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Pa r THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. 2 OHIO'S SENATOJISIilP. HANNA CLAIMS A GAIN OF TWO VOTES. Two More Voir NeiMlcil (Jrrnt rrrMiiro Ilroticlil to llnir on tlio Hollers No Aijrci'iiiriit liy tlio Opponltlnu Upon n rjrnntorlnl L'lintllilnte. Cot.UMnus, Ohio, Jan. 5. Marcus A. Hanna mid his followers claimed this morning to huvo secured pledges of support from .loyco of Carroll and Griffith of Union, tlio lutlcr of whom vras forced by his wife to lcavo the Uanna headquarters yesterday and vote for Mason, tlio cornbluo candi date for speaker. With these two doubtful accessions, the Hanna men wcro still tw votes short of enough to Insure his election In the joint session of tho legislature January IS, and tlio Republican coun ty committees, club and other organ izations (it the homes of Ilia doubtful Hopubltcun members havo been en listed. Many delegation of Repub licans aro arriving, ono of tho llrst bolng from tho home of Governor llushncll Springfield. Resolutions by telogrnph wcro poured in on the bolting members nnd other mothods woro resorted to try to forco tho bolters bach Into line, but so far the only apparent result has been the conccdudly doubtful claim that Grsfllth and Joyce will vote for Hanna, NO CAUCUS OF HANNA MEN. Some surprise- wan created this nl tcruoon by tho announcement Unit tlio llunim men had changed their plnu for n joint senatorial Republican cau cus to-morrow night nnd that tlio fight would go on without any caucus docrces on cither side. The follow ing was given out by tlio Republican steering committee: "Tho sentiment of tho house und senate as expressed to tho chairmen of tho two Republi can caucuses is that it is unneces sary to call a senatorial caucus. Tho universal expression is that as Mr. Hanna had been endorsed by tho Toledo convention and by the county conventions of the state and was nominated by the pooplo in their primary capacity at the polls, it is moro respectful to their constituents to accept their aotlon as conclusive, in accordance with the precedent of two years ago, than to supplement it by a formal nomination of their own. No caucus will, therefore, bo held." The combined opposition to Senator flanna ia still uncertain as to its can didate. Some Democrats oDJcet to Governor Ituthnoll or Mayor McKls on or Mr. Kurtz or any other Repub lican that has yet been sug gested. The opposition clulms to have enough votes to defeat Hanna, but has not yet claimed enough votes for any ono opposition senatorial candidate mentioned to elect The comblno leaders must not only hold all their present forces in line against Hannn, but get them to agreo upon their man for sonntor. The work to-day was devoted by "the comblno" to hold their forces and to manage them for tho senatorlul con test as was done yesterday for tho or ganization of both branches of the legislature. Senator Burko of Cleveland arrived to-day from Chicago and completed the full attendance of senators. He voted with the Democrats, but took his seat upon tho Republican side of the chamber. In the house nil sorts of bills were introduced against corporations. These measures wcro regarded us thrusts at Senator Hanna, whoso affairs arc of varied intorosts. While tho houso was in session, n dologatlon from Springfield marched Into tho stato house, wearing Hanna badges and carrying banners with se vere inscriptions and culled on Gov ernor Bushncll. In response to their protests, lie said his Republicanism had never before been questioned and that he reserved the right to his Individual opinions and proferencos. The Springfield delegation afterward called on Senator Hanna and then joined in the chorus of other visiting delegations that arc coming in to-day to protest against tho action of Re publicans who havo combined with the Democrats to defeat Hanna. The houso adjourned at noon till to-morrow. Tho "combine" does not Intend to annouuos any of tho stand ing committers till after tho joint senatorial caucuses to-morrow night, when It is known what Republicans will remain out of the Hanna fold. Senator Hurkc secured all ho want ed in clerkships and other patronage through tho Democrats with whom he was iu conference during the uoou recess. The proceedings In both houses showed plainly that everything possi ble was being dono by those who held the fort to heat Senator Hanna. The line of yesterday was as distinctly drawn as over. Away llelow Y.rttt In Him Atllrontlaclis. Mai.onk, N. V,, Jan. 6. Tho coldest weather of tho season was expo rlenced to-day, tho morcury register ing 24 degrees below zero at Sarannc Lake, 15 below at Mountain View und SO below in this place. In His Arubla Minn. PAriKVM.ue, Mo., Jan. r.. Galo Hen son, who Is trying to discover what W in tho hull of tho steamer Arabia, was In the city to-day. Ho says ho lias unearthed about two carloads- of plno flooring und many boxes and bar rels. Mr. Henson carried with him a bottle of choice wlno which hoisnid ho had procured off of the boat Ho docs not expect to try to take anything out until his new cugino arrives, tho ono now ln uso being entirely too small to forco tho sand and water out of the caissons, which aro thirty-six feet be low the surface. TELLER PLEADS FOR CHINA Hpriiks 1'or Aincrlriin I liters rut Inn Do- rlarrn It li Our Duty. Washington, Jan. 5. "It is our duty to prevent tlio dismembering of China," said Senator Teller of Colora do to-day. "Wo should join with (treat lirltaln in n notlco to Russia and Ger ninny that dismemberment will not bo permitted. Even without Great lirltaln wo should give such notice. Almost our very existence as a nation is involved. Should we permit It, wo would havo nothing moro than n mere existence. When It is said that the United Stales cannot inter fere it should lie understood what a failure to Interfere will Involve, The dismemberment of China means tho cutting off of our commerce In tho Orient and the Introduction of a competitor who will deprive us of the commcrco of the rest of tho world and oven supply our own people. Wo cannot permit this without sinking to the position of u third or fourth rate nation, helpless, degraded, with out inllucncu umnng tho nations of tho earth. Wo frould have to submit to tho domination of an abso lutism among tho nations. Our own institutions would take on n de cline and the civilization represent ed by this government and the Eng lish government would ccaso to prog ress. Wo would suffer more thnn any other people. Wo have moro Involved and would bo more directly Injured. It Is folly, therefore, to say that we should have nothing to any." THIRTY PERSONS KILLED. Crowded City Hall at London, Out Col- lupns Many Ii.Jtirol. London, Out., .Inn. 5. Thirty per- Minn ni-n ldinlvn tr liavn Iwcn lrlllrvl and many injured by tho collapse of a lloor in the city hall last, night. Tho muniuipal campaign closed last night and the hall was crowded to hear the addressed of the successful candidates. How many wcro Injured will never be known, as those who suffered but slightly at once mado for their homes or wero cared for by friends. Iioth of the city hospitals aro full, and many of tho injured aro at their own homes, Dr. Wilson, the mayor-elect, had his leg broken, und two aldermen were badly hurt t .1. ........I r l i.li. in mo wriiiiu uiniii nuubu, which adjoins the wrecked building, tho llrst J . . - . n ' net of "Tho Girl from l'arls" had just mi l'arls" had just been concluded when word was whis pered through tho theater of tho calumlty. A panic wns Imminent, but was averted by tho actors and ushers, nnd tlio people quietly left the build ing. At tho close of tho polls, a crowd had gathered in the city hall, where it hud been tho custom in years pnst for tho successful candidates to address tho electors. The building was an old one, hav ing been erected in the enrly 50s, and of lato years additional stories had been placed on the old walls. Although tho platform on which the speakers of the overling wcro stand ing wns apparently the first thing to give way, the mayor-elect and many aldermen escaped tho death that overtook so many others who followed them Into tho lower portion of the building. BOGUS $100 BILLS- Trcnunry Department Calls In S3 0,000. 000 A Dunce ran Counterfeit. Washington, Jan. ft. All of tho 8100 silver certificates now in circulation in tho United States, representing S-'f.,O')0,00i in currency, hnvo been cnlled in by Secretary of ttio Treas ury Gage. For tho present the Issu mica of such certificates will bo stopped. This order is tho result of tho discovery of one of tlio most dangerous counterfeits ever discovered ono which even de ceived tlio ofticials of tho treasury de partment here, nnd was not discovered until tlio attention of tho ofllcluls at Washington was called to the clover Imitation of a $100 sllvor certificate, head of President Monroe, by John Cramer of tho sub-treasury at Phila delphia. Mr. Cramer brought to tho secret service officers the counterfeit certificates five In number. These. bills had been turned Into the sub - treasury by two oy iwa icauing uauus and tho Philadelphia custom house, which had received them as genuine. On examination of the day's treas ury cash, another of the spurious notes was discovered. WILL GET S700",000. Qonoral W. TV. Averlll Made Wealthy liy a Decision. Nr.w York, Sept. 0. Tho appellate division of tho supremo court has handed down a decision in the suit of General W. W. Averlll against Amzl L. Rarber and others, awarding tho old cavalry officer nearly 5700,000 in cash as his share in tho profits of tho llarbcr Asphalt Paving company on contracts for paving ln this city, Wushlugton, lluffalo and other largo cities. When tho final accounting of the llurber Asphalt company is mado, it is expectod the general's sharo will run Into the millions. He has been engnged in litigation continuously since ls83, when the first action was brought boforo tho supreme court. NowklrU Won't lln Triad Now. Sruai.ia, Mo., Jan. ,Tho January term of the Pettis county court con vened yesterday morning, the only ruses of importance on the dockot being the four Indictments against Cyrus Newlcirk, president of the de funct First National bank, in ouch of which ho Is charged with grand lar ceny. Tho cases will not bo tried, however, at this term of court, as a continuance will bo granted on tho same old plea of tho ill health of tho dofendant Nowklrk is still a resi dent of California, and Is not anxious to return to Missouri. NEBRASKA Ef BUIEE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OVER THE STATE. A Complrtr Itctli-w of the Vint Work's Iliipiiciiliiirs In tho Trrr riiiiitf-rs' Nlntr .Succinct Stliiiiunry of tlio Mott Jin piirtunt Xfui. The enrollment at the Peru normal is 033, tho highest ever attained. A. D. Wnrner, a prominent stockman of St. Edwurds, fell nnd broke his leg. Mr. Dr. Dorrls of Lincoln fell on the icy pavement und broke her arm at the wrist. Elizabeth Stanton Woohvorth, wife of Judge J. M. Woohvorth, died nt her home ii Omnlin. J. A. Hunter, n prominent ranchman near Hemingford, has been arrested, charged with fencing in government land. The biggest and best state teachers' meeting ever held in Nebraska lias just been hud. Tho enrollment reached nearly 1,100. At Columbus, Emil, year-old son of Dr. K. tliu ice and dislocated the seventeen llohcn, fell on his left shoul- tier. He was taken home and the bone forced back into the socket. It was a very painful though not serious acci dent. The bondsmen of ex-County Treas urer J. W. Lynch of Platte county, hnvo. paid his shortage in full to the county commissioners, the last pay ment of 1,710.10 being handed over re cently. II. Walker of Juniata recently met with a serious injury by "eel- tlentally getting his hand into u corn- .sheller. The member was seriously crushed. Tho forefinger had to be taken olT, Lemuel Kindig, of Hastings, driver of an express wiitfon. was unite seri- Jously injured by the overturning of his wagon near the 15. & M. depot, and the runnlnt? nwnv of the team. One of Ing away Kindlg's legs was caught between the bed of the wagon and the roar wheels, and only that the wheel came oft" pre vented terrible injury. As it is he will be confined to his bed for some days. Attorney-General Smyth was In formed that the attorneys of Eugene , , . ,, , - , . , , ;,!!l,"s . . , . 7 7 ' , ' A f,t. Iw.tn, nfn.it.wn txt 4ltliJ till fit. "'"-, '"-" -" "'""' ","-, " torncy-gencral said he did not wish to appear to be captious, so ho will not file u motion to dismiss Moore's appeal because the attorneys failed to file and serve briefs within the time ullowed by rules of the supreme court. General Mundcrson of Omaha, has n letter from Major Thomas Lord, a re tired naval o fficer of Washington, I). C, an old friend of General Mundcrson, telling the general that hu had not forgotten the promise he made lust summer at Newport, II. I., that he would make a model of the old "Oma ha" war bout. The model will be finished in time for the trans-Mississippi exposition and will be shown together with the original billet-head and log of the old vessel. Attorney-General Smyth hns com menced suit for the state against the Oinuhn National bank to recover S201, 881, the amount paid by tho bank to itself on n check Issued by J. S. Hart ley at the time he was state treasurer. The petition wns mailed to Omaha to be filed in the district court. The nmount mentioned in this suit is the same which Hartley was convicted of 1 embezzling. In this suit the attorney I general tttkcN the ground that Hartley i payablu and rediscounts nre M) per I fraudulently issued his check and that ' cent less than ut thu close of business the bank and its president received the jat the end of 180(5. The total cash re ' money, knowing that the money be- serve us shown by the report Is 30 per 1 longed to the state, thereby convert ing to their own use property of the I state. I Thero is a woman in Omaha named , Mrs. Eliza J. Durbln who supposed herself until recently to be the widow of un old soldier, but she has dis covered, that she Is only a sort of mi I Enoch Anion widow. For the last ten ' years she has been unaware of the whereabouts of her husdand, who was an old soldier, and of late years, under the seven-years' absence provision, she mK 1)Cen t .ln r to Kl,t lt wi,iow-H pt. 1 sjon she was Ina fairway to suceee. until hero recently, when she was notified by the pension department that her husbnnd was living iu some other part of the country und was him self an applicant for a pension. Hurgrcuvcs Hros. of Lincoln have filed another suit airninst W. E. Cobb, their lute employe, whom they charge with embezzlement. They join L. C. Richards as defendant and state that Tobb withheld cash received for sales imounting to S,"00 and has converted it into chattels and real property and gold in amounts they arc unable to specify. They claim that when Mr. Ulehiirds gave bond for S',',003 for Cobb to get him out of jail pending the Hearing of his case. Cobb gave Mr. Richards chattel property worth f-.'.OOO to indemnify him. This prop erty the plaintiffs claim was part of the money wrongfully taken from them and hence they ask that the. rourt require Cobb und Rlehurds to disclose und account for such money und chattel property. Charles Fuller, a brnkeman, while making a coupling at DuWitt, was caught between tho bumpers und so badly erushed that death ensued u few hours later. The statu sheriffs' .convention com pleted its business nt Grand Islund, and adjourned. John Trompeu of Lancaster county, was elected presi dent. W. .1. Perry, J. W. Orlbblc, W. J. Hnrmon und L. F. Stoekwell havo in corporated tlio W. J. Perry Live Stock Commission company of South Omaha. The cupitul stock is 550,000. Thugs held up Jnmes Rutlcr, a Nc Ivnirim City commission man. Ilutler drew u revolver and fired. Tlio thugs fled. The twenty-sixth nnmml meeting of the Nebraska press association will bo held at the Lincoln hotel, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 11 und 12, 1808. Governor Holcotnb has appointed I. N. Alberts of Columbus to fill tho va cancy in the district judgeship ctiused by the resignation of Judge J. J. Sulli van, suprcme-district-judgo-clcct. The appointee is an old time populist. Martin F. Kelly, a trusted driver of a laundry wagon for the Clarkson Laundry company of Lincoln, who left the city rather hurridly u few dnys ago, has been apprehended In Peoria, 111. He is wanted for embezzling 8150 of his employer's money. Captain John L. Carson, president of the First National bank of Lincoln, and one of the oldest residents of tho state, died wuddcnly at his rooms in the Lincoln hotel. Mr. Carson had been sick about six weeks. A compli cation of discuses resulted in death. The laborers and mechanics of Fre mont recently held n meeting at the court house to talk over the beet sugar factory matter. There were present about fifty men who pledged SI50 and promised to raise more. They were awake to the fact that they would be benefitted. Curl SkoDt, a German farmer resid ing on tho reservation northeast of Bancroft wiib instantly killed while engaged In digging u well. He was working in tho bottom of a ninety foot well when one of the buckets used to haul up the dirt, when about forty feet from the top, slipped off the wind lass hook mill fell to the bottom, strik ing him on the head. Tho state board of agriculture will hold its annual meeting in tho uni versity chnpel on January 18. This is the principal meeting of the year. It is held according to the statute govern ing the society. It Is predicted that it will bo an exceedingly lively session on account of the unluippiness that has been accumulated since the fair was located near Omaha. The laundry at the state institution for feeble minded was burned down re cently. The lire started in the roof and presumably from n defective flue. With no apparatus but a bucket brig ade in which the inmates did good work, all efforts were turned toward saving the engine house, which stood within four feet of the laundry und which was saved with great dlflcitlty. The clothing in the laundry was the only effects saved, the machinery be ing bolted to the lloor. The loss is about SI, .'00. The building was un old frame and worth but little. The Institution will be greatly inconven ienced for some time. There is nn ap propriation of 93,000 for a new laun dry. The consolidated annual report of state banks, compiled by Secretary I. L. Hall of the state banking board, shows an increue of about S3, 000,000 in deposits and a corresponding in crease in loans and discounts. Tills is in face of a decrease in the number of bunks and in the combined capital stock. The report shows the condition of incorporated state and private banks at the close of business November 30, 1807, with a comparison of usimllur re port for the year ending December 31, 1800. There are now 309 banks. The number at the close of 1800 was 411. Loans und discounts have In creased over SI, 000,000, cash nnd sight exchange about 82,000,000 and deposits havo increased over 83,500,000. Rills cent. The minimum ulluwed by law for any one bank is 15 per cent. The comparative statement is as follows, the first column of figures being for 10(1 and the last the report for 1807: m M ii r r : u c -. 1 a rt .t -p A- -c"8 v. r, so ?.? 3 I H o ft ZL I. rt . - T n; . "- U' c 5.S o ',- r 1 o cm rr & a VI S3 B P. C. 5!" n O a a ST . . . . . tf . : : et: n : : ". 13 : : .. : : : : : 5": - o : s . B r -re 5 5 . 1 B j n e-l : Bj v n S-rT!?: : c-: : : : : : Y- y . . . O a r- rj r. si c.. . O 00 M . .. ... . n i J . .1 U 1; I! M , Ji 1 o 11 M c a -I li -i w a J- - o e u ui " " 1 Ll t- Li C-. Ci C". "u. "c. --"C W C -J ! . 4- O O ' r.. u w rj t. m n I .1 re u u .1 A ;SS u ; m -i li 1; 1; 11 h u o -1 li ao li ( ins w w i; c c ci " I u i 0 -i U" at CI u - -J - u is - o o cr. re - vt J- or, u -j to m li co c. co li -I cc ii huih a - o hoii O CJ w -p -1 - . - . li p. o - -1 v 1 c. cj . c w.iciciHoei:--i'.r OCCfc-liOOOCl 02.- O - -1 f C. W i". W M. CO li ii;iiCO - IS -1 CO li J- ll 4. O O a. co -i - c o a is -1 is o o J p i; 1; c ij 5 1- 4. h h w o o ti The total resources for lMW are 820, JU.V'lll .V. und fr HWT 824,115,003 IM. Total liabilities for 1800,820,005,019 52; for 1807, S24, 115,003 22. Tlio building nt Goodwlnoecuplcd by Thomas Casey as u solooon was burned with Its contents. This was thu joint wherein the trouble started that resulted In the shooting of Henry Carpenter by James Linvllle, for which LinvlUe now languishes in jail awaiting his trial. The fire was of incendiary origin, as tho feeling against this "hole" has been very strong slneo the shooting of Carpenter. Tlio total enrollment nt tho 'state teachers' meeting was 100 moro than lust year and the highest in tho his tory of the nbsociutton. r. 7 ?. r. -' ErC r. p-BHr. .r" ri 2M NEW FIELD FOR PACKERS. Driven Ont of tho Itutterlno llmlneis, They Are Handling llntter nnd Ecui. Chicaoo, Jan. 3. Chicago packers who manufactured buttcrluu as n sido lino are now iu tho butter nnd egg ! business on a dig scale. This is bo. cnuso tho law prohibiting the color ing of buttcrino Btruck a fatal blow to that business and caused stock yard.i men to shut down their plants. But tcr merchants think the stock yards inon havo started out on u cmnnalgn of retaliation for tho enactment of tho law, which is generally credited to the country legislator and tho butter mcrchaut Work on New Itnttwny. Sr.nAT.iA, Ma, Jan. 3. Men nnd teams wcro put to work In East So dulln yesterday afternoon nnd ground wns broken for tho construction of tho Missouri & Iowa Southern rail, way, a standard gangs line, fifty miles in length, to run from Sedatla, Pettis countv, to Marshall and thenco to Miami, Saline county. Tho company is required to begin tlio actual work of construction beforo tho close of ls07, and tho line is to be completed and in operation to Miami beforo Jan uary 1, 1809. If such should not bo the case, then tho subscriptions by tho towns nlong tho road in behalf of tho road aro void, as they were made with tho understanding that ears arc to bo running between Sodalia and Miami beforo tho flratday of the ycur 1899. To Itomnvo a M.io'n Stomach. DKTrtoiT, Mich., Jan. 3. Dr. P. O. Walker will probably remove a mail's stomach as a last effort to save his lifo some day within the next week. The patient is suffering from a can cerous growth In the stomach nnd un less it is cut out tlio man will die. Should the doctor find when ho per forms tho operation that tho cntlro stomach is affected by tho growth, ho will remove that organ entirely, as was dono recently with a woman in Switzerland. He has already experi mented upon two dogs nnd one of them survived tho operation success fully. He fastened tho intestines to tho lower part of the oesophagus with a Murphy button. In tho case of tho dog that died ho sowed it with silk. nillmon Can Up Again. Tor-EKA, Kan., Jan. 3. Judge Fos ter has Instructed tho attorneys on both sides in tho Illllmon caso to bo roady for another trial of the caso in Topcka February It and ordered a veniro of forty jurors to be secured from west and north of Topcka. The people of the counties of Leavenworth, Jefferson, Wyandotte, Douglus and Shawnee are supposed to bo too famil iar with the caso and for that reason no jurors aro to be summoned from those counties. Chicago to Rn Highly Moral. Chicaoo, Jan 3. Gamblers, pugil ists und tough saloon keepers were given a body blow last night Mayor Harrison issued a sweeping order that all gambling-houses and pool-rooms must bo closed to-day; that slot ma chines must be stopped; that no moro permits would bo issued for prize fights und boxing matches, and that tlio midnight closing ordinauco for 6iiloons would bo rigidly enforced tc uiffhL Great Increase In Gold. WAsniNOTON, Jan. 3. The direc tor of the mint, from information at hand, says that there Is substantial ovldcnco that tho world's product of rrnlil for thn rnlotnlnr vnnr 1WH will I approximate, if not exceed, 3240,000,- ' u00i an increaso of nearly 20 per cent over lSOt'. Tho gold product of tho United States for 1800 wns 8S3, 100,000; for 1607 it will approximate 801,500,- 000, an increase of 53,400,000. A Testimonial to Win Crane. CiiAni.KSTof, 8. G, Jan. 3. Tlio Stato academy cadots, who gavo tho ball from which Charlotte- Crano was ordered away, havo decided to send her a handsome silver piece. The tes timonial will bo accompanied by a letter expressive of good will, but containing no rofcrenco to tho scone at tho ball. Tho commlttco which managed tho function has tho testi monial in charge. Many fpcotators Uralsed. Fi.orknck, Kan., Jan. 3. At Cedar Point last night tho Woodmen's lodgo was giving a homo talent theatrical entertainment in tlio second story of 1 building, when tho floor gavo way. A leg of one man was broken, an other's ribs wcro fractured und about thirty others wcro scratched and bruised. Tho Florence doctors wero telegraphed for, nnd tho injured were flvcn immediato attention. English, Syndicate In Control. San FnANcisco, Jan. 8. Tho dis patches recolvod some weeks ngo an nouncing the sale of the Alaska Com mercial company's properties to a London syndicate aro confirmed by the prospectus of tho Ilrltlsh-Amcr-lean corporation published in London. Wealthy Cousin of tha Jttruas Uoys Uaad. Wklmnoton, Kan., Jan a. James W. Wright, a wealthy land owner, died Wednesday at the homo of M. Troutman, near Hello Plulno, aged 77 years. Ho was formerly of Platte county, Mo , and was a cousin of Frank and Jcsso James. Ilecame llrlde of Another. Mexico, Mo., Jan. 3. Several dnys aao Miss Olllo Rlehurdson of this county prepared to marry Edgar Mar shall. After tho feast was prepared and some of tho guests had arrived, the iutondod bride's fathor informed tho intended bridegroom that tlio wedding would not tnko place, nnd, handing him tho wedding ring, told him to depart and not to return. No explanation was given, but sorao light was thrown on tho matter yesterday, when Miss Olllo becamo tho wife of & D. Watson of llachclor, Callaway county. KILLED BY WHITECAPS. Iowa Itrcnlutom Shoot One of Three llrothors They Wero Aftoi, Ottumwa, Iowa, Dec. 31. -Abo Halm find his two brothers nre well-to-do farmers living near West Point Not far nwuy lived their father, iu abject poverty. When tho old man died, a few days ngo. it was claimed that ho had starved to death, nnd tho alleged cruel treatment of tho Bons was generally denounced. After tho father was dead, tho sons re fused to pay the expenses of hla burial, or oven to sco the body. This so curnged tho neighboring farmers that last night a mob of about thirty citizens marched to the homo of tlio Halm brothers and called for Abe, the oldest. Abo stopped to tho door, and seeing tho crowd outside, re treated into tho houso beforo tho mob could lay hands on him. Ho called to his brothers, and all three opened fire on tho visitors from tho door of tho house, iusido of which wero Abe's wlfo and children. Tho mob returned the fire, and after tho smoke had cleared away It was found that Abo had been mortally wounded. Ho died iu a short time. Tho brothers havo sworn out warrants against seven neighbors, charging thorn with murder. Many of tho furmcrs say they will not countenance tho arrest of their neighbors. MISSOURI TEACHERS. Tnclccy of St. Lout Klectect I'rmldent To Mont at Jefferson City. JnrFr.nsoNCiTV, Ma, Dec. 31. When the Stato Teachers' association mot to-day the committee on nominations submitted tho following list of officers for tho ensuing year: For president, K. D. Tuckey of St. Louis; for vice presidents, V. E. Holcomb of Liberal, 11. A. Higglns of Liberty. S. P. Rrad ley of Springfield, R. P. Decney of St. Louis; for corresponding secretary, II. E. Dubois of Trenton; for railroad secretary, J. U. White of Jefferson City; for treasurer, J. A. Merrill of Kansas City. Tho committee's list was adopted. Onngenernl vote Jef ferson City was selected as the next place of holding the scsston. A resolution was introduced to ap propriate CS1 to publish the report of tho commlttco of twelve of tho Na tional Tenchcrs' association on rural schools. After a lengthy discussion tho resolution was adopted. A reso lution wns adopted to appropriate 8I0 to establish a national teachers' head quarters at Washington, D. C A lunch at the penitentiary, partici pated in by nearly 1,000 teachers, was followed by a reception at the execu tive mansion. CORBETT'S MONEY IS UP. Manager Draily Issues Formal Chal lenge to Fits. Nnw Yonit, Dec. 31. W. A. Brady yesterday posted 82,.'i00 with Al Smith to bind a match besween Corbctt and Fitzsimmons, and issued a formal challenge. The challenge says: "It is useless for you to attempt to force Corbctt to meet sorao second or third rnto boxer beforo ho shall bo entitled to your notlco. He will not agrco to meet Muher, Sharkey or any one else. Ho claims tho chanco that he gave you, the right to win back tho title of champion. Ho clearly proved himself in your class on March 17 last, and it was only by tho great est kind of a fluke that you aro now entitled champion, and I do not bc llcvo that you will ever forget until your dying day tho beating that ho gavo 3011 then, and if over ho secures tho opportunity to again faco you in a twenty-four foot ring I will guarantee you that he will provo conclusively and beyond a question of a doubt whether or not ho is in your class." TO JAIL FOR CONTEMPT. A Kencea, Kan., f.invyer Punished forEx presslng lilt Opinion of n Jailgo. Sknkca, Kan., Dec. 31 "I havo revorenco for tho court, but it might bo increased," exclaimed F. W. Jacobs in the trlul of u caso before Judge Emory in ..the district court this morn ing. Tho judge nt onco lined tho law yer 85 "for contemptuous conduct and wordR toward tho court." Jacobs persisted in his declaration. nnu an auuitionai lino 01 bio wns as sessed, and tho lawyer was committed to the Nemaha county jail until the fine should bo paid Sheriff Murray enforced tlio ordor of tho court. MARRIED BY TELEPHONE. A Mlsnonrl Couple participate In i Novel Ceremony In Tito Towns. Collins, Mo., Dec. 31. J. F. Hull, superintendent of tho Polk county tclephono line, and Miss Flora Tinker, botli of Humnnsvllle, wero married yestorday over tho telephone. Tlio groom was at Ilollvar, while tho bride was at Humansvllie. A minister and witnesses wcro used at each end 0 tho lino. Wo License for llieru, Hoisk, Idaho, Dec. 31. William Orr and Miss Llzzlo Nelson, a youthful eloping couplo from Glcnns Ferry, havo returned from Oregon, having been refused a marriage llccnso at over twenty pluces in Idaho and Oregon, owlug to tho tender years of tho irlrL Two Kilted In -a Itnnaway. St. Josicpu, Ma, Doc. 31. Miss Jen nie Edwards, aged 10, and Arch Mc Mastcrs, agod 24, mamborsof wealthy families residing near Hopkins, wero killed ln a runaway near thero last night Miss Edwuuds' skull way crushed Ay striking a post Nine Horses Ilnrn nt TopeUa. Toi'KKA, Kan,, Dec. 31. A barn be longing to W. S. Kalo was burned to tho ground hero last night. It con tained nine horses and tlvo vehicles, tncondiarism is suspected. -J 1