V
A FIGHT AT SUBIG BIT
Icrorgrata Rttstrd aad a. iit.n-Cjnti-me.tr
Krapp Gtia xkHmjtH,
WMHM. WATSON CABLES report.
fltlain lira rTa l(ar. But ronrlf
Alm4 Oi,tmfli Sailor Wounded
AaAtaer Prfxcrlt by Heat Work of
tn ay la th )arc '",l
VA3HINOTON, D. C, Sept 25.
Actinic Secretary Allea of the nary
department received a rahle-jram frora
Hear Admiral Watson today givta a
brief acconnt of the engagement at
Snblg bay. It Ik datd the. 2Uh, at
Manila, and says
"Mandera discovered heavy gn&s
mounted opposite KaUkUn point. St t
uig d7. cnanea snow wiia -.ae
Charleston. Beat Charleston, Mots
terey, Coacord and ZtSro with detarfc
ment of marine and saltan frota tsc
Baltimore to capture and destroy At
tacked Insurgent position i, after
borabardlraent. landing part7 carried
entrenchments, diipo-MeAieft esear
and destroyed a Iceatimester Ktvyp ,
cart.
"Cajinaltie- William 3hp&erd ap
prentice serocd cIm.i, Clarfeatoa. iert- '
oaaly wonnrfed. Charfes HaJTi ena2
pwT, CoocorrT, het pewtratfac
Inanrtat Are fceary bnt pcorty
aimed; enemy" low oaksowr- FaB
report mailed."
The Important feature ci the enaje
meat la the fact whfca- tr ttIteii
that the lnnr?nu have &ea able to
obtain Krapp xasi. It was kaowai at ,
tb time of the outbreak of tae laanr- j
centa axainxt the Acv-rfcaci that tae
artlltr7 of the lamrzenu oafctM of ,
a few obaolete trizs captured froci it.
fipanlarda. ;
Acting Secreury Altn say that It
la evident that the navy at MasiU doen
not Intend to allow aay fort to t
erecteri which can b reacheil by the '
hlp, and he U rrmviaced tkat th
inadron under Rear Admiral Wauon
will be able to keeo the honw guarded
and repeat the le-woa of yesterday If ,
the Insnrx'ntft are fwnxd to be oper
ating on the roaa;.
MANILA, flept. 2i -The frnte,!
Statea cmlaer CharIetoa .he monitor i
Monterey and the jpiaboau Coseord
and Zaflro, with marine and blue
jackets from the crnher Baltimore, It ft
Cavlte September 18 and, as already
cabled, proceeded to Snbig bay to de
stroy an Insargent cannon there.
Owing to the bad weather the opera
tion waa postponed until yesterday,
when the war ships for Hire hours
bombarded the town of Oiangapo and
the entrenchment wbere the. gun was
situated.
Men from the Charleston. Concord
and Zaflro were then landed under a I
. . .. . -
heavy insurgent fire, proceeding to the
cannon, which wan utterly destroyed
by gnncolton and then returning to the
war ships.
The Americans had one man wound
ed during the engagement.
While waiting In Stibig bay for bet
ter weather the Americans deweried
J'lllplno relnforccmerU moving triward
Oiangapo. At CMO p. m. yesterday the
Afontcrny began thr advance upon the
own, whleh was about three miles
east of the Monterey's anchorage. The
Charleston, Concord and Zafiro fol
lowed. READY TO RECEIVE DEWEY.
AH tha Oitrral Arrangement tm XUr
flcitlnn jilMe.
NKW YORK, Sept. 25 -All the en
eral arrangements for the reception of
Admiral Dewey are now completed and
only a few minor details are left to
be settled. The majority of these tun
not be attended to until the admiral
has arrived and his wishes have been
consulted.
All tho aiilwommlttees hare about
finished their vtortt and hare presented
their report to the general committee.
The committee on distribution of tick
eta wbb at work all of yesterday and
until lato Into the night. The) appor
tioned nearly 20.000 tick'ts, a'l there
were at their disposal. There were ap
plications for more than 100,000.
Their work did not Include the distri
bution of tickets to the municipal as
sembly and the school children's
stands. Thene. tlckcta will bo at the
dlapoval of the municipal legislator
and the president of the Hoard of Kit
ucatlon. Herrultlnr at Hot Spring.
HOT SPRINGS. 8. 1)., Sept. 2.V--Lieutenant
W. K. W MacKlnlay, who
has Just returned from Porto Rico,
where he spent fourteen months In
the aervlre. of the signal corps, Is hen
to enlist recrulta for the Forty-fifth
Infantry, with headauartera at Fort
Knelling, Minn. Lieutenant MncKlnluy
believes a wonderful development Is in
store for that country. He was upon
the Island during the terrible storm of
August 8 and wrote a graphic account
t It for Leslie.
Will Kalurii lllioiie Miami' I. Inn.
PRETORIA, Sept. 25. The Vol!;
ateln convoys to President Steyn and
Mr, Fischer of the Orange Free Stato
the thanks of the whole republic for
their support. According to tho tame
authority the Transvall government
has decided to return to the donor the
fln young loin which Cecil Rhodes
recently presented to the Transvaal
delegates to tbo Agricultural union in
Capetown about ten days ago, us it de
clines to have anything whatever to do
with that gentleman.
lluiraln Illll In Saw noil.
OMAHA, Sept. 25. Colonel William
F. Cody, more popularly known as Huf
falo Bill, has branched out In a new
Industry and one which means the
bringing of considerable prosperity to
certain section of Wyoming, by the
employment of a large force of man
and by the opening up of a number of
mines, long Idle, because of lack of
facilities to work the product. Asso
ciated with others, ho will build an
Immense smelter at Grand Encamp
ment, a point to which the eyes of the
aalnlng world bar been turned for
oraa time put.
flOBART UNABLE TO PRE5IH.
Dla Vrnm Whl-h lf SnflTara Reqalre
Abolnt Rett for Longr Time.
NEW YOFIK, Sept 25. Th Ptms
says. It la pos-tible that Vice Presi
dent Hobart may b cnablj to prejld
at the next seller, of ise 1'alted
Stales senate.
Mori; than that, it It now recognized
that It (a a aerico probability that !
will not b in physica condition to ac
cept a renomlnatlon ai the rtrrmlnj'
mate of Prsld'.nt McKlntey la the
next rnmpaign.
The, dbea frota -ehleh Mr. Hobart
suffera la a kidney trrnbJe not acnt,
bnt of a form rejnlrlns aborB" rojt
for a lone time. The fan ha b.en
j known to hi friend. Int tbr. i tts
first annonnccmer.t that Ms l!ln-M u
10 serious a to thrmti an actual
wlrttdrawa! from tan tlni.v of lis pub
lic petition.
Thl lllncaa beran wKo ta attack of
th rrir la Georrta teat -irrng. He
returned thene to Watblsgloa. WBTO
msrt4 a teUta tela a3ed to
hfc, jyo,,. wrtral rli. raen :.
wer.t to !. Brar-xk aad rn ertd
flciatlj to &4. bU frSs. the jr
Mat darter a M.t of tU ostii.s at
Lake C&aacA&te.
Sla it rcsrx lni Tsr to S
Saib . Perw& tJ Tit ;cjta:
au.4 eW 1ifte id aC: to U r.k-ra?;i
. jtc i- u joafi ttU i cia
Eui a ert -vTtbtnrt 2a.aiis. i
prims ieTcary iai Ti trws!4
wWa. Mr. KAojri 5i tlat aa wci oa i-t
feel tree 'aH'ix.1 ? wc' a j:cas
la jo a.irl taiU it satfeti iaitieK 13
ft Ci aow aeiirjy iia auiataj va&
ta. vfcn pceaidat. d-3tt I.c jerioiU
at rwt, aaa teea aa& to- deiot liaw
coattaoay xa baatais4.
MISS K0R1CCXIR OUT.
Sa- ItMrot Fntn lb JakonlIl.
nu
ixntim tn iljit JTw Boo. J.
ICASTTNGS, Neb Sept. 25. Today
at i'V ocltu-i. a the time set for MIsa
Viola riorlocker to be brought before
the dLitriet court to answer the charge
cf haTlna; attempted the life of Mrs.
Charl't F Mo-ey by sending; her a
box of poisoned candy laat May. Mlsa
Horlocker arrived In Haatlnga yes
terday from Jakronvlllc, III., where
she had been confined since, bclns
plard under a I.",000 lond for her ap
cearnnrc at this term of court. She
waa acrompanl'd by her slater, Zora
Gladys Horlorkcr, of New York, and
together they were driven to their
mother's borne.
it has rwen rumored here that MIsa
Horlocker'a attorneys would not bring
her bark, as they Intended to take ad
vantage of some legal technicality and
thus end the case, but John M. Hagan,
leading counsel for the defense, said
today that no such move had been at
tempted and, furthermore, that MIsa
Horlorkcr Is in the city ready to ap-
P31" before the court in the morning,
an,J 'l5n he new bond, after which
i Via Waitlist !- IiAP ftWnr"U
she would go her own'way.
Her appearance in court today Is
merely a formal procedure for the pur
jose of renewing the bond under which
she Is now resting, and. to arrange
that the case may go over to the De
cember tejin of rourt to be heard be
fore a Jury, Miss Horlockcr's attor
neys aay they do not intend to tight
her raie through on any other groundi
than that rhe is perfectly innocent
SWIET BUYING IP RANCHES.
nig retains Company I'nrrliatr Valu
able Cattle !anil.
GUTHRIK. O. T Sept. 25. The
Rogers ranch In Heaver county, Okla
homa, and the Chlldrcsw cattle ranch
in the Panhandle of Texas, containing
200,000 acres nnd upon which 200,000
cattle are now grazing, have been pur
chase,j by II. I Killson of Fort Worth,
Tex., for the Swift packlnc house In
terest In Chicago.
Title to three other great ranches
are being examined with a view to
j purchase by the Swifts.
Uniy a tew nays ago me awiita pin
chased the O'Keefc ranch in Galne3
county, Texas, containing 18,000 acres,
and It is stated that Swift and Com
pany and Nelson Morris, who haa In
vestfd heavily in ranches recently, will
raise cattle on a large scale.
EDMONTON TRAIL SURVIVORS.
Member t the .Mlunelialia Tarty Kfoiu
.MlrinrajxillA lleturn tn Wrancel.
WRANGKL. AlaHkn. Sept. 20.. (Via
Seattle, Wash.. Sept. 25. More Klon
dike off the Kdmonton trail reached
here Sunday, having come down tho
Stlckecn river from Glenora in canoes.
Among them were German Luhl of
Wisconsin, Pete Rles of Wisconsin and
John Tallon af Minneapolis.
All tho survivors were in good
health and had spent the few months
laboring on the Casslnr Central rail
way and have enough money with
which to reach the states.
John Tnllen was a member of the
Minnehaha party from Minneapolis,
that experlemed such hardships on
the frightful trail last winter.
Total KiilUlmenta to Data.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. The en
listment to date of soldiers for tho
volunteer regiments last called out ia
0,231, of which 18 were secured Sat
urday. The Thirty-eighth icglment at
men. The two regiments next In order
are the Thirty-ninth with 1.179 and
the Forty-fifth with 1.032. Tho head
quarters of thc Thirty-ninth regiment
Is at Fort Crook, Neb., and tho hcad
nunrters of the Forty-fifth is at Fort
Snelllng, Minn. The two colored reg
iments, the Forty-eighth and Forty
ninth Infantry, have unrolled 3tl and
1C0 men respectively.
Jlnntana Iroop Arriving.
SAN' FRANCISCO, SVpt. 25. The
United State transport Valencia, hav
ing on loard those companies of the
First Montana regiment, United States
volunteers, not brought by tho Zea
landla, arrived hero yesterday, nine
teen days from Yokohama.
The shrieking f whistles and
screaming of siren disturbed the Sun
diiy quietness and wbh everywhere
throughout the city a signal of the
Hlfthting of tho Vulencia. As soon as
she had passed in the riuurantlnc boat
put out to meet her and was not long
In completing lite Inspection.
DONE IN MANILA BAY
IIw Iczurgtnti Gst Polioti of a Unitt'l j
Rta.tfl fJraft. I
A OFflCER AND NINE MEN MISSING
r.iroiitnx h !
th Vel i:n2cel la
Ami Klter Hin Taken hj hr tnr
n The l.rrw Art- Mtlier ITUoner
or llir en Kllleil fltll or
Affair Are tarklng
th
MANILA, 4-ejit. V' U M reported
that the InsurRr-nu have captured tin
L'nlte.! fltatc KunKt L'rdaaeta la the
Oranl river, on the northwest stdo t
Manila bay. where. It fact pj.tr8lnr.
Oi-c ofnear ad sine f Ma m"t aru
mbin
The Vtnit 3ute rwavkout fntnil,
f-at to lBttsate tit motter. re
ttrrxed as: :tfru Ua: tae Lrd:unbi
lucbevJ owwUc- tav ara of Oranl.
oz. th Oraai rtTr Is was riiidled
wjti tolleta zz4 krraeti ami th( Jol
ixis? ipcM with, taetr ammuaitinn,
capfiritit. A oct-potiniler, oni
CMi aatocac un unit oae Nonlim
JeVit 23-m.tUIaK!ter s?ua.
Tike crew f thi UrduneU an pria-sc-n
or h.i7e been killed. Further
d'.tallH are locking.
WASHINGTON D C. 3pt. 2U. The
xanboat Frdanr.u which was raptured
wtta-itn. crew at Oranl, about twenty- ,
five mllea from Manila on the bay oC
Manila, ts a little craft of only forty
tooH displacement, not much larger
than a small tutc. It was captured w
the navy early In the war and ha3
been on police duty In the bay for
months paat. The records of the navy
department show that it was one of
the boats of which the Oregon is the
parent ship. That la. It was supposed
to draw all Its supplies from mo oai
tlenhlp. to be manned from the Ore- ,
. i ... ... .,n.i tt,o in. i
atruetlona of the Oregon's commander. ,
irrnnllitc tr the 1-iHt renort to the
deia tmS XeMtU,' 1 fit ,
May under the command of Naval Ca- ,
det Wllborn C. Wood, but tho person
nel of the crew U not a matter of rec- 1
ord, being nulijcu to frequent change.
Wooil was appointed to the naval ,
academy .from Oregon, had passed his '
arailem1 course and was performing
two yetrs' sea erIce at the time of
his capture.
Naturally, the department official.
arc vexed at the difficulties of the ne
gotiations looking to the release of
Lieutenant (Illmorc of the Yorktown
and hU men should be added to by
this last misfortune. Still there Is uo
disposition unnecessarily to curb the
Junior offl era of the navy who are
rendering Hitch gallant service In the
Philippines.
Two Important dhpr.tches from Gen
eral Otis at .lanlla were made public
by the War department today. Ther
first IndlcaUs that the Insurgent on
the Inland of Ncgroi are about to rec
ognize the authority of the United
Stato. An election In Negro will be
held October 2.
The fcceond i .spauh sayrf the Amer
ican Hag will be raised In Stun isianih
The chief Insurgents In Zaraboanga
arc reported willing to accept the au
thority of the L'nlted States, but desire
to name conditions, which General
Ott would not accept.
TOBACCO TRUSTS INJURIOUS.
Union Testimony Uiwt They Oprrjle
With J Minimum of Uilior. j
WASHINGTON. Sept. 26. The In
dustrial commission today listened to
a statement concerning the operations i
ui me iwwdii.li ...iic.n ...w-.. ...... ....... ,
union from K. C. Evans of I.oulsvIlle,
Ky.e founder of the order, and Its sec-
retary and treasurer. He said that!
abo'it SO per cent of the tobacco man- i
manured in the l'nlted States was ;
produced by the two combine known '
; I. vmprlf-in and Continental To- ,
ftr !n rnrmile? and !,- "xnrSd he
?n? Th .t anih Wbtna oT
npinon " " "h. "Un.d"X,i ,?Ap !
not l.onpflfin,Io labor He . i te. one
ns anre which three nfcl0 t
had been absorbed by the American
company, throwing .iCO and WW cm-
ployes out of work. In another case
wages had been reduced from $2.50
to 11.25 er day after consolidation. !
Mr Evans said that women stood on
the fame footing as men in the union. (
voting and holding ofllco and drawing .
i. Dn.,.r. a'M. tio ronsldcred the'
Indifference of the negro to regular
io irs or to a systematic scale of
fcliU f. -, - -
wages as the greatest obstacle In the
way of the organization In the south
ern states.
The commission will not meet again
to take testimony until October 5.
JOIN THE INSURiiENT ARMY.
KiielWItmeii i:eM,rt Three Amerli-an .ra
I'lllplno Omrer.
MANILA. Sept. 2i!. Two English
men who had been held by the Insurg
ents since June have, arrived at An
geles. They report that the Filipino
congress has resolved that fourteen
Ameilean prisoners shall be surrender
ed on Wednesday or Thursday.
They have, however, no information
as to tho whereabouts of Captain
Charles M, Rockefeller of the Nine
teenth Infantry, who disappeared In
April last and of whom no trace haa
been discovered.
They assert that three Americans
who were captured by the lebels are
acting as officers in tho Insurgent
army.
Chlraicn liiflle Ilrwei.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2fi. A vestibule
train of ten conchea will leave Chii.go
today carrying the Dewey Invitation
committee to New York, where it will
invite tho admiral to Chicago for the
fall festival. Mayor Harrison received
today from E. R. Bralnerd, who went
to Now York In advance, of thc Chicago
Dewoy invitation comrrttttco, the fol
lowing telegram: "Arrangements will
be made to present Chicago's Invita
tion on board thc Olympla Thursday
afternoon, If she arrives early and
weather la fair. If not, then seme time
SntuVdny,"
IHRIGATION CONGRESS MEETS.
Del(Jf l'reent I'roin S'aflf Kff7
Trntrrtt ttale,
VfCtMril't.a. tnnt t.T.t F. Thfl
eighth annual ejmlin of the National
'"'lKa"on conaemi began hprc yester-
day. I)eIe;atM or- present from nearly
erery wetcm atate and the MIbhI
afppl valloy hast n nubitantlal repre
sentation. Tbo firat mornlnK edlon
waj devoted to th work of oTganlza-
tion. There are alwnt 200 accredited
rfrlv;atea. President Htubbii of Nevada
State Agricultural college waa made
temporary chairman
Senator Kdwln Norrin, president of
the state senate of Montana, welcomed
the congress on behalf of Montana.
Responses were mane by cx-Prejdent
Booth, and L-cturer O. M. Maxwell of
California. Hon. F. H. Woody, presi
dent of the MiiWJQla board of trade,
attended a welcome oa behalf of the
ity. to which Hon. J. C. Brady of
Idaho and Director Emory of the Mon
tana experiment station responded.
Xlita session of the congre prom
itm to be very Important. There are
ir.vo ipecliic proposition for whlcn
woric Us b-lng done. First, the cnnlt
alili' settlement of the gra2inR land
problem; second, the proper settle
ment of the question of the reclama
tion of the arid lands with Justice tr
th western at" tea.
MISS H0RL0CKER IN COURT.
IIr Ce l Continued li Ilia it Trnu
or Ihr UUtrlrl Cnnrt.
HASTINGS. Neb.. Sept. 2(5. Mls
Viola Horlocker, who has been ho
journlag In a sanitarium at Jackson
ville, IIU. appearert in court accoruinK
to the order of court last summer and
the case lri which she Is chnrged with
havlnd sent oolaoncd candy to Mm
C F, Morey was continued to the next
term of court. The young; woman
entered the court room accompanied
by her sister. Miss Zora of New York
and brother-in-law, George S. Hayes,
and took her seat by the side of her
counwl. John M. Ilagan, John C.
Stevens and R. A. Batty. Miss Hor
locker wa heavily elled ko that It
was Impossible then to watch the cmo-
lions expreaaeu oy ner iace. ano was
i.resaed entirely In blncK. Those who
hho was
hw unveiled say that she does not
anoear to be as well physically as
rhSA-1?,1 "SaS?" "'
tho"Kh she Is not eo nenous.
GUADELOUPE'S MISFORTUNES.
n Vpprlil t the Wnrlil May te Jlmli
by the I nforttuiite IUniler.
WASHINGTON. D. C Sept. 26.
Consul Aymo reports to the state de
partment from Guadaloupe that the
loss of property from the recent trop
ical hurricane amounts to at least
J.i.000,000. Forty deaths and over 200
seriously wounded are reported from
various parta of the Island. The city
Is a mass of wreckage, while the har
Iwr front is lined with the debris of
larsc and small boats.
The consul says th,e fruit crop, is a
total loss, and that famine threatens
the island. He savs the series of mis
fortunes which thla Island has passed
through enrthiiuakes. destructive flrs
and a financial crlcls. probably will
force the colony to aoDcal to the out
side world for assistance.
CHINESE IN PHILIPPINES.
0l' Me4se l'an Conference Itetweeii
Hay unil Chinese MlnWier.
WASHINGTON, I). C. Sept. 25.
Secretary Root ha received a cable
mes-age from General Otis regarding
the Chlnei,e situation in the Philip
pines. He says that the shipload of
700 can be loadrd without any serious
Interference with military operations.
General Otis discusses at considerable
length the subject of Chinese In the
Philippine Islands. The dispatch was
referred to the state department.
where It was made the subject of a
conferpnce between Secretary Hill and
inc uninese minister.
,,.,,,.. ,
ch,.iaii. i.ife u Mi.iie.i.
COLUMBl 'S O Sept 2-v. Jolm
M. Life, chaplain of the S enth O hio
voluntc-r. wa today found guilty b
thp Ohio Methodist conference of con-
l unbecoming a minister of the
K0SP'. ln ufiln '"."respectful language
Kose u,,rcn- aKhter of the
co,one, of ,he reR,raent, and
WM spelled from the ministry. An
aken Thc chargc8 were
prefcrmi ,,y tne Rir, a ycar ai?0 an(J
a great sensation.
Northern ..iimteer. o.u.
SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 2b. The
Idaho and North Dakota volunteers
wre mustered out of the service of
UI .... ,V.a IAl.ltn fA.tnf.
: ineir ronntry at tne i-resmio jesier
I nay. The ceremonies were very Im
llicil ruuuilj ui luc iiaiitiu ;coitt-
pressive. The commanding officers of
each company addressed the soldiers,
commanding them to forever cherish
the memories of the past year and to
return to civil life and take up thc
thread of domesticity where It was
broken off by the call of their country
for their aid.
Capt. Hlrhee Mlifortnne.
NEW YORK. Sept. 26. Captain
Charles D. SlgBbee estcrday hurriedly
left his vessel, the Texas, which is at
anchor with the rest of the fleet in
the bay. and started for Reboboth
Hench. Del., having received a tele
gram from that olace announcing thnt
his daughter Ethel had died thcrn
suddenly of heart disease.
Spread of the Tenia.
KEY WEST, Ha.. Sept. 26. The
new cases of yellow fever number
twentv-slx the deaths one.
OPORTO. Five new cases of the
bubonic plague have hem official! re
ported here during the last three days.
Two deaths are also reported.
Heath tn" the A
IIELGRADE. Servln. Sept. 26. The
court this morning rendered Judgment
In the case of the prisoners who have
been on trlnl for some tune past
charged with thn attempted assassina
tion of former King Milan of Servia,
July 6, when he wuh shot, by u Bosnian
named Knezevlc. Kney-c and Pals
itrh, thc leaders of tho conspiracy,
wero sentenced to death, ten others
were condemned to twenty years' 1m
pribonment, ono to nine years' im
piibonment and seven to five years'
Imnrisonment. Six of the men on trial
1 vete acquitted.
ALL OVER THE STATE
MiMf Maintain flrtt;
LINCOLN, Sept. 2.'.. The supreme
court has declared void the section of
the statute providing for the control
and maintenance by county boards of
bridges constructed by irrigation com
panies or owners of Irrigation systems.
This decision is in tha case of Htntc.
ex rcl. Dawson county, vs. Farmers'
and Merchants' Irrigation company,
the power of the legislature to enact
laws securing for certain persons Im
munity from burdens which, under
similar conditions, rest upon all other
persons, bln? denied.
One J-cctlcn of the statutes of 1&37
provides that any corporation, canal
company, mill owner or any other per
son, shall make and keep in good re
pair sufflclent crossings over public or
private highways. Section 58 of the
session laws of 1S93 provides that any
owner of any system of irrigation shall
construct suitable bridges across its
ditches on public roads and that the
county boards shall thereafter control
and maintain them.
Prior to 1335 all owners of ditches
crossing public highways were charged
with the duty of keeping public bridges
across the dltrhca in repair. The leg
islature of 1395, the court holds, as
sumed to exempt irrigation companies
from this burden, while leaving all
other ditch owners still subject to it.
The opinion is by Judge Sullivan and
closes with the folio wins;:
"Section f,8 of the Irrigation, law oT
1895, being an attempt to confer a
special privilege on a particular class,
comes under the ban of the constitu
tion and Ih therefore null. The section
Is not so connected with the balance
of the' act as to be incnpable of sepa
ration from it. Neither can it be H.ild
that It constituted an Inducement to
the adoption of the measure. The bal
ance of the taw Is, therefore, unaffected
by this decision."
. to f4,an Aorl4tlnin.
LINCOLN, Neo., Sept. 25. A deci
sion of interest to people connected
with building nnd loan associations
Is found in the caec of the Interntate
Savings and Loan associations, appel
lee, against Hattle B. Strln. The
contention of the association in this
case was that the usury law was not
applicable to either foreign or domes
tic corporations of the class to which
it belongs. That building and loan ns
hociations. incorporated under the
laws of Nebraska, are not aflected ty
the statute against usury has been set
tled beyond controversy, the court
holds, but In other cases It has been
ruled that foreign corporations are not
within the provision of section 9 of
the act of ls91, that being the clause
under which the exemption was
claimed. The syliaous in this case is
that: "Foreign building and loan as
sociations doing business In this state
are, on their usurious contracts, sub
ject to the peaaltks of the statute
against usury."
tnrendlary tire at llartmrd.
HARVARD, Neb.. Sept. 25. Fire
was discovered In the bam on the
premise occupied oy C. C. Kenyon In
the northeast portion of the city. The
structure was all ablaze inside when
discovered and before the fire depart
ment could reach the scene with the
apparatus it was beyond having and
all the boy3 could do was to prevent
the spread of the fire. Every Indica
tion points to incendiary origin. Mr.
Kenyon was In the bam at 8 o'clock
and everything was all right when he
locked the door for the night. The
structure waa worth probably $125
with no insurance. Mr. Kenyon had
three trunks filled with clothing and
tools and some household furniture
stored in the building.
Chancellor l'elll,
LINCILN. Nei.. Sept. 25. The re
gents of the university met tn special
session to consluer the resignation of
Chancellor Maclean, to look nfter the
new building projects, and to care for
other business connected with prepar
ing the institution for the regular
opening In September. All of mo
members of the board were present.
Thc resignation of the chancellor
was read and accepted, to taku effect
August 1. Thc board spent' some' time
in executive session after this, consid
ering, u la understood, the course to
be taken In tilling the executive chair.
Another meeting will ie held this
morning, when the subjects considered
last night will probably be acted upon.
Michael Hacley Kouml Ciillly.
O'NEILL, Neb.. Sept. 25. The trial
jf Michael liagley, accused of assault
ing Mrs. August Yanke August 24,
was concluded last week and a verdict
of guilty returned by the Jury tula
morning. The trial of Patrick Welsh,
on the same charge, is in progress.
The trial of Uagley lasted three tlayB
and was a bitter legal contest upon
the part of Judge Jackson of Nellgh
and R. R. Dickson of this place, who
nppeared for the defense. The state
was represented by me county attor
ney nnd J. J. Harrington. On account
of the intensity of public sentiment
Judge Klnkald upon petition called a
special terra of court for trial of the
cases.
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till lilt IKbtur With a Hammer
PLATTSMOUl'H. Neb., Sept. 25.
Frank Uaird went Into A. Nttkn's aa
tpon to collect 10 cents from Julius
Ramge. Julius did not pay and Bairn
In a rage struck him on the head with
a hammer, felling him to the, floor and
cutting a gash which required flvo
stitches to close. Ramge went octore
County Attorney J. L. Root and awore
out a warrnnt for Ralrd's arrest, charg
ing assault and battery.
l'eutler. Xw Church Out of iKbt.
PENDER, Neb., Sept. 25. The Meth
Jdiats of Ponder dedicated their new
12,200 church and Dr. Chase of tho
First Methodist church of Omaha
preached the dedicator address. A
deficit of $450 waa promptly raised and
Ihe new church is entirely out of debt.
rurnam' Corner on Olil Corn.
FARNAM, Ntb., Sopt. 25. The 200.
000 bushels of old corn that was
cribbed here is being shelled and
shipped to too market as rapidly ae
possible to make room for the iv
crop.
TV 111 Tate I'j. O'.Velll Ca
LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. 2C The state
board of health will this week take tip
the case of Dr. O'Neal, the eperiallit
who is practicing fa this city under a
temporary permit. When Dr. O'Neal
first applied for a physician' rertlfl- ,
cate the harge was made by the e.re
taries of the state hoard that he had
been guilty of unprofessional conduct
the complaint being a to tho character
of some of his advertising. The caje
dragged along several months and the
board of htalth refused to deliver t
him a certlflrale that had already been
made out. The matter was taken Into
the courts and later temporary permis
sion to prartlce was granted. Dr.
O'Neal made several tripa from Chi
cago to Lincoln nnd return In the in
terest of his application for a certifi
cate and in addition be wan compelled
to employ an attorney to look after the
legal points Involved. There is con
siderable opposition on the part of the
secretaries of the board to granting
Dr. O'Neal a license and further litiga
tion may follow.
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(till Cattle llilef raochU
NKLIGH. Neb., Sept. 25. WltiJla
the last wck thirty-five fat cattle ha
been stolen fiom Huffman fc Rolllnv
cast feed yards. The loss waa discov
ered Wednesday night. At first no
clue could be obtained, but finally sus
picion pointed to a man who had been
.working at different times during the
summer at the Delolt and upper anrt
lower Nellph ranches of Huffman .
Rollins ami he was arrested. It wa
Apparent from the circumstances that
fiomtt one thoroughly acquainted with
the premises must have l?cn connected
with the stealing and the man told
conflicting stories regarding bin where
abouts the last few days. Finally
Sheriff Bralnard showed Mr. Huffman
a photograph of a man wanted for
cattle stealing In Lincoln county and
it was recognized as the employe, and
the arrest was made as soon as the
man could be located.
Creiin' I'ruuil War fteroril.
CRESTON, Neb., Sept. 26. Although
Creston is a town of about 200 Inhab
itants, seventeen of its young men, or
nearly 10 per cent of the population,
have enlisted in the army since April.
I89S. Eleven of the seventeen hav
Just enlisted In theThlrty-ninth United
States volunteers at Fort Crook in
Company K. and their names arc C. A.
Nash, (J. E. Nash, R. E. Nlchola. W. J.
Fredericks, William Jackson, J. II.
Morris. P. L. Hohman, It. D. Ludwick.
J. E. Johnson, Willis Keitsman and
Joseph Schierrs. Wednesday these
young patriots were tendered n fare
well reception at the home of A. J.
Zellers at Creston. at which the who!
town was fairly well represented.
Itrner' t'otato Crop LanC.
HEAVER CROSSING, Neb., Thc p
tato harvest has begun and probably
not Iesa than 50,000 bushels, will be
the product In this vicinity. The yield
is from 100 to .150 bushels ber acre and
some of the growers are putting them
on thc market as low as 20 cents per
bushel. Most of the crop, however,
will be put in the pit for the winter.
In expectation of better prices when
spring opens.
Vfe Crui'Ler at Krrmnul.
FREMONT. Neb.. Sept. 26. The of
fice of the Fremont Butter and Egj:
company was entered by burglars amt
the safe opened by knocking off the
combination knob. The contents were
thoroughly ransacked, but no money
found. A lot of table linen which E.
I-owensteln had stored in a trunk in
the building was taken and considera
ble other stufr. There Is no clew to
thc thieves.
Illphlheila Kphleiiile at Wnlnut.
CREIGHTON. Neb.. Sept. 26. Diph
theria is raging In the community of
Walnut Grove, about fifteen miles
west of here. News reached town' that
W. F. Fredericks had lost one child,
which wns burled Thursday, and that
he himself is very low, and other
members of the family are afflicted
with the same disease. Two schools in
the neighborhood have been closed to
prevent thc further spread of the
dreadful maladv.
Sheriff llmi.iulf l.urky Capture.
FAIRBURY. Neb.. Sept 26. Sheriff
Bonawitz arrested Thomas Cox, who
was wanted in Richardson county for
a highway robbery committed several
years ago. Cox broke Jail and hl
whereabouts were not known until he
came here to visit relatives. The
sheriff of Richardson rounty came
here and took charge of tho prisoner.
Sheriff Bonawitz will get ?50 reward.
I'mler Arret for Hoc StealluK.
ST. EDWARD. Neb.. Sept. 26. A
man giving the name of John Frank
Bold a load of hogs to Carter & Oook
sey for $50. After ho left town a tele
gram from Gould & Baker of Fuller
ton reported tho hogs hnd been stolcu
from them last night. Constable Wil
son wns sent nfter Frank, who was
overtaken and brought back to St.
Edwards and turned over to thc Nance
county sheriff.
.ilaulla Veteran llUoreud.
FREMONT. Neb.. Sept 26. Clar
ence, Fay, one of tho veterans of Com
pany L. First Nebraska, was (-ranted
n dlvorco in the district court-from-hi.-wife,
Ellen, on the ground of desei
tlon. They were married when but
little more than children unit his wife
left him after living with him only u
few months. Fay tins not recovered
from severe wounds received in the
war.
Manner of Captain KiuluV Heath.
WYMORE. Neb., Sept 26. The body
of Conductor M. E. Eadus, who wns
killed at Table Rock, was brought
hero. The (loath of Eadus was caused
by a sharp plow, which projected over
a flnt car nnd which caught Ills head
and crushed It ngaiust tho way car
Catholle Church Tor Norfolk.
NORFOLK. Neb., Sept. 26. A con
tract hns lieen let for the erection of a
handsome church by St Mary's Cath
olic parish. Tho building is to he of
pressed brick, fort'-two by peventy
feet, and will con ?10.00i.
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