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n Jted Cloud Chief,
immilisiied weekly.
ki:d CLOUD.
. NHHKASKA
Tho street vernier's buslncws Is moro
of a calling than a trade.
The man who has nothing to bo
proud of Ih ant to bo proud of that.
As a rule the woman who Is her own
drcFsinaker nets into many bad nab
Its. 8ome men work themselves to death
trying to keep up payments on tholr
life Insurance.
Every man oups something to him
self, but It's what ho owes to other raon
that causes all the trouble.
Tho Moors can always find the tlmo
to lay asldo their Hlblc-i whenever
"here Is a chanre to take a crack at a
Hrltlsher.
Appendicitis has become such a
common dlseaao that It Is now w.thln
the reach of all, and Is breaking Into
the free wards of the hospitals.
Herause a political party nominates
a bad man for constable It Is no good
reason why adherents of that party
should be expected to vote for him,
Vote down hail men on all occasions.
Mayor Payment of Ottawa. Ont.,glves
each soldier who goes to the front from
the Canadian capital tho sum of $25.
Never, perhaps, was the old query of
"Whin's In a name?" more effectively
answered
They cay that only 10 per cent of the
people In New York belong to the
churches. The trouble Is we need
more Churches of tho Heat Llcka and
less of the fashionable meeting places
where women ' come to show tholr
gowns and where men come to hldo
their Iniquity. On the whole tho peo
plo outside- tho churches are not to
blame. Let evil quit the New York
churches and good will comu In.
The greatest judge that tho world
haB ever known Is the American cltlzan
htnndlng In an election booth ready to
mark his ballot. On the Justice of hln
decision hangs tho destiny ot tho
greatest nation on which the sun ever
shone It every voter understood his
awful responsibility, our institutions
would last into tho centuries. Hut
alas! the Bncredness of the ballot box
Is thoughtlessly violated by too many
voters.
A Mrltlsh soMIer's letter relates how,
at Glencoe, us he wan about to transfix
an elderly Boer with a bayonet, bio
ankle "turned" and he fell. His op
ponent, with clubbed gun, came at him
vengefully, but a younger Hoor Inter
vened and averted tho Impending blow,
tho older man, still Implacable, strovo
to accomplish his purpose, but tho
pleadings of tho younger prevailing, ho
turned wrathfully away. His preserver
propped the Englishman ngalnat a
rock, refreshed him from his wutor
bottle, "and then," concludes tho sol
dlor, "ho gives me a cigar and carrion
mo on his back down tliu hill. When
ho gets to the bottom ho puts mo down
and says, 'They'll rind you horo all
right.' Then ho shakos my hand uud
bolts, and our patrol noon picked mo
up." Ono hopes that the morcy and
humanity displayed by tills chivalrous
lioor may bo shown him, should bis
needs ever rcqulro them.
Velvrll Is tho name by which n now
substitute for rubber and guttapercha
is to bo known. It Is to bo used largely
for deep-sun cable insulation, to take
tho placo of rubber. Tho desira
bility of such a substitute being found
Is Been In the fact that one cable re
cently laid lequlred over f?U0 tons of
rubber, or one-fifth of the annual out
put for Its Insulation. Tho now Insu
lator Is n mixture of nitrated linseed,
or castor oil, with nltro-celluloso. This
gives a homogfueous niaso. the elnstle
und other properties of i hlch can bo
modified by changes In the proportions
of the constituents. A good imitation
ot I'nra rubber U secured by mixing
two pints of nitrated oil with one pint
of nltro cellulose. Castor oil yields
better results than Unauetl oil. TIih
elasticity of the product Is ;.' per cent.
It Is said to be more durable than rub
ber, and It can be molded under heat
and pressure or workuil by dissolving
In any sultnble solvent, and then evap
orating the solvent. Velvrll Is claimed
to bo suporlor to vulcanized rubbor. In
that It Is without action on copper. It
appears to possess many advantages,
but satisfactory Information as to Its
cost of production Is not yot forthcom
ing. The purposoj for which It Is ox
pected to bo specially adapted uro ma
chine bolting, the manufacture or port
manteaus, catupiug-out sheets, loin
cloths for horses, balloon matertub.
hose and tubing, carding wlro founda
tions for spinning tollers, fioor oovor
lngs, paints, enameled leather and fish
lug lines. It Is non-exploslvo, and uot
moro lnfinmmable than other kindred
argaulc products.
By a law of Iowa, no Intoxicants can
be sold within three miles of tho Stato
Agricultural School. Tho friends of
tho Stuto University, at Iowa City, ara
naturally asking why that institution
nhould not bo equally protocted. In
Uoston, no saloon Is permitted within
three bundled feet of a scboolhouse.
Thus tho question of prohibition bal
ances Itself on compromises. LIcoqbo
and local option both Imply tho right
of restriction, partial or entlro. Whoth
er deemed necessary or unnecessary,
the drinking habit Is generally under
suspicion and Ib felt to bo an evil.
Iff Will M AGAIN
Bullcr's Army Attempting to
Relieve Ladysmith.
THE GARRISON HEARS HIS GUNS
Iteportml tlmt He lls Kerrimetl tile
Tat'In Hoer 1'iircr urn Arllc
31 Mine Nrnr I.uiIjmiiIUi ami
I'lsntlns New Oiiiu.
A London ill-patch of February 5
says:
Although there Is no actual confirm
ation of tho report that General Muller
has reerossod the Tugela on a third
desperate attempt to iclleve Lady
smith, it Is known that the war oilleo
has received several South African dis
patches which hae not been published
and If the advance is an actual fuel,
the secret is being well kept.
There are newspaper dispatches in
plenty fioin Spearman's ("amp up to
Suntlity, but there is no hint that an
advance has been begun, ami It is its
Mimed in some quarters here that
Lord Dundunald's reeonnalsanee in the
district of llutifjorspoort may be the
on'y foundation for the statement that
General lluller ha--, stinted.
On tlie other hand dispatches from
Ladysmith rather indicate that the ad
vance is in operation by it-porting
heavy firing on Friday d Saturday,
from Hie directions of Potgicicrs drift
antl Colcnso
A dsspatoh to the Daily Chronicle
from Ladysmith, dated yesterday,
bays:
"A report has reached us that a bri
gade has crossed the Tugela."
The reports that the liners are re
concentrating around Ladysmith are
also an indication that prcpa rations
are being made to icslst General llul
ler, or for an attempt to re-attack up
on the garrison in anticipation of ills
advance. The fact, however, that no
firing has been reported under yester
days tlate, either from LadyMnith or
Spearman's Camp might be inter
preted to mean either that the attempt
had failed or that General lluller butl
merely made a demonstration on Fri
day or Saturday.
Various rumors nie current. One
says that (Jeneral Huller is again at
tacking Spion hop from the side of
General Lyttleton's camp. Another Is
that lit! received Information f-oin the
owner of Spion Kop farm ami crossed
by fords further west than Triehard's
drift. The military authorities hi
London tbiuk it more likely that the
crossing would be made east of
Zwarts kop. Speculation, however, is
useless. The public can only wait in
patience, and, it may be said also, in
trepidation. Nor is the feeliugof anx
iety much relict ed by the possibility
that (Jeneral lluller has been consid
erably reinforced siucct he disaster at
Spion kop.
BOTH sTDES ARE SINNERS
HrlliiTj Inffi'tlmm In it. ink of .Montana
Mr ii.
The defense hi the ease of Senator
Clark of .Montana before the senate
committee on privileges and elections
has b.'gun the presentation of its side
of the controversy. The first half of
the first tiny was given to three wit
nesses for the memorialists, after
which Thomas T. Lyons, county at
torney for .lolVoi-Min county, was put
on the stand by Mr. Faulkner hi Mr.
Shirk's behalf
Ills testimung was rather startling
in several respects, lie biought Rep
resentative Campbell, one of the attor
neys for the prosecution, into the con
troversy as an active participant in
the cast, ayingthat Mr. Campbell had
promised linn S.",0U0 to testify in Un
case against Mr. Clark in this prosecu
tion, lit- had previously been u worker
for Mr. Clark and said that lie acted in
this matter at the instance of C. W
Clark, playing tin- part, as the witness
put it, ' of a Whiteside on tho side."
Accordingly, lie said, he hurt visited
Mr, Campbell. After hearing ills pro
position to testify that scleral mem
bers of the legislature had been to his
knowledge bribed, Mr. Campbell had
ugreed to pay him tho sum mentioned
for the evidence, afterward agreeing
to doubt it. Mr. Lyon also iclatcd
that be bad seen Mr. Campbell and
also Attorney (Jeneral Nolan since his
arrival in Washington
llortMlilnxr Ni nr Ccrrstii.
Koine time dining a recent night a
team, buggy and harness was stolen
from .1. II. Kennedy, a fnrmer living
four miles west of Ceresco Thorn is
no clue to the Identity of the thief.
I'rrnch Com riilou In 'lilim.
A yellow bo.ilt has been issued at
Paris dealing with the successful nego
tiations for obtaining from tlie Chi
nese government an extension of the
French concession at Shanghai. The
documents show that the chief oppo
sition caino from Orcat Mritain, which
country regarded tho extension as an
encroachment on its sphere of in
iluenee in the Ynng-Tse valley, Lord
(Salisbury, in view of tlie French agree
ment of 18, finally waived opposition
In exchange for certain privileges for
British subjects.
Tiro Mini- Kllletl.
A premature explosion of a blast at
the Lincoln, 111., coal mine wrecked
two pits and burled several tliggers.
Thomas Evans was found dead under
the debris and Ocorge Wnrnisher Is
probably fatally injured, ltotli are
tninoi6.
Children llurnt-il to Dentil.
The house of Georgo Winans, nt Mou
tonvllle, Westchester county, N. Y.,
was destroyed by flro in the absence of
the parents und four of WInau's chil
dren, whose ages ranged from two to
sight years, were burned to death.
WILLIAM GOEBEL IS DEAD.
C"ulliir Ciiinn at UilA I. 31., Saturday,
I'eliruury II,
The bullet lire I by an unknown as
sassin last Tuesday morning ended the
life of William Goebel at flits .Saturday
evening, ut Frankfort. Ky. The only
persons present at tho death bed wcro
Mr. (Joebel's sister. Mrs Ilraunacker,
and his brother, Arthur (Soobel, who
had been in constant attendance at Mr.
Oocbel's bedside, and Dr MeCormaek.
.lusttts (loebel. another brother, who
had been hurrying from Arizona us
fast as steam would carry him in a
vain hope of reaching his dying
brother in time for some token of rec
ognition, nrrlved forty minutes too
late. Oxygen was frequently admin
istered to the dying man hi an effort
to keep him alive until his brother's
arrival, but in vain. The train on
which Justus Goebel was traveling was
delayed several hours from various
cu uses.
SALOONS OF IOWA REOPEN
Itrlii'iirliit- anil Htny Or.intctl ky the
I)e Molntu C'utirt.
In the case of Wot vs Illinois, in
which the supreme court of Iowa ren
dered adeei-ion that cloved most of tho
saloons In the interior towns of Iowa, a
petition for rehearing was tiled by the
at'.orney.s for the saloon men. The pe
tition was a-companled by n motion
for an order staying the force of the
earlier ileeiee until the rehearing can
be argued. On consideration of this
motion the court granted the stay nntl
issued an order to that effect. This
places tlie que ,t Ion inexactly the same
condition as before the decision was
made und the Miloous were nearly all
opened within a half hour of the court's
action. Notice was wired to other
places and saloons piomptly reopened
in the "drouth-stricken" towns. The
petition for rehearing will probably be
argued at the May term of the court.
Meanwhile the saloon men will scouie
new petitions of consent, so that if tlie
final decision is against them they can
tile their new petitions and resume
business without interuption. It is
believed by lawyers that the final de
cisions will be. adverse to the saloons,
but that the court grants tlie stay in
order to enable the liquor dealers to
have a reasonable time to comply with
tlie law by filing new petitions.
SAYS HE TRIED TO BRIBE
Act timitloii U Mmle Aciilnvt Suspect
YVhlttuker.
Constable Iluirod, the officer who
t'lol: llarland Whittaker, the alleged
n-.as-.hi. to Louisville, lias given out
what is rogaiilcd as evidence pointing
to llu- licensed man s guilt. Ilarrod
bays that Whittaker. while en route to
Louisville, tlild that he hud some ij.1.
000 at 1-nne which ho would give to bo
allowed to i-st.-ii -. The officer also
says that Whittaker contradicts the
statement of Captain Davis, in whose
company he was found when arrested.
Davis insists that Whittaker was sit
ting in a 100m adjoining Governor
Tavlor's oBIce when tlie shot that
felled Senator tJoebel was lired. Con
stable Ilarrod savs that Whittaker as
serts that he was on the third lloor of
the building.
llarland Whittaker, who was ar
rested at Frankfort shortly after the
shooting of William (Joebel and who
is suspected of being concerned In the
crime, is still in the county jail at
Louisville. Me is in the front part of
tin building on tin- second fioor and
occupies a room w itli .1 number of gov
ernment pr!soncr.s from the mountains.
liittalcer seems to be very glad to
stay hi jail just now while suspicion
is turned in his direction.
He still maintains his innocence,.
WunU SI 11.000.
William Martin, a former employe
of the manufacturing depaitiiictit of
the (irant Paving company, Omaha,
lias brought suit against that company
for Shi. 000 damages for injuries re
ceived while attending to his duties.
Martin was in the habit of starting the
furnace tires with kerosene. One
morning he made tho mistake of pour
ing gasoline into the furnace instead
of koro.sene, the cans being similar,
and was frightfully burned.
May Suffer l.o ot II11111I.
A well-borer naiu-d (Jcorge .Sheldon,
while making a well north of Nelson,
had the mi-fortune to have his hand
b.idly crushed and mangled in Ills well
machinery The doctor in attendance
has .small hopes of saving the hand.
Din I'roin till' Hint.
One hundred and two sunstrokes
were officially reported hi tills lJuenos
Ayres. Of these ninety-three were fa
tal. TI10 temperature was ISO iu tlie
shade.
IntcrrMtlni; (iiirttloii.
In the bigamy cum- iu which Clar
ence K. Unxtor. an employe of the
Cudahy Fucking company at South
Omaha, is defendant, which is now be
ing tried before . I udge (lordon, an In
tel esting question has arisen as to tlie
race to which Mrs, Maxtor No. I be
longs. The plaintllV plainly has ne
gro blood in her veins and unless she
can prove that she is less than one-tout-lb
iiegio the marriage is not bind
ing under tlie laws of Nebraska, and
in that case the charge of bigamy will
bo dismissed.
At Springfield. III., tho jury in the
Sangamon circuit court brought in a
verdict of not guilty in tlie ease of
Charles Ilallington, charged with tlie
murder of his wife, Margaret Ilalling
ton. Mallington, who was partly in
toxicated, shot and instantly killed his
wife on tho night of July a, at their
homo in that city.
Tho horse and boy who were mark
ing olT tho ice on Wright's mill pond,
south of York, broke through the ice,
ami after considerable difficulty both
were rescued without any serious results.
HHfflLYSIKGSM
Expedition of General Kobbc
Takes Nine Towns.
REBELS FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS
Rpvfiitj-I'lvo Killed In Different Scrim-
mnsei Town Set on Fire llrfore
the Americans IZnti-r Other
Ornrrul News Note.
' Ilrigadier (Jeneral Kobbe's expedi
tion in the islands of Lu.on, Leyto and
Snuiar has occupied permanently antl
ganisoned nine towns with the Foity
thlrtland Forty-seventh leglments.says
a Manila dispatch of February :.. This
has placet! on the market 1S00(K) bales
of hemp.
A thou-and Insurgents tinned withl
ritles ami over 5.000 armed with wooden
swords, liows and arrows, were en
countered during the entire trip. The
troops killed evcnty-tive natives,
eleven of whom had ritles. Tho others
were villagers armed with wooden
swords. The American loss was one
man killed and nine men wounded.
The Americans captured S9.000 in gold,
the enemy's money, anil forty muzlc
loadlng brass cannons. At' Calbagog
and bainar the enemy evacuated the
towns, the Americans chasing, light
ing und .scattering them to the moun
tains. FIGHT MAY BE ON ALREADY
Bitltrr 8ald to lie Knockliic at the Doors
of I.ltll.)ltll.
London, F.ng., February 0 special
jays: Military opinion continues to as
sume, from very slender material, that
General Muller is again throwing his
army against the Moor's works. A ic
tiredgeneral.Sir William Henry (Jreen,
whose distinguished career gives
weight to his opinion, thinkstbnt. Oin.
oral Muller, with 25.000 men, is making
a wide detour to the west antl north
in order to nvold the roughest parts of
tho country. As General Muller must
have some thousands of wagons, Sir
William Orcen.points that the move
ment would necessarily bo stow.
No authentic word is at hand, save
that the war office reaffirmed orally to
newspaper inquirers at a late hour
that It could not confirm the reported
advance. There the Natal situation
rests.
The war ofilcc statement that it lias
received no confirmation of the report
that (Jeneral Muller has recrosscd tlie
Tugela river has failed to shake public
belief that operations of tremendous
importance are proceeding at the Tu
gela and it is thought that either the
denial was prompted by a desire to
keep the military movement ns secret
as possible until something is accom
plished, or that (Jeneral Muller is keep
ing the homeoillcials In the dark pond
ing results. It Is obviously difficult to
extract the truth from the conflicting
statements shrouding (Jeneral itullci-S
statements, but most of the commenta
tors agree that the aggregate of tin
horns tends to confirm the belief that
movements of importance are in pro
gress. LOSS EXCEEDS A MILLION
Three St. I.ouli Dry Coo llonim I.usu
lint Ire Slock.
A lire which originated in 1'ennv A-
Gentle's dry go.i'ds store at St. Louis
destroyed property estimated at 51,500,
000. Tlie great -r part of four blocks
of buildings and their contents in the
heart of the retail section wens con
sumed. Oue fireman was killed antl
nine others of tho fire department
were injured moio or less seriously.
Five or six citiens were slightly hurt,
isoneoi me injureii will tlie.
Mormon Ciintrrti Arrive.
Thirty-live mormon converts, man3
of them women, have arrived in New
York on the steamship Anohoria, from
Glasgow, enroute to Utah. They are
from Holland, Mt-lgiuin antl Switzer
land. There are some young girls in
tho party who are pretty anil refined
looking. As the immigrants fulfill all
the conditions of the immigration law
they were allowed to proceed west.
Court for AInloi,
Senator Carter has reported from the
committee on territories the bill foi a
civil code of Alaska and provides for
three district courts with tlie necessary
officers and United States commission,
ers. Three judicial districts are cre
ated. No delegates in congress or
territorial legislature is allowed under
the bill.
Sprt'tiil Siniillpm,
Charles Frank of Carpenter, la., at
tended a church sociable just across
tho state line a few days ago. During
the sociable in a kissing game he be
stowed kisses on three young women
of the church. Shortly afterward ho
was taken down with tlie smallpox. So
were all tho young women. night
oiscs have resulted in all anil one
death has occurred. The state bo.iitl
of health has been notified of the ex
istence of smallpox antl ordcicd a quar
antine. Tho Minnesota officials have
been wired of the cases in that state.
L'lillilrrn llurnril to Itt-ath,
At Sault Ste Marie, Mich., Mrs. .los
Kowatskl locked her boy and girl,
aged three and five respectively, in her
house during her own ubseucc. The
house caught fire anil both children
Were burned to death.
Deittha In CoIIIhIuii.
Word has just been received at Find
lay, 0., that a freight ami passenger
train on the Hocking Valley railroad
collided at Carey, resulting in the
death of a fireman, engineer, express
messenger and two others. No further
particulars are obtaiunble-at this hour,
CONDITIONS ARE CHAOTIC.
Governor Tnylor Submit a Finn to Set
the Gubernatorial Controversy.
Governor Taylor has made a distinct
and positive offer to submit the merits
of his claim to the gubernatorial chair
of Kentucky to any three fair minded
men in the world, these three men to
bo selected by the I'lilted States su
preme court, lie will allow them to
arbitrate the case anil will abide by
their decision. This announcement
lie mndo to a correspondent of the As
sociated press in his ofilcc iu tho ex
ecutive building.
Chaotic is the only word that will
describe tlie political situation as it
exists in Frankfort. This condition
arose not so much from anything that
was done by either side as from the
countless stories nntl rumors that were
spread broadcast. I'arly in the morn
ing it was positively asserted by the
democrats and confirmed by a few re
publicans that the legislative session
in London was about to be called ofT.
The democrats claimed to have had
tlie highest possible assurance that
Governor Taylor would take such ac
tion, antl that the next session of the
legislature would bo held in Frankfort
in tin- capital building tomorrow
morning.
Governor Taylor lutein tlie morning,
however, altered the situation entire
ly by declaring to the Associated press
that no ortier had been issued revoking
the meeting nt London antl that it
would proceed as originally intended
by him
To I. In In State.
The remains of Governor (Joebel were
taken to his home at Covington, Ky.,
nntl will lie in state. A post-mortem
examination of the body of Governor
Goebel was made, but no report was
made as to what was learned.
YOUNG BECKHAM SWORN IN
Democrat T.one No Time in I'lIllnR
the Vnrunry.
Kxnctly one hour after the death of
Mr. Goebel last Saturday, .1. 0. W.
Meckham was sworn in as governor of
tlie state, the oath being administered
by S. .1. Sehakleford, clerk of the court
of appeals.
Mr. Meckham seemed deeplj- nfTected
by the position in which circumstances
had placed him, and he tlid not reveal
much joy over the congratulations
which those iu the room showered
upon him. although he accepted them
gratefully.
w .1. ('. W. Meckham is a young man,
having been born August 5, lsrt'.i, at
Martlstown, Ky. He was elected a
member of the Kentucky house of rep
resentatives in 15)03. He was re-elected
in 1807 and mude spouker of the
house in IStiS. In 1890 ho was nomi
nated for lieutenant governor on the
same ticket witli William Goebel. In
person Governor Meckham is of slight
physique anil a somewhat boyish ap
pearance. He is gifted with exceed
ingly pleasant manners and is very pop
ular personally.
Mr. Meckham has nppolntcd Gen.
John II. Cnstlcmun of Louisville adju
tant general of the state. He will en
ter upon the duties of the ollice im
mediately. ARMED CONFLICT AVOIDED
tiiMi'mor Tnjlor Order llm Iteli-.me of
Alono iillicr.
Armed conflict between the civil au
thorities of Franklin county and the
national guard of the stato of Ken
tucky has been averted, and unless
new causes should come to the front,
there is small likelihood that the po
litical situation will again become as
threatening as it has been.
Governor Taylor ordered the release
of Alono Walker, for the possession
of whom .fudge Moore hail declared
that SherilY Sitter would swear in a
posse, and take possession of the capi
tal grounds, if such au extreme be
came necessary. While not recogniz
ing in his action the existence of a
writ of habeas corpus which had 'been
sworn out in behalf of Walker, Gover
nor Taylor by icleasing the man re
moved the most threatening sign of
tumble. The commanding officers of
the troops which guard tlie capitol
grounds are careful to say that the
situation is entirely a military affair
and that they extend the wi It of habeas
corpus very little consideration, but
whether they u-gard It or not, Walker
is free and slicrill' Suter will not be
called upon to summon force in the at
tempt to secure his release.
NEVSjNBRIEF.
A report from liisbeu. Ariz., states
that General Tories, commander of
the Mexican forces in the Yaqui war,
had been killed m the Macatetc moun
tains. I). M. Hums lias withdrawn from tho
race for senator of California. This
insures tho election of Thomas H,
Maid, the republican rump' caucus
nominee.
Professor II. I). Young, superintend
ent of the public schools at Norwich,
O., was run over by a Maltiiuore ..&
Ohio passenger train and killed, He
was thirty years old.
Treasurer .Mcscrve has Issued a call
for state warrants aggregating SIS.000.
The call is to become effective Febru
ary IS. The icglstered numbers of tho
warrants run from S'.',U5l' to 53,170.
Mrs. (J race Scott of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
was found in a- field seven miles north
west of there frozen to death. She had
undertaken to drive to the homo of nn
aunt in Alamo. As marks of violence
were found foul play Is suspected,
I'lth Combine
A fish combine has been formed by
forty of tlie wholesale houses of Moston
and other points on the New England
coast under the title of the Moston Fish
company. The authorized capital is
55,000,000. The organization began
business on February 1.
UfC WAS A JAILURE
So Declares C F. Burnet of Ra
vena, Who Kills Himself
HAD ILL HEALTH FOR TEN YEARS
I)rionilent Over 1'oor S'uccris In Ilusl
ueioi, llu Km! Ill Karthly 1'ilnt-
dice l)j Shunting Himself With
a Itctoltcr NcbrmUa Newi.
Charles F Hurnet of Iiavenna com
mitted suicide at Shelby by shooting
himself in the temple with a revolver.
For about a week he solicited members
for tlie Hen Hur lodge without Hiiecess.
He went to his room In a private house
and in the evening the owners found
him dead. He left a note giving his
body to tlie Omaha medical institute
with instructions that after uslug they
give it proper burial antl a headstone
He said bis life had been a failure for
ten years, during which he bail an In
curable bowel complaint. He was
thirty years oltl and unmarried. He
saltl all hi.s business hail been unsuc
cessful antl that was the day of his
last act. His brother in Iiavenna
wlretl to hold the body until his ar
rival. REVENUE PRODUCING LAW
Itpolproc.il Iimurnncu Act to It En
forced Strictly.
Auditor Cornell has decided to en
force the reciprocal insurance law.
During tlie last three years he has
made an effort to enforce this law and
as n result lias collected about SM),000
under its provisions. The law applies
only to life insurance companies. It is
estimated that a strict enforcement
will bring in fees to the state amount
ing to froiiiS.10.U00 toSiM.OOUcueli year.
The auditor is now receiving applica
tion from till companies doing business
iu the state for renewal of licenses.
The companies are required to file au
annual statement antl .secure a renewal
of license at the bcginn.ng of eacli
year. All life insuiance companies
will be notified that unless they pay
the reciprocal tax due no license will
be granted In this way It Is helloed
the law can be enforced.
The National Life Insurance com
pany of Mon'tpelier recently paid a
fee of S.-.0I.70 to the state treasurer of
Nebraska at the request of the audit
or. Nearly all of this fee became due
because of a law iu Vermont taxing
companies i per cent on gross pre
miums. Nebraska has no such luw but
as Vermont has a law of that kind,
the fee must be paid. The law known
as the reciprocal law provides Unit a
company from another state must pay
the license fees required by the laws of
Nebraska and as much more, as the
liccnte fees of its ow u state are in ex
cess of license fees of tlie state of Ne
braska. The object of this law Is to
eviii't from companies of other states
as much as the laws of such other
states would requite of Nebraska com
panies entering such states.
Considerable disturbance may be
made over the law. but Auditor Cor
nell is tit tcrmined to follow it strictly.
Deputy insurance Clerk Price has se
cured copies of the laws of all tho
states in tin- country and is prepared
to tell each company just bow much
must be paid.
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I'IucIh Itemalnt In I'otlln.
Sheriff Lancaster of York has re
turned from Henderson, where he hail
been investigating the alleged grave
robbing. He found that the matter
was considerably overdrawn, and
many wicrd stories were the result of
the affair Nichols is a brother-in-law
of Goosen who says that there was no
intention of removing the lemalns.
The object in examining the grave
was to convince young (loosen that
bis mother's remains were unmolested.
The remains were found iu the cofiln.
Two I'Htnlltlm ut u I'lre.
The five story building at Michigan
avenue and Randolph streets. Chicago,
occupied by Sprague, Warner & Co.,
one of the Inrgcst wholesale grocery
houses i u the west, was partially de
stroyed by lire, and tho loss will reach
several hundred thousand dollars.
William Fleming, a fireman, was fa
tally injured by falling from tlie third
story.
Hoy Serlouily Injured,
At Tccumsch. Neb., Die!: Eaton, the
son of W. F. Eaton, was kicked in tlie.
forehead by a horse. The shock was
very severe and the llcsh considerably
lacerated, but it is believed no further
Injury resulted.
Call I'or Itfulgiiittlnii.
Governor Tanner has culled for and
received the resignation of Zion K.
Wood as trustee of the asylum for fee
ble minded at Lincoln, 111. Mr. Wootl
is a republican and lives at Mt. Pulas
ki. Tho governor declines to talk
about the dismissal, saying he is not
prepared to give out the. particulars.
An investigation has been held and it
Is surmised that the trouble lies in tho
letting of contracts for tho new build
ings which have been piovlded for by
appropriation by tho last legislature,
but which have not been commenced
yet.
Alli-i;eil Klonerii Dutuliieil, ,-
Marshal Ilgenfritz of York received
a telegram from Farnumsvllle, la., re
questing him to arrest or detain Mert
JMoDonaltl und Jessie McClcan, an al
leged eloping couple from that city,
whose destination was Avoca, Nob,
Tlie couple arrived on the Elkhorn
passenger and were promptly taken
Into custody by the marshal, but as
they offered to remain there until tho
girl's father arrived, they were allowed
to stay at tho LaGrande hotel. Tho
couple are not married, but declure
that, thoy will be sooner or later.
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