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THOUGHT TOO LATE.
HAY'S COMMENT ON PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS.
The ffpatilrd.5hontrt Hat Considered,
the Probable Cest Ftefore ITar Ilegan
Tha rosea Cotninliulonar' Work E
peeled to U Over by December.
Gt. Lotts, Mo., Oct. 20. Tho fit.
lVouls Republic prints tlio foilnwtng
from Its Washington correspondent:
'Secretary of Stato Hay niado tho
following statement to-day:
"'It mny be stated as a fact that tho
Cuban debt question before tho Paris
commissioners Is a closed Inoldent. It
may bo further ntutod thut nil matters
relating to Cuba and I'orto Ulco aro
oloicd.
'The Philippines question probably
will not 1ms taken up this week. It
will bo taken up, howovcr, and dis
cussed at tho first meeting of the joint
commission In tho early part of next
week.
'Tho work of tho penco commis
sioners is nearer an end than Is gener
ally surmised. Two weeks ngo I said
that I thought tho American commis
sioners would be through their labors
by Docomlier 1. I seo no reason to
mend that statement.
" Of course tho Spanish commission
ers havo used ewsry pretext for delay.
When hard pressed they have thrown
themsolves upon tho mcroy of their
conquerors with tho exclamation that
If Spain Is ruined tho crime will bo
ours. Well, when Germany had
Franco at her feet, Franco throw her
sslf on tho mercy of hor conqueror.
She said that if Alsaco and Lorraine
were torn from hor and tho French
people wero loaded with ft billion dol
lar debt, she, too, would bo financially
mined and Franco would be redncod
to a third rate power. Germany's
answer was that sho could not help
that. Franco should havo counted tho
cost beforo sho deolarcd war. That
answer wo must Justly inako to Spain's
contention that sho, too, will bo
ruined. She should havo counted tho
cost beforo making a declaration of
war.'"
Pams, Oct. S8. The American pcaco
commissioners, at tholr sessions to
day, will draw up a memorandum upon
tho subject of the Philippine islands.
It Is expected they will placo it beforo
the Spanish commissioners at tho joint
aeaslon which is to take placo on Mon
amy next.
DEBATE 18 USELESS.
WAsnisoTOX, Oct. CO. The Presi
dent gave tho cab! not very encourag
ing reports from Paris to-day regard
ing tho progress of tho pcaco negotia
tions. Tho administration now fully
believes that tho negotiations will bo
concluded much sooner than oxpeotod
few days ago. It can be stated au
thoritatively that tho commissioners
kavo not yet actunlly begun the dis
cussion of tho Philippine question, and
further that It will not bo taken up
until next week. Since the Spaniards
have found that tho American commis
sioners mean exactly what they say
and that their prcHcntattou of tho sldo
of tho United States is in reality an
ultimatum, Iho uselossuoss of pro
longed debate, it Is said, has bocomo
apparent to tho Spanish and it is now
b;ltevcd tho Phlllpplno discussion will
bo less protracted than reported somo
days ago.
Tho United States has not assured
nor guaranteed tho so-called municipal
debt of Cuba or Cuban municipalities,
but it is expected that such debts will
bo paid by tho municipalities incur
ring them, for by no reasoning could
they bo charged upon Spain. Our
government, it la said in ofllclal cir
cles, would look upon any attempt at
evading the payment of molt debts as
repudiation, and whatever government
U established In Cuba will bo expected
to see that these obligations nro car
ried out in good faith. Moreover,
somo of tho bonds of Cuban municip
alities are hold by cltizons of tho
United States and the United States
might Insist that tho investments of
her citizens in such securities are mado
good. Tho state department has no
information as to tho amount of their
municipal liabilities.
FROM THE NAVY'S DESIGNER.
Contractor rtltcbborn Jleports on tha
' Work if ITU Department.
Washington. Oct. 20. A largo part
of the burden of equipping tho United
States navy for tho war with Spain
fell upon the construction bureau of
tho navy, and In his annual report,
CommodoreHIchborn, ihe chief con
structor, furnishes nany Interesting
details as to the extent of this worlc
More than 100 merchant craft were
mado Into effective naval vessels at
short notice Looking to tho future,
tho chief constructor invites attention
to tho Importance of properly equip
ping and maintaining tho plants al
ready established at tho minor naval
stations along tho coast. lie says that
had tho consequences of tho recent
naval engagements in tho West Indies
been nearly to serious as thoro was
reason to expect they might be, tho
Southern stations would havo been
necessary for repairs to ships too badly
Injured to bo Bent to Northern yards.
The report recommends a chnngo in
tho system of purchasing supplies for
navy yard work, declaring that tho re
pairs havo been delayed through tho
falluro to procure material. Tho suc
cessful accomplishment of rapid work
during tho war was only possible It is
said, because tho department wisely
authorized tho usual methods of pur
chasing material and tho supplies to
bo disregarded and authorized tho con
structors at tho various yards to make
direct purchases. Tho cost of pur
chases was not enhanced by this
method.
Besides tho long list of vessels pur-.
chased by the government for use as
auxiliary cruisers, thoroport says that
ton vessels wero accepted by the gov
ernment from builders dnrlng tho loot
fiscal year. Those wero tho Iowa,
Helena, NashviUe, Wilmington, An
napolis, Marietta, Nowport, Vlcksburg,
Footc and Wheeling. Tho work upon
new battleships had been held back to
a great degree by tho impossibility of
procuring armor when it was needed.
It is suggested that In awarding con
tracts for torpedo boats tho depart
ment should limit builders unfamiliar
with torpedo boat or naval work to a
slnglo vcsiol, In order that they may
not on an apparent saving of a few
thousand dollars obtain their ex
perience at a heavy expense in delay
and annoyanco to tho government.
The chief constructor declares that
tho naval engagements of tho past fow
months have fully justified his course
in making fireproof tho woodwork
placed in our warships.
Tho necessity for hastening tho con
structlon of tho new docks is strongly
urged. An allusion is mado to tho
steady docroaso in tho number of ap
prentices in tho several naval yards.
The chlof constructor says that tho ap
prentices mako the best workmen, and
therefore ho urges that tho system be
put an a new basis; that boys be care
fully selected for apprenticeship, phy
sically examined and then carried
through tho proper courso of construc
tion at tho navy ynrds.
Tho behavior of all classes of our
naval vessels throughout tho various
conditions of the war Is set down as a
sonrco of gratification to tho construc
tion buroau, whera tho greater part
of them wero designed.
PAYF0RPHIL1PPINES
SOME MEMBERS WOULD AC
CEPT CERTAIN DEBTS.
To Take AU With loion The WesUfcj
Trip Made an Expansionist al Secre
tary Cafe The Coil Kitlmated at
40,000,000.
WADE CALLS FOR WARSHIPS,
Hampton Wants tha Tcnuvlnt.
WABiaNOTOS, Oct. 20. Hear Admiral
Sampson has asked tho navy depart
ment to send tho dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius to Havana. It is said ho dc
alres the prosenco of tho Vesuvius as a
precaution against any autbroak on
the part of cithor tho Spanish soldiery
or tire Cubaus. Admiral Samphon has
learned slnco his advent to Cuba that
of all tho Amcrlcau warships tho Ves
uvius strikes tho greatest terror to the
minds ami hearts of both tho Span
lards and tho Cubans.
Zancsville, Ohio. The thrco mam
moth pavlntr brick plants of this city
will, it is understood, bo included in
the now paving brick combine. It is
Sid horo that tho combine will acquire
tbo faotorlcs making modern clay
working machinery, thus shutting off
enteido concerns from equipping thorn
selves with machinery that would
make competition pollute.
rerlli lu BlRlit of shore.
KocnKSTBit, N. Y., Oct. 20. Tho
three-masted sohooncr St. Poter of St.
"Vincent sank about flvo miles north
west of Bodus, on Lako Ontario, in
sight of shore, with all on board suvo
OapVuIn John D. Grlflln, who was res-
i condition.
captain was lost,
uf Kingston. Eight
Shed. It la thought
jt her rudder and
'caused her to
vSt. Peter was
Toledo with 70J
American Kvacnatlon Commtislon at Ha"
vana In Karnest.
Havana, Oct. 20. Tho American
evacuation commission continues to
advlso sending warships here, but can
get no reply from Washington. Tho
reason may be that Admiral Sampson
has refused to join General Wade and
Goncral llutlcr in recent requests. A
joint 6csslon of tho two commissions
will bo held soon. General Parrado
sent communication to General Wado
asking If tho Americans would consent
to another joint session. General
Wndo had previously given notlco that
ho and his associates wero tired of
meeting without result, and would not
again confer with tho Spanish in for
mal session unless thcro was somo
probability of agreement on tho dato
of evacuation.
A frank talk General Butler had
with General Parrado a few days ago
resulted in this request for a Joint
tcsslon, to which tho Americans havo
assented, saying thoy would select a
date later.
From an American commissioner U
Is learned that this session will almost
certainly result in making arrange
ments for evacuation. Spain will
agree to withdraw her troops by Janu
ary and relinquish sovereignty by
December.
Nbw Yonic, Oct. 31. A dispatch to
the New York Herald from Washing
ton says: President McKlnley is con
vinced that thcro Is no way in which
the United States can tscapo tho re
sponsibility of taking all tho Philip
pines. Ho has arrived at this conclu
sion after mature deliberation. Ho at
first favored keeping nothing more
than a military and naval base and
thought that tho United States should
in no event retain moro than the
Island of Luzon. When tho American
peace commissioners left for Paris It
was not contemplated that they should
demand from tho Spanish government
moro than tho absolute cession of this
out Island to the United Stales and a
reversionary Interest in tho other
Islands of tho group.
It has been found, however, that
there wero many practical difficulties
in tho way of such a solution, not the
least of them being the evident Impos
sibility of Spain's re-establishing
authority over tho remaining islands
without a prolonged and bloody strug
gle with tho insurgent forces.
Information, coupled with the opin
ion of military and naval commanders
familiar with tho Philippine situation,
have led the President to believo that
Admiral Dewey's destruction of tho
Spanish fleet in Manila bay nnd Gen
eral Mcrritt'o capturo of Manila anni
hilated Spanish sovereignty in tho
Island and it became a duty of the
United States to establish a better
government than the ono which was
destroyed by American arms.
Tho President has been deluged with
letters from all parts of tho United
States and with resolutions from com
mercial and religious bsdlcs urging
that American sovereignty should be
maintained wherever tho flag has been
planted. In this samo lino tho Presi
dent's recent Western trip was a reve
lation to him and the members of his
cabinet who accompanied him. The
further he went West, tho stronger ho
found the sentimont in favor of hold:
ing all tho Philippines and establish
ing an American government over
them.
Secretary Gage, who went as far as
Denver, found the sentiment there
even stronger than in Omaha. In all
the meetings of the cabinet beforo the
paaoe commissioners left for Purls,
Secretary Gaga was the most conser
vative of all tho President's advisers.
He doubted the wisdom of taking even
aa much as the island of Luzon. Since
his return from the West, however, he
is an advocate of holding all of the
Islands.
Although It had been finally deter
mined that oil the Philippines shall
be retained tho peace comniUsloners
may be given considerable latitude as
to the terms on which they may bo re
tained. The Philippines are regarded
as standing on a different basis from
Cuba and Porto Rico, and some of tho
members of tho administration bcllovo
that if all the islands are taken Spain
should bo given somo measnre of com
pensation for thorn, especially as tho
Philippines have been by far the most
valuable of all her colonics.
It can be aald that it is quite prob
able that the American commissioners
will bo authorized to go eo far as to of
fer to pledge the United States to as
sume the Philippine debt, or at least
such portion of it as has been expended
n public works in the islands. The
exact amount of the debt it is believed
will be less than 40,000,0031 A high
official of tho administration said last
Bight that it might ba decided that tho
Spanish government should receive an
actual cash payment for the Philip
pines in addition to the assumption of
the debt or a pait of it by tho United
States.
NEW TRIAL FOR DREYFUS.
Tha Court ef Appeals Decides the Cata
Mast b Reopened
Pajus, Oct. 31. Tho court of appeals
has decided to grant a revision In tho
Dreyfus case and will Institute a sup
plementary Inquiry. The court, how
ever, has declined to order the release
of Dreyfus.
It was three years ago that the fam
ous French prisoner, tho degraded
captain, Alfred Dreyfus, landed on
Devil's island off the coast of Frcnoh
Guiana. The army believed that its
troubles were at an end.
French military secrots had been
getting into tho hands of foreign gov
ernments. Thoy wore of such a naturo
that they could havo been batrayod
only by a member of the French seoret
service bureau. Detectives, disguised
as rag pickers, wore sat to watch the
German embassy. In September, 1304,
they found a memorandum, torn In
four pieces among tho contents of a
waste paper basket that had been
thrown into tho alley from the lega
tion. This memorandum, tho famous
"bordereau," mentioned somo unim
portant military matters that
had been recently decided on and
were known only to the secret servlco
office. Handwriting experts declared
that tho writing was that of Alfred
Dreyfus, captain in tho intelligence
bureau. Dreyfus was summoned to
tho offleo of the minister of war and
told to wrlto a letter by dictation.
The letter was tho bordereau. The
officers hoped to cause Dreyfus to con
fess on tho spot by taking him by sur,
prise. When the dictation was finished
they withdrew and left him a half
hour with a loaded revolver. Ho ro
fused to commit sulcldo. On their re
turn ho denied all knowledge of why
ho was detained.
His secret trial followed. Tho bor
dereau was tho only evidence submit
ted, so far as was known, although
there wero hints of a mysterious "se
cret document." Three exports testi
fied that Droyfus wrote the bordereau,
two that ho did not. Ho was sentenced
on this slender evidence to be degraded
from ofilco and to ba exiled and kept
an isolated prisoner for life. Tho sen
tenco was carried out amidst tho ap
plause of Paris. Tho prisoner was a
Jew. Tho anti-Semltio movement hod
such a hold that tho scntenco was ex
tremely popular.
ever offered to ex
Dreyfus came of a
His incoino was
His wife was tho
daughter of a rich Paris diamond mer
chant. Her dowcry was $100,000.
Dreyfus never gambled nor caroused.
In uo way was he an extravagant man.
Tits spare time was spent with his
family. Ifo had no reason to betray
his country for money; ho had no
grudge against the government.
Tho revision decided on by the court
of appeals will mean a new and prob
ably a fair trial for Dreyfus. Every
effort will bo made to clear tip the
mystery of tho bordereau and to dis
cover Its real author, whom many peo
ple bolievo to be Major Esterhazy.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA
SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A
WEEK'S EVENTS
Mast Important Happening of the Faat
Seten Dnys Brie fly Montlonril All Tor
tious of tha Stole Corereil A Thorough
Kesnme of Nebraska News.
No motive was
plain the treason,
wealthy family.
910,000 a year.
Wednesday, October 20
Revenue Collector limits litis received
a ruling from Washington on the ques
tion of the taxation of certificate of
nomination. Politicians from all over
the slate havo been usklug Mr. Houtz
about this matter for souio tlmo and
he is pleased to announce that tho
government docs not tax certificates
of nomination for state, county or
municipal offices, nor will any papers
relating to the enforcement of election
laws of state, county or city bo Hub
jeet to a revenue tax.
John W. Argabrtght'M life sentence
for murder was reversed by tho su
preme court and the case wns renmud
cd to Ncranha county for another trial.
This is tho second time tho supreme
court has reversed u judgment of the
lower court in the cano of Argabrlght,
Tho first was a scntenco for ten years
and on tho hecond trial sentonco for
llfo was pronounced. The life scn
tenco was reversed by tho court, not
for luck of evidence, but for abuse of
discretion of tho trial judge in tho
order in which ho ullowcd testimony
to be introduced. Argabrlght shot
nnd killed Ills father-in-law, William
Smclser, in tho month of February,
1804. The distressing crime grew out
of family troubles.
Thursday, October ST.
W. A. Kitzbergcr of South Omaha
claims to have plucked from a single
tomato vino ono bushel of tomatoes.
The vino is 7 feet 3 inches long and
very bushy'.
The safe nt the postoffico at Valpar
aiso wns blown open by burglars, de
stroying tho door of tho safe, but tho
Inner combination bullied them from
getting the money nnd stumps. Thcro
Is no clue.
Adjutnnt-Gcnoral Harry will soon bo
ublo to furnish tho names of recruits
for tho First Nebraska regiment, Ho
recently received word from tho adju
tant-general's ofilco at Washington
that a descriptive list of tho 313 re-crult,-togcther
with asslgumentcards,
have been forwnrded. The recruits
wero stationed at Camp Otis, Hono
lulu, when last heard from.
Typographical union No. 209 of Lin
coln, gave an art poster show nt the
state oapitol lust Friday oven Ing. A
remarkably fine display of orer 1,000
high art posters was made und those
in attendance nt tho opening were as
tonished ut the beauty of the subjects
und tho extent of the display. The fa
mous Amorlcau poster artists liko
Bradley were well represented, aud a
few foreign specimens wero iu evidence.
CAMP THOMAS INSPECTED.
BUBONIC PLAGUE ON BOARD.
Ofllre llnlilors AsxeMcit,
Waxiiimiton, Oct. 20. Ex-Govcrnor
Charles A. Iluslel of New Hampshire
has preferred charges with tho civil
servlco commission against tbo mem
bcru of tho Republican stato committee
of Now Hnmpjhlro for assessing polit
ical contributions upon federal office
holders In that state, and has written
to tho comptroller of tho ctrrronoy
complaining that tho First National
bank of Concord Is aiding and abetting
tho violation of tho civil servlco law
uy acting as tlio agent of a Vnitcd
States official in soliciting political
subscriptions from other United States
officeholders; m
WAsinyGTOS, Oct 20 it Is under
ood that a presidential edict, remov
ing a largo number of government
offices from tho classified civil servlco
probably will bo promulgated before
Thanksgiving day. As ab present de
termined upon, tho order win affect
upwards of C.000 places. It will in
cludo deputy collectors of internal
revenuo who aro authorized to become
noting collectors, actually ssrving in
Hint capacity. There are about 2,000
of thest deputies. Tho largest class
affected is tho corps of examining sur
geons of tho ponnlou bureau, of whom
there aro in all over 4,000,
A Fraaeb, Yassat, Raporttag- Two Deaths,
Qaaraattaaa la Baa Waaotieo.
8a?i Fkakctsco, Oct 3L Tho French
bark Duehesso Anna has arrived in
port from Hong fctong, flying tho yel
low flag. Both the federal and stato
quarantine launches put out to tho
vessel, and soon the news camo back
to port Chat there had been two deaths
from tho bubonic plague on board dur
ing tha voysgo. Captain Cervnry,
master of the ship, was the first t J
succumb to the disease. He was sli.-'c
only a few days and died August So.
Nearly a month afterward a sail r
named Monler was stricken with the
plague and ha died September 10 and
vs buTied at sea. The bark was or
dered hrto quarantine.
Klag Oeorc May Abdicate.
Londow, Oct. Bl. According to nd
rlooa received from tbo court of Copen
hagen, where King George of Grccco
is sUqrlng after attending the funeral
of (he Queen of Denmark, it is be
lieved that ha wiTl abdicate noxt
spring rn favor of the Crown Prlnco
Constantino and will tfetarn to Den
mark and settle thcro permanently.
Bootdkb, Col., Oct. 81. Sheriff
T. J. Thompson and a posso
with bloodhounds are trailing
five prisoners who escaped
from Iho county jail by tunneling
through Clio waih), n dlstanco of ten
feet. Tho fugitives aro John J. Cas-
sldy, convicted of murder and sen
tenced to llfo imprisonment; Georgo
Rowe, grand larceny, sentenced to four
and a half years; Kdward Rowo, grand
larceny, six years; Nick Bouclyr,
awaiting trial on a chargo of assault
with intent to murder, and John Bap
tiste, sorvlng a thrco months' penteuce
for larceny, "
Tb TTar InTeitlfAllns Dosrd Visits
Chlrkamitgaa. Park.
CiiAttaxoooa, Tonn., Oct. 31. The
war investigating commission spent
tho entire day in inspecting the Bite of
Camp Thomas in Chickarauuga park,
under the guidance of General Boyn
ton, General A. 1'. Stewart, a member
of the Chlckamauga park commission,
and Mr. K. K. Bctts, the engineer of
tho committee.
Tho inspection began at Lytlo Sta
tion and covered all points of interest
in the park and near its borders which
have been in any way involved in tho
controversy concerning tho sanitation
of tho camp, including Sternberg and
Lcltcr hospitals, tho various springs
from which water was secured by tho
troops, Including tho famous Crawfish
nprlngs, and tho point on Chlcka
mauga creek at which the water of tho
plpo line supply was taken out.
There wero many expressions oi
commendation of tho methods followed
at' the Sternberg hospital, and Gen
eral Dodgo was heard to remark that
it was a pity to havo to leave an in
stitution 60 well equipped. They
found only fifty-eight patients in tho
hospital and most of those were con
valescent. All were housed in wooden
pavilions, the tents being vacated.
Major GlfTcn, in command of the hos
pital, said It would soon bo abandoned.
Tbo commission also gave attention to
the proximity of tho various camps to
ono another and tho depth and loca
tion of the sinks. Tho coucluslon
seemed qulto general that many of tho
regiments wero thrown moro closely
together than thoy should havo boon,
and that this fault could havo been
avoided by moving, as thcro was, iu
tlio opinion of at least somo of tho
committee, sufficient spaco that was
not occupied for tho accommodation of
many thousands moro of troops than
were evor present there.
Many of tho sinks were also found
to have been nearor to the tents than
proper ideas of cauitction encourage,
und In somo cases the character of the
surface wna found to be such as to war
rant tho conviction that tho sinks
wero shallower than they should havo
bcon, but this was true only of parts
of tbo camp.
VIRDEN 'OPERATORS WEAKEN.
was
. It
the
l'rlilujr, October 28
The Second Nebraska regiment
mustered out ut Orouhn Monday
required nearly 8100,000 to pay
men.
Ono of T. F. O'Brien's teams, while
hauling a coal wagon with un ordi
nary load of two tons, broke through
the paving into tho sewer at Nine
teenth and Uruco streets, Omaha, und
tho driver narrowly escaped injury.
Tho llttlo villago of Trumbull, titu
nU;d northeast of Hastings, suffered u
disastrous loss bv fire. Tho storo
building of Ramsey & Co. aud u num
ber of adjoining buildings wero burned
to the ground, und tho loss amounts to
6ovcral thousand dollars.
nenry A. Colt of St. Louis has se
cured a frauchlso from Nebraska City
permitting the erection and operation
of a telephone exchange. Tho rates
as fixed by ordinance aro 824 a year
for business houses und 813 per year
for residences.
Mrs. Peter Lund, wife of a well-to do
farmer living near St. Jnmcs, a small
town northwest of Harltngton, was
found dead In bed with her throat cut '
from car to car. A largo knlfo was
near her and It Is believed that she
committed suicide, although no caubo
Is known why she should do so.
John Blleck, living nt 1800 North 23d
street, Omaha, shot nnd killed Lou
Brussln, n barber, who had alienated
the affections of Mrs. Blleck. BrUBsin
mot Mrs. Blleck about six months ago
aud they becmnrj attached to each
other. Mrs. Blleck left hor husband
for n. time to live with Brussin, but ro
turned to him. Her attachment wni
strong for Brusslu, However, nnd she
determined to return to him. It wnu
whilo she wns making arrangements
to do this that tho tragedy occurred.
Brussln was at the Blleck home help
Mrs. Blleck to take her baggage away
when the enraged husband stopped
proceedings by several shots. Blleck
gnvo himself up.
The coroner's inquest nt York over
tlio remains of Mrs. Gerhart Mclncr
failed to disclose any tiling to indicate
that she hud died from unnatural
causes. It wns ut first believed her
husband wus responsible for her death.
Thcro wus quite u bruise across the
small of her back, but tho physician
who made the cxnniuation stated that
while death might have possibly re
sulted from a blow on this part of the
body, ho thought it hardly probable.
A deep scar was found across ono of
the hips, which was the result of u
cut her husband is alleged to have
made while tibuslug her u fow weeks
ugo.
Momtn, October 31.
Wyinore has been without electric
light for more than a week owing to
a bad break lu the machinery and as u
result stores have been lighted with
ono or two llttlo oil lamps, presenting
u very desolate uppcarancc.
I'rof O. 1). Howe shipped from hi
orchard five miles north of Table Rock
one day last week 180 barrels of ap
ples, uud thb has not been a very
good year for apples cither. He bus
sold many previously, and hau many
moro left.
George Brown, a colored gontloman
who wus anxious to have n chicken for
his dinner Sunday, sprang tho gun-
trap ut Dr. 11 out .'a place, nt Lincoln,
Saturday evening whilo attempting to
secure one of the doctor's lino birds.
Ho was wounded, but will recover in
a short time uud be none the worse for
being shut. He admitted that ho had
goue there for chickens, und would
have gotten what ho went after had
the gun-trap not worked so well.
a H. McNcal of Crest on, in the
northern part of Platte county, was
brought to Columbus nnd arrainged
beforo County Judge Uobtson on u
charge of bigamy, llu furnished a re
cogulzcucc in the sum of 3300 and the
hearing was continued until Novem
ber 11. The complaint sets forth that
McNcal wus married in 1S00, to Miss
Moltie Thompson nt Lexington, Mo.
On tho Uth of last September ho was
married at Columbus to Miss Anna
Kcll of Salt Lake City, and they have
since resided at Crcstou. Tho Missouri
wife is uow at Columbus und will ap
pear agaiust him.
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lojaustlon Catos Amlutt Minora
niliid by tbo Coinpiuy.
6riuxoTiEM, HL, Oot. 31. Tho In
junction cases agaln3t Edward Cahill
and twonty-flvo other minora of Vir
den, brought by tho Clilcago-Vlrdcn
Coal company, enjoining the miners
from interfering with tho operations
of the mine, wero dismissed to-dur In
tho circuit court by tho complainants.
It is believed this is preliminary to an
effort to again arbitrate the differ-
Saturday, October SO.
Tho new mechanic urts building at
the stato university was dedicated
today with nppropriato ceremonies.
There was a holiday, nnd the students
and citizens celobrutcd the event gen
t rally. Dr. Morgan Brooks delivered
a lceturo in tho chapel.
A wreck occurred in tho Burlington
yards nt Lincoln, resulting in the in
jury of Engineer John M. Baird nnd
Fireman Henry J. MoCanie. Tho en
gineer was injured in tlio right leg
und tlio fireman suffered bruises in tho
shoulder and arm. Tho damage to
the ears aud engine was not-grout.
Bniiilny, Octobor 30,
narvoy W. Crawford, an employe of
Evuns laundry, Lincoln, caught his
right arm lu tho lurgo power wringer
aud buffered a severe fracture just
below tho elbow, tho arm being crushed
in such n way ns to leave tho bono
sticking out through the ficsh.
Arthur C. Slmms of company F, Mad
ison, Alfred .1. Erismnnn of company
I, Jtenuett, Earl W. Ostenhaus of com
pany E, David City, aro Flrstregimcnt,
Neb. Vol. Inf. boys who havo lately
died nt Manila. Tho first and last
named died of typhoid fovor, tho other
of chronic diarrhoea.
Mrs. Mary Mohr, residing near
Chulco, committed Buloide by hanging
horself to the rafters of un outhouse
on hor farm. Her husband died some
weeks ago iiwn tho offoots of an oper
ation performed at an Omuhu hospital,
and It is thought sho bcoamo despond
ent uud ended her troubles.
Tho threo-ycar-old daughter of Au
gust Tuxhorn of Tecumsch met death
In a trugla manner. Whilo playing
around tho kitchen firo hor clothing
became Ignited and before tho fitunes
could be extinguished bho was to se
verely burned that dontli soon fol-Inwi'tl.
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Tneidnjr, Ninenibnr 1.
Corporal Claud Goodcnow of B com
pany, Second regiment, died of ty
phoid fever at his home In Old.
The plant of tlio Huvclock Timer
was totally destroyed by fire this,
Tuesday, morning. Tho origin is un
kuowu. Roy. L. Barber of Stromsburg, a
member of company II, Third Nebras
ka, died suddenly at his homo to which ,
he hud come on a furlough.
C. A. Carlson of Colby, Kan., and'
his wife, wero found dead in their
room at the Hotel Vendomo, Omaha.
A gas jot was found wldo open.
The attend an co on tho last day nt
the exposition was 01,103, the total for
tho five months being 2,013,374. The
scene on the Midway at midnight was
ono of wildcat rovalry.
Incendiarism is responsible for the
loss of Uic store building at Nellgh
owned by G. C. Mabon Deloit The
cot! tents, Including tho postoffico nnd r
supplics, burned also, entailing u loss
of 81.000, with no insurnnce.
A man named Austin bought ITefl
scr's big century plant and a lot of
the finest palms und decorative plant
at the exposition, nnd also the Minne
sota building, tlio haudsomo logstruo
turo on the bluff tract He Is a very
wealthy muinffucturor of Chicago who
is building a largo factory and pala
tial home und reserve nt Walker, near
Chicago, und ho buys thoso things for
the oruamcututlon of his plueo.
J, R. Jones, ti bartender at 1301 "
Webster btrcet, Omaha, was fatally
stubbed by un unknown party and
died nlmobtlnstnntly.- James John
son, the proprietor, had had trouble
with some men a short tlmo before.
They had returned to tho placo and
when Joucs stepped to tho door to ask
them to cease tholr disturbance, he
was stabbed. His assailant escaped.
Two companions, S. J. Muhur nnd W.
V, Grady, wero arrested, hut declined
to tell the name or identity of tho mur
derer. J. E. Green of San Francisco hn
sold to W. B. Spiers of Glen Falls, N.
Y., tho fumous stallion Directum fn1ff
820,000 in gold. Directum Is eight '-
years old nnd has a four-year-old rec
ord of S;05.'f.
Cordelia Botkln has been ludlcted
by the government of the city nnd
comity of San Francisco for tho mur
der of Mrs. John 1'. Dunning of Dover,
Del. on Augimt 12 last,
Tho Acrao Wrecking company ol i
San Frtiuoisco has madu a request of
tlio government for authority to raise
the Maine. Thoy nsk no money, but,
provided tho government don't wnnt
it, thoy expect to exhibit It.
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