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STATE NEWS.
NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Tekaraah's water bonds , ? 13,000 ,
sold at a premium of $350.
Kimball county reports the best
crop prospects ever known.
The republican state convention
? ill be held at Lincoln Sept. 2-1.
A boating club has been organ
ized at St. Paul , Howard county.
Religious excitement caused Cass
\VT. Hill of North Loup to go insane.
The deputy sheriff of Lancaster
county has handed in his resignation.
The A. O. U. W. lodge at Saleni
will hold a picnic on or about Aug. 7.
The liichardson county fair will
be held at Salem September 22 to 25.
The house of Jacob Buhrer , Falls
City , was destroyed by lire last week.
A mad dog hag "been creating con-
ternation in the vicinity of St. Ed
wards.
One dealer sold seven binders and
one mower in one day at the little town
of Lindbay.
The Burt county soldiers' reunion
will be held at 'Lyons September 15 ,
16 and 17.
The Cortland creamery company
are shipping a , weekly average of 3,000
pounds of butter.
About thirty feet of the dam at
Red Cloud mill was swept out by the
recent high water.
George Strqber , the left fielder ,
has been chosen manager of the Xc-
braska City ball club.
A company has been organized by
Burwell capitalists to build and oper
ate irrigating ditches.
Twenty-five of Dodge county's
school teachers will attend the meeting
of teachers in Toronto.
The first annual reunion of the
pioneers of Richardson county will be
held at Verdou August 19 and 20.
Gus Wilson has been sent to the
penitentiary from Elwood to serve a
term of three years for horse stealing.
William Williams was brought to
Omaha last week from Chadron , on
the charge of giving whisky to an In
dian.
The Lancaster county fair will be
held this year from the 4th to the llth
of September in connection with the
state.
Officers of the Dodge county agricultural -
cultural society arc putting forth great
exertions to make the coming fair a
success.
Mrs. Mary Willoughby of Lincoln
was a divorce from her husband be
cause he is in the penitentiary for hog
stealing.
A vicious stallion attacked II. El-
wanger of Rushville , bit off one of his
eai-s and took a chunk of flesh from
his arm.
The Sanford postoflice in Kcya
Paha county was discontinued July'l ,
and the effects turned over to the Xor-
den office.
' A. Kent the oldest exclusive shoe
dealer in Hastings , was closed by eastern -
ern creditors. Uncovered liabilities ,
about § 8,500.
Louis Smithburger has been an-
pointed county clerk of Stanton county
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of W. T. Shifrp.
Dr. Houtz has accepted the posi
tion of physician at the state peniten
tiary. He has had the matter under
consideration for some time.
Mary Linles , 18 years old , was
killed in bed by a bolt of lightning ,
which struck her father's house , four
teen miles from Beatrice.
X. L. Talbot , a Sherman county
farmer , has an apple tree on which is
a single branch two feet in length ,
bearing eighty-four apples.
The Russell hotel at Tilden was
damaged by lightning. V. Crue
n and Jay Russell were ren-
Qereinsensible by the shock.
-jhe Beatrice Chautauqua was ?
brilliant succG f- -l'ne attendance was
'
good througho'uu- and the exercises
highly interesting and instructive.
The Furnas county agricultural
society offers $30 in/premiums to the
"
three" precincts in the county taking
the most premiums at the state fair.
W. T. Sharp , county clerk ol
Stanton county , was drowned last week
in Muskintine creek. He is supposed
to have fell off a bridge in the dark.
The Fremont Tribune says the
man who wants a farm in Dodge coun
ty will have to pay five dollars an acre
more than if he had bought one year
ago.
At a picnic in Guiibert's grove.
Polk county. Archie Stearnes of Clark
was overcome with heat and for some
time was in a dangerous condition.
He will recover.
William C. Smith of Beatrice has
been awarded the new contract foi
building the two new school house :
for which § 15,000 bonds were recently
voted by that city.
R. R. House , who was nearly
killed at Downs. Kas. , by a bully while
umpiring a game of ball , is a Crete
boy. He has just recovered sufficient
ly to be brought home.
Major Daniel W. Benham , inspector
specter of small arms practice of the
department of the Platte , has suc
ceeded in having the rifle competition
for the department of Platte , the east
and California , called at Bellevue
range. .
W. A. Schwab , a young man who
has been learning the jewelry trade at
Chadron , has skipped out leaving sev
eral creditors to mourn his absence.
He had mortgaged his father's team
to Dr. Ronnie and Gus Record for
$160.
The assessed valuation of Thura-
ton county i.s § 242,32G.3G ; population
s. 470 , a gain during the past year of
800. - *
A half dozen horses owned by
Bellevue parties have recently been
crazed by eating theloeho weed , which
is unusually abundant on the river
bottoms this wet season.
A gentleman from the vicinity of
McCook tells a Lincoln correspondent
that the people of that section have
quit building irrigation ditches and
gone to draining swamps.
The sugar manufactory men at
Norfolk claim that they will disburse
to the farmers in that vicinity for
beets and in the payment of manu
facturing this season's crop over § 288. -
000.
Three of Cuming county's girls
brought homo gold medals from the
St. Francis college at Quincy , 111. , viz ;
Miss Hannah Clancey of West Point ,
and Misses Aggie and Mary McXa-
Mara of Beemer.
Mrs. Grakall , who was sentenced
from Superior to twenty years in the
penitentiary for assising her husband
to defile little girls , has been removed
to the Milford home , as she is about
to become a mother.
The Chamberlain-Atwood church
trial at Fremont ended in a verdict of
acquittal. The defendants were charged
with swindling an eastern clergyman
by making fictitious investments for
him in western mining property.
W. T. Sharp , county clerk of
Stanton county , was accidentally
drowned in Maskenline creek while on
his way home from the depot where he
had gone to meet his wife. The creek
was swolen by the rains and was ten
feet higher than usual.
Linda M. Lowrey petitions the
county court of Lancaster county for
the appointment of a guardian for her
son Geo.V. . Lowrey. whom she" says by
his immoderate drinking is wasting
the $15,000 or $20,000 worth of prop
erty left him by his deceased father.
Mary Lindes was killed by light
ning while asleep in bed at her home ,
fourteen miles northeast of Beatrice ,
last week. The bolt struck through
the roof of the house. The deceased
was aged 18 years and was the daugh
ter of John Lindes , a well-known farm
er of Gage county.
Not long since Col. Thos. J. Kerr
of Madison applied for a pension and
was surprised to learn that Uncle Sam
owed him $363.19. When the colonel
was mustered out of service he forgot
to collect his last month's pay , and
with the interest attached it now
reaches that amount
George Smith of Persia , la. , was
in Omaha a few days ago to have L.
L. Bennow's famous madstone applied
to a wound inflicted on his hand by a
dog's teeth. In all probability the dog
was not mad , for the stone did not ad
here and it has never failed to do so
when the biter was rabid.
In a shooting match between SoT -
T > hia Xethaway and Mrs. Laishaw at ]
ien blue rocks , at Wahoo , the Fourth ,
the former won , breaking four to Mrs.
Latshaw's three. A match has been
arranged between the two ladies for
? 100 a side at fifty live birds , to take
place in the near future.
The Grand Army post of Green
wood will hold a reunion commencing
August 3 and continuing one week , in
the beautiful park on the banks of the
iver. Tents , straw , hay and wood
will be furnished free to campers.
There will be given every day of the
encampment amusements of army life
while in camp.
The committee on railroads of the
executive committee having in charge
the securing of the national Grand
Army encampment at Lincoln returned
ast week from Chicago. They were
ortunate to meet the Western Passen
ger association in session , and have
j great assurance of the hearty co-opjr-
' ation of the railroads.
X. Rank , who lives south of Far-
nam , in Dawson county , recently lost
one of his teams of horses in a singu
lar manner. It was picketed on a hill
lide and laid down when at the full
sength of the rope. In attempting to
ret"up it slid down the hill , the rope
tightened with i's struggles until it
choked the horse to death.
The citizens of this city and coun-
tv , says a Tecumseh dispatch , are very
jubilant over the fact that a vein of
soft coal between live and six feet in
thickness was found at a depth of 400
feet on the farm of J. D. Russell , one
mile south of that city. Mr. Russell
has abandoned the idea of boring an
artesian well and will investigate to
his satisfaction the quality of the coal.
The Kansas & 'Colorado Pacific
railroad company has brought suit
against the Fitzgerald & Mallory con
struction company , of which John
Fitzgerald ot Lincoln is at the head ,
for $3.000,000 , alleging fraud on the
part of the defendants in converting
stocks and bonds of the Denver , Mem
phis & Atlantic company to their own
use.
Director General Davis of the
world's fair has written Governor
Thayer advising that Nebraska take
steps at once to secure its location for
its building at the world's fair ground.
Owing to the fact that the law by
which Nebraska is to be represented
at the great exposition does not go into
effect until'after August first the com
missioners from this state cannot be
appointed till that time. I
Wm. Johnson , working for
farmer near Tekamah , was the victim
of a peculiar accident about two weeks
ago which caused his death Wednes
day. He was unhitching a team of
horses when his hand got caught on
one of the snaps on the neckyoke strap.
The heavy iron snap fastened itself
firmly in 'the cords of his hand , by
which the team dragged him fully a
mile and a half. Wednesday it was
found necessary to amputate one of his
little fingers" ; Convulsions followed
and ended > n his death.
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
x EXTIUK r.iuir.Y iriTii OXE
CEl'TlOX WIPED OUT.
John II. I'litcrbmi h Kllln HIM \VIIe
anil Children and Then Takes Ills
Own Life-All Miot to Heath AVhile
AKlccp A Circular From ( ieiicrul
Blaster \Vorknian I'owdcrljriiaw. .
It. Watt * , a Motix City CapltulUt ,
ITIurdered in
A Fearful Tragedy In Nobramka.
EI.LI ? , Neb. , July 13. Some time
during Friday night the most horrible
tragedy ever enacted in Gage county
or this section of Nebraska occurred.
About 4 o'clock Friday afternoon Mrs' .
Dr. Allen of Beatrice came to Ellis on
a visit to her brother , John II. Puter-
baugh , who lives a mile and a half
south of town. She was driven to the
farm by Louis Perling , and knocked at
the door , but received no response and
entered , the door not being locked.
As she entered she saw her brother
lying on the lloor near the dcor and
supposed he was asleep. She spoke
to him. but there being no response ,
she looked more closely and saw blood
on her brother's ghastiy face. Airs.
Allen called Perling in. who made an
investigation and found a horrible
state of allairs. In bed in the room
in which the husband and father lay
was the mother with a bullet through
her head ; iu the bed with iier was a 2
year old baby , also shot through the
head. On a lounge in the room lay a
lad of 10 years dcau. shot tlirough the
head. In the room above was another
bed occupied by two young giris. one
I. } anu one lit , both dead witii bullet
iioles in their heads. The dead were
John 1'eterbaugh , his wife and four
children. How they met tlieir terrible
fate is as yet unknown , only bv sur
mise ? . The general belief is that the
terrible deed was the work of the hus
band and father. The motive is not
known , as Puterbaugh was a peace
able man , in comfortable circum
stances , and it is believed that no
troub.e existed in the family.
It seems certain that the terrible
crime was committed by Puterbauirh.
By his side under his arm lay a2 \ -
caiiber six-chamber revolver , with ail
the chambers empty. The scene in
tiie house was a horrible one and many
of the strongest hearted turned away.
The faces of the dead , though covered
with blood , were as calm "as though
bleeping. Xo signs of fear were portrayed
trayed on any of them and no evi-
idences of a struggle were visible any
where. All seemed to have been killed
while sleeping and il were shot di
rectly through th skuil. In every
case the pistol was placed close to the
iiead , as the powder stains were visi
ble upon the pillows or bed clothing.
Puterbaugh was not a drinking man
and had the reputation of being an
honest man and good and peaceful cit-
ixen. lie suffered from iiriphi tsnrinsr
and since then ha not been inthebetTt
of health , frequently complaining of
pain in the head. He was : i mail of
about 08 or40 years of a ire. The wife
was a year or two younger. The mur
dered children were , aged as follows :
Carrie. 15 years : Jlabei , IS years ;
Charlie. 10 years : lialph , 2 yu-rs. One
&on , Allen , 17 years of age , survives.
He was away from home at work , hav
ing left Wedne.-dy last. Puterbaugh
was in Beatrice Wednesday , and is said
to have purchased tiie revolver with
which the terrible deed was commit
ted. In a barn near the house were
two mules and three horses hitched tea
a wagon. In front of the barn were
two more horses and in a field a num
ber of cows. The house was fairly
weli furnished for a farm house , and
in a cupboard was an abundance of
good food. Puterbaugh owned three
eighties , which he purchased March
last from A. Wissei of Beatrice. He
was liked by all who knew him here
and at his former home in Dilier.
J Dn.LKit , Xeb. , July 13. This vicin-
I ity has been thrown into a fever of ex
citement by the tragedy of the Puter
baugh famly. ; Mr. Puterbaugh was
one of the first settlers in this vicinity
and iiad recently sold his farm here
and moved to his present home , eight
miles north , and tne family is known
and respected by ail here. Mr. Puter
baugh is held responsible for the terri
ble deed , having shot each member of
the family present and then taken his
own life. It is believed that financial
diHiculties have unbalanced hit mind.
His condition was noticed and com
mented upon on tiie Fourth , which he
spent here among his old friends and
neighbors.
The news of the discovery reached
here about 6 o'clock , and every person
\vlio could find means of conveyance
hurried to the scene as if to confirm
the terrible reality. It falls as a local
calamity and has moved the people of
Diiler as nothing before has done.
Declared OIT By Poirdcrly.
XE-VV YOUK , July 11. General Blas
ter Workman Powderiy yesterday issued -
sued a special circular to ail local assemblies -
semblies of the Knights of Labor on
the question of the proposed industrial
conference which was to have been
held on July 29 to take up the plat
form of the farmers" alliance and join
hands with the third party. The call
has received so little response outside
of the knights that Mr. Powderiy has
deemed it necessary to declare it off
for the present and to hold a meeting
on Washington's birthday , 1892. In
the circular Mr. Powderiy says :
Instructedby the * general assembly
of the order of the Knights of Labor
at Denver , Colo. , in November. 1890 ,
to correspond with other labor , organ
izations with a view to holding a con
vention for the purpose of formulating
a platform of principles to be voted
on nt the polls , I have performed thai
duty ne well as my environments would
permit , and up to this time but three
officers of other labor organizations
have signified a willingness to cooperate
erate in holding such a convention. "
After stating that the date named by
him for the convention was July 20
and that since then a platform of prin
ciples has been adopted at Cincinnati ,
he continues :
"If the convention of July 29 is
held , it will have few present who are
not members of the order. As that
organisation has a well defined and ex
cellent platform of principles already
before the public it would be foil } ' to
call the delegates together again for
the purpose of readopting it. In
November the general assembly will
meet again and if changes are neces
sary they may be made there. The
general oulcers of the Knights of Labor
were instructed to co-operate with the
farmers' organization in securing meas
ures of relief and have done so. A
confederation of the agricultural and
industrial organizations has been
formed , is in successful operation , and
has adopted a declaration of principles
to be voted for at the polls. * '
He then says it would be a waste of
time to call the same men together
again , particularly so since the confed
eration already formed has agreed to
meet on Washington's birthday , 1892 ,
and prepare for the coming struggle in
selecting the best parts of the various
platforms and engrafting them in a
short and comprehensive declaration
of what the industrialists would have
at the masthead in a political cam
paign.
Sioux City Ulan .tltirdrred.
EKIK , Kan. , July 11. A horrible
murder was committed in Thayer , a
town on the western edge of this ( Xe-
osiio ) county on Monday night. Chas.
1' . Watts , a dentist and capitalist , who
has resided in this city for a number
of years , some two months ago traded
for a stock of drugs in Thayer. He
went over to act as a druggist until he
could get a purchaser for the business.
He was found dead Tuesday morning.
Some unknown persons had attacked
him while he was in the act of regis
tering a prescription. He had re
ceived a blow on the left side of the
forehead , a blow on the nose and a
blow on the cheek bone and had finally
been choked to death. When found
his tongue was stili protruding. Cor
oner Lemon held an inquest. The ver
dict was of murder by unknown per
sons.
sons.Dr
DrWatt's family is residing in
Sioux City , la. , where his sons are in
business. The body has been for
warded there.
\v.tMIIX ; TOKV.S XOTE .
The First national bank of Hawar-
den , la. , capital 50 , QUO , was author
ized to begin business. The treasury
department purchased 625,000 ounces
of silver.
Messrs. Green and Rich , of the com
mission to select samples of wool to
determine the grades at the several
ports where wool is imported , were at
the treasury department and had a
conference with Assistant Secretary
Snauidinqr.
Tne seconu comptroller nas cecided
that parallel railroads one land-grant
and the other non-aided both oper
ated by the same company , shall be
treated as one railroad company by the
government in adjusting the accounts
of the railroads for the transportation
of troops.
The treasury department has decided
that beet sugar refineries may import
free of duty the iron columns and other
iron used in setting up their machin
ery , provided that such iron is not the
structural iron used in all buildings ,
but is a necessary portion of the re
finery plant.
Prof. A. G , Warner , of Lincoln , re-
centy appointed superintendent of
charities for this district , has notified
the commissions that it is his inten
tion to recommend a radical change
in the methods -pending the charity
funds in his first annual report. For
this year he recommends the Old meth
od , so that any of the institutions that
have been aided by the funds in the
past may not be embarrassed in their
arrangements.
The report of the board of visitors
to the United States military academy
has been submitted to the secretary of
the navy. Tiie board in its report re
commends that the age of admission
be fixed at from 15 to 18 instead of 15
to 20 , according to existing law. The
oflicers in charge of the academy , the
report &as , are able and deserve the
highest commendation , but the odious ,
brutalizing and un-American habit of
hazing has not as yet entirely disap
peared from the academy. The efforts
that have been made for its extermin
ation , it is gratifying to say , have been
largely successful , but there yet lin
gers among the cadets | a degree of
class feeiing that is extremely deter
mined.
An Appeal to President Harrison.
SAN FKANCISCO , Cal. , June 11.
Xanpio , chief of Ponapi. one of the
Caroline islands , has arrived on the
steamer Australia from Honuluiu to.it
is said , appeal to President Harrison
in behalf of his people , who are threat
ened with ruin by Spanish soldiers.
He says his people endured the bru
tality of the Spanish as long as they
were able. It is understood he has
sent strong letters to Washington urg
ing the government to dispatch a man
of war to his island to protect the
property of Americans and to insist
upon fair dealing by the Spaniards.
Phccbe Couzins' Came.
WASHINGTON , July 11. Miss Phoebe
Couzins has informed the treasury de
partment that her attorneys have ad
vised her to appeal from the decision
of Judge Blodgett that she was law
fully ousted from' her office in connec
tion with the world's fair. She re
quests the department to take no ac
tion in the matter pending the appeal.
EATING HTJUAN FLESH
.Ll' STOllY Of C.IXX1JI.ILIS3Z
JX IIKA7.II-
The Story Told by a .Han ruder Ar
rest for the Crime ? Iii s I'lutbc Cous
in * Iloxvncd by the Courts The Kl-
J'cct * oT Klectrocutioit us MIOIVII by
Autopy of the New York .Murderer *
\Vho Hied at Mils : -Mug The Troubles
blesofthc > teatitcr Itata Grasshop
pers Doing Damage in Nc\v .
Cannibalism In Ilrazll.
YouK. July 10. A little three
column newspaper , published in the
interest of Brazil , which reached here
today , contains 'a horrible story of
cannibalism. A man named Ciemente
Vistra is under arrest at Salinas , state
of Mines. Brazil , charged with eating
human flesh. In a talk with the edi
tor he said for some time he and a
number of others had lived upon hu
man llesh , and when asked what mo
tives impelled them to such baroarous
acts , said it was because they liked it.
Asiced how they secured the first vic
tim , he said he went to a friend one
day named Leandro , who invited him
to eat a piece of his ( Leandro's ) dead
child. He was hungry and did so.
The following day he found a woman
asleep by the roadside , lie killed her
and took her body home. Soon after
he killed a friend named Simplisio and
with the assistance of-Francisco and
several others ate him. When his llesh
was all consumed , Simplisio's two ? ons
were killed for a further supply of
food. Later on Basil 10 and the pris
oner killed and devoured Francisco ,
and finally Veirio having discovered
that Basillio had stolen a bhirt from
them , he Killed him. He ate very
httie of him. however , for he was ar
rested within two days of tiie murder.
Vistra was captured in the act of
making a meal of a portion of Hasilio's
remain * . The soldiers found part of
Basilio's body packed away in a bar
rel , prepared with pepper and salt.
"Then has. human ilesh has an
agreeable taste. " ' Vistra was asked.
"Xo. " he replied , "it is too sweet.
The part found most toothsome was
the brain. We ate the llesh roasted
or boiled , and seasoned with salt and
a great deal of pepper. " '
Vistra expressed no remorse for
what he had done.
PhoebcLos.es Hcr.Tob.
CHICAGO , June 10. Judge Biodgett
decided the Pha'be Cousins case this
morning by rendering a sweeping de
cision against the ex-secretary of the
board of lady managers of the world's
fair. The court held in short that
Miss Cousins was out of office , out for
good and can't get back. The case was
decided on the exceptions made by
Miss Cousins to the answer filed to her
bill for an injunction to restrain the
defendants from ousting her from of
fice. The court held that the board
of lady managers was created by the j
national commissioners and received
its nowers from thatbodv. Tnese pow
ers extended to the executive commit
tee of the board of iady managers and
it had full power to act inasmuch as
congress had not provided for a con
tinuous session of the board of lady
managers' , which had to delegate its
powers to the committee. This com
mittee , the court held , was in fact the
board itself. The court thereupon de
nied the injunction as prayed for.
The Kfl'erts of Electrocution.
SING SIXG , X i * . , July 10. Every
body expected that Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald -
Donald would wield the lancet during
the autopsy of the electrocuted mur
derers , but , when the medical men as
sembled in the little room adjoining
the death chamber , where the bodies
of the four murderers lay on siate
slabs , it was found that Dr. Giesen of
Green Point , had been deputed to per
form that function , assisted by Dr.
Franklin Thompson , jr. The other
physicians present were Dr. Samuel B.
Ward of Albany , Dr. L. V. Corteiyn
of Brooklyn , Prof. Laudy , Dr. Daniels
and Dr. Allison of Auor.rn.
After a brief discussion it was de-
sided to operate on the Jap Jugiro
first. In accordance with this plan ,
the operating table , such as is used in
dissecting rooms , was wheeled in on
rubber casters into the center of the
room. The autopsy then proceeded as
follows , the words of the narration of
which are given exactly as they fell
from the lips of one of the physicians
in attendance , whose name i = withheld
at his request.
"We selected the Japanese first , "
he said , "because of his physical de
velopment. He was as remarkably
built a man as I ever saw. A trian
gular cut was made directly over the
breast bone. The heart and lun-'s
were then removed , and afterwards the
stomach , liver , kidneys and bladder.
Both lungs and the heart n ere filled
with venous blood. The color of a'.l
the organs , as we doctor.- say , was
cerfect. The fluids in tiie body were
thinner than before death , showingthe
rapid disintegration eau-eu by the pas
sage of the current. Tnere were'no
marks or burns on any of the men ,
and they were all possessed of remark
ably fine physiques , while their in
ternal organs were not diseased in any
way. The Japanese would really adorn
t'ne anatomical museum. A significant
fact was that his brain was more than
average size and normal. This proved
conclusively tha ; any talk as to his
insanity was the veriest bost. As soon
as the autopsy on his body had been
concluded the organs were replacd
and the triangular aperture closed , as
indeed was done with each ofhe
others.
The second man executed was Smi-
ler. His relatives were waiting to
claim the body. Xothing extraordi-
it.
nary was discovered except that hia
left lung had several tubercles which
might have troubled him in later years ,
had he lived. Wood ar.d Slocum fol
lowed with the result of showing : is in.
the others , perfect internal organs.
I have performed a great many
autopsies , but never saw one done un
der more favorable circumstances. You
see that practically the men were the-
same as though they had been cut up-
alive death came instantly. The av
erage man has not a stomach which 5s-
healthy , but Jugiro's was wonderfully
so.
"The absence of marks or burned
spoais explained in the careful way
in which the eieetropoues were ap
plied. Usually a blister is found
which is caused by the moisture in the
sponge evaporating as steam , scalding
the person.
Jtata > Trouble * .
WASHINGTON , July 10. The secre
tary of the treasury has authorized the
acceptance of the oiler of the master
of the Chilian "steamer Ilata to pay
$500 for violation of the laws in hav
ing cleared from San Diego. Cahu ,
without the necessary papers. This
settlement has no bearing un the other
charges against the officers of this ves
sel , to-wit : Kidnaping a federal oflicer-
and violating the neutrality law. The
attornev believes that notion may soon ,
be inuiviuua' officers
brought against
j
of the Itata and the Robert and Minnio- I
for violation of this law. Although
the oflicers of the I tat compromised
their offense against the navigation
laws , they may stiil be amenable to-
legal prosecution on the charge of kid
naping , and also violation of the navigation - .
gation law.
< rn , hopper I'higue.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. . July II. Henry t
Smith of Springer. N. M. . who is in. '
the citj' , says the grasshopper pest is
in New Mexico and Arizona. He owns
large ranches in both territories and
says the grasshoppers have stripped
them of nearly every vertigo of vege
tation and have done great , carnage.
Other cattlemen , he says , have made- , ]
the same complaint , i-mith s.ys the " -
pests are moving slowly eastward and
by fall will reach the Kansas and'Te\-
as lines. Next summer , he continued. '
they will develop into a piague in ' * J
Kansas , Texas , Indian Territory and
Colorado.
Will Try to Produce ICain.
WASHINGTON , July 9. Colonel tjj
Dyrenforth of the department of agriculture - .
culture with two assistants left here
yesterdaj * for the interior of Texas , j'j
where he will make further experi
ments as to the feasibility of making
rain in arid regions by exploding bal
loons charged with oxygen and hydro
gen at a considerable height in the air.
Tests will also be made in exploding
dynamite attached to tne tails of huge- * * "
kites in connection with tna theory
that rain may be produced by the con
cussion of high explosives in mid air.
The dynamite is to be exploded in the
same manner as are the buiioons. that
is by a slender wire leading to the kites
and connected with an electric battery
from the ground. CoioneL
Dyrenforth will seek some sequestered
spot in Texas where the no-e will uot
distm-b any one and will IIUMCO a thor
ough and exhaustive experiment , as to-
whether or not rain can be produced
when needed by means of explosions
near the clouds.
Jlore Electrocution Talk.
BTFFAI.O , N. Y. , July 12. Dr.
Southwick and Dr. Daniels , the two-
Buffalo witnesses of the electrical execution - I
ecution at Sing Sing , returned yester
day morning. They were interviewed
by a reporter. When as.-c u if tiie Associated -
sociated press report of the execution i
was accurate , Dr. Souihwiric said in '
the main it was. Both doctors thought / j
the system a success in every way.
Continuing. Dr. Southwieic said these
executions demonstrated that , the plan
was humane. When the current was
turned on there wis noounds from
the condemned , no burning , no odor
of burning Hesii. noth.nr whatever-
that would be revolting to a spectator.
Lightning ISod * No I rotitioii. .
CLIFTON , La. , July 13. The house-
of S. P. Anderson , a Swede living fif
teen miles west of here , w as struck by
lighting , killing his wife and three
' , daughters , all that were in tne house.
1 The house was rodded.
a STUCK Axn rmnmcii .u.i//r/ir.s.
Qiiutiitioni frnut AV t iV i'J- > ,
j OMAHA.
! Wheat bv car loatl. ] .i-r buihel STi ? , M-
I Ci.rn l > y car load , ji.-r l u-hi.-l 45 j' IHi
| Uat-by car Ioa < l. ir i bushu ! 41 fe 43
l.utter I reriinery 19 < < i 'J
liutter Countrr Koh II t 15
Me tPrk Per bbl 120) , ' . - . ; 5- II
" " " " " " " " " " "
! llTTity , per fl > ! . . . . . . . 1'J " ( ? i )
ClncXen OMv \ pur do/ 3 50 < & 2 5T
, C'hick > bjirii ; . per Hot. 2 ? ) $ * ' 3 SO.
1 Oran-rc- 4 UJ ( C ; 4 T.i
Lvnious 6 fiO 5fr 7 0)
Hi-air Kavii"2 TiO fc i 65-
i : < -ct IVr doz CO < ; : $ . " >
j Woo ! riw. iiimi-i < --.l. pur 2 > 13 i ; IS
lVn Per l u box 1 25 65 1 SO.
I Carrots IVr bit 1 W tft 1 2"i
, Potatoes N < - \ \ prr Lu 1 15 < & . I liJ
Totnatof- Per crate 2 2 > & 2 50-
Hay t'pland. p-r ton 10 00 5&12 1 > J
Hops Mix < -'l i > : .cl.ms 4Ji ) ( & 4 ft )
Ho i He.-ixy nei iit * J 65 fc } 75
Ht-eves Choice iteer > .r 5 < l & 5 55
Sheep Xetites 2 7j ! & 5 05
; NI\V YOUIC.
Wheat Xo. 3rf-il 9 ! Kil
Corn No. 2 ( j ! < fj 611
Pork 100) Vi ll )
Lard 050 5J * 5 52
I CHICAGO.
j Wheat Per buOiel
Corn Per bu-hui flj
I Oats Per bushel 39li'tt AH
t l'ork W W < Sll 00
L d. . . CM © 652
Hoc * Packing and vliippin 4 62 $44 fe-Ji
Cattle Stocker * and feeders 3 60 ( g. 6 XV
Sheep Natives 395 ( (5525
fcT. I.OUIS.
Wheat Cash S'S 87-
Com Per bushel 5n"ft 55 :
Oats Per biifhel .77 ( g
Hogs Mised packinc 4 .T5 Cj. 4 80
Cuttle Native strcrs.- 300 fo.S O >
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No.2 0 . * * 61
Corn No.2 .55 . ,51
Oats No. 2 K fii
Cattle Stocktrs und feeders 2 4 < Q , 4 00
Uoga MixeU 4 GO Q. i -