The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, March 16, 1900, Image 3
tasjatw" 'WHRf1 ' V I (LASH JHAS COME Situation in Old Kentucky is Again Very Critical, MANY ARMED MEN ARE MARCHING Capitol Is llnrrliHiloil, With Troup on Utmril Itrpiilillnin OlllclnW ltc-l.t Arrol mill Pico to Lexington Tho l.'nd Not Yet. A Frankfort. Ky.. dispatch of March 10 says; 'J'ho situation here reached a point of excitement today almost ap proaching that of tin stirring times immediately following tin- assasslnu lion of Governor Ooobel. The rein statement of tlio tuilltary power it) complete control of the state execu tive building and tin- loftiMil of tho military authority to allow tho local police ami civil ollicors to enter the building for the purpose of nriosling Sociolnry of State Caleb Powers anil Capt. .lohn V. Davis charged with be ing accessories to tho Goebel nssassi nation, and tho probability of a eon ilict between the civil and military authorities niuelo the situation serious during most of the day. This morning City Marshal Uiohard son applied at the executive building and ileinanded to bo admitted for tho purpose of arresting I'owersand Davis, but was turned bach and the warrants were then turned over to Sheriff Suter. The latter nisei presented himself at the executive building and demanded admittance, lie was lcferrcd by tho otllcer in charge to Colonel Morrow, and tho latter belli? found said: "I am sorry, Mr. Sheriff, but it is against (ioverneir Taylor's orders to let any one into tin building toelay."' During tho afternoon Towers and Davis escaped to Lexington disguised as soldiers, hut weird had preceded them, and they were seized by a posse of deputy sheriffs and hurried' to jail. CALM ON SUNDAY. 'IheDit, Wan Olio of Cntupimitlvo fliilrt IVilliif; Iti prrxHiMl, A Lexington. Ivy., Miueh 11 dispatch .nys: The Sabbath day brought a hopeful and encoui aging ea'.in to the stotm, which for throe hour-, on Satur elay night came near precipitatinj? bloodshed which would have been ended with the thieateued riot at the depot when Secretary of State Powers and Captain Davis were anestcd by the Lexington olilcials. Jt was hai'd to tell what an attempt at leicuc would have led to. The adoption of a disguise by Davis and Powers in order to j?et out of Frankfort put an ugly phase em the matter for the prisoners, in the opinion of .some of their friends at Lexington, although they explain they did so merely to get away from the local Goo bel influences which tlu'y allege would work to their detriment in securing a fair trial. 'lajlorMny May i:rn, Sunday afternoon a report gained cuneney in Frankfort that Governor Taylor had given ids soldiers orders te arrest (iovcrnor lieekham and other otllcers of the democratic state govern ment. On account of this report the Ilcckham men enlisted by Captain Marshall were assembled at the city hall, armed and sworn in as special police for thu purpose of protecting the democratic ollicors. yho arc still quurtcied at the Capital hotel. A large number of citiens also volun teered and were assigned to various posts in the vicinity of the hotel to of fer resistance in case the talked of ar rests were attempted. It is feared that civil war can hardly be averted if a stray shot should be 11 reel. ASHLAND MAN TRIES TO KILL Minoti Throe Time nl Wlfo Without i:rrct. The domestic elillicuhics of Wan en Coon and his wife, of Ashland, fulmi nated in a shooting afl'i ay, in which he tired three shots at his wife. Coon is a blacksmith, who has lived for several years in Ashland, lie lias a wife and two sons, erne of them a young man away from home. For some month', there has been domestic discord, with claims on the part of Mrs. Coon that he was unfaithful to her. The climax was reached a month or more ago when Mrs, Coon tiled a suit for divorce. A few days ago she returned from Oma ha, where she had been staying, and took possession of tho home. Mr. Coon has boon acting in a strange and flighty manner, and It is charged has been drinking a good deal. This after noon lie watched for his wife, and lired three shots at her, but failed to hit her. He was disarmed, arrested and bound over. KIIIh a iiurKlur. A. C. Moffot, cashier of the First State Hank at Waverly, 111., shot and instantly killed a negro burglar in his bedroom. A quantity of stolen valua bles was found on the person of the dead man. He lias been identified but was supposed to have been a noted crook. Muriloreil by it Hchitlvo. Christ llauer was murdered by Kr nest Meyer, his brotlior-iu-law, thirty miles east of Sioux City. Ilotli men are farmers, llauer met death in do fending his mother, with whom Meyer had picked a quarrel, Meyer had been drinking. Tninufcrreil to Clilruco, Llewellyn F. Ilarker, associate pro fessor of pathology of the John Hop kins medical school, has accepted tho chair of anatomy and neurology at the University of Chicago, ASK FOR MORE TROOPS Anmrltmi Suddcr In l'ltliluu Mronj; holtls lliirranieil. i A Manila dispatch says: Generals ' loiing ami ttooit are asking for ein foreonionts. and a battalion of the Forty-eighth regiment lias boon sent to Aparrl. Other troops will follow. The rebels lecontly persistently at tacked Ap.irrl for several bonis, but wore finally driven away. Details of the airalr aie lacking. The rebels are holding reunions in the ptovince of North iloe'os, and the lied Ivatipunan cross, symbolic of re sistance, is again appearing among the natives. It is believed that the insurgent gen erals Tinio and Flores have been driven by General Yotiiy? into (ion oral Hood's territory south of Aparrl. The fact that tlonoral Young Is un able, owing to lack of troops, to main tain garrisons in all the towns occu pied lias had a bad effect on the natives. (lenoral Kates has returned here af ter leaving garrisons in the provinces of North and South Cainarinos. The expedition lost seven men killed and ten wounded. On entering New Ca eoies, piovinee of South Cainarinos. tieneral Hates learned that two thous and insurgents departed the (nine day. The Americans immediately sent out tin eo pursuing columns, encountering the enemy in throe small engagements and killing a total of forty men. The Spanish prisoners report that the enemy has divided into small bands in the mountains, under the leadership of tJeneral Legaspi. The town of Iriga lias been burned by the enemy. Hotli provinces woio thorough ly evacuated. The Inhabitants of the district of Llhmanan, including Abrll, the provincial governor and other olil cials, are returning to their homes. Abell has issued a pioclamation calling upon the native:) to submit to the Americans. THE ARTICLE IS DENOUNCED lima mi Municipal Count 11 Nul In Svin pnthy With ltii'iclo'K YitiivH. At a mooting of the municipal conn ell at Havana a portion of the article writt.'ii by .lames 1). Runeie, for an American publication, on mis-government in Cuba, was road, and it was proposed that the municipality request that Mr. Hunch bo not permitted to continue as a member of the law com mission here. Objection w as made to tills step, however, it being pointed out that when a much higher otllelal than Mr. Hunch; had made graver charges against the Cubans, the muni cipality had not taken any action. Other eouneilmen said that this un doubtedly referred to tumoral Ludlow, governor of the department of Havana, in whose case, however, it was said there were only newspaper reports to go by, without any signature attached to them. Hesides, it was assorted many of the tilings (Seneral Ludlow had said against the Cubans were true, it was finally agreed to send an ad dress to Oovernor IJonoral Wood, say ing that the municipality regards Mr. Uuneie's article with profound (lis gust and regret. SECURE A MARKED ADVANCE Wiirch for 1'iiilillrr thu Highest for Many Your. At the bimonthly wage conference at Youngstowu., O., between represent atives of the amalgamation associa tion and the iron workers an advance of S.1 cents a ton in the rate for pud dling was agreed upon. The rate is now six dollars a ton, the highest price paid since 1880. About -'O.OOP men are affected bv the result. Keuue SuccoiIh llnnnoity. News from what is considered a re liable source, reaches Sioux City, la., that Archbishop .lohn Keane is to be Archbishop Hennessey's successor, it is said the archbishops of the country and the arch diocese have unanimously agreed to send his name to Koine. It is further stated that there are to be two new Catholic sees in Iowa, with Sioux City and Dcs Moines us see cities. Lynch h f-ro. Word has reached Valdosota, Ga., of a double murder and lynching near .lonniiigs, Fia. Two white men by the name of Curlier were killed by a negro, whoso name could not be learned. The negro was captured by the sheriff. A nioli quickly gathered, took the mur derer from the ollicors and swung him up to a tree. Cut IIuhIiuuiI'h Throat. At Joliet, III., Mrs. .lohn (iallaglier, IJfty years old, while hi a iit of tem porary insanity arose from her bed, procured a razor and returning to the bedroom, cut her husband's throat from ear to ear. Ho died before the police arrived on the scene. The de mented woman is now in jail. Two small children were sleeping in an adjoining room, but were not molested Twelve More IIoiIIvm. Twelve more bodies have been taken from the Hod Asli mine. This makes a total of -17 dead bodies taken out, and at least two more are known to be in the mine. Tfiiin Hum; til for Murilor. At Hoauuiont, Tex., Anthony Hop kins was hanged for the murder of his wife, in thu presence of .1,000 people, who took up a collection of 8100 for ids mother and sent it with his re mains to her in Waco. KllleMl by l'oolpHiln. John H. Stout, a respected citizen of Indianapolis, hid., while on his way home, was robbed and shot by foot pads, from the effects of which he died. Police have failed to find any clue to the murderers. A PLEA FOR PEAC President Krugcr Makes Move for Intervention. SOUNDS THE POWERS Of EUROPE 1Ii-1kIuiii, llolliiuil iiiiiI N MitIk'hI Ap prone'liml I'ultiMl Slates Not Can dle Important Mov lltpee'teil At nn Curl) Hate. A dispatch from The Hague dated March 1','tli says: "It is learned from a reliable source that President Km gor, through the I'onsuls of Pretoria, lias appealed for the intervention of the greater powers in the Transvaal war, and has also appealed to the gov ernments of liolgium, Holland and Switzerland. Woid from Washington says there is reason to believe that tho I'nitod Stales government Is using its good ulllces to restore peace between tiroat Hrltaln and the South African republics. I.oid Pauneofote called at the state department and spent half an hour with Secretary Hay. If he was made acquainted with the tenor of any coin-mutiiculic-i relative to pcaec that may have come from Pretoria, lie gave no sign of the fact. The olilcials of tin dop.it ttiieut also maintained a losorve lospooting this subject that was impenetrable, and all that could be obtained from them was an injunction to await the develop ments of the novt twenty-four hours. It is surmised from this that the de partment Is restrained from discussing the subject by a' regard for the diplo matic piopriotii's The Transvaal having appealed to tei lierinany for mediation or interven tion in the war with tiroat Itritain, Germany has replied that she declines to lulerfcie, as she is in no way con cerned in tho cJiilliet. REV. SHELDON'S PAPER. Tho Topcliu Cup 1 1 ii I CiiiniM Out at ii Christian NoiNpiiptr. The "main purpose of the pap.r will be to Inllucucc its readers to seek llrst the kingdom of God." The Hev. Charles M. Sheldon, who Monday assumed editorial and busi ness control of the Topeka Daily Capi tal, which lie will retain emu week, made this announcement in his editor ial leader outlining his policy. The Capital during tills time will lu a "newspaper." The "news,"as defined by Mr. Sheldon, is anything in the way of current events that the public ought to know for-its moral and spirit ual development. Tli paper is abso lutely non-partisan and partisan po litical news an given scant notice. All editorial and important local matter are signed by the writers. There will be no Sunday paper, but instead a Saturday evening paper suit able for Sunday reading. The llrst item on the first page Tues day was a prayer written by Hishoji John A. Vincjntof the Methodist Kpis copal church. CATTLE CAR CAUGHT FIRE Cnrloiul of limine Hum While u Train Is In Motion. A. K. Griffith of Lincoln, Neb., sus- I tallied the loss of a carload of cattle in a very peculiar way. He shipped forty-eight young animals in a large cat to Silver Creek, Neb., over the Union Pacific. When the train was about a mile from Valparaiso a spark form the engine in some manner became lodged in the bedding of the car causing it to flame up rapidly. The forward por tion of the car was blazing before the accident was discovered and thu train was brought to a stop. The cattle penned in the car became frantic and those near the lire were burned while many of those at tho other end and es pecially in the middle of the car were injured by the wild efforts of the ani mals to escape. When the trainmen opened the door of the car the cattle jumped out and almost without, an ex ception all that jumped were injured bo they had to.be killed. Auk That Dattt Do CIiiiiiKc(I. A Kansas City, Mo., dispatch of March 1!) says: The subcommittee of the national democratic committee, ap pointed at Washington to make ar rangements for the national conven tion in July, are. in Kansas City. A committee of the leieul passenger agents met the committee and argued for a changed of date for the conven tion, pleading that if held on July 1, us planned, the railways will not be able to offer proper facilities be'oause of the usual excursion businesson that date. They urge that the date be changed to July 3. A lloinh In Church. An empty beer keg, surmounted by a dynamite bomb, was found by the police in St. Paul's church, Cedar Hap ids, la. Rev, Mr. Lockwood, the pas tor, has been nctive in opposition to the saloon petition now circulating, and it is Inferred that the keg and bomb were intended as a threat. KIIIh Dcupernilo. A special from Tecumsch.Okl., states that Rager Hrutio, alias "Jim the Tough," arrested for horse stealing and murder, attempted to escape from Sheriff Grace. The men Had a fierce struggle nnd Grace succeeded in killing Hruno, but 1b himself seriously, if not fatally in jured. Elder Michael M. Stover of Table Rock, Neb, who camu to Nebraska thirty-six years ujo, died suddenly of neuralgia of the heart. FOURTEEN LIVES ARE LOST Tenement Mouse Hums unit Mini) 1'co plo t'urlolt. Fourteen persons lost their lives, two persons wore seriously injuied and many others slightly burned in a flie at Newark. N. J., which destroyed a tenement. The firemen, after tin flames had been subdued, took thir teen bodies from the ruins and while they wore thus engaged another victim of tin lire died In the city hospital. One family was wiped out completely, and of another family only the fathei lives, and he is in the city hospital, where it Is believed ho will die. eVnll) I'lro In Oiiiitlni. The throe-story brick building at I'll! i'ni'tiiiiii street. Omaha, occupied by the Omaha Tent and Awning com pany, was totally dost toyed by Ilio. The stock of Sehnioller v Mueller on tile west and that of the Nebraska Seed company on the east weto seriously damaged by smoke and water. Tin total losses will foil up about S.IO.OOO .'iiillli'il of Murder. IMwin II. tillluiiiu, charged with tho murder of a young minor named Dan Sullivan last Christmas, was acquitted by u jury at Hutte Mont., on his own and unsupported testimony that he killed tho man in self-defense. Gill man is the sou of I'rauk Gilluian, a hanker of Hamburg, la. Trli'il In Kill. At Plattstnouth. Noli . a fellow giv ing his name as Plunkott, attempted to shoot a young eigariuakor named O. Wells, luil was prevented from so do ing by Wells, who giabbed the strang er's gun. The trouble, for which there was no publication whatever, look place in Natka's saloon. s'lipho In Sopprciii'it. At a speelal mooting of the city eotineil of Flint. Mich., a resolution was adopted in support of Mayor 1'iaw ford's determination to prevent a proposed piose illation of "Sapho." The resolution instructs the marshal to pi event the performance. ' THE NEWSINBRIEF Secretary of War Root is in Cuba, in specting the fortresses. Three f re ill cases of bubonic plague have appeared at Sidney, N. S. W. ftiiii'ivssiuan Mereei has introduced a bill to establish a sub-treasury at Omaha. Four new eases of bubonic plague have developed in Honolulu since March J. Tin senate devoted a portion of its session tu eulogies of Hie late Senator Ilayward. The Nebraska horticultural society decided to hold its summer meeting at North Platte, July s. Loudon papers are very niiicli op posed to the senate amendment to the llay-I'auneefote treaty. It is believed the meat bill pending in the German Reichstag will be elc foated. It is very unpopular. The senate tabled Senator Hoar's amendment giving ex-tjiieen Lilwoka laiii $:.'),)(() ami an annuity of 10,000 Near Hernando, Miss., Thomas Clay ton, a negro, was shot to death by members of his own race because of a criminal t'ssault on a ten-year-old girl. Two sections of a freight train on the Wabash near Itlue Mound, 111., collided. Sam Houil of Litchfield and Ilcrt Seymour of Waverly, brakeuieu, were killed. The dead body of a woman, identi fied as Mrs. Solum Johnson of Omaha was found in the lake at Riverside lark. She had trouble with her hus band and became insane. It is said President Kruger and Pres ident Steyn liavu wired Lord Salisbury peace proposals, on condition that the independence of the two republics be respected and the rebel colonials am nested. A dwelling house owned by J. G. Wheeler, who resides five miles east of llartington, Neb., took fire and burned to the ground. The origin of the lire is unknown. Scarcely anything was saved. For alleged abuse of ills wife and family, Peter Huffman, a minor of Ly ford, north of Torre Haute, hid., was taken from Ids home by a band of whltoeaps and beaten unmercifully. The indontlty of the whitooaps is un known. Fire in tho building of the Massa chusetts Macaroni company, at Koston, Mass., caused the death of one fire man, the probably fatal injury of an other nnd the serious injury of three other, besides entailing a llnancial loss of S7.1.000 to SI .10,000. The Nancy Hanks Lincoln memorial association of Indiana met at the gov ernor's otlice and decided to accept the proposition of J. S. Culver, a Spring field, 111., contractor, to erect, free of charge, a monument over the grave of Lincoln's mother, near Lincoln City, Silencer county, Indiana. Mr. Culver is rebuilding thu Lincoln monument at Springfield. The president has commuted to im prisonment for life thu sentence to death imposed by court martial in the case Private George Murphy, company C, Twenty-fourth infantry, convicted of the murder of another soldier of the same company in the Philippines. The Modern Woodmen of America camps of Lincoln are to give a grand ball in the new auditorium building on thu evening of April l for the pur pose of raising a fund to erect a Wood man hall. It Is expected that nearly every camp In Nebraska will be repre sented in the assembly on that even "If DANGEiWASSi Kentucky is to be a Decent State, HIE LEGISLATURE HAS ADJOURNED. AKrroini'iil Hint Hitii Iti'iirhrd IIHmitii Contt'iiilInK rnt'tlon. noil 'I lit'jr Await Di'i'Mim of Court Ahhlii Verdict. Tin legislature of Kentucky has ad journed sine die. A conference be tween Adjutant Generals Collier and Caslleman losiilted in a perfect under standing being reached. Governor Taylor will continue to no! as gover nor. Governor lleekhaiii will make no move toward securing possession of the state buildings until after the eouit of appeals has decided the disputed gov ernorship. The legislature appropri ated 8100,001) for t lie use of Governor Itcekhain In roeiigauliug the s'.ato militia. Tills in brief is the situutUm In Kentucky politics. (iovcrnor Taj lor w ill not oiilliuc his future plan of action I ejond the state ment which lie made to tin Associated press e'oriespiiudeiit. that lie would "continue to act as governor." Re publicans in Governor Tujlo-'s eon Ihlenoe, however, say that ho will remain at Frankfort in the discharge of Ills elutics until the coin t of last re sort passes upon the question at Issue. Then, if the decision be against him. he will step out at once and turn over tin state buildings to Governor ltcok hiim. FOR A WOODMAN HALL Lincoln Ciinipi Aiiihll lints to have n I'm- trmiil llulhlliiK. The Modern Woodmen of Amotion is continuing its marvelous gtowth. whicli has been tin aihnlratioii of the fraternal insurance world for several j'cars past. At present theie are .171! local camps in Nebraska Willi a total membership of .'10. .V.' I. Neighbors drive miles to attend meetings of their camp. Nebraska Woodmen now carrj SHl.i.,.,7i..1()0 insurance in this order. The idea of a Woodman hail is being talked of all over the jurisdiction at the present time. There is talk of Woodman halls in both Omaha ami Lincoln at the present time. A joint committee representing the live big eaiups of Lincoln are arranging a big ball in tlio now auditorium for tho purpose of starting a "nestegg" fund, having for Its object the securing of a Woodman hall. The bull will lie given on the evening of April I. and prom ises to lie the most successful frater nal affair ever attempted in the capi tal eity. CANNOT CHANGE THE DATE Di'inncri.tlc Convention Will Do Hclil on liiili'iirnilinre Day. The sub-committee of the democratic national committee decided that it could not change tho date for holding the convention from .Inly I without the consent of the entire committee, and the opinion was expressed that no change of date will lie made. Tho committee accepted an offer made bj the Kansas City club, which tendered the use of its elegant club house for headquarters during the con vention. Especially satisfactory arrangements were made for the newspaper and tele graph Intcri'sts. The hotels have closed several con tracts for housing several of the largo delegations, among them being Tam many, whose representative' selected l'J.'i rooms at one hostelry. Hotel man agers announce that they will make a rate of 8.1 per day for room and bath and three meals on the American plan. HurrU IMeiulH Not Utility. A great deal of Interest is manifested In the Harris-Hlenklron murder trial, whicli commenced Tuesday at llart ington. Editor Harris appeared in court, accompanied by ids brother and three attorneys. He quivered us the information was read charging him with murilor in the first degree, but pleaded not guiltj'. The regular panel ef jurymen was exhausted and another has been ordered summoned. I'll I it I Tt-iiiH Duel. News reached Waco, Tex., of a des perate duel at WliitiK'j", thirty miles distant, between Dick Delamar mid Joe Williams, in which the latter was killed and the former soriouslj' wound ed. The cause of the tragedy was due to a remark alleged 1 1 have been made ley Williams detrimental to the charac ter of u young lady with whom Dela mar was infatuated. 1'Rlul Kentucky I'leht. At Forest Hill, ten miles from Au gusta, Ky., an entertainment was be ing given when llarvey Moran and pons engaged lu a fight witli the Hamilton brothers. Hurby Moran was killed outright and Harvey Moran beaten to death almost. Two of the lluiniltons were shot, one fatally. Itiillrottil Workman Injured, Everett llaugliton of Teciimseli.Neb., was somewhat injured while at work with a steel laying gang on the Ittir llngtou road. He was working on a flat car, was crowded oil' and falling lit on his head on n pile of ties. Quite a scalp wound was inflicted. News has been received from Anda lusia, Ala., of the killing of Thomas Sharp by Will Craddock in tlio jury room of the court house at that place early this morning. The men quar relled over u game of cards. PiOREIDLE MEN IN CHICAGO Saih, Door nnil Itlluil .Miiiiiifin:tiirtr9 Close Don n. The sash, door and blind manufac turers of Chicago and vicinity have voted to close their mills until tho tabor troubles are adjusted. Hy thin action t.000 moil are added to the CO, 000 now Idle and business interests are further crippled. Ills thought that they will remain shut down for at least sixty elays. The ainalgainated woodworkers atti tude in respect to Hie building strike) may have something to do with tlio closing of the mills. Thej have at tempted to prevent the elellvery of ma torluls fioin the mill to jobs being car ried on by the contractors with the non-union men and thus embarrassed tin mill owners to a largo extent. SATISFACTORILY SETTLED. Typi'foiiNiIrm iiiiiI Workmen ltiuoli Ai;rii'iiti'itl. At Philadelphia, at a conference be tween the typefounders of the United States and their employes, regardlnff wages and hours, the question was set tled satisfactory to both sides. Tlio new wage schedule and the nine-hour work (laj will go into effect April 1. The advance in wages amounts to from 1,1 to 'JO per cent over the present scale. Tin unions domaiiiled an In ereaso.of from L'O to 'J.I per cent, but accepted a e'oiuproiniso. The confer once was in pi ogress nearly a week, during which time day and night ses sions woie held. The typefounders at the meet lug represented fully 8J0.000, 000 capital ami the delegates of thu workmen's union represented 1,000 em ployes. Typefounders from nearly e'very section of the country were in attendance. HOLDUPS AT DEADWOOD. Itelj-n of Otitliutry In tho llluek Mill Mi'tropolli. Two men entered the Olympic bak er j' on Sherman avenue, Doadwood, S. I)., and ashed for some bread. While the clerk was wrapping it up one of the men hit him over the head, knocking him senseless'. The robbers then went through the safe, getting about S 1 7.1 in money. Two arresta were made. About tho same time a box car on the lliirliugtoii road was broken into ami several hundred dollars worth of goods woio taken. A mini ii.-niiKil I'liti-li'lt llnrli'V vviih held up at Doadwood and robbed of ids pocket hook and other valuables. JAPAN REFUSES ADMISSION Auierli mi Innurnui'11 Ceinipmili'-. Call to Comply vilth thu I.'ivv. Oriental advices state that permis sion to do elu luess in Japan lias been refused sixty foreign insurance compa nies, most of them American. Japan ese eillleials state' that this results from the fact that their applications have failed to comply with tlio Japanese insurance laws. Though Korea has never formally assented, Russia regards as accepted its proposal of several months ago to loan Korea several million yen in re turn for exclusive milling privileges. The Russian ami French cable and tologiaph systems in Siberia, China, ami Iiido-China are soon to be connect ed. Will 1'ay nil Dponltorii. Creditors of the Hank of Hitchcock, Hitchcock, S. I)., whicli was robbed of SlL',000 cash and the building burned Friday night, met recently, and Ethe real Wilson, proprietor of tho bank, arranged to pay all depositors in full, their claims amounting to about 98,000. Fully 8 1 'J. 000 was known to be In the safe at the close of business Friday night, but when the safe wus opened all but a few silver dollars was gone. Ilouds, notes and other valuable papers were not disturbed. People of Hitch cock are making strenuous efforts to ascertain who did the job, they being satisfied it was the work of profes sionals. Dei'hli'M for llnnk. In the case at Omaha of the state against the Omaha National bank and J. II. Millard for tho collection of S'JOO.OOO, Judge linker has decided in favor of the defendants, as he did when the e-ase was originally tried bj him prior to appeal to the supreme court. n ebraska"newsnotes The state Sunday school association Is to lie held in Lincoln June 10, 20 and lit. Some days ago the wife of Wm. Snyder at Sjtuoiiso. received a fall. She elied from its effects Monday. Fanners in Nebraska are putting in wheat, and grass is starting. The ground is in excellent condition. The burning iiucslion in Kearney this spring will be that of wet or dry. The election will settle the flood or drouth problem. Governor Poynter enjoyed a rabbit hunt Tuesday in the vlclnitj of Kear ney. The game was beaten up by a wire cable over n thousand feet long, drawn by two teams of horses. Over fifty rabbits were killed. Every bit of evidence from all over Nebraska indicates that the, outlook 1b most favorable for good "ci ops. The conditions are good. The trial of Frank h. Dinsmore, charged with the murder of Fred Lane at Odessa, has begun at Lexington. The opening day shows that the de fense will put up a strong tight. The liurlington is putting In a new siding at Greenwood, nearly one and one-half miles in length. This is made necessary by the business done in that station and the number of trains that' pass. ,'U I ',- ' v . i3b wfiiiiwww "m-,EVi timtmtm s " fztf- 4, HJ)- ffi::& '