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'1 THE KED CLOUD CHIEF, WOULD HE A RELIEF. SPANIARDS ARE ANXIOUS FOR WAR. Impntlenlly Awning Hie Itenlt of the In inlrj- of the. Mulne lllmihtcr -Cuptnlii Siiinpon'n Itourd Held In In- TrjInK I'rorr I'oiil I'luy. Nkw York, Mnrcli 2. Tho Tlnrnnfi forrcspoudoiit of tlio New York Tri bune says: "Officials of tlio govern merit nro praying for relief from n strain which they cannot endure much longer. It is not encouraging when officers of high rank in the iinny, who deplore the Maine cutastropho ar. deeply and sincerely as do tho Arncri ran people, beg to demand that If the United State intends to mako tho dis aster a causo for going to war, It shall do ho quickly. "These expressions do not represent the settled convictions of those by whom they are uttered. They tiro the utterances of men overburdened with anxiety and uncertainty. In their rainier moment thcao officers would he the flrt to accept the mediation of the United States as the best meant for helping Spain out of her desper utc situation In Cubit. Under the present btruln they do not ac cept It. They complain that the thorough and comprehensive Investigation which the naval court of Inquiry Is making is too slow, and they profess to believe that Instead of impartial investigation to learn the facts the court is seeking to make out a case, of foul play. The is nro rcprc tcntatlvcs of the military arm of the government who do not believe imy thing of tho kind; they only talk to relieve their overburdened minds. "If the clouds which tho Malno dis aster has thrown over tho relations of Spain and the ''tilled States were cleared away the internal complica tions would not bo lessened. The loss nf tho American warship and its crew had nothing to do with the 6erles of minor successes which tho insurgents nre gaining in all parts of tho Island. This Is duo to tho demoralization of tlio Spanish troops Homer, keeps almost within range of tho railroad and tho telegraph in Sunta Clara province. He could not do so if Spain wero ablo to carry on an effective campaign. The so-called crisis in tho autonomist's cabinet Is another thing with which tho United States has nothing to da "The crisis Is not a dangerous one, tiecuuso Uovln and Ills radical col leagues havti the secret support of the Hagastu ministry. Halve Montoro and Zuyas, who r.Vc all that remain of tho Conservative nuto.iuuiist.s, may not indorse the plan to cpen negotia tions with tlio insurgents and tooll'er Home, a place in thu Cuban govern ment, but their resignations nro not expected. Tim Sngustu ministry ap proves tlio hi'ht'itu of making further concessions to the Insurgents and with this knowledge members of the auton omists cabinet who dlsapprovo it arc likely to be passive. "Tlio junta In New York has al ready rejected the propositions. That la not so important as tlio repudiation of them which will como from (!omc7. Then nothing will remain for tlio gov ernment of Spain except to confess the failure of autonomy and more than autonomy, to restore peace rind buvo her sovereignty in Cuba. This confession cannot await the election of tho Cortes in April. In llicso con ditions that war with Iho United Statos should be preferred to media ton seems incredible, but tho ultra loyal populnce wants war." EMERGENCY WAR BILLS. Meamret Intradural! to I'rnvlile for liny Ins Wnrahlp- nml Kqiilplnz Arniloi. WAHinxnro.v, March :.'. Represent ative llromwcll, Republican, from Ohio, yesterday Introduced In the House the following resolution: Thnt the secretary of the navy bo nnd is hereby authorized, whenever in ins judgment it shall becomo ex pedient for the best interests of thu country to do so, to secure options upon and consummate the purehasaof such battleships, cruisers, rams, tor pedo boats or oilier foi m of iinvnl ves sels ns are of thu most modern type nnd ready for immediate use; together with tho nocsmry unn.imiMit and equipment for tho same, as In his judgment are necessary to pines the naval strength of the country upon a proper footing for immediate hostili ties with tiny fiielgn power with which the samo may bo threatened; nnd that for the purpose of consum mating such purchase there is hereby appropriated the sum of S'.'O.uoo.ooo, to Iks Immediately nvollablo. Tho reso lution was referred to the naval com mittee. Mr. lliomwoll said he introduced the resolution to call the attention of the naval committee to tho necessity for providing such a contingent tnd in Hie naval appropriation bill. If the committee decs Include such a provis ion In the bill, when it is reported, ho will offer it us an utneiidnient. in the House. Representative Hlbsmi of Tennessee introduced a bill appropriating 8:0, 000,001) "for tlio maintenance of na tional honor and defense." CENTRAL )-,nOjrlC NEXT. The (Invi-rnuiciit Mill 1'rot'pnd Asutml Another I. ml (irniit lto.nl. Nkw Yoittc. March ','. Word comes from Washington that Attorney Hen oral Uriggs Is preparing to bring tin action against the Central Puelllc tall read in tlio near fnturu to recover tho defaulted bonds which became duo .January ), Is'.m, It Is understood that Hcorgo Hoadly, special counsel, will bo Instructed by tho attorney general to appear before a federal judge, pos lbly .ludge Sanborn, nnd ask that thu road be told at foreclosure proceed-lags. WEYLER'S SILLY PETITION, Ills Letter for Apology I'rom McKlnlcy Its Text Miuln I'tildlc. Nnw Yoiiit, March 2, -Ucncral Wcy ler's petition to tlio queen regent of Spain risking her to demand from tho United States an iuimcdlnto apology for 1'resldcnt McKlnley's allusions in his message to Congress to Woylcr's methods of warfare Is now mndo pub lic for the first time. In Spain tho press was strictly forbidden to pub lish tho text of the document for feur that It mlghtglvc rise to international complications. The letter was written In December, when General Weyler personally pre sented It to the queen after the text of the American I'tcsidcnt's message becamo known in Spain. Here is tho full text: "Madame: I come to-day before the highest representative of the country nnd the army, begging with tho great est respect from your majesty u boon which 1 deem necessary to tho Span ish army and to my own honor us a soldier. "From his high position, the exec utivo of u foreign power, nt tho sol cum moment of the opening nf Its Congress, has uttered insults against tho army of Spain of so gross a nature that 1 can hardly believe tliey will bo permitted to pass without tho crier gctic protest of tlio government of votir majesty. "Tho heroic soldier? who aro shed ding their generous blood in the ileitis of Cuba to defend the sovereignty of Spain have been Insulted in a coarse and cowardly manner before the wltolo civilized world and treated ns though they were on tlio same level with rebellious hordes of bandits who ;lo not deserve tin honorable mention. "The military measures, uindame, adopted in thu Cuban war with tlio full knowledge nud consent of one of Your Majesty's governments, a gov ernment of Spain, nro criticised us in famous nnd unworthy of civilized peo ple. Tho orders of the Spanish gen eral who commanded that army arc dually qualified, tuadame, as brutnl, and calculated to fill the clvllizid world with horror. If such insults were given only to tho soldier who lias the honor to address Your Maj esty, ho would not complain of tho weakness of the government in per mitting tlicin to go unrebuked. Ho would, in fact, bo extremely gratified to have called forth such an opinion concerning himself from n people whom ho considers to be tlio open ene mies of Spain "ltut when these Insults are also di rected at the entire Spanish army, when thu opprobrious words nro di rected against tins honor of tlio Invin cible, noble, courageous soldiers of Spain, tho general who has fought s.ilu by side with those soldiers, the general who hsw shared the hardships of the t- lives, tlio general who has honored himself by commanding tlio most heroic and largest army of mod ern times. 1 cannot tolerate without protest thu injustice of such grave words. Ail my orders in the Held, Mud nine, wero Inspired by the noble cry of 'Viva l'spana.' "No, I cannot leave my companions in arms alone. Tho man who has in sulted us has spoken his words nt such n (list iin co thut I caniiot person ally punibh him. I come, therefore, to your majesty demanding repara tion for our military honor trampled upon by tho foreigner. "Until the President of tho United States makes a complete apology to Spain I think that the Spanish sol diers cannot wenr their uniforms with honor. "Pub'.lc has been the Insult. Public, complete and immediately ought to bo the apology. I do not nlono demand It. With me nro tho honor of Spain and the honor of tlio Spanish army, which represents tho country, and whose highest dignity inheres in tlio aiigiiit pat-hon of his majesty, the king. "Therefore, not ns a favor, but as an act of justice which your majesty cannot refuse, tho undersigned de mands your majesty that you advise your government to nsk tho satisfac tion that is so necessary to tlio honor of thu Spanish army, Mud 1.1110. at the royal feet of your mujeity. V.u.wi.vo W i:i.iut " INSPECTION TO GO ON. Jui!;o HoilsrrVn lleclilnn That tlin Law 1 1 Void Won't Slop It, Wamii.noi on. March 1.'. The decision of .ludge Rodgors rendered at Kansas City yesterday, holding tlio United States federal meat inspection law to In unconstitutional, apparently causes no concern to tho officials of the Agri cultural department, under whoso administration the law is executed. They regard tlio decision ns one large ly technical in character, which will not affect the practical operation of tho law when applied to inspection of meats intended for interstate truflle or export to foreign countries. An tngrnlii Curpot Trim. Rostov, March '-The Roston Transcript prints nn interview with Arthur T. Lvmnn. treasurer of the Loxvull Manufacturing company, con- cernlntr a promised commission of manufactures of ingrain carpets in tills country with a view of control ling that niHr.tet, lliinilrmu MtU for AUiita. VirroiiiA. II. C, March 2 Tho iteamers Aiutrnli.i ami Xoyod sailed yesterday for Alaskan ports, the former with 1 13 passengers, including Ids' fcoldler.s foi Dyoa, and tho lutter with '-'(JO passengers. To-day tho ktoaincrs Allium. Ikiscnwitz uiid Vic toria will sail, all crnvd.-d. A KurpliM for I'elirintry. WAMiixnro.v, .March "J. Treasury Hllelals were highly elatjit yesterdaj over the results of the revenuo law, for the total (Iguics show a surplus over expenditures of nearly S'51,001), 000 for thu mouth. NEWS OF THE WORLD TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES BOILED DOWN. Mont Iliiiiir(iilil i:cnls of I lie I'hM Sit Hit) Carefully Collected mid Condi-nurd I'nri'lgn nud lloiiii'xtlc Doing (Jlirniil rlcd for Hn' Tropin to Item. '.evident Hole of lluwiiii has sailed Honolulu. fi.r The Spanish innii of-wur Viseiiyn has sailed for Havana. Much anxiety is fell at the non-iir-rtvul of the stctitiii'i' ha Champagne from Havre to New York. Site hi six days over title. Many London women active in tem perance work, in u meeting at St. Jo seph's church. Westminster, euloglcd Miss Francis Willurd. The remains of (leorge W. Ferris of Ferris wheel funic, are held 11 1 the ere niutory of Undertaker Sampson, Pitts, burg, Pa., for unpaid funeral expenses. One of the men who attempted the assassination of King Heorge. of U recce has been upprcht'iidcd. lie is 11 minor employe in the olllee of the mayor of Athens. Senator White of California has stated that he wilt not be it candidate for re-election to the senate. Ituslness considerations nf a personal character are his reasons. The steamer Canning, which arrived nt New York from llrnx.il ports, brought the largest cargo of colVee that ever reached that port, consisting of s.",7."5 sucks. Kvideitce has been unearthed which proves thul the two Indians burned nl the stake tit Minnie. Old., for the mur der of Mrs. Li.ln! were not the ones guilty of the crime. Mrs. Cellu Wallace, widow of the lute wealthy lumberman. .1. S. Wallace of Chicago. 'bus purchased the second largest diamond in the United State paylngS'.' I, ."iOD for It. About :iO() citizens of Miiyfleld. ICy.. lynched Richard Allen, colored, whom they declured was responsible for the numerous robberies which have oc curred in that vicinity. The uiaiumnuth plant of the Louis rllK, ICy., brunch of the American Tobacco company was destroyed by lire, entailing 11 loss of over g:i5(,000, fully covered by Insurance Albert A. Henry traveling agent for a Philadelphia cold storage concern lumped from the middle span of the Vj.'ids bridge at St. Louis and was drowned in the Mississippi. l!ay Fry and Hugh Sewell. promi nent young men of .liiuuvstnwii. X. Y.. quarreled about 11 young woman nud Sewell thrust u knife through Fry's heart, hilling him instantly. The president bus signed the resolu tion of congress appropriating S'.'oi),- owl for the work necessary to recover the remains of the men and property from the wreck of the Maine. Lyman Dart, tin 17-year-old boy in Truro. Nova Scotiti, jail under sentence of death for the murder of 11 peddler, is free, evidence, recently discovered, showing the shooting to have been ac cidental. In the case of F. F. Hidden against the sheriff of Milt Luke county, Utah, involving the constitutionality of the territorial eight-hour law, the United Ststtes supreme court lias held that It was constitutional. The Itritish ship Hnrpiii, Captain Dakin. from Manila for U, S. port, is supposed they have been wrecked on .Nantucket sliouls during the recent, storm uiul her entire crew of probably twenty-live men have perished. Ktnilu Zola and M. Pallieiix have been found guilty of the charge of li bellous comment on the conduct of the Fsterha.y court-martial. .olu was sentenced to one year's imprisonment mid to pay u Hue of .'1.000 francs. P.tl lleux to four months imprisonment and to pay a similar Hue. olu will appeal. The homestead of the late ex-P.osi-dent II. II. Hayes at Fremont. ().. was levied upon by the sheriff recently to satisfy a judgment obtained in com mon pleas court for S5.00I damages bv Mrs. Addle M. Smith of that city for Injuries received in a runaway caused by a dog owned by tho Hayes estate. The costs amount to Sl,0'.i," The ISoston Herald s'lys; "Fn 111 tin Interview with Congressman Walker, chairman of the committee 011 tiiiiince. it would uppcar that tlie bill for the Indianapolis monetary convention has nothing to hope for nt his hands. The congressman, in fact, is unalterably opposed to the measure. He suys it would not afford tho desired relief.'" Tho entire system of government In spection of meat established in the packing houses of the United States has been declared unconstitutional in an opinion bunded down in tlie United Stutes district court, lit Kunsiis City by ludge Rogers, federal judge, in ' the cusu of Harry lloycr, charged with at tempting to bribe 11 government meat inspector. The judge said the mutter was one of state, not federal, control. The London Dally News, comment ing on the relations between the United States and Spain says: "Spain can expect no support, moral or other wise, irom Liiglanil mm list the United States She lias ruined Cuba, as she has ruined or lost evere utln.r colonv. j ' the grossest corruption, cruelty mid maladministration mitl she must be left to settle the tiecouut for it with those whom it may concern without tiny aid or sympathy on our part." The burning of a tenuincnt building in Charleston, S. ('., caused the loss of ulne lives. The special sestion of tho Illinois legislature has adjourned siuu dlf . It missed most of the measures mentioned in the governor's call, including new revenue nnd primary election laws, but failed to pass the metropolitan po lice hill by which it win sought to place t lie Chicago police force under the control of n commission appointed by thu governor, Tlie senate police In vestigating committee, liowevc-, was authorized to continue its Investiga tion and report nt tho next regular session of the legislature. A decree has been issued dissolving tlie .Spanish Cortes. Hob Flt.sliiiiiions has expressed u willingness to light Kid McCoy. In it recent interview Senator llunitn scouted the idea of war with Spain. The monitor Terror is now uiichorcii off Toinklnsville, in New York harbor. A crowd of n.ooii at Siilamanca, Spain, paraded the streets ilemaudiu bread or work. Spain Is pushing the work of nuvul construction nnd iiriiiiimeiit with the greatest activity. Costu Rica uiul Xicnrugiiti want to light nnd it is till Htia'cmulii eiut do to keep (hem from it. The Chinese government has agreed to open Yiien-Cliiiu on lake Tung-Ting-Tit ns u treaty port. Lord Salisbury is eonlitied to libs room at Hattich'l house, London, with a slight indisposition. Frederick Tennyson, the poet, elites', brother of the lute poet laiircnte, Lord Alfred Tennyson, is dead. X bus filled with pleasure seckcr.-t was struck by it t.'iiln at Chicago and six persons were instantly killed. Heorge Collins, uged 1'.', of Parkers burg. W. Vtt., .stubbed his mother to death because she attempted to whip him. Heorge R. ("niton of David City, Neb., has been appointed haul; examiner for Nebraskii.in nliice of Fviiminer I lower, who resigned to enter into active bunk ing at Tien trice. Win. Kelley, who lives near Wyniore, got his li i ml caught in a corn slieller and all the lingers were taken oil' down to the llrst joint. It. will make him a cripple for life. lion. Henry W. Corbett. bus been denied admission to the senate as 11 senator from Oregon on the appoint ment of the governor by the decisive vote of fifty to nineteen. The steamer Legislator, from Colon to New York, burned ut sea February Hi In latitude :il.'.':i N.. longitude 1 1. HI W. Five men were lost, the rest weiv rescued by the steamer Flower Hate. Chillies A. Thielniun. grand presi dent of the Arbeitei- Mttetitng Verein, (Worklngmen's Mutual Aid society) dropped dead in Chlcigo just after having completed installing o'.llcc.rs of 11 lodge. The entire business portion of Cor tez. Colo., was destroyed by 11 lire, which originated in P.lnckmore's ho tel. The loss cannot be estimated at this time, but it is thought it will ex ceed $."(,0(I0. Tho cruisers Columbia uiul .Minneap olis, the double Itii'rctcd monitor Ml oiitonomah nud the ram ICutitluliu have been ordered to go into commis sion ut once. Work on them ut Long Island navy yard was pushed all day Sunday. 'Plw l.milnml ri'iiidiir foe thp Ynlrm relief expedition have ivaclic.l New York on the steamer Aluuilnhun. The cargo consists of 111! immigrants. .1:17 reindeer, IIS reindeer sleds. .Ml .set-, of reindeer harness and between :i.(i0(l and LOOO bags of moss for feeding the reindeer euroule. The Madrid correspondent to the London Standard says: "Spanish statesmen of every shade of opinion are simply auuicd ami indignant ut the idea that Spain would ever consent to sell Cuba. The suggestion would expose the monarchy to tin irresintable movement of populur feeling shared b- the army nnd navy. From a finan cier's view it is equally impossible, be cause tht price suggested would not half cover the Cuba debt, which is al most entirely held by Spaniards." The delay in the arrival of the liner. Lu Champagne, lias been found to In due to the breakage of the ttiil-c ml shaft. The third otliccr and nine sea men, who hud set out for assistance in tlie life boat, were picked up bv the steamer Rotterdam of the Holland American line. They had been in the open boat six days and wen almost helpless. Tlie Chunipugiie was com pelled to anchor, but 11 lieree gale sprung up, snapped the hawser, ami for five days the big liner was at the iierey of the elements. She wits res cued from lie perilous predicament by the steamer Roman, nml towed into port at Halifax, Nova Scotia. A purse ef 5.0011 francs was made up for the suitors who had manned the life boat. Developments in the Malno disaster tend to strongly disprove the theory of accident on board ship. F.vcrything points to the deliberate explosion of a mine or torpedo. The court of inquiry is now on the scene, but their llnilings are kept profoundly secret. The gov eminent is tubing all steps needful to prepare for tlio worst In case of eon llict. Army uiul navy headquarter are stencs of unusual activity. It is not dcllinitcly known when the court of Inquiry will make its report, prob ably not until the llrst week lu March. What the report will be will not be ciiowii until It Is matin ollleially. It cannot be denied, however, that the evidence collected is of 11 character that must call for reparation from the Spanish government in the shape of in deinnitv. failing to get which, war will be inevitable. Spain sees tlie dull ger ahead and seini-otllelal organs are urging preparations for war. Tho pro gram of this government, in case it is determined Spain is responsible for the wrecking of the Maine, will be to detniiud indemnity in thu sum of 815, 000,000. If Spain refuses to pay tills, the White squadron will look after Cuba, the Pneltlu squadron will do the same for the Phllllplnes, while the other squadron will tend to Spain. Saturtluy morning. February 'M, the New York Herald has a dispatch from Havana which says that the keel of Maine was stove upward, which could oniy lie done by an explosion from be low' and on the outside. Win. M. Slngerly, editor of tho Phtl udclphit! Record, and president of the Chestnut Street National and Chestnut Street Savings banks and also of tlie Slngcriy Pulp nnd Paper mill, died suddenly lust Sunday at Philadelphia of heart disease. London paper.-., commenting 0:1 the Maine disaster, see tho serious side, nnd delleve war will follow. They de cline thut the ominous silence of the court of Inquiry Is not a go.iil sign, nnd say that If the accident theory was tenable the court would bo only too glad to let it. be known. They ex prcsy. fuitlt in tho good judgment of the president. NEBRASKA JN BRIEF "EMS OF INTEREST FROM OVER THE STATE. A Complete lletleiv of the Vnsl Week' ltipieiilufrn In the Tree I'll! liters' Stute - Niicelnct Siiiiiiniiry of the .Mont tin. )ortiint Xcuk. II. M. Hushnclt bus assumed charge of the Lincoln postolllce. Arrangements have been completed for tlie building of a sanitarium at Long Pine. A number of prominent physicians being interested in the enterprise. Work will begin immedi ately. The banks and public schools were closed, and the postoflleo und county olllccs of many Nebraska towns en joyed u half holiday In honor of Wash ington's birthday. A number of the business houses were decorated with flags and bunting. While driving to the school she wns teaching near tjiilck, Frontier county, Miss Wilson, a sister of County Clerk Wilson of Frontier county, was thrown from tlie cart In which she was riding with a small boy und was drugged for n mile or more, sustuinlngsiieli terrible injuries that death resulted from them. The other day us Mrs. Uriah Swigart of Rent rice, was starting 11 lire in a gasoline stove at the Auditorium, where the Methodist church ladles were preparing u supper, the flumes suddenly rose up uiul enveloped her head, severely burning one ear und other portions of her face. She tilsn inhaled some gas rind it was some minutes before she could breathe with any degree of comfort. Wayne Is now likely to realize her fondest hopes, a beet sugar factory. Messrs. Connor and Hmul, of Ft. Scott, Kunsus, representing a syndicate, have been there the past ten days and have submitted n proposition for 11 S150. 000 plant with n capacity of '.'HO tons of beets dully. It has been iiccepted by the citizens, who have had several enthusiastic meetings the past week. Postoftlce Inspector Mncluir is in vestigating the advisability of burning 11 part or all of the old records which have ucciimuliitcd in tin- Omaha post olllce. The old records are said to be a great nuisance, as they represent a collection of twenty-live years service, and are so voluminous us to render tlie selection of anything from them til most impossible. Dr. A. T. Peters lias returned to Lincoln from Wood Rive.-, where he ' ' invesligati 1 cattle disease thnt had carried off about n score or more of the herd of Hiram Dodd. He found what he epeoted that the cat He had been eating ergot in buy nnd that then' was nothing infectious in tlie disorder. He says lie never saw so much ergot in n load of hay us in that lving feil to these cattle. The verdict of the jury in the case of thu state against the bondsmen of ex Treasurer Rurtley bus received noth ing but condemnation from those who know the merits of the case. Attor-ney-Ueticrul Smyth suys he is able to Miow that one juror expressed an opin ion before the trial of the case. The verdict is generally looked upon as ri diculous. The jutwrs decline to dis russ by what hocus poeus of reasoning they arrived ut their conclusion. A pyramid of corn in the car made up of contributions of one bushel each from tho farmers nf Missouri, will be one of the features of tlie exhibit from that state ut the Omaha exposition. The pyramid will lie built in courses. cnchcour.se representing the. number of bushels annually produced lu the state and the highest nnd lowest mar ket prices which it sold at during the same year. The courses will be separ ated by layf r3 of red corn. Tins pyra mid will be constructed on the Egyp tian order, und the figures uud prices will cover 11 peiiod of thirty years. A mortgage from the Chicago, Rock Island it Pacific railway to the Cen tral Trust company of New York, the largest ever filed in the county, wns filed at Reutiice tlie other day. It wnsfor SIOO.000.oon and draws ."I per cent interest. The mortgage contains J.'.VI.'iO words and the fee for tiling the same was S-0, the largest ever known to have been paid for u similar service. For the convenience of county officers they are proided with extra copies of tlie mortgage papers for pasting In the record books. 1 John M. Kreuder. sheriff of Dodge county, whom criminals learned to fear, punctured Charles Smith tlie other day in front of the county jail at Fremont. Smith, who Is known among his associates in thiigdom us "Sloppy" Smith, Is 11 witness for tho defense In the cuse of tho State vs. Heorge Kvans. who is on trial for burglurizlng Kd Percy's residence. He. bus been on the witness stand and was being ttikeu back to jull, when ho inado 11 break for liberty. He was commanded to stop, but he had other Intentions. .Sheriff Kreuder then drew his revolver uud llrcd two shots high of the mark to bcura the fleeing fugitive, but to no uv.nil. He then took u plunk ut his man and dropped him. The house of Heorge llrlttell three tulles en.st of Rising City, was broken into the other day in his absence uud it number of articles stolen therefrom, mostly mens' clothing. No clue to the robbers has been obtained. It has been suggested by n member of the state press usujclation, and one high in authority, that Inasmuch us press headquarters are to be furnished in the Nebraska building, thu associa tion ought' to arrange to liuve a man in charge of the headquarters to extend a welcome to all comers in the nuiue und on behalf of the state press associutlou. Wayne will have a special election to vote bonds to construct tin eleutrlc light plant. Hull county Mtgur beet raisers de clare they will raise no beets until the obnoxious Hawaiian clause Is stiiclteit out of the contracts by thu Oxnttni company. The jury in the case of the stale against the bondsmen of ex-Treasurei Hartley, which litis been in progress in Omaliii for the past several wcekn, found for the defendant bondsmen. This means that the statu cannot re cover the amount of Hartley's shortage. The attorney-general will move 'for u new trial, and as .ludge Powell suvs he wilt let the verdict stand, the ease wilt at once go to the supreme, court. Ncls Lund, a workman on tho new Oiniihu union depot, while standing astride an iron girder on the third story of the structure, fell forty feet, striking face downward upon a pile of structural iron and was instantly kill ed. His neck was broken and his face and head crushed. It is not known whether his feet slipped or he was struck by some of thu heavy irons being swung into place. It is believed that he has relatives a .lulesburg, uud that place has been wired. Chairman Stephen 13. ltarton of the central Cuban relief committee has written to Secretary P. 11. Harry of the Nebraska committee to inform him that supplies from Nebraska can be shipped free to New York tit which place they will be transferred to the Ward line or the Spanish-American line and sent without cost, to Consn' Uciieriil Lee. or some of the other con suls in Cuba. I-Vee transportation will be furnished from Chicago nml St. Louis, and the Chicago, Milwaukee v. St. Paul rallroa I has given the same privilege from Omaliii to Chicago. Other roads have done likewise. AtTeknmah. the team of W. R Thomas run away with II. .1. Pierce, so. severely Injuring him that he died about thirty minutes ufter the no', dent. Mr. Pierce bus been workinj. for Mr. Thomas for a number of years and wus hauling wood to a farm south of town. When below the Hrookling" hotel something became wrong wltl one of the lines und the old geutlcmat got out of the front cud of tlie wagon onto the tongue to fix it, when tin horses became frightened und started, throwing him down between them. The wheels passed over him, breakiny" ills buck uud shuttering his ribs. The deceased was well along in years unit lias lived in this county for sixteen or seventeen years, lie leaves a wife and three sons. .lames Rlvett. superintendent, ot buildings 011 the ISuiiiugtoti was ut Atlanta, 11 siuull station just west ol lloldree. in Phelps county, recently In company with the Uuiiingtoii sla t ion agent he took a surveyor's tape line uud measured tlie corn cribs bui.t adjacent to the company's track and of the regulation width. He found thut the cribs measured a mile and 100 feet in length and all were brim f ill of the yellow shining corn. Two large elevators close by were full to the point of tiliuost overflowing of shelled corn uud wheat. Atlanta bus ti population of less than u hundred people, but Its importance as n grain center can be judged from Mr. Rlvett'-; statement thut 5,(100 bushels of grain are being hauled into it for shipment or storage every day. A most distressing trugcily occurred ut Nebraska City tlie other day which resulted in the killing of William IC11 witz.ky by his seventeen- ear-old daughter Mary. Kuwitz.ky cume homt: drunk and threatened to kill his wife and other members of the family. He was quieted ufter a time by Mary, who was his favorite daughter, and went to bed about 1 a.m., warning the fam ily that there would be at least two dead in tlie house before morning. At about 4 o'clock the fiimily were awak ened by a shot, to find Mary standing with 11 shot gun In her hand and the husband and father dead with the front of his head nearly blown off. The girl took nil the blame. The cor oner's jury, after hearing the testi mony, came to the conclusion that the act was committed wiiilo the girl was laboring under emotional insanity, caused by repeated threats of the father to take the mother's life, and that she was not responsible, for the net ut the time it was committed. Insurance agents have sent 11 protest to Auditor Cornell ugaliist insurance companies doing business by mail. I is understood that the protest is bended by I'd Howell, state senator from Omaha. Large business interests, such as wholesale houses und tho South Omaha Steele yards and packing houses have been in tho habit of deal ing direct with insurance lieiidqunrtcis located in other states. It is claimed cheaper rates are obtained in this way, but Nebraska agents tire thereby cut. out of commissions. Auditor Cornell Is prepared to say that insurance cora puulcs cannot solicit business by mail, but he Is not prepared to hold that property owners cannot apply for in surance by mail or visit headquarters In person and secure terms. He has thu mutter under consideration. One ot tlie big South Omaliii concerns recent ly paid 875.000 In premiums to insur ance, companies. A two-ycnr-old son of Huns Runge near Cairo, was burned frightfully in u prairie lire. Rather than stand impeachment, ex ciseman Vtilll of Lincoln has :csigncd. The proceedings ngalnst him huvo been dropped. A Union Pacific attache who Is no many degrees removed from tlio throne in uiithority for the statement thul when Horace O. Hurt ncccpted the IKCsidcncy of the road it was with the understanding that lie would at once proceed to bring about the discharge of 1,000 employes. v r .