The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, April 19, 1901, Image 3

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    .
,
v
APPROPRIATIONS
Amount Named for Salaries and
Current Expenses.
THE TOTAL FOOTS UP TO J2,?89,590.0I
Mate Inttltutlon ltememhrrrd by In-
rreaard Amount t Cure for Mure In
mate Money In ltrlniliumr Sub-
rrlbvr to Flrnt Neb. I'mid.
A compilation oT the appiopriation
blllB passed by the Inst legislature
shows a total appropriation of 82,780,
090.02 for the bienniutn, or 8187,:i34,4:i
more than vtns appropriated by the
former legislature. Nearly all of tho
state institutions weie given an In
creased amount owing to the claim
that the number of inmates demanded
greater appropriations. In addition
Mime of the Institutions were given ap
propriations for new building and for
the purchase of lands. The total ap
propriation Includes funds to reimburse
those who contributed to the leturu of
the First Nebraska regiment, the pur
chase of grounds for the state fair, u
state library commission, a state board
of charities and corrections, the pro
posed state exhibit at the HntTalo ex
position, three commissions to deter
mine disputes In regard to the Mat
boundary, for the maintenance of the
office of state veterinarian and for the
enforcement of a new game law and
for the support of a supreme court
commission of nine members together
with stenographers. The deficiencies
claims bill carries with it an appropri
ation of 8140,11'.'.
The following is a list of the appro
priation bills:
II It 430, salaries of state
officers and employes, 8 H01, 020. 00
II. It. 477, current expenses,
state government 1,4011,440.30
II. H. 321, refunding money
advanced to return the
First regiment 30,230.2.1
II. II. 70, for the purchase
of state fair ground s. ... 35, 000.00
II. It. 317, to purchase land
for institue for feeble
minded 1 .'..000.0(1
II. It. 142, for the relief of
state, treasurers 5,000.00
U. It. 4t7, deficiency
claims 140,112.0.',
II. It. 478, miscellaneous
claims
II. It. 20, library commis
sion H. It. 130, to Frederick Ulil
rich II. It. 200, relief of .Sherman
county
II It. 4, building of asylum
ut Hastings
II. It. 210, relief German
Evangelical Luternn
church, Lincoln
II. It. 11, incidental expens
es of legislatnre 30,000.00
H. It. 484, incidental expens
es of the legislature 18,000.00
JI. It. 13, salaries of oflicers
and members of legis
lutuie 3.1,000 00
II. Its. 3.12, 21.1 and 203, 82.
000 each, to pay expenses
of three state boundary
commissions 0,000.00
State superintendent.... 10,000.0(1
Hanking board 1,300.0(1
.Supreme court 3,700.01
State library 10,000.00
llof-pltal Insane, Lincoln. . 142,07.1.00
Asylum. Norfolk 03,37.1.00
Asylum. Hastings 100..100.00
Industrial school, Ocncvn 23,77.1.00
Soldiers home Grand Island 8.1,8.10.00
Soldiers' home, MM ford. . . . ltl.ooo.oo
Industrial home. Mllford . 12,.1.10.00
Industrial home, Kearney. 7 1, 700.00
Home for friendless 20,000,00
Institute for blind, Ne
braska City 30,27.1.00
Institute for feeble minded,
Itcatrlce 82,300.00
Deaf and dumb Omaha. . . . 43.7.10.00
Penitentiary 110,072.80
1'niversitv HH.2.10.00
Noi mill school. Peru 12,200.00
Nebraska national guard . . 3.1,000.00
Fish commissioner 0,1 00. on
Historical society 10.000.0ii
Hoard of health 4,200.00
Food commission 2,000.00
Poultry association 2,000.00
Dairymen's association .... 2,000.00
Hoard of horticulture .1.000,0(1
Hoard of Agriculture 0,000.0(1
Publishers geological re
ports 1,200 0(1
Investigation and diseases
of cattle 2..100.(MI
NO STAMP NEEDED
The Supreme Court Cuts Off the
Government Rovonuo.
SAYS BILLS OF LADING ARE EXEMPT
Tai Declared llncomtltntlonnl Lincoln
Cull Awarded .liidginvnt Agnlut the
Wentern Union Amhaadnr
I'Mtn In Noun lo Itctlre.
lluffnlf exposition 10,000.0 J
Itevcnue books and blanks. 3,000.0t
Transacting abstracts of
land S.000.00
County treasurers' mileage.. 0,000.01
Compiled statutes 1,000:01
Advertising for bids on
state printing '2.10.04
Fugitives from justice and
officers' fees 15,000.0(1
Law journals and court re
ports 21.000.0H
State board of charities. . . . r.,000.0
State veterinarian 14,000.0.1
Refunding state taxes, il
legally paid 3,000.00
Total .
81,409,440.20
33,023.02
4,000.00
55.35
001.14
50,000.00
500.00
Grand total S.',780,.100.01
Auditor Weston's office force finished
the work of computing the amounts
appropriated by the salaries bill and
the bill appropriating funds for the
current expense of the state govern
ment House Roll No. 430, appropri
ates SSUO.tC'O as follows:
Governor's office 9 15,480.00
Adjutant general 0,300.00
Commissioner labor 0,080.00
Secretary of state 10,280.00
tftate auditor 20,760.00
Treasurer 1.1,780.00
State superintendent 8,680,00
Attorney general 12,280.00
Land commissioner 20,880.00
Department of banking.. 0,080.00
Hoard of irrigation 10.480.00
Kish commissioner 0,000.00
Hupreme court 83,400.00
District court 224,000,00
Home for friendless 0,500.00
Normal school Peru 47,500.00
Hospital insane, Lincoln. 14,000.00
Asylum, Hastings 10.400.00
Asylum, Norfolk 8,000.00
SUite university 275,000 00
Industrial -school Kearney 18,000 00
Industrial school, Genevu 0,400.00
Deaf and dumb, Omaha. 30,200.00
Feeble minded youth,
Heatricc 12,400.00
llllnd, Neb. City 16,000.00
Industrial home, Mil
ford 8,000.00
Soldiers' home, Grand
Island 11,100.00
Soldiers' home, Mllford.. 3,1180.00
State veterlnalran 4,000.00
Food commissioner 4,200.00
System transfer land tl-
'tics, Torren's system. . . . 2,500.00
Total 8 001.023.00
House roll, No. 477, appropriates 81,
400,440.30 for the cunent expenses of
the state government. The Items aie
as follows:
Governor's office S 0,575.00
Hoard of p iblic lauds and
buildings 20,500.00
Hoard educational lands
and funds 5,000.00
Hoard purchase and sup- 400.00
Hoard public lauds and
bindings 2,300 00
Attorney general 2,750.00
Secretary of state 2,800.00
State auditor 4,700.00
Auditor insurance de
pal tment 2,100.00
State treasurer." 1.500.000
Hoaidof irrigation 3,100.00
Commissioner of labor.... 2.700.00
ST. HELENA HAS A BOOM.
Don lrlonr of War Add Ufa and
Activity to tha Island.
Perhaps not since Napoleon waa'ian
Involuntary resident at St. Helena has
the tiland risen to no much promi
nence as It may now claim to enjoy.
For this reason the report of Gov,
Sterndalc, dated August. 1900, will bo
found of unusual Interest. The Im
ports have lumped from 34,385 In
1897, to 91.699 In 1899. and for 1900
a much larger Increase la anticipated.
Labor U In demand at good wages;
there is no want among the Indus
trious, and "It Is a pleasure to record,"
says the governor, "that, although
money has been nioro plentiful and
the temptations of the public houses
greater, serious crime has been absent
and petty crimes lees than in the pre
vious year. The cost of living has,
however, areatly Increased, and dur
ing the present year the prices of food
have doubled and quadrupled, so that
what used to be considered necessaries
of life, such as milk, butter, eggs and
nieat, are now luxuries, and the prln
clpel food of the poor, I. e.. fish, Is
both scarce and expensive. With the
Increased garrison and the great num
ber of prisoners of war, a large quan
tity of fiBh, which Is plentiful enough
In the sea, could profitably be dis
posed of daily were the people enor
getic enough to catch them. I have
always advocated a fishery company
here, worked by English capital and
labor, and had such a ono been start
ed as projected In 189C-1897, It would
have been reaping a golden harvest
just now, both In salted and fresh,
fish. The aspect of tho placo has,
greatly changed; Instead of the quiet
monotony of past years, Jamestown
Is a scene of noisy activity, and tha
perils of our roads are considerably
Increased by four-ln-hand mule wag
ons driven by reckless Kafllr boys."
Hlgheat rn In tha World.
The highest cross In the world is said
to be that which caps the peak of tha
Hartz mountains. The cross is, la
reality, a tower, and It commands a
magnificent view of the country
around. The height of the tower is
120 feet and It stands on a mountain
of 1,731 feet above the sea leveL A
stair of 200 steps leads to the top of
the cross, but there Is an elevator of
which people may avail themselves
who, for any reason, wish to avoid tha
long climb.
A Washington dispatch says: lit the
United States supremo court an
opinion nits handed down lit the east;
of Falrbank against the United States.
The case involved theconstlttttioiiallty
of the war reventtu law Imposing a tax
upon export billsof lading.
The court decided ngalnst the gov
ernment, holding that piovlslou of the
law unconstitutional. The opinion
was handed down by Justice Hrowor
and .Justice Harlan, Gray, W Itlto and
McKenua dissented.
The case Ciiine to the supreme court
fiom the United States district court
of Minnesota. The decision of that
court sustained the validity of the law
imposing a tax of 10 cents on export
billsof lading, Fairbauk being fined
825 for his stipposed olTcuse. He Is an
agent of the Northern Pacific road and
was convicted of violating the law lit
March, 1000, the speclllc charge being
that of issuing bills of lading ontvheat
to be exported to Kugland w Itliout at
taching the stamp to them as required
by law. The tax was resisted on the
ground that it violated the provision of
tho constitution requiring Unit "no tax
or duly shall be laid on articles ex-
ported from nnyother state."
The. casthof the Western Union Tel
egraph Company vs. the Call Publish
ing Company of Lincoln, Neb., was
decided in fnvor.of the newspaper by
the United StateH supreme court.
Court Justice Brewer delivering tho
opinion.
The Cnll was a Lincoln newspaper,
and the suit was based upon the alle
gation that the telegraph company had
discriminated against it In the matter
of tolls In favor of the Lincoln Jour
nal. This opinion atllrmcd the opinion
of tho Nebraska supreme court. It
was alleged on behalf of tho Call that
while that paper was taxed at the rate
of live dollars per bundled words
the Journal was required to pay only
81.50 per hundred words.
The state department has been ad
vised thiough the American ambassa
dor at Home and tho Italian foreign
otllco that Haron Fava will be suc
ceeded us ambassador fiout Italy to
this country by the Marquise Obl..o
Mallspum (II Carbon urn, at present
minister for Jtnly to the Argentine Re
public. MONUMENT TO LAWTON
MAY NOT EXHUMETHE BODY
Iffa1 Obnlarle Stand In Ilia Way til
Lady Conk.
Legal obstacles will undoubtedly
prevent the exhumation of the body
of Sir Francis Cook, despite tho desire
of Lady Cook (formerly Tennlo C.
Clntlln of York), to resort to that meth
od of disposing of rumnis of herself.
While tho home secretary has not
refused her request, he has Intimated
that there must be nunc than rumor
on which to grant a penult for thu ex
humation of the body, in the face of
evidence of physicians and others ol
Sir Francis' natural demise. In view
of tho rumors Lady Cook, owing to
the alleged occurrences there, Is un
willing to visit her foimer home at
Lltchlleld, she bus decided to again
take up her residence at Loudon.
CATTLE LOSSES VERY LARGE
TRAIN IS WRECKED
A iurlington Pnssongor Train
Strikos a Landslide
ACCIDENT HAPPENS NEAR GIBSON. NEB.
Fireman It. T. Moure In llndly Injured
anil Taken lo (liniitia llonpltnl
undallde Cuter 1 ntrk fur
Considerable Dlataure.
The Nlurm In SUM On In Kxtrcinc IVmlrrn
NehruKkii,
A Chcvcntte, Wyo., dispatch says: It
Is reported that, the Swan Land nnd
Cattle company, which ranges large
herds of cattle In eastern Wyoming
and western Nebraska, has lost more
than 2,500 head of cattle during the
severe storm of the past-ten days. Jack
Kdwards lost 7,000 head of sheep near
Kimball, Neb., out of a band of 14,000.
Other losses are reporteil front the
rnnges In western Nebraska anil South
Dakota and the western part of Wy
oming. The storm Is still in progres
and many stockmen will bo ruined.
Olympian Game Favored.
The International Olympian games
for Chicago as a practical project has
received encouragement. A special
meeting of tho hot,cl men's association,
called by President A. tl. Gage,, passed
a unanimous resolution endorsing the
project. Those present decided to hold
another special mooting within the
week to receive the icport of n com
mittee appointed to forward the
matter.
A Hurlington train i-nn-lnto a land
slide at Child's Point, between Gibson
and Hellcvue, derailing tin engine nnd
combination car and severely Injuring
Fireman It. T. Moore and slightly In
juring two passengeis,
No. H. leaves Omaha at 7:10 p. m. nnd
runs to Pacific Junction. At Child's
Point tlieie Is a high bank on one side
of the track unit recent rains and
damp ucuthor caused a landslide. The
train dashed Into this without warn
ing. The landslide is 200 leet long
and covers tho track fiont flvo to ten
feet deep, The train struck this while
running at high rate of speed.
It. T. Mooro, the fireman had both
legs crushed and lie was badly scalded
by escaping steam. The'liatuesof the
passengers wetc not sent to headquar
ters In Lincoln.
The mall clerk In the combination
carwasqulto badly shaken up, and
sustained a number of bruises, none of
them serious, howeier.
Fireman Moore Is a resilient of Lin-
coin, living at 1145 North Eleventh
street, lie was laueu lo a Hospital in
Omaha. Although very badly hurt it
was thought that hit would live.
Surgeons and medical attendants
went to the scene of the wreck from
Omaha shortly after the accident.
The wrecking train was sent from
Lincoln,
TO PROVE HIMSELF ALIVE.
QUEEN TOTAKE THE VEIL
Marie Ainelle of Portugal Will I'art From
tier Hnoiuc.
The startling announcement Is mado
In court circles at Lisbon, Portugal,
that Queen Marie Ainelle, wife of Don
Carlos, king of Portugal, has resolved
to become a nun. This Is a direct re
sult of the protracted quarrel between
the royal couple over tho king's atti
tude toward the religions orders of tho
country. The agitation against tho
clergy In Spain last month spread to
Portugal, where trouble between tho
liberals and the clerical elements hnd
been brewing for n long time, queen
Ainelle is a devout Catholic, while Don
Carlos sides with the liberals, and dur
ing tho recent disturbances be, openly
espoused their cause against the
chuieh, Violent scenes between hus
band and wlfu In Lisbon palace fol
lowed, In which, It Is said, the queen
threatened to leave Portugal, nnd
arrangements were made ut ono time
for her doparturo on n long journey In
foreign lands, but as tho king refused
to permit her to take her ohlldron with
her tho trip was abandoned.
SLAIN BY REJECTED SUITOR
MU Cora t'liuk llealen to Heath by m
Carpenter.
Hccaiise she refused to become his
wife .Mnrtln Itlttor, living at Wee, a
village south of Nashville; 111.,
murdered Cora Clink, daughter of
William Chuk. The crime has , caused
much excitement In the community.
Hitter Is a carpenter and wnH forking
In the vicinity of the Olnik home. Ho
called upon the young woman and
while her parents wore away from
homo. Angered by tho girl's refusal
to 'marry him, ho struck hereon the
head with a hammer, causing instnnt
death. Then he fled nnd tlm lifeless
body was found by the girl's father
and mother when thoy returned home.
Hitter haR not been arrested.
Ob of Tea Theaiaad.
At a sale of crown mining lands re
cently held In tho Klondyke, a man
named Dawson purchased a claim on
Gold bottom for $1. He Immediately
began digging and next day struck a
rich streak. Defore the week was end
ed he had been offered $40,000 for the
claim, but refused to sell at that figure.
Daniel C. French Selected a the He
lgur. Daniel C French, the designer of
the "Death of the Sculptor," a great
work In brono shown at the world's
fair; of the Garfield memorial In Fair
mont Park, Philadelphia; tho Richard
M. Hunt memorial In Central park,
New York, and other monuments have
been chosen by the Lawton monument
association to build n memorial to the
general, who died iu the Philippines,
Governor Ditrbin, of Indiana, has sub
scribed 8100. About 84,000 has been
contributed to date. It is expected
that veterans of tho Spanish war will
contribute to the 820,000 necessary to
complete tho fund.
GOLD STANDARD IN MEXICO
Morxan'a European Trip May Have Some
thing In Do With It.
It Is reported among Wall street men
that the visit of J. J. Morgan to
Europe has something to do with the
Interests of Mexico. Jt is even sug
gested that President Diaz has com
missioned the New York financier to
sound financial interests on plans that
may lead tj the establishment of a new
Mexican government financial policy
even a movement along conservative
Hues toward the establishment of the
gold standard.
Infatuation for a Wnmnn.
William 11. Hussinan, an ofllec em
ploye of the Harrctt Manufacturing
company of St. Louis, for thirteen
years, confessed that he was an cm
bcz.ler and forger to tho extent of
84,000. His operations extend over a
period of nine months. Ills wrongdo
ing ho says was due, Htissmati said,
to his Infatuation for a woman not IiIh
wife. He Is under arrest.
A Lockout at Mlnnenpnll.
A lockout at Minneapolis, Minn.,
has begun, which Involves 500 or more
enrpenters and other workers. Tho
building trades council nnd tho mnster
builders' association are the chief ac
tors. Forty-four contractors are In
volved, antl they ordered their men off
till jobs. Tho trouble Is caused by the
refusal of the master builders to agree
to the working rules of tho carpenters'
union.
ACItII War Soldier Who Illrtl, Ho the
Army Iteronl Declare.
James Foust, an old soldier who
lives at tola, Kan., is at Karomo, lud.,
trying to get evidence thnt ho may
prove himself alive. All during the
Civil war tho veteran was reported
dead nnd burled and bin nam? Is still
on the records as "dead." Although
Foust was severely Injured In the thick
of battle, he was saved, and since,
thirty-seven years, has been trying to
obtain a pension. He has, however,
ho far been unable to disprove the of
ficial records thnt he is not dead.
General Funston's father will endeav
or to convince the government that
Foust is still alive.
ASKS FOR AMERICANS
Karl I.I Want Of nernl Chaffee to Mave
Soldier to Tatrol Pekln.
LI Hung Chang has applied to Gen
eral ChafTeo to leave behind, when he
departs, Captain Tlllson and a sufllcleht
number of men to police tho Chinese
city, as the Chinese desire their reten
tion fearing that the district will not
bo well looked after when controlled
by other foreigners. An expedition
consisting of 5,000 Herman and a,000
French troops will Nave Paotlngfti to
drive fiom tho province several thous
and Chinese who refitHO to obey the
order of LI Hung Chnng to keep to the
boundaries already arranged.
Where Snow Kail by tha round.
Snow sells In Sicily for about one
cent a pound. It Is a government mo
nopoly and the Prince of Palermo de
rives the greater part of his income
from It. The snow Is gathered on the
mountains In felt-covered baskets and
Is sold la the cities for refrigerating
purposes,
Fraaldent Oilman' liaijr Life.
Daniel Colt Oilman, who has de
signed from the presidency of Johns
Hopkins university, had the reputa
tion of being the busiest head of a
college In the country. Ho Is Inter
ested In any number of learned socie
ties and n mcral-ar of as many com
mittees and commissions.
Complete Collection of Tait.
The farmers of Rock county, Mis
souri, seem to be prosperous. The
treasurer of the town of Lima has col
lected every cent of the tax levy of
the year and the treasurer of the town
of Porter reports a delinquency
amounting to only sixty-three cents.
Htorage Home Given Way.
The new flour storage, house ,at the
Geneva, Neb., mill went down recent
ly, the brick piers under the building
giving way. The building was com
pleted only a short time ago nnd the
piers were made heavier thun the
specifications called for and were cal
culated to support thirty-six tons of
flour. Tho continued wet weather
coining on before the brick work had
thoroughly dried Is probably the cause.
Trnat I'oj n Dig Trice.
The Americnn Can com pay of New
Jersey will takeover the Morrill and
Morley Tin Can company's factory of
Ilcnton Harbor, Mich. The factory
has just been completed and recently
started up. The price paid is not
given, but Mr. Morrill says: "It was
placed so high that it was thought to
prohibit mosaic."
Ithen Iilentlllctl u a Itobber.
Tho Dodge county, Nebraska, mur
derer, who was taken to Lincoln last
Friday evening to await his execution,
was identified while passing through
Wahoo, by Sheriff Travis, as being tho
"Hamilton" onco hold for burglary
and who escaped from jail.
Chilli Die From I'oUon,
The three-year-old girl of Mr. nnd
Mrs. Neal Page, lesidlng three and
one-half miles from Wahoo, Neb., died
very suddenly from eating hollyhock
seed,
IlnptlMH I'liuinlnic New Church.
Tho Haptlsts of Hastings, Neb.,
have arranged to have a new edifice.
It Is to bo built of brick and will cost
over 810,000. Tho contract for the
erection of the edifice was let to
Charles Ultchey who will begin work
ns soon as the weather permits. It is
to be erected on the corner of Fourth
street and Lincoln avenue.
Couple Accimeil or Murder.
Mrs. William Clarke nnd n hired
man are under arrest charged with
murdering with poison the former's
husband, a farmer of Lisbon, 111. Four
sons gave the prluclpal testimony
against their mother. Hat poison was
found In the house and an examination
disclosed a quantity of tho drug in
Clarke's stomach.
Qulnry Htalilen Horned
At Qulncy, 111., the Palace stables,
one of the largest liveries In the state,
owned by Henry Msklrchen, were
partially destroyed by tire. The con
tents, including forty carriages and
coupes, were burned. A gasoline ex
plosion set lire to a nostier s ccituiom
collar, starting the blaze. The hostler
was badly burned.
atrlka of Maryland Mlneri.
A big strike is on at tho mines of
tho Maryland Smokelesa Coal com
pany in the Meycrsdale region In Mary
land. The men, who had been receiv
ing 50 cents a ton, demanded S.r cents
a ton, the scale rate ut other mines.
The mines are closed.
DROWNED IN THE MISSOURI
bliteeu-Year-Old llrownvllln Hoy Ton
Venturesome.
While fishing on a small Island In
die Missouri river, known as the Toe
Head, about two miles north of Hrown
vlllo, Neb., Charley Vance, aged six
teen years, accompanied by ono com
panion, met with an accident that
caused his death. They rowed to tho
place to set their Hues, and wore on
tho bank when a strong north wind
took their boat, which was not secure
ly tied, from the shore. Charley, in
hopes of capturing tho runaway boat,
took time only to remove his coat and
hat, when ho plunged into tho chilly
water, but before lie reached it he was
drowned.
A CHANGE OF HEART.
Counlnic Meetot Hmi,
The second meet of tho Kansas
Nebraska coursing circuit at Clay
Center, Kan., was not a success owing
to the storm. Tho puppy stakes was
declared off. In the. all-age stake 82.10
was divided equally among the twenty
two dogs winning the first round.
General Corbln to Wen.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Kdyth Pntten to
Adjutant Oeneral Corbln of tho United
States army. Miss Patten Is a very
attractive brunette and has long been
an ncknowlcged leader In Washington
social circles.
Khrlnera lit I'lirtlinid.
The members of the party of nobles
of tho Mystic Shrine, returning from a
pilgrimage to Honolulu tinder the
auspices of Saladin temple of Grand
Itaplds, Mich., were tho guests of Kl
Kudir temple Portland, Oregon.
(IrcEjory Selected n llenn.
President MncLcaii of tho Iowa state
university has announced tho appoint
ment of Associate Dean Charles Noble
Gregory of the university of Wisconsin
to be dean of the Iowa law college at a
salary of S1.000 a year.
Cuban Delegate! Finally Deride tnNend a
Committee to Washington.
At a session of the Cuban constitu
tional convention seven delegates
Seuors Diego, Tamayo, Capote, Her
riel, Portundo and Lore ut were ap
pointed a commission to go to Wash
ington to lay before President McKln
ley the desires of the convention re
garding the future relations between
Cuba and the United States. The
commission was instructed to confer
with Governor General Wood regard
ing tho date of depnrttire and the best
conditions for no Interview with tho
president.
HEFFLEBLOWER'S LUCK
Texaa Oil l.amU Hold for BIOO.000 hy the
Kama Kx-Treaurer.
Reliable information says that D. II.
Heffleblowerof Hueyrus, Kan. ,cx-treasurer
of state, sold a tract of land in
the Ueautnont, Tex., oil district Satur
day for 8100,000. Two Western Union
operators, who made tho deal, received
85,000 each commission. Mr. Heffle
blower is a populist and served under
the Leedy administration.
Canal lllll Abandoned.
The 820,000,000 Erie caiutl improve
ment bill was ofllclally abandoned
when, after a two-hours' conference
wltk Governor Odell, tho canal ad
herents and republican lenders In the
New York legislature conceded that
the measure would be swamped If It
came up for a vote It will therefore
be allowed to die In the committee of
the assembly.
Umbrella Frame Combine.
A combination of timbre). n rVb man
ufacturers has been completed. Thu
company Is to be known as the Na
tional Umbrella Frame company and
will have headquarters In Philadel
phia. There are only six firms in the
country,
Tntln Kills Tho Indian.
A dispatch from lllnci Jacket, I. T.,
says that a passenger train on the
"Kiity" road ran into a wagon loud of
Indians at a crossing near theie, kill
ing two men nnd seriously Injuring a
woman and child.
PREACHER HAS FIVE WIVES
Official Heek to Arreit a MIchlRan Man
for Digamy.
Frederick Krkstnler of Calvin, Mich.,
Is being searched for by ofllcers, who
allege that he has contracted flvo mar
riages without the necessary formal
ity of securing a divorce in nny in
stance. Krksmler has been missing
for several months, nnd when last
heard from was In South Hand, Ind.,
where ho Is alleged to have abandoned
his fifth wife. Heforo settling In tho
locality of Calvin Krkbuiier was an
Itinerant preacher.
QUEEN RETURNS TO BRITAIN
Cheered l.imtlly by I-arge Crowd at tho
Htatlon In Loudon,
A London, Kng:, dispatch says: Af
ter a month's absence from Great Urit
uin Queen Alexandra lias arrived in
London from Copenhngn. Despite the
lateness of the hour of her nrrlval a
large crowd at the Victoria station,
cheered lustily when Bho .sUspped out
of the railway carriage. King Ed
ward was at the station, and, after an
nffectlonatc greeting, conveyed her to
the royal can luge.
VICTORY FOR THE MINERS.
Operator at ilruill, Indiana, Make Horn
Conception.
The joint conference of the miners'
delegates and the block coal operators
at Hrazll, Intl., resulted In a complete
victory for the miners, the operators
conceding to the mlnerR the right to
buy powder In tho open market. Tho
action taken averts a long drawn on
strike in the block coal district.
Navigation Opened.
Navigation on Grand Traverse bay
Mich., opened with the arrival of the
steamer Leon A. Cummlngs from
Northport, mnklng Onema and Sutton's
bay en route without dllliculty. The
steamer Illinois with the Northern
Michigan Transportation company
will arrrlve Thursday on the first trip
from Chicago. A largo amount of
freight in warehouses awaltB ship
ment. Need I.lcente to Drink.
Hy a vote of seven to twelve tho
senate of the Arkansas legislature
passed a bill making it unlawful for
uny person to drink nny intoxicating
liquors as a beverage unless ho shall
havo first obtained a license as a dram
drinker. The license to be fixed at
85 per annum.
turned to Dentil In Saloon.
Louis Miller's saloon and bowling
alleys on State street Hatnvla, N. Y.,
were burned and George Lawrence tho
bartender, aged twenty-four, and Fred
Hack, a laborer, aged fifty-one years,
who slept In the building, were burned
to death.
Womiiii 1 1 roil kit Her Arm,
Mrs. Harrott, of Seward, Neb., while
walking across tho floor, caught her
heel in a carpet and fell violently to
the floor lit such u manner as to break
both bones in her arm near the wrist.
h
--SflR
... - M fcrtniVii.lMEttM&J