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GENERAL MILES GIVES HIS
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Lo.vito.v, V.t. I. General Nelson A.
Miles, Mrs. Mllci mid tilde do rump,
Cnptaln Minis, nulled for tin; United
States on tlto American lino steamer
St Louis to-ilny, having been In Eu
rope since Muy )ii n tour of military
vbscrvutiou. The general has In
ipected everything of tnilltnry Interest
from Hip nriulcs of the grout power
in ilt.il action down to "Imlloons mid
bicycles," as ho remarked. Ho litis
looked over fortifications, barracks,
camps mid ordnance works of all
classes.
In nn Interview before ho hailed,
General Miles said: "When I left
Wellington the war between Turkey
nnd (Iroeco hull assumed such propor
tions Hint it looked us though thu
neighboring provlncus would bo drawn
into it, mid possibly one or two of the
irrent nrnvnr of Euronc. So unn reiil.
ized nt that time that (itcoce hnd as
Hiuned hostilities wlicn shu was wholly
unprepared for war, nor did anyone
untie p.itc that Turkey would In forty
five duys mobilize a great army of 000,
000 men. When I arrived at Constan
tinople nn armistice hail been declared
and war was practically over, al
though tho armies ham remained In
hostile attitudes and It tins taken threo
months to agreo upon conditions of
peace for a war tliut had been fought
In flvo weeks.
EUROPE A O It BAT ARM HI) CAMP.
"I have seen all tho great armies df
Eu ropo except tho Spanish army mid
if Spain should declare war against
tho United States 1 muy possibly have
an opportunity of keclug that. Of
something over 3,000,000 men under
arms, I havo seen nearly 400,000 In
barracks nnd in garrison and in Held
maneuvers, besides nearly 100,010 men
engaged in tho construction of wnr
material.
"What I have seen dors not ludiento
that tho millonlum Is at hand, when
'swords will be beaten into plough
shares.' There never was another tlino
in tho history of tho world when such
energy, Ingenuity nnd wealth linvo
been devoted to war purposes. Tho
resources nnd Industries of many peo
ples aro largely devoted to maintain
ing large standing nrmics nnd formid
able navies.
AMERICA MUST RE IN TRIM.
"Fortiinnte aro tho people of tins
Unltod States that they urn walled in
by two great occnus, yet this fact
would not warrant them in any other
policy than keeping n reasonable percentage-
of tho population fully equip
pod and Instructed in modern uppli
unces and methods of wnr.
"It so happened that Important
events occurring in Europe this year
have contributed to my opportunity
for observation, giving mo chances to
sco tho host of tho armies of nil thn
grant powers. Tho celebration of
Queen Victoria's sixty years of reign
brought together .10,000 of her army
nnd 38,000 men of her navy. Tho Held
maneuvers In Russia were conducted
on n largo scale and were exceedingly
interesting. Russia for huudred.s of
years has been u groat military na
tion. Her people havo been accus
tomed to tnr and bar population is so
numerous and hhn is so located geo
graphically ns to bo practically inde
pendent of tho other powers of tho
world. Though her gmcrument has
been autocratic and her people far be
hind the ago In enlightenment- only s
por cent of the population being ublo
to rend tho rays of intellectual en
lightenment aro penetrating that uiht
region and there is a great future, for
Russia.
POWER OK THIS COUNTRY.
To the luestlon ns to whether the
United States, under its pie.sent mili
tary policy, would" bo ublo to cope
with n Enropcnu power, (ienurnl Miles
replied: "In any population, it is esti
mated, ono man out of flvo Is capable
of bearing arms. Thut would glvu us
nn nrmy of 1?,000,00. Our people ura
strong physlcnlly and generally intel
ligent and well Informed. Resides
that, each cltlen is a sovereign and
personally Interested in the welfare
of his government and series volun
tarily without being forced into service
by a military despotism. Wo hnvo mnny
thousands of men still living who
have seen more wnr, participated In
more battles, thnn any man In Europe.
Hut it is another thing to equip an
army with modern appliances for tho
defense of a coast where wo would
have to uso high power guns and mod
ern projeotiics, which It takes years to
construct, while smull arms are not to
bo made In n few days or oven weeks.
Modern rifles aro different from tho
squirrel guns, which our revolution
ary fathers went to wnr. Tho range
of modern arras is very great nnd pro
Jectlles wcig., 700 pounds to a ton of
steel. The rapidity of the rapid flro
machine guns, the Maxim and Catling,
it 400 to COO shots a minute. Although
these are American inventions these
re largely used in the European serv
ice." Itrlk Riot In FoUnd.
St. Pctkribuko, Oot 4. At Dam
browa, Poland, 4,000 Iron workers
went out on a strike and stoned the
soldiers tent to quell tho disturbance.
During the disorder tho soldiers tired
on tho strikers, killing threo out
right and seriously wounding four.
Ramoveil for liitulmrainittlnn.
Washington, Oct . Assistant Post
master General Heath to-day directed
Postmaster Gordon to remove Charles
IV. Carr, superintendent of Station 0
of the Chicago pbstoffle, for general
Insubordination nnd incompetency.
BAD TIMES IN DAWSON.
Iltrr One llniulrrd I'rtwpri lorn Ill-turn-
Miimi llitsp Nn snpiilln.
Sr.ATTt.t:, Wash., Oct. 4. Tho
steamer Furralloiic, which arrlvi.d thir
morning from Skngiiny, Alaska,
.brought 1 PI returning prospectors,
among the number being Louis Lang,
who left Dawson City, August SO. He
said: "When I left Dawson tho stores
had stopped selling supplies and res
taurants had closed because they
could get nothing to cook. I believe
that provisions will be scarce, although
many of the miners are leaving.
In my opinion 'JOO or 30J wilt come
out over the. Dnlton trull within the
next fe weeks, while a great mnny
others an: going down by St. Michaels.
It wus u great mistake in trading com
panies to bring so miieh whisky up
tho river Instead of supplies. Ilcforo
wo loft Dawson nine cattle had bean
driven in and four of them butchered.
Choice cuts brought SI. .10 per pound,
while soup bone was worth f0 cents.
I pnld 91 nnd 3. 1".', per pound for elk
meat. As wo wanted to get out at
quickly as possible, I bought but very
few provisions, tho entire pack of each
man, blanket and all, weigh
ing about sixty pounds We enmo up
the river to Five (linger' mid then out
over the D.ilton trail. We crossed the
summit September L'l in a snow storm
and had Indian guides to show us tho
way. Wo had to wndo Imco deop In
snow. o met tlto hiiarp party twclvo
miles this sldo of the
summit with '
their cattle and it socmed to me
doubtful whether they would get in.
it took us just twenty-seven days to
get down to tldo water."
Another passenger upon the Farrnl
lone was Henry llrntnober, tho min
ing expert, who Is confidential man
for the Loudon Exploration company,
which is controlled by tho Roths
childs. He has been over tho Yukon
diggings, going In and returning over
tho Dnlton trail.
Others on board wero Lieutenant S.
L. Adair, Fifth United States cavalry;
Colonel (1. (1. Darrow, formerly a cap
italist of Denver, but now living ut
Montpollcr, Ind.; A. Lambeth, wealthy
mining man of Helena, Mont; O. D.
Colvlu and T. A. Gurrett of this city.
The last named reached the summit of
White Pass with his partner, a man
named MeArthvr. There, they decided
that they could take in provisions for
only ono mun mid tossed up to decide
who should push ahead. Unrrctt lost
nud enmo back to Scuttle. Ho expects
to trv it ci'Ji) tiu.vt si'.rlnir.
THE UNION PACIFIC SALE.
All llir .rraiii'ini'iiU Completi-il Out;
One lllil to lie Miulr.
Washington, Oct. 1. Hx-fiovornoi
Hoadb.y, counsel for thu United States
In tho matter of tho Union Paclllc
foreclosure sale, spent sovernl hours
to-day in confeience with Attorney
General McKuunu, arranging tho de
tails of the sale, November 1, and the
subsequent trans for of the govern
ment's intci est in the property to tho
highest bidder.
So fur us can be lcnrnod tho reor
ganization eoinmltteo will bo tho only
bidder at tho salo and in all probabil
ity tho transfer will bo consummated
by tho payment of tho purchase price
by December 1 or very soon thereafter.
Treasury ofllelals recognize- tho fact
Unit tlin withdrawal from circulation
of 545,000,0)0 in cash at ono tlmo
might have n very serious effect on tho
money market, mid In consequence, an)
devising a plan by which the force of
tlin shock may be reduced to tho mini
mum. No determination of the nucs-
tion has yet been reached, but It scorns
prolmblo that at least 810,000,000 of
tho amount may be placed on deposit J
with government depository banks i
until inuuary 1, when it will be
needed for tho redumption of tho 0
percent subsidy bonds maturing on
Hint date. The remainder of thu pur
chase money, It Is thought, may bu
safely transferred to tho treasury.
FOUR GIRLS DROWNED.
A Mil ii
UlnllP, tin, l,,t by Klcldni-
It "fur run."
HlllMIMIIIAM. Afu.. He! l 'l',...
young men, Robert and John Wright,!
oroincrs, anil four girls, Hollo Key,
LizJo Smith, Mary Swearlngen mid
l-.lla rjillllps, wero crossing the Hut
tahatchlu river near Hamilton, Marlon
county, on their way homo from a
"candy pulling," when one of tho men
rocked tho skilT "for fun," causing it
to capslo. Tho men suveil themselves,
but tho women were drowned Tin
bodies havo been recovered.
SVAFFELBACKS SENT UP.
(lor(;o StMitrurccI for Life nnd tlin Old
Worn un for Twenty-One Ynur.
CoutMiii'H. Kan., Oct. 4, Judge
Skldmoro sentenced two of tho Staffel
bncks, Gcorgo and his mother, for tho
Galena butcheries. George wns sen
tenced to tho penitentiary for ono
year and then to be hanged, which in
Kansas means Imprisonment for life,
and tho old woman was given twenty,
ono years.
A Negro Ticket llPohlo.
Comimiii'8, Ohio, Oct. 4. The Negro
Protective party, by petition, to-day
was placed on the Ohio ballot sheet
This makes flvo ntate tlckols, with the
gold Democrats to come,
California VflnTl'rorat.e Orat.
San Fiuncisco, Oct 4. The vintage-
oi i-aiuornin mis year promises to
reaeii io.ooo.ooo gallons, or 2ft percent
moro thnn lust season. About one
half of the grnpo crop has alroady
been converted Into wine. Tho grow
ers uro now rccolvlng uu ndvunco oi
from 81 to 810 a ton for thulr grapes,
A Hoy ami 910,000 MImIiic.
-sew ioiiK, uot. i. a messonget
boy employed by Douglas Jones is nnd wus discharged. The boy was
missing with u check for 810,000 and brought to town uud u physlcluu ex
8J00 in money which he had In bit trautt:tl tho ball, which was about
poueuloD, I three Inches deep in tho fleshy part of
i tho thigh.
BIG NEBRASKA DAY
AT THE
NASHVILLE
SITION.
EXPO.
(iitvrrimr llntioinli nml MnfTWIll Itrprr
mt thn Slide -Will .lluke tin. Trip In n
C'liwrtrreil 1'nr Col. Only Will I'lnrn
Mounts nt On (lovrrniir'H lllpnil.
Governor Holcomb and his stnff
darted Wednesday to participate in
Nebraska dny exorcises nt tho Nash
ville, exposition. Friday Is Nebraska
tiny and appropriate exercises will bo
held. W. ,1. Ilryau will join the gov
ernor's party at Nashville and will de
liver an nddress. The governor and
ins sinn: I en, Lincoln lit L'tft) p. in. In n
chartered cur met' the Missouri Paclllc.
In addition to the governor there wero
tho following: Adj. (Jen. P. 11. ll.irry,
Urcclcy; Itrlg. (len. ('. .1. Itllls, Full
bury; Col. R. E. Olflln. Col. F. A. Mil
ler, Lincoln; Col. John 0. Mulicr, Chnd
ron; Col. Walter Moise, Omaha; Col.
Emll Hansen. Archer; Col. Charles
llryiiu, Lincoln; MaJ. (!. L. Pritehett,
Pulrbury; Capt. .1. tl. Painter, lirokcu
How; Lieut. Finnic 1). linger, Lincoln.
Several others, Including Senator W.
V. Allen, .ludge William Neville of
North Platte u ml .loscph W. Edgerton
of the state house legation accompa
nied thu gotcrnor's stall'. Col. V. F
Cody is ul ready nt Nashville with his
Wild West sho'w. Col. Cody is u mem
ber of thu governor's stall" and his offer
furn'h mounts and nn escort of reg
ulurs has been accepted. Governor
I Holcomb does not care to impose on
loi (.muy s generosity by uslclng that
tho entire Wild West show be pluced
t his disposal.
MWit llt'innrrtiti 1'rotrtl.
lames C. Dahlmaii, chiiirinsiu of tho
lllver democratic state central commit
tee, has (Hod n protest with Secretary
of State Porter against the national
democratic party. The protest Is
based on the claim that "national dem
ocrat" Is a violation of the law because
it i ;i pnrt of the democratic party
name, and for thn further reason that
there was no national democratic party
represented on the ballot last yearand
the law governing organisation of
more parties was not fol.owed thb
year. "
Shloklry Creiiiurry lliirm-il.
Tho creamery ut Shickley burned to
the ground between S mid t o'clock
Monday morning. Thero was no in
surance. Sparks from a hole in the
smoke stuck near the roof is supposed
to have been the cause. It will be a
great loss to the farmers in that vici
nity and to the business men of Shick
ley. Tho creamery was owned by n
stock company, but was being run un
der thu management of the Ideal
creamery of Hebron.
.SiH'iri'cln linlge Dnaiii-.
Dr. A. II Hippie of Omaha has been
appointed by Governor Holcomb to till
ii vacaucy in the board of trustees,
which has auditing powers over the in
stitute for the blind nnd the institute
for the deaf and dumb The aeaiicy
was caused by the resignation of Judge
Domic of Omaha, who did not agice
with the governor's action in removing
Prof. Gillespie from the Institute for
deaf and dumb. Dr. Hippie is n demo
crat. Itiulnrxi Nun lliiilly Injured.
Henry Gass, a furniture dealer mid
undertaker nt Columbus, met with n
painful nud distressing accident Mon
dny. His team, attached to a light de
livery wagon, became frightened and
started to run, nnd Mr. Gnss. in at
tempting to get out, had his clothing
caught in some manner mid was
thrown violently to the ground, sus
taining u compound fraeturu of the
ttti ltir liit1iitr f lm Irmtit I lot Ihhukj Iwi.
lug badly shuttered,
Mate llmiril Kiijiilneil,
III the suit brought by the Nebraska
Telephone company against the board
of transportation enjoining the board
from lowering the rates for telephone
service, the board tiled a demurrer to
the petition stating that the petition
docs not state facts siitllclent to i.how
that thu plaintiff has no adequate
remedy ut law and that h t.lso fails to
state facts sutllcient for a cause of lie-
'lon
Working 1 1 uxor Aniiinu llnsn.
stouio strange disease is working
havoc among hogs on Looking Glnss
creek In Plntto county Opinion is di
vided ns to whether it is the old time
hog cholera or not, but whatever it
may bo over 1,111)0 hogs have died with
in the past forty days, liemciiies that
have heretofore checked cholera to
some extent have proven of but little
value in theso cases.
Hoy Miniiln lllnmilf.
John Stewart, jr., the llfteeu-vcnr-old
son of J. M. Stewart, the populist
cnuilldutc for sheriff in Holt county,
accidentally shot himself this morning
through thecnlf of the leg while hand
ling a thirty-two caliber revolver. The
ball made a serious wound about eight
or ten Inches in length.
Diphtheria t'nuum School CTonlnir
There are three cases of diphtheria
in tho family of Richard Ives, living
northwest of Columbus, nud school in
that district 1ms been closed, There
was quite u siege of tills inulndy in
tills same district a year ago. It is be
lieved that with proper precaution a
contagion can bo prevented,
ArelilKiitally Hhoott llbuiclf.
Herbert Viets, tho slxteen-ycnr-old
on of W. A. Viets, a prominent farmer
living six miles northwest of Hum
boldt, accidentally shot himself in thu
thigh last Friday with an old revolver.
He had loaded it to shoot sumo stray
dogs that were bothering there nnd
put it In his pocket and started to the
Held with his father. In climbing into
the wiiL'on it struck ni-nlnst. tlin linv
VALOR OF PIKE RECALLED
Notable lllntorlcnt Krrnt (Vlrhritli-il by
Nehrnuku nml Iviinnin.
An event of great historical interest
h-ns celebrated eighteen miles south
east of Superior on Wednesday, Sep
tember at). It was the second ling
raising In honor of the planting of the
American Hag by Col. Zebnlon Pike,
and marked the passing of Spanish
jovcieignty ninety-one years ago.
The celebration lust Wednesday wns
held in as nearly us could bo located
the exact spot where the grand council
look place between Col. Plko nud
Chief CarnctcrlHh of tho Pawnees, in
which the chief was made to chooso
between the American and Spanish
Hag. It was here thnt the Pawnees
chose the site to protect themselves
from their enemies, It lies on a bluff
three miles cast uud one mile north of
White Rock village, nnd Is one of thu
most prominent of the bluffo. Tho
breastworks nre still well dellned, us
arc the rings where the wlgwums once
Stood. In the center of each ring is
tho fire pan. Many relics nre found,
although those lying immediately on
the surface hao been carried away.
It is a thousand pltiei that before the
importance of this site was rcalicd
many ncres succumbed to the plow,
but that could not obliterate all truces.
As It now stands It covers about 1C0
seres, having about onu mile of river
front on the west bank of the Repub
lican. The grave.Mird lies to the north
iiiie-fourili of a mile uud is practically
undisturbed.
The ecrciscs of the dny were ex
.'eedliigly appropriate. The Hag was
.aiscil by Miss Adams, a daughter of
Judge Adams of Topclcn. Col. C. E.
Adams, past department commnuder
of Nebraska, who Is much interested
In tills matter of history, delivered tlto
iiddrcsx, followed by Professor Cowgill
uf the Kansas state unlxerslty with u
full historical account, maps. etc. Mrs.
George Johnson of the xlelnity of
White Rock has been indefatigable in
bringing this before the public and nt
the next session of the Kansas legisla
ture uu organized etl'ort will be made
to have this con vetted Into ti national
park.
FIVE DEATHS FROM POISON
IIMrcMlnc Story of Arclilrut or t'rlino
I'rinit C'olfiiT County.
Word comes from Shell Creek pre
cinct in Colfux county uf the death of
Mrs. Davis and four children by poison
ing. Auothcr child is in n dying con
dition and the seventh victim is quite
ill.
Tho family drank coffee, at the
breakfast table and were till taken sick
except one boy, who did not partake
of the beverage. Strychnine had been
placed in the coffee. The father nnd
the oldest, son left the houso before
the family hud eaten tho morning
meal. One of the children, after
drinking a portion of a cup of coffee,
became sick uud vomited, nud while
the balance of the children drank
their coffee, they claimed it did not
taste good. Whether the mother
pluced the poison in the bevernge and
thus became the murderer of her little
ones and herself is not definitely
Known, nut ironi remarks uiaile to the
little ones at the commencement oi
the meal it is believed thut she did.
AhUh (iiMrriuir In Hanging.
Governor Holcomb has been invited
by George W. Morgan, whose execu
tion for the murder of little Ida Gas
kill Is to occur next Friday at Omaha,
to attend Morgan's hanging. This in
vitation was sent to thn governor by
Morgan through Sheriff McDonnld, but
it is doubted if thu lutter worthy ever
delivered it. Tho invitation was
brought about by Sheriff McDonald's
visit to Lincoln Wednesday. Morgan
knew that the sheriff was going to see
if the cN-ccut ion could not bo stayed,
us the sheriff had no particular love
for the job, and Morgan requested the
sheriff to tisk Governor Holcomb, if no
extension of time or commutation ii
granted "to come uud sco mo hung."
BREVITIES.
Lincoln is taking steps for a . renin
cry and condensing factory.
Grand Islanders arc figuring on pur
chasing u, park for public use.
Douglas county bimetnllists, after a
very hard struggle, finally fused uu
the olllces.
Thirteen pickpockets were arrested
at Tecumseh during tho llryiiu meet
ing there Saturday.
J. T. Welch, a merchant of Jackson,
wns the other day nrrcsted on com
plaint of W. T. Johnson for usmiuH.
Tramps broke open the tool house t
the It, ,fc M. railroad at Sutton icceiit
ly but nothing of value, was taken as
they were frightened away by some
one. Mrs Hartley, wife of ex -State Treas
urcr Hartley, hns been in poor heultl,
for soinu time and recently her condi-
Mon became- worse. She has beer,
completely prostrated for several
days.
Four companies of regular nrmy In
fantrymen marched into Lincoln Sat
urday mid pitched camp In the F street
parlc. These compnnies, A, F, D and
II, comprise the second battalion ol
the Twenty-second infantry. They
are commanded by Cupt. licujamin 0.
Lock wood, Twcuty-second Infantry.
Tho battalion slnrtcd from Ft. Crook
on a practice march which will take
them as fur south as Cortland.
A rmiut Trust.
CHICAGO. Oct ft. A rtenut nnol Inn
been formed In Virginia, and tho ra
rely of nuts known us "Spanish
shelled"' bus been cornered. Tho new
crop now being picked is reported to
oo quite interior on account of th
long drouth of the summer.
Freight Train Collide.
Ci.kvki.am), Ohio, Oct .. In a
freight collision on the Nickel Plato
railroad nt Wllloughby, Ohio, Engl
noor Charles Drown of liellevue was
uiiieu and seven cars loaded with gral
ana siocif yj
W0ALENS' CONFERENCE
STATE WOMAN SUFFRAGE
CONVENTION IN LINCOLN
Firm Hrlil In Ten Vrnrn tlolil nn All I)nj
KrMlou tlieSrciimi nn Well uu the lret
1-J Itrpurts llciul nml OflUrrn Klcctod
Other Stiito Ncwu.
Tho state woman's suffrngo conven
tion, tho Hrst held in ten years, met
in session Friday nnd Saturday in tho
Universnlist church at Lincoln. Offi
cers wore elected ns follows: Presi
dent, Mrs. Clara Jl. Colby, llentrico;
vice president, Miss Annette II llrnck
ett, Lincoln) recording secretary, Miss
Edith Abbott, Grand Island; corres
ponding secretary. Miss Helen M. Goff,
Lincoln; treasurer, Mrs. Mury K.
Smlth-Havwnrd, Chadrou. At tho ev
ening session, Mrs. Colby rend a letter
from Ellabcth Cady Stanton, who Is
now eighty-three years of age. Mrs.
Stnnton is president of the national
suffrage association. She wns referred
to by .Mrs. Colby us "our grand old
woman."
Mrs. IdaC. Hazlettoi Colorado wns
Introduced. She said she was raised
in Illinois, had lived in Iowa and was
now n resident of Colorado. She do
sired to bring words of encouragement
to tho suffragists of .Nebraska. She
did not want to see them become dis
couraged. They would win tho light
in the end nud shu wanted them to bo
of strong heart.
Representative Sheldon of Dawes
said he thought it would bo well for
tho convention to send some word of
reeor'iilMnn of olVurtu In lw.lit.1 f ,t ,.n.
mail Miff nitre to Renresnntntlvii Smith
of Richardson county. Ho wns n,
iicarty supporter or. tiio movement and
ought to receive, homo thinks. Ho
tboillillt. thn rnut. it tlin inntr 1wi.o titt-
derstood thai the hearts of tho ladies
was in tne riglit place nnd did not need
utiy demonstration.
A motion l-nw nnwiiiit Inwt riiiiflitif 4Iia
secretary to send Mr. Smith a cordial
letter of thtitil4 ftfii litv i.nVtt-lu It, flint.
behalf. The other supporters of tho
amendment were remembered also
and will receive the thnulcs of the con
vention some of these dnys. Strong
resolutions were passed appealing for
woman .suffrage.
SWEPT BY FLAMES.
Drouth Iteiulta In I'rnlrls Flrri In Nt
braikn and Dnlcota Countlci.
Omaha, Neb., Oct 4. Disastrous
pralrlo fires are raging In Nebraska
nnd South 'Dakota, as a result of tho
protracted drouth. From Rapid City,
Chamberlain, Huron, Howard nnd
other points in South Dakota como re
ports of tho tlmncs sweeping over
whole counties, destroying whole
crops in their path. From Dakota,
City, Chudron nnd other towns in Ne
braska largo prairie Hres aro reported
to bo sweeping over the state. Many
of tho districts tiro isolated, ami it is
feared thnt lives have been lost. Much
stock bus perished.
Ilciitrlio Corn L'nriiltiil.
C. M. Rigg of llentrico was in tho
city of Lincoln lately in the inter-
oits of tho Itcatricu corn carnival,
which the business men of Ileatricu
havo decided to hold on October "s
Mr. Rigg came to Lincoln to engage
another band. Ho says tho carnlwil
will bu the big end of tho century
event for this part of the btitto and
cautious everybody that they better
uot miss it. The carnival will occupy
only u single day, but Mr. Rigg prom
ises that that day will bo u hummer.
The plan is to have it Horal parade in
the afternoon and a pyrotechnic dis
play ut night. The business house
will decorate with corn uud evervbodv
will follow suit. The carnival will be
conducted on the sitmu plan ns those at
Atchison and Topeku.
Tlir lloinii Coniiurnilril.
Tho legislative investigating com
mittee, received a report yesterday
from Mrs. Myrn E. Olmstcad who was
employed to investigate accounts of
the Mil ford homo for penitent women.
Tlie accountant not only did uot
reoort a shortage but on the contrary
toinmeiided the work' of ladies who
have had charge of the institution
since its orgaui.iitiuu. Tho only ills
crepeiiey was the payment of a voucher
twice. A voucher for SI 10.7.1 Issued
in' March, ltj'.U, was paid twice, and
this is accounted for by nu error or
mistake, A duplicate of each voucher
Is always made out, anil in this case
the original ami duplicate became sep
arated and wero both pnld by mistake.
The voucher covered tho engineer's
salary and other salary claims.
Mrs. J. A. Patterson, widow of J. A.
Patterson, who died from tho effects
of poison near Raymond recently, wns
at the court houso in Lincoln thu other
day to request the appointment of her
son-in-law, ii. W Garloch of Omaha us
administrator of her husband's estate
Mrs. Patterson is an aged lady, snort
in stature and very feeble. She could
scarcely walk without suppoit. In the
petition for the appointment of Mr.
Garloch the cstnto is valued at SU'.loo,
of which the real estate Is figured ut
81,(100 and tho pcrsonnl property ut
8.1U0.
A strange woman hns been visiting
the court houso nud statu houso in
Lincoln of late, telling it story which
is unintelligible to the clerks whom
shn addresses. Sim appears to bu ex
pecting money from somewhere, but
sho will not tell her nnmo or her story
so that anything can be learned as U
her identity.
The gold democrats Inst Friday filed
certificate of the nominations mndo re
cently lu 0 limb ii. James C. Dahlmun,
chairman of tho silver democratic state
central committee will protest on tho
ground that "national democrat" Is an
infringement on the rights of the party
ho represents, which Is known ns tho
democratic party. Ho will further
claim that there has been no "national
democratic" party in this stnto hereto
fore and thnt the "national democratic-
party must therefore bo considered
n new party, but thnt tho convention
did not contain tho 200 delcgatcf
necessary to organizo a new party.
,-RIZE IRRIGATION PAPERS V
Two Kitliftilft Men srrure llonurn IS-njI
urn too 3I.IU.
Lixcoi.ji, Neb. Sept. .10 Last spring
II R. Motes, chairman of thu execu
tive commlttoo of the national Irriga
tion congress, offered for tho best
paper on Irrlgntlon Sioo, for tho next
best S75 and for the third S.-.o. The
competition wus open to farmers, ir
rigators or persons interested in irri
gation, and, In, fact to nearly nil who
wero competent to write upon this
subject, A number of topics wero
suggested, but tho competition was
net limited to these. Tho conditions
wero that the papers should be based
as for ns possible upon the exnerlcnee?
nnd observations of tho writers nnd
should contain new facts of general
value. Tho length of tho papers wn
hpeelflud not to bo less than 10,000
words, or over 20,000, uud ench dls
cusslon would bo accompanied by
sultablo illustrations, photographs,
maps or draftings
As n result of this offer, which wa
widely printed, thero was sent to Mr.
Moses n number of manuscripts and
these In turn wero submittfd to ex
perts for examination. On the whole
tho results wero somuw.nit disan-
pointing, both as
regards the scope
the material. As
theoretical papers,
"crankiness" were
Hut thero wero a
dear discussions;
and character of
was anticipated,
bordering even on
in tho majority,
few woll written
some of them of
considerable value.
Others discussed would bo greatly im
proved by the authors ut a becond
trial.
After comparison of the mark's of
tho committee, the first award wns
mndo to .1. F. Lnwsou of Hutchinson.
Kan., for thu paper entitled "An Irri
gation Experiment In the Sub-humid
Region;" the second to W. M. Hristol
of East Highlands, Cul., for n paper
on "Irrigation in tho Orchard;" tho
third to Judge J. S. Emery of Law
rence, Kan., for a discussion of "Our
Overflow Waters."
The feature of tho proceedings of
the Irrigation congress yesterday was
the appeal of 11 R. Moses of Great
Rend for the passage of the so-called
land commission bill.
A short session of the state Irriga
tion convention preceded tho regular
meeting of tho nntlonal congress lu
llio state university chnpol this morn
ing. Tho eoinmltteo on credentials
made a report, after which tho follow
ing oftlcers wore clectod by acclama
tion: President, ex-Senator Joseph
M. Carey of Cheyenne, Wyo.; vice
presidents S. A. Cochran of South
Dakota, L. W. Shurtliffe of Ogden.
Utah, and S. M. Knox of Princeton.
111.; secretary, Thomas E. Frost of
Minncnnolls, Minn.: reading clerk-
Colonel II. D. Muxson of Reno. Nov.:
file clerk, P. C. Erickson of Nebraska:
press reporter, It. J. Colver of Los An
geles, Cal. The selection of treasurer
will be left to the executive commit
tee.
F. II. Newell of the Unltod States
geological survey read a paper on the
i rogress oi irrigation. "
MORGAN'S SMALL CHANCE
No Ono to Iiitcri'Mle With tho (iowrnoi
In UU lli-biilf.
It has been claimed nil nlong that an
effort would be mndo to intercede foi
executive clemency in the case of Geo.
W. Morgan, condemned to be executed
October b for tho murder of littlo Ida
Gnskell and that Morgan placed great
reliance in his conviction that the gov
ernor would tnko favorable action lie-
cause tho evidence ngniust him was en
tirely circumstantial. It develops now
however, that no ono will intercede
with thu governor for him.
Morgan had expected that Rev.
Father Peters, his spiritual advisor.
Chief Gallagher, John A. Creighton
nnd others would visit tho governor
Wednesday and present a plea foi
clemoncy, but Father Piinounecd that
he has been unable to secure the nidof
the gentlemen mimed nnd others whom
he hnd expected, and that he will be
unable to go himself.
Tho sheriff of Douglns county vis
ited Lincoln to consult with tho gov
ernor ns to the possibility of a reprieve
or commutation. .If lio receives no in
timation thnt Is likely to be a deltn
ho will nt once prepare for tho execu
tion. Morgan Is said to bo passing his time
in comparative pence and comfort. He
rends n grent denl, preparing himself
spiritually for his prospective summons
before his Maker. Muss will be said
for him next Saturday morning, and
he will receive, confirmation nt the
hands of tho bishop nt the sumo time.
Ho bleeps well nnd preserves n good
nppetitc.
riemU flnllty to Theft.
Temp Fluley of Dakota City, who.
spent several days in the county jail
tho fore part of this year, charged
witli Intent to kill, is again in Umbo,
hn having plead guilty to stealing
some sweet potatoes from A. C. Austin
of Walker's Island, on the nignt of
August -7. for which crime Judge
Ryan gave him eight duys in the coun
ty Jul.
L. W. Feltrr of Central City, n brake
mnn on the Union Pacific, was killed
by the curs in tho switch yard there
Tuesday morning. He camo in with
the "Portlnnd special," which stopped
for water. It is not known how the
accident hnppencd, but it is supposed
thnt in attempting to get on the train
ns it was pulling out ho slipped under
the wheels.
Kirk Breaks Ills Jw.
Henry Miller, son of T. II, Millet.
president of the Crete State bank, win
the victim of n very severe uccident
Bundsy evening nbout 7 o'clock. The
nccldcnt occurred ou tho Miller farm,
about four miles west of town. Sovera
horses had become- looso in tho burn,
and Henry undertook to catch them,
when one kicked him full on the -point
of the jaw, breaking that member In
two plnces, knocking tho lower teeth
out and splintering the bono badlv
Physician in attendance says 'it
will be quite a while before tho young
nan will be able to talk or cat.
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