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OIL COMPANIES WAR.
UNITED STATES PIPE LINE
GOES TO COURT.
Conspiracy to lluln It's UtmlnrM U
Charged, 11ml llaiiiaRr lo the Amount
of CUIMMK) In Alked Defendants
Mako Amufr anil Intimate Illurkiimll.
Nrcw YoitK, Dec. 27. Pnpers wero
Med to-day in tho United States cir
cuit court In ti Milt brought by the
United Stutes 1'lpo Lino company
against tliu Stnudtiril Oil company, the
Now York Transit company, this Pcnn
Rylvnnlu Uuilroad company, the Dela
ware, Lackawanna & Western nnd
Kr!u Itullioad companies, the Tide
water 11 pa company, llio National
Transit company, William T. Ward
well, John 1). Jluckcfeller, William
Kockcfcllcr, Henry II. llogers, Henry
M. Flagler, John D. Arrhuold. O. 11.
Jennings and Wesley II. Til ford. Con
spiracy Is cluirKoil and damages
amounting to 8(1.-, 440 with Interest
mid 810,000 ns attorneys' fees uro
it shed for.
The plpo lino alleges that tho con
spiracy has been In existence since
January, t32, and prevents any per
sons or corporations other than tho
defendants from storing and trans
porting oil nnd conducting operations
incident to that business. Thin hns
been done, It is alleged, by units and
injunctions and the publication of de
famatory statements regarding tho
United Stutes Plpo Lluo company, re
flecting Ji) its management nnd
financial responsibility and by de
stroying of its pipes nnd by inducing
employes of tho company to octruy
their trust.
Tho defendants in their answers
make general denials of tho charges
nnd lutlmato that tho pipe Una was
not organlsd for tho storing and
transporting of oil as a common car
rier. NOSTARVATIONIN DAWSON
fate ArrWnl llrliiu Ilrlchter lto.mrlii
Unit a Hard Trip Out.
Tacojia, Wash., Dec 27. Among
Iho passengers from Dawson who
tamo down on the City of Seattle are
uolonol Lamphorc and Mr. Gregory of
Chicago, D. 1. (Jultilnnof Seattle, T.
(ardncr of Ooonomowoc.Wts., and T.
11. Denny of Itosclln, Wash. Qululnn,
llardner nnd Denny c.11110 out
from Dawson, having left
that plaea November 4. They
walked all tho way und car
ried tholr food on their backs and on
leds. They ocupied a little nioro
Ihun forty days on the trip. Gardner
ays nobody is going to starve In Daw
.on this winter. Thcro will bo 11
ihortngo of somo supplies, such as
flour und coffee, but there Is a great
tuumlunco and plenty of other food
to Inst everybody in camp ull winter.
Gardner and his companions made
Iho trip out without any trouble,
although nt times it wns ft 5 below zero.
This wns on tho exposed mountain
tops and did not Inst long or cause
them aiy Inconvenience. These men
ny thcro will bo no great dilH
:ulty in getting Into Dawson City all
winter If the roads and weather do
aot get nny worse than they tiro now.
l'liey report tho country as rich with
rold and they say that now and valu
able discoveries uro being niado every
lay.
Wasiii.noto.v, Dee. 27. When tho
uucania starts for Kuropo to-morrow
imong its passengers will bo Dr. Shol
lon Jackson, who is bound for Norway
in quest of reindeer for tho Klondlko
miners. These reindeer will bo brought
to the United States and shipped from
nero to Dyon Instead of being import
ed from Siberia as in tho past. This
course Is necessary on account of tho
conditions existing in Alaska and
vicinity at this season of tho year, for
while there are fully 1,20:1 reindeer in
tho frozen territory of tho United
States, not half of that num
ber nro available nt present. In
tho country which Dr. Jackson
will visit thero nro nearly one-halt
million reindeer. They nro such a
tlrug on the market that thousands of
llictn nro Blnughtorcd by tho Nor
wegians for their tongues nlono,
which nro articles of export,
Whllo Dr. Jncksonlscngogod In this
tervlce abroad the authorities on this
tide of tho water will not be idle ac
cording to instructions sent West by
tho secretary of war.
Bf. Clair County May ray.
Ari'l.ETON Citv. Mo., Dec. 2 7. At a
meeting in this city resolutions were
adopted offering to make an adjust
ment between the holders of the old
Lobo and Neosho rallrond bonds nnd
St. Clair county by giving new bonds
equal to the face valuo of the old
ones, all accumulated In est to bo
canceled. Elsewhere St. Clair
county, except nt Oscco , tho county
scat, like meetings have expressed n
feeling toward settling tho debt by
tho adoptl n of similar resolutions.
Havana Httll Indignant.
Havana, Dco. 27. Indlenntlon over
Iho killing of Colonel Ilulz is still iu
tense. Many are disposed to blame
Ueneral Ulanco, alleging thnt ho
forced Colonel Ilulz to go in splUj of
tho letter's protestations that it meant
certain death.
Ill Vlas Tobacco raotnry.
Lotjihvim.k, Ky., Doc 20. An of
!clal of the National Tobacco works
laid to-day that this city is soon to
avo tho greatest plug tobacco fuctory
n tho wholo world. Tho plant will
ave a capacity of 175,000 pounds of
jlug tobacco per day.
l'omliiaui Inwau a suicide.
Keokuk, Iowa, Dec. 2 7. Kphralm
(ladasch committed suicide at his
ome in this city yesterday. Ho was
very wealthy retired merchant, and
promintnt number of the lonw.
Jcglon of Honor.
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RUSSIA'S CANAL PKOJECT.
A Waterway to Cross the Kiuplre 1'ro
pnsed Mainly for War I'urposes.
Nkw York, Dec. 27. A special to
tho Herald from Washington says:
''Tho Russian government will begin
next spring upon n stupendous piece
of engineering work, which, like
the truns-Slborlnn railroad, will bo
of great strategic and commer
cial valuo to her when completed.
Tho project contemplates tho con
struction of a canal connecting the
llaltlu and Ithielc smis, which can bo
traversed by battto ships of the heav
iest tonnage at six knots per hour.
Ily mean of this canal ltusstu will bo
able to moblllu 11 huge licet In thu
llnttle in I(i" hours by bringing to that
ficii the lllack sen squadron or can col
lect In tho lllack sea In the samo time
the llaltlc and lllack sen Meets. In
c.iso of a general European war over
the division of China nt tho tlmo
of the completion nl the canal
It would not be dltlluult for litis
lla to send her lleut through tho
llotphorus, tho S.-n of Marmora and
the Dardanelles into the Mediterra
nean, down the Sue, canal, across the
Indian ocean to China, whllo she could
utilize tho trans-Siberian railroad to
transport troops. Tho e-inul will re
move tho necessity of sending a, fleet
across the North sua and down tho
Atlantic In ardor to reach tho Mediter
ranean and through that sea reach tho
Sue, canal und China, and It wns
pointed out that in case of war (irctit
llrltain or Germany would tuko meas
ures to sec that the Husslan lleut did
not pass through their waters without
4 hard struggle."
NOT A CENT WILL BE LOST.
William Slnxerly Slake 1 a l'ledce to
UanU Creditor.
Pint.Anici.riiiA, Dee. 27. Tho Record
publishes the followiug editorial this
morning:
"To tho 1'ubllc: The Itecord Is com
pelled to make a painful personal an
nouncement this morning. Owing to
the (intiuclal embarrassment of Mr.
William M. gingerly, president of tho
Itecord 1'uhlishlng company, the
Chestnut Street National bank nnd
the Chestnut Street Trust nnd Savings
Fund company wcro obliged to sus
pend business yesterday.
"A cumplct; statement of tho con
dition of the Chestnut Street National
bank will soon lu available. It is
probable that such nrrungements will
bo perfeeteil as will enable the bank
to liquidate its obligations without
tho necessity of delay of n receiver
ship. In tho Itecord property Mr.
Slngeily has u valuable asset. Tho
earnings of this journal during tho
year Ifi'.ill, lu excess of ull expenditure,
were S:un.(M0. With such ti money
maker to fall back upon, und with u
grim determination to pay every dol
lar he owes, ho hopes to redeem hto
credit nnd satisfy his creditors."
NATURAL GASEXPLoSIOu
Twonty-Thran 1'eoptn Hurt In Clilciic"
riro Mory lliilldlnir Wrecked.
CmtJAoo, Dee. 27. Tiro broko out
shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon in tho bnHcmeut of the live story
building at 101 Madison street, tho
Urst floor and basement of which were
occupied by the Tossettl Cafe and lies
tnurant company, und the second lloor
by tho blllurd parlors of Frank Musmjv.
Thu bhuo was inslgnltleant at tlrst
nnd n crowd of people gathered on
tho sidewalk in front of tho building
to watch tho work of tho firemen.
About one dozen policemen were
busily engaged iu pushing back tho
throng when u tcrrlllo explosion of
natural gas took place. Tho building
was badly wrecked, tho windows,
window gratings, sidewalk lights and
manholo covert were hurled Into the
nlr and fell among tho crowd. Dozens
of people wero thrown from their
feet und twenty-three were Injured,
only one of them being seriously hurt.
S4.00O TO MRS. KNUDSEN.
reunion and Pack I'ny Crantcd to Widow
Who Never Left Norway.
Washington-, Dee, 27. A pension
has been granted to the widow of
Knud Knudsen, a soldier In the late
war, the back pay of which aggre
gates over St. 000. Tho man Is a na-
uvu in Norway una was married to
the woman who now gets tho pension
in April, lfl.'.H. Knudsen emlgrntcd to
this country In 1861, enlisted January,
27, 1MW, in Companv II, Fifteenth reg
iment, Wisconsin volunteer infantry,
nnd died in service October 10, 1SW.
j. no wiuow never left Norway.
More War on Trading Mampi.
Hosto.v, Dee. 2 7. A movo has been
made In Itoston following tho lend of
Now York ngnlnst tho trading stamp
scheme that has been extensively
worked lu this state. Chief Wade ot
tho district police has sent a copy ot
chapter 227 of tho acts of ISdl In'clr
cular fcrm to merchants In the state.
Chief Wnde hns hesitated to movo In
tho matter, noting the activity of the
police lu tho vnrlous cities nnd towns,
but thero is little doubt that ho will
Institute n tost cuso In this state. Tho
scheme has been the cause of much
complaint umong tho merchants in
many cities and towns and cases have
como up in several of the courU.
WARNER GETS 15 YEARS.
Kidnaper of Johnny Conway Head
tlullty at Albany,
Ai.iianv, N. Y., Dee. 27. Alberts.
Warner pleaded guilty to nn indict
ment found against him for assisting
In tho kidnaping of Johnny Conwnv.
Ho was nentoneed to Clinton prison
for a term of tlftccn years nt hurd
labor, lllnkonnd Hardy, his fellow
eon.pirators, uro serving terms of
fourteen years and six months ench
at tho nine place for tho name crime.
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MALLALIEU'S REPORT
MAKES A STATEMENT TO
THE GOVERNOR.
Claltni Ho Does Not Owe tlieHtnte 113,000
anil Insists the Alleced Hhnrlaj-o Was
Mostly .MUtakes of the llipcrt Bitter
Allotted lllunders Pointed Out.
John T. Mnllalieu, ex-supcrlntcnd-rnt
of the Kearney industrial school
has llled 11 report with Governor Hoi
comb lu reply to n repart from the leg
islative committee The committee
report was the work of W. N. Silver of
Wahoo, secretary. In it Mr. Mullalteu
was charged with nearly 85,000 which
the accountant declared was received
by him but not nccounted for.
Mr. Mallulieu's report covers fifteen
type written pages. It points out er
rors mndo by the accountant anil
proves It to bo utterly worthless. Ac
cording to Mr. Mnllallcu's own report
ho hns failed to necount for S2oTi.lt). In
ariiving at this result he has credited
himself with many items not charged
to him In the investigating commit
tee's report. Some of these items he
proposes to investigate further.
In the ubscnee of uny dates showing
where the investigating committee be
gan, .Mr. Mallalleti began back two
years, or nt the time he first began to
raise sugar beets for sale, April 1, 1891,
Inasmuch ns the committee's report
lays particular stress upon this sub
ject. There was no plueo to keep ac
counts except in whut is known us the
lockup on the top floor of the execu
tive building. The roof was taken oft
this building lu 18M. Thereafter the
attic rooms were cleaned up and Mr.
Mnllalieu believes muny of the papers,
cheeks und receipts were undoubtedly
destroyed, nnd evidently among thejn
the cash book, inasmuch us dilllgent
seurch has been made for It und other
documents that arc missing nnd can
not be found. Mr. Mullulleu does not
wish to take refuge behind technicali
ties and he has endeavored to make a
statement of the manner In which
moneys hnve been expended.
In closing Mr. Mnllalieu states that
he has been as -zealous in trying to find
debits ns to find credits.
"It has not been a question of dol
lars and cents," he suys in his report,
"but of sustaining n repututlou for
honor und Integrity."
PENITENTIARY AFFAIRS.
I'xpert Fred Jewell Iteport to tho Iiitcj
tlgutlni; Committer,
The teport of expert Fred Jewell, on
penitentiary affairs has been adopted by
the legislative investigating committee.
C. W. Ileal, member of the committee,
nsslsted iu compiling the report. The
report alleges that 8.',i 523. 01 has been
spent without authority by various
wardens mid state oflleers, and tho
recovery of that amount is recom
mended. The accountant says he endenvorcd
to commence nt the construction of tho
present buildings in 1871, but was un-
ublo to do so for reason that many of
the duplicate vouchers and bills which
should be on file with tho seeretury of
state nro missing. It has been said
that portions of the records and papers
of the otllee wero burned when tho
otllee was removed from tho rooms
now occupied by the adjutuut-gcncral
to his present quarters about tho year
187.1.
Unnecessary nnd unwarranted ex
penditures are listed nt S."i:i7,871.87.
This nmoutit comprises 8492, 107.77 pro
fits on prison contracts, S44,:iU3.82 paid
by the state for repairs which Khould
have been paid by contractors, and SI,
010.23 paid by A. C. llussell, J. A.
I'iper, J. S. Hartley nnd A. S. Church
Ill, for fuel und provisions und salary.
Theso latter expenses were Incurred
when the btnte board and Warden Lei
digh disagreed ns to management.
Tho board paid James Whlteheud
6U2S.G1 salary ns agent nt the peniten
tiary and 881,07 for fuel und provisions.
John Olllesple.
Tho funeral of John Glllcspio was
held In Lincoln nnd the remains wero
buried iu Wyuka cemetery, where the
Grand Army ritual was gone through
with. With simple ceremonies in n
modest home, lust respects were paid
to John Uillcspic, who located the
capital of Lincoln, where it Is and
helped mako the early history of Ne
braska. About the eolliu stood tho
governor, seeretury of stute, state
treasurer, commissioner of public
lands nnd buildings, un ex-governor
who was his former military command
rr, soverul former state otlieers, county
onlciulH und city couiicilmcn, most of
the members of tho Grand Army re
lief and many Indies of the relief corps.
Mingled ulso with these were some of
tho Urst peoplo to live in Lincoln, who
had known tho deceased through all
the pioneer struggles und respected
his memory.
Srott Caie ttererted.
Tho Barrett Scott bond case wai
reversed and remanded by tho supremo
court of Nebraska, the court holding
that upproval of a bond, out of time
does not release sureties from liubllltv.
A new trhil is ordered.
Jlartlcy'i Fate Submitted.
The case of ex-Stato Treasurer J. S.
Hartley was submitted in tho supreme
court Wednesday for oral urguraent.
This is the cuso which In the district
court of Douglus county resulted In
the conviction of Hurtley for
embezzling 8131,884 of state funds.
Arguments wero made by Attorneys
Muhoney nnd Whcdon for "Hartley' nnd
Attorney-General Smyth and Deputy
Kd Smith for tho stute. Argument
wua finished at noon and his fute U
now iu the hnndi of the court, L
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ANOTHER COMPANY QUITS
Mntnat II fe of New York Withdraw
From Kansas.
Topkica, Kan., Dec. 27. On account
of the attacks of State Insuranco
Superintendent McNnll 0:1 insurance
companies, another big life Insurance
company has announced its intention
of withdrawing from tho state. This
time it is tho Mutttnl Life Insurance
company, of Isew loru, ono of tho
strongest companies lu the world, nnd
one that has been doing business In
Kansas continuously since '8(10. On
January 1, all of Its Kansas agents,
twenty-eight In number, will quit
writing business. After that it will
slmuly keep one man In the stnte to
receive premiums on policies nl ready
Issued, (juo warranto proceedings to
oust tho company from tho state aro
pending In tho State Supremo court
iu dcllauco ot Federal Judgo Wil
liams' injunction, and rather than
keep up the tight longer thu company
will leuvo the state.
A WILD MAN IN VIRGINIA.
f.usltlator Wiilluce Proposes to ftcpeat
All tho War Amendment.
Richmond, Va., Dec 27. Tho most
radical amendments ever proposed to
the present constitution of tills stato
nave been onorcil by Mr. Wallace, a
member from this city of tho house of
delegates. His proposition is to elim
inate from the bill of rights the scv
iral clauses 'declaring thnt this com
monwealth shall ever remain n mem
ber of the United States; that tho
federal constitution and laws nre tho
iiiprcmc laws of tho land; that slavery
ihall not exist, und thnt nil citizens
ire declared to possess equal civil and
political rights.
Tho nutlior of this proposition says
.10 desires that the people shall have
,'cstor.Ml to them the constitution in its
pristine purity, ns it existed before
the war.
MRS. BOOTH'S ILLNESS.
Volunteers llellere It Largely line to
Cruel Treatment.
Nkw Yoiik, Dec. 2f. At the Prcsby
terlal hospital 11 bulletin on Mrs.
llooth's condition showed that thcro
hud been no improvement whatever.
Thero is little hope for her recovery.
Her malady is aneurism of the heart.
Regarding tho statement that Mrs.
llooth's illness was in any way due to
mental troubles, produced by tho
separation from tho Salvation Army,
Commander Hooth preferred not to
speak, but referred the matter to
Secretary Halllmund, of tho Volun
teers, who said:
"From the commander to the young
est member of the Volunteers, we ull
liclicvo that Mrs. llooth's illness is
due. to n great extent, to tho cruel
treatment she has received tit tho
bunds of various persons since the
separation from tho Salvation Army."
AGAINST KISSING.
Custom Homo Authorities Hindered by
(ruetliizon Arrival of Mt-nmihlpi.
Ni:w Yoiik, Dec. 27. The customs
nouse authorities have instituted n
movement for tho abolishment of
kissing between incoming passengers
and their waiting friends on tho
itcutuship piers.
Mr. Cuininlngs, special treasury
agent, snys that something should bo
done to stop this hindering practice.
An order should bo enforced forbid
ding pasienger.s to greet their wnltlng
friends until utter their lugguge bus
been Inspected.
Mr. Cummings says that besides tho
(Treat nuisance of delay, tho kissing
business offers grand opportunities to
smugglers, who are enabled to pass
their contraband goods ulong to their
(tiends undetected.
THE HANNA FIGHT IS ON.
Kurtz lint Como Out Openly In Oppo
sition to the Senator.
Ci.f.vi'.i.AXn, Ohio, Doc. 27- Tho
marshaling of forces In tho Ohio sena
torial contest has begun. Charles
Kurtz, of Columbus, hns dropped all
prctenso of not seeking to defeat Sena
tor Ilnntia, and hns for somo time
been organizing his forces.
Coi.tritnuH, Ohio, Dee 24. Tho State
Journnl prints n story thnt the Itc, pub
licans, led by Don. Chnrlcs Kurtz, in
opposition to tho re-election of Sena
tor Hunna, have promised to support
free silver ns tho pr'.co of the defeat
of Senator Huunn.
Mr. MoUlnley llurlns (lift.
Warhixoton, Dec. 27. Last month
President McKinluy mndo out a list of
nearly COO persons to whom ho wished
to glvo Christmas presents. Opposite
many of tho names ho nlso entered
tho presents thnt ho deemed appro
priate. Tho buying of the prose nts
Indicated and the additional task of
making solectlnus whero there had
been no choice have kept Mrs. McKln
ley busy most of the week.
Canadian Telegrapher Talk of a Strike.
MoMTitKAi,, Dee. 27. Thero has been
some talk of a strike of tho telegraph
ers on tho Canadian l'nclfle railroad,
but, so far, nothing has developed.
The operators are endeavoring to have
several grievances remedied nnd to
secure tho raising of the minimum
salary from 83& a month to 845.
Mint Employe' Wane Cot.
Washington, Dee. 27 Ily direction
f tho secretary of tho treasury, tho
ompcnsatlon of tho various employes
f tho United States mint at San, Fran
.Isco has been reduced in the uggro
uto 511, HS per annum. ,
Altffeld Hefuiet to lulk.
San Fhancirco, Dec. 27. Ex-Gor-ernor
John I. Altgold of Illinois has
nrrlved hero accompanied by his wlfo
und two or three friends. He refused
to bo interviewed, leaving word at tho
hotel ollico not to allow any news
paper men to call on him.
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NEBRASKA IN BitlEF
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
OVER THE STATE.
A Complete Itcilew of tho Pint W cell's
Happening In the Tree I'lnntem' titatc
Huccliiet Nummary of tho Most Im
portant '!'.
Mrs. Frnncv Folk of Omaha was
fatally burned by tho explosion of ti
lamp.
John Ilichel, tin O.d jeweler wus
found dead lu his bed. Cause of ileath
unknown.
The bondsmen of Henry Itolln, ex
city treasurer of Omaha, have asked
for u uew trial.
The business men's fnternlty of Fre
mont hus decided to co-operate with
the board of tradu in the matter of
raising the necessary bonds to secure
the sugar factory.
Attorney-General Smyth hns filed u
demurrer to the petition of the Home
for the Friendless In the supreme
court. The home usks thnt salaries
und eluinis be paid by the state author
ities. Tw;o Lincoln policemen nre in trou
ble. I'utrolmuii Nush was Invited to
hand In his star on the charge of be
ing intoxicated, nnd Officer Ide will
huve to account to the excise board for
his connection with u lady of scrap
ping proclivities.
The ice scuson is pretty well on at
Milford. A force of men with teams
have been busy the past few days
Hcraping the snow off the ice nnd P. II.
Cooper will arrive from Lincoln with
the necessury men and equipment to
begin regultir work. The Ice is now
twelve inches thick.
Charley Emery, a well known early
settler of Nebraska and Kausus, died
at lleatriee recently. He wus in sev
eral battles with the Indians nenr old
Fort Kearney, when the old Overland
stage company was doing business,
nnd carries many scars to his grave.
Nearly ull real old settlers knew him,
nnd his exploits dot the pages of ninny
standard histories of the west.
Miss Kli.a Doom, a maiden lady who
lives by herself on Kleentl. street, In
Nebraska City, was found by Constable
Davis lying by the side of the house.
She was taken into the house und a
physician called, when It was found
thnt she hud been stricken by paraly
sis and one whole side was altlieted.
She was unable to talk. Shu died
shortly after being found.
Dr. Gilbert J. Itobert'-on, n veteri
nary living on Tenth street in lleatriee
while returning from the country wu,
slugged us he was driving into his
barn und robbed of about S10 in cash.
Neighbors were attracted by his cries
and after taking him into the house
had great dillleulty iu restraining htm
from doing violence to those around
him. He lias been u 11 onselous most
of the time nnd it is reported is in 11
serious condition.
Two men with faces blacked entered
n house in the burnt district nt Ne
braska City, kept by Sadie Jennings,
and ut the mu..les of pistols compelled
three of the inmates to hold up their
hands, ufter which they were bound
hiinds nnd feet. The landlady was
compelled to give up t!l, after 'which
the men went to another room, where
11 man was sleeplug, and he was coin
pelllcd to give up 8205. The men went
out, u wagon came for them and they
disappeared. It wus one of the most
daring robberies ever perpetrated in
the city, und there is no clue to the
thieves.
An exciting chase was caused by the
screams of an nffiightened lady custo
mer in Dennett's department store nt
Omaha and resulted iu the capture of
a pickpocket und tho recovery of a
pocketbook containing 8'.'. As the
woman screamed n man was seen
elbowing his way toward the door,
and when she said he had hcrpurso a
doen started in pursuit. lie was
seized just us he got out the door,
fought like n tiger and did not desist
until his clothing was nearly torn off
his back, when he forked over the
purse to the police and said his name
was George Adams nnd thut he hud
just nrrlved from Chicago.
Governor Holeomb bus received sev
eral responses from governor of trans
Mississippi stutes relative to the con
struction of un arch of stutes over the
entrance to tho exposition ground ut
Omaha. It is proposed to have each
state furnish a piece of stone on which
is to be carved the state coat of arms.
Samples of stone have been asked for
und un architect is to select suitable
pieers. Governor Jones of Arkansas
writes: "It will afford me great pleas
ure to comply with this lequcst at the
earliest moment practicable. Although
our legislature failed to make uny ap
propriation for your exposition, I shall
endeavor to have Arkansas properly
represented there." Governor Wells
of Utah has referred the proposition to
L. W Shulrtllff, who is chairman of
tho commission having in hand the
matter of tho L'tuh exhibit, with the
reqiPist that he give the matter his
imiuedliite attention. Governor Cul
berson of Texas hus referred the mutter
to the proper person.
An elderly raun named Crawford,
who made his home with a nephew
named Rnnsdell, five miles south of
Norfolk, wus seriously, perhaps fatally
injured recently by being thrown from
a loud of straw. The team he was
driving ran uwny.
George Doyle nnd Mart llrooks, of
Fremont, who went south in a row
bout, u month ago, starting from the
Platte river bridge, south of Fremont,
have reached their respective destina
tions, llrooks is in Kansas City.
Doyle stuck to the bout until Arkan
sas was reached and is hunting in that
sUtc witb his brother.
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The Milford postofllce wt robbed oft
stamps nnd registered letters. About;
S2.'i worth wns secured.
Auditor Cornell hns Issued a certifi
cate to the lloynl Oaks of Omaha ns
oper. ted by V. M. Gulwitz nnd Ills.
bit 'ters, nnd Dr. Mercer has been loft
out lu the cold.
Prominent eltlcns of Lincoln hold a.
meeting and resolved to uld Sentitor
Allen und ull other Nebraska congress
men in securing the passage of tho
senator's bill providing for a million
dollar postofllce at the eapital city.
The supreme court has adjourned
without duy, which means that thcro
will not be another sitting until the
first Tuesday lit January. On tho
Thursday following Chief Justice Post,
will retire and J. J. Sulllvun will come
upon the bench.
Peter Youngers of Geneva, treasurer
of the stat horticultural society and
C. II. llarnardof Table Koek, secretary,
are In Lincoln for the purpose oC
making preparations for the winter
meeting of the society which opens
January 11. It Is proposed to have 11
winter fruit exhibit in connection with
the meeting.
Two new complaints have been filed
with the board of transportation. Com
missioners of Pawnee asks the board
to compel the Kansas City Hallway
company to open and maintain a safe
hlghwuy along a seetiou line which is
occupied by the roodbed. A complaint
comes from Shubcrt, Richardson coun
ty, asking for better passenger train
service 011 the Ilurllngton route.
The community south of Pluttsmouth
was shocked Sunday to learn of the su
icide of Jennie Young, eldest daughter
of William Young, one df the old uud
respected settlers of that vicinity. She
took carbolic ueld. A note wus ad
dressed to her futher encouraging him
to live out his old age, but gave no
reason for her rash act. Deceased was
forty years of age und had never mar
ried. At a recent meeting of tho state
board of health Dr. O. Grothan of St.
Panl was appointed to succeed Dr. F.I),
llnldcinnn of Ord as one of the secre
taries of the state board of health. Dr.
H. It. ('timings of Seward was appointed
one of the secretaries to succeed Dr. C.
F. Steward of Auburn. Dr. Cumings'
appointment was made on recommend
ation of the state eclectic medical so
ciety in order to give that school of
physicians recognition on the board.
Flossie Jones of Wyniore, nged about
fourteen years, died Sunday from tho
effects of a gun shot wound accidental
ly inflicted by her older lit other who
hud been out hunting. On returning
home he entered the house und ut
tempted to extract u loaded shell from
his gun when in some manner his hand
slipped and the shell exploded striking
his sister full in tho side, making a
terrible wound and one from which
there was no el in nee for recovery. (
A serious cutting affray took place
at u dance nt Cortland Christmus.
night. Kdwurd Sherman was literally
cut open in the region of tho lungs,
the knife entering the cavity. John
('line received ti cut on his arm which
penetrated to the bone. George Kret
zer, another young man, received a cut
on the leg. O. W. Vunderpool, M. S.
und S. 1). Woolather, the latter two
brothers, who uro from Missouri, and
who have been husking corn in thu
vicinity of Cortland, are under arrest,
charged with the cutting.
Win. E. Cobb, shipping clerk for
Ilargreaves Hros., wholesale grocers,
has been arrested for cmbczllng
ubout SI, MM) from the firm. Investiga
tions which have been carried on of
late by Mr. Ilargreaves seem to show
thut the money missing will exceed
this sum and inay reach twice the
amount, The arrest caused general
surprise umong all who knew Mr.
Cobb, us he has been regarded a strictly
honest man by his friends und by his
employers. Mr. Cobb drew a salary of
S00 per month, but lived like a pluto
crat. A friend of Mrs.A.E.IIargreave.s.
sent nn annoying letter to her In
which she warned her thnt her hus
band hnd best discharge Mr. Cobb, us.
he was living in a fasliion which tint
writer believed he could rot keep up
on the salary of a shipping clerk.
This letl to tho Investigation and traps
were set Into which Cobb was caught.
The celebration of tho twenty-fifth,
anniversary of the nuptials of Senator
and Mrs. Thurston Christmas night
was undoubtedly the most brilliant
purely social function ever witnessed
in Omaha. Invitations had been is
sued to some .1,000 peoplo in Omnha
und elsewhere und there were during
the long evening between 1)00 und
1,000 in attendance. The spacious and
elegant home at Twenty-fourth nnd
Furnam was aglow within and with
out und hundreds of carriages rolled up
to the entrance of the canvas-covered
and curpeted walks. Five ln.-ge rooms
on the main lloor were devoted to tho
reception of tho guests and in the last
parlor were batiks of palms and flow
ers lit fire place and bay windows.
Mrs. Thurston wore an exquisite effect
of silver gray moire velour, tho skirt
mude with puncls of old point lace,
und the low cut corsage having u gar
niture of point lace nnd bertha of
spangled nnd cmdroidcred net. Sim
wore u slight train and diamonds.
J. J O'Counor, a well known nttor
ney of Omaha, hus been disbarred front,
practice for an alleged uttempt to cor
rupt tho court.
Tho Admns Express companv
brought the great picture "Hreaklng
Home Ties" for the exhibit of tho Hay
den Art Club to Lincoln lust week.
The picture weighed over 1,000 pounds
and was carried lu a special car.
Wllber Wllllnmw unit Mien tn.i.,i
Curnahun, the persons who figured no
conspicuously In tho elopement und
abductloa case, wero married ot York
by consent of tho girl's parents, that
being the best way out of the scrape.
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