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At York nn effort Is being made to
revive the county fair.
The people; of Raynrd am going to
build a new town hnll.
Fire drill Iibr linen ordered In oil the
Fremont public schools.
There are not bo many farm Bales In
Nebraska as usual at this season of the
year.
The winter wheat In Gage and sur
rounding counties la reported In good
condition.
Farmers who trade In Columbus al
wayu put their horses under shelter
when In tho city.
The town of Fnrnam, In Dawson
'county, Is agitating the question of
'putting in a water plnnt.
It has been resolved to build and op
erate an Independent grain elevator at
St. Paul. It Is to be ready for opera
tion for the next crop.
W. 13. Knouso of Rentiire Is so much
In favor of patronizing home Industries
that tho ICxprcsH says he will herenfter
raise his own tobacco.
George ShnfTcr, of Hooper. Dodge
county, was out hunting tho other day.
Ills rifle caught In a barb-wlro fence
and shot his big toe off.
The Grand island board of educa
tion proposes not only to have Ore
drill, but to makn a minute Inspection
of every school house In that city.
The title to the site, of the Lincoln
Carnegie library Is valid. The supreme
court, for the second time, has handed
down nn opinion holding against Sarah
Orunlngor, who claimed an equity In
the lots on which tho library building
stands.
Henry K. Hunt, living near Firth,
signed a contract with an alleged rep
resontatlvo of a eo-opcratlvc medical
company, and later It proved to be n
promissory note. This Is his defense
to tho enso brought by John V. Vnn
Durg, a banker at Firth.
The pxecutlvo committee of the state
republican committee was authorized
liy the state commlttco at the recent
meeting In Lincoln to select the tem
porary chairman of the state conven
tion which will meet on May 18.
A curious accident happened the
other day near Grand Island. A lady
was driving a buggy In which she had
romc hot bricks. Tho bricks set fire to
the robes which were in a blaze before
sho knew It. Her clothes took fire, but
she extinguished the fire by rolling in
the snow, thou unhitched the horse
from tho burning buggy. All that was
left of tho buggy was tho irons.
The citizens of Glltncr havo made up
i reward of $7f.0 to be paid to tho party
securing tho arrest and conviction of
the Incendiary who started the fire In
tho rear end of the Mathews hardware
store during tho night of September ti.
and who started the fire In the rear
of Mr. Wheeler's ollkc on the night of
February (3.
The mortality record for the month
of January, compiled by Health Officer
William Ci Rhode, shows a total of
forty-six" deaths in Lincoln. Pneumo
nia claimed the greates number of
deaths, with six to Its credit; pul
monary tuberculosis, 2; heart failure,
6; gunshot wound, 2; Hrlght's dis
ease, 2; suicide, 2; tuberculosis, 2,
and 29 other ailments.
II. G. Shcdd. secretary of the Ne
braska state commission, returned to
his home at Ashland from St. Louis,
where' he has been making the final
' arrangements for tho installation of
Nebraska's exhibits In the various de
partments. The shipment of these ex
hibits, now stored In Omaha and Lin
coln, and which will amount to sev
eral carloads, will soon be made. Mr.
Hhedd frais a great freight congest I) n
at St. IxHiis during March and April
when all the foreign and state exhibits
arrive, and hus therefore decided to
ship the Nebraska consignment, at the
earliest possible moment. Permanent
headquarters of tho commission will be
fstab'lfhed on the world's fair grounds
March 1.
Isaac W. Carpenter, president of the
board of directors of the Omuha Young
Men's Christian association, has ap
pointed this committee to take up tho
matter of providing n new home for
the association, which has sold Its pres
ent building; G. G. Wallace, chair
man; Dr. K. C. Henry, George F. Bid
well, H. L. Krelder and George Gil
more. Tho members of the Nebraska dele
gation to tho national Irrigation con
vention, last summer, have been re
membered by the Commercial club of
El Paso, Texus. Secretary Dobson of
the state board of Irrigation, who was
a member of tho delegation, received
by express a large Mexican straw hat,
The hat Is a hand braided one, with
towering crown and broad brim.
Around the crown Is a trl-eolored rib
bon bearing the Inscription "HI Paso
irrigation Convention, 1004, " The sec
retary was Informed that a similar
headpiece had been sent to each mem
ber of the delegation. At the conven
tion lust summer there was a fierce
contest for the location of tho 1901
meeting. Nebraska cast the deciding
ballota In the tight and 131 Paso takes
this method of acknowledging tho fa
vor. John Lane, of Ravenna, had his loft
hand almost cut In two. It was caught
in the grasp of a huge pair of Ico tongs,
the bones of the palm crushed, and
the artery nearest the Index fluger
pulled out all of three Inches before It
finnpped and the hold or the Instru
ments released Tho services of a sur
geon were at once demanded, and the
Injured member dressed. It is believed
that tho hand can be saved. ,
The newspapers in the range region
ngree that cattle have suffered little
from tho recent weather. The snow
has been light, and though the cold
was quite Intense, the cuttlo have
shrunk very little.
SENATOR HANNA DEAD
Relatives and Most Intimate Friends Were Pres
ent at His Bedside.
WAS UNCONSCIOUS DURING HIS LAST HOURS
News Cast Gloom Over the Nation No Distress
ing Incidents Attending Dissolution.
Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna died
at G:40 o'clock Monday evening, Feb
ruary Ifith, nt the family apartments
In the Arlington hotel, Washington,
D. C, after nn Illness extending over
nearly two months, filled with appar
ent recoveries, followed by relapses
and finally drifting Into typhoid fever,
which In his wenkeued condition he
was unable to withstand.
When the end came all the membeis
of tho senator's family were In the
room except Mrs. Hnunn, the senator's
wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan llnum.
Mrs, Hanna hnd left the room only :i
short time before,
Tho last sinking spell began at ex
actly 6:. 10 o'clock. Doctors Carter and
Osier were then In attendance. All
members of the family were sont for.
Mrs. McCormlck, one of the senator's
United States Senator from Ohio.
Dorn at Now Lisbon (now Lisbon).
Ohio, Sopt. 24, 1837. Has lived in
Cleveland since 1852. Is head of the
firm of M. A. Hanna & Co., coal deal
ers; director Globo Ship Manufactur
ing company; president Union Nation
al bank; president Cleveland City
daughters, and Miss Phelps, a niece,
were present when the end came. Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Hanna were the first to
arrive and they withdrew Immediately
to tho chamber or tho senator's wire
to summon her to the bedside. It was
while they were absent the senator
breathed his last.
In tho meantime Mr. McCormlck,
Mr. and Mrs. Parsons and II. M. Hanna
hnd entered the room. Mr. Dover
stood In the door. There weio no dis
tressing Incidents attending the Inst
moments. It was a sinking spell which
terminated In ten minutes. Just after
his eyes closed In death Mrs. Hanna
was able to come Into tho room.
Tho last Intelligible words spoken by
Senator Hanna were pathetic In his
attempt to maintain to tho last the
humor which was characteristic or his
lire. Yesterday morning ho moved his
head slightly and his eyes rolled n lit
tle to tho right and than to the left.
The nurso In close attendance antici
pated his want and bending to the pa
tient's ear aaked If he was looking ror
his handkerchler.
"I think my wire has my handker
chler," the senator whispered.
Members or tho famlry, eager ror any
sign of consciousness or recognition
which the stnator might display, were
told of the remnrk and they at once
recognized It as ono or his favorite
Hubert Hull, Actor, Die nt Henver,
Robeit E. Hell, a well known nctor.
died at Denver, nfter a lingering Ill
ness from consumption. Ho was born
In Rochelle, III., thirty-five yen is ago.
He liagan his stngo career early in Iiro
and ror n number or years he played
a-IUi Frank Daniels. Mr. Roll was the
founder or a .theatrical school In Den
ver nnd also was the originator or tin
plan to establish a homo for consump.
tlves there. A widow survives him.
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rejoludeis in good-natured plaguing In
which Mr. and Mrs. Hanna often In
dulged. At about 11 o'clock yesterday the
nenator became unconscious and there
after, though the physlclnns and mem
beis of the family strained every nerve
to detect a return of lecognltlon, the
senator did not speak a word that
could be undei stood nor did he appear
to know what was going on about him.
Occasionally he mumbled a few sounds,
but nothing could be made of them and
his Utile pleasantry were the last words
spoken.
Congtessmnn Norrls has Introduced
u bill partly defining the time when
members of congress enter upon their
duties and providing penalties for
"doodling" on their part.
Rallwuy company all ot Cleveland.
President Chupln Mining company,
Lako Superior. Directed campaign
which secured nomination and elec
tion and re-election or William Mc
Kinloy an president. Chairman Na
tional Republican committee since
1896.
STATE DEBTS DIMINISHING
I'm? Off acjno.OOO Dui-lnr the !r(nnt
Month on Old Score.
The state's indebtedness will be re
duced more thnn lUOO.OOO during the
month ot February. State Treasurer
Morteusen announces that tho money
ror the requisite number or calls to
retire $200,000 or state warrants already
was In sight and that probably five or
ton additional thousand dollars' worth
or warrants might be retired during
February. "It is imposlble at present
to say just how big n slice we will take
off of the floating debt,' said Mr. Mor
lensen, "but It will be a little more
tnan $200,000. Money Is coming Into
(ho treasury at a gratifying rate nnd
wo are much pleased at tho outlook.
Tho now revenue Inw and the annual
settlement of country treasurers ac
count Tor tho heavy receipts."
Ilurclnr Scnreil Aim;,
All uttempt was made to rob tho
hardware store of Anderson & Frank
at Memphis, Neb. The thief entered
through the front door, but made con
siderable noise, waking Carl Frank,
one of the proprietors, who sleeps In
the Htoro. He procured a revolver and
shot -upward, scaring the Intruder Into
tho street. No duo as to the robber's
Identity could be traced.
New l.lederkranz llll.
The West Point, Neb.. Llederkrana
Iibh decided upon a site for tho new au
ditorium building. This will be erect
ed on the lot Immediately north of the
old West Point house, at. tho northern
end or Mnln street, It will have an east
frontage of Gfi feet and a depth of 132
reot. Work will bo commenced Jn tho
spring as soon as the ground Is open.
Sufficient funds have already been sub
scribed to assure the success of tho
venture.
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OCT COAL (AMOK
Japanese Capturo Eight Russian
Shiploads of Coal.
CHINA PROTECTING BORDER
Wlrele Telegraph K.mployed ! Japan.
ta lletweeu (Jlieuiulpo ami Clin Poo
Iteil :ro Mot'lrtr A!tlve.
8lx Norwegian steamers chattered by
a Russian naval contractor have been
captured by the Japanese. The vessels
are tho Lena, Actlv, Sentls, Selrstadt,
Argo and Hermls. They carried conl
cargoes. The Hermls arrived at Naga
saki tinder convoy of a cruiser.
The Japanese steamer Kenkal .Marti
has arrived at Sasebo with seven offi
cers nnd twenty-three men who were
wounded In tho engagement at Che
mulpo. Ten thou land Chinese legulais have
been ordered to leave Pno-Tiiig-Fu for
aervlco on the Chl-I.l-Mnnchurian bor
der. An imperial edict from Peking de
clares that the court has no Intention
ot leaving the capital.
Nineteen thousand Japanese tioops
hnvo landed nt Chemulpo.
American and Knglish women at St.
Petersburg have started on the prep
aration or materials for tho Red Cross
society with Just as great heartiness
aa the Russian women engaged In the
samo work. These women realize that
both armies engaged in the conflict
will make large demands on humanl
tnrlnnlsm, irrespective or race, and
they naturally havo decided to assist
tho sufferers they can most easily
reach, namely, the Rushlnn wounded.
Communication by wireless telegra
phy has been established with Chemul
po and Cho Foo by ships stationed be
tween the two places.
Hunk 1. outer Arretted,
Two men who. the police say, nre
Thomas Gray, alias "Dublin Shorty,"
and Frank Uullls, charged with bank
robbery, were arrested at Kansas City.
Another man, Frank Hill by name, and
two women, who say they are the wives
of Gray stud Hullls, were taken Into
custody also and held for Investigation.
According to the records or a detective
ugency, photographs of the men bald
to be Gray and Uullls have been identi
fied as those or men who lobbed the
First National bank or Lyons, Neb.,
November 17, 1903, when $2,000 was
stolen, and also the Farmers and Mer
chants bank or Kennawl. Neb., Decem
ber 19, 1903, where $3,700 was taken.
Will the Climiiiiloiiililp.
Ferdlnnnd Poggenburg, or the Lie
derkrans'. club, New York, won the
amateur championship billiard honors
in the final match or the tournament
which began two weeks ago. Poggen
burg won out in the play-off or a tie
for first honors with Dr. L. L. Mini or
New York and outplayed the latter by
a score or .100 to 185. In addition to
winning tho championship emblem, he
also won a handsome vase, a clock and
candelabra nnd a cut glnss set, four
pieces In nil. He and Dr. Mini had tied
for tho highest run, seventy-three, but
the tie ror the highest Individual inn
In the final game was decided ror Pog
genburg with a score or rorty-one.
TnpekH I. one M'.'ftO.OOO liy Fire.
Fire at Topeka, Kan., destroyed the
Parkhurst-Davls Mercantile company's
building and stock; the Sells building,
occupied by the McCormlck Harvester
company, and W. I. Schick-. The total
loss Is estimated at $100,000. The prin
cipal loss was sustained by the Parkhurst-Davls
company, estimated at
$1CO,000; with $H.',000 Insurance. The
loss on tho Parkhurst-Davls building is
$45,000; McCormlck company's stock,
$30,000, and on the Sells building $30,
000. During tho progress or the die
several thousand cartridges stored on
the third floor or the Pnrkhiirst-Davln
building exploded, nnd hair a dozen
spectators wcre hurt slightly by flying
shells. Tho fire was started by an ex
plosion or chemicals In the mercantile
company's building.
Uiitl reroiml F.ffei-t Worth I 8,000.
The firm or A. C. Recken. wholesale
Jewelry, or Chicago, sent a representa
tive to Grand Island to secure the goods
left at the hotel by Mr. Wettstein, who
died suddenly there. The remains r
Mr. Wettsteln wore shipped to Milwau
kee. The personal effects of the travel
er were valued at $18,000. An autopsy
showed that death resulted rrom neu
ralgia or the heart.
Firebug iiiiay nt Norfolk.
Four fires broke out in Norfolk dur
ing ono day. The resort or Fern .!
Donald burned at noon; tlte beer vault
of the Krug Urcwlng company burned
during tho nlglit; the home or IM.
Bills was a third, and a fire which was
set" at the homo or Henry King, Kdge
water park,1 was a rourth. Hero kin
dling saturated with kerosene had been
thrown on top or tho roof.
FOR INTEGRITY OF CHINA
Itutftlu, .Inpun unit France I'ruclnlni
Their WlllliiBne.
Secretary Hay has added another to
his list or diplomatic triumphs, nnd
the United States Is ennuietl by his
diplomacy to head the nations in n
concurrent effort to preserve the in
tegrity of China.
Mr. Hay's note to Russia and Japan,'
urging them to confine hostilities wlth-(
In as small an ntea as possible and to
respect the neutrality and administra
tion entity of China will be accepted by
Russia as well as by Japan, nnd all the
nations will Join the Washington gov
ernment In Inviting the combatnntu (o
agree to the proposition.
M. JtiEsernnd, the French ambassa
dor, officially notified Secretary Hay of
France's ntccptancc.
The Imperial chnncellor, Count von
Huelow, In the Relchsanzelger, the gov
ernment's officlnl organ nt Herlln, 1b
sucs the following proclamation:
In consequence of the official decla
rations of war between the imperial
government of Russia and the imperial
government of Jnpan. It becomes tho
duty of everyone In the German em
pire and In the empire's colonies, nnd
nlso of Germans raiding abroad, to
observe In all their relations the strict
est neutrality.
TO BEGIN MAKING CHICORY
Schuyler' Fiu-tory Will I'iij SIOI'erTon
for Chicory Hoot.
After being Idle ror throe years, the
Nebraska chicory factory at Schuyler
will resume operations. The board or
directors has decided to ohcr to con
tract with the rarmers tor chicory roots
nt $10 per ton. Formerly $7.50 per ton
was paid and many rarmers tried to
raise them, but often with poor suc
cess, mainly because of unpropitiou3
seasons. aLtely there have been nu
merous calls upon the company for,
hickory products at prices that would
have made good money. Prices wcro
formerly so low that the business-did
not piosper nnd was finally sold under'
execution nnd bought In by seven dl-'
seasons. Lately there have been nu
papcr at a cost of $0,750. The plant
rst SI 2.000.
This year there Is a good prospect
that the factory will be able to run at
a profit, as tho fanners are taking con
sldeir.ble Interest in the offer of the
i.o.ird or directors, believing that they
can Will afford to raise the plants at
$10 per ton.
Look Up Your .MnrtKUK' HfleHr.
Under the new revenue law of Ne
braska all mortgages will be included
among the taxable things belonging to
the holder. It can be seen why It Is to
the Interest of everyone holding a
mortgage which Is about to be paid
or who has railed to release one that
has been satisfied to get it scratched
off tho books before the duties or the
assessors commence on April 1. A Fre
mont mnu who has had business in this
line took the time to look back over
the old books and he round nearly a
dozen old mortgages, some as far back
as fifteen years, which had been satis
fied, but which still had a place on trie
record.
Ilrlnll xr Wonted.
The supervising architect of the
treasury department nt Washington
called upon Postmnster Miller ot Grand
Islnnd ror data as to the postal receipts
for the years 1893 and 1903, and the es
timated receipts ten yeais hence, total
number of employes and floor space for
the same years, and the cstlmnted floor
space that will be needed ten yenrs
hence. This Information Is desired by
the treasury department to be used In
making the plans and specifications for
the new postoffice building for which
Congressman Norrls has Introduced a
bill In congress ror an appropriation.
Kiiclnenr "Dnd" .Miller I llend.
William Miller, known over the west
as ""bad" Miller, and probably the old
est engineer in service in the United
Stntes, was crushed to death under his
engine while making some repairs at
Ijeadvllle, Colo. He was employed by
the Rio Grande road. The switching
crew ran some cars against the engine
and tho wheels passed over Miller's
body, killing him Instantly. Miller be
gan railroading firty-two years ago on
the Reading. He brought the first Rio
Grande engines west. He was seventy
one years or age.
3 Mlchnel Iluvltt In Anu-rlm.
Among the passengers who arrived
In New York on the steamer Celtic
rrom Liverpool and Queenstown were
Michael Davltt and family, en route to
Colorado.
A HratHiimuteiir Fined M'i.f.
An unusual degree of Interest cen
tered In the county coin t ot Adams
county when tho case of Mrs. Lizzie
Sherwood, colored, ngalnst Ixuils Zobel,
proprietor or a restaurant, was trW
before a Jury. The charge against the
defendant was the violation of a sec
tion of the statute or civil rights which
nllowH no discrimination because or
raco or color, Tho defendant was
round guilty and the court Imposed a
fine of $25 and costs.
FORTUNE IN DESERT
RICH FIND MADE BY A UONE
PROSPECTOR.
George Simmons' Discovery of Long
Abandoned Mine Made Him the
"Turquoise King" Assassinated by
Discharged Foreman, a
Tho turquoise king Is dead. A career
of thrilling adventures and hair
breadth escapes, a life In which the
smile of fortune came at the most un
expected times nnd places, has been
ended, like the lives of so many others
bearing royal titles, by an assassin's
bullet.
George Simmons, the turquoise king. A
was a frequent visitor In Donver dur
ing tho later years of his llfo. Mr.
Simmons was murdered on October
15 at Manvel, Cal an Isolated mining
town near the Nevada line. While get
ting into a wagon to drive homo hu"
was shot and Instantly killed by W. II.
Miller, n foreman whom he had dis
charged 11 year or so ago.
Tho discovery of his mine was an
example of his keen scent for the
iinusunl. Riding through the Crescent
mountains In tho Mojnve desert ono
day, ho noticed at a little distance a
slight cluvntlon or mound, which ,
although perhaps undisturbed for cen
turies, had apparently been built by
human hands. A closer examination
ot tho heterogeneous materials com
posing tho mound convinced him of its
artificial character, and as It wii too
largo for an ordinnry grave, he deter
mined to liMcstlgnto further. Digging
down into t In center of the mound, ho
came upon u stone and later complete
sets of the rude stone tools used in
mining by uncivilized persons. Con
tinuing tho excavation, he opened up
the workings or an nnclent mine and
tho deposits of turquoise which after-t
ward brought him wealth.
For years he kept the location of
tho mine a secret, working it In a des
ultory manner. The property was not
patented, and lest some wandering
prospectois should run upon It by
accident ho built a stockudu around it
and kept a man with a Winchester on
guard nlglit and day. People who tried
to learn the location ot his mine by
following him Into the desert found
that It was a dangerous business, For
nistanco. there was Jim McClurg. ono
ot the first men whose acquaintance
Simmons made In Denver. Unknown
to Simmons. McClurg boarded thep
samo train with the owner of tho mine,''
nml followed him to Nevada. Simmons'
quick- eye, however, caught a glimpse
or McClurg as the latter got down
from the rear end of tho train at their
destination, and the Denver man was
promptly warned that n bullet would
stop him If he attempted to follow
Simmons to tho mine.
On Simmons' first visits to Denver
ho used to bring with h!m a large trav
eling grip filled with splendid tur
'quolses. The stones were pnle bluo In
color, while those from tho old mines
In Now Mexico were dark bluo, and
nt first it was hard to find buyers for
the product of Simmons' mine. Now
the light blue stones uro the favorite
and find a ready sale.
Falling to got enough money from
tho sale of tho turquoises to patent
the property and develop it, Simmons
w"nt to London to secure capital. He
put a valuation of $700,000 on his mine
nnd floated it on (hat basis, although
It was really worth three times that
amount.
When he returned to New York.
Simmons put up nt tlto Waldorf
Astoria. Tho collection of turquoises
he had with him were the talk of tho'
hotek Somo ono got him to show
thcn-Tro a party of ladles, Including the
wife or the manager, Roldt. Tho lat
ter asked him to put a price on u par
ticularly fine stone weighing 32 karaUi.
Simmons said $1,000, not ror n moment
expecting to make a sale, tuit Mrs.
Bolt turned to her husband and had
him write out a chock ror that
amount. One or tho stones in the col
lection was the largest in the world,
weighing 14 carats. An agent or a
New York- dealer followed hlra, offer
ing him $5,000. It was Simmons' am
bit Ion to get a 200-carnt atone and bo
finally succeeded. Denver Times.
Immense Herds of Camels.
Camels in Somnliland ore kept in
great herds sometimes numbering 30,
000. Such numbers involve wido areas
tor grazing and consequent distances
rrom the few places where wator may
be round. Tho poulea used by tho
Somali can also manage without
drink ror three or rour days and when
employed for herding have, like tholr
mnsters. only camels' milk to quench
their thirst. Theso big herds offer or
course, a tremendous temptation fo
the raider, as many as 10,000 camels
being taken at a tlmo; and the ex
citement or driving off such n haul at
full gallop ror forty or fifty miles, with
tho exasperated owner possibly hard
In pursuit nnd tho chances of tho raid,
tr finding his own enmn hns fniin
a prey to some other tribal diversion,
appeals irresistibly to tho cxcltnlilo
Somali,
Drunken Man Had' Wit.
A drunken man who sought to buy n
ticket at a theater box offico wnn de
nied tho privilege. "What's the mnt.
tor?" demnnded the applicant; "what's
tho mutter with mo?" "Well, If you
eally want to know," responded tho
scoper of tho box office, "you're,
drunk." Tho frankness of .!' reply
had rather n sobering inlliionco upon
thu pluygoer. lie gathered up his
money with dignity. "Of course I'm
drunk," he said, cheerfully, us i,0
turned to go. 1 wouldn't como to
see thl play If I wcro sober would
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