toiiWSittofliiwMWttii, .i-V ,it ., . V . " ar . f ltiniti;M,TlrTT,fl..4aJU.Ul? TllXJ3iJiZMMJXrMaT f !--jl"? J P RAILK0A1I)ERS ASKED. TO AID THE STRIKNG MI NERS OUT I i Chief Atihnr of the T.nenniotlve Fnglneers Asked l Imiio Order Not to Haul font L'utll the Miners' Dlfferenres Are Net tled-Chlrago mill Cleveland Out uf Coal. PiTTsra-Jio, 1'n., July 21. The heads of tho various rallwny organizations huvo been aupcalcd to for assistance for the striking minors, If nucded, nnd It's, said they will render alt tho aid possible. It wns reported that 1. M. Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, has been asked to issue orders to the engineers not to haul coal until tho mlnerV difference should be adjusted. This would ef fectually tie up all the coal ready for Hhlptneut and what might ho loaded In the event of fill In re to bring nil tho minora out When Provident Radford was nskod an to tho truth of the report, ho said: "Wo have boon keeping that feature of tho strike from tho newspapers for several days. J will nay, however, thut wo liavc coinmunleatud with tho heads of all tho rallwuy organizations in tho country, und I believe wo will Iibvo tholr support In this struggle. In regard to asking them to cnll on tho railway employes to refuse to haul coal until this strike Is ended, 1 will say this will only bo done when I have exhausted all other means. It will hardly bo fair to uso this means until wo have used every effort to close down ovory mine in the bituminous coal field. 1 do not care to discuss this subject any further. We are certain of success and tho sit nation to-day is more encouraging than at nny time slnco tho strike was Inaugurated." Tho district officers will make a do tertnlned effort to-morrow to bring out tho Now York and Cleveland gas coal company's minora. Arrango nienU hava been made for a march on the mines. Secretary Warner suys four brass bunds have been engaged, and with a number of men a move will be raude on tho mines at Turtle, Plum and Sandy Crooks. "Wc are not afraid of the injunction against us," said he, "as we will keep on tho public high ways and will have n Hold in which to hold a meeting.' Coal is very scurco in tho Pittsburg market nnd It Is imposstblo to buy in carload lots. A representative of an oil well drilling linn made application to-day for a carload, but was refused. Operators are making every effort to protect contracts for future delivery. Failure to dollver on these conditions will entail houvy losses, as thousands of dollars will bo forfeited. An oper ator said to-day that tho local market will bo well cteancd up by tho cud of iho wock and higher prices will result. Chicago, July ti. Largo consumers of coal in Chicago are becoming alarmed over tho possibility of a gen eral shortage on nccount of the coal miners' strike. Tho railroads have already begun to confiscate coal con signed to their caro und dealers begin to fool tho pinch. Cleveland, Ohio, July 10. Tho price of steam coal has steadily ad vanced and Is now 31 above what it was Thursday. Tho demand Is be coming greater ovory hour und tho supply Is constantly becoming less. REVIEW OF TRADE. Ilrsdttreet Iteporti Only a Moderate Volume of Iluslnesi. Nkw Yoiik, July 12. Itrndstrcot's jays: "There is only a moderate vol ume of trada throughout tho country, the more noteworthy changes being a checked demand West and Northwest, due to tho execsslvo heat and to storms, continued favorable reports ns to tho cereal nnd other crop pronpocts and disturbance In Industrial lines duo to tho strike of about l'.'O.OOO bitumi nous coal minors. Tho reluctance of West Virginia operatives to Join in tho atrlko complicates tho situation. The prospect of an early settlement of tho tariff has strengthened tho widespread feeling of hopefulness that tho au tumn will bring a rovlval of consump tive demand." NATIONAL DEMOCRATS. Tfaa dold Standard Partlon Will Work AKresiWely In All Mates. Nkw Yoiw, July 12. William 1). Bv fium, chairman of the national Demo cratlo executlvo committee has called the committee to meet In this elty July 21, IIo Is much pleased with tin action of the gold standard Democrats la Iowa, Kentucky and Ohio, where they will havo state tickets. The gold standard men will nominate a ticket of their own or Indorse Beth Low if Tammany does not repudiate the Chicago platform. Galena, Kan., Foundry narned. Gai.kna, Kan., July 13. Fire broke cut in the Rauch A Kennedy foundry and machine shops last night at 10 o'clock, and in leas than an hour the entire structure was almost a total losa. The cause of the fire la un known. The less will range from I25,0d0 to f0,000, partly insured. This will throw a number of machinists out of work. It la understood the plant will bo rebuilt Nebraska's Anil-Pass Law lu Force. Lincolbt, Neb., July 13 The new law prohibiting the giving, taking or using of passes or other free privi leges on street cars went into effect yesterday. In this town aldermen were principally affected. Free gas, watoi and the like are also barred. A Yonny Kansas farmer Killed. Lawbknoc, Kan., July ia Fred Guramo, a young farmer living at Media, eight wiles south of here, died this morning of sunstroke, having bcen oTtrootaa yasUrjay jftcraooa. THE WILL THEY GET PARDON? Alt Minnesota Dlsrnsslns; the Younger Frellnlff Much Divided. St. Paul, Minn., July 12. Tho one topic at tho capital of Minnesota to day la tho application for tho pardon of tho Youngors, which will be con sidered by the state board of pardons Monday. Sontlmont Is divided, of course, but tho overwhelming weight of It is In favor of tho pardon. Men well known throughout tho state, who had heretofore bitterly opposed every move in tho dlreoMon of clemency toward tho Northflold bank robbers, havo come forward to speak for their ralcase within the last 'week. Tho press of Minneapolis and St Paul favor the pardon, ond upon this homo sentiment the friends of tho Youngers base whatever bono tho vmav hove that tho board of pardons will re lease tho convict brothers. This hope, however, Is slander, for It has for many years been said In Minnesota that a man who might bo instrumental lu tho pardon of tho Youngers need never look for another ofllco at tho hands of tho people. For this reason few people bollovo that tho board will grnnt n rolcasc. The board is composed of Governor Clough, Chief Justice Start nnd At torney General Chllds. It requires a unanimous vote for the board to grant u pardon. The board will meet to consider applications for pardon Mon day morning. Among tho very first of these will bo tho pleni for the Youngors. It Is the general belief that Gover nor Clough will vote for tho pardon, but those who arc rlosest to Attorney Gcncrnl Chllds and Chief Justice Start say that neither of them has ever given expression on tho subjoct. The change of sontlmont In favor of the pardon may Influence them, but at least ono of them is expected to op pose. The pardon would bo as much a surprise as Is the change in public sentiment which has taken place. THE YOUNGERS SCORED. Teller Unnker or the KorthUeld Dank Objects to Their Pardon. St. Paw., Minn., July 1. The only individual protest of importance so far mado against the pardon of the two Younger brothers is from A. E. Hun ker, gonernl manager of tho Wcatorn Newspaper Union, who win teller of tho Northllold bank in September, 1870, when thoy raided it. Mr. Hunker says: "I was teller of the bank at the time and witnessed tho attack upon Mr. Hey wood and now carry a scar caused by a bullet wound through my shoul der, tnillctcd by Charley Pitts, ono of tho gang. It seems to mo that state ments of reputable cltlrens of North field, mado directly after the raid, should be entitled to as much credence as statements mado by Colo Younger, twenty-one ycarsaftor. Youngor'a present "story c6ntalns many mis statements and omissions. Ho at tempts to shield Frank and Josso Jiiipcs, whllo socking liberty himself. He would have us bclicvo that ho was at Northllold on that eventful day for the purpose of preventing tho boys from killing law-abiding citizens. Tho cltlcn who followed the four robbers to tho bank was J. S. Alien, and ho was first to give the alarm on tho out side. Ho was not ordered to stop by Clcl Miller, but told to 'Git Don't you holler, or I'll kill you.' Allen 'got,' but 'hollered.' If Cole Younger told Miller or Styles not to ahoot cither Allen or Wheoler, no one elso heard him. "Colo Youngor did not go to tho bank door and tell 'tho boys' to hasten out until ufter Miller nnd Styles were fioth killed nnd he himself was wounded; nnd he enmo to tho bonk door only once, just after I had beon shot by Pitts. What Youngor sajd was: 'Hotter got out, men. Tho game Is up. They're killing all our men.' Thosu In tho bank needed no sccr.nd invitation, as they were bat tled in their attempt to got the funds. "Tho idea of Cole Younger sparing Dr. Wheeler's life by considerately aiming abovo his head and 'shooting out a pane of glass' Is ridiculous. Ho was uot so solicitous far the protection of tho defenseless Swcdo, Andckson, whom he shot down lu cold blood and of whose murder ho pleaded guilty when arrnlguod at Faribault Tho statement of Cole that ho 'fired into tho corner of tho building on Ilrldge square to frighten people away,' etc., Is Imbecilic. Manning was on that cor ner, and was there for business. Very soon nftor Manning's appearance the engagement became general and everybody waa shooting to kill More than thirty shots were fired at Man ning and others on tho corner, ana it Is miraculous how they escaped injury. Tho fact simply shows that the rob bers wore excited and were no hotter marksmen than Manning and Wheeler. "When ex-Govornor Pillsbury was solicited to grant a pardon to the Youngers several years ago, he re plied; " 'When I think of the murdering of poor neywood in cold blood and of the unprovoked assaults on other law abiding citizens of Northfleld, to say nothing of other crimes committed by these men, l do not think they will live long enough to pay the penalty. I cannot interfere.' " The President's Vacation. Washington, July 12. President MoKlnley will spend most of his sum mer vacation on the shores of Lako Chnraplaln, He will leavo Washing Ion ou August 1 and go directly to Lnko Champlaln. Plottsburg, N, Y.. will be his nearest town. Clilllloolha Stope Work. Chiu.icotiik, Mo., July 12. Ycstcr day was tho hottest day of the year, the thermometer ranging from 03 to 103. Many people were prostrated and all labor was praotlcully suspended. RED CLOUD CHIEF, FftlDAY, JULY 16 1897. UNWILLING TO YIELD. TARIFF CONFEREES FAR APART. ARE Marked Dlfferenrr Develop as to Lumber ana Other Items While Nothing Has Been Done as to Kug-ar and Wool Con tentions of F.aclt Hide Wahiinoton, July !3. Tho Repub lican conferees on the tariff bill, anx ious to rench a complete agreement as early as possible, wore at work yester day for four hours. Soveral hundred of'the minor amendments havo been agreed upon, many of them, however, mere changes of phraseology, and on a large majority of theso the House con ferees havo yielded. To-day the first of the Important points in dispute wore taken up nnd at noon It was predicted that several reports would hove to be mado bofore an adjustment could bo reached, the House conferees standing solidly by their bill and the Senate conferees being no loss tenacious. The Scnato conferees laid before the Houso members tho condition in the Senato, whoro there is no actuul majority for the Renubllenn nnd where other than Republican votes are necessary to pass tho bill or adopt a confereneo report They nsscrtcd that In 1H04 tho Democrats were in better shape in tho Senato than tho Republicans now. as they had an nc tnal majority, yet tho House was tin ally compellod to accept tho Senate bill In order to pass It Nevertheless, the House conferees replied that they tuuiu noi accept mo Sonata amend ments on many important items. Lumber has been in dispute and tho House conferees havo Insisted that tho Houso rate on white pino must bo ac cepted, nnd they havo beon supported In this by Senator Burrows of Michi gan. Th House rate was 32 and the beuato reduced it to tl. The Senato conferees say that If tho House rate is restored it will provoke a long dis cussion in the Senato, and that no ono could tell when the bill would get out of the Senate again. Straw matting, which tho Senato put upon the free list is another itom of contention. The Houso conferee havo refused to accept oven tho rate which was originally reported in tho Senate bill and stand for the Houso rate. Burlaps, cotton ties and other items which were placed on the freo list by tho Senate met with groat hostility from the Houso conferees, and so far nothing in the way of a compromise by the Senato members has bucn ac cepted. The differences in regard to sugar, wool, cool and lead have not oven been referred to yet and they are the most serious of all. The House conferees arc also Insist ing upon higher compcnsntoryiluties on manufactures of cotton on'kccount of the duty of 20 per cent on raw cot ton. On the subject of reciprocity the drift of opinion scorns to bo in the direction of tho Senate substitute, but with certain of the House provisions. That is, tho list of articles which enn be used as a basis for reciprocity treat ies will bo broadened, but tho Senate provision requiring tho ratification of 'the treaties will be dlM-nr1.wl k..... eral or tho eminent lawyers In both branches of Congress question the constitutionality of tho power con ferred upon tho president by tho Sen ate reciprocity provision. G. V. N. LOTHROP DEAD Ma Cleveland's First Term Minister to Rossla a Heat Victim. Drtiioit, Mich., July 13. Oc'prge V. N. Lothrop, ex-minister to Russia, died at his homo here this morning. no was prostrated a week ugo and woo unconscious most of tho time thereafter. His sons, Captain Henry B. Lothrop and Cyrus B. Lothrop, and a daughter, Mrs. William Prall. wore at the bedside. Tho other daughter, Baroness Heune, is In St Petersburg. George Van Noss Lothrop was born in Kaston, Bristol county, Mass., Au gust 3, lttn, Ho studied at Amherst and graduated at Brown, nnd tho lat ter Institution afterward conferred on him a doctor of laws dcarrce. He be gan the study of law at Howard, nnd i continued it in the oQlco of Juy ,t Pot- Edward Mundy as attorney general, in w ,. ! oijiii, u,o, no hiicceeaeu 1851 oecamo recorder of thlS I ettw .n1 In io.m .... ,,- - ....,, ... ..., u, u ueio- naUonnl o..niL ' f , ," ' national convention, distinguishing , himself by zealous support of S. A.. Douglas. From 18.14 to 1880 he was general counsel for tho Michlgun Cen tral railway. His appolntmout to Rus sia came from President Clovclnnd in 1885, nnd he served until 188s. Sev eral times he recsived complimentary votos for United States senator. In May, 187, he was married to a daugh ter of General Oliver Strong of Roch ester, N. Y., whom he survived. lapaa Will Not right. Londox, July 1.1. Tho Berlin cor respondent of tho Dally Main hayft "The Japanese minister bore assures me that the idea of tho adoption by Japan of offensive measures against Ihe American annexation of Hawaii is absurd." evere ilali StoruT Massilloh, Ohio, July. 13. A severe itorm visited- this seetou Saturday evening. Hall us Jorge as walnuts fell and In -some places the ground was covered to a depth of eight inches. Corn uud vegetables wera almost ruined. After the storm furim.ro brought buekeUful of hull to town for exhibition. Coudnotor CopeUmt Oat of Daaer. Mobkhly, Mo., July IX Conductor Copeland, who was at first reported killed in the Mi.st.ourl City wreck u fortnight ago, Is now out of duncer. though still at the Wabash hospital COAL SUPPLY CUT SHORT. The Oreat Strike Affeetinir Prices Vis ible Supply Small PlTTsntmo, Pa-. July 13. Although it is claimed that thousands of tons ol coal have been stored up by dealers in anticipation of the irrcat strike, which entered on Its second week to-dav, many operators and dealers not only here, but In other cities affected by the strike, are short on supplies and prices havo almost doubled in tho last three days. The visible supply of coal Is very small. There are about ten train loads of tho PltUburg product upon the sidings of the Fort Wayne railroad between this city and Alli ance. Then there arc 8,000,010 to 10,000,000 bushels on flats and barges along tho rivers. This might as well bo in tho mines as far as satisfy ing tho mil demand is concerned. It will cost nearly an much to handle it as It did to dig It, and if put upon tho market it will be at a very stiff price. Ihoro arc serious doubts, however, of tho operators being nblo to put it upon the market Minors will watch tho coal in tho barges, nnd if an at- wmpfc is mnuo lo load it for the rail road trade tho handlers will bo in duced to strike. In this the miners expect to bo uncccssful. The small ccmo operators of the Con nellsvillo region, who own Independ ent plants, will, it is said, shut down tho mnjorlty of tholr ovens to-day and begin to load tho raw coal for ship ment At tho present price of bitu minous coal there is more profit in it in the raw state than could bo mado by manufacturing it into coke. Tho strikers propose to do every thing possible to Induce the compara tively few men still at work In Penn sylvania and West Virginia to strike. Thoy are not very sanguine of success, because tho owners of the mines where the cool diggers hove refused to quit have been unusually generous with their men. Nevertheless, union labor organizers will go into tho field and make strong appeals. Ci.bvw.ahd, Ohio. July 13.-Danlel Hannn, manager of M. A. Hnnna & w '. ir. , . y that as lonr "the West Virginia coal should bo mined there could be no particular strin gency, as there was sufficient coul out of tho earth already to last until winter. Small dealers, however, are unoasy over their inability to get coal .u, mum oruers irom tlio big dealers who will not part with their supply. Not a pound of coul entered the city yesterday. Governor Atkinson nnd Adjutant General Appleton of West Virginia are preparing for trouble. Within the week f,00 stands of nrms have been secured from tho government lor tho mllttla, with .100,000 rounds of ammu nition. Including Gatltng cartridges. 1 ho militia will bo used as soon as there is any reason for it All tho commanders have been communicatod with und ordered to be ready. It is reported that the Ohio railroads lmvo decided to refuse to haul West Virginia coal. Theso roads Include tho Baltimore Ohio, tho Clovclnnd, Lo rnlne & Wheeling, the Wheeling fc Lake Erie and tho Clcvoland, Canton A Southern. Chicago, July i:.-Colonel W. P. Rend, tho millionaire coal mine opera tor of this city, who hus boon in Pitts burg slnco tho strike began, declnrcs that ho has no immediate fear of a coal famine. In anticipation of tho present strike mony operators stored tip largo quantities of coal, nnd theso operators, from selfish motives arc not in n particular hurry to havo tho strike settled. Thoy hopo to reap a rich profit by the advance in tho price of coal. The price has already udvanced 50 per cent and in another week will have doubled. FOR MRS. MAYBRICK. Indue Varrell, Counsel for the American Life Prisoner, Interests the President. Nkw Yontt, July 13. A dispatch to tho Herald from Washington says: "Tho chances of tho reloase of Mrs. Maybrlck from Woking prison, Eng land, arc considered to bo more favor able than at any time during her im prisonment Judge I D. Yarrell, of this city, counsel for Mrs. Maybrlck, recently called on President McKin ley and tho President is under stood to have held out much en- m.Mmn.. Judge Yurrcll for tho prisoner, says: 'My audlonco with the President was a very pleas ant one, and was of some length IT. .lmilalui.l .1..HI.. 1. A-.l 1 l a !'" "l"y "iwreaicu m sue inui- tor nnd the documents MM.l Ull... whkh l "n.ltted to him were not Kiv,.n a ,ncre paM,njr gUnc0 tt8 lho PrPSidunt L,n.L J,.,?.n? I am fully satisfied he has instructed the proper persons to do all in their power to secure a speedy release. Am bassador Hay, as It is known, has al ready presented the papers and peti tion asking Mrs. Maybrlck's freedom, and 1 firmly believe she will secure It Undoubtedly the greatest difficulty expcrlenced.ln gotting this unfortun ate woman released is the seeming In differenco on the part of the people of America. They don't seem to care anything for her. They don't seem to care how long sho remains in prison."' Ilvnr. Paiik, Mass., July 12. Kd tmiud Davis, a well known Boston lawyer, committed suicide to-day. He had been arrested for embezzlement Kew York's Kepabllcan Knrollmeut. New York, July U Tho Republic nn county organization has 83,200 voters enrolled on its list, a net gain of 4.337 names over tho enrollmanut of I80H. Tho lists havo been carefully revised, Chulrman Qulgg says. New Knpld Klrlor mile. Romk, July 1 1. Captain Ce! of tho llersagllerl has Invented a rlllo from which eighty shots a mintuo may bo fired without removing tho weapon from tho shoulder. Tests of the new arm ure being mudo by the govern TAR AND FEATHERS A. M. WIN2BRENNER GIVEN A COAT OF THEM Ily Indignant Vatrlrc Cltlrens riernase lie Had Hhitmefully Abused Ills Htep Danifliter Ner omrlals Demand Pos session of lloimtfnr t'rlendlvus. A. M, Wlnebrcnner, who lives In South Beatrice, was arrested Saturday evening on u warrant sworn out by his wife charging him with assaulting her daughter. Ho was locked up in tho city jail. Miss Wiuebrenner, who Is eighteen years old, is suld to havo suffered ser iously at tho hands of her stepfather, and her mother tolls of numerous methods ho hns resorted to to punish her, nnd which, if true, show him to bo a fiend. It is said the girl's back and limbs nro fearfully cut bv tho blows given her. About midnight nbout 100 men made nn ndvnnco on tho inll and soon had Wlnobrenner in their hands. He was quickly taken to the common oppusltc the Rock Islnnd depot, where, In tho bright moonlight, Wlnobrenner was stripped nnd severely lnshed with a blneksnakc whip. Ho was then given a coat of tar and feathers nnd told to return to jail. Tho crowd was orderly, apparently well oi-gnui.ed nnd did the work quick ly nnd quietly. Wlnobrenner was nn abject looking person when ho reached tho jail. He attempted to get somo of tho tar off, but soon gave it up and throwing his shirt over his shoulders sat down to delibcrnto until morning. Sunday morning Wlncbrenner's wife appeared on tho scene. Sho said the treatment given her husband was an outrage and was highly indignant. Wlnobrenner says ho will make every effort to seek out aud nrosecute his assailants. WILL DEMAND POSSESSION Jisamlnlne; llonrd of the Home For the Friendless to Tnkn Artlon. Officers and members of the examin ing board of tho home for the friend less, appointed by Governor Holeomb, will meet at Lincoln todoj (Monday) to organie. Sometime during tho day tho now officers will go to the home and mako n formal demand for posses session. They will meet with a re fusal by the officers of the society now In charge. Tho new officers will prob ably take no action, ns it is understood that tho board of public lands nnd buildings will not endeavor to secure possession of tho home, being content for the present to allow those in charge to run it at their own expense Tho society of tho homo for tho friendless will probably commence a suit for a writ of mandamus to compel the state board to honor vouchers nnd pay claims contracted in conducting tho homo. Such a suit cunuot be commenced until vouchers nro presented and refused bv tho state board. Tho state board recently notified Mrs. Williams, the superintendent, that no claims would bo allowed from the homo after July 0, as the board ex pected to mako arrangements after that time with tho new officers. Tho superintendent was notified that Iho new physician, Dr. Lcnore Porky of Lincoln, was n homeopathic doctor and for this reason tho recent bid for drugs was rejected. New bids nre to bo oponed by the state board on July I th. .BARTLEY STILL IN JAIL. hi Attorney Has Not Yet Filed a Hall Ilond For the Ex-Treasurer. C. O. Whedon, nttorney for ex-Stutc Treasurer Bartloy, colled at tho state houso in Lincoln Friday, but did not present Mr. Hartley's ball bond. Ho declined to matce any statement in re gard to tho matter. Recently nn Oma ha paper reported that tho sheriff would bo obliged to tako Hartley to tho peultcntlary at tho expiration of thirty days from date of sentence. Tills report has created a misappre hension. Sentence is suspended and Hartley cannot be placed in the peni tentiary until so ordered by the su preme court. Tho court fixed no dato for tho giving of a bond. If tho bond is not presented and the court makes no further order, Bartlcr will continue to livo nt tho Douglas county jail. FELL THIRTY FEET. Omaha Woman lias n Narrow Ksrape From Death, Mrs. Kilos Ferris, an Armenian, liv ing with her husbnud at 1400 South Thirteenth street, Omaha, where ho conducts a small notion store, met with a frightful fall Friday morning. Sho was standing on tho upper landing, built outside of the houso about thirty foot from the ground. She reached over the sldo after a board on the op posite roof, when the support she was leaning agaiust broke and precipitated her to tho ground. She struck on lior shoulder and sustained internal in juries. No bones were broken, but a gash was cut across one foot by strik ing against the wator pipe, Stato Treasurer Meserve has called for asu.oou or general fund warrants for July J 5. BREVITIES. Representative Sheldon is compiling the election laws for Secretary of State Porter. The compilation will be pub. llshcd as soon aa it is completed. The election laws have not beeu published slnco 1801. The second trial of Dr. Goodmanson for the murder of his wife last De cember, in Ponder, will begin Tuesday at Ponca, having been takeu there on n change of venue. Since the former trial sentiment has materially changed in favor of the defendant. TO AID THE STOCKMEN. A IHr Company Is OrRanlied at Omaha Capital non.ooo. Tho organization of the Cattle Feed ers' Loan company, which has been in contemplation for some time was per fected recently nt Omahn. Tho com pany was organised under tho laws of the stato of Nebraska and will havo acapltil stock s;,00,00(). Its Intorcsta will bo closely Identified with the South Omaha National bank which owns a mojorlty of tho stock. Tho ob ject of tho company Is to lend money to farmers nnd stock misers through local live stock commission merchants, tnklng as security chattel mortgnges on stock nnd selling snmo to eastern and foreign banking Institutions with tho company's indorsement as a gunr nntco of good faith. Tho principal ofllco of tho company will bo located In tho South Omnhii Nntlonnl bank." with a branch office in Chicago. Tho Inception of tho organization is due to efforts of tho Hammond company,' which has largo interests In South Om nha, and it is intended to help the increase of stock hhipmont to the South Omuha market. NEW RAILROAD PROJECT. I'onca Ileal IXnln TuMmr n Itlm- on the Htrcngth of the New Ilond. The new railroad project from Ponca to tho Pacific const is growing warmer dully. Donald McLean, the promoter! of the project, Is now nt Lake Cayuga,' N. Y., in conference with tho repre-' sciiutivcs of n powerful English syndi cate; nlso a New York syndicate,' whoro plans for the construction and tho nrrnngementsmade for tho opening of tho proposed line of railroad will be completed. Mr. McLean expects to return to Ponca within the next few weeks, when active operations will be commenced on tho new bridge at this point nnd upon the proposed lino of road. Representatives of the new com-' pany left Ponca recently overland,' going west to look for meetings of the right-of-way and to secure nld from the districts which lie along tho pro posed line of railroad. Business men nnd investors ure becoming Interested lu i'onca real cstutc already. OSGOOD NOT GUILTY. ' lury Iteaehes an AKreement After Delib erating Twenty minutes. District court opened at 9 o'clock Monday at Pawnee with Judge Lnttou presiding. The Osgood trlul was called and each sldo given three hours for argument. Attorney Adams opened tho argument in behalf of the state. Mr. Chapman followed for the defense. Mr. Adams closed tho argument w Ith a scathing denunciation of tho defendant. The instructions of the court in behalf of both the stuto und tho dufensc were numerous. The jury, after n retire ment of twenty minutes, brought in a verdict of not guilty. Tho general verdict of the public is that tho trial was fair nnd Impartial. NEVER MORE WELCOME. Kaln VUlte Southeastern Xrlirtuku When rMuit Needed, Reports from many points in south eastern Nebraska are at hand which indicate that tho section was covered throughly tho latter part of tho week by ti heavy rain. 'Iho section covered is very wide nnd extended well to the west. Crops were sadly in need of moisture, and tho rain was a two-fold blessing In thnt it suved the growing grain and broke tho back of tho ex treme heated term. Various depths of rainfall are reported ranging from 1 to 3 inches. Fine Fruit Prospect, G. A. Marshall, president of the Ne braska state horticultural society, was in Omaha .Monday from Arlington, Nob. Ho says that the society will mako the finest display of fruit at tho state fair in Omaha this year over ficen in tho state. He says that reports from numerous prominent fruit grow ers in all nnrts of the stuto iudicato thut the Nebraska fruit this season will bo far superior to that of several seasons past. A Job For Father Fitzgerald. Some of Father Fitzgerald's friends nt Johnson are making an effort to secure him tho place of privato secre-1 tary to Hou. Church Howe, cons-tl to the Samonn island', and it is believed ho will bo selected on acoount of his ardent work for the republican cause in tho lust campaign und on account of his popularity with his home people. Itoy Assaults it llrl. Tho charge is n.ndc that Charles Krior of Bertram, a boy seventeen years old, while out riding with his cousin, Clara Payne, a girl of ten or twelve years, forcibly took her from tho buggy nnd assaulted her. He has not been arrested, but indignant citi zens who credit tho report threaten to tnkc notion. Little Cllrt lladly Injured. A little daughter of Jacob Strauss of Nebraska City, met with a very unfor tuniito accident. An older d'aughter was sharpening pencil when the knife slipped and tho blade struck the little girl in the eye ball, cutting it in such n manner as to completely destroy the sight. BREVITIES. The merry-go-round at Ponca took lu something over Wfto on tho roiirll, July celebration "ni Kx-Governor Nance accompanied bv hla daughter. Miss Helen, have left for an extended Kuropeun tour I reasnrer Mcservo has received n tirart for 823,OOt from the general gov eminent. Tl,.. ,. .. iinncii-tlnn.i i... .. .. 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