves a wife in Nor
way. At Yeko, Cores, on the 13th of April
four hundred people surrounded a
house occupied by one Boku, dragged
him out and beat him to death. The
Corean Government had imposed a tax
on the townspeople which they were
unable to pay. The enraged towns
people arose en masse and attacked
the constables, killing many and
wounding the survivors. The military
were dispatched to the sceno and
quelled the riot'
Some time ago the Illinois State
Penitentiary Commissioners were in
structed by the Legislature to report
on the feasibility of assisting the
farmer of the State in his fight against
the binding twine trust by manufactur
ing twine in the State penitentiary.
They have reported that it was entirely
feasible and that a plant that would
employ seventy-five convicts could
manufacture one-third of the twine
used by the farmers of the State at a
cost of 11 cents per pound.
Cable dispatches have been received
by operators on the New York Produce
Exchange in reference to the mixture
of No. 2 red winter wheat with that of
a lower grade, and the sale of it as the
straight kind. The dispatches stated
that No. 2 red winter wheat would not
be received on the continent of Europe
until after approval in London and
Antwerp, and orders for that grade
have been countermanded. New York
brokers say that the wheat is mixed
before it reaches their hands.
Another sensational report upon
the subject of teas sent to the Ameri
can market has been made to the State
Department by Consul Crowell at
Amoy, China. He says a' large pro
portion of the Amoy oolong is dirty
and adulterated. The Amoy commis
sioner of customs called it "stuff"
which was alone wanted in America.
Nearly the whole crop is marketed in
the United States. Most of the oolong
goes to New York and honest inspec
tion there would prevent the importation.
The Voeslsche Zeitung, of Berlia, says
that the American Ccauaissleaers to the
Baraosn coafereace are lnstraeted by
their Government todsrasnd the aeatral
ity of the islands aad the admiaktratioa
ef8amoaa affair by ejeawaas. Bad to
arge the right to establish a eeeliagsta
tioa at Pago-Pago.
Arthe aaaasl meeting of thelfatlosal
Liberal Ciab Mr. Paraell was sleeted a life
member by a large majority.
CkausceyM. Dsrsw has hem examined
by the Senate Committee regarding the
working of the later-State law. Ho
agreed on away points with Coauaissioaer
Fiak aad President King.
Georqe Fkamcxs Tbatji says he Intends
to fast 100 days.
Tax President has made the following
appointments: Theodore Roosevelt of New
York, aad Hugh 8. Thompson, of South
Carolina, to be Civil-8ervice Commis
sioners and Frank W. Palmer, of Chicago,
to be Pablio Printer.
In pallium was conferred npon Arch
bishop Janssens by Cardinal Gibbons in
the cathedral at New Orleans on the 8th.
Ths Count Tolstoi. Russian Minister of
the Interior, who died recently, was a
brother of the celebrated aathor.
Tax Scotch-Irish Congress opened at
Colombia, Tenn., on the 8th. The exer
cises were opened with a masterly oration
by Proctor Knott, ex-Governor of Ken
tucky. He was followed by short speeches
from Dr. John Hall, the eminent New
York divine; Hon. James F. Johnson, of
Alabama, and Judge Scott, of Illinois.
The British House of Lords has agaia
rejected the Deceased Wife's 8ister bilL
The Prince of Wales voted with the minor
ity. The vote was 147 to 12a
Father Dahiex, the famous leper
priest of the Sandwich Islands, died April
10. He gave up all to Christianise' the
lepers.
Representative Laird, of Nebraska,
who has been seriously ill for some
months at Washington, has almost re
covered. General William S. Harwet died at
Orlando, Fia., on the 9th in his eighty
ninth year. He was the oldest West Point
graduate.
Ex-Secretary or the Navy Whitney
was presented in the British House of
Lords recently on invitation of the Earl
of Dunraven. Ex-Mayor Hewitt; of New
York, is a guest at Blenheim Palace, the
seat of the Duke of Marlborough.
The President has appointed Asa Mat
thews, of Illinois, to be First Comptroller
or the Treasury, vice Durham, resigned.
He is the present Speaker of the Illinois
House of Representatives, which office be
has held for several terms. He was
Colonel of an Illinois regiment during the
war and subsequently held the oSlce of
collector of internal revenue for the
Peoria district
Miss Helen Thexholx, a niece of ex
Comptroller Trenholm, of South Carolina,
eloped recently with Willson W. Brenne
man, clerk in a real estate office at Wash
ington. The couple went to Philadelphia.
Miss Trenholm was eighteen years of age,
and one of the belles of West Washington.
The President has appointed Elbert E.
Kimball United States attorney for the
Western district of Missouri, and George
E. Reynolds attorney for the Eastern dis
trict. John P. Saulsbcrt, Secretary of Stats
of Delaware, died on the 10th at his home
ia Dover. He bad been ill since his re
turn from the New York centennial cele
bration. He was the eldest son of Chan
cellor Willard Saulsbury, who was United
States Senator from Delaware during the
war.
The irrepressible conflict between
the railroacs and the Erie canal be
gins earl; this season. The first road
to enter the field is the Erie. It has
cut the local rate on corn from Buffalo
to New York 7.28 cents a bushel (13
cents per 100 pounds), to 5 cents a
bushel, free of Buffalo charges. This
rate has already been given to at least
two Chicago shippers. The reduction
makes the rate on corn from Chicago
to New York by lake and rail 7 cents,
as against the lake and canal rate of
cents. The regular lake and rail
rate has been cut down by the recent
drop in lake freights to 7 cents a
bushel.
Thk New York State Senate General
Laws CoBurdttee ordered last year to
investigate trusts has reported. It
concludes that oppressive trusts have
within them the element of their own
destruction that as they become bet
ter known they become less feared;
that the evils of which they are the
cause are short-lived; that, pending
salts now on the way to the Court of
Appeals, no legislation should be had.
A test case has been started against
the Buffalo elevators, regarding which
the committee says: "Meanwhile the
elevators are charging one-eighth of a
cent a bushel In excess of the price
flxed by law, claiming the work can
ajot be done for leea.V
The National Association of Lumber
Dealers held its twelfth annual meeting at
Chicago on the 8th. There were about
fifty members present
Twenty five acres of ground closely
built ap with small dwelling houses were
swept by fire ia the suburban village ef
Morelaad, near Chicago, on the 8th, aad
seventy families were rendered homeless.
A CONFLICT has occurred between the
strikers aad the military at Essen. Ger
many. The soldiers fired apoa the strikers,
killing three men aad wounding five
others.
The steamship City of Paris of the Ia
man line, which arrived at Sandy Hook
oa the 8th. has broken all records from
Qaeenstown. Her corrected time was
S days, 23 hoars aad 7 minutes. The beat
previous time oa record, which was made
by the Etraria, was S days, 1 hoar aad 69
minutes.
Responsible parties from Samedor,
Mont, report that a large, party of Piae
Ridge Sioux, led by Grasshopper, have
come into the Tongue river agency for the
purpose of getting up a sun-dance amoag
the Cheyenne. An oatbreak was feared.
Forest fires are burning la the Bhawaa
gaak mountains aad the Catskills, also ia
the highlands below Newburgh end also
oa the Fishkill mountains, of New York.
Mat Rast and Angast Yoang were
crushed between two sections of a packet
train at Champion, Mich recently.
Yoang was instantly killed and Rast died
ia half an hoar.
While crossing the Michigan tracks at
Kalamazoo recently, a street car was run
into by a switch engine. The result was
the horrible mangling to death of six of
the passengers, all ladies. Two other
lady passengers were injured while the
only two male passengers escaped un
hurt As old smoking ear. oat of repair, broke
dowa oa the track of the Valley railroad
near Cle eland, Ot, the other day, causing
the death of two passengers and serious
injury of four others.
Contractor J. E. McCoaxicx has left
Tacoma, W. T with about $50,000 secured
from friends. He took a train for New
York, where he formerly resided. His
liabilities will aggregate over $90,000.
Secretary Tbacy has extended for f oar
months and four days the time allowed
the Uaioa Iron works ia Baa Francisco
la which to complete cruiser No. 8 (the
Baa Francisco). This Is one of the large
4,060 ton craisers which was contracted
for October 27. 1897. at a cost of .438.009,
aad was to be completed October 27 next
It Is reported that Sir Charles Russell's
fee for acting as counsel for the Paras II
ites is 10,900.
Nathaniel Thayer aad Franois Blod
gett ot Boston, aad WUHaaa J. Botes, of
New Bedford, are directors la the new
steel trust with a capital of $96,009,090,
that has been formed by the North Chi
cago Rolling Mill Company.
8fokane won the Kentucky Derby at
Loaisville oa the tth; Proctor Knott 2;
Once Again. 8; time, 2:4X; distance, one
aad a half miles.
Fifty thousand miners have struck in
the Dortmaad (Germany) miaiag district
canning all Iron furnaces to shat down.
About 1,909 employes ia the great Pull
man shops at Pullman, IIL, have been laid
off temporarily because of lack of
The strike of the workmen la the Alle
gheny Bssssisr steel weeks at Deeuesae,
Parkas resulted ia the virtaal defeat of
the men, every department beiag filled by
Boa-aaioa smb.
A dispatch from Little Reck, Ark, says:
Deputy Sheriff Oliver T. Beatley, Thomas
a Hoovey, Charles Ward. Fred Gaater,
Joha Heard, Thomas and William Walls
have been brought ia ander arrest from
Morriltoa. They are charged with Impli
cation ia the ballot box robbery at Plam-
mervilleoa the aight of November 8. The
arrests created something of a sensation.
Almost every business hoase ia the vil
lace of Shrab Oak, Westchester County.
N. Y was destroyed by fire the other
Bight Loss 149.099.
AT Kaska William colliery, near Mid
disport Ft recently a cage containing
tea miners was wrecked by a car beiag
pushed over the top of the shaft by two
Huagariaa laborers. The shaft was 600
feet deep aad all the men were killed, be
iag horribly crashed aad mangled.
Thebs Is complaint from all quarters
that lake business is dull beyond every
expectation.
Two women were killed and several
workmen injured by the collapsing of aa
old house in Boston recently.
The commander of the British cruiser
Rapid has hoisted the British flag over the
Suwarrow islands, in the Southern Pacific
Ocean.
It has been decided to hold the next con
vention of the Y. M. C. A. at Kansas City,
Mo.
The games of the international chess
tournament resulted as follows: Mason
beat.BIsckburn; Delmar beat Judd; Del-
mar beat Mason ; Lipscbutz beat Tauben
baus; Burn beat Burrille; Showalter beat
Gossip; Martiuez beat Pollock; J. W.
Baird drew with Hanbam. Drawn games
only were played.
Great damage was done to fruits, gar
den truck and flowers about Belvidere
IIL, the other night by a fierce hail and
rain storm.
The condemned Bald Knobbers, Joha
Matthews, Dave Walker and Bill Walker,
were executed at Ozark, Ma, on the 10th,
under distressing circumstances, the ap
paratus not being properly adjusted, ne
cessitating the dropping of Bill Walker a
second time.
Dcri.no a conflict at Bochum, West
phalia, between military and striking
miners, the other day, two men were
killed and many wounded. In another
conflict at Bracket three men were killed
by the troops.
The lake steamer Chemung, of the same
line as the Owego, has made the trip from
Buffalo to Chicago in fifty-four hours,
beating the Owego's record.
A storm passed over Pennsylvania and
parts of New York oa the afternoon of the
10th, causing wholesale destruction of
buildisgs and serious in j ury to persons.
The lightning caused the death of a miner
at Makanoy City, also of William Clapper,
at Gulf Summit Panics occurred in a
silk mill at Pottsville, also in Bamum's
circus while performing at Williamsport
Jcdce Barrett, in the New York Su
preme Court gave a Judgment dissolving
the Electric Sugar Refining Company,
Alex Cameron, representing the corpora
tion, consenting thereto. R. Burnham
Moffett was appointed receiver and di
rected to furnish a bond of $10,000.
Near Wingate, N. M.. on the Atlantic
& Pacific, a quarrel arose between four
Zani Indians and four cowboys, but fot
the time beiag nothing serious happened.
Later oa the quarrel was renewed, when
pistols were drawn and a pitched battle
ensued, resulting in the killing of all foar
Indians and the serious wounding of one
cowboy. The whites were arretted.
The Window Glass Workers' Associa
tion, has Issued aa order boycotting and
blacklisting all foreign glass workers who
come to this country hereafter.
Tie Wbltecap warning received by
Schweinfurth, the Beekmanite leader, of
Rocktord, I:L, -has -resulted ia the insur
ance companies canceling all policies on
bis home known as "Heaven," and the
structure is now at the mercy of the
Whitecsps and the elements.
The net earnings of the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern railroad dariag
the year 1888 were $771,440.
ADDRIOKAt mSFi
St. Joseph's Polish Catholic Chares
at Milwaukee, Wis., was destroyed by fire
the other aight The less was between
$8000 aad $40,000.
A conspiracy has been discovered
among the military officers stationed ia
St Petersburg. A large number of the
conspirators have been arrested. Ia their
possession were found papers which
proved that they intended to make aa at
tempt to assassinate the Csar. A number
ef bombs were also found.
Rio Janeiro advices report Brazil aad
Paraguay nreDarins to make war on Bo
livia.
There was aa accident on the Frost
street cable road at 8eattle, Wash. T., oa
the 13th by which a Mrs. Wagner aad her
child were killed. The car brake was eat
of order.
The United States 8upreme Court ia aa
opinion by Justice Bradley has awarded
the executors of the will of Mvra Clark
Gaines the sum of $570,000 against the city
of New Orleans for the use ot property
sold by the city aad recovered by Mrs.
Gaines after a long litigation. This judg
me at is considered to be a finality in this
celebrated and long-protracted law sait
The United States Supreme Court, in
the case of Chae Chang Ping, has decided
the Chinese Exclusion act to be valid.
Secretary Noble has directed that
a prompt and thorough Investigation be
made of the published report that settlers
are now unlawfully entering the Sioux
reservation.
James Beebe Smith, local editor of the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, was shot
aad instantly killed the other morning by
his brother-in-law. Royal B. Startevaat
He was mistaken for a burglar.
Jodqe Matthews, the aew First Comp
troller of the Treasury, and Mr. Huston.
the aew Treasurer, catered apoa the dis
charge of their daties oa the 13th.
The Shah of Persia ha left his kingdom
tor aa extended visit to Europe.
The east game wall of the old high
stoop house, 151 Spring street New York,
that was beiag tern dowa to make room
for a big business baildlag, fell the ether
day while seven men were at work. Two
were killed outright
Andrew aad Ole Eriksoa, brothers.
aged eight aad tea years respectively.
e drowned at Crookstoa, Minn., re
cently. They fell off some legs ea which
taey were playing, aad their ratheraearly
lest his lite ia aa attempt to rescae them.
Bishop, the miad reader, died ef hyster
ical catalepsy ia New York oa the 13th.
the misers' strike la Germany eoaUaaed
to expand, according to reports of the
18th, ninety thoasaad beiag idla
In a runaway accident recently at
Grafton, Dalt. Miss Johanna Goodmaasoa
was killed. Four mea also wtre serioasly
injured.
Tax Pacific Steam Navigation Com
pany's steamer Cetopaxi has been lost ia
the straits of Magellan. All hands
saved, J
HEBRASKA STATE NEWS.
Tneoatraet far grading the first eae
annexed miles ef the Pacific 8hert Llae
has been approved by the directors, aad
the work will begin without further delay.
Carelessness la handling a gasoliae
stove caused a serious fire ia the block
owaed by Senator Maadersoa at Omaha
the other morning. The laid had not
beea properly taraed oft aad had dripped
late the pan all aight Whea a match
was applied ia the morning a blaze flashed
ap that fired the room occupied as a tailor
shop aad caused a fire aggregatiag about
91,099 ia losses.
Tan Supreme Coart haa rendered a de
cision of iaterest to moaey leaders. A
chattel mortgage was given some years
siace oa a crop of growing con. The
mortgager sold the corn to a graiB dealer.
aad the holder of the mortgage brought
sait for the value ef the com against the
grata dealer. The court held that the
mortgage oa growing corn was ao Iiea on
tho com after it had beea harvested aad
cribbed.
Auditor Benton baa prepared a state
ment of the appropriations of the last
Legislature. The total amount was $2,880,
328.88. For new buildings aad repairs.
$316,240. Of this $50,000 is for the home
for fallen women at Milford. This was
the only new building provided for. Two
years ago the appropriations for new
buildings amounted to $822,791.65. The
appropriations for salaries of members,
officer and employes ot the Legislature
was $103,CS9.62. For miscellaneous ex
penses of the Legislature. $56,125.90. The
judiciary and library receive fcJ22.819.70.
Executive departments, $189,284; miscel
laneous, $(,497.01; incidental, $1,393,-
488.14.
About nine o'clock the other morning au
effort was made to kidnap the three-year-old
dauchterof Dr.Faulkner.at York. The
would-be kidnaper had secreted himself
behind a bed in the room where the doc
tor's children slept The nurse had just
finished dressing the little one and the
villain evidently thought it then in good
condition for carrying off as he sprang
from his hiding place, and. grabbing tho
child, endeavored to make his escape; but
the nurse, although frightened nearly to
death, grabbed the child and screamed
murder so long and loud that the scoun
drel dropped the child, leaped down stairs
and escaped. Mrs. Faulkuer rushed into
the hall just as the man dropped down
and ran after him. but he escaped. He
appeared to be an Italian.
The Omaha Association of Congrega
tional Churches, recently in session at
Fremont elected the following delegates
to the triennial National Council, to be
held at Worcester. Mass., in October:
Delegates. Rev. Willard Scott and W. H.
Alexander, Omaha. Alternates, Rev. J.
L, Maile, N. M. Marshal and Mr. Cumings,
Omaha; Rev. G. W. Wainwright Blair.
David Baillie, an old resident of Grand
Island, committed suicide the other morn
ing by shooting himself through the head.
He got up and ate breakfast and returned
to bed. A few minutes later the family
were startled by the report of a revolver,
and when they reached the room he was
dead. He had been troubled with neural
gia for some time and it was susposed that
despondency caused him to take bis life.
Niobrara is anxious to know why the
Milwaukee road maintains a useless right-of-way
in that vicinity. For eight years
the company has trifled with the patience
ot the people, and it is likely that they
will give substantial encouragement to
any company which jumps the grade aad
builds aad operates a line.
It is stated that a strong English syndi
cate proposes to found a great beet sugar
factory at Wellfieet a new town in Lin
coln County.
It is not yet four years since Cbadron
was laid out and it now boasts of contain
ing 4,000 inhabitants, with handsome and
costly business blocks, a $35,000 court
hoase. a $20,000 scbooL a $25,000 hotel, aa
. ,-- w l-
$18,000 flouring mill and a $35,000 system i.coors were
of waterworks. Lstfense and
CROP REPOf
Fee
report ef
i says:
The
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XehemofMaT,
Wasbtsston, Hay 11 '
tho Denartmeat of Asnricults
condition of winter wheatftaa advanced
from 94 to 98, of rye from 94 to 94 5. The
average of winter barley is 9f.fi, of spriag
pasture 9S.fi, ot mowing lands 93,
The wlater wheat ef the Oaie
Valley, while tally melntalalng its
April position, his had aseaat supply ef
moisture, aad f eslrs of a tatare decliaeia
soaditioa are entertained ease of a con
tinued deficiency ef rainfefl. On the At
lantic slope the recent heavy raias have
obviated the effects of prevtoes deficiency.
The pleat Is generally green and flourish
ing, bat has aot filled weH ia localities ia-
eUaedtodryaess. High condition is re
ported ia tho South, theafh rast has ap
peared oa the wheat bled ia some fields.
The percentage ot coadttioa of States ef
principal production are: Ohio. ); Mich
igan. 82; Indiana; 95; DHsoia 90; Missouri,
98; Kansas, 93; Texas. 88 la the East New
York aad PennsvlvaaU average 96 aad
Marvland and Viriaia 95. Chinch bass
are reported in Missouri aad Kansas aad
la some Instances elsewhere, without any
indication of serious injury. Spring plow
ing is much further 'advanced than on
May 1 of last year. Tbe percentage of
plowing in preparing these and planting
spring crops, art inclusive ot after
cultivation which had already been
done, is 83.0 pw cent, leaving
one-sixth to be done in May and
June, mainly in northern latitudes. Lost
year the percentages was .74.C. Tho
average of a series of recent years has
been about 77. This season is therefore
unusuuliy early. In some cases corre
spondents speak of delays from heavy
rains, labors of replanting and other
causes, preventing still further advance-meat"
AN UNEARNED INCREMENT.
The Cherokee Want A boat S24,oee.oee
For Their Rights! the Cherokee Strip.
Mcskogee, L TL, May 13. The Chero
kee are somewhat exercised over the at
titude of Chief J. B- Mayes with regard to
the sale of thu Cherokee Strip to the
United States. Some time ago President
Harrison ippointed three Commissioner
to learn tie views of the Cherokee and
conclude the purchase. The initial step
in this proceeding is the calling
together of the Cherokee Legisla
ture for approval of the sale. Chief
Mayes, owevor, has refused so far to
convene the Legislature for such purpose.
A majority of the Indians are said so be
opposed to the sale and to sustain Mayes.
but a powerful miaority are urging him to
forthwith couveae the General Assembly
and settle the prices to be paid for the
land. It is understood among the Cbero
kees 'hat the Commissioners will offer
$1.75 ver acre, tut the Indians are not
likely to accept that figure, holding that $4
or $5 ter acre woald be no more than the
land is worth. While the diversity of
opinim as to the sale at any price is very
great it is understood that if the 6,000.000
acreembraced in the Strip could be dis
pose! of for $24,000,000 to the Government
a sals might be effected. Unless Chief
Mayes can be prevailed upon to convene
the legislature it would seem as if the
object of the Commissioner would be de
feased, as no purchase can be made with
oatthe sanction of that body.
HE SAVED THE SHIP.
A CaptaJa'a Hereto Work la Sarins; Bis
i!bc easel aad the Faeeeagers anal
;rew.
ixoos, May 13. Oa the night of May
cotton ia the hold of the steamship
gia. which sailed from New York May
or Hamburg took fire from spontaneous
bastioa and in spite of the efforts
ade to subdue the flames spread
pidly. Whea the iron bulkhead
opened the heat was
TANNER ON PENSIONS.
rsmmlsslsnirr Attvaateeo Seatlseeat
For Greater Uherallty.
Columbia. Tean May 12. The proceed
Inge ef the Scotch-Irish Congress Friday
were opened by aa address from Dr. D. C,
Kslley, ef Bashville, who spoke for the
SoeUinthereaaioaef the blae and the
grey. He traced ia a masterly manner
the birth aad groeztk aad constitutional
liberty, which he claimed sprang from the
8cetch-Irtsh Fresbyteriaas ia CromwellN
time. He spoke ef the famous mea ot
Bcojca-Irioa descent who had held high
rank la the warn ia this country, aad
eeJegisedthemalL
Cemmieaioaer ef Pensions Tanner fol
lowed la a lengthy speech. He said that
he waa aroad ot the fact that he could
brine? from his comrades ia the North a
sentiment in perfect harmony with, the
peace aad sjeed feeling dominant here to
day. "We asatter he went on, "how
eameetly yoa amy fight a man. no matter
how utterly yoa may condemn the prin
ciples for which he contended, when yon
find that man so terribly ia earnest that
he offers his life In behalf or the principles
for which he combats, that man com
mands our respect In spite of ourselves."
In speaking of the policy to be pursae.1
by him as Commissioner in the adminis
tration of the Pension Bareaa. he said in
part: "For long years I have had a
conscientious conviction in my heart
which has grown with the years, and
which Is stronger in my heart to-day
than ever before namely, that it is the
boundea duty of this ereat Republic of
ours to see to itthat ao man who wore the
blue aad laid it off in honor, shall ever
feel the necessity of, or be permitted to
crawl under the roof of aa alms houso for
shelter."
After descanting at some length on the
subject Mr. Tanner said: "For twenty
years and under varying circumstances I
have pleaded the cause of my comrades
who wore the blue. For twenty years I
have been able to only plead, but now I
am thankful that in these fingertips there
rests some power, and as that power is
mine I broadly say that I propose just as
soon as possible to call in every oue of the
certificates ot pension, the figures of
which I have named, and reissue them
on the basis ot the truth that
no man ought to be down on tbo pen
sion roll of the United States for less
than the miserable pittance of $1 per week,
though I may wring from the hearts of
some the prayer, God help the surplus.'
This aad some other things too numerous
to go into detail about I propose to do. if
ray life be spared and my official exist
ence be not cut short I think that I voice
the dominant sentiment of this country
whea I unhesitatingly declare that a wise
policy demands that ia treating with those
who have just claims before this country
I should, cease to hunt for merely tech
nical reasons with wJjich to dofeat these
claims, and todevotia little of our time, at
least, to helping those claimants who ia
the past did not hesitate to help the coun
try ia its hour ot dire peril, withra the
limitations of the law. With due regard
to ray official oath, I have broadly asserted
that every thing that I can do to assist the
needy and suffering veterans shall be
done. Ia holding to this course I am con
fident that I shall have the approbation of
every manly man ia this country and par
ticularly of those who were manly foes of
1SS1 to 1885."
NATHAN CORWITH DYING.
many or the passeaeers
Ashland elevated the liquor license to were scoithed. The cotton bales stowed
such a height that only one salooa raaa laroaad me passengers' luggage room
could reach it Twelve hundred dollars aligaited and the flames were fed by casks
year gives him a monopoly of thebasi-iof lardnsarby. Tbecabias were flooded
f with water and the passenger were com-
8KEBIDAH Coubtt. with only a few ! polled to remain on deck forty-eight hoars.
year's growth, reports 2,511 school chil
area, j
Tan Masons of Columbus are disease
lag ways aad means to erect a $39,0il
baildiag. t
The Pacific Short Line has secured tie
right of way between Jackson aad Ran
dolph ia Dakota County. Grading gangs
are at work on the line, and expect! te
complete 100 miles ia five months. f
The other aight Misses Hattie Clark sad
Fannie Pennington, two young sockty
ladies of Lincoln, astonished their friends
by elopiag with a party ot gypsies, eoa
sistlag of two mea and old hag ef a
woman. The girls are about sixteen aad
aaore thaa ordinarily handsome I The
gypsies had been camped Bear the city
for about tea days. ,'
The State Industrial 8chool has a total
of 244 boarders 179 boys aad 63 girls. The
boys are employed ia the tailor ask shoe
shops and the girls repairing aadfawad-
lag. The management propose t culti
veto a farm of 182 acres this year
pact to raise sufficient Vegetables t
the table for the season.
Tekama's canning factory wil
operated this season. Over-production
aad consequent low prices arethicause of
the misfortune.
The South 8ionx City bank vu robbed
of 850 a few days ago. Cashier White
had jast received a deposit aa, leaving
it oa the counter, stepped to ah office ap
stairs for a few moments, mea he re
turned he missed $80 ia goId,Jwhich was
taken daring his 'absence by some un
known person. J
Anixe-tsah old son of & U Pettibone,
of Rashville. while receatli driving a
team attached to a heavy clod palveriser,
was throws under the maotiae and In
stantly killed. $
Thb cops of Nebraska City; aae week re-
had ex-
Ssapply
I not be
Five hoars before the flames were extin
gaiabed every thing was put in readiness
to take to the boats aad leave the vessel
to her fate. Firemen, passengers and
members of the crew made arrangements
to desert the ship prematurely, bat the
captain prevented them from doing so by
pointiag his revolver at them aad declar
ing test he would kill the first man who
left the ship nntil he gave the order.
Finally all hope of saving the ship was
abandoned and the order was given to
lower the boats, when the Idea occurred to
the captain to try steam instead of water.
The order to leave the boat was counter
manded aad volumes of steam was turned
into the fire-stricken portion of the ship,
with the result of extinguishing the flames
aad assuring the safety of all oa board.
One hundred and thirty burning bales of
cotton were thrown overboard.
TRAGEDY IN COURT.
breakers.
extracted
a JTiinmai i
GageCoaa-
a call for
eeatly jagged thirty-nine
convicted thirty-seven
$278.48 from the gang.
Ewise has organised
psay with a capital ef $5,
THE Beard ef Sapenri
ty, at a special BMetiag,
a special election, Juae m to veto boade
lor a coart feouse, to cost 99,098.
KoaroLK Is moving fork packiag hoase
to cost $199,0061 A NewjTerk caeimltet
will pat ap $75,000, aad the citycssaes
dowa with $25,099. 7
O'Kxiu.saswees meat have sebserlbed
95,999 toward a 889,099 hfceL
A pair of ragged crooks raideda jmeky
store ia Oxford receatkr aael carried aff
aad jailsd bat the
covered.
ItEABLToae million
ta Dawes Coanty oa Arbor Day.
jiwumnM Banna lOanilBlt
Nebraska State Sportsmen's As:
will open la Norfolk; oa the 21
RW will b hung up ia earsaa.
1 fine shooting is expected.
werecaftered
was
were planted
of the
iatioa
About
Desperate Attempt te Xarder a Detective
m a Coart Kooaa The AsaaUaat Shet ta
Death.
Kabsas Crrr, Kan.. May 18. Saturday
afternoon James Smith, a prisoner under
going his preliminary trial oa the charge
of safe-blowing and burglary ia the coart
room of Justice Lewis on Minnesota ave
nue, suddenly leaned forward aad
plunged a knife into Detective J. W. Gil-
ley's throat cutting a gash twelve inches
long and three inches deep, severing ail
the muscl-s and laying bare
the carotid artery. The detective's
head was half cutoff, but by a superhuman
effort he staggered to bis feet and, sup
porting himself against the justice's desk,
managed to put several shots into Smith's
body, who had turned to escape. Smith
had in the meantime plunged tho knife
into Sergeant Meluney's kip, but the
wound is not considered serious. Ia a
few seconds after Smith had cat the de
tective's throat the burglar wae picked
ap dead with five ballets ia his body.
The detective was reported dyiag at halt
past three o'clock this morning. Gilley
had beea working ap the case against
Smith aad had iacarred his asest bitter
enmity. Smith was known as aa all
rouad tough aad very desperate charac
ter. m m
Te Die by the Wire.
Buffalo, X. Y.. May 11 The first per
son to pay the death penalty by electric
ity for murder ta this State will probably
be William Kemmkr, who has beea foaad
guilty ot murder la the first degree for
betehering his paramour ea Jtarch 2ft,
Jadge Childi oa Taesday next will sen
tence the murderer to die by the wire.
Under the law he will name tho week in
wkich ths condemned man will be ex
ecuted, aad the exact time will be fixed by
the warden of Auburn prison, who wilt
have charge of the execatioa. It can ao:
be less thaa four weeks after aad mast be
withia eight weeks from the day of sen
tence, aad the prisoner is to be trans
ferred by Sheriff Jeakias to Auburn with
ia tea days.
Speealatlve Tendencies er HI' Soa Rain
Hisn aad Hria- Him ta the Grave.
Chicago, May ML Last aight it vn
announced that Nathan Corwitb, Sr., bad
been very ill in this city and that hU
death might occur at any minute. Cor
with, a year ago, was the richest lead
merchant ia America, if aot ia the world.
The approach of death caused inquiries,
with the result of obtaining the heretofore
unknowa story ot kls sadden descent to
poverty as told by oue of his former asso
ciates. The supposition has beea that Corwith's
gigaatio failure ia business was solely the
result of an ill-timed attempt to corner
tho lead supply of tho world. As now re
vealed the real reason was a repetition of
the plot ia 'The Henrietta." Ex-County
Commissioner Doaaersberger. who exam
ined the books of Corwith after the fail
are, ia the soarea of tho new information.
The facts ia brief are that Corwith's
several moves hi speculation were being
"coppered" with hia owa canital bv hi.
owa soa, Gordon Corwith, aad that before
the iaevitable crash came $100,000 had
beea withdraws from the old man's coffers
aad saak ia operations ia wkich ths
younger Corwith had become involved.
Young Corwith was at the time a
metal broker la New York aad induced
tko father to believe that ho had exclasivo
information regarding plans of the French,
copper syndicate as to lead. Corwith, Sn.
waa ia poor health aad allowed tho
oa aauseal leeway. Uatil tho
actual collapse was reached Corwith
believed that he had aa enormous
amount of lead oa hand aad paid for,
whea the fact was that the lead purchased
hadbsea already sold aad the proceeda
"; "fc or yoang Corwith'a
operations. The result was heart trouble.
frees which the old man is now dying.
m a
HerrlMe Death.
Hoostob, Tex., May Four thoasand
people assembled yesterday ia the fair
grounds to witness the ascension of the
aeronaut W. E. St Cli ; hi. k-
and his descent In a parachute. There
was some trouble experienced ia inflating
Asest six o'clock it was cut from its
moorings aad started oa its voyage to
ward the sky. About 100 feet from
the grouad St Clair took off his
hat and jaaatily waxed adieu to
-t W1 ?lo- ckrr calling
rf0d'by WM" reached
a distance of 889 feet he cat the
Parachato loose aad commenced his
dejeeat He fell uty tt before it
T?- wke it did so the shock
hreaki hm heldnpoe the riags. aad with
?Zyj!i'yk te the earth. His
i- Pi? J"! fro" whw
ap. Hawasfoaadaasaaglod mass. Be
once er twice aad all was ever.
xrcsos; Aria, May 18.-Major J. W.
TaoamarmTiL.0 MT amm Fort
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