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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1901)
U1' b JL Alb YACHT COLUMBIA STILL THE GEM OF THE OCEAN. nt rinUU limit for Mint 1 > r T\T I Si-romlx , Hut l.ovrt mi Tlino A Hournnoe Fltinl C ntt' t tlic Olnio-t of tliu horl , Vt InsTlilril mid I.utit linen. NKW YOUK , Oct , 5 With victor } flags flowing fiom her towering mast-J heads and the ends of spreaders in honor of her concluding triumph in the cup race of 1C01 , the gallant sloop Columbia returned to her anchoiage tonight Binder the escort of the entire fleet. She today completed her de fense of the honored trophy In another Btlrrlng race with the Shamrock II , over a leeward and windward race of thirty miles , crossing the thiish line two seconds behind her antagonist , but winning on the time allowance conceded by Lipton's boat by forty- one seconds. For the second time she has now successfully foiled the attempt of the Irish knight to wrest from our posess- slon the cup that means the jachting supremacy of the world. And plucky Sir Thomas Lipton standirg on the bridge of the Erin , led his guests In three hearty huz ahs for the successful defender. "she is the better boat , " ho said , "and'she deserves to be cheered. " SHKIES i : SAIMD. The series of races just closed will always be memorable as the closest ever sailed for the cup , and Sir 'i'homas , although defeated , will gc home with the satisfaction of knowing that his golden yacht is the ablest for eign boat that ever ciosscd the western oican. Dining both series of races not an untoward accident occurred , and Sir Thomas will return to England 11 by far the most popular of all foreign ers who have over challenged for the America's tiophy. Yestculay's lace , on paper , was the closest of the series , but because of the llunkiness ot the wind on the beat home as a contest of the relative iiicr its of the vachts it is not to be com pared with the magnificent , truly run and royally I ought battles of Saturday and Monday. ' The conditions of the race at the start were veiy similar to those of Monday. The wind was strong and from the shore embroiling the sea with foam and piling up so swell , ideal con ditions for the challenger. The raccrh were sent away belore the wind , each " carrying a penalty for crossing the line after the handicap gun No ofilcial re. cord is kept of the time after the gun ) s fired , but the experts , with stop ' watches , estimated Columbia's handi cap at lit icon seconds and Shamrock's at thirty seconds. The contest of the yachts fleeing before the wind was picture - ture que , but not > exciting. The big racers had every inch of canva 8 prca'l , all their light sails , including bulging spinnakers and ballon jib top . sails. Thotr crews were gathered aft to keep the heads of the boats up , and ; I thereafter , until the outer murk was reached , it was meicly a question ol holding on to all the canvass and letting ting the wind do the rest. CHAT-LKNaini GAINS AT THIS OU18KT. Notwithstanding the fact that the Columbia beat the Shamrock before tlio wind last , Ha tin day , thechallengei today gained slowly bub steadily all the way out , and rounded forty-nine seconds ends before the defender , having ac tnally gained one minute and four sec onds. Immediately after thejachts turned their noses into tv e wind for the beat home the , brcc/.c moderated and turned lluky. The skippers spilt tacks , each searching for wind , with the result that iiist one would get a lift and than the other. Atone time Columbia seemed a mile ahead , when , with .i sudden c.int , the wind allowed the Shamiock topointneaier the mark and a mile from home the challenger appeared to lie leading by fully half a mile. The talent began to feel nerv- oiiH , but as the jachts approached the finish the Yankee skipper , by some miraculous legerdemain , shoved his ' boat into the light air like a phantom hlp and one hundred yards from home the two racers were almost on even terms. It was a pretty sight and one seldom witnessed , when iney orassed nil U tall , the white yacht's bowsprit just tapping the goluen boat's mast. The usual pandemonium that attends the final Yankee victory in a cup con test followed. Whistles , sirens , bells , bands , and cheers united in a grand ; horus of Jubilation and J.11. Morgan's steam yacht Corsair added to the ter rific din by firing a national salute of twenty-one guns. IllH ll nltli GUhiK U'nj. Tun HAOUK , Oct 5. A. D. W. Wol- mrans , one of the Boer envoys , who oas boon \Jsltlng Mr. Kruger at III1- frrsuin , found the mental condition jf the former president of the Trans vaal to be by nn means satisfactory. Mr. Kruger is slowly growing weaker phjsically and mentally. Hlsblowness in reaching ; i decision on important luesWons Is found to be a serious bin- tram * to those working i Jgqi p in of the Boer causa. * - - ' o ne.it otX hEVEALEDr Wonmii ( 'nutlet r.x-npi-M l ) > tctlon Out ) Ycnr. LINCOLN , Oct. 4. For eleven months a wonnn has been imprisoned In the Nebraska p-nllenllary gaibed ns a man. She was tried , convicted and sentenced In Koya P.iha county on a charge of horse stealing all the time dressed In man's garb , and she passed the scrutiny of the guards at [ the entrance to the prison eleven 1 mouths ago with the secret of her sex preserved. Now she is once nit re garbed tn woman's clothing anJ in ( this garb she will spend the rcmaiudi ref of her three year sentence. DISCOVKUY J1A1M5. That such an unusual occurrence could happen considering the gauntlet every person admitted to the p'cnitcn- tl.iry must run seems incredible. Yet the discovery of the sex was not miido till two days si go , by the prison author ities. The woman's real name is Lena Martin but she has been known as Hurt Martin and under this name she has gone for many years Her father Is dead but her mother resides not far from Sprlngvlew. She was sentenced for rustling horses and when she came down to Lincoln she had the reputa tion of belnir good at "borrowing" ani- m Us. The convict Martin was always rt'giitded sisof rather delicate consti tution. Ho had small feet and small hands. Ills face was like that of a young boy a he was only nineteen tears old when admitted , lie was live feet , eight inches in height and weighed 110 pounds. lie was em ployed in the broom factory and per formed his duties as well as the or ( Unary prisoner. \ViUK THIS OUAIinS NAVP1NG. When n prisoner is admitted to the penitentiary , lie is thoroughly exam ined lor identify ing marks and one of the first duties of the guards is to give a bath in a large open bath room where any peculiarity or deformity would be noticed and made note of as a means of identification in case of es- cipe. Nothing is now known of the incidents - cidents surrounding the admission of the'young woman as this occuired eleven months ago. The guards might have been napping when she entered or tlio girl may have been more than usually clever at concealment. She was passed through and given a suit of stiipes and since that time has not given the authorities any cause for suspicion until recently. vnnsr.iKb : or A It was whispered about the prison among the convicts that 'a mystery suriounded the peit-onality of young Martin. Some of the prisoners talked much of Mai tin's cell mate and gave the trunrds a gentle hint that an investigation - vestigation would result in a revela tion. At this tune the prison physi cian wan called upon to tend the cell 1mat" , and the secret was revealed by degrees. As soon ns discovered , the young woman wanted to be garbed in wom an's dress but the penitentiary au thorities did not have a stock on hand and thestewaul wabcompelled tocome to Lincoln and get a complete lady's outfit. So not till vesterday was the .lady horse thief once more garbed in woman's clothes. She took the dis covery of her sex without much cha grin and appeared to regard the mat ter as a rather comical incident. The prison authorities know little about the history of the ca e before it came to , them. The young woman lived in a county where the stock in- terests are Inige and where there are many coses of cattle rustling. , When she gave her name to be entered on the records , she told the officers ihat bhe was a married man. Ciililiultlit AVIm. Nisw YOHK , Oct .1 In a glorious whole sail bree/e which heeled the big cup contestants until their lee rails were awash in the foaming seas , Her- reshofr's white wonder , the ColumbH , yesterday beat Watson's British crcu- tijn over a triangular course of . ' 10 miles by two minutes and fifty seconds actual time. With the lorty-three seconds which the Irish sloop must al low the American boat on account of her larger sail plan , the Columbia won the second race of the series by three minutes and thirty-five seconds. The fastest race ever sailed in a cup contest , it was not only a royal strug gle from a spectacular point of view , but it was absolutely decisive as to the meritof the two racing machines. There is not a yachting sharp who witnessed the race today who is not ( Irmly convinced that the cup defender is the abler boat , blow high or low , beating , reaching or running/and that Sir Thomas and his merry Biltish tars are doomed to return home empty handed. llrltp ii < | p Til Time I Imlt. CONSTANT ! voi-LK , Oot > The brigands - ands who carried off Miss IJolcn II. Stone , the American missionary , and her companion , Mine Tsllka , a Bui- garian lady , have llxed October 8 , as tne limit of time for the payment of the ransom , $110,000 demanded for Miss Stone's release Ihe hiding plaee of the brigands tins not yet been discovered , and the delay accorded by the abductors Is taken to indicate that they consider their retreat quite secure. | SHOW UN EASINESS LONDON PAPERS DISCUSS BOER YVAR'J > GRIM ASPECT. Sny ICItrtif.xr Nrriln Help Airunril of Ni glrrt mill llnpivpnr < l- nr H Dfiiiiind Hi Inforcpinentu bo 8en | tn the Traiinviuil at Once , LONDON , Oct. 4 Within two weeks tin- war in South Afrlqi will have en tered upon Its third year and In the face of a rcorudesccnso of organization operations by thoj Boers and of the impossibility i ofcarrylngoutMr. Brod- rlck's promise to reduce the war ex penses by sending homo some troops , I . the government organs are again be coming restless. There is a imstery surrounding the operations and the whole situation In Natal and the denials and invasions of t he war office concerning the alleged friction between Mr. Brodrlck and Lord Kitchener form the subject of editorial proteits on all sides. "We have the right to expect , " says the Standard , "that the government Mill lose no time in sending out such ample reinforcements as the military clilels on the spot deem necessary. " The Daily Mail , which finds evidence that Lord Kitchener is in a dltllcult predicament ! and fears that the gov ernment isdelciying relnforccmentsout of a desire to avoid summoning pirlla- ment to vote the necessary supplies , warns the government that if this bo the ease a grave risk Is being run. Similar protests arc made on all sides. The Times , after remind Imr the gov ernment of "the repeated blunders and nilscalculat Ions which have cost the empire such a terrible price , " says : "A thiid campaign Is now opened in S'uith ' Atrica and there is no sign that the government Is doing anything to pteparc tor possibly the dragging out of the war for several months more Already it Is too late to provide such a mobile force as would be adequate this autumn. Is the government do ing anything to provide it three . months hence , and if not , what pos sible excuse can the government urge for this neglect ? " Al'KAlUSIN CHINA. "Disorders hsive arisen in the Yang Tso provinces , owing to the ravages of the llDods and the diversion of the re lief funds by corrupt officialV' Siys ! the Shanghai correspondent of life Standard. "These threaten to culmi nate in rebellion. The situation is very grave and the local authoilties have been ordered to raNo troops and to place the districts in a state of de fense. " "Thousands of rebels , " says a dis patch to the Dally Mail , "from Hong Kong , after sacking the German mis sion at Plang Thonir , attacked IHn Nan , a city near Canton. They wcie repulsed , but they then attacked Shak- ma , where they were again repulsed. Two thousand 'Jhinc.se tioops have been sent to suppress them. " The Times publishes the following dispatch Horn its Constantinople cor- lespondcnt : "The rcporis received at all the embassies and legations here from consuls in the provinces depict a situation everywhere so deulorable that an embassadorlal conference , and collective actions arc contemplated. " Kpl roial B SAN FiiANcif-co , Oct. 3 The tri ennial convention of the Episcopal church of America was formally or ganized today by the selection of liishop Fowler of Kentucky as presi dent , and Jlev. S Il-ut of Kansas City secretary of the house of bishops ; Dr. John S. Lindsnv of Massachusetts , chairman , and Rev. Charles Hutch ins , secretary of the house of deputies. No other business of importance was transacted during the Ilrst busi ness session of the convention , which did not assemble until late in the af ternoon. The initial services In connection with the convention were held this morning at Tiinity church , where tlio delegates will hold all their sessions. The most striking feature of the cere monies and one that will long bo re- memlMjrcd by all who saw It , was the solemn procession of bishops attired in llielr gorgeous raiments , A Tnitf ily In W DKADWOOD , S. ! > . , OcL . ' { News of a murdei committed at Thermopolls , Wyo. , has icaUied this city , the par ties concerned being very well known. Mis John Hoover , formerly Miss Cassels , of Central City , lost her hus band at Otto , Wyo. , and J. P. Walters I fell in love with her. Walters was at ' one time deputy United States mar shal in this city under United States Marshal Otto I'eemlller Because Mrs. Hoover i ejected his suit for mar riage , Waltcis shot and killed her while she was bathing in one of the hotspiingsatThermopolls. Ho then 1 . attempted to take his own life by shooting himself. That falling ho commenced to hack himself with a knife. It is not believed that ho will live. lllYul * tliH Nlaffiir * I'lunt. WATKKTOWN , N. Y. , Oct. 3 The water lias been turned Into the plant of the St. Lawrence Power company at Massena , In the northern part of bt. Lawrence county and started the largest power-producing plant in this country. ' Even the Niagara Falls pow er plant is surpassed by this one , both in the amount of power produced and sis an engineering achievement. The coRtof thin enterprise ha * been im menu * . DISASTER IN SAMAR Kortlcht Ainrrloflii Troop * Killed Nnnr lliilniiKlcn. * Matilln , Sept. 30. A disststroti * /Ight / between United Stntcs troops , nil Insurgents occurred yesterday in ' ( lie island of Satnnr , near lialanglga. A largebody of insurgents attacked Gun puny 0 , Ninth Infantry , only twenty-four men of the coompuny es caping. All the others are reported to have boon killed. The company were at breakfast when attacked and made a dctcmnln- etl resistance , but the overwhelming numbers of the Insurgents compelled them to retreat. Of the survivors at Bassey , eleven are wounded. According to the latest rettirns the strength of the company was seventy- wo. The survivors Include Captain Thnnns W. Council , First Lieutenant Edwaid A. Ililinpus and Dr. U. S. urlsrtold. surgeon. Cnpta'n Kdwln V , . Bookmlller of th jfinth Infantry , reports that Gen- eial Hughes Is assembling a force to attack the insurgents. The Insurgents captured nil the stores and ammunition of the com pany and all the rllles except twenty- six. NO WIOKfirnKAD IlKVOLT , Chicago , 111. , Sept. : tO. Gen. Elwcll S. Otis , In command of the depart ment of the lakes , said tonight that the slaughter of the members of com pany C of the Ninth infantry In Sa- mur did not mean that there Is any thing like widespread icvolt in that province. Concerning tlio disaster , General Otis said : "Samar is in the department oj Visiya , over which Urlgadicr General Hughes has command. This dcpart- ment includes all the central islands of the Philippine archipelago. Dur ing the last month our soldiers have been active in an attempt to subdue the rebellion , which is confined to the boundaries of that island. The insurgent leader , Lukbnn heads the natives , and he and his Tagalo fol lowers have been Instrumental In keeping alive the spiiit of opposition to this government's authority there. "The location of the ambuscade Is in the southern Samar , of which the inhabitants me Ignorant and barbar ous. Probably .Lukbnn got a party of bolo-men together and surprised the American soldiers at breakfast. I think Lukbnn knows something about the at tack , at any rate. There has been trouble in that section for two vears , and the character of the coun try and the barbaiity of the tiatives combine to make its suppression dlfll- cult. " Kitchener Isnr * n I. trr. PrucToviA , Sept. 30. A pampheb lias been published here under Lord Kitchener's authority containing a no tice of the permanent banishment of several Boer leaders captuied since September 13 , and also a long letter from Lord Kitchener replying to a communication from Acting-President Schalk Burger , received Septembers. Lord Kitchener promises to send tlio Schalk-Burgcr letter to the Imperial government , which , ho says , recipro cates the Boer statesman's desire for peace. Lord Kitchener then proceeds to explain - ' plain that the responsibility for the war rests with the hurghera , "whoso invasion of unprotected British terri tory opened the saddest page in South African history. " He quotes a letter from a member of the volksraad to a member of the Cape Colony assembly , declaring that "the time is rlpo to drive England from South Africa. " In conclusion Lord Kitchener do- claics that , having annexed the two republics to Great Biitlan , he cannot break faith witli the people who have shown loyalty to the new regime , and so far as clemency to Capo rebels Is concerned , this is the prerogative of the ruler , which must bo exercised with unfettered discretion. A proclamation has been Issued pro viding for the sale of properties of f burghers still in the fields in accor dance with the terms of Lord Kitche ner's previous proclamation Will Maintain Ountiriik. Mii.WAi.'KicK , Sept. 30 The annual 1 tour of inspection of managers of the National Soldier's Homes wan com pleted yesterday with the inspection of the National Home In this city. General McMahon and Ins fellow mem- hers left for their seven ! homes last 'night. General McMahon , speaking for the Ixiard , said : j "The board has decided to maintain ! ' cantcenn at all the I wines for the good I and sufllclent reason that experience | i has taught us tiat | it Is better for tlio \ veteran and for the people in the com- munltles where the homes are located. The canteens are properly conducted 1 I at these soldiers homes and the result | is that the veterans do not squander their money In cheap saloons , nor do the > drink too much. I Konirrrlt AtttmriM Omrrh. WARHINGTON , D. C , Sept. 30. President Roosevelt attended divine i services today at the Grace Reformrd J church , his chosen house of worship * , accompanied by his daughter Ethel j 1 and his son Kcrmit. Every pew In 8 were placed in the aisles and about the rear of the room. A knot of people . 1 collected out/side the door and several availed bhemsc'voK cf seats In th mtv dovr ml Km f RETELLS STOKY BOB EVANS CONCLUDES TESTI | MONY IN SCHLEY CASE Court Mnkrv Klnn llrn.lxTnj Thri-o Wit. ' ii . c * Toll * o ( Untile * Diitnll * Bvnni Thivt llr Stlil in Tcxn * Al- Unipteit to Hun Annj > . ] WABIMNOTON , Oct. 1. The Schloy court of Inquiry made good headway again today , concluding with Admiral Evans and hearing three now wit nesses , although the testimony of one of them was not conoludjd when the court adjourned for the day. Admiral Evans' testimony was along the same general lines ns was his statement of yesterday. The now witnesses were Captain Slgsbee , who commanded the emit St. Paul , during the Santlagos campaign , Thomas M. Dleualde , a newspaper ' correspondent who was on i the Texas during the battle of July 3 , and Chief Yoeman Gustavo Becker , i who was a clerk to Admiral Sampson , during the war. The proceedings of the day bcg'anas usual with the recall of former wit nesses who had completed their testi mony for the purpose of making such verbal coirectlons In It as they might desire. KVAN8 AOAIN ON THK STAND Admiral Evans was then recalled. Mr. Rayner begin his Interrogations by asking the wltnesi conceinlng the secret code of signals for communicat ing with the Cuban Insurgents near Cleufuegos. The admiral said that when Captain Chadvvlck communica ted this code to him he did not In struct , htm to give the information to Commodore Sohloy. Mr. Reyncr then questioned the witness especially as to his interviews with Commodore Schley after the battle of Santiago "Yesterday , " said1 Mr. Haynor , "I was speaking of a conversation which I thought you had at Guantanamo on July 5. rilud 1 have made a mistake ai > out that and it is necessary for mete to repeat my quest ion. 1 suppose you will answer In the same way. " ' Ho then asked : ' 'Did you have a conversation with Commodore Schloy * July 4 , sometime during the morning between Sand 12 o'clock on the flag ship at Santiago , in the course of which you used language as follows : Did you know that.lack Philip star ted to run away at the beginning of the battle ? ' to which Commodore Sohloy replied : 'You uic mistaken about that , Evans , J saw nothing of the kind. The Brooklyn made a turn and you must sec the tactical situation that made It necessary ? ' " I do not icmember being on board the Brooklyn on the 4th of July. I think it was the6th , at Guantanamo. 1 am quite positive 1 was not on board the Brooklyn oil Santiago biitonccand that was a long time bofoie that. KI to the conversation , 1 never said any thing to the cilect that Captain Philip ha'l run away or attempted to run away On thinking over last night what did occur with reference to the Texas. POSITION Or THK T15XA8. "I think Commodore Schley and 1 discussed the position of Ihe Texas when the tight began. The Texas was lying wjth her head to the cast when IIj the engagement began and It turned with stirboard helm and headed off In the same direction as the rest of us. It fired first with Its port battery and 1 then put its helm to starboard and [ headed in the same direction with the rest of the ships. I think the question was discussed with Commodore Schley. I cannot be sine of it , but that I ever Intimated that Captain Philip at tempted to run away with the Texas Is preposterous on the face of It. " "Wore not the commanding ofllcers I called on board the flagship Brooklyn by signal on the morning of May 29 i I after the Colon was discovered ? " " . " "They were. "Can you tell me , ordoyourecollccU what took place at the conference of the commanding olllccrs at that time ? " "Commodore Schley was in Uiecabin of the Brooklyn when wo assembled and there was a general talk about the Spanish fleet having been located at last at Santiago. " "I do not recall any special confer ence. I don't think it was In the na ture of a conference. I do not recol lect now that the olllcers were asked to express any opinion. 1 remember havlngaconversatlon with Commodore Schley about the effect of the lighting batteries on the ships , in which 1 told him of the experience we had at San Juan and expressed the opinion to him that it was not worth while to risk jbltip- . lighting shore batteries alone : that I ( Ihi not think anything would be gained by it. In the case under con- sldcration tlio Spanish ships were pro- sent In tiie harbor. The conditions were changed and we would have to take the risk of the tire from the bat- torlcs in order to get at them. " Clllllxilll ( Itlf * Oct. 2 The banish gunboat Moon , while at gjm practice today with Prisant shells , foundered to thii eastward of the middle grounds. Its masthead can be seen a few yarda above the water The crew of tha vessel was saved The Moen wan an Iron gunboat of 350 tons displacement * It was 111 feet long , had twenty-eight feet ten Inches beam and 523 Indicated horso-powcff. It had a crew of thirty * five m n. _ * ESCAPE FROM WRECK Five CnM of NiirlliMrntarn I'nunciiBOP J > e tnllril Jib Ono l Ilijitriit. DUNI.AIIn. . , Oct * . l. The Northwestern - , western passenger from Chicago had nn almost miraculous escape .from serious wreck In the railroad yards la thlHclty t early yesterday morning. The train was running between fifty and sixty ml is an hour after leaving the depot , when a rail broke under the fifth conch from the rear. The car nnd four others that fol lowed were ditched. There were tw < pullmanH , two chnlr cars nnd a tourifit sleeper There were about 100 peopVs in them , but all escaped with hardly * scratch. The trucks of the cars were demol ished , their bodies wore not seriously damaged. A new train was made up. Northwestern train No. 1 arrived i * the city at 10 o'clock , about one hour and a half late. Reports that no ono was Injured In the derailment at Dun- lap , la. , were confirmed. Ono of the passengers on the train was M. H. Do Young , proprietor of the San Francisco Chronicle. lie , n > well as the other passengers , regarded It as a mliacle that no ono was hurt , owing to the high rate of speed al which the train was going. IMoro Hi , n or * WASHINGTON , D. C. , Oct. L Accord Ing to to Adjutant General Corblu ht boardof bicveta which meet nt tha ( War department today will devote Ita attention especially to ulllcorB and men who distinguished themselves la Cuba and the Philippines. This rec ommendation has been made public ! ' Lieutenant Colonel Theodora U'Kisovelt , First U. S. A. cavalry to breveted Colonel U. S. V. for gallantry In battle Cuba , Juno 21 , Ib93. For gallantry In battle , Santiago d Cuba , July 1 , 1097 , Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to bo breveted brigadier general. " | ttfttxr riro I'nitorllon. LINCOLN , Nun , Oot. 1. The board , of public lands and buildings is scrl < ously considering the possibility of fur nishing better water supplies for the various slitc institutions , nearly all ot which are In no bettor condition than was the asylum at Norfolk , which burned lost week. At the present time there are n funds available for that purpose , bub ono of the members of the board has suggested the plan of advertising for bids and letting the contractor look to the legislature for remuneration. Ilunnttny Motor BUUMNOTON , la. , Sept. 30 A motor car , in which were ton people , became uncontrollable while running down . the west hill grade ycstculay and \ \ j dashed Into a passing freight train. i' ' | .Mrs. Charles Kupfor was Instantly killed and George Stone , A. 0. Hutch- inson , Yera Smlthors and Miss Luts wore all bodly injured. Il U Hopeful. OS.SININO , N. Y. , Sept. 30. Rolanrt B. Mollncux , who has been in the death house at Sing Sing prison for the past two years under the convic tion of causing the death of Mrn. Kato Adams by poison , Is looking forward hopefully to an early decision as to hli application for a new trial. Mollncux Is so hopeful of a favorabla decision that he is planning for a second end trial. If the conviction is set aside , a second trial may not take pi act for many months to come. ' hOtU'H Wtll ( Emerson , Neb. Conductor John Mangold , who was arrested In Omaha on a charge of deserting his wl.fo and four children at New Buffalo , Michi gan , was brought to this city , and it Is stated that ho effected a settlement with his wife's attorney by giving hei a deed to some property in New Buf falo , $ .225 in cash and agreeing to pay W ) monthly. * ItlrliTIn Ore. Deadwcod , S. D. A rich ledge of tla has been struck In the Bear gulch diB- trict at a depth of 3.50 feet. Interest in the tin ledges at Harney peak is iigaln being shown , and the old claims are being relocated. One company han been organized to work thcclalmeand they will probably be giv en u thorough test. roliiiiiliilM Kiit > vr , Paris , Henry Vlgnaud , first secre tary of the United States embassy la this city , has just completed an his- torial work , which It Is said , will shed a new and startling light on the facts relative to thn disco very of America. Mr. Vlgnaud claims that he will prove that the theory of Columbus a * to the existence of a new world beyond the Atlantic was not the outcome of gcienttlic speculation , but of certain knowledge on his part. The book will ipptar in Paris about October 1. It will b printed In French. CoLuiiiius , Neb. , Oct. 1. The safe fn Frank Bridell's saloon was crocked seemingly by professionals between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning , the money box , which was empty , being taken. The safe was completely wrecked. Entrance was effected by boring holes In the back door of the buildirif ? and knocking out a panel near the lock , enabling the robbers U ) turn the key. No lue to th perpetrators is known.