BIG STRIKE IS ON
SHEET STEEL MILL MEN TRYING
TO TIE UP PLANTS-
fltrllto Not OUR nf U'nRps , Hut to Ucinntiil
Ilccognltloii of Union tr iiK Ilopuof
n Settlement Vacation Benson nt
Hum ! . ,
Pm'sutma , P.I.I July 2. As a re
sult of Hie refusal of the representa
tives of the American Sheet Steel
company and the American Steel Hoop
company , subsidiary companies of the
great United States Steel corporation ,
to sign the worker's new scale at Sat
urday's conference , circulars wore sent
out from the national headquarters of
the amalgamated association of iron , ,
steel and tin workers yesterday and
today declaring a strike at all the
plants of the two combines. The
# reat strike is on , but it will bo sever
al days before its actual extent is
known. At , the outset , however , over
30,000 men are Involved.
The American Steel company's main
olllces are in the city. The company
lias three non-union plants in this city
and a non-union plant at Monessen
and one at Duncanvllle , though the
employes of the latter are ready for
organization as soon as the amalga
mated people will take them In.
Other plants of the company are
claimed by the amalgamated people
as union.
OUTCOME HtOllLKMATICAh.
What the strike just inaugurated
may eventually lead to Is problemati
cal. Three months ago when a strike
occurred in the Wood , plant of the
American Steel company at McKecs-
port , because the company refused to
allow its men to become members ot
the amalgamated association. Presi
dent Shaffer threatened If the Mo
ICcesport strikers could not win their
own strength he would order a strike
in every plant of the company. If
the latter would not yield ho would
then call out the union men in every
plant of the United States Steel cor
poration. Such a course would result
j
in the biggest strike the country has
ever si-en , involving several hundred i
thousand men. |
For the first few weeks the situation
will not show the strength of the as
sociation. Almost all the plants of
the company , union and non-union ,
will be compelled to shut down during
the early part of July to give the men ,
a rest. They have been working
steadily since the Hrat of the year , \
many of them without a week's cessa (
tion. Union and non-union alike , they
are demanding a short vacation , and
the prediction is made that the com-
( panics will be unable to keep anyone
at work for two or three weeks after
today , The heat is intense and the '
snen , one vice president 'said today ,
4irc almost in a state of revolt.
AUQUSTTO8KE KEAL 8TKUGL1C.
1 It will be after , perhaps , the first of
August , when the combine makes a
.serious attempt to start up in full
that the real battle will begin if no i
( Settlement be reached at that time. I
'The ' company cannot well delay its i
opt-ratlons longer than thaton account
< jf the present flood of orders. In fact .
the urgent orders now on the books i
can scarcely wait through July.
Kutlilied With Illinois.
WASHINGTON , July 2. The olllclal
I
report of the board of inspection .on '
, the recent trial performance of the '
battleship Illinois has been received
-at the navy department. The run of I
sixty miles was made in three hours , I
forty-eight minutes and forty-six seconds I
ends and with tidal corrections the i
i
tiue mean speed shown was 17.449 ;
miles per hour.
lit Quo Combinn ,
CLEVELAND , July 2. The Leader
tomorro.v will say :
Before the first ot Setember all of
I
the big companies prouclng bitumin
ous coal will have been gathered Into
one organization similar to the United
States Steel Corporation. The capital
ization will bo enormous , probably second ,
end only to that of the big steel trust. 1
As an auxiliary to tins movement
being carried on by the promoters of
one of the constituent companies of
the greater organization a pool of all
of the retail soft coal Interests in
Cleveland will be effected within the
next ten days , for \\hi6li preliminary
steps have about been taken. From
what can bo learned work upon the
big coal trust has been under way for
a longer length of time than an > of
the other industrial combinations.
MOKGAN 1II2II1ND THIS MOVOIKNT
J. P. Morgan , the advocate of coali
tion , first started in with luscoalcom
binations three years ago , making the
ur-st movements along the line of controlling - ,
trolling the products of the Ohio and
West Virginia Holds. At that time
lie obtained complete control of the
mining company Jn the Hocking and
Shawnee valleys. In order to give an '
outlet for this coal lie purchased certain - i 1
tain railroad properties and tlilsstart- I
cd the combination mania along the i
line of railroad ownership which has
gone to extraordinary lengths.
I'nlinn MM J' HP President.
NFW York , July 2. Gen Maximo
Gomez has been spending much of his
time In conference with Thomas
Estrada Pal ma at the Waldorf-Asto
ria. Neither would divulge the na
ture of their talk. It is thought Gen.
Gomez Is here to sound the head of
the Cuban Junta on the question of
his candidacy for the presidency of
Cuba. Gen. Gomez , who is himself a
presldental pos lb llty , declared re
cently in favor of Pal ma.
MADE A CONFESSION.
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IiiMirnncii Rulndlrr Toll * Details of
Scheme.-Olio 'Mail IVlKinul Dentil ,
Four Scorr , Kas. , July 1 , Dr. J.B.
McGuIre , who was arrested some tlmo
ago as an accomplice with Dr. Thomas
O'Toole of this city , In attempting to
defraud the Modern Woodmen , Wood
men of the World and Royal Neighbor
lodges out of $8,000 Insurance by going
through a mock death and burial , has
just made a sworn confession which
was Hied In court here along with the
statement of 1) . II. Cox , a barber at
San Antonio , Texas. Cox was an eye
witness to the burial of O'Toole and
did not know until arrested as an ac
complice that the doctor crawled out
of one end of the grave while the dirt
was being shoveled Into it.
O'Toole look out the life Insurance
In local co'inpanlcs here Hud paid only
one or two mont hly assessments before
he left for Texas.
A few weeks later his wife received
a telegram from Dr. McGulre , whom
it seems O1 foole mot at Juno , Texas ,
informing her that her husband was
dangerously sick near Lenora on the
western Texas prairies , seventy-five
miles from a railroad , and calling her
there. Two or three days after her
depart tire she wired the lodges hero
that the doctor died and later she re
turned and began to inquire about the
Insurance. She said the doctor had
died of smallpox and she could not go
to the grave , but that she stopped at
San Angela , Texas , and there met one
Dr. McGwire , her husband's friend ,
who was with him when he died , and1
who helped to bury him near Sonora.
The circumstances caused suspicions
and later it developed that fie O'Toole
grave contained only rocks , boards and
blanket. A Texas sheriff pursued
O'Toole and McGuire 350 miles and ar-
tested them on the Uio Grande river
as they were entering old Mexico.
McGuire says O'Toole suggested the
scheme to him at Juno , ne was to
hire a man named D. II. Cox -s a trav
eling companion atrl start from San
Angcio to Sonora , Texas , feign sick-
ness a short distance out and send the
young man for McGuire to attend him.
The plans were executed when they
were about fifty miles out of San An-
gello. OToole told Cox he had the
ismallp > x. Upon his arrival Dr. Mc
Guire confirmed the ro.iort. At mid
night of the next day O'Toole died.
Cox was kept away from the wagon in
which ho was lying for fear he would
o tu/li sm allrox. lie helped McGuire
dlir the grave. The buricl isdcfcribcd
by McGuire in these words In his con
fession "After O'Tonle
: pretended to
be dead I gave Ben an awful cussing
t lor iot going away sooner. 1 was
I afraid Hen would'hear him breathing ,
n xt morning I senb 15on after tools to
dig the grave. O'Toole stayed in the
hack pretty well all tliu time. After
the grave was dug I got Bun to help
roe roll the hack back over the grave , '
| "I threw in the old quilt. O'Toole
Jumped out into the grave and , then
, went out on his hands and knees
through an opening in the brush and
went off , while Ben and I were filling
up the grave. I told Ben to take my
horse and go back homo. 1 then got
In the Lack and drove on up the road
toward .Sonora. I overtook O'Toolo
in about two or i three miles. He got
in the hack and came to Sonora with
me. "
He goes on to toll about spending
several days at San Angcio with Mrs.
O'Toole , during which time she and
McGuire went to the clerk of the local
Woodmen's lodge and had him take
McGuire's statement in'writing as
proof of O'Toolc's dc.ith.
Young Cox's statement corroborates
McGuire's. Ho says he was cautioned
to stand some distance away to pre
vent hlscatchlnu thodisease when the
wagon wi li O'Toole's body in it was
backed up to the grave. The grave
was under a large oak tree and was
surrounded by thick underbrush. He
saw McGuire lift O'Toole out of the
wagon and put him in the grave. Af-
tcr some blankets , boards and dirt
had been thrown in by McGuire to
cover the body Cox went up and
helped 1111 the grave. McGuire paint
ed a head board , giving the name of
the deceased and the date of his death ,
I'oiirA to Itelurn In I'okln.
SHANGHAI , July 1. Maiquis Tseng
has received a dispatch trom Sian Fu
to the ellcct that the empress dowa
ger , fearing a trap to capture her , de
clines to return to Pi-kin and has
n6tlfied the grand council that the
future capital will be atlCai Feng Fu ,
In the province of Ho Nan.
nrnlVn DrlnUuri.
WASHINGTON , July 1. Nearly a
half billion pounds of tea were con
sumed In the year 1900 In countries
other than the sources of production.
Towl ( .OCH to Otmiliti.
PIATI sMouTH , Neb. , July L Ger
main 10. 'fowl , who has had charge of
-The Journal printing pint In this
city , has turned the establishment
over to a number of prominent local
demociats. Ho left lur Omaha ycs-
terday where he has secured a position
on the stalf of The World Herald.
I'mmum Iteliellliin.
KINGSTON , Jam. , July 1. The
steamer Orinoco arrived here yester
day fiom Colon , reports that martial
law has been proclaimed in Panama
owing to a report that the rebel forces
are being organized.
it also appears that considerable
fighting Is In progress In the interior
and that the government In dispatchIng -
Ing reinforcements , arms and ammu
nition to the garlsons In the interior
and also to certain coast towns.
810,000.00 M1SSS1NG.
EXAMINER ROBINSON PLACES
IT AT SI0,01
So Iti-frriMiro to i'ilMTy-Uotort ' of " 10
Kxumliioroii Pllo With Slnto Aiiilllor !
\\Vstoii-Mr.NiirlliiMm AVt > uk I'roui
tli lllow
LINCOLN , July0. Alfred Norlin , the
county treasurer of Kearney county
who one week ago was alleged to liave
been nssanlled by robbers who then
ooted the treasury vault and set lire
to the oillce , Is short , In his accounts
$10,011.07 , according to a report tiled
yesterday by Examiner E. ,1. Hoblnson.
The examination of Ihe olllee was
made by direction of State Auditor
Charles Wcston who is authorized by
aw to check up county treasurers.
Examiner Robinson declines to com
ment upon his report. lie- says the report -
port shows for Itself. It Is understood ,
lliat friends of Treasurer Norlin de
sired the examiner to report the
shortage "on account ot robbery , ' ' but
this was not done , the examiner leav
ing that matter for the determination
of the county authorities or the courts.
In closing his reports Examiner Rob
inson asserts that the shortage will be
increased $440.49 by reason of checks
Issued by the county treasurer andj
still outstanding. Ills notaton on this
point Is as follows :
"When outstanding checks are pre
sented for paymen the above short
age will be increased from $10,011.07 to
810,457.50 as stubs of checks show $440.
49 more checks issued than paid by
Mlndcn Exchange and First National
banks since January 1,1901.
Nothing in the report of the ex
aminer shows how much if any col
lections are dnc from Kearney county
to the state but the shortage will not
alTcct the state for the reason that the
county will be required to make good
any loss which the state may sustain.
It is not likely that , tne county is be
hind oh its payments to the state as
Treasurer Norlin paid In $1,409 to
the state tills year.
The report of the examiner shows
that the accounts of the county treas
urer balance at $191,121 , or would
balance if $10,011.07 more cash was in
sight. The collections of the olllee
each year are quite large being $45-
020.30 for the year 1900. The previous
reports of the examiner showed $44-
000 on hand.
Treasurer Norlin is serving his Hrst
term. His version of the disappear
ance of the cash is that he was workIng -
Ing in his ollice at night with the
door locked when he observed a ( lash
and became unconscious. He said ho
must have remained unconcions for
come time. On recovering lie found
the cash drawer had been looted , his
key being used to open one cash box ,
: ind that the olllee was on lire. He
jirnpcd from a window and gave an
alarm. The fire was extinguished be
fore it had done much damage.
A private message received from
Minden says that Mr. Norlin stated
that the robbers who attacked him
got nbout 810,000. This statement is
considered a corroboratlon of the cor
rectness of the examiner's report. The
county board will meet Monday and
consider the , matter of the missing
money. Mr. Norin's ) friends continue
to report that he is very weak fiom
the blow he received and is scarcely
able to be out.
Daucw 01111 Oult * .
WASHINGTON , July 0. Mr. Charles
G. Dawcs , comptroller of the currency ,
has tendered his resignation to the
president/ take ell'eot October 1 next.
In answer to an inquiry , Mr. Dawcs
siid :
" 1 have resigned because of my in
tention to be a candidate before the
people of Illinois for the United States
senate. It would not be possible for
me , during the next year , to make a
canvass for the senate and at the same
time administer to my own satisfac
tion the important and responsible of
fice 1 now hold. I am influenced sole
ly In this action by what seems to me
the plain proprieties of thesituation. "
Mr. Dawcs' term of otllco would not
have expired until January 1 , 1003.
Ills letter to the president is as fol
lows :
WASHINGTON , D. 0. , July 3 , 1901.
William Mclvinlcy , Executive Man
sion , Washington Sir : In vicsv of
the fact that 1 will be a candidate for
the senate from Illinois , 1 hereby ten
der my resignation as comptroller of
the currency , to take effect October 1
uext. Respectfully ,
CiiAituis 0. DAWKS.
Hun IMacinered l.ott Art.
DKS MOINKS , la. , July 0. S. R.
Dawson , who has served live years of
a ten year penitentiary sentence for
shooting Walter Scott , his son-in-law ,
on Christmas night , 18U-J , has been
paroled by Governor Shasv.
' "Damascus" Dawson , as he Is known ,
claims to have discovered the arts of
making Damascus steel and of harden
ing copper.
Nojjro aiiinliiri'm HiuiKCil.
LKY , Fla. , July 0. At Vcrnon ,
sixteen miles from here , four negroes ,
Bel ton Hamilton , John Simmons , Jim
Harrison and Will Williams , were
hanged yesterday for murder. They
had been convicted of killing a help
less negro and almost killing his wife.
During the trial Hamilton , on cross-
examination , confessed , baying : "I
am guilty ; before God i am guilty , and
ought to be hanged until dead. " By his
confession the others were convicted.
GET RICH BOOTY.
llnndllft llnlil up n Trnln on Oront
Northern.
GitKAT FALLS , Mont. , July G.
Train No. 3 , west-bound on the Great
Northern , was held up about 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at Wagner , IBtl
miles cast of this place , by three
masked men , who blew open the ex
press car , uslngdynamlte , and secured
the entire contents of the through ex
press safe , estimated at SiO,000 : to $50-
OPO. One of the .robbers boarded the
train a few miles from the scene of
the hold-up. When the train reached
the place where his confederates were
lying In wait In a ravine alongside the
track , ho pulled the bellcord , and as
the train slowed up , jumped onto the
engine and presenting a rltle , forced
the 11 reman and engineer to abandon
their onglne.
As the passengers began to look out
nf the windows a fusillade of shots
swept alongside of the coaches and
was contlnu d for several minutes.
Dynamite was quickly exploded in the
express car , tearing the car to pieces
and t he through safe was blasted open
and It.s contents removed , after which
the robbers mounted good horses and
rode away to i he bad lands. A posse
Is in pursuit , but capture Is Improb
able. Three passcpgers who ventured
to look out of the windows in the day
coach were struck by bullets , but none
seriously Injured.
I'lrKtSliinii Hull right.
OJIAHA , Neb. , July 5. Spain and
Mexico were transplanted today In the
shores of the Missouri , and for the
first time since the possible visit of
Cortezand his little band and the
cries of "Bucna Buena , " rent Nc-
biaskaair. A bull light , with three
magniiiccnt animals put through the
ordeal , was pulled off in South Omaha
during the afternoon. The light for
the evening was declared oil because
of rain. '
Thousands of spectators packed the
irreat am phi theatre , but they did not
see a light ot\ the cruel , inhuman va
riety that has made Its originator.-
notorious. No tortunlng of the noble
beasts was permitted , no tearing of
the llcsh nor cruel plodding. Gaudy
mantillas were Haunted and paper
macho prods wielded , but not a drop
of either human or animal blood was
shed.
The lights have been advertised as
the chief attraction of the South
Omaha street fair , and has received
BO much attention through the press
that public curiosity was aroused to a
high tension. But llttlo Interest was
taken In the preliminary entertain
ment of roping horses and riding
bucking bronchos. All wanted to see
the chief card. When the introduct
ion had been completed and the work
men began leveling little humps left
in the sawdust of the arena , the spec
tators began to draw short breaths
the great contest which might possi
bly end in death was about to begin.
A line short horn bull was the Hrst
one introduced. Tossing his beauti
ful head defiantly in the air , after ,
hesitating a moment at the thresh
old , struck by the rainbow of colors
before him , he dashed straight at a
little torrcador who flaunted his
crimson mantillla defiantly. A quick
Biile step and the man was out of
harm's way. the bull tearing on to the
fence. In a moment ho had recovered
ami was back after , another challen
ger. Back and forth he dashed , iirsb
after one and then after another , but
all escaped with maddening frequency
thought the untamed animal.
Suddenly shrieks filled the air.
Women cried hysterically and hid their
faces. Men shuddered. "The torrca-
dorS down ! He will be killed ! Look
out there ! " and hundreds of such
shouts and moans went up. One of
the bull's tormentors , more daring
than the others , piroutted to the very
face of the enraged anlmalvand Haunt
ed his carmine shawl. As he turned
to ( leu , his foot caught an obstrtctlon
and down lie fell. In an Instant the
bull was after him , and the cruel
horns were not six Inches from the
prostrate form , when the ' 'remaining
lighters came to their comrades res-
jue.
jue.One
One threw himself desperately
against the very body of the steaming
animal , shouted and shook his red rag
defiantly. Taurus turned to Ills new
foe , the prostrate body rolling over
and over In the arena from contact
with the hull's heels as he turned.
The man was saved and the audience
once more drew a relieved breath. No
complaint of cruelty was heard.
Olclmitloii In Culm
HAVANA , July 4 The Fourth of
July was observed among the United
States troops by a Held day at Camp
Columbia , where there was a largo at
tendance of Americans and fJubans.
All the military olllccs wore-closed.
Tnliii the HodV to l > i > lrolt.
NKW YOUK , J uly G. The body of
II. S. Plngrcc , former governor of
Michigan , who died while abroad , was
started for Detroit at 4 o'clock this
afternoon from the Grand Central nla-
tlon. The funeral train consisted of
throe cars. The car In which the
collln rested was draped in black cloth
and displayed on either side an oil
painting of the dead man. There
were no services at the time of re
moval to the train.
JLL FIRST IN
VINS'VARSITY RACE IN RECORD-
BREAKING TIME.
? Itiiiihln n flood .Seeoml Surprising
HIinM IMR Miiilo l v tlio NIIW Vorkuta
AVlKiMtiiftlii Third mid I'loto to l.oadorn
I'oiir-OnriMl Alao ( lorn to Cornell.
PoiroiiKKKi'siic , N. Y. , July3. The
( ntercollcglato boat races over the
Hudson river course wore decided yes
terday as follows :
'Varslf.y . eight-Cornell Hrst , time
18:531-2 : ; Columbia second , time 18:58 : ;
Wisconsin third , time 19:00 : 4-5 ;
jcorgctown fourth , time 10:21. : The
; > est previous record for the 'varsity
ilght was 19:41 : 3-5. No time was tak-
in for Syracuse and Pennsylvania , who
.veto many lengths behind.
In the 'varsity ' four Cornell -was
lirst , time 11:393-5 : ; Pennsylvania sue-
nid , time 11:45 : 2-5 ; Columbia third ,
Llmo 11:51 : 3-5. The best previous rcc-
jrd for this distance was 10:51 : 3-5.
In the freshmen race Pennsylvania
was Hrst , time 10:20 1-5 ; Cornell second
end , time 10:23 : ; Columbia third , tlmo
10:30 : 1-5 ; Syracuse fourth , tlmo 10:44. :
I'ho previous record ror freshmen
> ! ght for this distance was 9:19 : 1-2.
A N1CW 'VAIISITY 1UCCOHI ) .
Not only was a new record for 'var
? lty eights made , but It is more re
markable that the four leading crews
In the race each broke the old record
by many seconds. The race was rowed
In water that was advantageous , and
while this may have helped the time ,
still it did not seem to , as the fresh
men , who rowed under almost the
same conditions , broke no records.
The 'varsity race was the most ex
citing of the day , although the other
two , with uncertainty over the win
ners , caused a Hurry. The fact that
Pennsylvania had been picked as a
sure winner of the four-oared event ,
but that Cornell beat her out easily ,
whetted the appetite of the thousands
upon the shore and observation train
for theother contests.
The phenomenal feature Is that had
not the Cornell freshmen boat broken
In the last half mile Cornell would to
night have throe victories to her cred
it. Columbia is happy tonight , for
her oarsmen have gone up from a very
bad last place to second place in a six-
sided contest after giving the winners
a hard light.
Georgetown , a new rival for honors
and to whom little attention has been
paid'got inside the time record and
iuitig onto the leaders with a tenacity
tli.it surprised everybody. Pcnnsylva
nia was never in the race with Its second
end crew , and Syracuse , with Its very
light oarsmen was outclassed.
The 'varsity race was one of the
lioicest struggles ever witnessed In
college eqimties and had one of crews
have failed because of physical weak
ness , the tallcndcrs were rcUdylo take
their places , and make good time at
that. As it was , ' although the race
was one of the most scv'ere ever rowed
there was not a sign of distress in any
boat.
Miint Toll or Drill.
CHICAGO , July 3. George II.
lips , the corn king , wasyesterd ly given
until August 1 by the board of trade
directors to supply G9orgo L. Inman ,
one of his former customers , with a
complete record of the famous deal in
May corn.
Mr. Inman insists that Phillips be
censured for "unbusinesslike con
duct , " but the directors decided that
the only tiling necessary for Mr. Phil
lips tovindlcatehiniself was to furnish
Inman with a full report of the Inside
workings of the deal. Phillips was
satisfied with the decision , and sot Ills
clerks to work to prepare the
mcnts.
The action of the board came as the
& t chapter in a bitter wrangle grow
ing out of the corner two months ago.
Mr. Inman re presents Van Flcctfe Co.
of Champaign , III. At the outset of
the deal Phillips took Into ills confi
dence a number of out-of-town brokers
and the farmers of the corn-growing
states and forme I a pool. Phillips In
sisted that the entire protlts of the
campaign should lw divided accord
ing to the Investment on an average
price. Van Fleet & Co. , through In-
man , bought SIM.UOO bushels. This
represented but a drop In the bucket
of Phillips' enormous purchases and
sales. When the deal was consu-
mated , Tmnan. It is claimed , insisted
that he should be supplied with a
statement showhig In what manner
his corn was sold. Phillips says that
the customer woujd not accept the
average of 48 cents , tint satisfied
ev-jry other associate. Neither would '
the patron consent to a review of the
books with the aid of a clerk.
Aui.lliiM-llulV.ili. lltuilt I'till * .
BUFFALO , N. Y. , July 3.-The Nia
gara bank , a Mate institution , haH
closed its doors.
F. D. Kilburn , superintendent of
bank's , has closed and taken posesslon
of the bank.
The Niagara iMiik was organized
September 1G , 1WH. It had a capita/ /
of 8100,000.
TinSw < -i'l'M Town.
WII.MAMS , Ailz. , July 3 A Hrt
which started this morning In Flem
ing's general merchandise store , com
pletely wiped out the main portion of
the town , two entire bloi-ks and a portion
tion of another. A conservative esti
mate of the loss Is $1,1100,000. The in-
Kurance covers only a small portion ol
the loss. Theiewas no loss of .life
so far as known. There was virtually
no water supply and no lire depart/
raont.
NRI1KASICA NOTES ,
.Nebraska City will haveanowBobooF
building.
An electric lighting plant Is being
built In Syracuse.
I'lainvlow has voted bonds for anew i
school building. Ui
The two national banks at Pawnee
Jlty have been consolidated.
The enrollment of the summer ses
sion of the state university exceeds 25O.
A strawberry grower at Cook , mar *
< otcd 12000 quarts of berries oil a quar-
cr acre of land.
A "municipal league" for the pur
pose of purifying city politics , Is belnjf
irganlzcd at Omaha.
Fred Erlck of Ohiowa brooded over
the possibility of dry weather that ?
\ould send his crops Into the unrclcnt-
The Gasper county commissioner *
have decided to dispose of the poor
farm In that county. <
A Humbolt minister advertises for
a lost pocketbook containing consider
able money. What better evidence of
prosperity do you want than this ?
Ing subsequent until ho committed
suicide , lie left a note saying that ho
would rather destroy himself than sco
lis | crops destroyed.
North Bend shipped out at the rate
> f 5,000 quarts of strasvborrlos daily
during the recent berry season. Mostt
of the berries were shipped to Omaha ,
W. J. Mossman , local manager for
Standard Oil Company at Wayne , haw
been arrested on the charge of having
ipproprlated $502 of the company's-
money.
The people of ThursUm county voted
down the bond proposition to liquidate
the Heating Indebtedness. It Is said
that the resident Indians were solidly
against the proposition.
W. Suiter and A. L. Taylor , pub
lishers of the Trenton Leader , have
bought the subscription list of the
Culhortson Era , which will bo dis
continued.
Edmund Scholiold aged flfty-nina
years , died at his home In Lincoln ,
lie was born In England and had lived
in Lincoln ton years , lie leaves a
wife and eight children.
Miss EllaSharpnack has successfully
rounded out two very eventful year *
as editor of the Oroston Statesman ,
and enters upon the third with re
newed vigor and promises for Increased
energy.
, Fred Longnccker is editing the Star
at Dorchester. When the rural sub
scribers bring In roasting cars and
spring chicken , Fred's name enables
him to taste them just a little bib
longer than the ordinary editor can.
A thief entered a farm house near
David City the other day and stole a
Waterbury watch and a pie. If the
works In the pic are anything like
those in the watch the t'llcf ' will re
ceive punishment enough.
The city fathers of Dillor took a
vole last week upon a proposition to
grant a saloon license and stood four
against , to one for , which indicates
that the town pump will bo in steady
demand during the balance of tbif }
year , at least.
Miss Daisy MoCluro , of Elm Creek ,
has becn'asslgncd to a position as in
structor in Piano in the Pawnee City
schools' . Miss McClure is a recent
graduate from tlicacadamy of Pawnee
City and trom the Lincoln conserva
tory of music.
While Fred Foster , night operator
atFiemonl , was'wrapped In Mum. bur
and a bed quilt , someone without the
lear of man or beast entered his room
and stole his # 10 watcli As the time
piece was a key-winder and Fred haa
the key , ho thinks the watch will bo
run down.
The St. Edward Sun- tells how a
"full" load of an "empty" cartridge
was introduced Into a boy's neck , as
follows1 : Willie Jay McKelvey and
Frank Gundorman wore fooling with a
toy pistol loaded with a blank cartridge
tlin full charge was put in Guilder-
man's neck.
According to a decision of the courts
the county seat oi ivii > x County Is to
be located in the geographical center
of the county , AHno / town existed in
the center of the cojunty , the place will
bo ca'lled Center and the work on the
new buildings will bo commenced with 1
In forty days from the date of the 'do-
cree. ; J
Columbus Is none behind Omaha In
the canal and electric trolley plant
project. Some of the promoters in
that enterprising young city arc talk
ing of constructing the Great Eastern
Irrigation ditch , which will furnish
water to thousands of farms , and at
the same time afford sulllclent power
to propel most any kind of factory
machinery.
The other night when Engineer
Frank Archer of Wymorc went homo
he saw a man skulking around under
a window trying to peep Into one of
the bed rooms. Archer slipped up
and dealt the peeper one In the Jaw
that took all the curiosity out of him
for a few minutes. The peeper had
been annoying the neighborhood for
some time. v
G. W. Peck , a farmer living near
Rising City , sold a big drove of fat
hogs the other day and pajd up his
back subscription to the Independent.
That's the way the Independent tolls
it.
Dr. Brash , secretary of the State
Hoard of health in company with Dr.
Roe drove to the homo of Josiali
\Vhlttaker , two and one half miles
west of Holmesvllle , where they found
six cases of smallpox. Three rnoro
cases have developed.